As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I have jury duty starting today. I’ll post periodically throughout the day if anything interesting happens — hopefully without saying anything that will get me arrested. Thankfully I’m in the New York County criminal court section, so I might get an interesting case, not the lame civil court section. […]
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Back when Bob Barr was still dismissing the notion (must have been weeks ago), I made the case for Barr to run as the Libertarian candidate for President. Now it looks like Bob is warming to the idea. Come on, Bob, do it! Yes, I know he isn’t a perfect libertarian — but honestly, neither
Bob Barr rEVOLution! Read More »
Janet Mercereau, the widow of a Staten Island fire marshal, has been indicted in the murder of her husband. She has always been considered the prime suspect because “three bullets were fired from the fire marshal’s own service revolver issued by the FDNY. ” Just one question: Why in the world does the Fire Department get
 Tired of drab gunmetal blue and black dominating your arsenal? Do a fashion makeover on your weaponry with The Bloomberg Collection of designer gun paints and camouflage. Wisconsin-based Lauer Custom Weaponry is honoring our hoplophobic mayor with a line of brightly colored paints for each of the 5 boroughs — Manhattan red, Bronx rose, Brooklyn
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I just got this absolutely killer Ron Paul video from www.HighTidepromo.com.
The Ron Paul Revolution lives!! Read More »
I know he hasn’t even officially assumed the governorship yet, so it’s way premature to judge him. Still, I just assumed I’d easily find a lot not to like about David Paterson, but honestly I’m having a very hard time of it. Turns out he supports reforming the Rockefeller drug laws, reining in trigger-happy cops, and
Paterson Too Good to be True? (Probably) Read More »
With so many politicians getting hoisted by their own petards lately — Spitzer by prostitution and money-laundering investigations, McCain by campaign finance technicalities, etc. — it got me to thinking about just what the heck is a petard anyway. I turned to the trusty Merriam-Webster online dictionary and saw this interesting entry: Main Entry: pe·tard
Blown Up by His Own Fart? Read More »
As we watch Eliot Spitzer skulk off into the sunset, we bid him a not so fond farewell and prepare to turn a new page. Monday (or sooner), we’ll turn our attention to incoming governor David Paterson. But before we move on, here’s one last bit of Spitzerrific humor, courtesy of commenter E5: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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A few random morning-after thoughts on the Spitzer scandal: As hinted at in yesterday’s post, I bought champagne for everyone at last night’s Manhattan Libertarian Party meeting to celebrate the downfall of The Sherriff of Wall Street. Really cheap champagne. You probably shouldn’t expect much from a $15 bottle of Russian bubbly, but it was
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