A.M. Links: Apple's Map Software Slammed, NFL Refs Will Be Getting Back to Work, Burma Sanctions Eased, Dog Only Cop Left in NM Town, Journalist Thinks Vandalism is Free Speech

Matthew Feeney | 9.27.2012 9:00 AM

Looks like Apple might have dropped the ball on Apple Maps, software that is being slammed for its unusability, gross geographical errors, and visual defects.

The labor spat between refs and the NFL is over after both sides signed off on an eight-year collective bargaining agreement.

Hillary Clinton has announced that the U.S. will relax some of its sanctions on Burma. Let's give trade a try, shall we?

The residents of Vaughn, NM are being served and protected exclusively by a different species. A dog is now the only certified member of the police force left in town after the police chief stepped down amid reports he was not permitted to carry a gun thanks to a criminal record.

Big money is being spent on campaigns focused on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. The main group opposing the amendment has raised more than $8.2 million since the campaign began.

Mona Eltahawy seems to think vandalism is free speech. The political pundit was arrested after spraying an anti-Muslim poster she took exception to in a New York subway station.

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Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

The political pundit was arrested after spraying an anti-Muslim poster she took exception to in a New York subway station.

Ironically, she didn't know the pink paint she used was prohibited by the Koran.
1. Randian 13 years ago
  
  DAMN YOU
  1. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
    
    Fine, Qur'an. You grammar nazis are the worst.
    1. Restoras 13 years ago
      
      It's just a stupid book, made up from whole cloth. It has as much value as a John Grisham novel, don't you think?
      1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
        
        Well at least it doesn't have a bunch of sappy baseball references.
        
        WE GET IT, YOU LIKE BASEBALL NOW MAKE WITH THE SURPRISE WITNESSES ALREADY.
    2. nicole 13 years ago
      
      Wait, is that really what Randian's problem was? Because I always go with the Q just because glottal stops are awesome. Nothing to do with the value of the book. I mean, just make one, and tell me it's not awesome. /linguistics nerd
      1. Randian 13 years ago
        
        My problem was is I found the Morning Links before they were even posted and Fist still managed to defeat me.
        
        Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
        
        While you were hacking reason, I was hacking you. I saw your every move before you even made it.
        
        Randian 13 years ago
        
        *kicks pebble*
        
        nicole 13 years ago
        
        That's much more believable. Never trust Fist.
        
        EJ Raines 13 years ago
        
        I thought maybe you hadn't had your morning enema yet.
        
        Citizen Nothing 13 years ago
        
        Do you have your own little Mary now, Randian? That's so cute.
        
        Randian 13 years ago
        
        I do. Mary plays an Objectivist on the Internets, so it may be one of those internal schism kinda things.
      2. Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago
        
        Well, you know nicole, I'm a Linguistics prof. Will you be my fangirl?
        
        (Don't go with that Geoff Nathan character...I hear he'll just go on and on about the gestalt and metaphors)
        
        nicole 13 years ago
        
        Srsly? What's your specialty? Was my major, but I'm in a different field now.
        
        Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago
        
        I'm an Applied Linguistics guy.
        
        Intercultural pragmatics, ESL/EFL pedagogy, and ethnopedagogy of language.
        
        As for fangirlism, I just need someone to squee when I publish a paper, for example, on how Southeast Asians understand the process of learning a language.
        
        nicole 13 years ago
        
        Nice, I can do that.
        
        I was a syntax girl myself. An infatuation with formal logic would have led me toward semantics as well, if my prof for that hadn't sucked so hard.
        
        deified 13 years ago
        
        whoa, whoa, whoa. if two persons in the H + R commentariat actually make get together, it will disrupt the space-time continuum. So, like, exercise caution.
        
        Virginian 13 years ago
        
        Well it's already happened...or is about to depending on what you think about the whole fetus/baby line.
        
        So I guess we're screwed then.
2. Rich 13 years ago
  
  Watch the insanity.
  
