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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Innocence no defense against Virginia’s sex offender list. Once you’re on these things, it’s damn near impossible to get removed.
FDA considering mandatory salt reductions. Remember when everyone said not to worry, all this talk about reducing salt in food would be voluntary? Good times.
California police captain voids police lieutenant’s ticket for causing an accident, says doing so was “in the interest of justice.”
Headline of the day.
Nutty, Tea-Party-backed senator proposes crazy-ass amendment to limit the federal government’s power.

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Photos of Nevada’s otherworldly-looking Fly Geyser.
Florida Innocence Commission recommends videotaping police interrogations. A similar commission in California made the same recommendation a few years ago, a long with corroborating jailhouse informant testimony and double-blind police lineups. Under pressure from the state’s prosecutors, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed all three.
West Virginia man arrested for recording police.
DHS refuses to release the phone numbers of its public information officers, calling such a FOIA request a “clearly unwarranted invasion” of their privacy. Bask in the irony.
For Breaking Bad fans.
Drug policy vs. homicide rates.
This isn’t too far removed from how a lot of policies are actually made.
The bear is expected to hold a press conference today, in which he will publicly apologize and resign from office.

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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Police raid suspected meth lab . . . that turns out to be a guy making his own beer.
Colorado man makes last-ditch effort to overturn his 145-year sentence for a sex crime his alleged victim says never took place.
The Milky Way, taken near the North Sea.
Wisconsin judge says you have no right to drink the milk from your own cow.
The FTC goes after Four Loko again, this time for packaging the drink in cans that are apparently too large.
CBS reporter says White House “screamed” at her over Fast & Furious story.
Speaking of which, the Obama administration apparently thinks it’s fine to sell guns to murderous Mexican drug cartels, but they draw the line at pot-smoking cancer patients.

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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

This is a good thing. Not the killing, but that it was captured on camera.
The New Professionalism, Clayton County, Georgia edition.
A brief history of branding.
Michael Bloomberg says government’s highest priority is to stop you from making bad decisions. Like, say, voting for Michael Bloomberg.
Man convicted by Texas DA and Perry forensics commission appointee John Bradley freed after 25 years in prison.
How the FDA is killing people.

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Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Jonathan Turley: Obama “prove the most disastrous president in our history in terms of civil liberties.”
Couple refuses entry to DEA agents who got the wrong house.
University of Wisconsin-Stout targets faculty member with “threats” for Firefly posters on his door.
Michigan police chief, five cops charged with using asset forfeiture money to purchase drugs, prostitutes.
This seems like a bad idea.
Incredible story of a false confession and wrongful conviction.
TSA/airport police in Indianapolis seize a breast cancer patient’s medical marijuana. I feel safer.
Other things that make me feel safer: That we’re about to deport a star student because she was brought to America illegally when she was 20 months old.
An interview with the great Idris Elba.

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Monday, September 26th, 2011

Seattle PD loses 45,000+ dash cam videos.
More terrifying stories from Mexico.
Lightning storm at the Grand Canyon.
The Economist looks at false confessions.
Photos Tweeted from space.
Over five years, the federal government paid at least $600 million in entitlements to dead people.

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Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Interesting study on power and corruption.
Libertarianism happens to people: foodie edition.
Why pro-death penalty and anti-government are incompatible.
Ugandans beaten, forcibly removed from land to make way for carbon credit forests.
“Professional courtesy” in Houston. Nice to see the meting out of some discipline, though.
And here’s another example of a police chief showing some courage.
Interview with a man who did 18 years for a crime he didn’t commit.

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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

The state of Georgia executed Troy Davis last night. Here’s a rundown of the witnesses who recanted. I honestly didn’t think they’d go through with it. Which only goes to show that however low your expectations of government may be, they probably aren’t low enough.
California city is demanding couple purchase a permit to host Bible study sessions.
The cops who beat University of Maryland student John McKenna have been indicted. This would never have happened were it not for social media and cell phone video.
Telling stats on marijuana arrests.
The McGurk Effect.
Cops in the Kelly Thomas case charged with murder, manslaughter.
RAND study: No connection between medical pot dispensaries, crime.
Here’s a delightful shredding of Thomas Friedman.
Government paternalism and overreaction trumped by government in competence.

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Thursday, September 15th, 2011

I think that if I were a death penalty supporter, I’d be fighting like hell to make sure Troy Davis isn’t executed.
Write your own caption.
A police department that gets it. Although you should be able to record someone else’s interaction with cops as well, so long as you aren’t physically interfering.
Study: People with delusions of grandeur tend to become very successful. Other study: But subtler, reality-based optimism may actually hinder success. This totally explains politics.
A defense of Lochner.
The cop who killed former NFL player Deacon Turner in that case with the mysterious non-functioning security camera has shot another man.
Signs that the DA may back down in the Kelly Thomas beating death.
Feds spend $3.4 billion on anti-terror program for food supply, have little to show for it.
Rick Perry vs. the lap dance lobby.

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Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Renton, Washington police just don’t know when to quit.
Chicago man charged with attempted murder for shooting at police during a drug raid. Ready for this? Jury acquits.
Wendy McElroy on war, peace, and passport control.
Headline of the day.
Hank Skinner once again files for DNA testing.
Colorado cops fired after beating a man outside a bar, and after video showed they had lied on their police reports about the incident . . . have been reinstated. With back pay. Full video of the incident here.

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