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First ever GHG fees approved by Bay Area Regulators

Published on May 21, 2008 in Climate, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Environment, Global Warming, Law and News. 1 Comment

BusinessWeek and others are reporting that the “First Ever” fees I wrote about earlier today have been approved by Bay Area regulators.

Air pollution regulators in the San Francisco Bay area have voted overwhelmingly to approve new rules that impose fees on businesses for emitting greenhouse gasses.

A spokeswoman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District says the agency’s board of directors voted 15-1 on Wednesday to charge companies 4.4 cents per ton of they emit.

Experts say the fees, which cover nine counties in the Bay Area, are the first of their kind in the country.

This sets a very dangerous precedent. The regulation not only considers to be “pollution”, but it also calculates fees based on CDE ( equivalent) and on GWP ( Potential). Continue reading ‘First ever GHG fees approved by Bay Area Regulators’

David Horowitz - Turning the University Around

Published on November 9, 2007 in Arab, Books, Censorship, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Education, History, Islam, Law, Media, Media Bias, Middle East, Moonbats, News, People, Terrorism, Video and Video Games. 0 Comments

David Horowitz was one of the founders of the New in the 1960s and the editor of its most influential magazine, Ramparts. He is the author, with Peter Collier, of a number of bestselling dynastic biographies on the Rockefellers, the Kennedys, the Fords, and the Roosevelts. With Collier he also wrote Destructive Generation (1989), a chronicle of their break with the 1960s , that has been compared to Whittaker Chambers’ Witness and other classic works documenting a break from totalitarianism.

Among Horowitz’s more recent books are: Radical Son (1996), a memoir tracing his odyssey from “red-diaper baby” to conservative activist that George Gilder described as “the first great autobiography of his generation”; Uncivil Wars (2002), which chronicles his crusade against intolerance and racial McCarthyism on college campuses; Illusions (2003), a one-volume course on the history of our time from the Cold War to the war on terror; Unholy Alliance (2004), which examines the pact between radical and the American ; and The : the 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America (2006), which reveals a shocking and perverse culture of academics who are poisoning the minds of today’s college students. Horowitz is also the author of The of Bad Faith, How to Beat the Democrats, and The Art of Political War. The latter was described by White House political strategist Karl Rove as “the perfect guide to winning on the political battlefield.”
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Use of Force Continuum

Published on September 19, 2007 in Crime, Current Events, Definitions, Education, Law and Police. 3 Comments

continuum
Some information from Wikipedia

It may be known by any of several names, such as Control Continuum, Level-of-Force Model, Subject Resistance Matrix, etc..

A continuum is a standard that provides law enforcement officials (such as public and private officers, probation officers, corrections officers, and security officers) with guidelines as to how much force may be used against a resisting subject in a given situation. The purpose of these models is to clarify, both for officers and citizens, the complex subject of by law officers. They are often central parts of law enforcement agencies’ policies. Although various criminal justice agencies have developed different models of the continuum, there is no universal standard model.[1]

The first examples of continua were developed in the 1980s and early 1990s.[2] Early models were depicted in various formats, including graphs, semicircular “gauges”, and linear progressions. Most often the models are presented in “stair step” fashion, with each level of force matched by a corresponding level of subject resistance, although it is generally noted that an officer need not progress through each level before reaching the final level of force. These progressions rest on the premise that officers should escalate and de-escale their level of force in response to the subject’s actions.[3]

Although the continuum is used primarily as a training tool for law officers, it is also valuable with civilians, such as in criminal trials or hearings by review boards. In particular, a graphical representation of a continuum is useful to a jury when deciding whether an officer’s was reasonable.[4]
Contents

  1. Example model
  2. Notes
  3. References
  4. Links

Example model

This model is adapted from a United States government publication on .[5] It lists multiple tactics in order from least to most severe, but is only a partial model, as it does not give corresponding degrees of subject resistance.

  • Verbal command
  • Handcuff suspect
  • Search suspect
  • Use wrist/arm lock
  • Use takedown
  • Block/punch/kick
  • Strike suspect
  • Wrestle suspect
  • Pepper spray
  • Use baton
  • Use firearm

Notes

Stetser, 2001, p. 36.

  1. Stetser, 2001, p. 36
  2. Stetser, 2001, pp. 36-37
  3. Stetser, 2001, p.38
  4. Grossi, 2006
  5. Garner and Maxwell.

