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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Insane and sinister.
The first part is fairly sane, the second is somewhat pointless, given that spree shooters aren't really the issue and that most extensively plan their massacres, so they will just learn to reload faster. I can see why they are doing it after Aurora, though. Nothing jumps out at me as being "insane", though.
If you have a concealed carry license why wouldn't you take your guns into church?
This could end badly...
Talking on the phone whilst driving is a very silly thing to do. The UK's banned it for ages, so this doesn't seem all that insane to me.
Good.
If they actually made a law for that, then that is somewhat insane. Unless you just mean universities in Washington and not the state?
Good idea, insane law anyway, glad its gone.
Playing up to stereotypes much?
So I come here to ask a simple question out of curiosity: What's the general opinion on Edward Snowden, besides the question over the morality/ethicality of what he did? I mean, do you think he should've delayed the leaks until he properly secured political asylum first, for example?
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Drone use is restricted to EVERYONE. Not just police or government personnel.
He did do something illegal, that could get a lot of American's killed. Some of that stuff needed to get out, but considering he put his name on the leakage, it smells of more of an ego thing to me.
edited 2nd Jul '13 2:48:16 AM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Why shouldn't the government prevent citizens from spying on each other with drones?
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For someone who complains about spying, lack of transparency, and a surveillance state to seek asylum in Russia (via China) is hypocritical in the extreme - especially, given Putin's form, had Snowden and Greenwald been Russian journalists they would likely
end
up
dead.
However, it is a sad fact that almost nowhere nicer would have him thanks to their links with the USA, and Ecuador/Venezuela/Cuba type governments are equally shifty. The trouble is, almost no modern government has its hands clean, though the ones Snowden has sounded out have been dirtier than others. If I were facing a potentially long jail sentence, I would flee. So I can't hold it against him, much, but personally I think the most principled thing to do for him at the moment would be to seek asylum in Iceland and take his chances that public opinion would be on his side. Of course, I don't blame him for not wanting to risk his freedom.
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I was just pointing out the actual wording of the law.
Perry's statement on the start of the Second Special Session of the 83rd Legislative Session of the Texas Congress:
edited 2nd Jul '13 3:05:50 AM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Or, say, a Helicopter or Light Aircraft — Police helicopters often have the exact same FLIR Turrets fitted to "Drones".
The thing is that the US has withdrawn his travel documents, so he can't go anywhere without Russia's permission. The ball is in Russia's court, and they won't do anything that isn't in their interest.
edited 2nd Jul '13 3:21:29 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On@Glen
It's meant to be satirical.
Poll: Clinton tops Bush, Rubio among Hispanic voters for 2016
The "no serving alcohol on Election Day" law existed because it was the custom of political machines back in the day to offer free booze if you voted the way they wanted. This resulted in all the public drunkenness problems you would expect. (Plus of course the stink of political corruption, but everyone was used to that.)
Drunken voting is also the reason that the UK has its elections on a Thursday, since it couldn't be the weekend (I assume due to religious rules) and Friday was the day men got their pay-check and went to the pub. Thus elections are on a Thursday so as to prevent people voting drunk.
Though I've no idea if it makes any difference these days.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI don't know how much coverage the whole Snowden-affair gets in the USA, but this is a huge deal in Germany because a)Germany was the main target and b) because privacy protection is a sensible thing in Germany due to historical reasons (Gestapo Stasi).
The opposition will use this in their election campaign and there are some German M Ps who want to offer Snowden asyl in Germany.
-twitch- That terminology is actually only correct for rifle magazines over 30.
Anyhow, on the Edward Snowden thing..
One thing I don't think folks realize is that they are looking at his choices of China and Russia as "siding with the enemy". What I don't think enough people are considering is that the US has so much pull with the "leaders of the free world" elsewhere, that any country stereotypically thought of as free would probably extradite him.
It's not that he ran to China or Russia because they are champions of free speech. He ran to China and Russia because he knew, for sure, that they would be very resistant to playing ball with the US, and would be more apt to jump at the chance to give us the middle finger instead.
Something interesting in the legal backing against PRISM. I wish Arlen Specter were still alive.
To translate the legalese of the wiretapping portion of the law.. It basically means the NSA can do whatever the fuck they want, regardless of what our constitution says, if the President feels it's important to national security.
Also, the streets of the US are 'bout to get safer..
This amendment to LEOSA(the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act, which is what gives the right to carry credentials and firearms off-duty to civilian police officers) now means that all military police and Do D Federal Police will soon be able to get concealed carry permits for off-duty, as well as credentials. It's essentially opening the opportunity for federal-level CCW's for several hundred thousand law enforcement professionals who were previously left flapping in the breeze when it came to being recognized as actual police officers.
We won't have the authority to arrest people under the UCMJ off-duty, as most people are not covered under the UCMJ out in town. But this will greatly expand security in a variety of cities and towns where the military has a heavy presence. It's going to essentially double or even triple the amount of off-duty cops who are actually recognized as cops walking out and about in military installation adjacent communities, which I feel is a good thing.
Better yet, it means California can kiss my ass, because I'll finally have status as a federal officer. I have a Cali CCW, but I have to worry about losing it every year because of how my state treats gun owners like lepers. This means I'll be able to permanently go over the head of the state government, and also means I'll be able to purchase firearms of the same restrictions as civilian police officers.
Which means standard capacity magazines, scary black plastic, and pistol grips. Hell yeah.
Currently, each branch is developing their own policy on how they will implement this change, so a branch might not be too gung-ho on this and may make it rather restrictive. I know for a fact though that the Air Force is going full bore on this, it's HQ Security Forces new pet project cause. Our Top Cop, General Jameson, is being really responsive on facebook discussing questions and concerns rather often about how this will be implemented. It looks like the AF isn't going to try and ass Security Forces out of CCW's, it's going to be based on submitting a request at the local commander level. So when the ink hits the paper for the Air Force policy, my squadron commander can issue me my permit and credentials. The Air Force is also doing a policy for retired and separated MP's where so long as they qualify annually with their own money, if they have aggregate 10 years of service as an MP or more, they are also qualified for retired LEO credentials and CCW.
edited 2nd Jul '13 10:46:07 AM by Barkey
Precisely. I like to think if it was me I wouldn't give Russia and China the opportunity to score points like this, because they are as bad if not worse, but I'm not in Snowden's position, and, if I'm honest, if I was I'd probably want to get somewhere where there was zero chance of me ending up in your awful prison system (no offence).
Schild und Schwert der ParteiThe BBC has a list of the places that he's tried for. His options are getting pretty narrow.
Withdrawn: Russia
Pending: Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua
Unconfirmed: France, Venezuela
edited 2nd Jul '13 11:16:31 AM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe german MP's who want to offer Snowden Asylum are pretty much just blowing air. As far as I'm aware we have an extradition treaty which would mean we would have to give him to the US.
Its just the Greens climbing up on their high moral horse and ride on, without looking for holes in the road. Some of them (and the Lefts) tend to do that. Added with a teeny bit of creeping "we are not going to be in the majority again!"...
edited 2nd Jul '13 11:29:31 AM by 3of4
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This article points out a few "insane" laws that started yesterday.
The ones that were pointed out?
In other news, A Conroe, Texas Baptist church has disbanded their Boy Scout troop in order to disassociate themselves from the BSA after it started allowing openly gay scouts.
Remember that lawsuit started by the League of United Latin American Citizens against the Texas redistricting maps that were created back in '11?" Well, a panel of Federal judges decided to keep the lawsuit alive despite a new set of maps being drawn and the repealing of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
edited 2nd Jul '13 1:59:13 AM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."