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Why gun groups say 'no way' to assault weapons ban
Wed Jan 16, 2013
- There are well over 200 million privately owned firearms in the US and over 1.5 million "assault" style rifles using the former federal law definition.
Filibuster fight may threaten accord on avoiding fiscal cliff
Mon Nov 26, 2012
- I haven't read through all of the comments, but one essential purpose of the filibuster that hasn't been discussed is to avoid having laws passed and repealed every 2 years.
Trophy backlash: Are we rewarding kids for just showing up?
Mon Jul 23, 2012
- And this prepares your child for real life how? When you get cut loose in the real world, no prospective employer is going to hand you a job for being the 5th best applicant, no employer is going to promote you for being the 7th best in your department, no prospective spouse is going to marry you f …
Family robbed after teen posts photo of money on Facebook
Tue May 29, 2012
- Ranking next to this is all of the people who post that they are on vacation. Why not just put up a yard sign that says: "House and contents free to good home; owners gone for a week."
Iran warns US carrier to stay out of Persian Gulf
Tue Jan 3, 2012
- How about Plan B - 1) we drill for oil and gas at home rather than send hundreds of thousands to a distant war costing billions of dollas and tens of thousands of lives overseas; 2) we back Israel politically, economically and every way short of sending troops when it takes out the nuclear threat (j …
Wolfgang Puck calls out Starbucks for 'terrible coffee'
Tue Nov 29, 2011
- Just get a coffee grinder (less than $100), test several beans to identify your taste, even blend if that's your taste, then buy whole beans and fresh grind what you need for the day. Get a decent coffeemaker, keep it clean, use filtered water, and voila!
Model who killed, cooked husband denied parole
Wed Oct 5, 2011
- Cant we just house her with Charles Manson: maybe build a small prison for these special folks of about 30 cells left open to a general workyard and watch from a safe distance.
Teachers wonder, why the scorn?
Thu Mar 3, 2011
- I am still trying to figure out how people can both want to improve education but cut pay and benefits to teachers. Like everything else in life, this is a "get what you pay for" scenario. If you want to attract the best to the profession, you need to pay for it.
Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison
Tue Jan 4, 2011
- As a lawyer, I can tell you what the profession has known for decades: eyewitness idenitification of a stranger is unreliable, and eyewitness identification across races (has nothing to do with prejudice, its been established in various studies related to the inability to differentiate other race …
TSA: Pilots to be exempt from some airport security checks
Fri Nov 19, 2010
- The terrorists have won. Air travel now requires an extra hour built in for security and the extra costs of elaborate machines to scan everyone of us with marshalls on many planes and dozens if not hundreds of TSA agents at every airport all adding to air travel cost.

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Trophy backlash: Are we rewarding kids for just showing up?
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- And this prepares your child for real life how? When you get cut loose in the real world, no prospective employer is going to hand you a job for being the 5th best applicant, no employer is going to promote you for being the 7th best in your department, no prospective spouse is going to marry you f …

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