silentmajority09.blogspot.com - 4/3/2009
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Traffic court is usually a snoozer. It always manages to land on my day off and after a midnight shift. I trudge in half asleep and ready to just commit suicide by contempt but there are those gems that make chronic sleep deprivation worth while… Defenses that didn’t seem to work: Judge: ...
Tales from the Cop side.
silentmajority09.blogspot.com 5/14/2009 — Upon occasion during my tenure as a police officer I have been dispatched to calls that have left me wondering (at times aloud), what am I doing here? Below are a few of the more interesting forays into the strange and unusual I felt compelled to share. Some are from calls I have been on ...
"It Doesn't Work" Cop Out
corner.nationalreview.com 4/21/2009 — Rich - I'm conflicted about the torture debate, as are many people. But I think Michael Hayden put his finger on one thing that has always bothered me about the anti-torture absolutists. Here's Hayden:
Most of the people who opposed these ...
Tales of bad bosses
americablog.com 5/7/2009 — Perhaps we see more of these stories now that we're in recession but that's probably only because we have fewer job options today. There are always going to be nasty bosses who somehow manage to rise through the ranks. One of my worst experiences was ...
Tales of Big Shitpile
eschatonblog.com 3/1/2009 — This article does a good job of explaining what AIG and its enablers were up to.
Obama And Secretary Of State Hillary: Good Cop, Bad Cop
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/21/2008 — A very smart analysis from Steve Clemons of the rationale behind the Hillary Secretary of State pick:
The Clinton we have grown accustomed to over the last year is perceived as a spear-carrier for the Madeleine Albright school of values-driven ...
Time is Not on Our Side
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/7/2009 — When you see conservative complaining that the stimulus bill is too expensive and won’t be fast-acting enough, keep in mind that had they not blocked stimulus last year on the grounds that it was too slow and expensive, we probably ...
Ex-cop charged with murder in Calif. shooting
usatoday.com 4/1/2009 — Johannes Mehserle, 27, was arrested Tuesday in Nevada and on Wednesday appeared briefly in court, where he waived extradition to California. He was expected to be returned to California later Wednesday. Witnesses said Mehserle, who is white, fired a ...
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