'Where do we draw the line? Do you allow these soldiers to be armed? I think that could cause a greater problem.
...
These Guardsmen carry rifles equipped with bayonets but as a rule their rifles are not loaded with live ammunition.
The Guardsmen may carry up to six rounds in a belt pouch and may load their rifles in event of a terrorist attack, but that would take valuable time.
Pardon my dropping into bad language:
The elite Guards, chosen from the very best, are allowed SIX FUCKING ROUNDS, and they're not allowed to have them in the magazine, oh no. Because troops chosen from the best can't be trusted to be armed when guarding the palace...
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Push and threaten anybody hard enough,
you'll get a reaction.
Feeling threatened by Hindu India, Communist China and Islam, Buddhists in south and southeast Asia are starting to develop a militancy of their own.
To borrow somewhat from Lawdog, Sweet bouncing Vishnu on a trampoline... apparently wearing the 'wrong' kind of hat(or any at all) is a social problem requiring a whole bloody meme. Which indicates to me that a lot of people use far too much of their time finding things to be outraged and dismissive about.
How'd I run into that? Insty linked to this, which made mention of
It has reached the point where articles published in major journals talk about the the fedora phenomenon in the context of “the growing trend in feminists and other activists online that use shaming as an activist strategy”.
Which caused me to wonder 'what the hell?' and look up 'fedora phenomenon'. Which led to this.
Yes, I wear a fedora(and a friggin' trilby is NOT the same thing, you SJW morons); I like the style, it keeps the sun out of my eyes and the rain off my glasses. I wear it because I like the hat, not as some bloody social statement. So screw you.
By the way, that post Insty linked to has an excellent description of that howling horror named Marcotte:
This would usually be the point where I state for the record that I believe very strongly that all women are human beings. Problem is, I’ve just conceived a sudden suspicion that one of them is actually a Vogon spy in a skin suit.
Said horror being the type of hateful bigot responsible for my having a label of 'Nutcase-level feminism'.
Feeling threatened by Hindu India, Communist China and Islam, Buddhists in south and southeast Asia are starting to develop a militancy of their own.
To borrow somewhat from Lawdog, Sweet bouncing Vishnu on a trampoline... apparently wearing the 'wrong' kind of hat(or any at all) is a social problem requiring a whole bloody meme. Which indicates to me that a lot of people use far too much of their time finding things to be outraged and dismissive about.
How'd I run into that? Insty linked to this, which made mention of
It has reached the point where articles published in major journals talk about the the fedora phenomenon in the context of “the growing trend in feminists and other activists online that use shaming as an activist strategy”.
Which caused me to wonder 'what the hell?' and look up 'fedora phenomenon'. Which led to this.
Yes, I wear a fedora(and a friggin' trilby is NOT the same thing, you SJW morons); I like the style, it keeps the sun out of my eyes and the rain off my glasses. I wear it because I like the hat, not as some bloody social statement. So screw you.
By the way, that post Insty linked to has an excellent description of that howling horror named Marcotte:
This would usually be the point where I state for the record that I believe very strongly that all women are human beings. Problem is, I’ve just conceived a sudden suspicion that one of them is actually a Vogon spy in a skin suit.
Said horror being the type of hateful bigot responsible for my having a label of 'Nutcase-level feminism'.
Friday, January 02, 2015
My, the Occutards are very selective in their outrage
about attitudes toward Presidents, aren't they?
The hypocrisy just fairly flows, does it not?
Since the forecast has changed and we're out of the ice area for now,
perfect time for some data collection and study
That jerk who's head of the NYPD union?
“I would like to express the personal and professional thanks of 25,000
active New York City police officers for The Post's efforts to put some strength into existing gun laws," Lynch wrote back in 2005. "The New York City PBA will stand shoulder to shoulder
with the New York Post in its effort to force the changes in Albany that
will give some judicial muscle to New York's anti-gun laws."
