Via Bitch, PhD and Pharyngula, we find this video of a Tuesday night "incident" in the UCLA library. According to the campus paper, the incident is "under investigation." After watching the video, which shows a student repeatedly being tasered for failing to obey officers orders to "get up" (after having already been tased), I really hope that the investigation is being conducted by the local DA.
More like this
I think I'm going to have to add a new behavior to the crank HOWTO based on the latest campaign by troofers to get attention by disruption.
First it was Bill Maher:
Some very persnickety people have been demanding that I apologize for riding a fiberglas dinosaur at the Creation "Museum", because it had a sign saying it was intended only for those under the age of 12.
Another interesting blog that has been around for some time is Charles Stross's — you ought to check it out, and the comments are often informative too.