Category Archives: law

Sometimes the house loses

Posted on September 20, 2011 by B Psycho

In my usual surfing, passed across this, a Forbes post about one of those online poker sites that answered why I hadn’t seen commercials for those on the tube lately* — in short, a big-ass fraud charge.  Among the details … Continue reading →

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One Wrong down, many more to go…

Posted on July 1, 2011 by B Psycho

Freakin’ wonderful news: Cory Maye, the man for whom a botched narcotics raid on the wrong residence led to a murder charge and death row, is finally, after all this time stolen from him by the state punishing an innocent … Continue reading →

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Fairness for now

Posted on June 27, 2011 by B Psycho

In a past post, I had stated a reminder that “marriage” involving a government license was not always the case, and that the anti-state view on this is (naturally) that politics have no business being involved in sanctioning or rejecting … Continue reading →

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I called it

Posted on June 17, 2011 by B Psycho

Me, a month ago, when catching up with latest news: The head of the IMF got arrested on sexual assault charges.  “Officers, what are you doing!  I have diplomati– oh, wait, no I don’t.  Shit…” Latest revelation about that arrest: … Continue reading →

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Stomp the Hypothetical

Posted on May 31, 2011 by B Psycho

Among those caught up in the early “War on Terror” dragnet was a U.S. born Muslim named Abdullah al-Kidd.  Arrested in 2003 on his way to a flight to Saudi Arabia, he was claimed to be a material witness in … Continue reading →

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"Don't forget to bring a shovel!"

Posted on April 26, 2011 by B Psycho

Among the things now revealed about the Guantanamo Bay military prison: Over 150 people held there for several years were innocent, simply caught in a dragnet. Wearing a cheap Casio watch?  Bomb-maker! Chinese, Russian & Saudi interrogators were brought in, … Continue reading →

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Undesirables

Posted on April 6, 2011 by B Psycho

Ain’t science freakin’ awesome?: Synthetic drugs that claim to mimic drugs like cannabis aren’t safe and should be banned, according to researchers from the University of Central Missouri who shared their findings n Wednesday. The researchers spoke to police and … Continue reading →

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When the whistle is too big

Posted on March 7, 2011 by B Psycho

Radley Balko recently noted the big fat Does-Not-Compute of Bradley Manning’s treatment while being held under non-violent charges (which the movement built up to support him is arguing shouldn’t be considered a crime at all), when compared to that of … Continue reading →

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Your "Well DUH" moment of the day

Posted on January 24, 2011 by B Psycho

Bradley Manning, alleged source of the Collateral Murder video, is currently detained at the military base Quantico in Virginia.  Despite being accused of nothing violent, he’s being held in near total isolation.  The reason for that isolation, thus the goal … Continue reading →

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America's Next Top Panic

Posted on January 22, 2011 by B Psycho

First K-2 (which only exists because weed is illegal), now this bullshit: When Neil Brown got high on bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven’t been … Continue reading →

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