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• The real problem is, there's no major media that's willing to tell the truth ... and more unknown news (8/23)
• Georgia deputies are charged with beating a handcuffed man ... and lots more bad cops (8/23) • Our latest collection of mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (8/23)
• The recall elections are today in Wisconsin: Vote. ... and more unknown news (8/9)
• Massachusetts cop gets 6+ years for child sexual assault ... and lots more bad cops (8/9) • Our latest collection of mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (8/9)
• Bill Clinton, of all people, offers advice on restoring American jobs ... and more unknown news (7/17)
• Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with child endangerment is suspended with pay ... and lots more bad cops (7/17) • Our latest collection of mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (7/17)
• President Obama says he'll be happy to cut Medicare and Medicaid, because of course ... and more unknown news (7/7)
• Florida correctional officer arrested in drug sting ... and lots more bad cops (7/7) • Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (7/7)
• Well, we're back. Sort of. Did you miss us? ... and more unknown news (6/27)
• Illinois cop charged with stealing male enhancement pills ... and lots more bad cops (6/27) • Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (6/27)
• After three nuclear power plant meltdowns in recent weeks, Germany and Switzerland are getting ready to unplug from nuclear power ... and more unknown news (5/31)
• Las Vegas police officer arrested for strangling ex-wife ... and lots more bad cops (5/31) • Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (5/31)
• Here's a good, succinct explanation of "voter ID" laws, which should more accurately be called "Jim Crow-lite laws" ... and more unknown news (5/16)
• California cop allegedly robbed prostitutes whose operations were competing with his own brothel ... and lots more bad cops (5/16)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (5/16)
• The killing of Osama Bin Laden raises doubts about the truthfulness and/or intelligence about Obama and his advisors ... and more unknown news (5/10)
• California city suspends its "ride-along program" after second deputy is arrested for having sex with teen Explorer Scout ... and lots more bad cops (5/10)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (5/10)
• Even for Osama bin Laden, an on-the-spot execution seems odd and improper to me ... and more unknown news (5/2)
• Washington cop won't be disciplined for sleeping through Amber alert while 12-year-old girl was murdered ... and lots more bad cops (5/2)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (5/2)
• Republicans propose insanity, and Democrats propose a compromise to meet insanity half-way, time after time after time ... and more unknown news (4/25)
• Five women sue convicted former Alaska police officer over on-duty sexually assaults ... and lots more bad cops (4/25)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (4/25)
• That Supreme Court election here in Wisconsin smells more and more skunky ... and more unknown news (4/18)
• California school guard is convicted of child molestation ... and lots more bad cops (4/18)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (4/18)
• Take a deep breath and I'll tell you the story of Wisconsin's Supreme Court election ... and more unknown news (4/11)
• Two Chicago police officers accused of sexual assault/rape ... and lots more bad cops (4/11)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (4/11)
• If you're in Wisconsin, get off your butt and vote today. No excuses. Thank you. ... and more unknown news (4/5)
• Missouri deputy resigns after shooting pet Chihuahua, again and again ... and lots more bad cops (4/5)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (4/5)
• Forgetting budget rhetoric, Wisconsin Senate leader brags: We’ve busted unions "once and for all," while a Republican-appointed Judge again issues an injunction temporarily blocking anti-worker rights legislation ... and more unknown news (3/30)
• Maryland sheriff's deputy charged with child sex abuse ... and lots more bad cops (3/30)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/30)
• No, "publishing" the Wisconsin law in violation of a court order doesn't make it law, but it ought to make you angry ... and more unknown news (3/28)
• Three DC police officers charged with attempting to receive stolen good ... and lots more bad cops (3/28)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/28)
• So, another war for America, this time in Libya. Maybe this time everything will go smoothly? ... and more unknown news (3/22)
• New Mexico town's chief of police is charged with smuggling guns into Mexico ... and lots more bad cops (3/22)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/22)
• Well, let's see what's happening in Wisconsin that's stopped making the national news ... and more unknown news (3/18)
