Archives for the 'law & order' Category
Low
Published on 28 Sep 2009 at 9:32 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under crime, food, law & order, punishment.
A Worcester, Massachusetts, man will do 18 months for taking another man’s hot dog at gunpoint, and eating it. Worcester Telegram:
Sensitivity Training Now
Published on 23 Jul 2009 at 7:36 am.
17 Comments.
Filed under Obama, cops, law & order, racism.
The Cambridge cop accused of a racist arrest on Harvard Prof Henry Louis Gates Jr says he’s no racist and he won’t apologize. Gates has called James Crowley a “rogue cop,” though it’s not clear whether he knows much about this cop or his history. Meanwhile, the president of the United States, while acknowledging that he [...]
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It’s All Over …
Published on 22 Jul 2009 at 8:40 am.
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Filed under academia, cops, law & order, lawyers, racism.
… except for the recriminations.
Harvard Prof Henry Louis Gates Jr’s lawyer, Walter Prince, and the Cambridge cops negotiate a “just resolution,” in which the cops and the DA drop the disorderly conduct charge, and both sides agree it was a “regrettable” incident.
Later in the day, Gates and his other lawyer, Harvard Law Prof Charles Ogletree, apparently working from [...]
Rule Of Law By Military Coup*
Published on 3 Jul 2009 at 8:54 am.
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Filed under America, law & order, military.
That’s different. Here’s a Honduran lawyer who says the old Latin American standby is a step forward. Octavio Sanchez lays out the constitutional case for the ouster of the president by the military in Honduras, with consent of several elected and appointed authorities, heralds a bright new day. Christian Science Monitor:
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Sometimes, the whole world prefers a lie [...]
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Injustice Sought
Published on 21 May 2009 at 11:50 am.
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Filed under Iraq, Spain, law & order, military, moronocy.
Again. Spanish judge reinstates charges against three American soldiers in the April 2003 Hotel Palestine incident. AP:
Judge Santiago Pedraz said he had obtained new testimony from witnesses contradicting the U.S. argument that the tank crew was responding to hostile fire when it shot at a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists.
…
In a new 10-page indictment announced [...]
How It’s Done
Published on 27 Apr 2009 at 8:07 am.
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Filed under italy, law & order.
An Italian cruise ship conducts a demonstration in Anti-Piracy Operations 101. BBC:
Somali Pirates On The Net
Published on 15 Apr 2009 at 11:19 pm.
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Filed under crime, law & order.
They have a blog. Somali Pirate Blog. Kind of minimalist, pretty straightforward, a lot like Somali pirates. It’s on livejournal. That’s the guy up there who runs it. He updates pretty regularly.
We’ve got a fax machine, you’re in big trouble now
That’s right, nations of the world. We’ve used some of our riches to buy a shiny [...]
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Failure To Board
Published on 14 Apr 2009 at 9:33 pm.
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Filed under crime, law & order.
CNN reports a pirate assault on another American-flagged ship has failed and the ship is now being escorted by a warship into Mombasa.
Katy Urbik of Wheaton, Illinois, said her son, Thomas, was aboard the Liberty Sun at the time of the attack. She shared the e-mails he sent as the ship came under fire.
“We are [...]
Gaia To The Rescue
Published on 14 Apr 2009 at 11:07 am.
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Filed under Obama, crime, law & order, warmalism.
Obama may be in luck. Spared the need to harm God’s (pirate) creatures. It’s Gaia to the rescue. Xinhua, Thousands of dolphins block Somali pirates from Chinese ship.
BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhuanet) — Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, [...]
Free World Leadership Opportunity
Published on 14 Apr 2009 at 9:50 am.
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Filed under Obama, crime, law & order.
Knocks. Reuters: Pirates nab a Greek-flagged ship and a Togo-flagged ship with Filipino crews. AP, noting the pirates are “undetered,” throws in a couple of Egyptian fishing boats.
Turns out what was essentially a SWAT operation that killed three pirates the other day didn’t cow the other X number of thousand pirates engaged in this. After all, [...]
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The New Bloodthirstiness
Published on 13 Apr 2009 at 9:53 pm.
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Filed under Obama, crime, law & order.
Lefty bloggers are crowing about how tough their guy is because some SEAL snipers whacked three pirates. The lefties seem to mainly be interested in this as an opportunity to snark on the right, claiming that pirate whackage or the lack thereof was set as some kind of definitive right-wing benchmark of Obama’s wieniness. That’s [...]
