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The Motor Law (Red Barchetta)
Post Date: 2018-12-10 10:32:05 by Deckard
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It’s strange to find myself an uncle, with a country place – and an Orange Barchetta out in the garage.My 1976 Trans-Am.It is a relic from the ”better, vanished time” Rush sang about in their classic Libertarian rock hit of 1981, which was inspired by a short story written in 1973 by Richard S. Foster for Road & Track magazine, about a future in which saaaaaaaaaaaaafety mandates had turned new cars into – well, what they are today. Big Brothered, homogenized and no fun.Older cars were banned by The Motor Law.The Barchetta – redwood and leather, hot metal and oil and not an air bag to be found – is carefully hidden away and kept in full operational ...
Nebraska principal reportedly bans candy canes, says ‘J shape’ stands for Jesus
Post Date: 2018-12-10 10:11:29 by Deckard
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Fox NewsAn elementary school principal in Nebraska was placed on leave after telling teachers to avoid decorating their classrooms with Christmas-themed ornamentations so as not to offend those who don’t celebrate the holiday. The principal at Manchester Elementary School, identified by Fox affiliate KPTM as Jennifer Sinclair, sent out a memo earlier this week with guidelines as to what is considered appropriate for classroom decorations and assignments. Teachers were reportedly told that generic winter-themed items, such as sledding and scarves, and the “Frozen” character Olaf, were acceptable. Decorations that included Santa, Christmas trees, ...
Media Attacks Heisman Trophy Winner Kyler Murray for Homophobic Tweets He Sent As a 14-Year-Old
Post Date: 2018-12-10 05:29:30 by Deckard
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The reporters who made this nontroversy a story should be ashamed of themselves.University of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday. The internet being what it is, some folks on social media apparently took this as an opportunity to go looking for reasons to be outraged, and discovered some homophobic tweets Murray sent when he was in high school. Murray apologized right away, tweeting, "I used a poor choice of word that doesn't reflect who I am or what I believe. I did not intend to single out any individual or group." For some reason, many media outlets decided this little nontroversy demanded a write-up. "As of early Sunday morning, four ...
Kansas recalls hundreds of license plates over ethnic slur complaint (JAP)
Post Date: 2018-12-10 05:23:10 by Deckard
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WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas is recalling hundreds of vehicle license plates on the streets containing the “JAP” lettering in the wake of complaints that it is an ethnic slur offensive to Japanese Americans.The Kansas Department of Revenue said there are 731 active registrations containing that random letter combination on standard license plates. Vehicle owners were sent a letter dated Tuesday asking them to return the plate to their county vehicle office within 30 days for replacement at no cost. Plates not replaced within that period will be identified in the state’s system and will be replaced at their annual renewal.The issue arose last year when Keith Kawamoto spotted a ...
Adolescent Pot Use in Post-Legalization Colorado and Washington Is Still Failing to Rise
Post Date: 2018-12-10 05:08:15 by Deckard
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A favorite prohibitionist theme is refuted by reality.The recent, laughably bad Centennial Institute report on marijuana legalization in Colorado talks a lot about the impact of cannabis consumption on high school students. In fact, lost productivity due to marijuana-related high school dropouts is the biggest component of the costs it erroneously attributes to legalization. Yet conspicuously missing from the report is any claim that legalization led to an increase in marijuana use by teenagers, a popular theme among pot prohibitionists. The omission is understandable in light of survey data showing that rates of marijuana use among middle and high school students in Colorado and ...
The Speeding Exemption (Some Animals are More Equal than Others)
Post Date: 2018-12-09 10:13:41 by Deckard
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In Orwell’s other book – Animal Farm – we read about a mutiny against the farmer by the livestock, who draw up a kind of Declaration of Rights premised on the idea that all animals are equal. This is painted on the side of the barn for all to admire. Over time (and in the dead of night) caveats and exemptions are inserted – by the pigs – culminating in the new idea that some animals are more equal than others. The pigs begin wearing clothes, sleep inside the farmhouse – while the other animals sleep outside or in the unheated barn.When it comes to driving fast, some two-legged animals are without doubt regarded by themselves as more equal than others.And by the ...
