Things I'd tweet about if Twitter allowed longer messages: When you take several law enforcement agencies and throw them together into a drug task force, it tends to enhance thuggish behavior. However when the WestNET task force of Kitsap County, Washington launched a drug raid against the home of Bruce and Pamela Olson, they did manage to avoid shooting the family dogs. … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-03-30
Scattershot 2009-03-27
Things I might have tweeted about if I "got" Twitter: Damn Microsoft! My Windows system crashed---full Blue Screen Of Death! All I was doing was running Windows XP booted off a RAID disk array that's not supported directly by Windows, accessing an Office document from an encrypted virtual disk mounted out of a container file on a portable USB drive, copying the … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-03-27
Scattershot 2009-03-25
Things I would have tweeted about if I used twitter...and had more than 140 characters: Crimlaw blogger Ken Lammers, now with 50% more badass. Must not hate all cops...must not hate all cops... Sex offender registration---not just for sex offenders anymore. Apparently, shaking hands is now reasonable suspision: The undercover officers, located approximately 10 to 20 yards … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-03-25
As They Say, Blogging Will Be Light…
A few years ago, my father went into the hospital and came out bedridden. Since then, my mother has been his primary care giver. She gets some assistance from a home care service, and my wife and I get over there a couple of times a week. Looking back, she started getting tired a month or so ago. Two weeks ago, I took her to her doctor, who said she seemed mostly okay, but … [Read more...] about As They Say, Blogging Will Be Light…
Welcome To the Blogroll, Jennifer
I don't usually announce new additions to the blogroll, but maybe it's time I start. The libertarian world first noticed Jennifer as a commenter on Reason magazine's Hit&Run blog, where she could usually be counted on to say something intelligent and snarky. Jennifer's actually a professional writer, with columns published in the Hartford Advocate and the New Britain … [Read more...] about Welcome To the Blogroll, Jennifer