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    Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment

    Today in Outrageous Taserings

    Oh Goody a More Powerful Taser

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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/25/09

    In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment
    Why is it that Teabaggers and whackjobs who greet the President with assault rifles get a pat on the head and intense, friendly mainstream media coverage, while college kids protesting IMF and warn of Wall Street speculation destroying the global economy a couple years before the Financial Apocalypse hit get Tasers and tear gas?
    Is it the pleated pants? The pastels? The tucked-in shirts? The spectacle of jiggling folds of male gut-fat? #taser
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/24/09

    In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment
    More on taser atrocities: Some specially egregious erosions of any notion of appropriate use of force

    [digbysblog.blogspot.com]

    [www.salon.com] #taser
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    Image of Snowspot Snowspot
    10/24/09

    In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment
    Why not just skip all this foreplay and just start installing computer chips in people's brains that shock them when they do something unsavory. #taser
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment Snowspot was starred Snowspot was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/24/09

    @Snowspot: Actually, the Tase Wall would be rolled out against people with chips *before* they do something unsavory. #taser
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    Image of Anrkist Anrkist
    10/24/09

    In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment

    The older form of crowd control... Ain't it grand? #taser
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/24/09

    @Anrkist: Dogs, too. #taser
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    Image of Knox_Harrington Knox_Harrington
    10/25/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Yeah, I was thinking there is something inherently racist or fascist or, uhh, something that just makes my skin crawl about this Taser shit. Maybe it's the perverse pleasure cops and reporters seem to get when they do one of these stories. Whenever you see a "reporter" getting tased (tazed? tasered? whatever) you can just see a sparkle in the eyes of the cop or cop-type who is administering it. #taser
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    10/24/09

    In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment
    Coming next: AK-47000 Volters #taser
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/24/09

    In reply to Tasers Now Come In Shotguns, Special Edition "Walls" Of Tase-tainment
    Wall of Tase is a great name for a band. #taser
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    10/24/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: So is BA-BLAW! #taser
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    10/24/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Right? They could be the next Industrial-Post-Prog-Rock thing.

    SNFF post coming shortly, everyone. I came down with a case of the Finkes. #taser
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/24/09

    @Foster Kamer: Hooray!! SNFF!! #taser
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/24/09

    @Foster Kamer: Punk-Emo-Goth-Metal- Industrial-Post-Prog-Rock #taser
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/24/09

    @Foster Kamer: Finke had another case of the Finkes on Thursday! With no explanation, natch. #taser
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    According to the latest Obsession Chez'hohoho, Dr Seuss's Sleep Book, "way out west in the town of Merced" is where the Hinkle Horn Honking Club is located. Which would explain why the cops may be taser-happy.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    So, my first thought was that there must be more to the story, like maybe he grabbed at an officer trying to take him into custody and broke his finger or something. Checking out the Merced Start, though, indicates that that isn't the case. I heart cops.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    They should have had Ironside do the collar to make things sort of even. (Sorry, it's a joke for the olds.)
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    Edited by TheBusinessGuy at 09/22/09 12:51 PM TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred
    Image of Dickens_Ghost Dickens_Ghost
    09/22/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Old enough to get it. Sigh.
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    Image of Spy from the Land of Rainpeople Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
    09/22/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: I may be old enough. Was the series entitled Inspector Ironside? If not, could you post the correct title? Thanks.

    I can't find anything in IMDB.
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    TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment Edited by Spy from the Land of Rainpeople at 09/22/09 4:28 PM Spy from the Land of Rainpeople was starred Spy from the Land of Rainpeople was unstarred
    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/22/09

    @Spy from the Land of Rainpeople: Just Ironside, starring a post-Perry Mason Raymond Burr. He played Robert Ironside, a San Francisco police commissioner crippled in a shooting who then solved crimes while in a motorized wheelchair. As I recall, the chair sported leopard print upholstery (so gay, Ray!). And now, if you will excuse me, I need to get out more.
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    Image of Spy from the Land of Rainpeople Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
    09/22/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Thank you again. I somehow remembered this as happening in Chicago. With your help I've found it on IMDB. My only excuse is that (according to IMDB) I was around 1st grade when I saw this.

    If you get back in and read this: do you by chance recall similar police series about a reformed car thief who earned a law degree while in prison? Some foreign-sounding last name that I can't recall.

    Many thanks to you, Sir.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/22/09

    @Spy from the Land of Rainpeople: You're welcome. Sorry about the car thief show--total blank here. The closest thing I can think of is It Takes a Thief with Robert Wagner, who played a cat burglar.
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    Image of ngonzogo ngonzogo
    09/22/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Only, if by "motorized" you mean pushed around by the black guy, Link, then okay.
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    Image of Spy from the Land of Rainpeople Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
    09/22/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Thank you kindly. It may have been English-language, but not American. Maybe someday I'll recall...
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/22/09


    @ngonzogo: The black guy's name was Marc. And here is an image of Burr in a chair with a control box.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/22/09

    In reply to YouTube Ends Police Brutality
    That pig is effing lucky I wasn't in the passenger seat. I'd hit the gas and ram that SUV in reverse.
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    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    Where are the pro law enforcement trolls? I would love to hear how they justify this insanity.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/22/09

    @FrankenPC: dude. ever see tod browning's "freaks"? guy with no arms or legs lights a goddamn cigarette. who's to say this character wouldn't have done same, then somehow flicked the lit smoke in the cops' eyes?

    also, "mac and me" shows just how these hell on wheels types can menace a peaceful community:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    Handcuffed with his pants down on the sidewalk in broad daylight

    Or what I like to call "brunch."
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    Image of trucha trucha
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    I wonder how many cops view tasering as a proxy to actually shooting someone with a gun. Most cops will never have to fire their real gun in anger and I wonder how many realize this and get their jollies off at any chance at using a taser.
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    Image of EddieTheDane EddieTheDane
    09/22/09

    @trucha: Fire their gun in anger?
    Though never having been in a gun battle myself, something tells me that you save the anger for the wrap party
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    [www.mainelyconnected.com]

    /UPTA camp'd
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    09/22/09

    In reply to Today in Outrageous Taserings
    Can't they just get their electrical rocks off on dead people?
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