Ohio Dad Makes Daughter Walk 5 Miles to School in 36-Degree Weather After She Bullied Classmate
Post Date: 2018-12-07 11:15:28 by Deckard
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An Ohio father’s lesson on bullying has captured the Internet’s attention after he shared a video of his daughter walking to school as punishment after she was suspended for bullying. Matt Cox, of Swanton, said in the Facebook video that his 10-year-old daughter, Kirsten, had been kicked off the school bus twice for bullying another student. Thus, Cox would have to drive Kirsten to school. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Instead, he used the opportunity to teach his daughter a lesson. “Let me make this extremely clear, bullying is unacceptable, ...
Pearl Harbor bombed
Post Date: 2018-12-07 10:24:51 by Stoner
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At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II. 4-Pearl Harbor-Photo Gallery-GettyImages-2660129 17 Gallery 17 Images With diplomatic negotiations with Japan breaking down, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers knew that an imminent Japanese attack was probable, but nothing had been done to increase security at the ...
Smoke a Joint, Save the Subway?
Post Date: 2018-12-06 10:11:44 by Willie Green
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As the list of states that have legalized marijuana continues to grow, New York could have a new reason to embrace cannabis: It could help save the subway. Some state and city leaders have started to discuss the idea of making recreational marijuana legal and using the revenue to pay for badly-needed and expensive subway upgrades. The proposal could face improved odds in Albany now that Democrats have taken full control of the State Legislature for the first time in a decade. “The biggest issue we hear about as elected officials is the state of the subway system,” Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker, said in an interview. “To be able to tie these things together is ...
Man Shot By Cops Claims Shotspotter Found Phantom 'Gunshot' To Justify Officer's Deadly Force
Post Date: 2018-12-06 09:42:51 by Deckard
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from the so-are-cops-still-losing-the-tech-race-or-whatever? dept A lawsuit originally filed early last year makes some very disturbing allegations about police officers and their relationship with their vendors. New York resident Silvon Simmons was shot three times by Rochester Police Officer Joseph Ferrigno. Simmons was unarmed, but was hit with three of the four bullets fired by Ferrigno as he ran way from the officer. Shortly before being shot. Simmons had been engaged in "Minding Your Own Business," which can apparently be nearly-fatal. Returning from a trip to a convenience store shortly after 9 pm, Officer Ferrigno cut in front of him, hit Simmons with his spotlight, ...
Homeland Security creates exclusive "Platinum" spy on your neighbors cam-share club
Post Date: 2018-12-06 09:33:08 by Deckard
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Looking for that special gift for your family this holiday season? Why not signup for Homeland Security's "Platinum" spy on your neighbors cam-share club.According to an article in the Advocate, DHS and New Orleans law enforcement have just created a "platinum" spying program that encourages homeowners and business owners to spy on everyone in real-time."The New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation’s SafeCam NOLA program, which allows residents to register their cameras with NOPD, recently launched its “platinum” program that connects cameras to the Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC). The program debuted in October, and ...
Drug dealer released from prison, then carjacks woman in parking lot
Post Date: 2018-12-06 08:37:20 by IbJensen
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A Philadelphia man’s freedom from the Westmoreland County Prison was short- lived. Moments after Thomas Lee Williams, 36, was released from the Hempfield jail at about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said, he attacked a West Leechburg woman in the parking lot, took her sport utility vehicle and fled with her 1-year-old grandson in the back seat. Williams crashed two miles away in Youngwood about 15 minutes later, ran into a wooded area and was apprehended, according to county Park Police Chief Kirk Nolan. Williams was back behind bars Wednesday on $250,000 bail. Investigators will examine surveillance video from outside the prison. It appears the victims and suspect did not know each ...
