Conspiracy alleged in Girard speed camera case filing | News, Sports, Jobs – Tribune Chronicle

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Previously, Girard Mayor James Melfi said the city wasn’t aware of the speed limit change until Jan. 7.

Source: Conspiracy alleged in Girard speed camera case filing | News, Sports, Jobs – Tribune Chronicle

How convenient?

7,000 tickets!

Wow!!!

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Win for Public Right to Know: Court Vacates Injunction Against Publishing the Law

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Industry Groups Want to Control Access to Legal Rules and Regulations San Francisco – A federal appeals court today ruled that industry groups cannot control publication of binding laws and standards. This decision protects the work of Public.Resource.org (PRO), a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to government documents.

Source: Win for Public Right to Know: Court Vacates Injunction Against Publishing the Law

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That would be “funny” peculiar if you could know the standard a law was passed to enforce.  Anyone see where this trend takes us?  Secret laws to go along with secret (FISA) courts!

Argh!

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NJ Veteran Claims Police Tried To Take His Guns Without Due Process

Monday, July 16, 2018

New Jersey now has a law on the books that allows the government to confiscate guns from anyone considered a threat without anything approaching due process. There’s a slightly more complicated process, but in its essence, that’s pretty much exactly what is at play.

Source: NJ Veteran Claims Police Tried To Take His Guns Without Due Process

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Big Brother testing what they can get away with?

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The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums – The Big Picture

Monday, July 16, 2018

Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media

Source: The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums – The Big Picture

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Why should the Taxpayers subsidize Big Sports?

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Man Shoots Burglar, Family Predictably Cries Foul

Sunday, July 15, 2018

What is it about family that makes it so you can be absolutely convinced that despite them engaging in a criminal act, they’re still somehow angels? I ask because it seems that no matter what the circumstances, when someone gets shot, the family will invariably step up and pontificate on just why that person shouldn’t have been killed.

Source: Man Shoots Burglar, Family Predictably Cries Foul

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My sympathies go to the shooter who will have to live with it for the rest of his life.

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O’Donnell: The USMC’s Forgotten Epic Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge

Saturday, July 14, 2018

This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of one of the United States Marine Corps’ (USMC)’s bloodiest battles of the Great War: the forgotten assault on Blanc Mont. | Big Government

Source: O’Donnell: The USMC’s Forgotten Epic Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge

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Sadly, a waste of many good men in “Mister Wilson’s War”!

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War on Cash | The Deviant Investor

Thursday, July 12, 2018

The digital dollar can serve as a powerful tool for enforcing “good” behavior. That is one more reason to lower your dependence on it.

Source: War on Cash | The Deviant Investor

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Time to fight for the right to use cash.

Use it or lose it!

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Kidnappers: The Tyranny of Child Protective Services

Saturday, July 7, 2018

242 years ago American colonists declared independence from England, in the name of personal liberty. What would it take for Americans to once again declare independence from an oppressive government? For the colonists, it was excessive taxation without representation.

Source: Kidnappers: The Tyranny of Child Protective Services

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No warrant needed to take a child from a parent!

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Having some familiarity personally with “the system”, judges need to be held to the highest standards of fairness and impartiality.  It’s a hard thing to separate a child from the parents.  BUT sometimes it is for safety and in the child’s best interest.  We ALL are responsible for the choices we make.  Parents, especially those who are drug addicts, need to be made aware that society will not allow children to be harmed.

Now I have a tough time squaring that with “abortion rights”, but that’s a discussion for another day.

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U.S. allies fear Trump will reduce U.S. troops in Europe | McClatchy Washington Bureau

Saturday, July 7, 2018

European allies fear President Donald Trump may begin to bring American troops home from the continent as part of his “America First” agenda. They are lobbying him to boost the number of troops to combat an increasingly aggressive Russia.
— Read on www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article214324579.html

That would be great!

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If Self-Serving Celebs Want to Help Vulnerable Kids, They Should Look at US Militarism & Foster Care

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Hollywood celebrities are furious over Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families, but their outrage is selective and often self-serving. In recent weeks, border separation has been the top story. Media coverage has included horrific pictures and videos of young immigrant children in anguish at being taken from their families.

Source: If Self-Serving Celebs Want to Help Vulnerable Kids, They Should Look at US Militarism & Foster Care

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Another problem with the spate of Tinseltown voices demanding action to stop Trump’s brutal family-separation policy is that these stars didn’t get up in arms when President Obama had a similarly callous policy towards illegal immigrant families.

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While the policy stinks  — there are reports of traffickers faking it  — it’s another “political” astro-turf like the “anti-war” protests.

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