  Gets a bit tedious (unless you're a Mona fan), but the very end is great.
  1. Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago
    
    I feel sorry for Ms. Eltahawy. It is clear that since her horrific sexual assault during the Egyptian revolution, she now suffers from Stockholm syndrome.
  2. Anomalous 13 years ago
    
    Mona was moanin'.
  3. Randian 13 years ago
    
    This link is teh broke for me. What's the title of the video?
    1. Rich 13 years ago
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?f.....0jSSLleGiY
      
      "Controversy heats up over Pro-Israeli ad"
      
      Damn ampersand-eating squirrels!
  4. generic Brand 13 years ago
    
    I can't link to it unfortunately because of blocks at work, but Volokh Conspiracy had a write-up about how she insisted on knowing what she was under arrest for (as if there is any question) and basically disproved the notion that the cops have to tell you when they arrest you. Same thing with Miranda rights... they only have to be read if the cops plan on questioning you and using that as evidence in court. I think Orin Kerr wrote it.
    1. T 13 years ago
      
      As cops say in Texas: You may beat the rap but you won't beat the ride.
      1. Dunphy (the real one) 13 years ago
        
        yes. this is the thread i've been commenting on. she's fucking hilarious.
        
        actually, fwiw, there is no CONSTITUTIONAL requirment, generic brand. there is a NY state law that requires them to do so, but no requirement that they do so before handcuffing
        
        she's a fucking piece of shit vandal who was spray painting a pro-israeli advertisement because it's her 'free speech' right to spray paint over an ad she disagrees with
        
        because it's racist.
        
        the cop grabs her left arm while she is SPRAY PAINTING , still holding the can in her right arm and she is like "why are you arresting me?"
        
        seriously, i love leftists. they parody themselves
      2. Dunphy (the real one) 13 years ago
        
        she won't beat the rap. that pithy statement does not apply when the cops catch you in the process of spray painting an ad because it's 'racist'. she;s still holding the can of spray paint as the cop grabs her. she's a leftist fucking anti-israeli tool. she believes, like some "progressives" that her free speech rights means she can vandalized pro-israeli adverts. they are racist against those poor palestinians after all
Randian 13 years ago

Will the dog proceed to shoot itself in a confrontation? One wonders.
1. gaijin 13 years ago
  
  forget the man bites dog stories...I look forward to dog shoots man!
  1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
    
    "Why did we ever make those bark-activated guns?!"
    1. Fluffy 13 years ago
      
      With bark-activated guns and human slaves to work doorknobs, dogs would conquer da Earf.
      1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
        
        I don't know, given enough time, I think I could find a way to break my captivity using the scratch-ear-make-back-leg-move trick.
        
        RBS 13 years ago
        
        As long as we remain in control of the treats...
2. Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago
  
  Fuck New Mexico.
  
  Texas had a Beer-drinking goat mayor.
  1. Loki 13 years ago
    
    I for one welcome our goat overlords.
  2. Brett L 13 years ago
    
    I'm about ready to drift out to Terlingua and be one of those weird guys around the trailer park.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

A dog is now the only certified member of the police force left in town after the police chief stepped down amid reports he was not permitted to carry a gun thanks to a criminal record.

The K9 officer couldn't carry it for him?
1. DJF 13 years ago
  
  Yes but the K9 refused to shoot any dogs.
2. mr simple 13 years ago
  
  That dog is only two weeks away from retirement.
Randian 13 years ago

In a surprise to no one, the ACLU doesn't believe in freedom of association. Wal*Mart is still full of assholes, however.
1. Zeb 13 years ago
  
  Is walmart allowed to fire people because they take antibiotics or blood pressure medication? It may be more about fair application of the law than freedom of association, assuming that they are already not allowed to fire someone for taking FDA approved drugs that they are prescribed. This is a tricky sort of question, I think.
  1. Randian 13 years ago
    
    I don't much care. If that particular injustice exists, it isn't appropriate to try to enlarge and expand it, which is what the ACLU wanted.
    1. Zeb 13 years ago
      
      Still, seems sort of important the people similarly situate be treated similarly under the law. Of course I would prefer that employment agreements be entirely between the two involved parties, but if the government is going to mess around with that, I think it should be done in an even handed way. I see picking and choosing which kind of medical treatment is protected as a separate injustice from the interference with freedom of contract or association.
  2. Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago
    
    I don't think it's tricky. Employers should be able to fire anyone at any time for any reason other than something fraud-like.
    1. Francisco d Anconia 13 years ago
      
      Agreed, and I have the right to discriminate against them for their idiotic policy. I just sent a letter to their corporate HQ to notify them that a loyal customer does not approve of their practices.
      
