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Doubts over the veracity of this brought up in the comments but. The state has ran tests on the population re syphilis , radiation and LSD amongst other things so is it any wonder people could believe this.

Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News - “Want some torture with your peanuts?” by Aviation Security

Morningstar - Dow Jones & Company, Inc.: FISA Deal Will End Court Cases Vs Phone Cos - GOP Lawmakers

“I’m not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I’m sure you would all agree that I think you all recognize that is something you need to do,” Bond said.

Last word to George.

So,

“History shows that we’re going to continue to see congested roads while gas tax revenues decline even further,” she said.

I think I need a lie down. Concern that she’s getting less

Americans drive 1.4 billion fewer highway miles - CNN.com

“History shows that we’re going to continue to see congested roads while gas tax revenues decline even further,” she said.

Really.. Please I’d like to see that history as I am fucking puzzled how less cars on the road = more congestion.

More on the incident I posted about last week with relation to the  need our , come on let’s keep the fiction going,  employees castigating  their bosses for a lack of moral fibre.  At the time I didn’t want to confuse the issue, which was mainly the reporting , by adding in more things people don’t want to hear.

Well  now’s the time:)

"We no longer have a moral compass," said the guy who devotes a good portion of his day to stealing other peoples’ property ("Year to date we have seized close to 180 guns," Daryl brags on his blog, "last year we seized 400. In one day alone Vice and Narcotics detectives conducted seven hot spot details, resulting in 42 arrests, seizure of two firearms, three vehicles, ten grams of crack, 1,300 bags of Heroin, and 12 grams of cocaine"). "Anything goes," despaired this "chief among plunderers."

Government’s Moral Compass (Yeah, I Laughed Too) by Becky Akers

Read the whole thing.  Even  with the later facts that came in CNN  keeps a misleading headline and it seems that cursory scan would leave you with a massively different view if you hit  para 4 that negates much of story.

As to the Police chief a little reading on group psychology e.g  the bystander effect
,something he SHOULD  be aware of ,would  have prevented  a statement that is rather unfortunate.Consider how much of policing in a large city relies on knowledge of groups  and human nature  and  to have your head protector denounce you all as immoral.  Nice going,real nice. 

capital city’s biggest newspaper blaring "SO INHUMANE" on the front page and the police chief lamenting: "We no longer have a moral compass."

"We have no regard for each other," said Chief

Or apparently for waiting till more facts come in.  

Hit-and-run victim left in street without help - CNN.com

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > MADDsteria

The program, titled “Every 15 Minutes,” was designed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Its title refers to the frequency in which a person somewhere in the country dies in an alcohol-related traffic accident.

Madd has issues, but ones that can be resolved in entertaining ways. Ideally you could apply this tactic to the children of the school district , public safety department and anyone complicit in this bullshit. Basically faking a death for attention is the sign that they are so ineffective as educators at turning out students that can think. That Madd , having thoroughly demonised drunk, moved to dui are running out of the kind of issues that brings in the money and are now going after fictional representations. When you complain about virtual drunk driving in a game were that is one of the lesser offenses against humanity it makes you , oh well, look like you need to lay of the sauce.

Once more here are some links to a UK comedian, and activist, Mark Thomas.

  I brought him up last year in this post and holy  hell this is the follow up. The original audio feed has gone but there’s a You Tube version  Part 1,2 and 3  follow. I promise this is worth your time.   This is the realization of what “Tv Nation” could only dream of  on their most lucid day. 

Part 2  and Part 3 .

 Demonstrations  in the UK near Parliement without  prior permission was made illegal.  One person constituted a demonstration if there was , at the policeman’s disgression,  a  political statement.   Meanwhile the agents of the state continued holding events with out requiring, or being in fear which is where  http://www.shopanmp.com/  came about.   Looks like the the law’s repealed  so his involvement seems to have had an effect.  Please give the first ten minutes  your consideration  and think about the fun you can have obeying the law.     Butler Shaffer relates a few suggestions from one of his recent articles.

