As often seems to happen in these cases, the American Police Force website appears to be in the process of being taken down. But fear not, we saved the whole thing. And you can see all the best pages here in the TPM Document Collection.
You can see American Police Force is rooted in the proud tradition of American policing by the silhouetted commander next to the Serbian coat of arms.
Job opportunities at APF? Check out this page.
As noted earlier, APF provides cheating spouse surveillance services. This page has a good picture of what your cheating spouse and paramour will look like as they’re hauled off with hands over their heads by a hooded commando with a machine gun.
Good times.
Yesterday I mentioned a new Q-poll showing that while Jon Corzine is still doing awful (seldom getting over 40%), Chris Christie is falling fast enough that that could be enough for Corzine to win. Specifically, Christie probably can only win because of Corzine’s unpopularity. Because Christie is now almost as unpopular as Corzine. But third-party candidate Chris Daggett is acting as a safety valve for anti-Corzinism. And that’s pulling Christie down into Corzine territory.
Now it seems that Q-poll was no outlier. Monmouth is out with a new sounding this morning showing an almost identical result. Read More
Montana town that contracted with American Police Force seeks to reassure citizens: “There are no commandos in the streets.”
As you know, we’ve been chronicling the story of Hardin, MT and American Police Force. And you’ve got to sympathize with the town leaders trying to support a decent-sized but unused prison facilitiy on a tax base of like 3500 people. They only went in with Hilton after they lost out on getting the Gitmo prisoners. So you could say they’re kind of desperate. But with all the news coming out about APF chief Michael Hilton’s lengthy criminal record and fraud and theft convictions, we’ve been trying to get in touch with the folks who gave him the contract to find out what was up and whether they’re reconsidering the deal.
TPM’s Zack Roth just got a hold of Hardin development official Al Peterson, who’s still looking on the bright side. Yes, Hilton has a long criminal history, said Peterson. But that was before he got sober.
“He was an alcoholic, and everybody knows that. Did he do some not-the-best choices in his personal and professional life when he was not sober? Absolutely. He made some very unwise decisions.”
Read the rest of the story here.
TPM Reader BL is skeptical …
Is Sacha Baron Cohen doing another movie?
Crazy coat of arms. Over the top paramilitary photographs and dubious services. Mercedes with police decals on them. All in the heart of Black Helicopter conspiracy country and on the heals [of] collective wing nut seizure following Obama’s election. This is just too over the top to be real.
TPM Reader JS checks in from New Jersey …
I claim no expertise on this race but for being a Jersey voter. However, my guess is that Daggett is not doing Corzine as much good as you think he is. Most Daggett votes are coming from Corzine, which I think you observe. Christie is the kind of candidate that Republicans can get behind (wingnutty enough, but not insane), so I don’t think that many Daggett votes are coming from him. If Daggett weren’t in the race, there would be a run on clothespins to wear in the voting booth, and Corzine would win.
Pawlenty on Cash-for-Clunkers: “There’s a joke out now that says the main value of the Cash for Clunkers program may be that we’ll get a lot of cars with Obama stickers off the road.”
We show you … in pictures: Joe Biden is on the loose!
Back on again? After Sen. Kerry’s attempt to stop him, Sen. DeMint’s trip to Honduras to give moral support to the leaders of the recent coup plot appears to be back on.