Continuing the Taser theme here lately, In the US and Canada, 6 people have been killed in the last week by police armed with Tasers.
Western Australia, the gleaming light of liberalism that it is, is the only Australian state that issues Tasers to all general duty Police officers. That’s 1,500 Tasers issued to WA Police, [...]
* As far as “The West Australian” newspaper and most West Australians are concerned, the Ben Cousins saga is bigger than the moon landing. In that case, the latest development is like Aliens landing on the swan river.
Cousins Missing On Streets Of LA
* The Olsen Twins are 21 now. And one of them [...]
… I want to get off:
A substitute teacher in Norwich, Connecticut with no prior criminal record could get 40 years in prison for exposing a middle school class to pornography. She apparently was using the computer in front of students when a loop of pop-up ads for porn sites began to appear. The loops only [...]
A unique opportunity:
Sealand, the sea-fort turned world’s smallest country, is up for sale.
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It is accessible only by helicopter and boat but according to its owners, who want offers of eight digits or over, Sealand boasts uninterrupted sea views, guarantees complete privacy and is a tax haven.
And your kids can drink all the cans of Coke [...]
Free-market economist Milton Friedman has died aged 94. More at Club Troppo and Catallaxy.
Perth police are now branching out into comedy:
The man became agitated and aggressive when they tried to take him back to their station for a breath test, police said.
During a struggle, a police officer was kicked in the thigh.
“The man was taken to Fremantle Hospital for treatment to facial injuries after he headbutted the bitumen [...]
Shoaib and Asif test positive for steroids.
Akhtar and his new-ball partner Mohammad Asif were sent home in disgrace yesterday from the Champions Trophy in India after the pair tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone. They face bans of up to two years after two internal Pakistan Cricket Board tests confirmed the results, chairman Nasim [...]
“That’s a Shame”
Armed with Eskies, the residents of the Victorian town of Meringur danced and drank beer as they watched flames engulf the home of Terrence Allan Ellis last Sunday night.
For the town’s tiny population of 16, this was the type of justice the legal system couldn’t deliver, and they wanted to celebrate.
Ellis, a 52-year-old [...]
Luckily, tanks don’t have inflatable tyres.
The tanks still dotted around Bangkok after last week’s military putsch against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are proving a major attraction for Thais and foreign tourists who want their picture taken with the soldiers.
But the army appears determined that the carnival atmosphere following the country’s first coup in 15 years [...]
From Simon, the coup and subsequent martial law in Thailand haven’t had a huge effect:
The coup went largely unnoticed in Thailand’s popular tourist districts, where foreigners packed beer bars and cabarets oblivious to the activity about three kilometers away.
But word raced among street vendors hawking T-shirts, who packed up their carts and started heading home.
Morally [...]
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