Many cities have ordinances making it a misdemeanor for a homeowner to fail to cut his/her grass before it reaches a stated limit on height. Someone told me of an acquaintance who let his grass grow almost to the maximum height allowed. When one of his neighbors commented on this, the property owner went into his house, brought out a yardstick to measure the grass, then commented that the grass still had two inches to grow before reaching the statutorily-defined limit. He then reportedly asked the neighbor “you don’t want me to violate the ordinance, do you?”

A friend of mine told me of the practice of one of her male friends who was subject to the Selective Service System. One of the mandates of this agency was that those subject to conscription had to keep it advised of any relocations. This young man carried a stack of pre-addressed post-cards, upon which he would write: “I am now at the Rialto Theater at 3^rd and Main” and drop it in a mailbox. After leaving the theater, he would send another post-card reading: “I am now at the Bar-B-Q Rib House at 10^th and Oak.” 

Come on let’s be the bestest , most compliantest ,  citizens ever:D

Now there’s always some insane plan by an elected “Daddy” for the people. While the article doesn’t give the bill number, AB 1956 and AB 2914, which is about par for the lazy ass press it was a wider attempt to grab cash than merely go after pron. The want beer, movie downloads, music downloads and just about anything that they don’t like. I hate this since the worse CA becomes the more people move here, bitched about the services they had in Ca then try to enact the same stupid measures here. The only obscenity is that putrid jizz stains like the congressman here has been allowed into that position by the people in the state. That he’s apparently willing to make up shit re the cost of policing suggests a somewhat “justifies the means” method is truly frightening.

News: Sex-shop owners fighting proposed 25 percent tax | tax, adult, strip, bill, business - OCRegister.com

Sex shops and strip clubs would have to pay an extra 25 percent tax on their sales and services under a proposed state law meant to offset the costs of allowing such businesses into a community.

Here’s a better article , one that HAS, the bill numbers in it.

I hope they win. Then I hope the daughter sues the parents. You know the people  that took on the responsibility to protect their  kid.    Seemingly they don’t. 

Family’s lawsuit claims MySpace responsible for daughter’s assault

Gregory Coleman, a lawyer for the girl’s family, said the law only gives MySpace a “limited shield” from liability.

“It has a responsibility to (protect) children,” he said.

The girl, identified as Julie Doe in court papers, was 13 when she created a MySpace profile in 2005. MySpace requires users to be at least 14, but the girl misrepresented herself as 18 years old.

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To all that have scoffed at the idea that safety wasn’t the primary motivating factor for red light and speeding cameras this piece on msnbc, looks suspiciously like investigative journalism.Which living in Phoenix and reading only the AZ Republic you’d be unfamiliar with.

Anyway since most people that read this are thinking, duh! that’s not news I will concede you have a point.It’s not for you it’s for the people that comment every time the local paper prints a story involving cameras.These lovers of all things that remove responsibility jeer at those that may have an alternate view. We’re dismissed on the belief that we’re doing it solely because we’re spoiled children that just want to do what we want. Projection?

I don’t buy that the way to increase responsibility is to provide a surrogate for it that circumvents the need for awareness.This is not a Utopian freedom rant as there are practical applications in the the real world

note. I hate people, oops better expand that :), I hate people that satisfied that the appearance of solving an issue, even when there are doubts to it efficacy ( e.g DARE) are readily conceded , counts for actually doing something. What they don’t get is that they preclude many other paths they could take that may even be effective.That is if your goal is to actually modify behaviour and not set up a revenue stream to keep your organization going.

Speed cameras are just that thing:)

Do red light cameras work too well? - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

*”Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against… We’re after power and we mean it… There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be
much easier to deal with.

Well at least they’ve managed to work out that sans human interaction the pistol didn’t fire itself. I’m not going to speculate on how it occurred , I have my own Occam moment of having fired tens of thousands of rounds but having 3 go off unintended ( one was a malfunction of hardware, the other two totally operator error) says that there’s a chance that the policies in place are not sane ones. E.g Why the donald duck would you want to even handle / touch a firearm that’s peacefully napping.

