Science Daily | A dramatic rise in antidepressant prescriptions issued by GPs has been caused by a year on year increase in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs on a long-term basis, according to researchers from the University of Southampton.
In a paper, published in the printed edition of British Medical Journal (BMJ), scientists found that despite a drop in the number of new patients diagnosed with depression over 11 years, the number of prescriptions doubled.
“WeSource: subrealism RSS Feed

This story is a joy.
Police say guilt was written all over their faces.
Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa.
When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description blocks away, they were stunned by the men’s disguises.

There were no ski masks or stockings pulled over their heads; instead, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20,Source: Mr Eugenides RSS Feed

ConservativeHome

..Or are site readers just echoing back Tim’s views?

One of the big political stories of the week which could have an electoral impact was David Cameron’s comments about all women short-lists.

The reaction on a number of Tory-blogs, particularly from Tim Montgomerie’s ConservativeHome has been electric. There’s been post afer post about the subject and with many commenters being hostile as well.

Yesterday we had one of ConHome’sSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

Starting now through November 3rd the Tea Party Express has hit the road for all those cities missed the first time around leading up to the 912 climax that attracted a million people which we know the MSM entirely ignored for the most part
They can’t ignore us on election day, and Sarah Palin’s surprising “chumming up” with the third party candidate against the RNC establishment and Newt Gingrich is making that point clear, and this moment may just be the time for the thirdSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed

Alternate title: Liberal Stimulus Bill Puts 2 million Additional People on Emergency Unemployment

The state by state unemployment figures came out yesterday and it is not a very pretty sight. There is no recovery in progress, not for most of America, because the job losses keepl piling up (albeit at a slower rate):

Unemployment rose in 23 states last month as the economy struggled to create jobs in the early stages of the recovery.

While layoffs have slowed, companiesSource: The Strata-Sphere RSS Feed

As reported on Page Six of the New York Post.
Controversial Fox News host Glenn Beck is now travelling with an armed guard. Guests at the other day’s preview of Broadway musical “Memphis” noticed Beck was closely accompanied — even to the men’s room — by a bodyguard with a gun partially concealed under his jacket.
An armed guard? Just WHO is Mr. Beck so terrified of? Well according to the Huffington Post, nobody.
There are no public reports of violent threats againstSource: The Immoral Minority RSS Feed

This morning AP reported that the Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws. The NYTimes points to the three-page memo spelling out the policy, but I’m thinking Reason’s Jacob Sullum still believes there’s good reason for legit distributors to worry:

[T]he Drug Enforcement Administration can still participate in raids on medical marijuana dispensaries that local officials consider illegal. In Source: The Moderate Voice RSS Feed

The jokes will be legion, but the policy is sound. And this is a move that Libertarians, Republicans and Democrats can all applaud.

From The AP:The jokes will be legion, but the policy is sound. And this is a move that libertarians, republicans and democrats can all applaud.

From The AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to beSource: Donklephant RSS Feed