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That wasn’t enough. They wanted to search the car, and I invoked my 4th amendment rights. I was IN the United States!!! I had crossed no international border!!!
I DID NOT RESIST OR FIGHT BACK. YET I WAS TAZERED REPEATEDLY AND SHOVED IN BROKEN GLASS! As Benjamin Franklin said, ” Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Smart Guy. Franklin nevered dreamed that we would have checkpoints within our borders where citizens would be searched and beaten by Federal Agents.
A “Taser” is an electroshock weapon meant to stun (not kill) a targeted “subject” (a.k.a. HUMAN BEING) from a distance. Almost 1,000 deaths! (so far.)
Currently there are two main models, the M26 and X26. Both come with various “accessories” (who DOESN’T love accessories!!), including a laser sight and mounted digital video camera that can record in low light situations. Taser International is also marketing a civilian model called the C2. (PROFITS!)
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Taser is also in talks with the US Marine Corps in creating the “XREP” (eXtended Range Electronic Projectile), a wireless taser round that can be fired from a shotgun. (Holy Crap!) it’s ROBOCOPS!
i have to go to the hospital tomorrow to get my knee gandered at AGAIN by an m.d. that will refer me to a specialist and give me another extension of my off-work order.
my wife will drive me. it hurts to step on the brakes and i must admit to using other cars to stop my momentum in the past.
my wife insists we will wear those blue masks when we enter the hospital to avoid getting caught up in the beginning of the apocalypse. she’d rather stick around for the drama in the middle..or the end.
my one concern about going into the hospital is wearing the blue mask. i might be quarantined or simply executed on the spot.
i’ve been using a cane, but now both knee’s are going. i have a walker in the garage that i threaten to give to certain old-timers in a.a.
criminy. i might have to use it myself, or allow my wife to fetch a wheelchair, and push me in with my blue mask indicating that the swine flu has incapacitated me to the point of non-ambulation.
my doctor is hesitant to prescribe pain medication to me. he thinks i’m some kind of drug addict. heh
he also thinks i might be faking this whole thing so i dont have to go to work, and can sit home and drink wine. heh
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Ich bin eine leidenschaftliche Bahnfahrerin. Entspannt durch die Landschaft zu rollen im Wechsel der Jahreszeiten macht mir Freude. Was tut’s, wenn mal ein Zug Verspätung hat oder einer eventuell ganz ausfällt. Dann gibt es auch außergewöhnliche Erlebnisse, wie zum Beispiel, dass die Regionalbahn vor einer Straßenschranke anhält, der Lokführer aussteigt und manuell das Schließen der Schranke auslöst, einsteigt, Zug weiterfährt, anhält, Fahrer aussteigt, Schranke manuell öffnen läßt, einsteigt und weiterfährt.
Kaya, the name of one of Bob Marley’s reggae albums is a Jamaican word for cannabis, hemp, marijuana. The backcover of this album shows a picture of a burning joint (by Neville Garrick). The Japanese edition of Kaya was released with a different backcover, so rabid was the anti-marijuana paranoia in that country.
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Whilst Australia prides itself in its multiculturism, with over 80 languages spoken, the predominant language spoken in Australia is basic English, but as with other countries, there is a distinct and sometimes colourful local variation. It is helpful to understand all the variants, but it is not necessary to survive your stay here. Some people may even take delight in the discomfort of a foreign visitor struggling to make sense of a conversation, but as a whole, we are pretty friendly and most of the time we do go out of our way to steer tourists in the right direction.
Unlike other countries where there are regional accents, the only accents you will find here are those of the upper, middle and working classes, sometimes exaggerated if you are at a social function, but even here you should not find a problem.
Be warned, unless you are absolutely sure of a phrase, do not use it. Slang used in America or England may not mean the same as over here. In fact quite the opposite can be the case with much resultant embarrassment, so be careful. With all of its unique and mostly delightful idioms, the language remains basically English.
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BACKSTORY: a group of file-sharing bastards in Sweden were arrested, charged, tried and convicted to the tune of X millions of (American) dollars. OF COURSE the “powers-that-be” are the usual suspects, RIAA et al. and undoubtedly the Hollywanks.
Judge Tomas Norstrom is a member of the Swedish Copyright Association and sits on the board of Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property. He denies he had a conflict of interest during the trial. Ya, RIGHT!
Der Sommer kommt und mit Ihm auch die vielen Open Air Festivals! Hier möchte ich auf ein in Deutschland vielleicht noch eher unbekanntes Festival hinweisen.
"The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered ( moved, seconded carried and minuted ) in clear, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices"
-- C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
from The Screwtape Letters
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