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Obama Doctrine Is What?
Published on 13 Apr 2009 at 8:48 am.
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Filed under Obama, crime, law & order, military.
Boston Herald:
Dramatic rescue ends hostage drama
Five days of fear (timeline)
via Herald: Three shots, three popped. Pirates vow revenge, retaliation against any nations that respond with violence to their violence. U.S. is their “No. 1 enemy.” Sounds like open season on pirates. Whatever happened to them liking us better?
via Herald: Obama kept his mouth shut for a change. [...]
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Free!
Published on 12 Apr 2009 at 3:09 pm.
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Filed under crime, law & order.
Boston Herald on the raid that saved Capt. Phillips, calls it an “Easter miracle.” Exactly. God helps those who helps themselves. A 5.56/7.62/9 mm miracle, by the grace of frogmen.
UNDERHILL, Vt. - After a valiant raid nothing short of an Easter miracle, the captain of the Maersk Alabama is free and safe on board the USS Bainbridge [...]
Pirate Palaver
Published on 12 Apr 2009 at 9:48 am.
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Filed under crime, law & order.
Negotiations break down. NYT reports Somali elders speaking for the ones in the boat with the captain won’t agree to US demands that the pirates surrender themselves. Why should they? Somali elders and pirates may think they have nothing to lose. Maybe the United States needs to suggest otherwise. I’d suggest a kind of biblical [...]
Piracy In The Age Of Obama
Published on 11 Apr 2009 at 9:52 am.
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Filed under crime, law & order.
John Keegan on the need to start hunting down pirates. UK Telegraph:
… our campaign must be ruthless and pitiless: pirate ships must be sunk on sight and the crews left to swim to safety, if it can be reached.
Many would complain about such tactics but, in my opinion, pirates have no rights – indeed, it [...]
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Battle At Sea
Published on 9 Apr 2009 at 10:30 am.
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Filed under courage, law & order.
UPDATE: Captain gave himself up to the pirates to save the crew. Crewman’s wife to Herald.
USS Bainbridge on scene, FBI called in to negotiate with Somali pirates holding the captain in a lifeboat. That and more from the Boston Herald:
Transportation Reform, Massachusetts Style
Published on 7 Apr 2009 at 12:00 pm.
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Filed under Boston, cars, illegals, law & order, moronocy.
Includes a measure to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens. Boston Herald. Commentary on that and other local moronocy (with fun Truther-mocking art) via my pal Michael Graham.
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In Court News
Published on 2 Apr 2009 at 10:00 pm.
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Filed under academia, justice, law & order.
A jury gives Ward Churchill $1, says he was wrongly fired. A judge will determine whether he gets his job back. AP. It comes down to whether you think he was fired because he made highly irresponsible, insulting and defamatory remarks to 3,000 dead Americans and their families when he called them “Little Eichmanns,” or [...]
Massachusetts Courts Update
Published on 28 Feb 2009 at 7:23 am.
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Filed under crime, justice, law & order.
Clerk allegedly courted hooker with favors. So to speak. Boston Herald.
Try not to let this sordid episode destroy your faith in the integrity of the Massachusetts judicial system. Howie Carr.
Previously: Too Tough On Crime!?!
The Godiva Precedent
Massachusetts Perv Update
It’s The Predatory Perversion, Stupid
Poor Judgment
Judicial Issues
The Importance Of Being Earnest
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Too Tough On Crime!?!
Published on 27 Feb 2009 at 1:09 am.
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Filed under hacks, law & order.
I’m not sure I know exactly what this means. Yeah, I speak the language, I understand the words, but I find this hard to grasp.
“You said something here that concerned me . . . about whenever possible to maximize protection. What does that mean? Are you going to be presumptively in favor of protecting the public?”
I’ve [...]
Hack Crusaders Waterboard Righteous Jihadi!
Published on 18 Feb 2009 at 10:11 am.
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Filed under Jihad, hacks, law & order.
The hated Hack Crusaders of Massachusettsanamo employ harsh measures in response to Michael Graham’s righteous jihad. Former state rep, current RMV chief Rachel Kaprilian decides the best defense when trying to convince people that an interstate paperwork glitch is an arrestable offence is a document dump. But another hack, state Sen. Brian Joyce (cruelly dubbed “Multiple-Choice” by Howie Carr for his many [...]
