Archive for September, 2011

Take On Me

The last time I posted I tried to say that we really never post commercials.  This freakin’ commercial, however, is killing me.  And for those of us who never watch TV, this sort of thing is exciting.

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Posted: September 9th, 2011
at 9:49am by Black Ock


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L.W. Burdeshaw, an insurance agent, told the St. Petersburg Timesin 1982 that his list of policyholders included a man who sawed off his left hand at work, a man who shot off his foot while protecting chickens, a man who lost his hand while supposedly trying to shoot a hawk, a man who somehow lost two limbs in an accident involving a rifle and a tractor, and a man who bought a policy and then, less than 12 hours later, shot off his foot while aiming at a squirrel. #Read The 20 Most Secretly Brilliant Stupid Criminals

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Posted: September 8th, 2011
at 6:31pm by Black Ock


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Videotaping of Police NOT Illegal

If you watch the YouTube video below, you’ll see evidence of a cop harassing a civilian for filming an arrest.  In several states it appears that federal wiretapping laws have been used to justify this sort of behavior by the police, effectively putting you in their crosshairs for interfering with a police investigation, illegal wiretapping, or worse. (original story courtesy of: boingboing )

In a victory for all camera-phone ninjas everywhere, young and old, a Federal circuit court in the state of MA has ruled that filiming the coppers is an unambiguously constitutionally protected right.  For most of us, that’s mere common sense, for the police department, however, the news couldn’t be worse.

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Undeterred, in February 2010, Glik filed suit in federal court against the officers and the City of Boston under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the MassachusettsCivil Rights Act.  Glik alleged that the police officers violated his First Amendment right to record police activity in public and that  the officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights by arresting him without probable cause to believe a crime had occurred.

Naturally, the police officers moved to dismiss on the basis of qualified immunity, but Judge Young was having none of that, denying the motion from the bench and ruling that "in the First Circuit . . . this First Amendment right publicly to record the activities of police officers on public business is established."  The police officers then appealed to the First Circuit, but they have now struck out on appeal as well, with the First Circuit ruling that "Glik was exercising clearly-established First Amendment rights in filiming the officers in a public space, and that his clearly-established Fourth Amendment rights were violated by his arrest without probable cause." .::Citizens Media Law

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Posted: September 8th, 2011
at 2:48pm by Black Ock

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My Ninja, Please! 9.8.11: Broadway Mark Sanchez

When Brady did it, we thought it was fi-fi, however the guy at least had won something. He, at least, had earned an ‘I can do that sh@%"-card.

What, you ask, the f am I talking about? Taking your clothes off and putting on your nakey suit for GQ, my friends.

In the words of the newly crowned Aaron Rodgers, this is just embarrassing.

This is actually a pretty decent picture.  Kinda captures the moment… Nonetheless, My Ninja, Please!

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Posted: September 8th, 2011
at 9:26am by Black Ock

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Campus Party

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Posted: September 6th, 2011
at 9:08am by mnp


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Daniel Regner

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Posted: September 5th, 2011
at 8:37am by mnp


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The "Computers" Section of the Bookstore

I ran into the local Barnes & Noble today to grab a coffee. It’s been a while, but the well-publicized demise of the traditional bookstore and now literature on paper in general has taken its toll on the brick-and-mortar. The bookstore is now a glorified coffee shop/study hall, eBook reader exhibit, and a well-lit archive of what the ancients referred to as "books". (Source)

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Posted: September 4th, 2011
at 8:17am by mnp


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Don Cheadle is… Captain Planet

Complete with greenface and all.

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet from Don Cheadle

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Posted: September 3rd, 2011
at 5:00pm by Black Ock


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Bank Of America - Foreclosed-up-on

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Posted: September 3rd, 2011
at 1:38pm by Black Ock


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