• Fired Georgia deputy is convicted of rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and two counts of aggravated assault ... and lots more bad cops (3/18)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/18)
• How long until the protests in Wisconsin turn violent? Hard to say, but probably not much longer ... and more unknown news (3/14)
• Curiously un-named Kansas police officer arrested for allegedly shooting bouncer ... and lots more bad cops (3/14)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/14)
• It looks illegal in several different ways, but Wisconsin Republicans have passed anti-worker rights legislation, while Senate Democrats remain out of state ... and more unknown news (3/10)
• Oregon police officers use Tasers on 2 men who had surrendered, costing city almost $140,000 to settle lawsuits ... and lots more bad cops (3/10)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/10)
• Madison officially says thanks to the protesters ... and more unknown news (3/7)
• Lawsuit may force Kansas City police to return stolen property to owners ... and lots more bad cops (3/7)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/7)
• What's happening in Wisconsin is about much, much more than squishing workers, so if you're sitting on the sidelines, wake the hell up ... and more unknown news (3/4)
• Kansas police officer charged with sexual battery ... and lots more bad cops (3/4)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/4)
• Wisconsin capitol doors remain illegally blocked, as Gov seeks to mute the protests ... and more unknown news (3/3)
• Fired Oklahoma cop is charged with intimidation of a witness, offering false evidence, and falsely reporting a crime ... and lots more bad cops (3/3)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (3/3)
• Gov Walker is trying to squeeze protesters out of the capitol building, but police have so far hesitated to drag Wisconsin protesters away ... and more unknown news (2/28)
• Kentucky cop allegedly assaults, points gun at wife ... and lots more bad cops (2/28)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/28)
• Walker's union-busting bill "passes" state Assembly through plainly improper and probably illegal vote ... and more unknown news (2/25)
• Child porn charges net fired Georgia police officer 25 years in prison ... and lots more bad cops (2/25)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/25)
• Gov Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) is lying that he campaigned promising to eliminate collective bargaining ... and more unknown news (2/23)
• Alaska cop is convicted of serial on-duty rapes ... and lots more bad cops (2/23)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/23)
• Three cheers for Wisconsin, and now, imagine what could happen if that notion spread to Washington DC. ... and more unknown news (2/21)
• Fired Mississippi cop is convicted of statutory rape and sexual battery ... and lots more bad cops (2/21)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/21)
• Wisconsin's public-sector workers are underpaid, not overpaid, and Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) is lying about the state's "fiscal crisis," which he brought about himself ... and more unknown news (2/19)
• Tennessee cop who plied two underage girls with alcohol gets probation, and record will be wiped away ... and lots more bad cops (2/19)
• Saturday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/19)
• Wisconsin is "open for business," and closed for human decency ... and more unknown news (2/16)
• Fired Georgia police officers charged with lying to FBI ... and lots more bad cops (2/16)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/16)
• The Dallas Cowboys wanted to "assume the risk" and let hundreds of people sit in rickety, potentially deadly Super Bowl seats ... and more unknown news (2/14)
• California cops ratchet up harassment of family of teen falsely charged with "attempted lynching" for photographing police ... and lots more bad cops (2/14)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/14)
• Nearly 10 months after the BP oil spill, there are new claims that the disaster is causing big health problems ... and more unknown news (2/11)
• ACLU monitor says she saw California sheriff's beat inmate like "a punching bag" as he lay limp for at least two minutes ... and lots more bad cops (2/11)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/11)
• Rep Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) hopes an alliance with Tea Partiers and libertarians can scuttle the PATRIOT Act permanently ... and more unknown news (2/9)
• Kentucky deputy indicted on wanton endangerment charges ... and lots more bad cops (2/9)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/9)
• Mike Stark explains Ronald Reagan (not the myth Reagan, the real Reagan) to Rush Limbaugh ... and more unknown news (2/7)
• New Jersey cop gets probation for insurance fraud ... and lots more bad cops (2/7)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/7)
• Fed Chair Bernanke really really wants the Fed to never, ever be audited ... and more unknown news (2/4)
• California deputy accused of soliciting sexual favors from arrested woman ... and lots more bad cops (2/4)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/4)