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His Jihad
Published on 17 Feb 2009 at 3:47 pm.
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Filed under Jihad, law & order.
My friend, rightwing radio talk show host Michael Graham, has been radicalized by the draconian treatment he received in Massachusettsanamo. Now he’s on jihad. Handcuffed, booked, and hauled before a judge for … failing to properly cancel his insurance in Virginia. The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles claims they sent him a warning. Graham claims he never [...]
Art Encounters Life
Published on 8 Feb 2009 at 7:36 am.
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Filed under Obama, art, law & order.
Obamadorational artist … last seen being dunned by the AP for ripping off the Obamist news agency’s Obaminspirational shot … arrested in Boston for illegal tagging. That would be plastering his artwork all over other people’s property without authority. Boston Herald:
Opinion Unfit To Print
Published on 23 Dec 2008 at 9:07 am.
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Filed under law & order, media, terrorists.
Or honest narrative rejected? Bill Owens and Pajamas Media on NYT’s refusal to run an FBI undercover Weather Underground infiltrating agent’s response to Bill Ayers’ flaming NYT op-ed crock:
California Über Alles
Published on 20 Dec 2008 at 9:30 am.
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Filed under husbands and wives, law & order.
Life imitates art as Jerry Brown moves to dump uncool ballot measure. LA Times:
International Talk Like A Pirate Day
Published on 16 Dec 2008 at 10:18 pm.
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Filed under law & order.
The UN Security Council enacts an authorization to whack Somalia pirates in Somalia. AFP. The Pentagon raises concerns about “practical challenges.” Like telling who is a pirate and who isn’t.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Navy is interested in getting some.
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The Departed
Published on 12 Dec 2008 at 7:40 am.
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Filed under crime, guns, law & order.
Cops say Evan Louis Rivera, convicted drug dealer and serial armed robber, walked into Big Bob Liquors with a handgun. He was carried out with several holes in him. Fed-up clerks everywhere cheer on the licensed-to-carry gunowner who plugged him. Heck, even a gun-control advocate is cheering him. Boston Herald:
Putting On The Sitz
Published on 24 Nov 2008 at 9:07 am.
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Filed under ancient mysteries, assorted shit, butts, culture, deep thot, do-goodism, dummkopf!, elsewhere, engineering, explosives, ground views, law & order, moronocy, pot, science, shameless opportunism, song, taxes, western civilization.
Better late than never. It was World Toilet Day Nov. 19. I let it go at the time.* But now squatters are back in the news. The la-di-da loos of Times Square. AP via Boston Herald. I’m inspired:
Ham, Sandwiched
Published on 19 Nov 2008 at 9:20 am.
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Filed under hated Crusaders, law & order, moronocy.
By the approaching end of his term, gets an indictment on Cheney, Gonzales. CNN:
Bury, Please
Published on 18 Oct 2008 at 10:10 am.
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Filed under law & order, pols.
Obama seeks special prosecutor for ACORN case. CNN:
Monkey Business
Published on 17 Oct 2008 at 7:20 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under law & order, monkeys.
California man fails in his bid to convince the court his undocumented monkey had crossed into Mexico. They didn’t buy the ransom-style photo of said simian posing with a recently dated Mexican newspaper. LA Times:
Kid Dumped
Published on 13 Oct 2008 at 11:39 pm.
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Filed under kids, law & order, moms and dads.
Apparently there’s a demand for places to ditch teens. Second one in a week. First one just crossed the river. This one drove from Michigan. Omaha World-Herald:
Yee Ha!
Published on 1 Oct 2008 at 11:17 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Boston, law & order.
Head ‘em up, move ‘em out! Boston Herald:
A well-turned-out Texan and his stunning stiletto-heeled wife pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges they acted like boorish buckaroos while guests of the luxurious Boston Harbor Hotel, allegedly attacking police and berating staff with racist slurs.
The Rowes Wharf rodeo was allegedly precipitated by the lovers locking horns at [...]
Cosby Unfunny
Published on 26 Apr 2008 at 12:34 am.
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Filed under justice, law & order, mockery, racism.
(Note the messages on Cosby’s shirts. They do not say something stupid.)
I was about eight the last time I was a Cosby fan, which is about when he was edgy. That was a long time ago. This unfunny Cosby act has been pretty good, though. Bill Cosby has been aggravating elements of the black status quo/powers that be … white sq/ptb [...]
