Archive for 2014
April 27, 2014
WELL, THAT WAS FAST: Sheriff’s office fires deputy in Ft. Sanders party incident. Quoth my very own Sheriff:
In my 34 years of law enforcement experience, excessive force has never been tolerated. After an investigation by the Office of Professional Standards, I believe excessive force was used in this incident. Therefore, Officer Phillips’ employment with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office is terminated immediately. The investigation will now be turned over to the Knox County Attorney General’s Office to determine any further action.
This incident provides a perfect example of why we are in the process of purchasing officer worn body cameras (video and audio recordings) so incidents like this will be fully documented.
That sounds good.
DOING SPRING CLEANING? Trade Your Stuff In At Amazon. Well, I don’t think they’d take all my old t-shirts, but it’s a good idea in general.
Also, Hot New Releases, updated every hour. Always something new.
FROM STORIES LIKE THIS, YOU’D THINK THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS AN INDUSTRY THAT DOESN’T WORRY ABOUT ITS REPUTATION: ANOTHER university stops students from handing out Constitution. “Administrators further clarified their level of respect for students’ free speech rights, making comments like, ‘This isn’t really the ’60s anymore,’ and ‘people can’t really protest like that anymore,’ according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. . . . Administrators also maintained that university policy took precedent over Constitutional rights, according to the complaint.”
In the 1960s, college was affordable, faculty outnumbered administrators, and speech was free. It’s hard for me to view today’s situation as an improvement.
MODERN BRITAIN, a place where you can get arrested for quoting Churchill.
THE HAIR IS VINTAGE FOR SURE: Gallery: Teenagers of the 1980s. And doesn’t the guy with the hat think he’s cool.
TOM BLUMER: ‘Facts’ and ‘Lies’ in an Ohio Free-Speech Case.
WELL, HE CAN’T REALLY BE “FIRED” SINCE HE OWNS THE TEAM. ALSO, ISN’T HE A DEMOCRAT? THAT SHOULD HELP. Nick Gillespie: Should NBA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling be Fired for Racist Remarks? Scheduled to Get NAACP Award on May 15.
CAMERAS ARE EVERYWHERE: A Knoxville photographer has captured a police officer on camera using what looks like excessive and unnecessary force on a college student. What’s funny is that this is in the Daily Mail, but when I go to the Knoxville News-Sentinel online front page there’s nothing there.
PREVENTING DRUNKENNESS WITH yogurt and yeast?
WELL, ELI WHITNEY THOUGHT THE COTTON GIN WOULD ELIMINATE SLAVERY, TOO: Irony: The Office Cubicle You Call Hell Was Designed to Set You Free.
AT GOODSTUFF’S CYBER WORLD, retroblogging fun with Mary Ann and Ginger.
SOON, WE’LL BE ABLE TO ASK THEM OUT ON DATES: Increasingly, Robots of All Sizes Are Human Workmates. That’s pretty much when you’ll know the Singularity has come.
FRED FLINTSTONE WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: A Roundup Of People Powered Vehicles.
EYE DROPS THAT FORCE YOUR EYES TO FEEL REFRESHED: Kind of like pouring acid into your eyes, but good. Um.
THE TOOLS YOU NEED to diagnose your car. They’re not especially expensive.
IN THE MAIL: Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice.
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TAXPROF ROUNDUP: The IRS Scandal, Day 353.
THE PROBLEM WITH A PEACETIME MILITARY: “In wartime, you want people who would rather ask for forgiveness than permission. In the peacetime army, it’s the opposite.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: “The median law school reduced its full-time faculty by three between 2011 and 2013. 26 law schools reduced their full-time faculty by nine or more.”
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