Everything you Need To know about stop and frisk in one sentence

New Stop-and-Frisk Report: A Paltry 3% Are Convicted Out of 2.4 Million Stops | Alternet: " 

 New York’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, hailed by the city’s mayor and police chief as crucial in fighting crime, could boast only a 3% conviction rate between 2009 and 2012, according to a report by the state attorney general released on Thursday."

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it gets better ...

Schneiderman's study found that 0.3% of the 2.4m stops led to jail sentences of more than 30 days, and 0.1% led to convictions for violent crime.

But hey, we all FEEL better knowing the police are doing SOMETHING.

We have indeed become the security theater country.

On Unpaid Internships

They are the modern equivalent of slavery and should be illegal. The only difference being that you voluntarily are selling yourself into internship and so it is not the poorest and most downtrodden that end up there but the upper half of the socioeconomic spectrum.

Tell me that isn't very strange

On The consulting business

Oftentimes it seems to me that I get hired to tell clients what they already know to be true.

The Green Card Chronicles - The Final Chapter

Interview went easier than I could have possibly imagined.

My green card has been approved and I have been told to expect it to arrive within 10 days or so.

Many thanks to my lawyer Barbara Brenner at Copland and Brenner. Highly recommended!

The Green Card Chronicles - EAD

Just found out that I will have my Employment Authorization Document within 30 days. It is going to be a  race to see if my Green Card or my EAD arrives first ... I hope

On JP Morgan Chase's Fine

Tentative Deal Hands JPMorgan Chase a Record Penalty - NYTimes.com: "JPMorgan Chase and the Justice Department have reached a tentative $13 billion settlement over the bank’s questionable mortgage practices leading up to the financial crisis, people briefed on the talks said on Saturday. It would be a record penalty that would cap weeks of heated negotiating and underscore the extent of the bank’s legal woes."

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Remind me again why Jamie Dimon still has a job.
Also remind me again why the market will fix all bad behavior.

IMF suggesting tax hikes - what's next?

Tax the rich? IMF sparks a mini revolution (via AFP)

Tax the rich and better target the multinationals: The IMF has set off shockwaves this week in Washington by suggesting countries fight budget deficits by raising taxes. Tucked inside a report on public debt, the new tack was mostly eclipsed by worries…

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