Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
43. A Chesapeake, Virginia man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer, after his home was raided on a tip that he was growing a large amount of marijuana. Ryan Frederick claims to have fired in self-defense, not knowing the intruder was a cop. ...
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Going forward, I shall refer to the day on which I prepare my family's tax return, which this year falls on January 30, as Fuck Milton Friedman Day.
Friedman, for all of his great contributions to economic theory and advocacy of the free market, was also instrumental in developing the Federal ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
31. Minnesota-born Thomas Warziniack is detained for weeks by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because they mistakenly believe he's an illegal Russian immigrant. I know, I know, mistakes are made, all in the name of national security.
32. An air traveler passes through security at Reagan National Airport with a loaded ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
16. People on the street are slapped with emergency jury-duty summonses in Greeley, Colo. after less than 40 of 200 people summoned by mail show up at court. People who refused to comply would have faced contempt of court citations.
17. State troopers in Minnesota permanently subdue a man using non-lethal ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
6. Texas expands its forced blood-draw program, where motorists accused of driving under the influence can be compelled to give blood samples, with police officers using force if necessary.
7. Just to show that it isn't just individual civil liberties which are threatened: the California Supreme Court has ruled that private ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
5. So if you don't want your kid to go to the hospital after taking a spill, and you're one of those weird "constitutionalist" cranks, expect the SWAT team to bust down your door, throw you and your wife to the floor, and take your kid at gunpoint to the ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
1. Slogan of the newest graduating class of the Idaho Police Officer Standards and Training Academy: "Don't suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it." Well, at least they're honest about it now.
2. You know the TSA is doing its job, not because it's finding bombs sneaked into luggage, but ...
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