Enjoy these links:

1. Apparently, the scene of a rape in Fairmount Park is also a dead zone for cell phones and police radios.  The Inquirer makes this info public, making the info easily accessible for both victims and perpetrators of sexual assault.
2. Livejournal turned 10, meaning that the internet itself is, indeed, old meme.
3. Here is one of the few links I’ve been able to find that supports an NHS-styled system in the US, can give reasons why, and doesn’t resort to ad hominem bullshit.  Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the commenters.
4. Watch out, H&M, you could be next! In both “stupid boycotting” news and a follow up to this post, Democrats are now boycotting all Apple products because Apple hasn’t pulled advertising from Glenn Beck’s “show.”  I guess hipsters will either have to become Republicans or rock out on their Zunes…for the irony, man!
5. A little old, but about 2 weeks ago, PA State Rep Denny O’Brien (R) pushed – along with the perpetually annoying John Walsh – for a bill to require DNA collection for every arrest.  Talk about fucking gross.
6. Luckily, the Duke Lacrosse Player Gang Rape case isn’t the only legacy Duke University will leave behind: Baby boomers are binge drinkers.  Well, that is if they have more 5 drinks in one sitting.  5 drinks, of course, defined using the strictest of definitions (8 oz. of beer, 4 oz. of wine, 1.5 oz. hard liquor), making many Long Island Iced Teas a drinking binge in and of themselves.
7. Two cops say “drugs aren’t necessarily bad, mmmkay?”  No, really, they do.
8. Earlier this week, I had two people on my Facebook friends post a link to a Whitehouse.gov page to dispel rumors about the socialized health care plan the Obama Administration is (was?) pushing for.  That might have been one of the lulziest things I’ve ever seen on Facebook.
9. Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce makes me wish I had access to HBO.
10. It’s nowhere near enough, but shockingly, Mayor Nutter is cutting both city jobs and delaying the start of a new police cadet class.  Unfortunately, this might mean that cops will have to stop trolling the Gayborhood for “loiterers” and threatening with trespassing charges at 2:03 am.
11. Fucking ridiculous.  The Bible – and only the Bible – is a required text in Texan school districts.
12. I’d like to think that the past eight and a half years have taught Americans a thing or two about putting too much trust into the government, but apparently that only counts when it’s Bush’s horrific policies.
13. And we’ll wrap it up with another link from Reason, this time about an in-love couple abusing police resources.  It warms my heart, I tell you what!

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