But woa to you if you are just some homeowner who crosses their path. Then they figure you can not afford to hire a lawyer and they can fuck with you.

in a related story, a police dog attacked a woman dressed in a blue jumpsuit that resembles the training suit. She was taken to the hospital and treated for her bite wounds.

Strangely, the officer didn’t feel the need to fire his weapon to prevent imminent bodily harm. Hmmm….

#30 | Dave Krueger | August 3rd, 2011 at 11:52 am
I’m not ready to leave the country yet. We’re still the freest country on the planet as measured by our complete lack of any prison camps (within our national boundaries anyway) and the fact that our police can’t just go around executing people at will (at least when there are cameras around).

Well, unless you are a homeless schizophrenic. Then all bets are off.

On a more positive note, it looks like the community isn’t going to stand for a whitewash of this one (Kelly Thomas). Maybe they won’t be charged for the murder they committed, but it does look like the complete exoneration that was under way is off the table – as long as the people keep up the pressure.

#45 Windy

OT but right up our alley, it’s an update on a puppycide last year:
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Protesters-to-show-support-for-owners-of-dog-killed-by-police-126582708.html

From the article: The City of Des Moines conducted its own internal investigation and found no wrongdoing in the shooting of the dog.

That’s ’cause a cop wouldn’t be able to detect wrongdoing by another cop if it climbed up and took a big ol’ steaming dump in his lap.

Glad to hear it, Radley. I’m glad that millions of poor and elderly people will not starve to death or get kicked out of their homes or die of preventable diseases due to narcissistic libertarian philosophy.

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2011/08/innocence-roundup.html

They are plentiful, protected, and not endangered.

USFWS definitely overreacted. The woman should have been protected on good Samaritan grounds, if not just common sense. At least the agency apologized (admittedly belatedly). It does appear to be the mistaken or overzealous actions of an agent, not agency policy.

To clarify one minor point (nitpick, if you prefer), although Radley refers to the woodpecker as “endangered” the article and video refer to it as “protected” and never identify the species. From the video, it looks like a downy or a hairy woodpecker, which are not endangered species, but are protected under the Migratory Bird Act, rather than the Endangered Species Act.

Let’s put them in charge of health care!

True to form, you can always bet/invest on the USG to never get off the spending pipe. It is a clear course toward crash city from here.

But remember, I’m the asshole for profiting from them (USG) spending wildly.

Yea only they weren’t considered traitors because they choose to go from spot A on planet earth to spot B. But it’s different if an American wants to emmigrate. American exceptionalism and all that don’t you know old chap.

#24 Mannie
He knew the National Electrical Code inside out.

What about the local codes? ;)

Remember, it’s not oppression when they outlaw something you didn’t want to do anyway (and even if you did want to do it, it’s usually a simple matter to convince yourself that you really didn’t).