• Global warming makes snowstorms more severe ... and more unknown news (2/3)
• Florida police officer arrested in shooting resigns; victim paralyzed ... and lots more bad cops (2/3)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/3)
• More staggering profits for Exxon Mobil, a company should never have been allowed to exist ... and more unknown news (2/1)
• Florida police officers come forward with shocking accusations about Miami's top cop ... and lots more bad cops (2/1)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (2/1)
• US Rep Darrell Issa (R-California) wants a "creepy" database of which Americans file Freedom of Information Act requests and why ... and more unknown news (1/31)
• Oklahoma police chief is accused of assaulting city council member ... and lots more bad cops (1/31)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/31)
• The Catholic Church has come out against John Maynard Keynes and Keynesian economics ... and more unknown news (1/28)
• Fired Georgia deputy gets six years in federal prison on corruption and drug charges ... and lots more bad cops (1/28)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/28)
• Congressman Paul Ryan, the alleged whiz kid of economics, doesn't know diddly about the stuff he says ... and more unknown news (1/27)
• Massachusetts cop is arrested for stealing marijuana from police evidence room ... and lots more bad cops (1/27)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/27)
• Inquiry reveals that Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Alan Greenspan, and the Bush-Cheney administration deserve most of the blame for the 2008 economic collapse ... and more unknown news (1/26)
• Texas cop who raped transsexual prostitute gets one year in jail ... and lots more bad cops (1/26)
• The "wild west" of the 19th century had more effective gun control than Arizona in 2011. ... and more unknown news (1/25)
• NYPD gins up cops with anti-Muslim training video ... and lots more bad cops (1/25)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/25)
• The king of outsourcing is Obama's new go-to guy for "jobs" ... and more unknown news (1/24)
• Surveillance video shows Washington cop brutally attacking man, leaving him with catastrophic brain damage ... and lots more bad cops (1/24)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/24)
• We're supposed to be upset and offended because Rep Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) spoke the truth ... and more unknown news (1/21)
• Undercover sting ensnares ex-sheriff's deputy for theft, burglary in Missouri ... and lots more bad cops (1/21)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/21)
• Complete drug decriminalization has worked out quite well for Portugal ... and more unknown news (1/20)
• Feds urge life sentence for Illinois ex-Sheriff ... and lots more bad cops (1/20)
• Propaganda aimed at children at the Ronald Reagan Library, and enthusiastically endorsed by NPR — who couldn't have seen that coming? ... and more unknown news (1/19)
• Florida police chief charged with thwarting rape case against friend ... and lots more bad cops (1/19)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/19)
• President Obama continues to fiddle while America burns ... and more unknown news (1/18)
• Florida corrections officer allegedly smuggled dope-filled sub sandwich into jail ... and lots more bad cops (1/18)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/18)
• The "world's best health care system" rolls on: emergency room waits now average six hours, an inconvenience that's occasionally fatal, but not for rich folks ... and more unknown news (1/17)
• Missouri police officer resigns after firing gunshots at car with a baby inside ... and lots more bad cops (1/17)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/17)
• The floods in Australia and Brazil are probably brought to you by global warming, and there's just no doubt that climate change is making weather extremes more and more common. Lots and lots of people will die, and a huge collection of the world's dumbest wingnuts will continue claiming it's a hoax ... and more unknown news (1/14)
• Michigan cops steal $20,000, legally ... and lots more bad cops (1/14)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/14)
• Cripes, the stupidity never ends... ... and more unknown news (1/13)
• Florida cop gets "re-training" after threatening a car full of people with gun, and charging the driver with attempted murder ... and lots more bad cops (1/13)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/13)
• How much longer can New York City can keep Wal-Mart out, and instead allow thousands of mom and pop businesses to remain in business? ... and more unknown news (1/11)
• Massachusetts cop is arrested for indecent assault and battery ... and lots more bad cops (1/11)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/11)
• Here's a brief, smart take on President Obama's hiring of deep insider William Daley as White House Chief of Staff ... and more unknown news (1/10)
