There's good news for the cats, pigs and horses of Denmark: The state's rotten policy of allowing humans to copulate with unwilling animals is soon to be over. Next year, bestiality will be outlawed all over the land. Hamsters will run about their cages freely and squirrels will come out of hiding and look for nuts…
For residents of Sandy Springs, Georgia procuring sex toys is not as easy as walking down to one's friendly neighborhood Walgreens and picking up a "personal massager" in the toiletries aisle. In fact, residents can't buy any type of sex toy unless they have a prescription for one. Now, a woman is suing the city over…
First it was a sorority at the University of Alabama, now it's Bryant University, which is asking its graduating students to refrain from taking selfies while they walk in May.
Not every parent is successful in giving their child a name that is both unique and also appropriate to say in polite company. For parents in Sonora, Mexico the process of naming their child is about to get more/less stressful (depending on perspective) now that the state has banned at least 59 one-of-a-kind names…
Today marks a dark day in the annals of people who refuse to pick up after their dogs (or tethered goats — whatever you're into): Los Angeles has, with the New Year, instituted a ban on plastic grocery bags, meaning that L.A.-area residents will have to either provide their own bags or pay an extra ten cents for each…
There’s a campaign afoot in Iceland to seriously restrict underage access to hardcore porn, and it’s drawing the typical outcries of free expression curtailment. Those arguments — that Iceland would turn into some kind of North Korea Lite, or literally explode from all the thwarted orgasms a porn ban would surely…
Yesterday the Drug Enforcement Administration moved to axe the sale and distribution of three types of "fake pot," synthetic marijuana mixtures imported primarily from China and India. (Maybe you recall discussions about this from Demi Moore's 911 call after she OD'd on the ersatz ganj last winter.)
New Jersey may soon follow (but hopefully not too far) in California's footsteps by passing a bill outlawing so-called "gay conversion therapy" for those under the age of 18. After being disowned by former proponent Dr. Robert Spitzer, such conversion therapies are coming under scrutiny in New Jersey, where lawmakers…
When the Russian Parliament in its infinite pettiness decided to use orphans to settle a score or two with the United States and ban the adoption of Russian children by American families, most people registered a level of indignation somewhere between, "Sigh, the world can be cruel" and, "Jesus, Russian Parliament —…
And now, a bit of sad news to help you mourn your fading Sunday — some poor, anonymous soul at the BBC is allergic to bananas, a fact that has prompted fellow staffers implement a banana-ban in "specific areas of the newsroom."
As part of its ongoing effort to prevent rape and possibly reduce the country's distressingly high rate of HIV/AIDS infection, police in Swaziland have announced that they will aggressively investigate sex crimes and make sure that would-be rapists know that they will be severely punished for their transgressions.…
If you're looking for a fun night out on the town in Weston, Florida, you're going to have to search high and low. Thanks to a new city ordinance, nightclubs, dance halls, and skating rinks have been banned for eternity. Surely you've heard of the evil that roller skating invites? Yeah. Fortunately, school dances will…
Shreveport is a city in the Northwest corner of Louisiana you're most likely to recognize as the vague urban setting of a two-star movie because it's the place Hollywood filmmakers go to make par, sub-par, and crappy movies, the most infamously crappy of which was the screen adaptation of Tucker Max's I Hope They…
On Friday a federal advisory panel found that "removal of menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public health in the United States" — but don't expect the government to do anything about it.