Well, of course; if the commoners are allowed means of defense of self, home and business, they might be less dependent on the NYPD, and we can't have that, now can we?
George Zimmerman called in to speak to Massad Ayoob.
In (formerly Great)Britain,
Children as young as three are being branded racists, homophobes and bigots over playground taunts.
Thousands of pupils are being reported for so-called hate crimes after using innocuous words such as ‘Chinese boy’, ‘Somalian’ or ‘gay’.
Teachers also log insults like ‘doughnut’ and ‘fat bucket of KFC’. Even calling a pupil a ‘girl’ can be classified as abuse.
Because it's never too early to destroy children so you can force them into the officially-approved mold of brainless PC drone.
Is there a leftist some democrats WON'T make excuses for?
“He has been the victim, Kim Jong Un, of a lot of bad press, a lot of bad international attention: with the Sony hacking, with taken to the International Criminal Court by some U.N. countries, a number of other very destabilizing moves that he has made, shooting the missiles, nuclear testing. So perhaps what hes doing is saying, ‘Look, I’m going to start the New Year with a positive step, a potential summit.’”
"They don't want to take your guns" my ass; and they'll use any excuse possible to do it.
Last entries in the Diary of Jacob Silbermann, Deputy Assistant Editorial Writer, New York Times, September 2015.
Well, of course; if the commoners are allowed means of defense of self, home and business, they might be less dependent on the NYPD, and we can't have that, now can we?
George Zimmerman called in to speak to Massad Ayoob.
In (formerly Great)Britain,
Children as young as three are being branded racists, homophobes and bigots over playground taunts.
Thousands of pupils are being reported for so-called hate crimes after using innocuous words such as ‘Chinese boy’, ‘Somalian’ or ‘gay’.
Teachers also log insults like ‘doughnut’ and ‘fat bucket of KFC’. Even calling a pupil a ‘girl’ can be classified as abuse.
Because it's never too early to destroy children so you can force them into the officially-approved mold of brainless PC drone.
Is there a leftist some democrats WON'T make excuses for?
“He has been the victim, Kim Jong Un, of a lot of bad press, a lot of bad international attention: with the Sony hacking, with taken to the International Criminal Court by some U.N. countries, a number of other very destabilizing moves that he has made, shooting the missiles, nuclear testing. So perhaps what hes doing is saying, ‘Look, I’m going to start the New Year with a positive step, a potential summit.’”
"They don't want to take your guns" my ass; and they'll use any excuse possible to do it.
Last entries in the Diary of Jacob Silbermann, Deputy Assistant Editorial Writer, New York Times, September 2015.
The ice is growing, why do you doubt globular warmering!?!"
No, not kidding.
Sea ice cover in the Antarctic is now at its highest level since records began.
Satellite images show 7.7 million square miles (20 million sq km) of ice surrounding the continent.
But rather than disproving global warming, scientists claim that this growth may in fact be caused by it.
EVERYTHING is caused by globular warmening. Heat, cold, ice, rain, everything.
Idiots.
You know, these bigoted and racist idiots keep pushing, they just might cause that race war they keep screaming about; and they won't like the results.
And some of these idiots screaming about 'racism' is about as honest as Charles Rangel whining about tax evasion.
So let's all stay out of the People's Republic of Maryland.
I'll throw in, I've heard of several cases where people with Oklahoma and Texas tags were stopped on bullshit 'reason' to try to find firearms. One Maryland Stasi troop flatly saying "You assholes from Texas always have a gun, where is it?"
Sea ice cover in the Antarctic is now at its highest level since records began.
Satellite images show 7.7 million square miles (20 million sq km) of ice surrounding the continent.
But rather than disproving global warming, scientists claim that this growth may in fact be caused by it.
EVERYTHING is caused by globular warmening. Heat, cold, ice, rain, everything.
Idiots.
You know, these bigoted and racist idiots keep pushing, they just might cause that race war they keep screaming about; and they won't like the results.
