The Harsh Couch

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. - Justice Antonin Scalia

Quote

"I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." - Justice Antonin Scalia

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/10/01/scalia-orgies-ought-to-be-encouraged.html http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/best-antonin-scalia-quotes-219274#ixzz40FDuMaA2

"There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas, where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well," he said. "One of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them." - Scalia in Fisher v. University of Texas

F.U.

Drug testing http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/roadside-drug-testing-the-magic-12-hour-rule/2927695/

Drug dogs http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/16/sniffer-dogs-greens-nsw-renew-push-to-end-their-use-in-stop-and-search

AGL donations http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/04/agl-pulls-out-of-coal-seam-gas-across-australia-leaving-farmers-ecstatic http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/12/agl-pleads-guilty-to-11-counts-of-not-declaring-political-donations

Baby Asha http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/15/baby-asha-vigil-on-fourth-day-as-hospital-gets-queensland-premiers-backing

Crowdfunding survivors of church child abuse to travel to watch Pell give evidence http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/16/child-sex-abuse-survivors-crowdfund-to-fly-to-rome-for-george-pells-evidence https://www.gofundme.com/sendballarattorome

R.I.P. (aka Coming to an End)

Political

Andrew Robb
Trussy
Mal Brough
That Robert Wanker
Ian Macfarlane
Freedom Boy - "Tim Wilson is a political pageant queen and a media whore."

Others

Antonin Scalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-scalia-ranch-20160214-story.html http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/justice-kagan-and-justice-scalia-are-hunting-buddies-really/277401/ http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/14/opinions/david-axelrod-surprise-request-from-justice-scalia/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-tv-station-scalia-died-of-a-heart-attack/2016/02/14/938e2170-d332-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_story.html

Robert Bork https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Originalism

Dave Mirra http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/04/bmx-star-dave-mirra-dead-of-apparent-self-inflicted-gunshot http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/10/concussion-questions-haunt-bmx-riders-after-dave-mirras-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion_%282015_film%29

Tara Nettleton http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/11/tara-nettleton-widow-of-isis-fighter-khaled-sharrouf-dies-in-syria-reports

Six year old girl in Walgett http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/15/six-year-old-girl-dies-after-bite-from-brown-snake-in-northern-nsw

NEWS

Tax reform http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/14/scott-morrison-rejects-labors-negative-gearing-plan-but-has-open-mind-on-tax-reform

"In the mix of this discussion is a handful of powerful lobbyists such as the Property Council of Australia (former employee: Scott Morrison) and the Housing Industry Association, who are warning that house prices and rents will rise if there is an end to negative gearing." http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/16/ending-negative-gearing-wont-matter-the-economic-risk-is-already-baked-in

Drug "street values" and their repetition in "news"

Population