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Midweek links

Published August 1, 2017 6:42 pm by Claire

Best air rifles and pellet guns for SHTF. In places where cannabis has been legalized, the DUI laws regarding THC blood levels are often insane. Completely out of touch with the reality of what’s an intoxicating level and what’s not. Although the laws are bad, there’s good reason for the badness: It’s impossible. Los Angeles just “won” the 2028 summer Olympics. Nick Gillsepie tells Angelenos: run like hell before it’s too late. And that’s without even talking about the effects federal “homeland (achtung!) security” will have on the city. Another city from which to run like hell. Oh, Baltimore. A…

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Midweek links

Published July 26, 2017 9:26 am by Claire
  • This grieving widow did many things wrong before she ventured into the woods to scatter her husband’s ashes. Then she did many things right while being lost for five days.
  • Life after the cash in your country becomes worthless. This is Cracked’s irreverent take on Modi’s bizarre decision in India. Be sure to read to the end, which contains a fascinating update on the longer-term consequences.
  • Another big Alan Gura win in a DC carry-permit case yesterday.
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    • Tuesday links

    Published July 25, 2017 6:28 am by Claire
  • Yeah, baby. Implanted microchips are gonna be the next happenin’ thing. So let’s all get ourselves chipped. You know, just because. It’ll be even better than that tattoo you got last time you got falling-down drunk. (H/T PT)
  • Heh. Maybe Trump will fire Sessions. Not for the right reasons, of course. But whatever the reason, wouldn’t you love to see the forfeiture-craving, reefer-madness believing attorney general go?
  • Apparently, presenting evidence against your position is now an ad hominem attack. Must be nice to be a snowflake.
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    • Weekend links

    Published June 24, 2017 8:46 am by Claire
  • Two shoots, two hits, two misses. Scott Greenfield explains.
  • Beneath the fold; how it’s still wrong to deny rights to one group just because rights were at some time denied to another.
  • A one-sentence bill to slash through the health-care mess. Is it pure freedomista? Nope. Not by a longshot. (And this isn’t an endorsement, so don’t rail at me for being a statist, okay?) But it’s out-of-the-box thinking, which Our Health-Insurance Overlords badly need to do. (H/T MJ)
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    • Friday links

    Published June 23, 2017 8:24 am by Claire
  • Was “bad training” responsible for Jeronimo Yanez murdering Philando Castile? this article by David Kopel is good, as always. But “bad training” doesn’t excuse the “reasonably scared cop” rule.
  • Now here’s a cop who would surely be drummed out of any militarized U.S. police force. Good thing he works in Thailand.
  • The harm of unpaid internships (especially for “creatives,” whose work tends to be undervalued both by potential employers and ourselves).
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    • Weekend links

    Published June 2, 2017 6:40 pm by Claire
  • One sincerely hopes this is satire. But these days, who knows?
  • OneLogin, which gives access to dozens of sites and apps has lost all U.S. customer data to malicious hackers. Gave the hackers access to the encryption, too. But it’s okay. All you have to do is register and log into their special support page to find out what you should do next.
  • “Was I wrong about hunting?” (More on the “kindness and humanity” of anti-hunters.) (H/T LA)
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