We're the Only Ones Showering Young Girls With Attention Enough

White admitted setting up a video recorder in a bathroom and filming the two girls aged nine and fourteen while they were having a shower.

What is it today about "Only Ones" and recorders...?

We're the Only Ones Spoiling the Mood Enough

Naked dancing. A dead dog. A police officer with an eye for detail and a can of Mace.

As long as we're on the subject of taping police encounters, here's a little cautionary tale for all you married lovers in your own home out there...

[More from "The Only Ones" files...]

4 of 5 Demand to be Disarmed

In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, Hudson County residents say they strongly support more stringent gun laws, according to a recent Jersey Journal/New Jersey City University poll.

Pretty meaningless, if you consider that those wanting more probably don't have a clue as to what exists now, or know much about firearms in general and the arguments supporting an armed populace.

I'll bet if you polled people 500 years ago, an even higher percentage would insist the Earth is flat and the center of the universe.

Every time I hear our president or some other politician extol "democracy," I shake my head.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

POLICE have defended their actions after two teenagers from North Yorkshire sparked a massive armed response - by wearing Wild West fancy dress and carrying a toy pistol.

Yup--shore look like a couple o' desperadoes t'me.

Sounds Like They Need "Gun Control"

An outbreak of violent crime this week has triggered soul-searching and outrage in Japan, a country that has long prided itself on its safe streets and tight communal bonds.

OK, what law do you pass now?

[Via John Schaefer]

We're the Only Ones Self-Protecting Enough

Waugh said courthouse patrons were lucky that day, and he can't believe that 20 years later, there's still no routine screening for weapons.

Some employees, including Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Jon Jacobmeier, have decided to provide their own protection.

"The way I see it, I got three young kids," Jacobmeier said. "If someone's going to try to make them fatherless and kill me, which I assume is going to happen one of these days, I'm going to be ready for him."

Jacobmeier said he carries a Glock semiautomatic handgun. His boss, County Attorney Matt Wilber, also packs a pistol.

Let me get this straight--you get to carry but you want me screened for weapons, simply because we have different jobs (mine not dependent on what government can extort from the productive sector by threat of force)?

Hey, I've got kids. How do you think I feel if someone tries to "make them fatherless" ? But then again, I forget my place. After all, I'm not an "Only One," am I?

[Via JOEMERCHANT24]

Rudy Collector Cards

Here's an ingenious and funny idea from OperationRino.com.

Collect 'em all!

[Via Andre Campos]

Open Carry Recorder Bleg

I got the following email the other day:

In a roundabout way (from OpenCarry.org and the story of Zach Doty) I became aware of your website.

I have had my own open carry experiences, though not as extensive as his, and during them I always wondered "What if a citizen or LEO chose tell a tale about the manner in which I was conducting myself?"

Off and on I have looked for a portable video recording device, but have never found anything satisfactory.

I wonder if you would put out a request to your readership for their input?

My reply:

Need to know:
1. Is it legal to tape officer encounters where you live?
2. Are you talking open or covert CAMERA carry?
3. How much are you willing to spend?

His response:

1) I live in Ohio. If it is legal for them to tape me during an encounter, I don't see why not. I'm not worried about it at the moment.

2) Either one, but it must be video. I had hoped to find a tapeless (record to memory chips) model, but nothing I have found would quite work.

3) $200-300, maybe a little more.

I found some stuff that ought to do the trick, but it more than doubles his price range because the camera and recorder are separate components--also note I have no experience with these devices or the people offering them--this is just the most relevant hit from a brief keyword search.

Mini-recorder
Button camera
Hat camera

While I consider all public police interactions with citizens to be...uh...public, with no expectation of privacy on the part of the interrogator, I have found those with badges and guns who were not impressed with my belief system. Know your state laws--it may be illegal even if done openly--even thought they can record us--even covertly--with impunity. "The Only Ones" and all that, y'know. I once had a police sergeant threaten to arrest me for recording our encounter using an out-in-the-open micro cassette recorder. If they end up searching you and find a hidden recorder, it's possible charges could be filed.

So that's the set-up. If anyone has anything to contribute, either about hardware and prices my correspondent might want to look at, or about the general subject of recording law enforcement encounters, please add your comments to this post.

No One Needs a Rubber Rifle to Hunt Deer

It turns out the Goshen man in his 20s, whom police didn’t identify, is on leave from the Army Rangers and was training for his physical fitness test. The “rifle” was made of rubber...

Before starting his cross-town jog, the man called Goshen Town Police and told them what he would be doing, Jakubczyk said. But once he crossed into Blooming Grove, the calls started coming in and police had no answers for frightened residents.

Notice how the fact that he at no time ever threatened anyone even factored into the reactions. I'd say the Pavlovian hysteria conditioning is working...

[Via Declan]

This Day in History: May 19

Twas on a May day of the far old year
Seventeen hundred eighty, that there fell
Over the bloom and sweet life of the spring,
Over the fresh earth and the heaven of noon,
A horror of great darkness...