Category Archives: Crime
In Retrospect, Perhaps A Bake Sale Would Have Been A Better Way To Go
As most folks know by now, over the past week anti-abortion and pro-crazy forces were showing off their Internetz skillz by organizing an eBay auction of items in order to fund the defense of Scott Roeder, Hit Man of the … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, In the News, Law, Religion, Strange news, Uncategorized
A Vote For COMBAT Extension Is A Vote For Hyperbole
While the attention surrounding the Nov. 3 election has primarily focused on various national elections (the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, for instance), here in the metro area Jackson County voters are being asked to extend the one-quarter cent … Continue reading
Filed under City Government, Crime, Economics, In the News, Uncategorized
Cultural Anthropologist Jason Whitlock Finally Explains Street Culture To KC
Regular readers of this site know that we are no fans of Jason Whitlock, the Star‘s painfully unfunny sports race columnist. His commendable reporting skills have slipped in recent years, replaced by tired rants, pitiable reliance on allegedly hip slang, … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Education, In the News, Jason Whitlock, Media, Race & Ethnicity
So What The Hell’s Going On In Lawrence These Days?
The talk of Kansas City this week, at least between the sports fans among us, is the very odd (and perhaps totally unsurprising) contretemps between gridiron athletes and hardwood athletes. The word among the local media is that tensions between … Continue reading
Tyshawn Taylor Blows Old Media’s Mind With Bizarre Facebook Rants
If you’re a fan of KU basketball — and good god, you people are everywhere — then you already know that noted student-athlete Tyshawn Taylor got into a bit of a fracas yesternight in front of the Union. Alas, we … Continue reading
Dear KC Old People, PLEASE STOP FALLING FOR INTERNET SCAMS. They’re really pretty easy to spot. Seriously. Love, Everyone
Filed under Crime, Technology
Invasive Feline Terrorizes Parkville
It’s been nearly a year since the Great Bobcat Invasion of 2008, but it appears these dastardly felines have no intention of slowing their march through the metro area. The latest target of these purring menaces is the sleepy bedroom … Continue reading
So I Guess They Were Jovial Vandals, Then?
As you may have heard this morning, some local mountebanks took it upon themselves to hit the improbably named Penguin Park with some anti-Obama graffiti last night. But judging from this screenshot, we can at least be comforted by the … Continue reading
In Which The Star Politely Requests That We Stop Stealing Its Stuff
How do you know when you’ve reached a certain level of notoriety? When you’re called a thief by the powers that be at the city’s paper of record, of course. And now, alas and at last, we’ve joined the rarefied … Continue reading