GOP Winner in Maine-02 Now Declared Loser Due to ‘Rank Voting’
Post Date: 2018-12-06 08:03:41 by Hondo68
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On Monday, Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap announced that a recount of the November 6 election in Maine’s Second Congressional District will begin on Thursday and will continue for an estimated four weeks.The CD2 recount will begin this Thursday, Dec. 6 at 9 a.m. and is expected to take about 4 weeks. We will not conduct the recount the week of Dec. 24; it will resume Jan. 3, 2019. — MaineSOS (@MESecOfState) December 3, 2018 Secretary of State Dunlap, a Democrat, declared Democrat Jared Golden the winner of the election on November 15, despite the fact that Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME-02) received 2,632 more votes than Golden on election day, a consequence of the state’s ...
Mother, children left homeless after police damage house looking for son
Post Date: 2018-12-06 05:51:59 by Deckard
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MLive BUENA VISTA TWP, MI — Debris consisting of the home’s interior littered the lawn of the house on the 1000 block of South 27th Street. The inside looks like a hurricane blew through it. Crystal Thomas and her children were left homeless after police came to her home last Friday looking for her 16-year-old son. “They made sure I could not live in my home,” said Thomas, who has been renting the property for about three years. Michigan State Police were executing a search warrant at the property about 4 p.m. on Nov. 30 when they believed that someone had barricaded themselves inside the home. It was later discovered that no one was in the house and ...
FOX Goes Full "Reefer Madness", Pushes Insane Anti-Weed Propaganda in Ridiculous 90-Second Clip
Post Date: 2018-12-05 10:07:05 by Deckard
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Fox News is no stranger to hating on weed. In fact, the Free Thought Project has reported on their insane reefer madness several times before. However, on this Monday’s episode of Fox & Friends, the propaganda and utter lies hit a new high—no pun intended. On Monday, Fox and Friends was covering the story out of Mulberry, Florida in which a 12-year-old kid handed out THC gummies in a gym class at his middle school last week. At least five of his classmates went to the hospital with symptoms one would expect from a child ingesting marijuana—such as stomach pain, dizziness, and nausea. Local media ran with the story, claiming all the kids were hospitalized and made it seem ...
YAF Wins Landmark Free Speech Lawsuit, UC Berkeley To Pay $70,000 And Rescind Unconstitutional Policies
Post Date: 2018-12-04 22:26:14 by Hondo68
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Following more than a year of hard-fought litigation in the hostile Ninth Circuit, Young America’s Foundation secured victory for free speech against the University of California, Berkeley. Through YAF’s lawsuit and subsequent settlement agreement executed over the weekend, UC Berkeley agreed to the following terms set by Young America’s Foundation: 1) Pay Young America’s Foundation $70,000.2) Rescind the unconstitutional “high-profile speaker policy.”3) Rescind the viewpoint-discriminatory security fee policy.4) Abolish its heckler’s veto—protestors will no longer be able to shut down conservative expression. This landmark victory for free ...
300 pound woman guilty of crushing boyfriend
Post Date: 2018-12-04 16:49:22 by Hondo68
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An image from Windi Thomas' Facebook page show her with Keeno Butler. A woman has pleaded guilty to killing her boyfriend by stabbing him, hitting him with a table leg and crushing him under the weight of her roughly 300 pounds.Windi Thomas, of Erie, faces a sentence of 18 to 36 years after pleading guilty to third-degree murder. She had been scheduled for trial next week, but instead will be sentenced on Dec. 21.The 44-year-old Thomas admitted killing Keeno Butler last March, partially by lying on top of him. Thomas weighs about 300 pounds, while the 44-year-old Butler weighed about 120 pounds.Thomas was reportedly drunk and wanted to smoke crack when the pair got into an argument ...
Unborn Babies Learning in the Womb Disputes Abortionists Claims of Not Being Human
Post Date: 2018-12-04 14:37:26 by nolu chan
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Unborn Babies Learning in the Womb Disputes Abortionists Claims of Not Being Human By David Jolly Barb Wire December 4, 2018 One of the leading arguments used by abortionists is that a baby is not human until it has been born. Before that time, they claim that it is a foetus, not a human, and therefore nothing but a mass of tissue that can be removed and discarded. However, if the unborn child is just a lump of tissue, then how can it respond to stimuli such as pain or loud sounds? We’ve seen ultrasound images of babies in the womb reacting to and trying to pull away from probes during an abortion. We’ve seen ultrasounds of them screaming in horrific pain as their tiny limbs ...
