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Lawmakers Issued License Plates That Make Them ‘Invisible’ To Traffic Cams And Parking Tickets
There are rules for the common people and rules for their “leaders,” and only in rare cases do the same rules cover both. Chris Morran at the Consumerist points out how politicians (yet again) are being allowed to ignore the same laws that affect their constituents. Colorado legislators are immune from speeding tickets and parking…
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Toxin Found in Most U.S. Rice Causes Genetic Damage
The article is referring to arsenic. A while back I read an article that was discussing the high levels of arsenic in rice grown in ‘Murka. It allegedly had something to do with the fact that a lot of the rice grown in ‘Murka is planted in fields that were previously used to grow cotton.…
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Thoughts On The Zimmerman Trial
The George Zimmerman Trial Is Not About Justice Thought-provoking article. “a young, athletic and hooded thug with lots of texting messages about guns, fighting and drugs, Trayvon Martin attacked George Zimmerman. While bashing the neighborhood watch volunteer’s brains out on the sidewalk the young thug was shot dead. ” That’s a very different portrayal of…
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The Higgs Principle
“As a general rule for understanding public policies, I insist that there are no persistent “failed” policies. Policies that do not achieve their desired outcomes for the actual powers-that-be are quickly changed. If you want to know why the U.S. policies have been what they have been for the past sixty years, you need only…