Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Concerning “Justice For George Floyd”

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     A couple of interesting facts about this supposed victim of racist cops have come to light that suggest that Derek Chauvin’s actions mi...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Quickies: A Few Gedankenexperiments

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     Hold on tight, Gentle Reader: we’re about to go adventuring. Linda’s citation below has charged my capacitors, and I feel a great need...
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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Quickies: Cops Against The Right To Bear Arms

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     Herschel cites a typical case:      The leader of [Oklahoma’s] largest police department on Friday denounced the new “constitutional ...
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Friday, November 30, 2018

Quickies: The Militarization Of America’s Police Forces

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     Alex over at Ammo.Com has invited my attention to this compendious, very detailed piece on the subject. I was toying with the idea of...
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Friday, October 19, 2018

Quickies: Bad Comparisons Dept.

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     Just a few minutes ago, someone posted this on Gab.Ai:      When a police officer points a gun at you and tells you not to reach in yo...
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

America’s Secret Police

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     You’d better be wearing your seat belt, Gentle Reader. It’s not often I get to start an essay with a title that provocative, so you can...
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Monday, July 17, 2017

Police State Nation

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     America has become a police state. Private citizens -- whom the cops resolutely strive to deny the means to defend themselves -- are n...
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Saturday, February 4, 2017

A Muscular Minority

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     In any civilized society, those who are willing to use violence to gain what they seek will be a minority. Those who are eager to do so...
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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Quickies: You’re Not Just Being Watched

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     At least, present trends continuing, pretty soon you won’t be:      Connecticut — Police are now voicing their concerns about domest...
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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Really Quickies: Trouble In Paradise Dept.

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     Obama really, really hates dissent, express or implied:      FBI Director Comey just finished a briefing to the American public. It w...
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Quickies: Forfeiture Report

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     Time was, we were told that civil asset forfeiture would focus on the revenues and resources of large criminal organizations. It wou...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

What The Hell Is Going On?

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     Again via WRSA, we have another report that looks like a murder committed by uniformed police:      MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — A police ...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Quickies: The Truth, But Not The Whole Truth

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     FBI Director James Comey gives us a slice of truth:      In two speeches, the FBI boss said he believes crime is rising in much of th...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Quickies: “Black Lives Matter”

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     I spend a bit of time each week perusing sites widely regarded as the seedy sub-basement of the World Wide Web. Among them are sites th...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Quickies: A Multicausal Malady

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     This article has drawn considerable interest from the uncritical fans of armed, uniformed bureaucrats police:      A sharp spike in ...
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Harbingers Of Things to Come?

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     Given Barack Hussein Obama’s propensity for ignoring the Constitution, I’ve occasionally wondered whether we can be certain that he’ll...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Words Fail Me Dept.

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     For how many years, how many decades, have we and our minor children been harangued that “the police are your friends” -- ?      It...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Quickies: Crisis-Unwasted Dept.

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     Rahm Emanuel laid down the maxim “You never let a crisis go to waste,” and come Hell or high water, Barack Hussein Obama will abide by ...
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Monday, April 27, 2015

A Quiet Riot

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     (Say, wasn’t there a band named Quiet Riot?)      From the national news media, you might not think matters in Baltimore were much dif...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Creeping Totalitarianism Report

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     This disturbing article from David French demonstrates factual reporting as it was once practiced:      “They came with a battering r...
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