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– Taliban in Pakistan now in control of territory within 70 miles of Islamabad.
– Immigrants swept up in federal raids face not only deportation, but the loss of custody of their children.
– Wisconsin attorney general says it's legal to open carry in the state. Milwaukee police chief's response: "My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we'll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it." You know you have a problem when the chief refers to peace officers as "troops."
– The Washington Post looks at telekinetic toys.
– Bank of America CEO testifies that Bernanke, Paulson told him to keep quiet about the company's troubled plan to purchase Merril. The deal went through, and Merril's larger-than-expected losses triggered a federal bailout.
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Wow. The militarization of the police isn’t covert anymore.
“My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we’ll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it.” ”
WTF?
I’m guessing the state attorney general could not do something about this, say enjoin the guy from giving such orders? Law-talking folks, help me out here.
Every once in a while you just have to say WTF?!
Jesus Christ what a douche, he gives even bad police officers a bad name. Can we get a young Rambo to walk through Milwaukee?
OTOH, that Jedi Trainer is possibly the coolest toy ever. ? Libertarian Jr has just had his Christmas list made for him.
My GOPer business partner was discussing taking a trip to Milwaukee to win some easy money in a civil rights lawsuit. 🙂
That would be whole ‘Assualt first – Ask questions later’ mode of policing.
That would be whole ‘Assualt first – Ask questions later’ mode of policing.
How is that any different than normal?
You know you have a problem when the chief refers to peace officers as “troops.”
Now they’re “peace officers,” Radley? You’ve been calling them “troops” for years.
The guy’s just honest. And apparently deranged.
Then again, it is Milwaukee.
A police chief publicly said that he was going to violate state law? He should be terminated or at least reprimanded and forced to publicly recant.
I want to live in that world too Mr Libertate.
Looks like the drinking starts early(ish) today.
A police chief publicly said that he was going to violate state law?
Violate the law? Violate the LAW! Son, I AM the law, you’d better get used to it quick.
Once upon a time, a police chief who said, “Fuck the law, I’ll do as I please. I’m the law around here,” had a better-than-zero chance of being summoned to City Hall and summarily relieved of his gun and badge.
anybody want to do an open-carry protest in downtown Milwaukee? we could do it outside the police HQ.
“My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we’ll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it.”
Somebody needs to tell the Milwaukee City Council to set lots of money aside for payoffs to plaintiffs in section 1983 lawsuits.
*sniff sniff*; as a new law student, I’m still getting acquainted with smelling a lawsuit coming. Thanks for pointing that out, Seward.
I would love to come test this. I could use some help to pay for medical school.
“”””””Immigrants swept up in federal raids face not only deportation, but the loss of custody of their children.””””””””
So why don’t these wonderful “family value” illegal immigrants take their children with them when they go back to their home country? Don’t they like their children, why do they abandon them?
* – err, Seamus.
DJF, tell me you’re just trolling.
“Her lifestyle, that of smuggling herself into the country illegally and committing crimes in this country, is not a lifestyle that can provide stability for a child,” the judge wrote in his decision. “A child cannot be educated in this way, always in hiding or on the run.”
What crimes did this lady commit in this country?
She used falsified documents to get a job. For this she has been in prison for two years & has lost custody of her child. Judge Dally is a heartless piece of trash.
The Washington Post looks at telekinetic toys.
YAWN “Make train go with brain waves” is forty year old technology. Let me know when you can replace your game controller with a headband.
? Libertarian,
Actually, even as bad as things have gotten these days, this announcement will guarantee that the city and the chief will be paying cash money to anyone “taken down” in contravention of state law. The city is on notice of the chief’s intention to violate the law and will be complicit in the lawbreaking if it does nothing.
The governor and the AG are likely making some calls, too.
TAO,
Seamus is right to point to ?1983, because I believe that cities are viewed as “persons” under that law and can be held liable for money damages. States can’t be, but the state isn’t the problem in this case.
So, speaking of sniffing out lawsuits, it seems to me one could put Bernanke and Paulson on the hook for a shareholder class action for conspiracy to defraud by concealing material facts. I don’t think anybody will argue B of A shareholders would not have voted for the merger had the true extent of Merrill’s problems been revealed. How much is that worth?
Looks like the trillions that we have “invested” in Afghanistan/Pakistan are sure paying dividends. I can hear it now, “the best military in the world,” and “the best fighting force money can buy,” and “those brave men and women are doing an heroic job, against impossibole odds,” and on and on….
Forgive me for being overly cynical, but I actually foresee the WI legislature trying to “distinguish” open carry to make it OK for the cops to tackle people.
Let me know when you can replace your game controller with a headband.
Okay.
Let me know when you can replace your game controller with a headband.
My wife can beat me on Atari 2600 Basketball using the controller only with her feet.
Telekinetic toys: Why did they have to make such a shitty movie out of Mimsy Were the Borogoves?
this announcement will guarantee that the city and the chief will be paying cash money to anyone “taken down”
True, that is a silver lining. On the more practical side, though, the statement will have the desired effect of reducing open carry.
If the chief is smacked down by the AG or governor, then I agree this may be a net gain for liberty.
