If you’ve been drinking, the best course of action is to just stay put (and hopefully hook up with a hot chick.) What you should NOT do is get in a car, suck at driving, get pulled over, and then proceed to do everything exactly opposite to what the cop is asking you to do.

Calls for the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana grew louder this week, coming from a highly unlikely group: the police. In a 180-degree shift in position, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents, along with police chiefs and elected sheriffs from around the state announced their support for the legalization and taxation of marijuana.

“Weed is good.  Weed is right.  Weed works,” said Dorchester County Sheriff B.D. Squire, spokesman for the group. The change comes after calculating how much tax revenue could be produced by legalizing marijuana.

“There was a half-million dollar bust a couple weeks ago in Berkely County,” said state Agriculture Secretary Hugh Weathers, “if that pot was taxed at anything near the rate of tobacco… well that would be about $500 million straight into the state coffers. Can you imagine what kind of income we’d pull in if it was planted on proper farms and not just in little patches in the woods? We wouldn’t be having a ’stimulus’ debate because we wouldn’t need the money.”

Check out the whole story here!

If you still wonder why people hate cops, it’s because of sh*t like this. Kathryn Winkfein, a great-grandmother from Travis County, Texas was tased by this fat-ass coward during a routine traffic stop after she resisted arrest. Now, of course she was the one resisting arrest, but was it really necessary to use such brutal means on an old woman? I think not.

If you’ve ever had an interaction with the police, you know how frustrating it is to be completely helpless from their bullsh*t power – especially when they’re arresting and won’t tell you why. So I completely understand this weird nerd’s pleas. His singing, I don’t quite get. But whatever – he makes up for that entirely after getting Tazered, then getting away! It’s awesome.

In this age of ubiquitous video cameras, we’ve all seen plenty of footage of police power-grabs, brutality and all-around d!ckishness. But never in my entire life have I seen someone do this. Basically a Virginia State Patrol car blows past a dude, who apparently has a serious grudge against cops, at around 90 MPH. So the guy does what any completely crazy person would do, and chases the cop down and then pulls him over. It’s amazing.

NOTE: The video starts out slow, so I’d recommend beginning at the 2:00 minute mark. And there’s plenty of NSFW language, so you might want to throw some headphones on for this one.

Most of the time, when you think of a “crazy” police chase, you think of dudes doing 100MPH down the highway, ending in some innocent Toyota Camery getting smashed to bits like some sort of bloody Gallagher gag. But this time, it’s more a kind of wacky-crazy, like there’s a clown driving the car instead of an insane woman.

Dating in college is weird. There’s a part of you that thinks going out to a nice restaurant with that chick from your Finance class would be a fun, mature thing to do. There’s also the part of you that thinks having her back to your apartment to see if you can get her drunk enough to bang on the first date would be way cooler.

It’s these battling emotions that lead to some interesting dating experiences. The following are a few personal experiences of mine.

Showing Up Drunk Is a No-No

Last year I went out to dinner with some girl I met somewhere. I wasn’t supposed to meet her until nine, so around six I went over to my buddy’s apartment to hangout for a bit. There were a few people drinking beer, so I had one, then another, then six more…and then some vodka. Before I knew what was going on I was sitting across from some girl I barely new, inhaling Thai food and telling stories about hookers in Montreal. I’ve never seen a girl ask for the check so quickly after a meal. The date went so bad that I didn’t get a kiss, a hug, or even a handshake. I never saw that girl again in my life. (more…)

We are nearing the point where a Josh Howard for Ron Artest swap would have been a character upgrade for the Mavs.

In a recent YouTube video, Josh Howard was filmed at Allen Iverson’s charity flag football game in July ‘voicing out his true colors’ during the American National Anthem.

When the camera panned to the direction of the recently extremely-troubled Maverick small forward, he states, ” ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is going on. I don’t celebrate this [expletive]. I’m black.”  He then goes on to make a comment about Barack Obama.

This was first reported by Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Morning News, and has allegedly been ‘handled’ already by Dallas owner Mark Cuban by means of “communication-skill sessions” during camp in upcoming weeks.

Add this to his admission to marijuana use and his arrest for speeding and reckless driving in North Carolina, and now the Mavs are biting their hands when they realize that they probably could have landed defensive menace Artest from the Kings in exchange for Howard.

Who would have ever thought that Artest would ever be the better character guy in a one-for-one swap in any NBA trade?  The Mavs certainly didn’t think so at the beginning of the summer, but now they might be starting to change their mind.

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Way to start 2008 off with a bang, Vivica!

It’s being reported confirmed that the still-very-hot Vivica Fox has a sex tape floating around the web – I’ll keep my eye out for it, I know – and she isn’t too happy about it.

The story goes a bit like this: Fox was drunk and getting frisky with some random dude in Atlanta. She proceeded to give the fellow a blo…well, she stimulated him orally. Acting like any anybody lucky enough to be orally serviced by Fox, the guy taped everything going down – on his cell phone.

After the deed was done he emailed the video to his friends, who emailed it to Fox, who contacted the Atlanta police department, and so on.

Fox wants the scandal to be handled privately. That request must’ve not fared well, considering that we’re talking about it (and awaiting a link to the tape).

All Fox rhymes with ***** jokes may start now.

After spending all day hearing about babies making babies and other fluff, it’s good to hear about something relevant and positive.

Israel Mireles, the man last seen with Emily Sander, has been caught by police, awaiting homicide charges for Sander’s death.

Most of the media (including us, admittedly) focused too much attention on Sander’s personal life at the time of her abduction.

Yes, “Zoey Zane” was the moniker used by Sander when posing for adult websites – so what? She was also a young woman, murdered for unknown reasons. You tell me which one matters more.

At the very least, her family can find some level of justice with Mireles behind bars.

Victoria Martens, girlfriend of Mireles, has also been found. No word has come forth about her involvement (or lack thereof) in Sander’s death.

Eternal props go out to the officers who tracked down Mireles, and to zoeyzane.com for handling this touchy situation in a classy manner.