NE Times: Repeal 8th Amendment

Oh, I just knew there’d be something good in there this week! From the Northeast Times editorial this week:

After Congress and the president finally find a way to avert another Great Depression, they should turn to approving a constitutional amendment that would lift the ban on cruel and unusual punishment and allow states to torture repeat hard-core criminals and vicious, cold-blooded murderers.

Um, guys, I’m pretty sure we already torture people, just not on the books. (Gitmo, prison rape, etc.) However, I do appreciate your choice of an appropriate headline for your editorial.

More madness [Northeast Times]

Leftovers: Puppies ‘n’ such

• Darren Daulton doesn’t care if you think he’s off his rocker. When his book comes out, you’ll convert to Daultonian Metaphysics. [Inky]

• Slate’s Seth Stevenson gives those creepy effing VW ads with the evil robot thing in the car an A-. Next, he’s going to give the puppy at left (via Flickr) an A+ times (infinity + 1), since clearly his grading system is inflated. [Slate]

• Barry Bonds did steroids! Wait. His head got as big as a novelty oversized beach ball. Didn’t everyone already know he was on the juice? [SI.com]

• Now that we’ve cut Iraq’s murder rate down to 0, ended the drug war, solved the problem of AIDS, it’s time for the flag burning amendment. Because, you know, these are the things that are important. [Wonkette]

• The guy who invented Hotmail — with a partner, and it was called HoTMaiL back then — is back to rethink blogging. Or, as he calls it, BLoGGiNG. [Financial Times via digg]

• Don’t extinguist those cigs just yet, New Jerseyans: A federal lawsuit has been filed against the ban. [AP/Camden Courier-Post]