links for 2009-08-29

• TECHNOLOGY WAR: Crime Expert Backs Call For "License To Compute"
  Here we go… I believe new jersey wanted something like this, and even in the late 80s there was enough outcry to put a stop to it.

  But we didn't have the evil spectre of cybercrime (OH NO!) hanging over us to scare people into surrendering their liberties.

  (tags: politics TechnologyWar technology freedom licenses licensing Slashdot news articles computers Australia AustralianComputerSociety)
• ABUSE OF AUTHORITY: Cops beat the shit out of man so badly he needed a hole drilled in his skull, then lie about it. Lawsuit won.
  serving a warrant in an apartment building, cops saw a dude in the hall who WASN'T the guy they were looking for and didn't even live in the same apartment.

  They literally beat the shit out of him, and he lay on the ground in his own defecation for over a day until someone else found him.

  They lied on the police report and said he wasn't injured too.

  He was never arrested.

  Officer Craig Taylor should not be an officer. In my opinion, he seems like a lying thug.

  (tags: politics AbuseOfAuthorioty policeBrutality injuries brutality police ElridgeChatman excessiveForce CraigTaylor falsifyingPoliceReports liars defecation SHIT surgeries KSTP news articles)
• COMEDY: What happens when 4chan hacks a Christian facebooker's account
  FUCKING EPIC. HAIL SATAN. This is the most hilarious facebook screenshot I've ever seen. It's all text, actually.
  (tags: comedy socialNetworking Facebook hacked 4chan Christians religion Satan ShawnaVanNess hilarious fromLaurenS)
• WAR ON DRUGS: Argentina also Enacts Drug Decriminalization, US Drug Policy Increasingly Out of Step
  Argentina joins Mexico.
  (tags: politics WarOnDrugs drugs freedom victories Argentina mariuana StopTheDrugWar DRCNet news articles)
• POLIE TRANSPARENCY: Bethlehem police to city: Don't tape me, bro'
  Utterly ridiculous. The police union is suing to remove dashboard cameras? Unions are a good thing, but like political parties they become corrupt. This is ridiculous. Police need to be monitored as much as any other public expense. To remove recording of their activities is to literally induce violence and abuses of authority.

  Their excuses are piss poor too. All departments have methods to include anonymous tips. Or you can call 911 — tho you will probably be recorded there too. (Payphones are nice–too bad they are going away.)

  (tags: politics police unions policeUnions cameras microphones recording BethlehemPolice Bethlehem MCall news articles ridiculous)
• TV SHOWS: "Seinfeld" Vs. "Seinfeld XXX": A Comparison – Seinfeld porn
  bwahahahahahahahhahahahaha……{takes breath}… ahhahahahahah. Thanks L Dubs!
  (tags: media video pornography porn SeinfeldXXX TV shows Seinfeld Fleshbot articles fromLaurenW SashaGrey KristinaRose)