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Post by vitugglan on Oct 23, 2017 5:24:06 GMT -5
The article doesn't mention breaking laws, but yeah, that sort of guy.
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Post by spaniardx on Oct 23, 2017 8:00:05 GMT -5
If I misremember, if the man didn't actually break laws, he definitely had to bend more than a few until they squeaked in order to deal with the dirty politicians and cops.
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Post by vitugglan on Oct 24, 2017 9:16:32 GMT -5
Takes a certain type of guy, to be sure.
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Post by spaniardx on Nov 20, 2017 19:27:44 GMT -5
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Post by vitugglan on Nov 21, 2017 1:05:14 GMT -5
When a member of the insurance company came to assess the damage on the property, he took photos of the hibiscus plant and, believing them to be marijuana plants, sent them to police.
And they were in flower. What sort of jerk sees a hibiscus and thinks it's pot? I expect Nationwide (who is on your side according to the ads) will be short one plant-ignorant employee soon enough. And, why did the police have to arrest the couple when the cop who was out there didn't think the plant was pot? Can't the cops make a call on their own?
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Post by spaniardx on Nov 21, 2017 13:00:24 GMT -5
Office Unsure probably kept his trap shut in case there was a Civil Forfeiture landed on the couple's property later...
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Post by vitugglan on Nov 21, 2017 21:42:32 GMT -5
I'm surprised there wasn't, given the way some jurisdictions misuse that (ill-gotten) power.
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Post by spaniardx on Nov 23, 2017 2:29:54 GMT -5
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Post by vitugglan on Nov 23, 2017 10:20:20 GMT -5
I like the new zip-tie tire chains. Would have come in handy up in SD.
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Post by spaniardx on Nov 23, 2017 12:15:23 GMT -5
Personally do not think that whole hide in plain sight would work. Hauling around a load of flexiduct is about as subtle as walking around in full SWAT gear or bristling with various bladed weapons.
The zip chains would come in handy here in Texas, too, since we don't get snow that often. But, that's also why we don't have laws that make it illegal to drive without stuff like that.
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Post by vitugglan on Nov 23, 2017 19:55:53 GMT -5
I don't know if we have laws about chains or not. We do have some mountainous areas in the upstate so there might be laws on the books, but it's possible there are only more local laws for those areas. SC does get snow, though, occasionally, in the rest of the state. I was at basic in Ft. Jackson back in '87/'88 when the post had to shut down due to snow and a sheet of ice that covered all of the roads on-post.
Yeah, the big problem with that duct hiding is that you look silly carrying the stuff around. Maybe it's better to use it in your hide-out.
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Post by spaniardx on Jul 30, 2018 10:45:31 GMT -5
Dozens of Americans Are Surveilled in Airports Each Day Through Secretive TSA Program
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Post by vitugglan on Jul 30, 2018 17:32:49 GMT -5
I don't know why they're admitting it unless, due to the administration change, the higher-ups have changed and the ones now in place are not hep to this jive. And what's that nonsense at the end about not listening in on phone calls meaning it isn't real surveillance? It sure is! I don't know what the deal is but I don't like it.
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Post by spaniardx on Dec 11, 2018 19:37:44 GMT -5
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Post by vitugglan on Dec 12, 2018 9:34:37 GMT -5
The point of the Bill of Rights is to limit government powers over the people. Congress shall make no law... concerning this or that. The US Constitution supersedes state constitutions. Massachusetts police are a breed of their own (I think they grow them in pods). They're the only ones allowed to do flag duty at a road construction site, for instance, drawing overtime pay for doing it. They like that overtime. I was surprised to see cops doing this up in MA; the husband, from MA, was surprised to see non-cops doing it in the other states we've been to.
Long way of saying, it doesn't surprise me in the least that MA cops think they're above the rights of the people.
Oh, and btw, the Constitution and Bill of Rights don't grant rights, they protect natural rights.
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