- The courts have been so all over the place on police search issues that it’s hard to say what impact this will have. But the Supremes just declared that cops cannot prolong a routine traffic stop even for a minute without legit cause.
- Inside the strange and wonderful world of micronations.
- Emphatically NSFW, but funny: company posts a … unique Craigslist ad for engineers.
- Bet we’ve all wanted to do this at some time or another.
- Looks like a must-see documentary (though the characterization of Tasers as “rifles” needs some explanation for sure).
- Gradeschooler challenges school anti-pot propaganda. His activist mother may now face felony charges. Sick!
- This sucks, too. I’m so glad the war on pot is ending, but it just can’t happen soon enough for some.
- Whoof! Just look at all that assembled brainpower!
“…even for a minute without legit cause. ”
Big problem here. Who defines “legit cause?” The police, usually. And, of course they can always make stuff up – lie. None of the courts seem to have too much problem with that, even when it is blatant. We all know that.
Cell phone and video recorders seem to be the way to go here. It isn’t the courts or the police that must be convinced of the truth, since they have no interest in truth. It is mostly our neighbors who stand in the way of real accountability due to misplaced trust and the superstition of “authority.” Once that wall tumbles, freedom can make real progress.
Bohr was an Olympic athlete too.
There are several smartphone apps which will automatically upload videos to the cloud (Dropbox, Youtube, whatever), so if you record your interaction with the police they can’t destroy the video by deleting it from your phone (or simply stealing the phone). Here is one such: http://www.handsuptheapp.com/ I haven’t tried it, but the idea is sound. I hope more people take to filming police encounters and archiving the evidence in this fashion.
I enjoyed that article on micronations. I’ll have to get the book.
I’ve been giving thought to whether or not I ought to wear a camera at times and haven’t yet been able to come to any conclusion. I don’t have any problem with the local deputy sheriffs; in fact I have a high opinion of many of them. Once they see I have a CCW, the conversation becomes very casual. One even used the catch phrase “be safe” to me after giving me a very mild verbal warning.
My concern relates to incidents with other civilians where I might later wish I had proof of how things went down. Some months ago in a national forest I encountered an individual who got a little obnoxious. While I knew I could defend myself it if came to it and although nothing did come of it, afterwards I realized that since I was alone and he was with a friend, it would be my word against theirs or against one of them. Neither scenario, in my mind, would have been a good one.
Unlike a concealed firearm, I wouldn’t wear it all the time. Any existing dysfunction of social graces surely would be accentuated in the wrong setting. And the question – which I haven’t answered – arises as to whether I would want my recording in the cloud. Another question is how obvious I would want it to be that I was recording. I don’t think that on an individual level looking for the most covert device is sensible.
One device that streams video but has no internal recording is the VIEVU2 http://www.vievu.com/vievu-products/hardware/
If anybody has any ideas, I’d sure like to hear them.
Regarding micronations, back in the ’70’s I lived with several other people. One of them was building a 47-foot ferro cement sailboat in the back yard. He referred, with a satisfied chuckle, to “XXXXania” which he intended to found. To his great credit, he did get the boat in the water and functional. At that point we all lived in different places. Rumour had it that he was having some significant IRS problems. He and the boat disappeared, I was told, without a trace.
Everything produced bythe Nazgûl is vile.
Scott Greenfeld, criminal defense attorney and blogger, cuts to the chase:
“Have the dog there before you hand over the ticket and you get a sniff, no Constitution allowed. Don’t rush the ticket, because nobody knows how long it does, or should, take to complete the core mission. And if the dog happens to show before it’s done, boom, lawful.”
“And that’s what constitutes a “defense win” at the Supreme Court these days, a roadmap for police to accomplish exactly the same outcome without violating the Court’s ruling.”
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2015/04/22/rodriguezs-right-decision-and-now-what/
The Craigslist ad would b a lot more interesting if the job wasn’t in San Diego.
Note they offer $2,500 moving expense? That’s plenty, because all the movers and truck rental companies have much more traffic out of California. They’re begging for loads for the return trip.
At least he took the computer outside.
During a frustrating day last week I realized if I shot left-handed and aimed a bit right I could get both my computer and, on the other side of the wall, our TV. A twofer!
Einstein sure didn’t like quantum mechanics, even though he provided one of the early proofs of it (with his work on the photoelectric effect – every solar panel has Einstein behind it).
I’m sorry, that craigslist ad would not tempt me, even if it is inventive.
I think the time will come when everyone wears cams for their own protection.