{"id":32097,"date":"2017-08-01T18:42:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T01:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=32097"},"modified":"2017-08-01T13:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T20:22:46","slug":"midweek-links-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/01\/midweek-links-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2017\/08\/best-air-rifles-pellet-guns-survival\/\" target=\"_blank\">air rifles and pellet guns<\/a> for SHTF.\n<li>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&#8217;s an intoxicating level and what&#8217;s not. Although the laws are bad, there&#8217;s good reason for the badness: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/07\/30\/523004450\/scientists-still-seek-a-reliable-dui-test-for-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s impossible<\/a>.\n<li>Los Angeles just &#8220;won&#8221; the 2028 summer Olympics. Nick Gillsepie tells Angelenos: <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/01\/los-angeles-just-won-the-2028-summer-oly\" target=\"_blank\">run like hell<\/a> before it&#8217;s too late. And that&#8217;s without even talking about the effects federal &#8220;homeland (achtung!) security&#8221; will have on the city.\n<li>Another city from which to run like hell. Oh, Baltimore. A <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2017\/07\/second-body-cam-video-of-baltimore-cops-manufacturing-evidence-discovered\/\" target=\"_blank\">second video has come to light<\/a> showing cops conspiring to plant evidence.\n<li>The only right you have is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/midwest\/ct-hydroponic-tomato-garden-police-raid-20170729-story,amp.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;right not to get shot if you cooperate&#8221;<\/a>. This innocent SWAT victim and his family went through hell. But at least they were allowed that one, single &#8220;right&#8221; that so many others have been denied: to stay alive and in one piece.\n<li>A conservative decides that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/jul\/28\/republicans-healthcare-conservative-voters\" target=\"_blank\">v*ting Republican is a waste of time<\/a>. (Of course this is a conservative writing for the uber-liberal <em>Guardian<\/em>, so take it FWIW.)\n<li>In the completely unsurprising surprises department: a quick hack can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/amazon-echo-wiretap-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\">turn an Amazon Echo into a wiretap<\/a>.\n<li>Just in case you&#8217;re ever tempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/59995-boa-constrictor-bites-womans-nose.html\" target=\"_blank\">get too cozy with your pet boa constrictor<\/a>. Especially if it&#8217;s a &#8220;rescue snake&#8221; you don&#8217;t know very well.\n<li>If you had any doubts that a) the media have turned into a cesspool of trivia and b) they&#8217;re looking for anything &#8212; anything &#8212; unpleasant to say about Donald Trump, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/total-solar-eclipse-trump-astrology-prediction-643776\" target=\"_blank\">this should dispel your illusions<\/a>.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cheezburger.com\/2921989\/18-brilliant-signs-that-prove-vet-clinics-have-a-great-sense-of-humor\" target=\"_blank\">Veterinary humor<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s an intoxicating level and what&#8217;s not. Although the laws are bad, there&#8217;s good reason for the badness: It&#8217;s impossible. Los Angeles just &#8220;won&#8221; the 2028 summer Olympics. Nick Gillsepie tells Angelenos: run like hell before it&#8217;s too late. And that&#8217;s without even talking about the effects federal &#8220;homeland (achtung!) security&#8221; will have on the city. Another city from which to run like hell. Oh, Baltimore. A&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/01\/midweek-links-52\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midweek links<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8,12,16,19,20,23,25,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cannabis-legalization","category-computers-and-technology","category-dogs-and-cats","category-guns-and-gun-rights","category-humor","category-miscellaneous","category-money","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","category-poly-ticks","category-privacy-and-self-ownership","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32097"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32116,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32097\/revisions\/32116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}