JP Morgan buys NYPD for $4.6 million

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Sunday October 02, 2011 · 2:14 AM PDT

2011/10/02 · 02:14

This just in from the New York City Police Foundation website:

JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD's main data center.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing "profound gratitude" for the company's donation.
"These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe," Dimon said. "We're incredibly proud to help them build this program and let them know how much we value their hard work."

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Tuesday October 26, 2010 · 4:30 PM PDT

2010/10/26 · 16:30

I was just listening to KNX Radio as I drove home today, and the top story concerns Carly Fiorina being hospitalized today, for what is described as an infection related to breast cancer surgery she had earlier this year.

I did a search, and it appears there hasn't been a mention on the site so far.

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Wednesday October 14, 2009 · 4:41 PM PDT

2009/10/14 · 16:41

It has been enjoyable to read these "what if" fantasies, but let's get serious. I bet on President Pelosi.

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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 10:26 PM PDT

2009/09/30 · 22:26

The day is finally here. I've been doing this series for some time now, and I've featured some of the most influential drummers of the 20th century. This is the day that I know the drummers have been waiting for.

And yet, after my diary yesterday, I feel rather spent. I'll let Buddy Rich do his own diary for the most part. I don't think he'd shy away from that.

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Tuesday September 29, 2009 · 9:53 PM PDT

2009/09/29 · 21:53

People I know who’ve heard this story have told me that I should write about it. Lately, I came to think that maybe I should, since this is the 27th anniversary of the day it happened. This was the weirdest night of my life (mainly the early morning of September 29, 1982).

I think it’s been nagging at me to get this story out in the last year since the whole right-wing, racist teabagger-birther movement has seemingly sprouted up overnight. I think it can be hard for some people to understand where it came from. I don’t think it came from anywhere, since it was always here. I look back on that night and it helps me understand.

I want to warn you that this story has disturbed me for 27 years, and it might disturb you if you continue reading.

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Thursday September 24, 2009 · 11:52 PM PDT

2009/09/24 · 23:52

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit struck a blow for Free Speech in deciding that Fred Phelps, some members of his family, and the Westboro Baptist Church are not liable for $5 million in compensatory damages which had been awarded to the father of a Marine killed in Iraq when they picketed the Marine's funeral in 2006. Phelps was supported by Friend of the Court briefs from The Thomas Jefferson Foundation and the ACLU.

As disgusting as the displays by Phelps, et al. are, I find little or nothing in the Court opinon with which to disagree.

The opinion can be found here.

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Saturday September 19, 2009 · 8:29 AM PDT

2009/09/19 · 08:29

I would say that my favorite Monty Python sketch of all time would have to be "Election Night Special," and I have always felt that it captured the essence of vapid "up to the minute" election coverage on television, whether back in the early 1970s or now. But I also always felt (and I'd like to think that given the time, understandably so) that the sketch went a little over the top in the portrayal of an upstart political party called the "Silly Party" that had challenged the traditional "Sensible Party," even when, at the time it came out, I was represented by Congressman John Schmitz (father of Mary Kay LaTorneau and Joseph Schmitz, chief legal counsel for Blackwater/Xe). Old Johnny "Nixon should have stayed in China" Schmitz was an aberration, right? Republicans as a whole weren't really that crazy, are they?

I don't feel that way anymore. The GOP has become the Silly Party.

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Thursday September 17, 2009 · 5:14 PM PDT

2009/09/17 · 17:14

At my office in San Diego, we have a print subscription to the local business/legal newspaper, The Daily Transcript. I usually scan the classifieds for the Notices of Trustee's Sales, but today, I did a double take when I saw this headline.

Former SEC boss Cox pushes for fiscal reform

That's right. Former SEC Chairman Christopher "Asleep at the Controls" Cox NOW wants regulation. I'm glad I wasn't drinking my tea or I'd have done a spit take.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 11:57 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 23:57

I can't believe that I almost missed this day, because it's ELVIN'S birthday. Elvin Jones would have been 82 today.

I mention that I can't believe it, because Elvin is probably my first real brush with a famous drummer - and the movie industry too.

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Wednesday August 19, 2009 · 10:57 AM PDT

2009/08/19 · 10:57

Today we celebrate one of the most influential rock drummers who never wanted to be a rock drummer and doesn't think he is rock drummer, Ginger Baker, who turns 70 today.

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Friday July 17, 2009 · 12:04 PM PDT

2009/07/17 · 12:04

I’ve been waiting for this day for some time, because today we get to celebrate the birthday of a big drumming influence for a lot of drummers who grew up in the 1960s, Joe Morello, born on this day in 1928. He’s THE guy who got me interested in the drums. It’s also the day we give the nerd some.

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Tuesday July 14, 2009 · 10:46 AM PDT

2009/07/14 · 10:46

Today's entry in the series on influential drummers is a rather tragic one, and it definitely features a drummer that many of you will not know by name. But I assure you that you have heard Jim Gordon unless you have never listened to any popular music recorded between 1963 and 1983.

Jim Gordon was born on this day in 1945. Perhaps it's fitting that he was born on Bastille Day, since that's where he's been for the last 25 years.

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