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landemva
3y ago
I get a yearly letter from county Treasurer demanding I pay them to avoid having my private, not commercial, house stolen. Government asset seizure is widespread.
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Thinking of my interactions with government, I can't recall when government last required me to show ID. Showing ID for TSA is voluntary, like their full body scans. I can file court cases without ID. I can quit claim (transfer) land w
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landemva
3y ago
>> We live in extreme times I thought fear-driven hyperbole ended with the expiry of covid lockdowns. On to the next end of the world story.
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landemva
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Because they have the money and time to fight for turf.
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landemva
3y ago
Maybe then we can cut 90% of TSA, along with their fees?
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3y ago
For pilots in USA, virtually none who fly long haul are armed due to restrictions in other countries. Same for going to Canada.
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3y ago
>> they would not exist or be scaling their operations without demand. Same applies to bomb makers and it doesn't make war good. Demand does not prove value to humanity, though it is counted as GDP.
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3y ago
>> Once it gets into the culture, it'll take many generations to extract it. I recall a few years ago it took a couple weeks in USA for people to shut themselves into their homes, fear being close to their neighbors, and wear fac
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3y ago
Are people blind to not understanding that providing war material and support can be considered as engaging in the war? Germany warned USA about this in 1915. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4535149/newspaper-warnin
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3y ago
In general, socialist regimes have not cared about the environment. The Stasi records museum in Berlin has a mention of this in the courtyard. Lack of private property leads to government pollution.
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I have run a locomotive in a tunnel on concrete slab. Low temperature range for the air. The air had high humidity due to persistent water leakage. We didn't do much track maintenance and simply went slowly on bad sections of rail.
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3y ago
Prosecutors can ask a grand jury of citizens to investigate and indict. Then the prosecutor is the attorney for the State doing the attorney stuff in court. Grand juries are powerful, and thus can also go off the rails led by prosecutor man
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3y ago
Those without rewards cards, and those who pay with cash, are the economic losers. Generally those living paycheck to paycheck - poor people.
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3y ago
A bitcoin bearer instrument. Like this https://opendime.com
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>> medicare's fee schedule has the same code costing $90. People would be upset if the gas stations charged different prices after they review your auto insurance policy. With healthcare, they look at our policy and make up price
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3y ago
Also, preventing corrupt goverment and court from finding and stealing stored value.
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>> this is an unusually free market where failure is cheap [public quick] The speed and amount of effort to innovate, by basically every demographic of persons, is breathtaking and exciting. Due to low startup costs (lack of gatekeepe
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3y ago
> "my personal right to not pay taxes" That's a strange negative. How about, my personal right to control my body (without harming others including not stealing from others). I do not have a right to steal from you. Goverm
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Some concert venues are requiring axs.com mobile app to show the ticket QR code for entry and parking. I found out after I had purchased tickets.
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I have no idea what it cost in Munich, but the city center undergrounded the commuter trains and the river. The river appears in Englisch Garden from under a road and is a popular surf spot on a standing wave.
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> I don't think it will ever be paid down. Governments worldwide have debt payment problems. EU countries are starting to raise retirement age because they can't pay the promised pensions. They need a great reset and war will
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Following link to Journal summary; 'and≥65 years old by the start of follow-up.' This is interesting and may warrant actual studies beyond lookback data mining.
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I was 'critical infrastructure' and didn't stay home. Work trucks kept rolling. I wasn't scared. I didn't 'voluntarily' comply with operation warp speed. Visits to mine sites were glorious because MSHA did
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> mRNA Covid vaccines don't prevent you from getting Covid. A couple years ago typing that would get accounts banned on most sites.
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> you're supposed to get them every year I'm physically active, no big health issues, and my Dr. says I don't need it.
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> advocate that it be illegal, with accountability I am interested in how that would work on an individual basis, as feds have to agree to be sued and lawsuits typically need to show specific harm. USSC doctrine of qualified immunity kne
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From the article, "the agency had cast such a broad surveillance net that large volumes of innocuous First Amendment-protected activity regularly got swept up as potential security threats." This is funded by unlimited federal def
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Net neutrality, which allows Netflix to clog broadband pipes with entertainment, is a subsidy from broadband pipe provider to Netflix owners. Unlimited pipe cramming is not a human/corporate right.
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> Anyone who isn't you must be in chains. You speak for yourself, not for me. Those different than me often contribute in ways I did not see. Life is better when I embrace improvement.
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> prevent any and all third parties from collecting the data to begin with. This is what I have been doing. What can you add to this? On phone disable Bluetooth, disable precise location, disable location and infrequently turn that on fo
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