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Sorry, but until they must stand manslaughter charges for the deaths resulting from their miscalculations, I oppose calling it social engineering. Just call it what it is social-ism.
QUOTE: It {socialism} purposes to introduce new forces into society and industry; to put a stop to the idleness, the waste of resources, the misdirection of force, inseparable, in some large proportion of instances, from individual initiative; and to drive the whole mass forward in the direction determined by the intelligence of its better half. RE Man shoots drone trespassing over his property and is arrested
firing a deadly weapon not in defense of self or others -- stupid idea. firing a gun in the air over a residential area -- stupid idea. normal gun owners do not handle guns in such a grossly unsafe way. I hope he gets a huge fine, does a day or two in jail, and loses his McBlaster. Good points.
Do you have another suggestion to combat the invasion of privacy? Baseball bat? Large net? Paint ball gun blinding the camera and giving it distinct marking and call the cops, try to follow it home? I guess a sling shot would be the slightly safer response. the FAA has recently ruled that drones are aircraft, and the FCC would look unfavorably on attempts to jam aircraft control frequencies. so you've got that problem.
close the blinds and wait for the government to write drone regs. that's already in the works. http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,98079.msg860616.html#msg860616 While I agree it's a dumb idea to shoot firearms in the air in a residential area, FAA regs sound as comforting as a restraining order against a violent ex-spouse.
I have no better suggestion than a shotgun with bird shot (only in an extreme situation, of course). It's obviously a firearm but at least it has a limited range and damage from shot falling out of the sky is a lot less than a bullet. I see two drawbacks: someone will do jail time for firing a gun in the air. depending on where that someone is, that's a felony.
second, and perhaps more important. if my kid were dusted by falling shot, someone is going to get his shotgun rammed up his ass sideways. no shi'ite.
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RE UC Irvine Applications Offer Six Options for Gender
QUOTE: Beginning this year, students applying to University of California Irvine will pick from male, female, trans male, trans female, gender queer/gender non-conforming and different identity. ... gelding, cis girly man, trans mama's boi, differently queer dude-bro. 6 Gender Options are NOT ENOUGH!!!!1111!!!! Lack of imagination! Discrimination! I'm not gonna take any more of this!!!!!1111!!!!
Clinton touts 'passionate commitment to helping people': If and only if they are family, co-conspirators, or big-buck donors. I am royalty born in a commoner's body: See 6 gender options, with subtle snark. "Asymmetrical politics: Republicans act like an unruly mob, Democrats like a regimented army"
Part of it is structure. In my state, the Democrat Party is run on Marxist-Socialist lines. Power is concentrated in a state "Central Party Committee," which decides who can be a Party delegate and who can be a candidate. You cannot just decide you are a Democrat and run for office. You must be vetted and approved by the CPC. In recent years, the CPC has also gotten good at coordinating its politicians stepping down from office. Instead of announcing they are not going to run again or retire, they time stepping down from office at mid-term so that the replacement can be picked by the Democrat governor (who must pick from a list provided by the CPC). The incomer takes over the other's political machine, and become an instant "incumbent" for purposes of gaining seniority and actually later running for office. Successors are usually picked from the legislator's staff members or Party activists. The result is the Party has a monopoly on running the State and probably controls 90-95 percent of the offices. We also have the lowest voting participation rate in the country, because most people realize the system is rigged and don't bother to vote. |
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