Arthur D. Hlavaty

Turds of a feather

2025-01-23T15:18:51Z

Failed gambling kingpin pardons successful drug kingpin

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Corporate Crime

2022-05-03T11:15:10Z

Disney still must pay

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Oh, Pandora, I wanna see more a you

2021-10-04T10:19:58Z

The Pandora Papers have lots of dirt on the superrich. [ICIJ]

Thanx to Metafilter

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State Terrorism

2021-05-24T15:47:09Z

Because why should individual criminals have all the fun, Belarus pulled a skyjacking.

Thanx to andrewducker

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Mickeymouse tactics

2021-05-02T11:12:47Z

Disney's writer wage theft is far worse than reported

Thanx to andrewducker

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I wish I were surprised

2020-09-19T12:58:13Z

Crime at Amazon [Ars Technica]

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Disillusion

2020-08-04T10:03:26Z

Demystifying the serial killer [Crimereads]

Thanx to Follow Me Here

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Family separation

2019-10-31T17:00:20Z

The “pro-life” baby thieves [Guardian]

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Surprise!

2019-09-10T12:29:18Z

Surprise medical billing, like so much else that is wrong with America, is the work of the form of organized crime known as private equity. [Daily Beast]

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How Mitt Romney took away your toy store

2019-07-28T22:39:50Z

Matt Stoller on the private equity racket [Twitter]

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Less awful

2019-07-06T09:48:09Z

Alabama has just gotten around to forbidding sheriffs from pocketing the money for feeding prisoners [The Appeal]

Thanx to Avedon's Sideshow.

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If Donald Trump were a publisher

2018-10-26T10:23:14Z

Charles Stross imagines a publishing caper.

Thanx to Charlie's Diary

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The Cops Are Robbers

2018-08-26T09:40:05Z

Federal judge rules against civil asset forfeiture [ACLU]

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When you can’t use Trump

2018-02-20T16:25:18Z

Money laundering via author impersonation on Amazon

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Symbolic of junk

2018-02-14T11:50:46Z

An image of the current regime of kleptofascism: ICE lawyer caught stealing the identities of people he’s trying to deport in order to commit credit card fraud

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Send them a message

2018-01-16T12:27:17Z

More than 1,000 young people are facing charges in Denmark after allegedly sharing two sexually explicit videos and a photograph involving underage subjects on Facebook Messenger. The cops said, “We want to give out a warning to young people: think about what you’re doing.” I like one comment the news received:

I agree. This is actually the most useful message you could ever send young people. The world is unfair, the government is wrong, and old people hate you.

Thanx to andrewducker

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Scurvy knaves

2018-01-11T11:09:42Z

Maybe the Mafia started with oranges and lemons.

Thanx to Metafilter

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Embrace the Power of And

2018-01-03T21:38:26Z

Hold both the caller and the cop responsible in the fatal swatting. (CW: Libertarian cooties)

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Serial papist

2017-11-23T11:46:10Z

Dr. Alexander has pointed us to maybe the all-time champ at religious fraud.

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Voter suppression

2017-10-21T09:37:32Z

The theft of Wisconsin

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.

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Simon says

2017-06-10T19:20:48Z

Crime expert discusses Dolt45.

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Round up the usual suspects

2017-05-14T09:49:15Z

Dolt45’s consigliere tries to distract us from his boss’s crimes by ramping up the war on some drugs.

Thanx to reason.com

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Asset forfeiture

2016-12-27T14:41:55Z

When the cops are robbers

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Annals of crime

2016-05-04T09:12:00Z

A high school football player took a dare and whipped out his penis for a team photo. There has been a collective ecstasy of sanctimony over this monstrous act, and he is facing 70 felony charges.

There was a similar picture in my college yearbook. The perp went unpunished and went on to a successful career as a doctor and med school professor.

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Theft

2016-04-21T09:52:07Z

Nebraska is trying to end the civil forfeiture racket. Good for them.

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.

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