      Contact
2. generic Brand 13 years ago
  
  This is a shame, since for the most part I am impressed by the sorts of cases the ACLU takes on. That being said, I can't come out in 100% support of Wal-Mart because the idea that a marijuana user is unfit to work is part of the mentality that keeps it illegal in most places. They typically don't fire someone who goes home and drinks since that is legal, even if he or she is an abusive drunk.
  
  It's hard to support either of the groups in this scenario.
  1. Randian 13 years ago
    
    It's assholes all around, to be sure.
    1. deified 13 years ago
      
      Assholes for everyone. It's free asshole Day- Month- Year- Lifetime.
  2. robc 13 years ago
    
    Wal-Mart is being assholish, but that doesnt mean they arent legally right. Or, well, should be.
    
    This is absolutely a freedom of association issue.
  3. ant1sthenes 13 years ago
    
    I'm not sure why Walmart has tolerate what is still functionally treated as illegal activity (with accompanying paramilitary viciousness) by the DEA.
    
    Fix Washington, the fix Walmart, ACLU.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

Looks like Apple might have dropped the ball on Apple Maps, software that is being slammed for its unusability, gross geographical errors, and visual defects.

I blame Samsung.
1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
  
  Actually, this one is confusing. AppleMaps was actually not made by Apple computing, but by Fiona Apple, in a drug-induced 8 day coding binge.
  
  It's no wonder it's not very good.
  1. Anomalous 13 years ago
    
    No way. She could never give it a name as simple and terse as AppleMaps.
    1. darius404 13 years ago
      
      They had to rename it. The first name was actually a whole song.
    2. Pope Jimbo 13 years ago
      
      No, no, no. It was Robert Mapplethorpe who was the developer.
      
      As long as you have a bullwhip and need to know where to go with it, it works great. Otherwise not so good.
2. Rich 13 years ago
  
  Looks like Apple might have dropped the ball on Apple Maps
  
  Looks like they dropped a ball on that highway, at least.
  1. Robert 13 years ago
    
    No, don't you recognize the Dali Hwy.?
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

Hillary Clinton has announced that the U.S. will relax some of its sanctions on Burma.

The administration is refusing to ease its hard line against calling it Myanmar, though.
1. Rich 13 years ago
  
  Can't we just call it [insert Prince's symbol] and be done with it?
  1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
    
    The nation formerly known as Burma?
    
    And I thought The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was unwieldy! (FYROM!)
2. Zeb 13 years ago
  
  I like calling it Burma. Also calling Iran "Persia".
  1. nicole 13 years ago
    
    More linguistics nerdism: Burma and Myamnar are (theoretically supposed to be) pronounced the same. Remember the Brits drop their r's at the end of a syllable.
    1. Zeb 13 years ago
      
      That's interesting, I did not know that. I often regret not studying linguistics more. But then I could say the same about 10 other fields as well.
  2. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
    
    Every Iraqi I met called it "Persia" and seemed to hiss when they said "Persians".
    1. Loki 13 years ago
      
      Every Iraqi I met called it "Persia" and seemed to hiss when they said "Persians".
      
      Well can you blame them? Have you seen how Persians decorate? Cheesy blue carpeting, white statues and gold curtain rods to the point that you will want to puke!
      1. Killazontherun 13 years ago
        
        Its what I like best about them. The bold shamelessness of it is inspiring.
      2. Also Ran 13 years ago
        
        Scissor me timbers!
3. Invisible Finger 13 years ago
  
  Myanmar Shave just doesn't have the same nostalgic ring of a simpler, fairer, more successful America.
Fluffy 13 years ago

The owner of the dog from Air Bud just ran down a pedestrian in his haste to get to the studio with a copy of his new Officer Bud script.

An observer was quoted as saying, "Dude, ever heard of email?"
1. generic Brand 13 years ago
  
  "Ain't nothin' in the rulebook says a dog can't use a taser!"
  
  [premise for Air Bud 7: License to Heel]
  1. generic Brand 13 years ago
    
    Although I still don't think it's as good as:
    
    "Ain't nothin' in the rulebook says a dog can't be a Supreme Court justice!"
    
    [premise for Air Bud 9: Pro Bone-o Pup]
    1. Fluffy 13 years ago
      
      Golden retrievers have no paper trail of cases to torpedo their nominations, so it could happen.
    2. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
      
      "Ain't nothin' in the rulebook says a dog can't feed the president!"
      
