You can beat the rap ...

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... but you can't beat the ride (action starts around 6:30):



I give full credit to the folks that calmly allowed themselves to be arrested. I also give credit to the TX officers that kept their cool during the arrests.

But if law enforcement keeps abusing the law to suit a political agenda (whether it's intended or not), it won't be long before citizens start taking things up a notch.

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I tire ...

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... of this attitude:

OK, Libertarians you proved your point, you're the kingmakers here. Now suck it up and prevent disaster.

Someone explain to me why anyone (let alone libertarians) should vote for a candidate that doesn't hold a plurality of your values?

One of my senators is Saxby Chambliss (thankfully retiring), who, as a Republican would seem to be the default candidate for the frustrated libertarian in GA. But he doesn't ascribe to even a bare minimum of libertarian-ish policies ... why should I vote for him.

And why should conservatives be the ones who continually have to hold their noses come election time? Why can't conservatives start voting for the libertarians, especially when the libertarian candidate is much more likely to form a government that appeals to conservatives than Republicans?

The bi-factional single party we have now is hopelessly broken; voting for squishy Republicans who claim to appeal to the squishy middle is simply a recipe for prolonging the death of America.

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I wonder why Republicans ...

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... don't attack media bias this way?

The BBC could lose its exclusive right to the licence fee if it does not tackle a “culture” of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting, a senior Cabinet minister warns.

I mean, it's not like there's not ample evidence to support a charge of bias, is there?

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The BBC could lose its exclusive right to the licence fee if it does not tackle a “culture” of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting, a senior Cabinet minister warns.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/news-bias-could-cost-bbc-5-8-billion/#wKJTjQdKGh2hjx0E.99

The BBC could lose its exclusive right to the licence fee if it does not tackle a “culture” of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting, a senior Cabinet minister warns.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/news-bias-could-cost-bbc-5-8-billion/#wKJTjQdKGh2hjx0E.99

Yeah, this Craigslist ad ...

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... is epic!

-Why are you such a dick?
    Everything is relative; you should see my friends.

Read the whole thing and chuckle ...

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It's gotten to the point ...

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... that everyone needs video:

Officer Philip Nace . . . is perhaps the first Philly lawman to get benched for what a police spokesman described simply as "idiotic behavior." . . .

"Nace is nasty," said Louis Goode, 55, who has lived on the corner of Park Avenue and Auburn Street for 30 years. "It's like he wakes up on the wrong side of the bed every morning."

And after several complaints, internal affairs took them seriously only when someone brought video of Nace' behavior.

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Because mistakes that paint Democrat politicians in a bad light ...

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... are not to be tolerated:

The Huffington Post first reported Monday that the AP had fired veteran Virginia political reporter Bob Lewis and Richmond-based editor Dena Potter over an erroneous Oct. 9 report alleging that McAuliffe had lied to a federal investigator.

Atlanta-based AP editor Norman Gomlak confirmed Tuesday that he had also been fired over the McAuliffe story. (Politico was first to publish Gomlak's name after HuffPost revealed earlier Tuesday that a third employee had been fired.) 

If you're going to make mistakes that harm politicians, make sure that it's a Republican ...

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An interesting article ...

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... about allowing firearms:

 Across the country, employers are grappling with new laws that bring guns closer to the office.

Starbucks Corp. SBUX +1.83% made headlines recently when its chief executive asked customers to keep guns out of company cafes. His appeal thrust the company into local and nationwide debates about the role of private business and public gun laws.

Today, some 22 states have passed laws that limit property owners’ ability to ban firearms in vehicles in parking areas, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a San Francisco-based gun-control advocacy group.

It's always been my opinion that employers can proscribe, for their employees, firearms inside their premises.

It's also been my opinion that those businesses that operate as a corporation of LLC should be required to follow state laws regarding the carriage of firearms. After all, if you're going to take the protections provided by the state, you have to allow what the state allows.

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Across the country, employers are grappling with new laws that bring guns closer to the office.
Starbucks Corp. SBUX +1.83% made headlines recently when its chief executive asked customers to keep guns out of company cafes. His appeal thrust the company into local and nationwide debates about the role of private business and public gun laws.
Today, some 22 states have passed laws that limit property owners’ ability to ban firearms in vehicles in parking areas, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a San Francisco-based gun-control advocacy group.

Read more at http://janmorganmedia.com/2013/10/22-states-now-say-businesses-can-ban-guns-property/#xtY1ktYBmdQ6D3Db.99

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22 States Now Say Businesses Can NOT Ban Guns on Their Property

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in Email Featured, JMM news / by jmmedia / on October 17, 2013 at 2:19 pm

Across the country, employers are grappling with new laws that bring guns closer to the office.
Starbucks Corp. SBUX +1.83% made headlines recently when its chief executive asked customers to keep guns out of company cafes. His appeal thrust the company into local and nationwide debates about the role of private business and public gun laws.
Today, some 22 states have passed laws that limit property owners’ ability to ban firearms in vehicles in parking areas, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a San Francisco-based gun-control advocacy group.

