In an off-topic comment to another post, “Badge Licker” (is that like Holster Sniffer?) wrote: “Undercover narcotics agents take out the trash this week.” I clicked on the link and realized this was talking about Jonathan Ayers. That got me thinking. Here’s a later report [dead link removed] from the same Fox News station. [dead link removed] I replied to…
Month: September 2009
Deep Undercover
Kristina Goetz of the Memphis Commercial Appealhas this story about an officer doing “deep undercover.” She also had to restrain her police instincts to break up a fight at a convenience store or call social services if she saw a dealer hit his child because being caught would compromise the larger goal. And what larger goal was more important than…
Alaskan Privacy
I’ve been a little fuzzy on the topic. But thanks to a reader, I’ve learned a bit. Remember when marijuana used to be legal in Alaska? What ever happened to that? Well here’s the story, best I understand it. In May, 1975, in Ravin v. State, the Alaska State Supreme Court ruled that possession of weed by an adult, at…
Piss On This!
I hate drug tests. I think they’re dumb and ineffective as policy. But mostly I object on moral grounds. I don’t think it’s your boss’s business what you do at home. I don’t think it’s the government’s business what you do at home. And I think it’s a shame that the least harmful illegal drug is the easiest to pick…
Trouble for the Greek
John Paterakis Sr., the baker and well-connected developer who bankrolled Harbor East, pleaded guilty Friday afternoon to two misdemeanor campaign finance violations and will pay $26,000 in fines and be barred from donating to Baltimore politicians until his probation ends in January 2012. The storyby Annie Linskey in the Sun.
A Mugging on Lake Street
A reader pointed out a good article in Chicago Magazine by John Conroy, “A Mugging on Lake Street.” It’s a bit heartbreaking to learn that John Conroy, whose name I recognize as a quality journalist, doesn’t have a regular gig. But at least he got this assignment. Too bad it all started with Conroy getting jumped while riding his bike…
I love it. Maybe I *should* move there
Here’s an interesting website about my brother’s home of Amsterdam. It’s specifically in response to Bill O’Reilly’s lies about Amsterdam. In case you think everyone is always wearing orange and dancing, Queens Day only happens once a year. But it is a pretty impressive day. And the boat-ride video makes me kind of homesick. I know those canals well. But…
How’s that drug war going?
Not so well, according to Pete Guither. Specifically with regard to the 17 people killed in a rehab clinic in Juarez. At least they’ll never take drugs again.
Catching the small fry
“‘Come here,’ Rags told John. John refused, earning himself a time out in handcuffs. And a ticket for littering…. There are bigger fish in the sea of criminality. But sometimes, the little fish make themselves hard to toss back into the water.” That gem of a line is from Pepper Spray Me.