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The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
opening thoughts: self driving police cars...i kid you not
producers: Dave Scott and Stephanie Collins
Chloé LaCasse (the best of the attitude)
streaming live at wnhnfm.org noon&7pm EST on the dial-94.7FM Concord NH
opening thoughts:
Miami Is Testing a Self-Driving Police Car That Can Launch Drones
We started with red-light cameras. Then, we got school-zone and construction-zone speed cameras, which eventually became “because we feel like it” speed cameras. But as it turns out, we’re only scratching the surface of automated law enforcement. The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Department is the first in the country to test a new self-driving squad car decked in surveillance equipment, and it is even capable of serving as a launch platform for law-enforcement drones.
Calling this thing a “police car” feels wrong. Essentially, what we’re being sold here is some sort of smart, automated signals intelligence platform with a perfunctory Ford badge. And if you live in Miami-Dade County, Florida, soon it will be parked somewhere near you.
If my excessive peppering of milspeak is off-putting, I apologize. I’ve simply been influenced by the language of PolicingLab’s announcement. Check this out:
“Designed as a force multiplier, the PUG combines advanced autonomy from Perrone Robotics with AI-driven analytics, real-time crime data, and a suite of sensors including 360-degree cameras, thermal imaging, license plate recognition, and drone launch capabilities,” it says.
“Its role: extend deputy resources, improve efficiency, and enhance community safety without additional cost to Miami-Dade taxpayers,” it continued.“Force multiplier?” Calm down, kids. This is a self-driving squad car, not an AWACS platform. The other recurring theme here is the notion that all of this comes at no cost to Miami-Dade taxpayers. We were immediately dubious too. So what’s the catch?There are two, actually. For starters, this is merely a pilot program being sponsored by PolicingLab, not a standard addition to the department’s fleet. And second, at least initially, it’s being soft-launched as a feeler for the Sheriff’s public affairs folks. It’ll be posted up at public and media events in order to “gather feedback” before the department considers whether to press it into service.Once it’s actually brought online, PolicingLab says the squad car will offerseveral benefits to the department: “The 12-month pilot will evaluate outcomes such as improved response times, enhanced deterrence, officer safety, and stronger public trust,” it said. “Results will inform whether and how the program expands, potentially serving as a national model for agencies across the country.”In other words, PolicingLab expects that the data collected about real-world policing will more than offset the costs of building and supporting the car in the long run, but if these are ever pressed into regular service, you can bet they’ll come with hefty subscription and support costs, even if they do eliminate expensive human labor (and judgment) from the situation.
In the meantime, welcome to the era of the surveillance state trooper.

MICHAEL MOORE REACTS TO TO NOKINGS

Here’s my two happy takeaways from the No Kings protests:

  1. Many groups showed up with signs and banners advocating for numerous specific causes. Often that hasn’t worked so well as it can lead to a lack of a singular focus. Not so yesterday! Instead, it created a beautiful mosaic of all the things we believe in: Democracy, women’s reproductive rights, loving treatment of our immigrant neighbors, support for the Palestinian people, saving the planet, and ending corporate greed, the patriarchy, and all forms of bigotry. This did not look like a disheveled all-over-the-map protest. It looked CONNECTED — one for all and all for one! A Big Thread that ran through the huge crowds that had gathered! A beautiful sight. Please, more of this!

  2. THE HOMEMADE SIGNS! Amazing! Outstanding! Brutal! Hilarious! The old days of protesting with everyone handed a pre-printed sign with boring, inane, tired slogans and rhetoric are now officially over, thanks to all of you! 

opening part 2
THE WORDS OF ZOHRAN“I used to be quite consumed by forever being a minority — of being an Indian in Uganda, Muslim in India, all of these things in New York City,” he said to me. It’s a sentiment he’s had to express often over the course of his campaign. It’s at once well rehearsed and heartfelt. “I remember my father telling me that to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place, to see promise and to see the contradictions of it.”

part one: Timothy Noah
Timothy Noah is a New Republic staff writer and author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.The Trump Family’s Ever-Expanding Portfolio of CorruptionPresented for your approval: a tour d’horizon of the First Family’s misdeeds. Even Barron’s getting into the act! https://newrepublic.com/article/201913/trump-family-expanding-portfolio-corruption
part two: Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a former senior editor and columnist at Newsweek, a filmmaker, journalist, political analyst, and the publisher of the Substack Old Goats with Jonathan Alter where this piece also appears. He is the author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. His latest book is American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial--And My Own.
How National Service Can De-Polarize America Nowadays, it’s less about doing good than pathways to jobs and restoring face-to-face connections that can help bridge the divide.  https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/16/how-national-service-can-de-polarize-america/nh
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KEEPING THE POT STIRRED SO SCUM DOESN'T RISE TO THE TOP -  Anonymous 

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