Category Archives: The Rule of Law

Didn’t Know “Shod Foot” Was a Dangerous Weapon

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Somebody better tell Dr. Isis. From the urban hellhole (boldface mine): 04/11/12 – At about 1:39 p.m., officers made an on-site arrest of an individual for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon to wit shod foot at … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, The Rule of Law, WhatEVAH! | 4 Comments

Here’s a Real Case of Voter Fraud

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

One of the causes célèbres of the right is the ersatz issue of voter fraud. Supposedly, hundreds of thousands of illegally cast votes–on behalf of the Democrats, by those people–are fixing elections for Democrats. Nationally, there are a handful of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, The Rule of Law, Voting | 1 Comment

Republicans Find a Legitimate Case of Voter Fraud

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Republicans have been beating the ‘voter fraud’ drum for a long time, in an effort to justify voter suppression efforts against likely Democratic voters, including African-Americans and students (here‘s just one instance). However, they really haven’t been able to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, The Rule of Law, Voting | 2 Comments

Meet the New Boss: The Sociopath As Banker

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Brian Basham writes: In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies these people as psychopaths. “They are,” he says, “simply the 1 per … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Big Shitpile, The Rule of Law | 2 Comments

So Who Are These 27 Percent? And Do They Walk Among Us?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Robert Shiller, writing about the long term effects of unemployment, observes (boldface mine): Bad as it is for those without jobs and their immediate families, unemployment tears the fabric of our society. Duha T. Altindag of Auburn University and Naci … Continue reading →

Posted in The Rule of Law, We're Really Fucked | 2 Comments

Will Occupy Wall Street Remain Non-Violent?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

I hope so. To morph into a violent movement would be both ethically wrong and tactically stupid. But in the face of this: (from here) it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect that, at some point, some of the OWS protestors … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, The Rule of Law, Torture | 2 Comments

So When Do Obama and Attorney General Holder Do Something About the UC Davis Brutality?

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

(original here) Probably never, since the Obama administration has a long standing de facto policy of shitting on the people it will need for re-election. I do not understand the silence in the face of this (boldface mine): When you … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Democrats, The Rule of Law, Torture | 2 Comments

Listeria and the Failure of Privatized Regulation

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

You might have heard of the recent Listeria outbreak that was traced back to contaminated melons. Well, it turns out that the healthy and safety inspections–outsourced to private organizations–utterly failed (boldface mine): Government investigators said that workers had tramped through … Continue reading →

Posted in Microbiology, Public Health, The Rule of Law | 2 Comments

Another Day in a Floating Libertarian Paradise

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

Sounds mostly like a tax dodge.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, The Rule of Law, Urban Planning | 32 Comments

“The Revenge of the Ratings Agencies”: This Is Extortion

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Where the Mad Biologist leads, the New York Times follows. Or something.
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Posted in Bidness, Terrorism, The Rule of Law | 2 Comments