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Caught my eye
A U.S. firm is implanting silicon chips in some employees, to prevent them from entering secure areas.
Spotsylvania police have been consummating their dealings with prostitutes before arresting them. Furthermore this sounds like official policy. One officer left a $350 tip [TC: still looking for humorous comment to make here], and only unmarried detectives are assigned to such cases.
There is a long waiting list to adopt children with Down syndrome.
Blogofdeath.com focuses on obituaries of the famous and not-so-famous. When I go away on trips, this is the one piece of news it is hard to catch up on.
Buy Bruce Bartlett's new book, available here, and thank academic freedom on the way out the door.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is the first transcendentally great movie of the year. Imagine a rural Mexican sensibility applied to Weekend at Bernie's, and you have some idea where this one is coming from.
Dan Drezner has a sense of humor about Dick Cheney. Revere at EffectMeasure has a different take.
This web site is basically Digg.com for videos.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 13, 2006 at 12:11 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink
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One officer left a $350 tip [TC: still looking for humorous comment to make here]
How about, "Who says that today's police officers have no integrity?"
Posted by: Michael H. at Feb 13, 2006 3:47:57 PM
I wonder how many people would be willing to adopt kids with deficits in emotional cognition, e.g. autism, or rare deficits such as prosopagnosia that impact sociality. Forgive me for being a bit iffy about people who specifically like those with Downs'.
Posted by: J. Goard at Feb 13, 2006 6:02:09 PM
Regarding Bartlett, I think that academic freedom in think tanks was always more theoretical than factual. But, as the nation becomes more bitterly partisan, it becomes increasingly difficult to tell the truth to powerful members of your own faction.
Posted by: Hank at Feb 14, 2006 12:00:26 AM
I imagine applications for Spotsylvania Sherriff's Dept have increased dramatically.
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Posted by: gytuk at Sep 14, 2006 2:07:00 AM
Hmm. The article could have shed more light on the nature of the 'transaction' here. It could be that the proprietresses are charging very high fees for massages, letting the worker do whatever actions the customer allows her to do, with no verbal negotiation involved. The worker must then hope that the act will lead to a 'tip' afterward, but she must know that, at the very least, a small portion of the initial fee belongs to them (or pays back their 'emigration' fees). Also, I expect that the workers build up trust relationships with their clientelle over time to allow them to expect certain tips. How do you investigate and prosecute this without letting the act prevail?
Posted by: Darin London at Nov 8, 2006 3:08:26 PM
