21–30 of 192 posts
This is intellectually gratifying. /s
> Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate
> for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to
> its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users see this; there
> is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment
> that you did.
Cue the libertarian versus non-libertarian mudwrestling. It has become increasingly clear to me that the ills of the U.S. pogroms against some recreational drugs are due in no small part to the conversion of the criminal justice system to a for-profit industry. As long as the jobs and budgets are tied to the number of criminals processed rather than the peace and order produced, cop cadres will titrate the frequency…
Moral of the story? Police and federal agents must be more transparent and accountable for their actions and expenditures. The whole concept of "spend money so that our budget doesn't shrink next year" has go to be fixed also. I don't know a solution other than having more auditors and efficiency experts (GAO, gao.gov). Would people flip out if there was a bill proposed to require all guns in the US to have a GPS tra…
As a gun control advocate who also owns guns, yes, I would flip the f* out. While I have no problem if the government knows I own a gun (they know I own a car), Putting a GPS tracker on it would result in two things:
1. The government would know where I am at all times (I carry my Kahr CM-9 everywhere that allows it). 2. Criminals would just remove the tracker.
Cue the libertarian versus non-libertarian mudwrestling. It has become increasingly clear to me that the ills of the U.S. pogroms against some recreational drugs are due in no small part to the conversion of the criminal justice system to a for-profit industry. As long as the jobs and budgets are tied to the number of criminals processed rather than the peace and order produced, cop cadres will titrate the frequency…
available on itunes and amazon instant, "free" streaming versions can be found with a simple google search.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Size is irrelevant. When you declare your mission is a 'war on drugs' you're going to end up losing, plain and simple. Meanwhile, very, very large government programs like the NHS do well and provide healthcare to millions in an affordable way with great outcomes. There's something very lazy about arguing about government size. Its just dumb simpleminded platitudes that libertarians pat each other on the back for, bu…
> Meanwhile, very, very large government programs like the NHS do well and provide healthcare to millions in an affordable way with great outcomes. Isn't NHS facing bankruptcy?
In practice the hospitals stay open, and patients get their drugs and operations. Reports of impending doom are just politics as usual.
This seems to be a paradigm case of entrapment. This should thus be easily sorted out in the courts. Am I wrong? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment
The targets in the article are from parts of the society that are already outcasts for various reasons.
(Not a lawyer, from observations)
Cue the libertarian versus non-libertarian mudwrestling. It has become increasingly clear to me that the ills of the U.S. pogroms against some recreational drugs are due in no small part to the conversion of the criminal justice system to a for-profit industry. As long as the jobs and budgets are tied to the number of criminals processed rather than the peace and order produced, cop cadres will titrate the frequency…
This should cause the prisons to achieve (via market forces) an optimal balance between humane treatment, and proper rehabilitation.
Moral of the story? Police and federal agents must be more transparent and accountable for their actions and expenditures. The whole concept of "spend money so that our budget doesn't shrink next year" has go to be fixed also. I don't know a solution other than having more auditors and efficiency experts (GAO, gao.gov). Would people flip out if there was a bill proposed to require all guns in the US to have a GPS tra…
> Would people flip out if there was a bill proposed to require all guns in the US to have a GPS tracker? As a gun control advocate who also owns guns, yes, I would flip the f * out. While I have no problem if the government knows I own a gun (they know I own a car), Putting a GPS tracker on it would result in two things: 1. The government would know where I am at all times (I carry my Kahr CM-9 everywhere that allow…
Also, I am against most forms of gun control, being otherwise very liberal in my worldview.
However, I cannot possibly understand why a developer would need to carry a gun at all times. You are inviting trouble with that, and more likely to die to your own gun than you are to protect yourself from some bad guys.
If you want to carry a gun with you, I support your right to do so. But it's the objectively wrong play.
This article is just copy/pasted snippets from http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/atf-uses-ro...