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Boy, 6, gets detention for Lego gun on bus

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“A Massachusetts kindergartener has been given detention and could be suspended from the bus after bringing a Lego-sized gun to school last week.  A 6-year-old had the toy gun, which is slightly larger than a quarter, on the bus and it was seen by another student, who alerted the bus driver. The boy’s mother, Mieke Crane, said her son had to write a letter of apology to the driver, was given detention and could be temporarily suspended from the bus. The school sent home a letter to parents explaining what happened. ‘(The driver) said he caused quite a disturbance on the bus and that the children were traumatized,’ Crane told WGGB.”

http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/central-massachusetts/boy-6-gets-detention-for-lego-gun-on-bus/-/11983998/20326440/-/u3m32w/-/index.html

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The reality is Americans aren’t that concerned about drones

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“Support for the drone program varies across demographic and political groups about like you’d expect. Across pretty much all polling, Republicans, by about 10pts, are more likely to support drone use in general than Democrats, though majorities of both parties support it. Men are more likely to favor it than women, by anywhere from 7pts to 20pts. Again, however, more women favor the drone program in general than oppose it. Why are Democrats and women more likely to oppose drone usage? It’s not because of the program’s murky legality.  Americans’ number one worry is that the program endangers civilian lives.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/23/the-reality-is-americans-arent-that-concerned-about-drones/

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Winklevoss twins on Bitcoin: Time to work with the Feds

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“The Winklevoss twins, who transformed a lucrative Facebook payout into a venture capital fund, say it’s now time for bitcoin companies to work with governments rather than against them.  Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin Harvard graduates famously portrayed in the 2010 film The Social Network, showed up at the Bitcoin 2013 conference to talk up the future of the Internet’s favorite alternative currency — as long as it escapes a government crackdown.  ‘I don’t think anyone wants a fight — I think everyone here wants to build bitcoin, to work with regulators,’ Cameron Winklevoss told over 1,000 conference attendees. ‘Cooperation is really the way forward.'”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57585151-38/winklevoss-twins-on-bitcoin-time-to-work-with-the-feds/

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Jon Stewart Rips Obama’s “I Just Heard About This Too” Defense

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“President Obama learns about government scandals involving his administration the same way most other Americans do.”

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-may-14-2013/me-talk-reluctantly-one-day

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IRS exec got $42k in bonuses in addition to $700k in salary from 2009-2012

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“Lois Lerner, the senior executive in charge of the IRS tax exemption department and the federal employee at the center of the exploding scandal over the IRS targeting of conservative, evangelical and pro-Israel non-profits, was given $42,531 in bonuses between 2009 and 2011. That figure was included in data provided by the IRS in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Washington Examiner. Lerner is director of the IRS exempt organizations division, which processes and approves or denies applications from groups seeking tax-exempt status.  With the bonuses, Lerner was paid a total of $740,931 for the four-year period.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/irs-exec-got-42k-in-bonuses-in-three-years/article/2529759

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Why Are Cops Acting Like Soldiers?

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“In 1981, President Reagan signed the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act, a law that granted the Pentagon permission to assist domestic police departments engaged in enforcing the nation’s drug laws. Similar legislation accompanied efforts to combat terrorism even before 9/11. A 1997 federal law known as Program 1033 made it easier for state and local law enforcement agencies to obtain surplus military hardware—including body armor, armored vehicles, and surveillance equipment—for use in counterdrug and counterterrorism activities. In 2011, the program transferred $500 million worth of equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies.”

http://blog.independent.org/2013/03/27/why-are-cops-acting-like-soldiers/

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New York Fire Department Rescues Cop Stuck in Tree Trying to Rescue Cat

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“Firefighters had to rescue an NYPD officer stuck in a tree after the cop climbed up to try and save a cat Monday in Queens.  The FDNY responded with a tower ladder and found the officer and the cat about 30 feet up in the tree. Both were rescued ‘safe and sound,’ FDNY says.  ‘It was kind of comical,’ said neighbor Jeff Yu. ‘They seemed to be enjoying themselves. There were no rude comments or anything.’  The officer had lit a flare and set up cones on the ground underneath the tree before going up but onlookers ignored them as they gathered and gawked from the ground, said Yu.”

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cop-Stuck-in-Tree-Rescue-Cat-FDNY-Queens-Bayside-207267551.html

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Fast-food worker wage protests spread to Detroit and St. Louis

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“On Friday in Detroit organisers were expecting at least 400 workers from at least 60 stores to come out and protest. The action comes a day after two days of similar protest in St Louis, Missouri, which saw 100 workers walk off their jobs at chains like Wendy’s, Domino’s and Jimmy John’s. It also follows similar actions in Chicago and New York earlier this year in what labour experts call the largest such disputes to ever hit the industry. The demonstrations are aimed at highlighting a demand for a $15-an-hour wage and the right to form a union without fear of employer intimidation.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/10/fast-food-worker-wage-protests-spread-to-detroit-and-st-louis/

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More Botched Police Work Cheered

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“John Baiata of NBC News reports with regard to the discovery of the women who were kidnapped in Cleveland and held captive for approximately 10 years.  Cleveland police responded twice to the address where the 3 Ohio women were held – in 2000 and in 2004.  Yet, as in Boston following the discovery of the Boston bomber by a citizen after a botched police search, the crowds cheered the police. From Reuters on the Ohio kidnap case:  ‘Cheers from the crowd erupted periodically as police cars entered the area.’  My guess is that police states always come with cheering fans, until the police come for you.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/05/more-botched-police-work-cheered.html

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Police State SWATs Family Growing Tomatoes & Squash

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“In August, 2011, a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol spots Bob Harte doing something suspicious. He was leaving a store with a small bag of merchandise that he bought from that store. It happened to be a hydroponics store. Seven months later, the Missouri Highway Patrol passes on that ‘tip’ to the Johnson County Sherriff’s Office, which then puts together an investigation spanning several weeks involving early-morning searches of the Harte’s trash, but apparently not involving any actual… investigation.  They got a warrant to serve a SWAT-style search of the home, terrifying the family. They found… tomatoes and squash.”

http://www.drugwarrant.com/2013/05/police-state/

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