References

Use of Force Book* Garner, Joel H.; Maxwell, Christopher D.. Measuring the Amount of Force Used By and Against the Police in Six Jurisdictions (PDF). National Institute of Justice.
* Grossi, Mark (June 2, 2006). Setting the record straight on force continuums. The Marksman Magazine.
* Stetser, Merle (2001). The in Control of Violence: Incidents Resulting in Assaults on Officers. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing L.L.C.. ISBN 1-931202-08-7.

External link

* Law Enforcement Integrity - United States Department of Justice

Vegan Teacher To File Charges Over Milk

Published on September 11, 2007 in Crime, Current Events, Education, Law, Moonbats, People and Stupidity. 0 Comments

If this guy doesn’t reside on the far than no one does…

Dave Warwakis started a new lifestyle in January, now he wants to force it upon the students at Fox River Grove Middle School where he is an art teacher. He encourages his students not to eat meat, discusses animal cruelty issues and has passed out copies of a John Robbins book titled “The Food Revolution, - How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and the World.”

Vegan MoonbatThat’s not enough for Warwak, he has demanded that the school district remove all milk and other animal products from the lunch menu. He has said he will file child endangerment charges against the school district for promoting milk and animal products as part of a healthy diet.

Lou Bianchi, (McHenry County State’s Attorney) stated:

“We will listen to just about anybody,” - “It sounds pretty unusual. I’d look at the endangerment statute again. But you have to prove intent. They’re just trying to feed kids.”

Warwak was asked to leave the school after he refused to stop the discussions with students.

His efforts have gained praise from animal rights groups.

Warwak described himself as a former fishing guide who sold his boat and tackle.

Milk PosterI have to wonder why he “sold his boat and tackle” for someone else to use? Does that not mean someone else just took his place hurting the poor defenseless fish? One would think he could simply throw away his gear to protect the fish. Meanwhile, he should really stop pushing his ridiculous ideas on the in our . If a teacher is worried more about preventing the from drinking milk then teaching class, I think this qualifies as part of the problem in our public schools.

(Via Chicago Tribune Web Edition 9/11/2007 - Jeff Long, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Carolyn Starks contributed to this report)

Video of the Day - Fred Thompson, Soldier

Published on August 11, 2007 in Crime, Current Events, Immigration and Law. 2 Comments

Too many people just don’t get it. I’m getting sick and tired of seeing things like this. Maybe they just do it to get extra attention or maybe they just really do hate America.

Congressman Conyers - We Don’t Read Bills

Published on August 3, 2007 in Current Events, Health Care, Law, Michael Moore, Movies, News and Video. 2 Comments

Congressman (D) Michigan (H.R. 676 UNHI) does a lot of talking, Republican bashing and war protesting. The one thing he does not seem to do is read the bills he votes on. I guess he spends too much time talking/trying to impeach President George Bush or Impeach Dick Cheney to actually read something before voting on it. It would seem that bills he writes or sponsors are a lot safer without others reading them. Although Conyers has a poor record of bills being enacted into law when he sponsors them. (Relative to his peers)

According to Conyers most bills are not read before being voted on or becoming law. “Do you know what that would entail if we were to read each bill?” Conyers said in an interview with Michael Moore for Fahrenheit 9/11.

I think I know a little of what it might entail: Work - as in doing you job as a Congressman.

My opinion of Conyers was that he was an “extreme ” (borderline socialist) to begin with, however, after watching SiCKO creator Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 I was even less impressed.

Illinois Eavesdropping Law

Published on July 25, 2007 in Crime, Felony, Law, People, Police and Video. 0 Comments

If you don’t know why this is here than you probably don’t care.

CRIMINAL OFFENSES
(720 ILCS 5/) Criminal Code of 1961.

(720 ILCS 5/Art. 14 heading)
ARTICLE 14. EAVESDROPPING

(720 ILCS 5/14?1) (from Ch. 38, par. 14?1)
Sec. 14?1. Definition.
(a) Eavesdropping device.
An eavesdropping device is any device capable of being used to hear or record oral conversation or intercept, retain, or transcribe electronic communications whether such conversation or electronic communication is conducted in person, by telephone, or by any other means; Provided, however, that this definition shall not include devices used for the restoration of the deaf or hard?of?hearing to normal or partial hearing.
(b) Eavesdropper.
An eavesdropper is any person, including law enforcement officers, who is a principal, as defined in this Article, or who operates or participates in the operation of any eavesdropping device contrary to the provisions of this Article.
(c) Principal.
A principal is any person who:
(1) Knowingly employs another who illegally uses an

eavesdropping device in the course of such employment; or
(2) Knowingly derives any benefit or information from the illegal use of an eavesdropping device by another; or
(3) Directs another to use an eavesdropping device illegally on his behalf.
(d) Conversation.
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