More than 1% of Us

Today it's news, because some "research group" has announced that it is, that more than one in a hundred of the citizens in the Land of the Free is in prison.  More than anywhere else in the world.  More than anywhere, ever, in the entire history of the world.  Most of them for non-violent offenses; most of them, in fact, for no offense at all, but for "greater stringency in sentencing procedures."  Actually, it's not news to me at all. I've known about it forever, seems like, and it eats at me like a cancer.

I went to one of those silly "test your gaydar" websites yesterday after I'd done blogging on the subject, and found that, even though half of the subjects were female, I scored 80% in recognition of gayness--without the girls, I'd've scored more than 90%.  There you have it.