• Oklahoma police officer is arrested for cattle thefts ... and lots more bad cops (1/10)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/10)
• The religious right is, of course, lying, misconstruing, and generally hyperventilating about the 9th Circuit's ruling in the Mt. Soledad cross case. ... and more unknown news (1/7)
• Hmmm: Mississippi police say man was accidentally shot by cop, but the victim said he was shot from behind ... and lots more bad cops (1/7)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/7)
• How much of the losses caused by Bank of America's (Countrywide's) mortgage shenanigans will taxpayers have to absorb, as BofA walks away with a slap on the wrist? ... and more unknown news (1/6)
• California police chief is sentenced to year in jail for bribery, destruction of evidence, concealing evidence, and two counts each of perjury, submitting falsified documents and embezzlement ... and lots more bad cops (1/6)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/6)
• It's been upwards of eight years, but it's just now "breaking" in mainstream media that the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Bhagdad was a piece of political propaganda, staged by Americans. ... and more unknown news (1/4)
• Wisconsin cop gets a year in jail for running crack house ... and lots more bad cops (1/4)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/4)
• Another crooked company — this time it's Alcatel-Lucent — pays a fat federal fine that looks like bribery to avoid prosecution for bribery. ... and more unknown news (1/3)
• Missouri deputy is arrested for raping 15-year-old ... and lots more bad cops (1/3)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (1/3)
• Why was New York City's response to last week's blizzard so incompetent? ... and more unknown news (1/2)
• After his company took $182-billion in federal bailout bucks, AIG's CEO Robert Benmosche says he feels like the hero in an Ayn Rand novel ... and more unknown news (12/30)
• Ohio police officer admits exposing himself ... and lots more bad cops (12/30)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/30)
• Get to know the "new normal," brought to you by climate change ... and more unknown news (12/29)
• Arkansas police chief charged with domestic battery ... and lots more bad cops (12/29)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/29)
• "It's important that we expose your children to homosexuality. But not because it makes us feel better. Not out of some desire to be politically correct, or inclusive. But because it is potentially vital for their psychological well-being." ... and more unknown news (12/27)
• Two Pennsylvania cops fired for beating that left one man with a broken jaw and another unconscious ... and lots more bad cops (12/27)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/27)
• The FCC's new rules for net neutrality amount to a lump of coal, and a real danger to net neutrality. ... and more unknown news (12/24)
• Aussie cops who forced boy to lie in street before he was run over and killed will face no charges ... and lots more bad cops (12/24)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/24)
• President Obama brags, again, about all he and the Democrats have accomplished. And it's starting to really get on my nerves. ... and more unknown news (12/23)
• Fired Arizona cop gets prison for 20 counts of burglary, possession of both meth and Percocet, hindering prosecution, conspiracy to commit perjury, trafficking in stolen property, and surreptitious video recording ... and lots more bad cops (12/23)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/23)
• Bit by bit and with far too little media attention, states are cutting Medicaid. No transplants. No podiatry. No dental care. No hospice services. Poor people and sick people can go to hell, while billionaires get their tax cuts and the Pentagon gets its endless wars. ... and more unknown news (12/22)
• Texas cop gets 324 months for decade-long involvement in drug trafficking conspiracy ... and lots more bad cops (12/22)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/22)
• What do you call it if you're forced to work seven days a week and not paid a dime? State-sanctioned slavery in America, in 2010. ... and more unknown news (12/21)
• Oregon cop jailed for allegedly offering girls money for sex acts ... and lots more bad cops (12/21)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/21)
• International tourism to America is down, presumably because people from other nations aren't accustomed to being treated like criminals at the border. Instead of scaling back the insulting intrusions of privacy imposed by US Customs, though, the US is taxing those same tourists and using the funds to underwrite a "Come to America" ad campaign ... and more unknown news (12/20)
• Dash-cam video released under court order offers audio of Washington cop's instant killing of partially deaf man who was whittling as he walked ... and lots more bad cops (12/20)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/20)
