Archive for April 30th, 2012

Noted.

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Dereu and Sons Manufacturing Company (aka Spy-Coins.com), who we have previously endorsed in this space, are having a sale.

The hollow spy nickel is on sale for $19.50 (plus shipping). Add it to your cart and use the discount keyword “springfever”.

The hollow spy Kennedy half-dollar (the 1971 to present version, not the 90% and 40% silver ones) is on sale for $16.25 (plus shipping). Use the discount keyword “fervent” at checkout.

I have no connection to the company except being a very satisfied customer who thinks their products are nifty. The sale ends May 3rd.

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Your tax dollars at work, ladies and Germans.

Monday, April 30th, 2012

An Alabama police chief says he recently discovered that his department has two unmanned aerial vehicles.

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[Gadsen, AL police chief John] Crane, who was named police chief in February, says he doesn’t know why they were purchased. The cost was about $150,000, paid through a federal law enforcement grant.

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Random notes: April 30, 2012.

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Beware of the leopard.

The “Three Cups of Tea” lawsuit (previously noted in this space) has been tossed.

The guardrail bore no scars from the S.U.V., for there was no impact; police investigators said the driver had lost control, and the vehicle first struck a Jersey barrier at the center median, and then veered sharply to the right, hitting a curb that propelled it directly over the guardrail.

Jesus, Joseph, and Mary. Those poor people.

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