      [premise for Air Bud 11: Bone Appetit
      1. Quetzalcoatl 13 years ago
        
        "Ain't nothin' in the rulebook says a dog can't feed the president!"
        
        [premise for Air Bud 11: Bone Appetit]
        
        Twist: it's a cookbook!
        
        Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
        
        Spoiler alerts, jackass.
2. ant1sthenes 13 years ago
  
  Yeah, that was my first thought. "This sounds like the setup for a shitty movie."
Mike M. 13 years ago

Sweet, I can now bet real money on the NFL again!
1. T 13 years ago
  
  What, were you betting with monopoly money last week? How'd you get your bookie to accept that?
  1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
    
    Well, if he won he just got a couple of plastic houses or a hotel.
2. Killazontherun 13 years ago
  
  Sweet, I can now bet real money on the NFL again!
  
  Pussy.
generic Brand 13 years ago

Hooray! The referees are coming back! And with that comes the return of Patriots and Packers bias!

Seriously, would anyone be surprised if the return referees go out of their way to make favorable calls for the teams that were the "most slighted" under the short reign of the replacement officials?
1. wareagle 13 years ago
  
  with both teams at 1-2, the NFL just couldn't have that. The euphoria will expire as soon as the first regular ref makes a bonehead call.
2. Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
  
  Yes, the Patriots and Packers won for years because of specific ref bias. You found them out. It's not that they've done worse this year due to higher variability because of replacement refs (and in the Pats' case at least an injury to a huge offensive weapon).
  1. Killazontherun 13 years ago
    
    Finesse fellators are footballs worst fans.
    1. Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
      
      If your complaint is that these teams are too much about passing, that's not an argument with ref bias. That would be rule bias.
Randian 13 years ago

I was going to try to steal some of sarcasmic's DailyFail thunder, but after scouring the front page for something interesting, I realized the DailyFail suuuucks.
1. Fluffy 13 years ago
  
  You've really got to be a pro to find anything worthwhile.
  
  It's like being one of those Rio de Janeiro garbage dump picker guys.
  
  Your first day, you can't find anything.
  1. sarcasmic 13 years ago
    
    Feast or famine.
2. sarcasmic 13 years ago
  
  Why do you think I didn't post anything today?
  1. Quetzalcoatl 13 years ago
    
    I assumed you're been in some horrible accident.
    1. sarcasmic 13 years ago
      
      Someday I'll get a real job and you'll never hear from me again!
      1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
        
        And I, for one, will have a sad.
Whiterun Guard 13 years ago

We're gonna need some bigger bags.
1. Mike M. 13 years ago
  
  The cops: "We need bigger ammo."
2. Ice Nine 13 years ago
  
  'Zeus is an awesome dog,' says Ms Doorlag
  
  Really, did they have to put that quote right above that particular video freeze frame?
Whiterun Guard 13 years ago

Nice article that mildly excoriate Ahmadinnerjacket, Obama and the UN.
Worth reading just for the snark (it's short, though INFURIATINGLY has a click for next page break). I have bookmarked this article and plan to read it again after the election, to make me feel better when Obama wins again.
1. generic Brand 13 years ago
  
  SF'd the link
  1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
    
    How the crap.
    
    http://www.foreignpolicy.com/a.....d?page=0,1
    1. db 13 years ago
      
      I posted that last night. I agree it is a good one, I just can't get over the idea that Rothkoph managed to stop fellating Obama and his Top Men long enough to praise folks who actually produce shit.
2. gaijin 13 years ago
  
  Ahmadinnerjacket..that's good! Stealing for future use 🙂
  1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
    
    I stole it from someone here, but I think it was a late night staple before that.
3. wareagle 13 years ago
  
  it can't be. Obama's speech was a tour de force. All of his dogwashers said so. They wouldn't lie to me, would they?
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

The labor spat between refs and the NFL is over after both sides signed off on an eight-year collective bargaining agreement.

I look forward to hearing how President Obama facilitated this.
1. Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
  
  The timing suggests it had more to do with South Park.
Whiterun Guard 13 years ago

Vampire squid from hell just misunderstood. No comment from Mr. Crab
1. Sy 13 years ago
  
  SF'd that link, dude.
  1. Whiterun Guard 13 years ago
    
    I am the fail today.
    
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci.....-fish.html
    1. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
      
      Save the lobster girl, save the world.
    2. Michael 13 years ago
      
      Khthulu, is that you?
2. Ice Nine 13 years ago
  
  vampire squids eat mostly "marine snow"?a mixture of dead bodies, faeces, and snot.
  