• Americans will now meekly submit to "random searches" as they board the subway in Washington DC, as they already do on New York and Boston transit, at airports, at all major federal buildings, at many public schools ... and more unknown news (12/17)
• 23-year veteran California deputy gets 30 years for child sex abuse ... and lots more bad cops (12/17)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/17)
• The Obama administration is trying to spin a dead guy's last words for political damage control. ... and more unknown news (12/16)
• Oregon cop who's been involved in expensive brutality settlements gets promoted ... and lots more bad cops (12/16)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/16)
• Afghan President Hamid Karzai, leader of the country US soldiers are fighting and dying for: "If I had to choose sides today, I'd choose the Taliban." ... and more unknown news (12/14)
• Florida police officer puts minor in choke hold and charges two with felony battery after being hit ... by an air kiss ... and lots more bad cops (12/14)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/14)
• The Obama administration thinks Julian Assange has a political agenda, and, quote, "that, among other things, disqualifies him as being considered a journalist", unquote. Stop and ponder that, I dare you. ... and more unknown news (12/13)
• Hundreds of New Jersey cops tragically lose their reliable source for steroids ... and lots more bad cops (12/13)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/13)
• No charges filed against Arizona jail guard caught beating inmates on surveillance video ... and lots more bad cops (12/10)
• A company in Philadelphia is facilitating donations to Wikileaks, since PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard have all refused, under threat from the US government ... and more unknown news (12/9)
• Atlanta will pay $1M to settle lawsuit over wildly illegal raid on gay bar ... and lots more bad cops (12/9)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/9)
• It appears that a planned, agreed-upon side effect of President Obama's capitulation "compromise" over tax rates and unemployment is to intentionally shortchange Social Security ... and more unknown news (12/8)
• Florida jail guard gets 25 years for shooting girlfriend dead ... and lots more bad cops (12/8)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/8)
• BP is claiming that that the impact of its oil catastrophe was wildly exaggerated, because the lower the final guess of damage done, the lower the fine BP will face. But meanwhile, "everything's dead" for eighty miles on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. ... and more unknown news (12/7)
• Kentucky cop is charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, assault 3rd degree on a police officer, assault 4th degree ... and lots more bad cops (12/7)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/7)
• Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order ... and more unknown news (12/5)
• Laura Schlessinger, the right-wing radio freak billed as "Dr Laura", has come out against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Which means, Dr Laura is among the vast American majority that's more progressive than President Obama on this issue — Obama says he's against DADT, but how long has it been since you've heard anything from Obama on the topic that's as "fierce" as frickin' Dr Laura? ... and more unknown news (12/4)
• Michigan deputy gets 7-15 years for sexual assault of a female relative and two additional years for committing a felony with a firearm ... and lots more bad cops (12/4)
• Saturday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/4)
• Thanks to questions asked by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), we discover two years after the fact that the Federal Reserve's "incredible and jaw-dropping" intervention in the 2008 economic collapse was vastly larger than anyone let on at the time, and included desperation support for Barclays, General Electric, Harley-Davidson, McDonald's, Verizon, Japanese banks, Swedish pension funds ... and more unknown news (12/2)
• New Orleans police officer says he burned car with body inside because he was stressed, exhausted ... and lots more bad cops (12/2)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (12/2)
• US Rep Pete King (R-New York) wants Wikileaks listed as a terrorist group, which would make it a death penalty crime to provide "material support or resources" to Wikileaks. Translation: under penalty of death, it would be illegal to volunteer for Wikileaks, or donate to Wikileaks, or provide web hosting for Wikileaks ... and more unknown news (11/30)
• Fired Louisiana police officer gets 5-year sentence for manslaughter ... and lots more bad cops (11/30)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/30)
• Iranian nuclear scientists keep blowing up, and really, can there be any doubt that the US is responsible? ... and more unknown news (11/29)
• California police officer charged with hate crime, battery ... and lots more bad cops (11/29)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/29)
• What the heck, the US only has 2½ wars going on, so sure, President Obama says North Korea can have a war too. ... and more unknown news (11/26)
