Author Archives: alan
That pesky 4th Amendment
Sorry, I’m still not interested in making cop’s jobs easier. Another major revision changes the proposed standard for conducting searches from “probable cause” to “reasonable suspicion” of wrongdoing. The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas said a “probable cause” standard … Continue reading
Posted in Police State
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Priorities
I guess telling us Mrs. Brady got crabs 40 years ago is more newsworthy than Obama’s latest end run around the Constitution.
Posted in Stupid MSM
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“Let’s change the standard and see if anyone complains.”
This seems like a really bad idea. A yearlong experiment with the nation’s electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers — and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes … Continue reading
Posted in WTF?
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The dead horse that wasn’t beaten
I’ve seen a lot of dead things on the road in Texas but this was my first dead horse. We thought about getting a stick and beating it, but decided the arrest report wouldn’t look good, especially with a carload … Continue reading
Posted in WTF?
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TSA: Now even worse!
Just when you thought the TSA couldn’t get any worse: Now they’re unionized! The funny thing is the union does almost nothing for the TSA employees. The TSA workers will only be able to bargain over a limited number of … Continue reading
Posted in Fail, TSA
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End of the War on (some) Drugs?
Barney Frank and Ron Paul will introduce a bill that would end federal marijuana prohibition. It’s a small, and very unlikely, step but a long overdue one. The War on (some) Drugs has done FAR more damage to this country … Continue reading
Posted in Police State, politics
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Stat Geek Alert
This is an interesting distribution from this poll. (Ignore the “you’re more awesome than 98% of the population” part) Normally you’d expect to see a classic bell curve on something like this. But this is more of a bimodal distribution. … Continue reading
Posted in Weird Stuff
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