Oh Balls

Some things I found interesting.

Sully is enamored with the salami argument! Get it? Salami, Sully haha... oh Christ all this studying is getting to my head.

Does the death penalty really deter crime? Its been a back and forth argument. Here's the latest installment:

For a state's first few executions, the deterrent effect is small. Only if a state executes many people does deterrence grow; only then do potential criminals become convinced that the state is serious about the punishment, so that they start to reduce their criminal activity

Well hell lets just start executing everyone Texas style.

Here's an argument for why liberals shouldn't give a flying damn about the Solomon amendment:

while most Americans have grown more tolerant of gay rights in recent decades, elites have become increasingly unwilling to serve in the military. The real shame at the heart of the Solomon Amendment scuffle, then, isn't the possibility of students being confronted by representatives from an organization that discriminates against gays and lesbians. It's the possibility of elites becoming even more isolated from the armed services that keep all of us safe.

Basic gist: society is moving towards equal rights anyway, this is just a potential blip on the radar screen

Haha this one hits right at home.

If you want to improve national savings in this country doing it by waving the magical private account wand is just idiotic. Start by reforming predatory lending and bad practices by credit card companies. Too many people don't have any damn money to save.

Hmmm.. I bet this includes my job at Vikings games of giving away shirts, hats, and blankets in exchange for Mastercard applications. Siiiiigggnnn up, get a frrrrreeeee gift.

And last but certainly not least: Students Arrested For Oral Sex In Classroom. From who else but the king of sleeze himself, Mr. Matt Drudge.

I bid you adieu.