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[theweaselking]

Q: Where is this?

a military-style checkpoint yesterday to stop cars this weekend ...officers will check drivers' identification and ask whether they have a "legitimate purpose"...such as going to a doctor or church or visiting friends or relatives. If not, the drivers will be turned away...Police will search cars if they suspect the presence of guns or drugs, and will arrest people who do not cooperate, under a charge of failure to obey a police officer, officials said...The enforcement will take place at random hours and last for at least five days...with the option of extending it five more days. Checkpoints could be set up in other neighborhoods if they are requested by patrol commanders...

A: Washington, D.C.

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[le-trombone.livejournal.com]

Zay N. Smith of the Quick Takes column in the Chicago Sun-Times had this bit yesterday:

From a conversation in "The Hunt for Red October" between Soviet Navy Capt. Marko Ramius and Capt. 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin:

Borodin: "Then I will live in Montana, and I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me, and I will have a pickup truck . . . or a . . . possibly even a recreational vehicle . . . and drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?"

Ramius: "Yes."

Borodin: "No papers?"

Ramius: "No papers."

Does someone want to break the news to Ramius?