July 9, 2010 No comments










A Plague of Vagueness in Lawmaking

John Stossel

via A Plague of Vagueness.

And here are some highlights from Henninger’s op-ed:

“In too many areas where the daily life of commerce intersects with public policy, people feel they are flying blind, uncertain of what a law or regulation requires, uncertain of how the bureaucracies empowered to enforce this morass will interpret them. One sensed it was heading this way when landowners were prosecuted under the Endangered Species Act for violating the “habitat” of odd creatures found on their property…compliance with the rules is turning into a crap shoot… reduces the nation’s civil life to a costly game of Mother-may-I?”

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July 2, 2010 No comments









Britain decriminalizes vigilantism against Israel

Apparently, according to British law, Israel has no right to defend itself from Qassam rockets. Period.

I guess that synagogue bombings can be defended next, because Jews provide material and emotional support for Israel which does all of these war crimes. Then they can go after Melanie Philips.

It turns out that the judge was born in Arab Jaffa, and was brought out of retirement to hear this case, as a jubilant anti-Zionist notes. Which would explain his directing the jury as to what their verdict should be.

via Elder of Ziyon: Britain decriminalizes vigilantism against Israel.

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June 27, 2010 No comments










Stop the Next Financial Crisis? This wouldn’t have stopped the last one

I cannot help but be struck by one thing in this reform bill:

If it were law since the year 2000, the only part of it that might have prevented, or at least slowed down the crisis, was the new minimum underwriting standards for mortgages. No more “No Doc, NINJA, or Liar loans.” That Lenders must verify income, credit history and job status certainly would have prevented the worst vintages of sub-prime and exotic mortgages from ever being written, or subsequently securitized.

Other than that, there is not a single element of the reform that would have prevented the last crisis. I strongly doubt that anything else in this reform package is going to prevent the next one, either.

via Stop the Next Crisis? This wouldn’t have stopped the last one . . . | The Big Picture.

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June 17, 2010 No comments










A Jihadi Dutch Politician – Arjan el Fassed

Elder of Ziyon

via A dubious Dutch politician.

Arjan El Fassed explained, that while LAW is not a humanitarian organization per se. He mentioned that monies that they receive from the Rabbis for Human Rights go to the families of the “martyrs” who have been killed over the past ten months. Asked to define what he means by “martyrs”, El Fassed described the various attacks in which Palestinians have died in attacks on Israelis. In other words, the Rabbis for Human Rights have been providing funds for the families of Suicide Bombers.

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June 15, 2010 No comments














Republican says law can use “sixth sense” to finger illegals

Classically Liberal

via Republican says law can use “sixth sense” to finger illegals.

Listen to Republican Congressvermin Steve King justify police using racial profiling to target “illegals” by comparing it to a taxi driver giving him a ride. The taxi driver saw King leave a government building, tapped his horn to see if King wanted a ride and King responded positively. That proves we are “profiled” all the time.

What King neglects, and which too many politicians neglect, is that there is a world of difference when government acts in this way. The taxi driver does not have a legal monopoly on the use of violence and force against others. He is not the State. Police agents are government, not private individuals offering services, but individuals who have the power to use force against other people.

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November 29, 2009 No comments








Polk County Sheriff Office Flagship Agency Foolishness

In case you didn’t know, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida received a “Flagship Agency” certification from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies during one of their “tri-annual re-accreditation ceremonies in Salt Lake City, Utah this month. The Lake Wales News reports that this is the sixth time the agency was re-accredited and that this accolade demonstrates the agency is “the best of the best”.

For those who might scratching their heads right now… yes, this is the same Polk County Sheriff’s department that brought the world this video just two months ago [playing Wii]:

via Can Accreditation Affect Police Misconduct Rates?.

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