Malagent's Synthetic World

I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now. I just haven’t gotten around to it until now. The War on Drugs, A War on Ourselves? a 2002 ABC 20/20 special with John Stossel examines the effect of the War on Drugs on American society. Stossel interviews Detroit’s police chief Jerry Oliver who points out that since the dealing of drugs is between willing buyers and sellers, the War…

The police officers involved in the Andrew Meyer Taser incident at the University of Florida have been reinstated after being cleared of any wrongdoing. So in honer of that I have decided to post the following poll: See more polls here… share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments…

Small Sword Vs. Taser TaserCam footage of police dealing with an obviously deranged man in a bathroom who holds a small sword/large knife to his own throat. Although this guy more than likely never actually intended to do harm to himsef (most do this crap for attention) you can never really know. The situation ends well with the suspect walking out of the bathroom in handcuffs missing only his ego….

Update: As I’ve predicted the Officers involved in this incident have been cleared and are returning to duty. Take a poll here. I’ve posted a few videos on YouTube concerning the Andrew Meyer Taser incident. Now I knew I would not be popular with my position on the incident. After all the majority of the YouTube users are young liberals, many of which love a good conspiracy theory. At least…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked permission to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site when he comes to New York City next week, but the request was denied, a police official said Wednesday. The Iranian president, who is arriving Sunday to address the United Nations’ General Assembly, had asked the police department, the U.S. Secret Service and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey earlier this…

Use of force 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 use of force continuum is a standard that provides law enforcement officials (such as public and private police officers, probation officers, corrections officers, and security officers) with guidelines as to how much force may be used against a resisting subject in a…

One of the things I just can’t keep my mouth shut about is people in the United States refusing to learn or speak English. I don’t even mind if it’s poor English so long as it’s English. When I stopped in at a local convenience store I walked by a couple of guys talking by the entrance. I would not have even noticed if not for the fact they were…

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…

The 24 year old only son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for being stoned in a hybrid Toyota after being pulled over for speeding down a highway at 100 miles per hour. Okay, they called it “Suspicion of Drug Possession”. Can a hybrid even do 100 MPH? According to sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino the Deputy smelled marijuana in Al Gore III’s eviromentally friendly car. A search of…