Seriously. My wife’s cookbook is officially out today. Co-authored with Tamara Reynolds. Forking F-ing Fantastic!Go buy it. Seriously. Come on… I don’t ask much of you.
Month: October 2009
“Running only leads to more running”
A Chicago Tribunepiece on why the Fenger High School students fight. It doesn’t really answer the question. But then again it’s not like there is a good answer. What it comes down to seems to be the belief that kids from the projects are “invading” another neighborhood (with seemingly very similar socioeconomic characteristics) where the high school is. “As far…
Prohibition Deaths vs. Prohibition Deaths
Pete Guither at Drug WarRant has an interesting post, here stolen in its entirety: Robert Almonte, executive director, Texas Narcotic Officers Association and El Paso police deputy chief (retired), had a different view of the war on drugs than most of the learned participants in the recent conference in El Paso (surprise, surprise): ‘War on Drugs’ conference got the issue…
Personally Dissed by the Drug Czar
And by the President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police! Mr. Kerlinkowske, Mr Laine, nice to meet you. At an October 3rd address at the 2009 International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, Czar Kerlikowske said (via stop the drug war): But I must underscore how important your help on this issue is – on the streets,…
Mass. Decrim Has No Effect On Schools
So say some Massachusetts school officials–the same ones who say decriminalization “sends a terrible message to kids.” The story by John Hilliard is here (via the Agitator). This really is no surprise, but it’s important for a few reasons. Prohibitionists seem to care more about “the message” than about actual drug use and drug harms. For too many, it’s a…
The Murky World of CIs
Peter Hermann has a good story in the Sun. “It is a murky, secretive place where cops and crooks mingle and exchange information for money, a place where the line dividing law and disorder often blurs.”
Baltimore Police Quarry
Anybody in Baltimore know why the major from the Southeast was suspended? An old buddy of mine from Eastern was asking if I knew why. Sheee-it… like I know anything. I didn’t even know he was the major. But we both remember him a good guy. If you know, I’d appreciate it if you could send me an email directly…
Tasers Get Support
PERF says Tasers increase officer safety. Of note: Not all of the people who have died after being subjected to a CED activation were chemically dependent or had heart disease or mental illness; “some were normal healthy adults.”
He gave “all the money he had on him” – $23
An anonymous reader sent me this link by Rob Moore and Donald Fraser of the Franklin County Citizen & The News Leader. Thanks. It’s an update on the shooting of Jonathan Ayers. The woman who was in the Rev. Jonathan Ayers’ car moments before he was shot by undercover drug agents in Toccoa on Sept. 1 is refuting reports that…