God bless you, Mr. Brounwater
Published on 24 Apr 2008 at 8:08 pm.
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Filed under BS, Bums, Jihad, Nazis, Neanderthals, Taliban, al qaeda, anthronerdism, boobs, dummkopf!, hated Crusaders, human organs, incompetence, law & order, military, mockery, moronocy, nerds, nude, opportunity, pervs, porn, punishment, sex, transsexuals, western civilization.
Representative Paul Broun, R-Ga, wants to define nudity and ban government employees (specifically, military members) from spending their money on it. His Bill has 16 co-sponsors.
Up in heaven, Kurt Vonnegut laughs.
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The Godiva Precedent
Published on 11 Apr 2008 at 8:26 am.
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Filed under free speech, law & order, nude.
Is argued before the high court as public nudity is nixed as a First Amendment right in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Supreme Judicial Court overrules an Cambridge judge, and reinstates the lewdness charge on an anti-Xmas commercialization protestor. Boston Herald:
Duck Covered
Published on 4 Apr 2008 at 9:54 pm.
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Filed under crime, ducks, law & order.
By court protective order. Judge orders waterfowl attacking punk to stay away from Circles the duck. Newsday.
An Ear for an Ear
Published on 28 Mar 2008 at 7:50 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under ancient mysteries, hated Crusaders, justice, law & order.
Ancient justice advocated for a Finnish tourist’s vandalism of ancient mystery statues on Easter Island. via Boston Herald:
Moore Vineyards
Published on 27 Mar 2008 at 10:31 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, free speech, law & order, military.
Produces a fine whine:
Gold Medal
Published on 22 Feb 2008 at 11:01 am.
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Filed under law & order, moronocy.
In the moronathalon goes to this father-son Taser team. Herald.
Massachusetts Perv Update
Published on 22 Feb 2008 at 10:23 am.
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Filed under crime, law & order, punishment.
Sex deviant’s long rap sheet didn’t faze judge. Boston Herald:
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It’s The Predatory Perversion, Stupid
Published on 21 Feb 2008 at 9:25 am.
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Filed under law & order, pervs.
Another Massachusetts judge with a soft spot for dangerous criminals. We’ve got a lot of them. Judges with soft spots and dangerous criminals. This one … the dangerous Level Three sexual offender … having been freed by a judge, had a ski mask, duct tape and gloves in his rape kit when he followed a woman into [...]
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Berkeley out of US!
Published on 2 Feb 2008 at 12:30 pm.
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Filed under law & order, military, moronocy.
All yours, al-Qaeda. SF Chron:
Hero
Published on 21 Jan 2008 at 8:23 am.
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Filed under law & order.
With issues. New Hampshire man who killed a cop-killer runs afoul of the law.
Hero Chihuahua
Published on 29 Dec 2007 at 7:16 am.
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Filed under crime, dogs, law & order.
Gets the chalupa.
Cats Back
Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 1:12 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under law & order, moronocy.
Boston’s cat lady can have her hoarded kitty corpses back, Supreme Judicial Court rules:
Traditionalist Yokels
Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 12:58 pm.
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Filed under law & order.
Ha. These backward hicks in Rhode Island think they’re not supposed to be legislating from the bench:
Texan Neighborhood Watch
Published on 26 Nov 2007 at 9:11 pm.
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Filed under guns, law & order.
This could have a negative impact on the greater Houston house-breaking industry.
This would not happen in my state, due to the well-established Massachusetts criminals’ rights movement that levies severe penalties on anyone with a lawful firearm attempting to interfere with a domestic felony in progress.
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Poor Judgment
Published on 22 Nov 2007 at 8:06 am.
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Filed under law & order.
Libel-suit judge exercised it.
Herald here: Judge finds judge’s misconduct unbecoming, but not willful.
Prior here and here.
Some related links:
Globe: Judge in Herald case wants early retirement.
Citizen Media Law Project: Massachusetts SJC denies Boston Herald Motion for Reconsideration of Judge Murphy Libel Decision.
Globe: SJC upholds judge’s libel victory over the Herald.
Herald: Murphy wins appeals ruling in libel case: Herald vows to [...]
Judicial Issues
Published on 27 Sep 2007 at 12:56 am.
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Filed under law & order.
Boston Herald continues its reporting on libel-suit judge* here and here.
