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Yes. So as to avoid cruel and unusual punishment at a constitutional level, prisons have to provide adequate health care. Hell, it's worth it, you can get free chemo therapy, heart surgery, etc. Just recently, a judge struck down a law in Wisconsin that prohibited hormone therapy for inmates because it was unconstitutional.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/89751122.html

This is why I never bought the whole "we should leave more things up to the states to decide" line of argument

As someone living in Wisconsin, I completely agree.

I shudder to think how much worse the fuckheads in this state's government would have screwed us if they'd had more power. They did enough damage with the power they have. We've got a full-blown witch hunt going on right now over people who signed a recall petition against Governor Walker, our Supreme Court justices are physically assaulting each other, disenfranchisement efforts are in full swing, and women now have to prove to a doctor they're not being coerced before they're allowed to have an abortion (because, you know, there are tons of forced abortions in this country, am I right?) and allowing schools to restrict sex-ed programs to abstinence-only...

Luckily we can still recall our reps, although they did everything they could to try and take that right away from us, too.

We all know they shouldn't be, but they're going to anyway, whether it's legal or illegal. The days of having a separate private life are over in this increasingly 24/7 work environment.

Discrimination is one of those things that pretty much impossible to prove unless it's egregious. Even if a lawsuit is justified, many lawyers won't touch a discrimination case with a 10-foot pole. Plus, discrimination in itself requires the victim to be in a "protected class", which is why all the assholes posting job openings with "Long-term unemployed need not apply" can get away with their shit. Unemployment is not a protected class, therefore, an employer has every right to discriminate against you there. Neither is participation in social media. Neither is political persuasion, which how employers here in Wisconsin are getting away with checking potential applicants against a database of recall petition signers, because they don't want to hire people supportive of unions (in the words of one assho^H^H^H^H^Hgentlemen, who chose to remain anonymous of course, "this makes it easy to see who the parasites are").

I don't participate in social media much (outside of commenting on websites like this, which are obviously not tied to my real name in any way), and I'm lucky in the fact that my name is about as common as 'John Smith', plus there are professional athletes, musicians, and actors that have the same name also, so any potential employer trying to Google me is going to come up with about a billion garbage results before they get around to something that could actually be tied to me (I tried myself just to see and made it 20 pages in before I gave up). It allows me to kind of hide in plain sight, and that's just fine with me. If an employer truly wishes to discriminate against me for a lack of a window into my personal life, I rationalize it by recognizing that I would not want to work for an employer that does that shit, anyway.

After all, why help the cops do their job trying to track down the person who murdered your son/daughter/husband/wife/whatever when it is so much easier to just go out, get a gun from the guy on the corner and shoot the person.

As far as the baby shot in a drive-by, there is no need for you to be an eyewitness.

Who will win?

I don't know who will win, but I know a guy who lost! Well, he lost a PS3 chance, but is probably going to win a few 100 grand in a lawsuit. Seriously, this Wal-Mart manager who thought a 'race' to 10 seats was a good idea should be fired.

Cheers,
Fozzy

• Drive bys with BB guns in Kentucky.
• A riot for spots in line in Burbank.
• Read - 10 to 12 people robbed in PS3 line (dubious, but possible). [Via Digg]
• Read - Sheriffs shut down another California store for rowdy behavior.
• Read - Police break up NY SonyStyle store fight.
• Read - Brawl breaks out at another Wally when manager plays musical PlayStation chairs. Seriously, what an idiot. [Thanks Kyle D.]
• Read - Shots were apparently fired at a Texas Wally. Pics here and here of the 5-0. [Thanks, Jason]
• Read - Two armed, masked robbers overtook a customer in Springfield. [Thanks, Jason]
• Watch - North Fresno / Merced had stampede-riot insanity. [Thanks, Jonathan]