California High Patrol Investigates Officer’s Sex Life, Is A Total Game Killer

In San Diego, California, the California High Patrol is launched an investigation to determine whether an officer “threw” a case in return for sexual favors. According to SignOn San Diego, Officer Abram Carabajal rendezvoused with Shirin Zarrindej at the GuestHouse Inn & Suites shortly after appearing in court for a traffic citation he had issued Zarrindej back in March. After requesting that the judge dismiss the case “in the interest of justice”, Zarrindej and Carabajel were observed checking into the motel for a brief stay [this is why your mother always tells you not to sleep on the top sheets].

When Abram was called to comment on the investigation, Abram admitted that this was the first time he’d heard of any such action, and he didn’t believe there was much to it.

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StolenCarReports.com: The Free Market in Action

So your car has been stolen and the police, as usual, are doing nothing about it. Dealing with insurance is a pain in the ass, and you just wish you could get your damn car back. Well, a company called StolenCarReports.com may be able to help you out. They provide a searchable online database of stolen cars and allow people to give tips and say when and where they saw the vehicle.

The police are generally pretty useless when it comes to finding stolen cars. It’s not an insult to them, it’s just a statement of fact due to the circumstances. Police departments can’t go bankrupt or go out of business. If they do a poor job protecting people or finding stolen goods, they often actually get more tax money. But if there were private, competing police forces, the ones who do the best job for the lowest price will flourish, and the ones who do a poor job and cost too much money will go out of business. This is why goods and services provided by the free market (cell phones, package delivery, food) are always so much better quality and lower price than things provided by the monopoly of government (police, schools, DMV).

Either way, StolenCarReports.com is doing the job that police departments would be doing if they had an incentive to actually solve crime.It’s a perfect example of what could be if our system was set up more on competition and less on the monopoly form of government.

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Drifting: In a 6,000 Pound Maybach 62 S Limo

I’m generally not a big fan of drifting. The race track is hallowed ground, not a silly slip and slide. I prefer high speed, but the guys at iMotor may be on to something.

They took a Maybach 62 S, not exactly the car you think of when you picture drifting, sat in the backseat, drank some champagne, and had their driver loft them around the track sideways. That’s how it’s done in the UK.

The 612 hp of the Maybach should really be used to go fast, but the novelty of seeing a 6,000 pound car sliding sideways around curves while a tuxedoed man smokes a fine Cuban cigar in the backseat is just too fantastic to pass up.

Enjoy:

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Chevy Silverado: Penny Racer Edition

When I was in high school, my friends and I were perpetually broke. We had penny-pinched our meager paychecks from our summer jobs to scrounge up the cash for a car, but we’d neglected to factor in the “cost of ownership.” To pay for gas, my friends and I frequently “couch dove” for chump change [back when a couple of dollars could buy you a few gallons of gas], often approaching gas station attendants with approximately 5lbs of pennies in hand.

Well there’s a man in Ohio who makes us look like we were a bunch of John D. Rockefeller’s.

According to report by Cincinnati Ohio’s Local 6 news, on Tuesday, James Jones bought a new Chevy Silverado with 16 coffee cans filled with change. After incredulous dealership employees painstakingly counted all the coins, the coffee cans were found to hold a total of $16,000. James apparently paid for the remaining balance of the truck by personal check.

At 70 years old, Jones’ is old enough to have experienced the Great Depression first hand and according to his son, Dennis, has never trusted banks with his money.

[Source: Local 6 News]

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