And some of these idiots screaming about 'racism' is about as honest as Charles Rangel whining about tax evasion.
So let's all stay out of the People's Republic of Maryland.
I'll throw in, I've heard of several cases where people with Oklahoma and Texas tags were stopped on bullshit 'reason' to try to find firearms. One Maryland Stasi troop flatly saying "You assholes from Texas always have a gun, where is it?"
I'm not quite sure how to word this
Maybe "Police afraid to ask for more tax money, so they want to revenue-raise for themselves with fees and fines? Whatever could go wrong?"
Yes, it's Californicated; you think agencies in other states won't want to? Bad ideas from that place spread like a social disease in a high school.
Yes, it's Californicated; you think agencies in other states won't want to? Bad ideas from that place spread like a social disease in a high school.
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Tab clearing
At this point, the question becomes 'Is he turning these people loose out of some idiotic principle, or is he a traitor?'
Secret trials; my, how soviet of them.
The hell they don't want to take our guns.
Oh my.
Now if he can convince them to add some habanero juice to the mustard...
Sen. Bob Casey is a lying son of a whore.
Yeah, when we keep seeing things like these, it really makes it hard to support the cops. that they happen at all, and that the bastards get away with it.
The New Yorker: so full of crap I'd say they should be stood in the fields to fertilize the crops, except all the bile and hatred would probably poison them.
Environmental hysteria on display with their bullshit predictions.
You'll note the name Paul Ehrlich; started with "WE'LL STRIP THE PLANET WHILE WE STARVE!!!", and global cooling, and went on from there.
Congressman Andre Carson opens his mouth to yap about anyone elses' associations, stick this in his face.
Secret trials; my, how soviet of them.
The hell they don't want to take our guns.
Oh my.
Sen. Bob Casey is a lying son of a whore.
Yeah, when we keep seeing things like these, it really makes it hard to support the cops. that they happen at all, and that the bastards get away with it.
The New Yorker: so full of crap I'd say they should be stood in the fields to fertilize the crops, except all the bile and hatred would probably poison them.
Environmental hysteria on display with their bullshit predictions.
You'll note the name Paul Ehrlich; started with "WE'LL STRIP THE PLANET WHILE WE STARVE!!!", and global cooling, and went on from there.
Congressman Andre Carson opens his mouth to yap about anyone elses' associations, stick this in his face.
And start the new year finding the Pentagon is still handing out
crap to LE agencies(annoying autoplay warning), including
The federal government shipped nearly 4,000 more assault rifles to local law enforcement agencies in the three months following the Ferguson riots, marking a huge surge in the amount of lethal firearms being doled out to police and sheriff’s offices.
...
What has risen is the number of weapons being transferred out — for example, that huge spike in rifles. Ms. Schirmacher said that was because a moratorium on weapons transfers between agencies expired last fall, and then this August — coincidentally, the same month as the initial Ferguson riots — thePentagon itself began issuing weapons again.
“This has created a high demand for both new requests for weapons as well as transfer requests,” the spokeswoman said.
Does this look like a group of peace officers to you?
And apparently the ATF 'once a automatic weapon, always a automatic weapon' doesn't hold for LE agencies:
She said the rifles are being retrofitted to make them unable to fire in automatic or burst mode, so by the time their officers get them, the rifles will be only able to fire as semiautomatics.
Must be nice to work under different rules from the commoners.
The federal government shipped nearly 4,000 more assault rifles to local law enforcement agencies in the three months following the Ferguson riots, marking a huge surge in the amount of lethal firearms being doled out to police and sheriff’s offices.
...
What has risen is the number of weapons being transferred out — for example, that huge spike in rifles. Ms. Schirmacher said that was because a moratorium on weapons transfers between agencies expired last fall, and then this August — coincidentally, the same month as the initial Ferguson riots — thePentagon itself began issuing weapons again.
