Seems that all of the intrusive poking around our government has been up to, we should reasonably expect more results. Unfortunately, as the recent events in Boston have shown, we can’t.
Giving Up A Lot For Not Much
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Mornin’ Gang -
I am finding that otherwise conservative folks are not too concerned about the intrusiveness. That is rather appalling. There are some rather significant differences between FISA, the Patriot Act, and what is going on now. I am still shocked and awed at the manner in which this administration has utilized its executive powers to bully and harass its political opponents/enemies.
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2 TexMo
We’re just a fancy banana republic.
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#2 Texmo
The nation is overrun with low information voters (and non-voters). Some of them even write for right of center websites.
Yesterday, there were a$$ on fire hysterics over the SCOTUS ruling concerning state requirements for proof of citizenship at the voting booth. It was the end of the world.
Mainly because too many people are just too disinterested, distracted or lazy to inform themselves…Worse, conservatives dooms-dayers who have never litigated a single National Voter Registration Act case have taken to the airwaves, describing the case as a disaster which invites illegal-alien voting.
In the last year, I’ve litigated five NVRA cases and worked on the preemption issues for years, and there is more to cheer in today’s opinion than there is to bemoan. Those complaining about the opinion don’t understand what the Left’s goal was in this case: total federal preemption. On that score, Justice Scalia foiled them; indeed, the decision today was a huge war won, even if the small Arizona battle was lost.And yet conservatives seem to be oddly quiet and unconcerned about this ruling also handed down from SCOTUS yesterday concerning the Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination of the accused.
We have a federal government running wild with targeted harassment of political opponents, illegal surveillances of same, covering up scandals across the executive branch and threatening innocent citizens.
I am alarmed that no one seems to care the very justices who should be advancing those precarious protections are finding ways to undermine them, particularly in the present environment. Alito, Scalia and Thomas believe your rights under the Fifth Amendment don’t exist unless you “assert them”.
I’m calling that bulls**t.
If an FBI agent approaches you, asks if you are aware of illegal activities by a member of your family and you react by not responding because you honestly don’t know (and your attorney has insisted you never answer any questions from LEOs for any reason at any time), your silence can now be used against you as an indication of your guilt in a later trial for obstruction of justice, impeding an investigation or criminal conspiracy based on purely circumstantial evidence.
Nice.
What happens if you don’t formally and clearly assert your First Amendment right to free speech before you disagree with a government official ? Do you have to send them a registered letter in advance ? Freedom to practice your religious faith ? Perhaps a direct mailing to each address in a five mile radius of your church or a TV ad notifying everyone the synagogue will be having Shabbat services or they lose their tax exemption and protection under the Constitution.
What if a cop shoots a concealed carry permit holder because he didn’t notify the local police department in advance of his Second Amendment right to walk through HEB with his handgun ?
Do we need to each notify the Pentagon of our right to be secure in our property and the constitutional prohibition on quartering soldiers in our homes or can they just show up and take over our domiciles if we don’t ?
If a cop attempts to make an illegal search of your house or vehicle and you don’t audibly cite the correct article and clause of the constitution prohibiting that search, does your right in that case not exist ? What if you are not present ? -
Good morning, Hamsterville. I confess I did not see anything written up about a SCOTUS ruling on the 5th Amendment yesterday.
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Huh? No chin strap? WOW
new, rear entry, helmet from VOZTEC -
From Mooch’s deluded fans in the Brit press:
And today as she gave a speech at the G8 summit in Belfast, the First Lady went for a softer look with flicks reminiscent of Farrah Fawcett in the 70s.
The pic on Drudge shows the truth about Mooch’s bad hair day.
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Good morning Hamsters. Reasonably comfy 73 and hardly any ground mist at 6. Clouds now drift in from the NW, radar shows a line of rain approaching Bryan that stretches from Austin on toward Lufkin, and this is a gift from a cool front that arrived in north Texas but will likely only bless us with some rain. We’ll take it.
#6 Katfish
Now that is some fancy helmet that appears to one who does not ride cycles to incorporate some smart features. Might one presume it is expensive? -
#8 – MsAdee it’s a completely NEW design (I never have seen one until today) – I’m not comfy with a full face type helmet (claustrophobic to me) but the technology is amazing – they will apparently be tapping multiple markets like water sports, football etc…………..and YES I’m confident they will be quite spendy. The current / conventional full face helmets WITH straps likely range from $200 – $300 up to $1000 dollars
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#9 Katfish
Can appreciate the thought of a claustrophobic feeling. Surely it has adequate ventilation.
