It’s September 5th, 2011. Today happens to be my 40th birthday. But unrelated, my wife will soon be boarding the Queen Mary 2 in Brooklyn for an Atlantic Ocean crossing. We are packing our steamer trunks and hat boxes. Here’s our view and where we are. I just learned that when my mother came to America in 1958, she was…
There’s an interesting chart in New York Magazine that shows what the Patriot Act is used for. Delayed-notice search warrants issued under the expanded powers of the Patriot Act, 2006–2009: For drugs: 1,618 For fraud: 122 For Terrorism: 15
One last bit on crime in New York City during Irene: There were about 30 arrests citywide for crimes committed between midnight and 7:30 a.m. during a police tour of duty that roughly matched the duration of the storm’s approach and arrival. (An earlier estimate of 45 arrests — described by the mayor as proving the inherent goodness of New…
You might think that headline is a joke, but it’s not. Good for Bonn, I say!
To round up wandering kids in an effort to combat mobs of roving teens. From the Sun: Baltimore’s curfew center began four years ago — a collaborative effort among police, the school system and social services — to get kids off the street and away from potential harm. Their work has taken on a new urgency as other cities grapple…
I just like the headline. And no, sex is not a crime… even on duty (though it should be an admin issue). Update:He got fired.
Jamaican Kingpin pleads guilty in New York. I’m surprised he lived to see the day.
Flogging image of the day:
A US Court of Appeals in Massachusetts has said that arresting someone for filming the police is a constitutional violation. A guy, after we answered in the affirmative as to whether his phone was recording audio, was charged with violation of the wiretap statute, disturbing the peace, and aiding in the escape of a prisoner. The last charge was particularly…
Since we all know that the Bible is the literal word of God (I’m not certain which version, but certainly one of the English-language ones, since it would make no sense for God to speak a language other than American), it turns out, perhaps not surprisingly, that there are people out there who insist the sun revolves around the earth:…