“This has created a high demand for both new requests for weapons as well as transfer requests,” the spokeswoman said.
Does this look like a group of peace officers to you?
And apparently the ATF 'once a automatic weapon, always a automatic weapon' doesn't hold for LE agencies:
She said the rifles are being retrofitted to make them unable to fire in automatic or burst mode, so by the time their officers get them, the rifles will be only able to fire as semiautomatics.
Must be nice to work under different rules from the commoners.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Happy damn New Year
I'm in where I'm not freezing my bahoogies off or trying to avoid being run over by some moron.
So you know what to do
So you know what to do
Not that long ago, it would've been months
before the outside world heard about this, after ships captains and crews who'd seen something put out the word. Now we not only know when it started, we have pictures
from a camera in orbit. Real time.
One more professor who has problems with the Bill of Rights,
and comprehension for that matter.
“It is long past time to repeal the stupid Second Amendment,” the taxpayer-funded professor argues, because the “pandemic of sick violence, punctuated by mass killings of children, has gone on far, far too long.”
Hastings, who also a directs a group called PeaceVoice, opines that the Supreme Court made a terrible mistake in 2008 when it ruled in “District of Columbia v. Heller” that the Second Amendment allows private citizens to buy and keep guns for self-defense.
If I'm not mistaken, all nine Justices stated that the 2nd Amendment refers to a pre-existing individual right; not exactly 'ALLOWS private citizens'.
But he is a leftist professor, who seems to think words mean what he chooses.
And the commoners can't be properly controlled if they might shoot back.
“It is long past time to repeal the stupid Second Amendment,” the taxpayer-funded professor argues, because the “pandemic of sick violence, punctuated by mass killings of children, has gone on far, far too long.”
Hastings, who also a directs a group called PeaceVoice, opines that the Supreme Court made a terrible mistake in 2008 when it ruled in “District of Columbia v. Heller” that the Second Amendment allows private citizens to buy and keep guns for self-defense.
If I'm not mistaken, all nine Justices stated that the 2nd Amendment refers to a pre-existing individual right; not exactly 'ALLOWS private citizens'.
But he is a leftist professor, who seems to think words mean what he chooses.
And the commoners can't be properly controlled if they might shoot back.
From where Great Britain used to be
A 19-year-old from Leeds, West Yorkshire, who was arrested in connection with an offensive video he posted on a social media website has been released on bail.
A video, which was shared to the Yorkshire Standard, showed a man ripping apart an English translation of the Koran with his teeth and putting it in the toilet before burning it.
The police arrested the suspect on 27 December after people raised concerns for the safety of the person who had posted the video up following a number of public comments made in response to it.
People also called the police complaining about the offensive nature of the video.
Get all butthurt because of a video? Call the coppers, who'll arrest the miscreant who thought that 'free speech' thing actually meant something.
Because it doesn't, especially if it offends a Protected Species.
And there's a bunch of idiots here who'd LOVE to be able to do this to anyone who offends them.
Zero-tolerance stupid and "Well, yeah, he died, but we followed the rules! So shut up."
"We could be looking at a real train wreck after Feb. 15," said Stan Dorn, a health policy expert at the nonpartisan Urban Institute. "People will file their tax returns and learn they are subject to a much larger penalty for 2015, and they can do absolutely nothing to avoid that."
Last I heard the IRS actually has no legal authority to penalize people on this; they're hoping the curse 'IRS' will scare people into complying, and if that doesn't work stealing the fine out of refunds. This is likely to get interesting.
Short version: corn ethanol, aside from being useful for buying votes from farmers, is crap as a 'green' fuel.
Ok, this is wonderful:
If politicians don't pass lots of laws, it's bad(even if we disagree with the laws some want to pass).
If politicians pay attention to people who aren't 'mainstream', it's a threat.
If people insist on holding principled positions instead of compromising all away, "the majority of decent Americans may in frustration come to view an authoritarian government as the only solution to political gridlock — as a lesser evil that has to be tolerated."