  What, too good for boogers?
  1. Spoonman. 13 years ago
    
    They collect the "snow" on their boogers, then eat those, not to worry.
Cdr Lytton 13 years ago

Happy Safety Stand Down Day!

aka Armywide box ticking before the end of FY12.

Total number of suicides prevented: 0.
Total number of suicides caused: TBD.
1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
  
  Wouldn't that be TY12 to box check?
  
  I don't think Stand Down causes suicides, however. Just a bit of a wasted day.
  1. Cdr Lytton 13 years ago
    
    Oh yeah?...
    
    http://www.duffelblog.com/2012.....on-briefs/
Rich 13 years ago

The speech that wins the election
1. Rich 13 years ago
  
  Damn ampersand-eating squirrels!
  
  Hier!
  1. Randian 13 years ago
    
    That speech can blow me. What a load of fail.
    1. Rich 13 years ago
      
      It'll never be made, of course, so I suppose you're on your own.
  2. R C Dean 13 years ago
    
    Its about half right (the first half, on fiscal policy).
    
    He consistently goes off the rails on global trade and has this weird idea that the health care biz has some extra-super-special exemption from the antitrust laws.
2. Loki 13 years ago
  
  From the comments:
  
  Nah, here's the speech that wins elections:
  
  If you earn less than $250,000, I will cut your taxes and raise them on the rich. I will safeguard your medicare/medicaid/Social Security against any cuts in benefits or raising of the retirement age. I will preserve the mortgage interest tax deduction. I will subsidize the interest rate on your (or your kids') student loans, allow monthly payments that don't even cover the interest and eventually forgive the balance. I will cause home values to rise while simultaneously making buying a home "more affordable". I will strengthen defense and balance the budget. I will give every child in America a pony.
  
  Thank you and God Bless America.
  
  Isn't that pretty much every Obamney speech in a nutshell?
Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago

Did the "real" officials get the pensions they wanted?
Randian 13 years ago

Man Arrested for Allegedly Having Sex with a Couch. In public.
1. Rich 13 years ago
  
  "You'll be Sofa King satisfied!"
2. gaijin 13 years ago
  
  Sofa, so good!
3. Jerry on the road 13 years ago
  
  Was it king-sized or queen-sized?
  1. Randian 13 years ago
    
    Size queen?
4. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
  
  The odd thing was, it was phone sex. And he was the bottom.
5. Calidissident 13 years ago
  
  Fuck yo couch!
The Late P Brooks 13 years ago

the police chief ... was not permitted to carry a gun

If only this were the Law of the Land.
Jerry on the road 13 years ago

You can't have free speech in a subway that is publically owned.
1. Zeb 13 years ago
  
  Huh?
  1. Jerry on the road 13 years ago
    
    There is no exclusive owner, the bureaucrats basically "own" the place. How can they ever decide on who gets to talk freely and who not?
    1. darius404 13 years ago
      
      This isn't a matter of speech, it's a matter of vandalism.
      1. Jerry on the road 13 years ago
        
        Induced by a public entity allowing political posters to be hanged there.
        
        darius404 13 years ago
        
        Induced by a public entity allowing political posters to be hanged there.
        
        Yeah, people can by poster space. They can also talk, but that doesn't cost them "induce" this issue. No one made her do that. She decided to. Stop acting like she has no responsibility.
        
        darius404 13 years ago
        
        *They can also talk, but that doesn't cost anything. And the posters didn't "induce" this issue.
Matrix 13 years ago

Jimmy Hoffa found?

I doubt it.
Matrix 13 years ago

Man brings sword to a gun fight

Gunman is subdued... too bad they run the blad through him.
1. R C Dean 13 years ago
  
  Decorative samurai sword, indeed.
  
  I keep a real (well, reproduction) set of swords just in case I run out of ammo.
  
  For my money, at close quarters a two and half foot razor blade is more intimidating than a gun. YMMV.
DEG 13 years ago

I heard a Scott Brown ad this morning on a Boston radio station. I liked the way the ad ended. The ad was about Warren lying about her Indian heritage. The ad ended "If Elizabeth Warren is willing to lie to Massachusetts about this, what else don't we know about her?".
1. tarran 13 years ago
  
  YOu didn't change the channel? What the hell is wrong with you?
  1. DEG 13 years ago
    
    It's a guilty pleasure. I smile when I hear, see, or read Fauxcahontas getting called out on something.
    
    Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I don't live in Massachusetts, yet. I expect one day New Hampshire will be renamed either "North Massachusetts" or "New Massachusetts".
    
    Sorry Free Staters, I think despite a few successes here and there, in the end you'll lose out to the tide of Massachusetts folks moving to NH.
    1. Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago
      
      Never! I fully support the genocide of Massholes.
    2. DEG 13 years ago
      
      I need to correct myself. I hope to leave NH before it is renamed either "North Massachusetts" or "New Massachusetts"; however, some job changes mean I'll need to stick around for a while in NH.
      1. Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago
        
        Actually, I think Middle Massachusetts is most likely, as Maine already began its life as North Massachusetts.
        
        DEG 13 years ago
        
        True, about the only difference I can see between Maine and Massachusetts is Maine has laxer gun laws and more poverty.
        
        DEG 13 years ago
        
        And yes, I know that Maine was split off from Massachusetts in 1820.
2. Mike M. 13 years ago
  
  Did it have the sound of the tomahawk chop war chant in the background?
  1. darius404 13 years ago
    
    Apparently Brown himself isn't too fond of his supporters doing that.
    1. DEG 13 years ago
      
      No tomahawk chop sound, though the Brown campaign paid for the ad.
Jordan 13 years ago

Tangentially related to the Mona Eltahawy (seriously who the hell is she?) video and the lack of Daily Fail links: Holy crap, Michelle Fields is smokin hot!
sloopyinca 13 years ago

Undercover police work isn't always bad.
sloopyinca 13 years ago

Cover up into the death of Derek Williams while in police custody begins to unravel when Medical Examiner changes cause of death to "homicide" after in-car video surfaces.
1. Ice Nine 13 years ago
  
  Hey, did you ever have your baby girl middle name contest?
  1. sloopyinca 13 years ago
    
    It's gonna run until late November.
    1. robc 13 years ago
      
      Is Pear still winning?
    2. Ice Nine 13 years ago
      
      I was thinking that Dunphette would be perfect.
    3. Fluffy 13 years ago
      
      I vote for Diabeetus.
    4. R C Dean 13 years ago
      
      What's the current bid?
      
      With "Reason" as a first name (and, you've gotta love naming a kid after the nuclear-powered minigun in Snow Crash), I'm thinking a middle name starting with a "C" would set her up nicely.
      1. sloopyinca 13 years ago
        
        Current bid is $110. I believe the name is Bartlett, although the bidder is free to change that at their leisure.
2. Citizen Nothing 13 years ago
  
  sloop -- am I allowed to talk about your blog here?
  1. Citizen Nothing 13 years ago
    
    see - I thought I should ask before just blurting it out.
  2. sloopyinca 13 years ago
    
    Sure. It's where the baby naming contest is. Oh, and it's where Mary Stack comes to post her gibberish occasionally.
The Late P Brooks 13 years ago

It's not "depraved indifference" when a police officer does it.

hth
1. LTC(ret) John 13 years ago
  
  Indifference per Procedure?
2. sarcasmic 13 years ago
  
  When a police officer does it it's "professional" indifference.
Matrix 13 years ago

Marry this guy's daughter and get $64

She's a lesbian, though. Not bad looking, but still a lesbian.
1. darius404 13 years ago
  
  I don't see why you're complaining. I wouldn't mind my wife having a girlfriend (if I had a wife, anyway).
  1. Matrix 13 years ago
    
    She's not bi. 100% lesbian, apparently. So it would be all for show, really.
2. Matrix 13 years ago
  
  correction, that is $64 million. thought it put that in there... guess I need to proofread.
3. T 13 years ago
  
  64 million to be a beard? Damn. Katie Holmes didn't get nearly that much, did she?
4. Eduard van Haalen 13 years ago
  
  That's $64 million. There ought to be a catch somewhere, but I don't see it.
  
  "Yes, dear, I suppose I'll permit you to have your lover over, but I insist on chaperoning."
  1. Atanarjuat 13 years ago
    
    I think the catch is you have to convince her to marry you. The offer was made by her father.
JW 13 years ago

Color me shocked.

http://jalopnik.com/5946658/th..... Suspended
1. JW 13 years ago
  
  Preview! Why have you forsaken me?
  
