Ninth Stage

A five year old child was refused boarding as a “national security risk” because his name is similar to one on the feared “no-fly list.”
A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the Consumerist reports, “When his mother went to [...]

Even their dogs are better than you.
“A police dog is a police officer. There is no difference under the law,” [the judge] tells KDKA. “They are not pets and they are trained in the purposes of law enforcement and anyone who would taunt a police officer can be considered a threat to the community.”
Via Balko.

We salute you.
You did it with flair, you did it your way. I hope it was worth the effort. Man kills self with homemade guillotine.
Just know you were not the first.

Michael Wyatt was accused of Attempted Capital Murder in 2004 and was out on $150,000 bond when he pleaded guilty in April ‘05. Until last Monday he was still out on bond and has not been sentenced. He’s now back in jail for a different crime. In the intervening years Wyatt has [...]

Cory Doctorow waxes all antiunequalist over those hegemonical anti-Myspacer Facebookists.
Must be freaking sweet that the only thing you have to worry about is the dishegemonists not choosing Facebook, because, you know, any idiot with a browser can register on Facebook but the tragedy is that some choose not to.

And what are you trying to say, I’m crazy?!
When I work in your schools!
I work in your churches!
I work in your institutional learning facilities!
So how can you say I’m crazy?!
With apologies to Suicidal Tendencies.

The service manual says (heavily paraphrased):
a. Replace item 8.
b. Connect device P at place D.
c. Supply device P with K.
d. Start device P.
e. Start running program R.
f. Check for F.
g. If upper F is missing, replace item 6 and goto c.
h. Remove supply of K and replace with O.
i. Continue until O appears at all [...]

The Justice Department effectively said “hey man, nice shot” to that negligent cop, Deval Bullock, who accidentally pulled the trigger and killed Dr. Salvatore Culosi. This was the last opportunity for justice for Sal and is a sickening example of the government protecting it’s own. That tin shield works real good don’t it? [...]

I’m so glad they didn’t use a gun, otherwise it’d be a tragedy.
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — Two Australian schoolgirls who garroted a friend as an experiment to see what it was like to kill someone were on Thursday sentenced to life in jail for a murder a judge said was “gruesome and merciless in the [...]

A man records audio during his DWI stop and is charged with felony wiretapping.
The television show COPS is ok though, the police know they’re being taped.  A trooper recording a stop, audio and video, with his in car camera is OK though, the trooper knows he’s being taped.  A peon citizen recording a stop is [...]

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This is just about the worst news story about so called “assault weapons” I have ever read.
A few tidbits:

“They’re capable of firing hundreds of rounds in just a few short seconds.“
“Captain Mark Holley with Shreveport’s Narcotics Unit says assault rifles are popular with big game hunters.“
Shreveport police variously get “three to five per day” or [...]

Sheryl Crow proudly shows off her stink-fingers after demonstrating her environmentally friendly single sheet wiping method.

Jim Zumbo’s blog at Outdoor Life has been suspended - for good if they have any sense. Remington has dumped his fat ass so it’s disgusting to see their ads still appearing above Zumbo’s mug but that’s likely to to be fixed soon.
In the interest of posterity, and thanks to Google, I’m reproducing the [...]

Reading Jim Zumbo’s nopology gave me a case of the ass. He calls me a terrorist and stakes out an anti-Second Amendment position in the first post. In the “apology” he’s puffed up and complaining about what he calls ” the unpatriotic comments leveled at me. I fly the flag 365 days [...]

You’ve probably read about Zumbo the elitist anti-gun scumbag elsewhere (Tam Uncle Kevin), if not here’s the story.
Previously unknown to me hunting writer Jim Zumbo writes a post at his Outdoor Life blog that basically says “my boomstick is better than yours, to hell with them ARs, anyone who shoots one should be charged”. [...]

An officer lied to a magistrate to get the “no knock warrant” that lead to the death of Kathryn Johnston.
In an affidavit to get a search warrant at the home Nov. 21, narcotics officer Jason R. Smith told a magistrate he and Officer Arthur Tesler had a confidential informant buy $50 worth of crack at [...]

In Canada.
Police officer Jeff Resler was found not guilty of assault by Judge Robert Philp. Resler was up for two counts of assault and two counts of assault with a weapon for using his Taser to wake two sleeping men.
In November 2003, Resler and three other officers were investigating an armed robbery at Edmonton’s [...]

You are probably aware that new rules are about to go into effect requiring all air travelers to have a valid passport (or Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, [...]

After all the nasty things Pamela Anderson has put in her mouth, PETA expects us to take dietary advice from her? I don’t think so.