i explained that i was taking photos and it was my legal right to do so, he tried to stop me by shoulder charging me, my friend started taking photos of this, he then tried to detain us both. I refused to stand still so he grabbed my jacket and said i was breaking the law. Quickly a woman and a guy wearing BARGAIN MADNESS shirts joined in the melee and forcibly grabbed my friend and held him against his will. We were both informed that street photography was illegal in the town.

Middlesbrough cops, goons and clerks grab and detain photographer for shooting on a public street

Last week, federal, state, and local police in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas conducted a massive sweep dubbed "Operation Sudden Impact."

The operation included raids of businesses, homes, and boats; traffic roadblocks; and personal searches. They say they were looking for "terrorists." If they found any, they haven't announced it yet. They did arrest 332 people, 142 of whom they describe as "fugitives." They also issued about 1,300 traffic tickets, and according to one media account, seized "hundreds" of dollars.

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The FBI along with hundreds of officers said they are looking for anything out of the ordinary. Agents take computers and paperwork from businesses.

"What we have found traditionally is that terrorists are involved in a number of lesser known type crimes," said Mark Luttrell, Shelby County sheriff.

There you have it. All law enforcement is anti-terrorism. The police cannot legally establish "anti-terrorism" roadblocks that essentially serve as forums for random search and seizure.

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Tennessee Terrorism Sweep nets traffic violators

"But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'," he said.

Best. Quote. Ever.

Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

Has Dr Who started ringing you up in the middle of the night?  He has me too.
This site is an ever growing audio extravaganza of what he has been saying to us all
After a break BT has bought back the voice of Tom Baker. But he'll only be here until January the 7th.
You can send a text from a mobile to a landline in the normal way – just enter the landline number as the destination instead. To send a text from a landline to another landline or to a mobile, you need a text-enabled home phone, BT Caller Display and a compatible phone line.
If the recipient has got a text-enabled phone and has registered for BT Text, they will ordinarily receive texts in written format. If you want to surprise them with a Tom Baker text, you can force it to be delivered as speech instead by typing *tts# at the start of your message ('text to speech').
Warning - Sometimes Tom Baker's language can be a bit choice. 
So don't let the kids listen

The Doctor Says

Typography from the 1980s.

DVNO by JUSTICE

Here's Your Chance! With the Virtual Orgasm Simulator, you can now experience what the opposite sex feels during Orgams. But a word of caution... while you may be curious... it could spoil the fun!

LOL

Virtual Orgasm Simulator

SpaceWesterns.com is an online fiction magazine filled with stories that blend themes from western fiction with science fiction, including long-running serials. There's some really lovely stuff here -- the genres mesh surprisingly well at times. They've just reprinted my 1998 story Craphound, the first professional sale I ever made, which is about an alien with a yard-sale jones who discovers that he really, really likes old time cowboy toys. Link

See also: Space Western limerick contest-winners

SpaceWesterns -- space opera meets horse opera - Boing Boing

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question.

Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.

Boyfriend proposes in game. And she said ... - Games - MSNBC.com

We are a small online medical supply catalogue specializing in incontinence products. We have recently expanded and added several new products to our catalogue and we are looking for female models to pose in the garments. No experience is necessary.

They should make a calendar.

Models needed for incontinence catalogue

Shannon Gawlik from BRICK, NJ scored 34 points

Fun game. Pick the right font.

The Rather Difficult Font Game