  The Dallas Cop Who Arrested A Biker With A Helmet Cam Has Been Suspended
  1. Ted S. 13 years ago
    
    With pay, I presume? I'm too damn lazy to click through to the article.
Heroic Mulatto 13 years ago

Lost my job, lost my house, lost my nose... Cocaine!
1. T 13 years ago
  
  She don't lie.
Pip 13 years ago

Chinese university beauty pageant organizers mandate contestants' nipples be at least 7.8 inches apart.

Controversy ensued online on Friday after beauty pageant officials in China demanded a minimum nipple spacing for contestants in a university contest. TV personality Yang Lan wrote, "How can beauty standards include breast distance? Do they take women as toys?" Judging women by such rigid criteria is so 'out'!"

http://www.nydailynews.com/lif.....z27gJacqPf
1. Loki 13 years ago
  
  Pics please?
Hugeevilrobot 13 years ago

http://www.washingtonpost.com/....._blog.html

Arlington, VA's fight to get rid of dog park mural is over- sad to see it go, I believe IJ was doing a bunch of pro-bone-o work here as well.
Pip 13 years ago

Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded presidential perks.

In comparison, British taxpayers spent just $57.8 million on the royal family.

Author Robert Keith Gray writes in "Presidential Perks Gone Royal" that Obama isn't the only president to have taken advantage of the expensive trappings of his office. But the amount of money spent on the first family, he argues, has risen tremendously under the Obama administration and needs to be reined in.

Gray told The Daily Caller that the $1.4 billion spent on the Obama family last year is the "total cost of the presidency," factoring the cost of the "biggest staff in history at the highest wages ever," a 50 percent increase in the numbers of appointed czars and an Air Force One "running with the frequency of a scheduled air line."

"The most concerning thing, I think, is the use of taxpayer funds to actually abet his re-election," Gray, who worked in the Eisenhower administration and for other Republican presidents, said in an interview with TheDC on Wednesday.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/09.....z27gKTwxFY
1. NoVAHockey 13 years ago
  
  "Projectionists sleep at the White House and are there 24 hours a day in case anyone needs to see a movie."
  
  Okay then.
  1. db 13 years ago
    
    I have a 24x7 projectionist at my house. It's called Netflix.
2. NoVAHockey 13 years ago
  
  and:
  The president's dog gets its own high-paid staffer: "Bo made the news when he and his handler were flown to join the president on vacation in Maine," Gray wrote about the Obama family dog. "It has been reported that the first family's dog handler was paid $102,000, last year.
  
  The whole point of having a dog is to walk it to get away from your family.
  1. db 13 years ago
    
    Yeah. $100k for a dog nanny is basically the definition of 1%-ing it.
3. Zeb 13 years ago
  
  If the president wants to leave the Whitehouse for anything not necessary for the performance of his official duties, hes should pay for it himself. And no family expenses should be paid for by taxpayers. The president does get paid.
  1. Zeb 13 years ago
    
    He should also pay for all of his own security for campaign events (which is pretty much everything, as far as I can tell).
The Late P Brooks 13 years ago

"The most concerning thing, I think, is the use of taxpayer funds to actually abet his re-election,"

"Are you kidding? That stuff was all totally work-related."
Fluffy 13 years ago

I've been saying for a while that one reason the President acts like a king is because we persist in treating him like a king.

I guess I have to update that now, since we're treating him exponentially better than a king.
Dunphy (the real one) 13 years ago

excellent discussion of the subway vandal and her "free speech" lol at

http://www.volokh.com/2012/09/.....qus_thread

and of course chock full of interesting legal references n stuff

the video is hilariousl i am seriously amazed it is not staged. it just LOOKs fake, but some people i guess are so stupid, that nothing they do seems real

good civil comments thread. lots of knowledgeable people exchanging information. very nice.
1. sloopyinca 13 years ago
  
  Is sarcasmic around?
  *looks left*
  *looks right*
  *shrugs shoulders*
  cool story, bro
2. Entropy Void 13 years ago
  
  Methinks I might have detected some delicious salty tears at 2:32 ...
  1. Dunphy (the real one) 13 years ago
    
    im super serial. great thread. i learned a lot.
ChrisO 13 years ago

The civil asset forfeiture program in Vaughn, NM, was just expanded to include bacon and chicken-related products.

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