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• On the post: Schools Ban Tag, Cartwheels And 'Unstructured Play:' The Inevitable Outcome Of Unrealistic Promises And Expectations [UPDATED]

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2013 @ 08:22am

  Re: You miss a crucial point in the story

  "Once the construction is finished the ban will be lifted."
  How much you wanna bet? Temporary, is how government gets the camels nose in the tent.

• On the post: High School Student Forced To Remove NRA Shirt, Because Pictures Of Guns Are Scaaaaary

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2013 @ 08:41am

  Re: Re: Re: Actually, I like that idea, Tim

  Except when it says this shirt was $2 at the thrift shop, & I needed a shirt.

• On the post: The Unintended Consequences Of The Shutdown Of Silk Road

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 09:33am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I'm pretty sure about a broad part of the population being insane. It certainly explains a lot.

• On the post: If You Can't Trust A Cop… 13-Year Veteran Of Seattle PD Makes Body Cameras For Cops

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 02:29am

  Robocop

  Are you sure he didn't get the idea from Robocop? That was 26 years ago.

• On the post: Former NSA Officer: Wikileaks Is A Front For Russian Intelligence And Snowden's (Probably) A Spy

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2013 @ 06:55am

  Then the cold war is lost

  The battle for the hearts and minds at least has been lost. The public in general seems to have a higher opinion,of wiki-leaks than of NSA and the officials who permit them to operate.

• On the post: Dear Everyone: Stop Calling 911 If Your Cable Is Out When Breaking Bad Is On

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2013 @ 06:37am

  Re:

  Their internet was probably down also. Then keep in mind; they likely weren't the sharpest tools in the shed, so an avi wouldn't do them much good.

• On the post: Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty Of Aiding The Enemy But Convicted On Other Charges

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2013 @ 12:19pm

  Re: Re:

  July 4, 1861
  http://civilwartalk.com/threads/did-lincoln-declare-war-on-the-confederacy.1183/

• On the post: 71% Of Americans Believe The Founding Fathers Would Be Disappointed At The Way The Nation Has Turned Out

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2013 @ 05:43am

  exactly

  I doubt they really care what we think. It is less trouble to control passive masses, but I'm pretty sure despite the alleged readiness of some, that resistance is futile.

• On the post: Texas Trooper Shoves 74-Year-Old Then Arrests Her For Felony Assault When She Hits Him With Her Purse

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 06:07am

  No surprises

  Just cops being cops.

• On the post: US Government Settles Lawsuit Over Seizure Of Laptop Of Bradley Manning's Friend

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 30 May, 2013 @ 04:56pm

  Wink wink, nod nod

  the government has agreed to destroy all data it obtained from his laptop and other electronics
  
  Yeah right, and I've got used MP3s on sale this week; 3 for a dollar.

• On the post: Kern County Coroner Declares David Silva's Death To Be 'Accidental,' Heart Disease-Related

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 28 May, 2013 @ 04:21am

  Cops being Cops

  I wish this did surprise me.

• On the post: Politicians, Car Dealers Trying To Make It Illegal To Buy A Tesla In North Carolina

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 13 May, 2013 @ 11:21am

  Re: Next on the list

  http://www.realrawmilkfacts.com/raw-milk-regulations

• On the post: Is Anybody Shocked That Americans Trust TV Judges More Than Supreme Court Justices?

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 10 May, 2013 @ 03:22pm

  I'm not sure it isn't justified

  The Supreme court judges have been writing law, as opposed to interpreting it, for decades. The political parties game the system, a judge in failing health, has them salivating, when in a position to appoint. I've seen some very questionable rulings lately, that have to be (IMO) just following party lines. the problem is; they an oath to uphold the constitution.

• On the post: Senate Approves Online Shopping Sales Tax Bill

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 07 May, 2013 @ 05:21am

  Re: Re: Fairness?

  Mainly; that the original intent of sales tax was to put the burden of maintaining the town / states infrastructure on those who used it. So the streets, cops, etc were at least partially paid for by the people out using them. The California shoppers in this example, aren't using any of that, except perhaps if delivery is other than USPS who come to every house every day, then they might cause .01% of the burden they would impose on the shopping district compared to actually going out shopping.

• On the post: Pirate Party Elected To Parliament In Iceland, First Pirate Party Victory In National Parliament

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2013 @ 06:16am

  Re:

  I'd be more enthusiastic if not for my experience with local government. Ours are quite corrupt, occasionally, we manage to elect a good honest person. Within 6 months to a year, they are as nearly as bad as the previous ones. I don't think this is perception, I've known a couple before they were candidates, & couldn't believe how they were voting a year after election. Apparently $$ is one hell of a drug.

• On the post: The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2013 @ 06:48am

  Re: dependability meets deplorability

  Worse yet it is flagging them as a place good software goes to die. The reader wasn't if I remember correctly developed in house, but was bought from the developer. they messed with it and made it slightly worse, in the name of all change is good change, now are abandoning it,

• On the post: Wrong Legislative Thought Of The Day: An Email Tax To Save The Post Office

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 09:36am

  Re: Re: Won't that just move the servers offshore?

  Like every other move that attempts to screw down the internet, it would be mapped around directly. Introducing word messages now with out pop or smtp. I'm just saying it is unenforceable in the way that the information exchange is a moving target. The reason Email and IRC have survived relatively unchanged, is due to lack of natural enemies.

• On the post: Wrong Legislative Thought Of The Day: An Email Tax To Save The Post Office

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 09:32am

  Re: Re: Won't that just move the servers offshore?

  Missed the post about shunning email services that require CC'sapparently

• On the post: Avid Gamer (And Minnesota Vikings Punter) Chris Kluwe Does The Math On How Much EA's SimCity Debacle Cost EA

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 08:12am

  Re:

  Perhaps it is like lift and elevator. We inverted the product, but ya-all invented the language. So who gets to decide? American English allows math as a plural, officially or not, while it is, perhaps, a bending of the rules.

• On the post: Avid Gamer (And Minnesota Vikings Punter) Chris Kluwe Does The Math On How Much EA's SimCity Debacle Cost EA

  

  Haywood ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 07:50am

  Re:

  Absolutely, it has always been EA's style to force obsolescence. I've still not forgotten how they wouldn't release a video update for NFS3 (the original hot pursuit) when video cards changed to the modern type. Their reply was to buy the newer version, which wasn't hot pursuit. I already owned the newer "most Wanted", and that didn't help one bit. Some times the strategy or something of a game just hits with a person, and almost the same won't get it. They are so far off in the woods with that title now, I don't even check to see if it might accidentally be fun. I've moved on to Rockstar Games

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