• Fired Illinois cop charged with wife's murder ... and lots more bad cops (11/26)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun (11/26)
• Did it strike you as strange that Comcast announced its new executive staffing for NBC Universal while its takeover of NBC Universal hasn't yet been approved by federal regulators? ... and more unknown news (11/24)
• Fired Ohio cop gets community service for evidence tampering ... and lots more bad cops (11/24)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun (11/24)
• Socializing the private losses of the banking system could topple the European Union, says Nouriel Roubini ... and more unknown news (11/22)
• New York cop arrested for trying to purchase huge quantities of illegal drug ... and lots more bad cops (11/22)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun (11/22)
• The Obama administration's promised withdrawal from occupied Afghanistan looks likely to be as phony as the Obama administration's promised withdrawal from occupied Iraq ... and more unknown news (11/18)
• Un-named Illinois police officers are investigated for theft from state agency ... and lots more bad cops (11/18)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/18)
• President Obama is a Blue Dog Democrat, and he only wants to be bluer and doggier ... and more unknown news (11/17)
• Virginia police officers charged in drug, cigarettes, alcohol scheme ... and lots more bad cops (11/17)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/17)
• The National Association of Realtors has voted to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as part of its code of ethics. Which means, the real estate industry is now more progressive than the Obama administration. Shakes head and mutters again, man, I am so not a Democrat. ... and more unknown news (11/16)
• Retired Alabama trooper gets plea deal in 1965 slaying of a black man that prompted the "Bloody Sunday" march at Selma and helped galvanize America's civil rights movement ... and lots more bad cops (11/16)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/16)
• What madness will the New York Times take seriously next? ... and more unknown news (11/15)
• Kansas City police fire at backfiring van ... and lots more bad cops (11/15)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/15)
• This link doesn't lead to the site that went viral, showing wtf the Obama administration has done, but it's more to the point ... and more unknown news (11/12)
• Ohio deputy gets 3 years for having sex with 13-year-old ... and lots more bad cops (11/12)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/12)
• "When has this President defended the Democratic position on anything? He gives some speeches, occasionally, but launch an all-out "defense" of Democratic positions? Seriously? He thinks he's been doing that? He honestly thinks he's fought as hard as he could for his promises? Seriously?" ... and more unknown news (11/10)
• Utah cop charged with aggravated assault and obstruction of justice ... and lots more bad cops (11/10)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/10)
• With Republicans in charge of the House in 2011, they're planning to hold high profile hearings examining the alleged "scientific fraud" behind global warming ... and more unknown news (11/8)
• Pennsylvania police officer is charged with animal cruelty ... and lots more bad cops (11/8)
• Monday's mystery links, just for fun, and Dr Sputnik's Society Pages (11/8)
• This cartoon captures Republican economics rather well, I think. ... and more unknown news (11/7)
• Georgia deputy is fired, arrested for sexual assault ... and lots more bad cops (11/5)
• Friday's mystery links, just for fun (11/5)
• And now, for those who think, a moment of much-needed optimism ... and more unknown news (11/4)
• Georgia police officer is accused of raping 12-year-old ... and lots more bad cops (11/4)
• Thursday's mystery links, just for fun (11/4)
• A few dozen new lying schmucks will replace a few dozen departing lying schmucks, while the vast majority of the lying schmucks in DC remain comfortably ensconced. ... and more unknown news (11/3)
• Massachusetts cop arrested after brandishing a .380-caliber handgun in restaurant ... and lots more bad cops (11/3)
• Wednesday's mystery links, just for fun (11/3)
• National Republican Trust PAC infomercial airing in swing states suggests that President Obama is funded by Hamas, and wants to "kill some crackers" ... and more unknown news (11/2)
• Fired Texas school cop is sentenced for sexual encounters with 14-year-old student ... and lots more bad cops (11/2)
• Tuesday's mystery links, just for fun (11/2)
• "... today's Democrats reliably blunt and misuse the energies of those Obama has called "liberal bleeding hearts," rather than using them to make this a better country. ... and more unknown news (11/1)
• Tennessee police officers in trouble for drinking, taking squad car on joyride ... and lots more bad cops (11/1)
• Monday's mystery links ... and Jacques Cousteau swam with ze fishes (11/1)
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