"They rarely, if ever, prevent a crime, contrary to all those phony-baloney cop shows on TV. What they do is show up after the crime has occurred, take down a report, and then use the report to document that crime is out of control but would not be if only we had more and better-paid cops. They are essentially crime historians. As Ron Paul once said, the reason you are safe in your home is not because the cops are riding around town but because of the Second Amendment.That's pretty accurate.
The second function of the police is to collect taxes from us for parking too long while shopping, not wearing seat belts, etc. Every cop understands that he is a revenue-gathering machine, and that that revenue is necessary to pay his salary and perks."
The government is using ethanol to ruin older cars so every car will be equipped to spy on drivers. It's also a nice give-away to car companies and corn farmers.
My slashdot aggregator has a story about a laser being used to shoot down a drone, but the story has disappeared. The BBC has an article on lasers that shoot down drones.
TSA singles out media critic for harassment.
Judge protects MF Global chief fraud Corzine from being deposed.
Police in Minnesota take camera from man videoing them and charge him with a violation of a federal health care law. This is good reminder that every action government takes, even supposedly in the interest of health care, is a threat of violence backed by violence against the people.
"The allegation that his recording of the incident violated HIPAA, or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is nonsense, said Jennifer Granick, a specialist on privacy issues at Stanford Law School. "Cops don't care. They have power. It corrupts them.
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