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#10 – Oh Yes these full face units have amazing features including good ventilation – I’m just not comfortable with reduced peripheral vision and hearing – depending on the type of pavement I like to be able to hear not only vehicle motors but the actual tire to pavement sounds as they approach “my space”
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Sharyl Attkisson: I think I know who hacked into my computers
“YO NSA – get us a couple of deluxe hand tossed pizzas well done will Yall please?” -
“. . . . . and don’t forget the beer”
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What’s the sense in paying for an online backup service when if your hard drive crashes, you can just call the NSA for a download of what you had before?
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And this is happening in OREGON?
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. –
After an increase in crime, residents of an Oregon neighborhood have decided to take up arms instead of involving the police.
According to the DailyMailOnline, neighbors have organized what they call a ‘Glock Block,’ after several residents obtained concealed carry permits.
Fliers posted around the neighborhood read, ‘This is a Glock Block, We don’t call 911.’
While most of the crime has involved incidents of petty theft and vandalism, residents still say they have had enough.
The group says they practice responsible use of weapons.
Police have caution the group against pursuing vigilante justice if crimes are spotted.
Police make a note of cautioning anyone from pursuing vigilante justice, though armed citizens have become more common deterrents to crime. -
#14 WB
What’s the sense in paying for an online backup service when if your hard drive crashes, you can just call the NSA for a download of what you had before?
What you get back will be a “sanitized” version.
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Oregon is surprisingly redneck once you get away from the NW corner where Portland is. There are a few isolated pockets here and there **coff** Ashland **coff**, but other than that, it’s rednecks. And a few hippies camping out in the forest growing weed.
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A couple of weeks ago I received a picture in my FB news feed. It featured “The Most Interesting Man In The World” a.k.a. Mr. Dos Equis pitch man. He is seated at a table holding a Dos XX. The caption over the picture reads, “I do not always call the NSA, but when I do it is because I forgot the password to my email.”
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Looks like the good folk in Oregon away from the libnuts in the cities believe that an armed society is a polite society, and practice it. Good for them. Glock Block–LOL.
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Collection 1
1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
5. This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
Collection 2
1. The maker doesn’t want it; the buyer doesn’t use it; and the user doesn’t see it. What is it?
2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen. How is this possible?
3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
5. Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers, he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription “To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership. World War I. From the Men of Battalion “Captain Frank looked at Art and said, “You really don’t expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?” What’s wrong with the story?
6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?
7. In what year did Christmas and New Year’s fall in the same year?
8. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills?
9. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
12. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin’s egg. Why not?
13. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white” or “The yolk of the egg is white”?
14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
15. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the International Home Show,” One of them was the father of the other’s son. How could this be possible?
16. A butcher in the butcher shop is 5′ 10″ tall. What does he weigh?Some I’ve seen before, some I figured out, and others I should have solved.
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#20 TT
I got some of them, including #2, although I had an argument with “holds him under water for over 5 minutes” because developing fluid isn’t exactly water…
You must be recuperated from your recent busyness if you have time for riddles today! 🙂 -
Nah, just taking a breather.
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#23: Yanno what they say, once a lying pos, always a lying pos.
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Some scattered showers here in Fort Bend County but most just south of 59. A few promising ones coming in from the west are fading fast as likely are our chances for any rain this evening. Rats.
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Weather radar shows showers skimming past north of me. We can hear the thunder, but at least it is cloudy. In this heat, I’ll take the 2 inches of shade, if that’s all we get.
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Oh the privileged life I live. I had to move grill out into the middle of the yard because I am having the old patio demolished and a new one put in. I am accustomed to the grill residing about 10ft from the back door. Now I have to walk more than twice that….
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Well you could have the guys doing the concrete whip you up some tacos and you can just stay in the AC.
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Or get your wimmin to make you a sammich.
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Homemade tamales.
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Getting rain at the dome. I watered my garden earlier.
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Oh the privileged life I live. I had to move grill…
You think you’ve got it good,
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My wife is the chef. I am her biggest cheerleader.
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We rented two platoon boats today as well as an inflatable raft to tug along behind each boat. Dad was captain of one boat and by brother-in-law Josh was captain of the other boat. Dad was good at finding the waves of the other platoon and creating big bumps for the raft. M kids, Kason, Rhuelin, and Breelahn went first on the raft and they did a superb job not falling off. I, on the other hand, (that an be seen as a pun as you shal read) had trouble keeping hold of the raft with my “baby hand”. At times I flew on the air I had to use my heels to compensate. I’d dig them under the raft and actually stayed on the raft until the very end. That’s when Dad suddenly stopped and what I think happened is that the wave behind use sunk our aft and we hand to climthe Payton’s ladder back on board. The worrisome moment is when one of the Ninja Twins was tossed completely off the raft and no one could see him as dad turned the boat around. Mother, however, kept telling dad to stop and after a few a dominions from her we realized she saw how the Ninja Twin’s mother, my little sister, had actually caught him and held onto him at the rear of the raft where he could not be visibly seen by anyone on the platoon.
