Category Archives: Color me confused

Outrageous Use of SWAT

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Alaska

…from 1973. Admittedly, that was LAPD, which was SWAT-crazy back then anyway (LAPD invented it, after all). But it sure feels like that ridiculous attitude has spread like a virus to every police department in the country.

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Incredible Shrinking Survival Cans

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Alaska

  While repacking our pantry, I noticed something. Over the past two years, for both our pantry and our survival packs, I’ve been buying Libby’s canned beef thru Amazon (I stopped this year when Costco started carrying its superior canned … Continue reading →

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What Gun for Ghost?

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Alaska

…in the morgue fridge. See, this is what happens when you choose not to be cremated. Oh wait. What?

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RNS Quote of the Day, 06/15/2011

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Alaska

Police SWAT teams under fewer restrictions than troops in Afghanistan: …SWAT teams frequently fail to conform to the basic precautions required in military raids. For instance, after reading about a drug raid in Missouri, an army officer currently serving in … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day, 06/09/2011

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Alaska

From the comments to this thread at the Volokh Conspiracy, Raoul’s the man: Steve says: Raoul: Any idiot can spend $20 for a windbreaker and hat that say “police” on them and yell “police” as they kick in your door … Continue reading →

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Tell Police to Come Back With A Warrant, I Dare Ya.

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Alaska

I’m not sure that the warrant in the Tucson shooting was really equivalent to a writ of assistance, the type that helped spark the American Revolution. I don’t know Arizona law, but I’m pretty sure that in most jurisdictions all … Continue reading →

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They Got to Chuck Ziegenfuss

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Alaska

UPDATE: Chuck made some excellent points, as usual, in the comments. I am responding there, but I thought I should clarify at the top of this post something I’d wanted to emphasize below, but didn’t. That is, what I’m really … Continue reading →

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Political Ennui, Turning Inward, ?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Alaska

Eric at Classical Values has a confession to make: I’m feeling so burned out by politics that I am genuinely worried. … I cannot remember a time in my life that I was so burned out and literally drained during … Continue reading →

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Pull Over Now Or We’ll Kill You

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Alaska

As Radley Balko notes, this is a one-sided account, but… wow.

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What Media Bias?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Alaska

NPR’s Steve Inskeep has a op-ed in the WSJ today — claiming NPR is not biased, because, gosh, lots of conservatives listen to it — that immediately brought to mind the phrase “methinks he protests too much.” Fun fisking here. … Continue reading →

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