The bullet left the plane at 8000 ft which at least saves the Mythbusters from having to show that gunfire on a plan doesn’t equal instant death spiral.Shame as Jamie does seem to enjoy that part:D

Pilot suspended after firing gun in cockpit - CNN.com

TSA declined to give details about how the gun discharged, but the agency is investigating whether the pilot was handling the gun as directed in policies.

This is an interesting one.   Oh wait it’s not. This is exactly what the education system they are working within creates so the surprivse is , well, a surprise.  Can a Quaker  truly  maintain their ideology of  non violence  and still be working for the state?   This otter say  not a chance.
  
There’s a fun comment  on page two highlighting the oddity that remedial  math is being taught to college students. What the hell  were they doing the first 12 years?

Quaker teacher fired for changing loyalty oath

 If she’d just signed the oath, the campus would have been more than willing to continue her employment.”

Get used to that statement in many guises. 

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You know the old  piece  about  first they  came for  X  but I wasn’t X so I said nothing. Iterate through several  groups until they come for you and  much to your surprise there was no one left to assist you.   Well that which people  have dismissed me for advancing the idea of the lunch police   being  argument ad absurdum can now look to the nice regulators of Mississippi for proof that  I’m right in concept.You can look to the UK 

Is this a tongue-in-cheek bill, meant to point out how absurd the war on obesity has become? Or do lawmakers actually believe the myths that gluttony is the cause for obesity and that it is the government’s role to force people to eat and live how it deems best?

So let’s get this straight from the UK where nanny always knows best  .They have had 40 plus years of national health and education  yet  the products of this process are now unhealthy  slobs that  have similarly sedentary children. So  the cure to solve this creation of the government is…  go on  

more government.     We’re heading to a  world where possession of a doughnut in a school zone is a federal offense.

Junkfood Science: No fat people allowed: Only the slim will be allowed to dine in public!

I’m puzzled the name of the plan is Universal Voluntary Public Service yet…. it’s looks pretty mandatory to me.

Barack Obama’s Plan for Universal Voluntary Public Service

“Your own story and the American story are not
separate — they are shared. And they will both be
enriched if we stand up together, and answer a
new call to service to meet the challenges of our
new century … I won’t just ask for your vote as
a candidate; I will ask for your service and your
active citizenship when I am president of the
United States. This will not be a call issued in
one speech or program; this will be a cause of
my presidency.”

Seemingly it’s never reached the minds of those that our paying these leeches 40-50% of our income is already  using our ass to cover the checks of how they think society should be run.  I’d gladly give 100 hours, 200 hour, shit even 500 hours to help out the community in areas that interest me ( I can  talk to kids all day about otters at the Zoo)  but there’s a problem.That’s  the time I have to work to pay for admission to the American story. So   I’m sorry that your  fire, police, medicare,education , roads, scholarships, stadiums, hotels and  recreational areas aren’t enough for you but  I can’t consider myself guilty of not making a contribution.  Hell I’d gladly pay for a couple of my less fortunate friends to have a better life,  no kidding. 10k each to these two people would seriously improve their conditions and I’d still be getting a bargain.

Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Service

 I was interested to find out that excess produce we may grow  such as Thyme  can’t be sold in Glendale, without a license.    How much  for this privilige?  $150. That’s  outrageous you think?    Oh my we’re not even started .

All applicants for this license need to visit the Tax and
License Division in person for fingerprinting and background checks, as
well as submission of specific documentation before the license will be
issued. All applicants will need to provide proof that they are over 18
years of age. Processing time for this type of license is generally 4
to 6 weeks. An appointment is needed for fingerprinting and a fee of $
30.00 is charged.

Maybe that’s why illegal drugs are so prevalent the school system doesn’t provide literate people to fill out all the paperwork. Has to be that.

So we’re finished k? 

You fucking wish. Now I need a sales tax  they want their 1.8%  after all.  That’s another application and Kerching.. A fee.  Yep to give the town money, you have to first give them money allowing you to  give them O h fuck it. Glendale is out for any small business activity