And it large part it's because lots of people insist on owning guns.
See? By actually believing the politicians should listen to the boss(us), we're pushing the country toward dictatorship!
This man is an idiot.
A video, which was shared to the Yorkshire Standard, showed a man ripping apart an English translation of the Koran with his teeth and putting it in the toilet before burning it.
The police arrested the suspect on 27 December after people raised concerns for the safety of the person who had posted the video up following a number of public comments made in response to it.
People also called the police complaining about the offensive nature of the video.
Get all butthurt because of a video? Call the coppers, who'll arrest the miscreant who thought that 'free speech' thing actually meant something.
Because it doesn't, especially if it offends a Protected Species.
And there's a bunch of idiots here who'd LOVE to be able to do this to anyone who offends them.
Zero-tolerance stupid and "Well, yeah, he died, but we followed the rules! So shut up."
"We could be looking at a real train wreck after Feb. 15," said Stan Dorn, a health policy expert at the nonpartisan Urban Institute. "People will file their tax returns and learn they are subject to a much larger penalty for 2015, and they can do absolutely nothing to avoid that."
Last I heard the IRS actually has no legal authority to penalize people on this; they're hoping the curse 'IRS' will scare people into complying, and if that doesn't work stealing the fine out of refunds. This is likely to get interesting.
Short version: corn ethanol, aside from being useful for buying votes from farmers, is crap as a 'green' fuel.
Ok, this is wonderful:
If politicians don't pass lots of laws, it's bad(even if we disagree with the laws some want to pass).
If politicians pay attention to people who aren't 'mainstream', it's a threat.
If people insist on holding principled positions instead of compromising all away, "the majority of decent Americans may in frustration come to view an authoritarian government as the only solution to political gridlock — as a lesser evil that has to be tolerated."
And it large part it's because lots of people insist on owning guns.
See? By actually believing the politicians should listen to the boss(us), we're pushing the country toward dictatorship!
This man is an idiot.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
"How dare you say you're not a feminist!
And you enjoy cooking for your husband! You bitch!" etc.
Commenters who describe themselves as feminists have been quick to attack the actress, calling her “talentless” and an “idiot” who doesn’t know what feminism is. As many of them see it, Cuoco owes her success and her salary to the hard work of decades of feminists.
Yeah, couldn't POSSIBLY have been her working for it, could it.
More of Professor "I wanted to look smart" Grubers' words come out.
“The problem is it starts to go hand in hand with the mandate; you can’t mandate insurance that’s not affordable. This is going to be a major issue,” Gruber admitted in an October 2, 2009 lecture, the transcript of which comprised the policy brief.
“So what’s different this time? Why are we closer than we’ve ever been before? Because there are no cost controls in these proposals. Because this bill’s about coverage. Which is good! Why should we hold 48 million uninsured people hostage to the fact that we don’t yet know how to control costs in a politically acceptable way? Let’s get the people covered and then let’s do cost control.”
Yeah, because you can always loot the pockets of anyone who has any money left to try to pay for it, right?
Note that this also shows- in case there was any doubt- that Obama was lying his ass off with his 'save you $2500 a year!' crap.
“The real substance of cost control is all about a single thing: telling patients they can’t have something they want. It’s about telling patients, ‘That surgery doesn’t do any good, so if you want it you have to pay the full cost.’”
And who decides it 'won't do any good'? Why, the rationing panel, of course! Or do we dare say 'death panel', since that's what it'll be? Remember this?
Commenters who describe themselves as feminists have been quick to attack the actress, calling her “talentless” and an “idiot” who doesn’t know what feminism is. As many of them see it, Cuoco owes her success and her salary to the hard work of decades of feminists.
Yeah, couldn't POSSIBLY have been her working for it, could it.
More of Professor "I wanted to look smart" Grubers' words come out.