Results of Colorado Marijuana Legalization 4 Years Later
Post Date: 2018-12-04 14:27:28 by nolu chan
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Results of Colorado Marijuana Legalization 4 Years Later By David Jolly Barb Wire November 30, 2018 On January 1, 2014, Colorado legalized the medical and recreational use of Marijuana. They claimed that it would add millions of dollars to the state’s revenue via state taxes which includes a 2.9% sales tax, 10% special sales tax and 15% excise tax, meaning the state would collect $27.90 for every $100 of recreational marijuana sold in the Rocky Mountain state. In April 2014, 19 year old foreign exchange student Levy Thamba plunged off a hotel balcony and died after eating legally purchased marijuana laced cookies. After eating just one cookie, Thamba became agitated and ran out ...
Innocent Man Politely Asks Cops for Directions—Who Then Smash His Face In and Kidnap Him
Post Date: 2018-12-04 11:41:32 by Deckard
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Buffalo, NY — Practicing your First Amendment right to free speech, in the land of the free, can and will get you beaten, kidnapped, or worse. As the body camera video below illustrates, you can be polite and courteous but when a raging cop snaps—and then lies about what happens—there is very little you can do to protect yourself. Nicholas H. Belsito had committed no crime, had harmed no one, and was merely tailgating at a Bills game last year when he was savagely attacked by police, his nose broken, and blood gushing from his face. And it all began over asking for directions. That day, Belsito’s friend had been arrested for allegedly hitting a cop’s elbow with an ...
Illegals scarf up welfare, with new Census data confirming 63% of non-citizens helping themselves
Post Date: 2018-12-04 09:28:18 by IbJensen
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Anyone who thinks illegal immigrants and 'asylum' applicants are coming here to work is living on another planet. New data from the Census shows that 63% of non-citizens are helping themselves to the welfare. They get it legally, and sometimes illegally, through food programs, general assistance programs, Medicaid and the earned income tax credit for low-income workers, just for starters. They get even more when benefits derived from their U.S.-born children are thrown in, though bringing in a kid born elsewhere is also an asset. Here's the report from the Washington Examiner: A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping ...
The Forgotten Legacy of George H.W. Bush That the Media Won’t Tell You About
Post Date: 2018-12-03 09:49:54 by Deckard
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On Friday November 30th, former President George H.W. Bush passed away at the age of ninety four, according to a statement released by his friends and family.While the establishment celebrates the life of the former president and Americans line up to mourn their fallen leader, the facts that are being reported in the mainstream media are far different than the legacy he is leaving behind. The Early Years George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Massachusetts to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Connecticut where he began his formal education at Greenwich Country Day School. At the age of eighteen, Bush joined the ...
If You Murdered A Bunch Of People, Mass Murder Is Your Single Defining Legacy
Post Date: 2018-12-03 09:41:22 by Deckard
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Thought experiment:Think of an acquaintance of yours. Not someone you’re particularly close to, just some guy in the cast of extras from the scenery of your life. Now, imagine learning that that guy is a serial murderer, who has been prowling the streets for years stabbing people to death. Imagine he goes his whole life without ever suffering any consequences for murdering all those people, and then when he dies, everyone wants to talk about how great he was and share heartwarming anecdotes about him. If you try to bring up the whole serial killing thing, people react with sputtering outrage that you would dare to speak ill of such a noble and wonderful person.“Look, I didn’t ...
Lawsuit Alleges California Cops Stole Weed and Cash During Traffic Stops
Post Date: 2018-12-03 06:24:51 by Deckard
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Numerous motorists say rogue cops in a small Northern California town ripped them off during bogus traffic stops.A Texas man is accusing several police officers in Northern California of stealing three pounds of legal marijuana from him during a traffic stop, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit filed earlier this month. And he's not the only one who says he was essentially robbed by a group of rogue police officers. Zeke Flatten alleges that three police officers from the town of Rohnert Park and Hopland Band of Pomo Indians pulled him over last December while he was driving through Mendocino County. The officers were not wearing name tags or badges, and they identified ...
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