July 28th, 2011
Two eerily similar stories this week of prosecutors’ offices being duped into doing the bidding of bad actors–a rapist pyschopath in the first case, and Cisco in the second.
The punishments for bad actors in cases like these ought to be gargantuan. Like witness killing, this is the sort of thing which knocks at the underpinnings of the entire system of justice.
0 commentsBoogity, Boogity, Boogity, Amen
July 28th, 2011
Per the Pig:
2 commentsTomorrow’s Op-Eds Today
July 28th, 2011
NASCAR Intro Prayer
July 27th, 2011
Pure Ricky Bobby.
1 comment‘Battleship’
July 27th, 2011
And you thought Liam Neeson was slumming it with Clash of the Titans . . .
1 commentBill Simmons on Wrestling Entrance Music
July 25th, 2011
Look, I know what we’re supposed to think abut Simmons. And lots of the criticisms of his schtick are valid. But this column is just awesome. The links alone are worth the price of admission. And for my money, I’m in total agreement with his top two.
Update: From Galley Friend A.W.
1 commentHoly crap, I forgot how good Vince McMahon’s entrance theme was. Between the theme songs for McMahon, DX, and Chris Jericho, the WWF pretty clearly had on retainer the greatest Rage Against the Machine cover band of the decade. DX’s theme, for example, was simply a rip-off of Killing in the Name Of.
But the New Age Outlaws’ theme deserves nothing but scorn. Their call-and-response gimmick was entertaining for a couple of weeks, but before long it had overtaken every headliners entire interview gimmick — the NAOs, Stone Cold, the Rock, Angle, all of them, their segments devolved into a mess of predictable one-liners all lined up in a row. And that’s the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so.
High-Water Mark of the Nanny State?
July 25th, 2011
I’m not that optimistic, but I do argue that the national roll-back of red-light cameras is a very encouraging sign. Jody Bottum has a much deeper and more erudite (and just plain better) piece on the CFL light bulb mandate which is slightly more bullish.
(If you haven’t already, pick up a copy of Jody’s Second Spring–his little book of new folk music. It’s great music, great poetry, and great reading, all rolled into one.)
0 commentsGreat Moments in Law Enforcement
July 25th, 2011
Seriously! Reason has a story up about Oceanside police officer Matthew Lyons doing a perfectly professional job:
Lyons approaches a man who is openly carrying an unloaded handgun in a holster, which is permitted by California law. Lyons checks to make sure the weapon is unloaded, then returns it to the owner, acknowledging his right to carry it. He is polite and professional (cordial, in fact) throughout the three-minute encounter, even when the man says he has no ID and declines to give his last name. Nor does Lyons lose his cool when he notices that the man, who identifies himself only as Jeremy, is recording the encounter. “Well, it should look good on YouTube,” Lyons says. “I’m the first one to be an advocate for that.” It’s not clear whether Lyons means the right to bear arms or the right to record police encounters, but either way he makes no attempt to interfere. He adds, “Make sure you get a good picture of me so you know exactly what I look like, because you’ve got a statement to make here. I’m all for that.” At the end he shakes the guy’s hand, saying, “Jeremy, thanks for your cooperation, and remember: My name is Officer Lyons with the Oceanside Police Department. My badge number is 1093. God bless America.”
Give Officer Lyons a raise.
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