“The problem is it starts to go hand in hand with the mandate; you can’t mandate insurance that’s not affordable. This is going to be a major issue,” Gruber admitted in an October 2, 2009 lecture, the transcript of which comprised the policy brief.
“So what’s different this time? Why are we closer than we’ve ever been before? Because there are no cost controls in these proposals. Because this bill’s about coverage. Which is good! Why should we hold 48 million uninsured people hostage to the fact that we don’t yet know how to control costs in a politically acceptable way? Let’s get the people covered and then let’s do cost control.”
Yeah, because you can always loot the pockets of anyone who has any money left to try to pay for it, right?
Note that this also shows- in case there was any doubt- that Obama was lying his ass off with his 'save you $2500 a year!' crap.
“The real substance of cost control is all about a single thing: telling patients they can’t have something they want. It’s about telling patients, ‘That surgery doesn’t do any good, so if you want it you have to pay the full cost.’”
And who decides it 'won't do any good'? Why, the rationing panel, of course! Or do we dare say 'death panel', since that's what it'll be? Remember this?
OBAMA: “I don’t think that we can make
judgments based on people’s spirit. That’d be a pretty subjective
decision to be making. I think we have to have rules that say that we
are gonna provide good quality care for all people. End-of-life care is
one of the most difficult sets of decisions that we’re gonna have to
make. But understand that those decisions are already being made in one
way or another. If they’re not being made under Medicare and Medicaid,
they’re being made by private insurers. At least we can let doctors know
and your mom know that, you know what, maybe this isn’t gonna help.
Maybe you’re better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller.”
Because Government knows better than you and your doctor. Because once you're not a productive unit of society(by their measure) you're just a waster of resources.
Notice he doesn't deal with one of the most basic things here: an insurance company can say "We won't pay for that", but CANNOT say "You cannot have that." But government can. And will.
"But don't worry, citizen, your personal information will be safe
in the hands of Mother State!"
In a pigs ass it will.
No.
It's not just fairness that is at issue, it's also about privacy. I contend this is a double-whammy by the government, which always wants to control two things: your money and your life.
As local, state and the federal government get bigger and, consequently, more incompetent, they see the average citizen as more of a threat. There are two ways to control that threat: eliminate disposable income, which funds your personal freedom, including political activities. The other is to condition you into accepting a complete elimination of your personal privacy and allowing the government to know when and where you go at all times.
Wonder how many of those missiles went to 'vetted' rebel groups? Smart Diplomacy!, consequences of.
"But the Holy Rulebook was followed, so leave us alone!" Much like "Yes, the officers raided the wrong address, and killed the family terrier and terrorized the family, but they followed Holy Procedure, so no action will be taken. So shut up and leave us alone."
In a pigs ass it will.
No.
It's not just fairness that is at issue, it's also about privacy. I contend this is a double-whammy by the government, which always wants to control two things: your money and your life.
As local, state and the federal government get bigger and, consequently, more incompetent, they see the average citizen as more of a threat. There are two ways to control that threat: eliminate disposable income, which funds your personal freedom, including political activities. The other is to condition you into accepting a complete elimination of your personal privacy and allowing the government to know when and where you go at all times.
Wonder how many of those missiles went to 'vetted' rebel groups? Smart Diplomacy!, consequences of.
"But the Holy Rulebook was followed, so leave us alone!" Much like "Yes, the officers raided the wrong address, and killed the family terrier and terrorized the family, but they followed Holy Procedure, so no action will be taken. So shut up and leave us alone."
Monday, December 29, 2014
Two reasons the "Don't worry, the State will take care of you" line is leading
right into a septic tank. First, from Mexico,
“Mexico cannot go on like this”, President Enrique Peña Nieto said on 27 November, addressing the country from the National Assembly. Most Mexicans would agree, yet Mexico remains embroiled in a political crisis over the disappearance of 43 students, apparently at the hands of police and local thugs and assisted by city officials, in the southwestern state of Guerrero. Protests, sometimes destructive, continue, while on this issue the government seems paralyzed: Peña Nieto’s security and justice reform package is stuck in Congress and his approval ratings have sunk to record lows.
