I just got another comment to my post about the Lima, Ohio SWAT team's shooting of an unarmed mother who was holding her child. The guy calls himself "Major." Let's see what he has to say: Yeah, enter and clear a room with taser or pepper spray first. You people are a joke. If you thought someone and not to mention a felon was in your house when you came home, you would … [Read more...] about Another Comment About Police Raids
A SAD Anti-Gay Post
When Kip posted about the recent discovery of possible structural differences between the brains of straight and gay people, he predicted that it would make no difference to the anti-gay folks: To the bigots, all the research in the world won't make a scrap of difference. If it's not biological, then it's a "choice." If it is biological, then it's a "disease." Either way, it's … [Read more...] about A SAD Anti-Gay Post
Operational Justice
A few days ago, Gideon at a public defender posted a very thoughful response to my post discussing whether criminal defense lawyers help their clients get away with crimes: We fight. We fight tooth and nail. Not because we absolutely believe that our client is innocent---in fact, most of the time we don't care whether the client is guilty or not. We use phrases like "make … [Read more...] about Operational Justice
Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee
It's been a while since I did any photoblogging---just posting a photo for no reason other than to look at a photo. I was up in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago, so here's a photo I took of the Midwest Airlines Center. … [Read more...] about Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee
Plumbers and Police
We had a plumber come in today to replace the toilet in our master bathroom. He was from the same company that does a lot of the plumbing work for our condo association, so I figured they'd be reasonably professional about it. I left him alone to get the job done while I worked on the computer. When he finished, I went in to check the work, and he had installed the wrong … [Read more...] about Plumbers and Police