Ernesto Sorzano’s Chinese-takeout dinner paid off big-time when he played the set of lucky numbers in his fortune cookie on a North Carolina Powerball ticket, according to UPI.
Man wins $500K Powerball prize with numbers from his fortune cookie
I’ll have to pay more attention to my fortune cookies from the Chinese restaurant!
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In short, under Gorsuch’s view, the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement would only be waived in such cases if the police were pursuing someone suspected of committing a genuinely violent or dangerous crime, a category that necessarily excludes a great many suspected misdemeanants and felons. If adopted by the Supreme Court, that approach would limit police power in these sorts of cases.
‘Everything Has Been Criminalized,’ Says Neil Gorsuch as He Pushes for Stronger Fourth Amendment Protections – Reason.com
The police need to be restrained!
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The Star-Advertiser reported that Case also noted in her testimony that the DLNR would defer to counties — who are responsible for search and rescue operations — on whether they required hikers to pay for their rescue or not.
Hawaii considering a rescue fine if hikers don’t follow signs
Seems only right and fair.
I’d be surprised if some insurance company doesn’t step and underwrite the risk by creating pool.
I never thought it was fair for the taxpayer to get stuck with the bill for “rescues”.
Especially when it was due to someone’s stupidity. Like blindly follow directions from an idiot box when driving in the mountains and taking a ‘SHORT CUT’!
Argh!
Let the User pay for services. Just like in the real (non-Goofermental) world.
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(From FEE : COVID Aid Bill Would Pay Federal Employees $1400 a Week if Kids Are Out of School) Buried on pages 305-306 of the legislation, the provision creates a $570 million fund for disbursements to federal employees who are not working because they are caring for others because of the coronavirus. “Among those eligible are those who are ‘unable to work’ because they are caring for school-aged children not physically in school full time due to Covid-19 precautions,” writes Andrzejewski, the CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.
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And you wonder why us little L libertarians are so anti Big Gooferment?
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It’s nearing the end of Black History Month, and that history is inherently tied to strife, resistance, and organizing related to government surveillance and oppression. Even though programs like COINTELPRO are more well-known now, the other side of these kinds of stories are the ways the Black community has fought back through intricate networks and communication aimed at avoiding surveillance.
Source: Coded Resistance: Freedom Fighting and Communication
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Perhaps the most famous artisan of secret communications during this period is the venerable Harriet Tubman. Her character and will is undisputed, and her impeccable timing and remarkable intuition strengthened the Underground Railroad.
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Well worth reading. Perhaps, everyone who wants to resist the State should be studying her.
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It used to be perfect from my POV.
Then they “upgraded”
Now I can’t see my payees or my outbox of bills.
Oh well it was nice while it lasted now I have to leave them.
Sadly the worst part is no one cares.
Argh!
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So after more than a week with T-Mobile Home Internet, what’s the verdict? I’m keeping it, at least for now. There’s no contract, so I can always go back to Comcast if things don’t work out. And even if it’s not perfect 100% of the time, well, neither is Comcast — and imperfection is a lot more tolerable when you’re paying less than half what you were before. If this service is available in your area, I’d say it’s definitely worth a try. If nothing else, as noted above, the presence of a new competitor gives you a bargaining chip; you might be able to negotiate a lower rate from your current provider.
I signed up for T-Mobile’s $50 unlimited home internet service. Here’s what happened – CNET
Sounds like a great idea. I put myself on the wait list.
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(From The Wall Street Journal) Last year’s Cares Act distributed money mainly by state population, but much of the $220 billion for states in the new bill will be allocated based on average unemployment over the three-month period ending in December.
Source: The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
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So reward the Blue States that bought into the need to lockdown?
Argh!
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Vitamin D plays an important role in most diseases, including infectious disease, which is why from the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I suspected that optimizing vitamin D levels among the general population would significantly lower COVID-19 incidence and death.
Source: Vitamin D Supplementation Reduces Covid -19 Deaths by 64%
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Other research,27 published in November 2020 in the Postgraduate Medical Journal, shows oral vitamin D supplementation also helps speed up SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance. This study included only asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals who also had vitamin D deficiency (a vitamin D blood level below 20 ng/mL).
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Take Vitamin D seriously!
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The source, reports Reuters, cited the example of the anti-vaccine protests at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in early February, and said the White House wants to stop events like that from happening again.
Target Liberty: White House Working with Facebook and Twitter to Shutdown Anti-Vaxxers
We can’t have “We, The Sheeple”thinking for themselves!
Argh!
Tell me again how we are the “home of the free”!
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