This isn't how I like to see my beloved hometown make headlines, not only in the Columbus Dispatch (in an article, here but also in the extremely popular blog over at BoingBoing.com. Frank Brusca, an Instructional Technologist at Otterbein College submitted this article to Cory Doctorow (who has been mentioned in several XKCD comics). Apprently, Westerville Police have asked banks and credit unions to post signs to ban people from wearing hoods, sunglasses, hats and to not use cellphones while at the bank. Sure, doesn't seem like too big of a deal, but what about when they start requiring fingerprint/retina scanning to get into the bank? And not just banks, but grocery stores, gas stations, anywhere there is cash on hand. We are slowly letting our civil liberties be etched away. At least it appears that none of the banks or credit unions have complied and put up the signs... yet.

From the guys who brought you D*ck in a Box.

And people wonder why I'm weary of the military and police...

As if you needed one. Here is our tax dollars at work in Lincoln Park, Michigan.

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