...
...Skepticism about the government’s version of events is high; leaked documents allegedly from government sources, published in the magazine Proceso, suggest federal and state police were alerted in real time about the students’ movements and their clashes with local police, but did nothing to stop the bloodshed. “It was the State” – a blanket indictment of all government institutions – has become a protest slogan and social media meme.
Yes, the State will take care of everything! And if you actually believe that...
CC has a link to the whole article; gives an idea just how screwed Mexico is, and what the governments' answer seems to be: "We need more power!"
Second, in this country, the Supremes just- well,
In a blow to the constitutional rights of citizens, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Heien v. State of North Carolina that police officers are permitted to violate American citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights if the violation results from a “reasonable” mistake about the law on the part of police. Acting contrary to the venerable principle that “ignorance of the law is no excuse,” the Court ruled that evidence obtained by police during a traffic stop that was not legally justified can be used to prosecute the person if police were reasonably mistaken that the person had violated the law. The Rutherford Institute had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hold law enforcement officials accountable to knowing and abiding by the rule of law. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Court’s lone dissenter, warned that the court’s ruling “means further eroding the Fourth Amendment’s protection of civil liberties in a context where that protection has already been worn down.”
When Sotomayor is the only dissent on something like this, we're in deep shit. Aside from the possible removal of black robes from and flogging the guilty, my first thought is "Ok, so let's sue the ass off the state/county/city for NOT TRAINING THEIR OFFICERS TO KNOW THE LAW."
So, next time someone tells you the All-Knowing and Caring State will take care of everything, show them these and tell them they're an idiot.
“Mexico cannot go on like this”, President Enrique Peña Nieto said on 27 November, addressing the country from the National Assembly. Most Mexicans would agree, yet Mexico remains embroiled in a political crisis over the disappearance of 43 students, apparently at the hands of police and local thugs and assisted by city officials, in the southwestern state of Guerrero. Protests, sometimes destructive, continue, while on this issue the government seems paralyzed: Peña Nieto’s security and justice reform package is stuck in Congress and his approval ratings have sunk to record lows.
...
...Skepticism about the government’s version of events is high; leaked documents allegedly from government sources, published in the magazine Proceso, suggest federal and state police were alerted in real time about the students’ movements and their clashes with local police, but did nothing to stop the bloodshed. “It was the State” – a blanket indictment of all government institutions – has become a protest slogan and social media meme.
Yes, the State will take care of everything! And if you actually believe that...
CC has a link to the whole article; gives an idea just how screwed Mexico is, and what the governments' answer seems to be: "We need more power!"
Second, in this country, the Supremes just- well,
In a blow to the constitutional rights of citizens, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Heien v. State of North Carolina that police officers are permitted to violate American citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights if the violation results from a “reasonable” mistake about the law on the part of police. Acting contrary to the venerable principle that “ignorance of the law is no excuse,” the Court ruled that evidence obtained by police during a traffic stop that was not legally justified can be used to prosecute the person if police were reasonably mistaken that the person had violated the law. The Rutherford Institute had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hold law enforcement officials accountable to knowing and abiding by the rule of law. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Court’s lone dissenter, warned that the court’s ruling “means further eroding the Fourth Amendment’s protection of civil liberties in a context where that protection has already been worn down.”
When Sotomayor is the only dissent on something like this, we're in deep shit. Aside from the possible removal of black robes from and flogging the guilty, my first thought is "Ok, so let's sue the ass off the state/county/city for NOT TRAINING THEIR OFFICERS TO KNOW THE LAW."
So, next time someone tells you the All-Knowing and Caring State will take care of everything, show them these and tell them they're an idiot.
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