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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Man falls, wife calls paramedics, man ends up tased three times.
Fascinating article about an experiment in which Charles Darwin created a new ecosystem on a remote island.
This little girl has an incredible voice. Caught her performance last night. It was even better.
Man whittling in public confronted by police. Ends up dead.
John McWhorter: Ending the drug war will do more to help black Americans than marching.
The good news is that an online gambling legalization bill is slowly gaining momentum. The bad news comes in reading about how it’s happening, when you see just how ugly Washington sausage making really is.

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Afternoon Links

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

The Maryland dog park shooter has been charged with two misdemeanors.
“What We Own.”
RIAA, NAB may ask the government to mandate FM receivers in portable electronics.
Obama sticking with his DEA nominee Michele Leonhardt, even though she’s a proponent of federal raids on medical marijuana clinics.
Good interview with Innocence Project co-founder Peter Neufeld.
Hilarious Facebook controversy over photo illusion featuring Kylie Minogue, a microphone, and a giant stuffed bear.
Smells Like a Rockin’ Robin.
Feds say no charges against school officials in Pennsylvania laptop spying case.
Kathryn Johnston’s family will get $4.9 million from the city of Atlanta.

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Sunday Links

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Flawed drug test kit may have wrongly implicated thousands.
Thing is, it just might work.
Puppycide lawsuit: Cop responded to mistaken 911 call, kills family dog.
Oregon appeals court rules positive marijuana test shouldn’t result in the state taking away your kids. Especially if it was the NarcoPouch test.
Swedish cops appear to react quite a bit differently when citizens whip out the video camera.
Nice collection of long exposure photos.

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Late Morning Links

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Emily Bazelon on the prosecutorial overreach in the Phoebe Prince bullying case. Kudos to Bazelon for a skeptical, in-depth, really well-reported piece of journalism.
The i-dosing silliness gets picked up by the British papers.
Man has identity stolen by a sex offender, now likely to remain on sex offender list for the rest of his life.
Jury awards man $855,000 in suit in which he claims he was beaten by Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies. He had been arrested for sexually abusing and killing his infant son. He was acquitted on those charges. I’m sure his last name had nothing to do with any of this.
ABC News picks up the “arrested for recording cops” story.
Blind couple nearly lost custody of their child because . . . they’re blind.

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Saturday Links

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Another arrest for recording police, this time in New Hampshire. The charges were dropped soon after. This is the second such arrest I’ve seen in New Hampshire. A Nashua man named Michael Gannon was arrested in 2006 for recording police who had come into his own home. Those charges were later dropped, too.
The miracle of orthodontia.
Here’s a surprising headline. Remember Radley’s axiom: libertarianism tends to happen to people.
Why journalists shouldn’t be fired for revealing their personal opinions.
More federal drug raids in Obama’s post-federal-drug raid America. In San Diego and Saginaw.
Download the Reason iPhone ap. It’s your chance to put me, Matt Welch, and Nick Gillespie in your pocket. And it’s free!
William Grigg on a couple of disturbing “new professionalism” moments.

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Saturday Links

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Another arrest for recording police, this time in New Hampshire. The charges were dropped soon after. This is the second such arrest I’ve seen in New Hampshire. A Nashua man named Michael Gannon was arrested in 2006 for recording police who had come into his own home. Those charges were later dropped, too.
The miracle of orthodontia.
Here’s a surprising headline. Remember Radley’s axiom: libertarianism tends to happen to people.
Why journalists shouldn’t be fired for revealing their personal opinions.
More federal drug raids in Obama’s post-federal-drug raid America. In San Diego and Saginaw.
Download the Reason iPhone ap. It’s your chance to put me, Matt Welch, and Nick Gillespie in your pocket. And it’s free!
William Grigg on a couple of disturbing “new professionalism” moments.

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Afternoon Links

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

What does it take for a police officer to get fired? One sure way is to rat out other officers, or to go to the media when you feel the department isn’t living up to Scalia’s new professionalism. Note too that when an officer leaked to the media that a fellow officer had been granted “professional courtesy” during a DUI, it was the leaking officer who was investigated.
Supreme Court deals another blow to free speech.
iPod magazine ad, circa 1977.
The city of Jacksonville, Florida pays $200K to the family of Isaac Singletary. Singletary was killed in 2007 when he came out to confront what he thought were drug dealers on his front lawn. They were undercover cops posing as drug dealers. On his property. So they killed him.
Best cease-and-desist letter I’ve seen to date.
Hey, I’m “notable”! Do I get some sort of t-shirt for this? Maybe some cake?

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Saturday Links

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

U.S., British embassies exchange smack-talking letters ahead of today’s game.
Yes, there are still people who think like this though their ranks are dwindling, even in conservative circles. And holy wordiness, man. The guy needs 16 paragraphs to say Sting sucks?
Warrant issued for Baltimore off-duty cop who shot and killed a man at a night club.
Makes sense.
The conservative/libertarian split on judicial philosophy. Or, why judicial activism shouldn’t be a dirty phrase.

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Late Morning Links

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Feds arrest 2,200 in massive drug sweep. Better get your drugs soon, there may soon be none left! Also, here’s Eric Holder: “…it was just one battle in what is an ongoing war.” Weren’t we supposed to stop calling it that?
Citizen journalism meets microfinance. I love this idea.
Scott Greenfield questions the outrage over a pending Utah execution by firing squad. I agree. The death penalty process should concern us a hell of a lot more than the method of execution.
Denver police department considering new policies after paying settlement to man whose dog was shot by a cop responding to a music complaint.
Immigration and intellectual laziness.
Someone sent me this story with a snide comment about how cruel the free market can be. But who created the niche this guy is exploiting?
Here’s a fun blog focusing on self-delusion.

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Late Morning Links

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Feds arrest 2,200 in massive drug sweep. Better get your drugs soon, there may soon be none left! Also, here’s Eric Holder: “…it was just one battle in what is an ongoing war.” Weren’t we supposed to stop calling it that?
Citizen journalism meets microfinance. I love this idea.
Scott Greenfield questions the outrage over a pending Utah execution by firing squad. I agree. The death penalty process should concern us a hell of a lot more than the method of execution.
Denver police department considering new policies after paying settlement to man whose dog was shot by a cop responding to a music complaint.
Immigration and intellectual laziness.
Someone sent me this story with a snide comment about how cruel the free market can be. But who created the niche this guy is exploiting?
Here’s a fun blog focusing on self-delusion.

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