New York may soon add salt to a growing list of prohibitions. Busy legislators around the world are fighting trans fat, smoking, high fructose corn syrup, and dozens of other unhealthy foods and habits. And they mean business, the proposed New York salt fine is $1000 a pop.

Tags: 18th amendment, Effects, Health, High-fructose corn syrup, Legislation, New York, prohibition, salt ban, Tobacco smoking

You know you’re an idiot when Glenn Beck apologizes for your sorry patoot. Rep. Eric Massa is at the center of one of those train wrecks where a person caught doing something stupid tries to save himself by fanning the flames.

Tags: Crapweasels, Critical thinking, Eric Massa, Glenn Beck, Jim Bunning, Larry Craig, Politics, sex fetish, tickle

Few things as repugnant as Westboro Baptist’s “God Hates Fags” screeds at military funerals. The Supreme Court will soon hear the question of whether free speech protections cover Westboro’s lunatic fringing. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes.

Tags: Civil Rights, Crapweasels, fred phelps, Freedom of speech, gay rights, God, Law, Politics, Religion, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Constitution, Westboro Baptist Church