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You know how in third world countries a bunch of guys with guns will set up on a road and rob every vehicle that comes through? We have that here too, except they're run by local governments and call themselves the police. Law enforcement authorities in this East Texas town of 1,000 people seized property from at least 140 motorists between 2006 and 2008, and, to date, filed … [Read more...] about Pirates of Tenaha

The blogosphere -- and blawgosphere -- is abuzz today over the partial conviction of Ryan Frederick yesterday.  That is, I guess, a bit like partial conception, or only being a little screwed, but let's get back to that.  Rather than recap -- I'm lazy, and not getting paid by the word here -- let me just refer you to the pre-conviction roundup over at Balko's place, … [Read more...] about Rubric, Meet Rationale. Play Nice, Why Don’t You?

Heh, this is a pretty cool trick: Authorities are miffed, and the news media naturally found people to speculate on how dangerous it could have been. In addition, Austin police are investigating the situation, and the vandals could face a Class C misdemeanor charge of tampering with a road sign, Whatever. This is a classic hack. Whoever did this had some fun and revealed a … [Read more...] about Nazi Zombies! Run!

I got interested in model photography about the same time all my friends got tired of me taking their pictures every time we got together. I've taken about thirty-five thousand photos to date, so I no longer notice the flash going off, but it clearly bothers everyone else. I wanted to find someone to work with who wouldn't mind all the photography, who might even enjoy it, and … [Read more...] about Taking Pictures of Models