"I see the comments above me calling for these "blatant criminals" to "have something done.""
To see the comments I see here is a bit disturbing. Where do they think these calls for "doing something" is going to end?
Crowdfunding came about, ultimately, because the regulations for raising investment funds are SO complex and sticky that you need a significant amount of money to even START raising money (Needing $250,000 to raise $25,000 makes the effort pointless). So poor people with good ideas couldn't get anywhere.
So let's regulate crowdfunding the same way. Make it another playground for the rich. That's where this will end.
"It happens in other countries, as well as firing "warning" shots"
I call BS. You're going to have to provide evidence of that claim. And not just anecdotal - show me that this is the training.
Anyone who shoots a gun for defensive purposes is trained to shoot center of mass. The reason for this is simple - it is more difficult to hit a smaller target, meaning a) you are less likely to eliminate the thread and b) you now have a bullet going SOMEWHERE that it wasn't intended to go. Where will it end up? Given how far they can travel, it could easily end in in someone else. Good idea - let's have more bullets going who the hell knows where.
Same goes for warning shots. They are incredibly dangerous. That bullet has to come back to the ground somewhere and it will be traveling just as fast when it does. I have a niece who was hit by such a bullet - so warning shots? No thanks.
And for the record, I am not a cop, and I am sickened by how they operate anymore. But policy by fantasy is terrible policy.
Please, go take a basic shooting skills class. Learn a little something about reality.
">> Were the officers returning fire and just better shots? No, because then they would have hit the person in the hand, shoulder or hip. Shooting to kill should be reserved for situations where life is in immediate peril, not just where there is the threat of immediate peril."
Shooting to wound is hollywood fantasy, not something that exists in reality. Even attempting to do so drastically increases the chance of missing completely - and WHERE DOES THAT BULLET GO?
People simply can't shoot that accurately under stress circumstances, even those as "highly trained" as police (who qualify at the range about once per year, vs. civilians who carry who typically shoot at least once per month)
Given how often cops miss already, do you really want them trying to hit smaller targets? Talk about bullets flying all over...
Hope isn't a solution. As long as the masses continue to fight over D vs R, nothing will change. And I really don't see that changing any time soon - even the comments here make that quite clear.
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Get with the program - it's all about Team Red or Team Blue. Right or wrong is irrelevant. Even here.
Re: It's not fraud when you GAMBLE and lose.
"I see the comments above me calling for these "blatant criminals" to "have something done.""
To see the comments I see here is a bit disturbing. Where do they think these calls for "doing something" is going to end?
Crowdfunding came about, ultimately, because the regulations for raising investment funds are SO complex and sticky that you need a significant amount of money to even START raising money (Needing $250,000 to raise $25,000 makes the effort pointless). So poor people with good ideas couldn't get anywhere.
So let's regulate crowdfunding the same way. Make it another playground for the rich. That's where this will end.
Replacing Greenland Ice
Yep - there was a campaign to replace the ice in Greenland, by collecting ice cubes from LA restaurants and shipping them to Greenland
http://www.pr.com/press-release/547266
Re: Re: Only 14 months?
But we don't try people for future crimes YET.
Re: Re: Re: This is America
"This revelation is by far the scariest thing I have ever read. Are the children of this nation already indoctrinated to our new world police order?
Will the young simply accept the loss of the liberty protected by the bill of rights just because that is all they know?"
For the most part, yes, because the parents don't know, don't care, or are too busy to actually teach their kids the truth.
But there are a few. My son, for one, and some of my daughter's friends, who we talk to regularly and who understand the real meaning of liberty.
Far too few, though.
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We deliver:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887392/lenovo-hit-with-lawsuit-over-superfish-snafu.html
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"Just like they allowed three planes to fly into buildings 13 years ago..."
I used to think that was nutjob conspiracy theory crap.
Not so much anymore
Re: On thing gets lost in the War Against Carbs
From what I have seen, the link is REFINED carbohydrates. Think ramen and white sugar.
Re: Losing the revolution
"That or murder your entire constituency."
Don't give them ideas
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Watch again the end of V for Vendetta. It shows clearly the inevitable end to this path.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Let's review who's really at risk here
"It happens in other countries, as well as firing "warning" shots"
I call BS. You're going to have to provide evidence of that claim. And not just anecdotal - show me that this is the training.
Anyone who shoots a gun for defensive purposes is trained to shoot center of mass. The reason for this is simple - it is more difficult to hit a smaller target, meaning a) you are less likely to eliminate the thread and b) you now have a bullet going SOMEWHERE that it wasn't intended to go. Where will it end up? Given how far they can travel, it could easily end in in someone else. Good idea - let's have more bullets going who the hell knows where.
Same goes for warning shots. They are incredibly dangerous. That bullet has to come back to the ground somewhere and it will be traveling just as fast when it does. I have a niece who was hit by such a bullet - so warning shots? No thanks.
And for the record, I am not a cop, and I am sickened by how they operate anymore. But policy by fantasy is terrible policy.
Please, go take a basic shooting skills class. Learn a little something about reality.
Re: Re: Re: Let's review who's really at risk here
">> Were the officers returning fire and just better shots?
No, because then they would have hit the person in the hand, shoulder or hip. Shooting to kill should be reserved for situations where life is in immediate peril, not just where there is the threat of immediate peril."
Shooting to wound is hollywood fantasy, not something that exists in reality. Even attempting to do so drastically increases the chance of missing completely - and WHERE DOES THAT BULLET GO?
People simply can't shoot that accurately under stress circumstances, even those as "highly trained" as police (who qualify at the range about once per year, vs. civilians who carry who typically shoot at least once per month)
Given how often cops miss already, do you really want them trying to hit smaller targets? Talk about bullets flying all over...
Re: All we need now is a good, rowdy (yet non-violent) protest...
There was a movie where something like that happened. All we need now is a guy with a mask and fireworks
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That's what they want. It's the way it used to be for them.
What they DON'T want is a place where people can post corrections to a story when they screw up the reporting.
Re: Hope isn't a solution...
That's about the conclusion I have come to as well.
Re: That is the solution.
Hope isn't a solution. As long as the masses continue to fight over D vs R, nothing will change. And I really don't see that changing any time soon - even the comments here make that quite clear.
Re: solution
How, exactly, do you propose we accomplish this? I don't see it ever happening without HUGE changes in the political landscape
Re: Re: Re: RE: Lawful Use of Deadly Force
I've asked about other things - how the hell do we possibly stop this?
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Except that most people DON'T want 'dangerous freedom'. They don't want any danger at all - except for that directed at the bad guys.
how the hell do we possibly stop this crap?