I’m back in New York. Twenty-one hours of flight back was not nearly as bad as it should have been. And now it’s good to be home, but strange to see snow after a few weeks in Bangkok. Here are some pics from our trip. Mostly of our day trip to the Maeklong market, which…
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Tom Tomorrow, one of my favorite cartoonists, summarizes gun control and killings quite well. Click through to read. “Barring some seismic realignment in this country, the gun control debate is all but settled–and your side won. The occasional horrific civilian massacre is just the price the rest of us have to pay.” As if we…
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Then: Now: [I’m on vacation; life is good. While I’m gone, I’ve scheduled some non-timely non-police filler posts. Regular posts should resume soon.]
Jesse Walker writes about it in Reason. [thanks to Dan K.]
If you open a bar or restaurant in Bangkok, you can expect for the local police commander asking for $500/month. “Why?” a business owner asked. “In case you do something illegal.” “What if I’m not doing anything illegal?” “Better to pay.” “I’m not paying.” We’ll see how this plays itself out. Should you want to…
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The good people at policeone.com have posted a, in-depth video about last year’s Lakewood Four coffee-shop ambush. The video tells the story from the perspective of the responding officers. BLUtube is powered by PoliceOne.com [I’m on vacation; life is good. While I’m gone, I’ve pre-scheduled a few posts.]
Officer Torbit’s funeral was yesterday. It must have been painful. Meanwhile on Tuesday night, another officer, a homicide detective, was shot. What a friggin’ job. I’ll be back in the U.S. in a week. Everything seems very distant from here in Bangkok.
I guess I’m a day late and a dollar short. I didn’t actually know it was MLK Day (but hell, I’m in Thailand). But happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day to everybody. Seriously. Some mock this holiday, but not me. Not only is it good to have more holidays in general and particularly in the…
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Amazingly for Detroit, this building is stills standing: Mind you, nothing around it is. [I’m on vacation; life is good. While I’m gone, I’ve scheduled some non-timely non-police filler posts.]
Plain clothed friendly fire police shooting. [please don’t post stupid or disrespectful comments, or respond to those who do.]