Baltimore’s Failed Surveillance Regime
"Baltimore officials are either ignoring the data, which show traffic cameras cause more harm than good, or, more plausibly, they just want to extort money out of drivers."
"Baltimore officials are either ignoring the data, which show traffic cameras cause more harm than good, or, more plausibly, they just want to extort money out of drivers."
"An elite police squad robbing its own citizens, stealing thousands of dollars and re-selling confiscated drugs -- all seven cops were on the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force."
"The ineffable leader of the Bolivarian Revolution has recently announced the launching of a new currency, the so-called Sovereign Bolivar, which will replace the bolivar as the official medium of exchange starting in June."
"The Socialist Party of Great Britain has a ready-made answer to all those questions. The misery is the fault of capitalism. I’m not kidding."
"Canada may offer the sharpest glimpse of the future—and the business opportunities—for financial-services companies willing to take the risk."
"We have not criminalized parents who choose to raise their kids in homes with stairs. But increasingly we have criminalized parents who choose to let their kids out of their sight."
"There is one thing that sets this state apart from most of the others: an almost total disregard of federal law."
"You are learning how to negotiate for Medicare rates, at worst, and Medicaid rates, at best. The government negotiated an 83% or 87.4% discount, respectively. You can too!"
"A significant percentage of the world’s violence could be prevented with a flick of a pen by ending the War on Drugs."
"In all of human history there has never been a single recorded death from the use of cannabis. However, the side-effects of this chemical that filled the void created by the prohibition of this safe plant include death."