Author: Jimmy
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Fioretti: 35 Member Council & Term Limits
Alderman Robert Fioretti (2nd Ward) believes Chicago would do fine with just 35 aldermen instead of 50 — especially now that workers are handling garbage pickup and street cleaning on a system of ten “grids” instead of 50 wards. … Besides a smaller City Council, Fioretti is calling for term limits. “Just look at the…
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Race at DNC – Button Says it Plainly
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You’re Being Watched by Your Government
Back in July I wrote about how your government was utilizing all kinds of technology to spy on you. At the time it appeared to just be speculation; now we know it to be true. Part I The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is suing the Justice Department for details of last month’s ruling by a…
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IL Pension Hole Analysis
I wrote this a few weeks ago as a comment on a retired teacher’s blog. The post there was about how we need to “tax the rich” in order to fund the teachers’ pensions. I was asked to comment on the post by a retired teacher I know. Analysis follows: There is no one sided…
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Taliban Behead People for Music (CAIR Silent)
The news out of Afghanistan is that the Taliban beheaded 17 men and women who had gathered for a mixed-gender social event with music and dancing. via Business Insider. Some parts of the world are simply 1,500 years behind the times. We need to leave them be. It’s not worth the American lives and money…
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30 Game Changing Innovations
Some very clever (or crazy) ideas are coming in the near future. Check ’em out. Business Insider.
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Paradoxical Quote on Obamacare
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.…
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Thoughts on Colorado – Freedom vs. Safety
This is was written as a comment on this NYT piece. I’ve made it much longer here because the NYT limits space. — Restricting access to firearms will never stop these kinds of attacks. As a society we need to resolve ourselves that some people are crazy and will drive cars into crowds, shoot other…
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New Govt Laser Reads You At Molecular Level
The Department of Homeland Security will soon be using a laser at airports that can detect everything about you from over 160-feet away. Gizmodo reports a scanner that could read people at the molecular level has been invented. This laser-based scanner – which can be used 164-feet away — could read everything from a person’s…
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OxyContin Redesigned: Users Switching to Heroin
This is a story about how smart people are stupid. In the past, OxyContin was designed to be released into the body’s system slowly, over the course of many hours, meaning each pill contained a large reservoir of oxycodone. Drug users soon discovered by crushing the pills and inhaling them, or dissolving the pills in…