Wednesday roundup
The Government Loves to Make Us All Criminals
When the ordinary becomes illegalChicago Police Union Trying To Stop New Use-of-Force Policies
Police power beyond constraintElectric bike crackdown spurs delivery worker concern
"Electric bikes are illegal to operate on city streets and those at the top of the food chain need to be held accountable."Regulator tells Vermont hospital to dial back surgeries, revenue
“That's a problem for the Green Mountain Care Board, which has come down on Copley for making too much money and doing too many surgeries. Copley's success is seen as a violation of the Board's master plan for managing health care costs in the state.”Using the Blockchain to Fight Corruption
A promising approach to fight election fraudONE-THIRD Of U.S. Homicide Spike Coming From 5 Chicago Neighborhood
Conservatives would point out that Chicago is a victim of liberal polices."Wealth Effect" = Widening Wealth Inequality
Not sure I agree, but worth thinking aboutWords We Didn't Hear
InterestingPresident Trump Cuts Funding to UN After Israel Vote
Actions have consequences> Or at least they should.Comments
Illegal
Sunday - 19Nov2017 Filed in: Quotes & Thinkums&Law
Ehrlichman on drugs
Sunday - 23Jul2017 Filed in: Quotes & Thinkums
““You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin. And then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities, We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.””
— John Ehrlichman