In 1973, these pants were called elephant bells.

Bag ordinance means you either bring your own or pay a dime for one. I guess that is kind of like a tax on being black, then. Sigh.

The Elmwood Cafe is about a half mile from the UC Berkeley campus. It is an upscale neighborhood, but Bell would have to do a whole lot more to look "scruffy" in it than wear a $50 designer hoodie.

An Oaklandish sweatshirt costs north of $50, and makes you dressed like half the techbros in the East Bay, not a bum. His eyeglass frames alone mark him as someone with a Real Job. And, as his blog post notes, cafe staff had failed to shoo away the visibly panhandling white guy.

MAKE IT SO. Also, I am totally down for the Magnificent Seven remake.

I don't know where you live, but police won't come arrest you in my city unless you have 1) fired a gun that 2) hit someone. Most people obey laws because they agree with them, or because their neighbors will make their life difficult if they don't and who needs that hassle.

EVERYTHING about the state requires your consent. That's what living in a representative democracy means. Literally no one is forcing you to live in civil society. Our borders are open, in the other direction, and there are some very nice wildernesses out there. But if you choose to have wi-fi, schools and roads, you…

"An increase in the minimum wage tends to have a “ripple effect” on other workers earning wages near that threshold. This ripple effect occurs when a raise in the minimum wage increases the wage received by workers earning slightly above the minimum wage."

Where does this whole "laws are violence" bullshit originate? It seems to require stretching a hypothetical out ad absurdum. You would be hard-pressed to find an employer who was even sent to jail (is that violence?) for cheating employees of their wages. An injunction or fine (is that violence?) would be the much…

She married Robbie from "Angus, Thongs..."! Clearly she has used up her third genie wish!

You do know bullets can go through walls, right?

OK, that clip still makes me nauseated.

Ima just leave this here as a preview of Vagnoni's likely future:

Oh my goodness certainly yes.

Oh, I think that was some Ph.D.-level shade.

So grateful I got to see Iggy live. Wish I had seen the B-52s.

I guess he went to the Sticks Like Glue No Take Backs School of Constitutional Law.

Why is this woman still relevant? Seriously, she is to women's issues as the Westboro Baptist Church is to Christianity.

Wow, far be it from me to disagree with Martha, but cut that thing into quarters and strip the skin while holding in a bowlful of water. Bonus: Pith floats, arils don't.

Dear Woody Allen: STFU, already.