Dear Ron Paul Supporter Who Apparently Kidnapped a Girl So He Could Videotape Her Wearing Ron Paul Undergarments: Do not hurt her. Please let her go. This is probably the first time you’ve ever done anything like this, and you’re white and probably have an okay job in tech support, so there’s a good chance you’ll get out of prison in three to five.

Ron Paul Girl [via Crackpot Press]

Did you know that the beloved “Labor Day Weekend” wasn’t always a week-long fuckoff that ended in an orgy of Monday afternoon BBQ and booze to celebrate finally sending the goddamned kids back to school? The origins of Labor Day are shrouded in mystery — because, really, who cares about the origins of Labor Day? — but like so much in industrialized American history, it was basically about keeping the working man down and not giving people any crazy ideas about socialism, which was becoming very popular not only in the United States but around the world. MORE »