PHEW!!! Since no one actually died or got hurt, we had a great time.
Janisen flies home tomorrow morning. She chose to attend Girl’s Camp for Church instead of staying on our vacation. Mom and Dad are very supportive of her decision (this vacation is ultimately for them to be with family) and though we’ll miss her (especially her mother and I) we’re glad she’s going. She’s taking a friend with her whose parents are very grateful for Janisen bringing her and for inviting her to church. We invited the parents to church and they were interested until we told them our new meeting time is at 9:00 AM. LoL! 🙂 -
Tally yer own banana!
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We rented two platoon boats
Did Charlie Sheen come with them?
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LoL, hamous. I hate iPad blogging. (Had to go back back, and correct four different spellings including two in these parenthesis)
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hand to climthe Payton’s ladder
“Climb the patoon’s ladder.” Sheesh, Darren. 🙂
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#6 KatFish, I think I’ll pass, that latch looks awful wimpy and what’s to keep it from coming undone just about the time your head hits the pavement at 60+ MPH? I’d have to see some serious testing done at Southwest Institute in San Antonio before I’d even consider it. FWIW; They have a world class testing lab for motorcycle/racing helmets.
#8 Ms Adee, a good helmet will be $200-$300 bucks so this one would be more because of the convince but when you’re riding a bike do you really care how much it costs, after all it may save your life. -
#34 Darren
We rented two platoon boats today
Ya’but did you ride a Duck?
Sounds like y’all are doing it right! Making Memories. 😀 -
Dayammmm I miss the 70’s
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Go to settings and turn off autocorrect.
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#42 Me too.
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ummmmmmmmmmmm didja maybe mean pontoon boats?
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no no no no THIS is riding a Duck!
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Hamous you are just wrong. 🙂
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or mebbe THIS kinda pontoon?
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#42 Squack, I didn’t have the Purple Hornies, but I did have a pair of Cherry Bombs bolted to my Hedman headers on the 67 Nova SS. 😀
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Super Dave
I would love to share 70’s memories with ya, but Hamous scared the memories outta me.
VW bugs for some reason where the cars to have back in my day and EVERYONE installed Cherry Bombs on them. I drove a Duster and a lightning fast Dodge Charger. -
VW bugs
They weren’t too popular in south Alabama unless they were stripped chopped (shortened) and turned into a dune buggy, complete with Tee-Pee headers and P-Nut Picker tires to run in the sand. Mexico Beach Florida was the place to go. 😀
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Remind me to tell you about my first and LAST ride with Frankie Hobbs in one of those damn thangs, up on two wheels in the DA Smith School, dirt parking lot, cutting donuts! Had to clean out my pants. 😉
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Is there anything in this story about State Defense Forces? The site itself seems a little flaky to me.
http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2013/05/obama-serves-14-state-governors-with-warnings-of-arrest-and-why-is-this-not-front-page-news-2636456.html -
Maybe it was a banana boat.
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About the P-Nut tires, they were 15″ most cars were 14″ trucks 16″ but VW’s were 15″. So they worked great, the bead was 15″ BUT the tire was huge, maybe 36″ tall, lots of sidewall and the only treads were along the length on the tire, about 6 groves cut around it. The Idea was that it wouldn’t slide sideways on a hill as it was being pulled by a tractor.
Made a great beach tire because it had a huge foot print and didn’t dig a hole. Of course they had to split the very skinny VW wheel and add a steel ring so it would be wide enough.
Dang, I love these memories! That is why I so get carried away.
Remind me to tell you about the VW mechanic from Dothan with the dune buggy with the Porsche engine! It wasn’t the fastest rig in town BUTT with VW bus transaxle (think low gears) nothing, I mean nothing in town could beat it from one stoplight to the next. -
Super Dave;
No, no ride the Duck but those vehicles are everywhere here. -
ummmmmmmmmmmm didja maybe mean pontoon boats?
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or mebbe THIS kinda pontoon?
There was actually a pontoon very similar to that one here but we rented smaller ones without a slide in front. Also. I’m hotter than all those chicks and dudes in that video.
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#53 mharper42
Tim Pawlenty is no longer Governor of MN so that is wrong in the article. Leftist and not very bright former MN Senator Dayton is the current MN Governor. Rick Perry’s veiled reference to secession dates to before the 2012 presidential primaries, yet the article seems to purport to be current. Would take it with a block of salt on the basis of those mistakes. Texas does have a long-standing State Guard that is not part of the National Guard and is under the control of the Gov. -
#55 – I had a ’71 Vdubya Bus (with Porsche heads) – would ALMOST pickup the front wheels!
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&#@*%)*# Refs GAVE this one to the HEAT
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