13 Feb 2009
Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash

Ah, the joys of privatization...

AP - For years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor offenses.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

Update: Guilty as charged..

07:58 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

More Highway Robbery

This is an even more blatant case of pure theft than I've mentioned before, because this is a provable series of thefts - a gang of highwaymen, literally.

Didn't we used to hang highwaymen?

Asset forfeiture outrages have been generating great copy for 20 years. The public gets angry, and maybe a few people spotlighted in the local newspaper investigation get some portion of the property back. But then it's back to business as usual, at least until the next report.

(link) [Reason: Hit & Run]

07:42 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores

ROTFLMAO! I guess the copy machine still works in Redmond! I wonder if they'll have a special "Genius Bar" for customers virus laden or malware infected machines?

Microsoft is planning to launch a number of new Microsoft-branded retail stores, according to a company press release issued late in the day on February 12.

(link) [ZD Net Blogs]

07:33 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link