Read more at http://janmorganmedia.com/2013/10/22-states-now-say-businesses-can-ban-guns-property/#xtY1ktYBmdQ6D3Db.99

6.7KShare 34Tweet 1 2Share 6.8KShare

22 States Now Say Businesses Can NOT Ban Guns on Their Property

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in Email Featured, JMM news / by jmmedia / on October 17, 2013 at 2:19 pm

Across the country, employers are grappling with new laws that bring guns closer to the office.
Starbucks Corp. SBUX +1.83% made headlines recently when its chief executive asked customers to keep guns out of company cafes. His appeal thrust the company into local and nationwide debates about the role of private business and public gun laws.
Today, some 22 states have passed laws that limit property owners’ ability to ban firearms in vehicles in parking areas, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a San Francisco-based gun-control advocacy group.

Read more at http://janmorganmedia.com/2013/10/22-states-now-say-businesses-can-ban-guns-property/#xtY1ktYBmdQ6D3Db.99

Across the country, employers are grappling with new laws that bring guns closer to the office.
Starbucks Corp. SBUX +1.83% made headlines recently when its chief executive asked customers to keep guns out of company cafes. His appeal thrust the company into local and nationwide debates about the role of private business and public gun laws.
Today, some 22 states have passed laws that limit property owners’ ability to ban firearms in vehicles in parking areas, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a San Francisco-based gun-control advocacy group.

Read more at http://janmorganmedia.com/2013/10/22-states-now-say-businesses-can-ban-guns-property/#FsiSz3mwduF5GKIi.99

This explanation is much better ...

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... than any I could pen:

A true “small” government conservative would say, “There’s no percentage in taking money from people only to give it back to them after the federal government takes a cut in managing fees and adds tons of regulations to it. Let the people keep their own money at home and make the closest and most responsible level of government handle it as the community sees fit. Get the know-it-alls in DC out of the mix.” 

If you read the whole thing, it's much worse.

As far as I can see it, there are few actual 'small' government conservatives left in Washington, which is why the GOP is, as a long-term party, is dead.

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Could this be ...

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... what bursts the education bubble?

Starbucks’ 95,000 baristas have a competitor. It doesn’t need sleep. It’s precise in a way that a human could never be. It requires no training. It can’t quit. It has memorized every one of its customers’ orders. There’s never a line for its perfectly turned-out drinks.

Vox says it's at least the end of the liberal arts major (what the hell is a liberal arts major good for, anyway?!).

The more I live my life, the more I believe that economic laws of supply and demand are what actually rules the world ...

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I was going to dispense advice ...

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... but I realized the GOP won't heed it.

We don't need a third party as much as we need two opposing parties instead of the bi-factional ruling party we have now.

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Rebecca Ann Sedwick is the particular ...

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... Vox uses to discuss the general:

Society has become far too soft and tolerant of the wicked.

Indeed. I'm reminded of the case of Ken McElroy and how long it took for the townspeople to take decisive action.

The same should apply to our elected officials.

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If they figure this out ...

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... they will have documented God:

“The heart of my interest is the dog-human relationship,” says Emory neuroeconomist Gregory Berns, director of the university's Center for Neuropolicy. His latest research involves training dogs to enter a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner (fMRI) and hold perfectly still, so that he can scan their brain activity.

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I knew ...

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... it was only a matter of time:

The engine was printed by GPI Prototype and Manufacturing Services using a technique called Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS). In this 3D printing process, a powder of the chromium-cobalt alloy is spread in a thin layer by the printing machine. A computer-controlled laser then fuses the powder into a cross section of the engine component. The machine spreads a second layer of powder and the process repeats until the component is complete.

And if University of California students have access to the technology, it won't be long before every engineering school in the country has it. And then it will make it's way into your garage.

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I wonder if there's been a run ...

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... on these?

There are simply not enough rangers and law enforcement to contain the American people if they decide to rebel and enter national parks.

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Aaron's monthly opportunity ...

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... to win shooty goodness.

And who wouldn't want more shooty goodness?!

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Even though it's likely to be used against us ...

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... it's still pretty cool!





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Got a new computer ...

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... so I'll probably be occupied with the changeover.

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Something you'll never see ...

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... coming from the Democrat caucus:

Ted Cruz faced a barrage of hostile questions Wednesday from angry GOP senators, who lashed the Texas tea party freshman for helping prompt a government shutdown crisis without a strategy to end it.

That's because they actually want to win politically.

The sooner the GOP collapses the better.

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Happy birthday ...

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... to me!

I'll be eating your free ice cream ...

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The federal government has shut down

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Good ... at least we're safe until the Republicans cave yet again.

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