Inflection Point Diary

"There's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind."

private sector pravda

Nobody shot Aiyana Jones.
CBS, May 20:
Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said that Weekley’s gun discharged after he was jostled by, or collided with, the girl’s grandmother inside the house.
“Click on Detroit” (WDIV News), May 19:
Police said Weekley came into contact with Aiyana’s grandmother, Mertilla Jones, when they busted through the door in the early hours of Sunday morning and [...]

Traveling

Airports where TSA personnel outnumber passengers, continued:

that lunatic believes in gravity

The Wall Street Journal on Rand Paul’s victory in Kentucky:
Mr. Grayson tried to paint his primary opponent as an extremist with “strange ideas,” focusing on Dr. Paul’s opposition to the war in Iraq, his concerns over the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and his statement that U.S. security “is not threatened by Iran having [...]

first, we’re starting you on chemotherapy. second, we’re hoping at some point in the next few months to diagnose your illness.

The Wednesday edition of the Wall Street Journal described the testimony of SEC Director Mary “It’s Beginning to Look Like General Ripper Has Exceeded His Authority” Schapiro before a congressional committee. Joined by other functionaries, Schapiro and Co. acknowledged that they have yet to determine the cause for last week’s twenty minute stock market round [...]

the new math

The Los Angeles Times, April 12:
With the city reeling from its worst financial crisis in decades, the LAPD has stopped paying officers overtime wages…[and] homicide detectives have been among the first officers to be sent home in significant numbers.
The drain on homicide squads has hampered investigations…A rash of homicides in recent weeks has compounded the [...]

the root canal has failed — we must burn your pants

The European PIIGS spend more money than they have; therefore, Europe must support them with a massive and hastily assembled package of emergency loans and ongoing financial backing, to stand up to the wolfpack of currency speculators.
Some software engineer who lived in Connecticut and trained in Pakistan – badly, it would seem – tried to [...]

priorities

Arizona’s immigration law reveals the long slide of American government into dead ends and chickenshit. Our government institutions in 2010 are like chefs who craft 400-page menus but can’t reliably make toast or boil an egg.
Take a moment to look at the clearance rates for violent crimes and property crimes in Phoenix, Arizona: if you [...]

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