-
Saturday links
- Deputy dumps man out of wheelchair – man then gets ahold of courthouse videotape, it reaches the media, and now that deputy is charged.
- Danish media reprints controversial cartoons, and show far more courage than American media outlets.
- Drunken Orgies Tainted System says Florida prison boss.
- Police Chief accused of improper chats retires – this is interesting. The police department in question was famous for find people trying to entice minors. Relevant quote
Lindsey said Murray used his city-owned computer to chat online with women during an ongoing investigation into local massage parlors used as fronts for prostitution.
All the department’s computers, except for one used for the continuing Internet child sexual predator sting operation, are monitored by a keystroke program.Why would the only machine in the department that produces intentional evidence NOT have the keylogger installed?
- Tax me more fund raises little revenue
- The law and economics of pirates
- An aerial photo of San Francisco in the age of Earthquakes
- Fake cops rob family – this will be a growing problem I fear.
Most of these factor info my coming law enforcement meldown/feedback mismatch post I’m going to write one of these days…
-
The internet says I agree with Ron Paul
Via Dan, check out Glassbooth, it’s a decent political survey tool. I scored
Ron Paul – 81% – Huckabee – 68% – McCain 62%
Medical Marijuana and Drug Policy very similar
Trade and Economics very similar
Taxes and Budget very similar
Gun Control very similar
Civil Liberties and Domestic Security similar
Iraq and Foreign Policy very differentHow about y’all?
-
A good article
-
Marching Toward Hell
Michael Scheuer’s new book Marching Toward Hell, America and Islam After Iraq came in the mail today, I’ve read the first 20 pages or so, it looks to be a very good read. The man is the Merle Haggard of foreign policy.
-
Tuesday morning link roundup
- Berkeley wants the Marines out – not surprising given their history. We’re in the age when everyone delights in acting according to stereotype.
- More biofuel scams
- This looks cool
- I’ll be attempting somethign like this soon
- Multiple video chat
- A brilliantly simple image stabilizer
-
Staining complete
On to the varnish!
-
Just in time for Valentines day!
From this article from The Atlantic
Now, though, I realize that if I don’t want to be alone for the rest of my life, I’m at the age where I’ll likely need to settle for someone who is settling for me.
-
What I’ve been up to
The massive bookcase is closing in on final. I don’t think I would choose this design again.
The workshop
The Bookcase – it’s eight feet tall by four feet wide by 11 inches deep.
-
Sorry for the light blogging (again)
Work has been hectic, and house projects have taken up the remainder of my free time. On another note, the bookshelves near completion.
-
This is no ordinary Tuesday
My predictions are Obama and Huckabee here in GA. On a related note, I met my first Ron Paul door to door guy on Saturday, he seemed very nice. He gave me a bumper sticker too.
Before I go vote, here are some links that caught my eye:
- Barstool Economics
- Leading denominations by location
- Your tax dollars by at work – Atlanta cop and Duluth cop in shoot out