:::puts bottle back in desk drawer for now
I can beat you on Atari WITHOUT THE OVERLAYS!
Taliban in Pakistan now in control of territory within 70 miles of Islamabad.
It will be nice when the indigenous people of Pakistan finally gain control of their own country from the legacy colonial caste.
I can beat you on Atari WITHOUT THE OVERLAYS!
I thought your favorite game was Circus Atari… that uses paddles, MORAN!
Ha! I burned you good! Aw… did E.T. fall in a pit and starve to death?
oh snap, I had an Intellivision and an Atari. I got them confused. They were both hand-me-downs from rich relatives.
TAO,
The Atari 5200 had a numeric pad, maybe you were thinking of that.
I was about to say, “TAO, you fool, that is Intellivision”, but you beat me to it.
SugarFree,
Did people own the 5200?
TAO-
First year law student?
Tell us about the mail box rule, redding pipe, battle of the forms, fitness for a particular purpose, a gratuituous promise, Hadley v Baxendale and MY LEGS.
Anybody remember the VIC 20? I did my first programming on that baby.
The new mind toy may not impress anyone here, but I’m telling you, I need to get my hands on some Uncle Milton Toy Company stock. I can see this being the Cabbage Patch Doll of 2009.
PL,
I knew one guy who did, but he owned every damn game console ever and as soon as they came out.
The ColecoVision just ate its lunch. They were both hampered by dumb controller designs, but the ColecoVision could play 2600 games (the 5200 couldn’t until an adapter was made) and came bundled with Donkey Kong.
Once upon a time, a police chief who said, “Fuck the law, I’ll do as I please. I’m the law around here,” had a better-than-zero chance of being summoned to City Hall and summarily relieved of his gun and badge.
Maybe if the mofo was sat in a seatless chair and his ass and balls spanked with a flyswatter, he’d relieve himself.
She used falsified documents to get a job. For this she has been in prison for two years & has lost custody of her child. Judge Dally is a heartless piece of trash.
I believe Xeones has a more pithy way of expressing this sentiment.
My wife can beat me on Atari 2600 Basketball using the controller only with her feet.
SF, are you purposely lobbing softballs to Epi?
Anybody remember the VIC 20? I did my first programming on that baby.
Remember it? I’ve got it in a box in storage, complete with cassette tape drive.
SF, are you purposely lobbing softballs to Epi?
He’s a Seattlite, he won’t be here for hours. Lazy, coffee-swilling flannel-jockey.
Wisconsin attorney general says it’s legal to open carry in the state. Milwaukee police chief’s response: “My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we’ll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it.” You know you have a problem when the chief refers to peace officers as “troops.”
A cop who thinks that the law doesn’t apply to cops.
Who’d a thunk that?
The ColecoVision just ate its lunch….and came bundled with Donkey Kong.
Man that thing was awesome. Even though I have a hundred NES roms on my phone now, back in the day that system was a sight to behold (especially after playing an Atari 2600). I couldn’t stop playing Venture, Congo or DK though I would like to have the time spent playing Smurfs back somehow.
Anybody remember the VIC 20? I did my first programming on that baby
The Vic-20 was my first computer…
I wrote my first BASIC program on it….and I used to play frogger and Dig-Dug on it 🙂
Oh and fuck the Milwaukee PD. It’s funny how these law and order types seem to have no problem violating the law when they don’t like the law. The law is the law douchebag…your job is to uphold it, not to like/agree with it.
You know the funny thing is, is that it was illegal to carry guns in most towns in the “wild west”. That’s what the whole, shoot out at the O.K corral, was all about. Earp and company were trying to disarm the McLaurys and friends.
You know the funny thing is, is that it was illegal to carry guns in most towns in the “wild west”.
I can’t speak for back then, but it is still perfectly legal to walk around in Texas with a rifle. Unlawful carrying of weapons only applies to handguns and prohibited weapons.
Earp and company were trying to disarm the McLaurys and friends.
Well, then fuck Wyatt Earp and the horse he rode in on.
Regarding Pakistan, I’m at the point where I’m hoping that shithole collapses.
I don’t know what would happen afterwards – maybe they’d be invaded by India, but the current situation is about as bad as it can get. We have a failed state nominally propped up by the US, which somehow simultaneously prevents us from killing off the Al Qaeda operatives that it is simultaneously funding and harboring. How could this get any more fucked up?
At least if the whole place blew up, then there wouldn’t be this nominal claim of “sovreignty” blocking us from killing off the Taliban and alerting them to our raids.
Hazel,
I’m pretty sure we want to figure out how we’re going to secure all their nukes first. They probably don’t have many, but just one will ruin your whole day and all that…
Somebody should kill that pig and roast him on a spit. It is the home of Dahmer after all.
“Somebody should kill that pig and roast him on a spit. It is the home of Dahmer after all.”
+1
“”””Anybody remember the VIC 20? I did my first programming on that baby”””
Yeah, same here.
I agree, the Milwaukee Police Chief is out of line but as a cop it can be a little nerve racking dealing with people carrying a gun. You don’t know if they are law abiding citizens or Richard Poplawski upset with the thought that Obama is going to take his firearms. Most cops can’t read minds or intentions of people.