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Chicago handgun ban loses before SCOTUS but it will still be very hard to get a gun - C4SS blog
"... the government of Chicago will most likely use all kinds of legal obstacles to make it difficult for the people of Chicago to arm themselves. Acquiring handgun permits will be inconvenient and expensive." Yep.
Why Rednecks Don't Get Arrested As Much As Minorities - The Fulford Files
" ... they don’t adopt the outdoor [i.e. street-corner] lifestyle. They’re almost never visible walking on streets where they can be seen by cops riding around in cars. When they drive, their cars and pickups may be junkers, but they’re street legal, so they have fewer traffic stops. They get wasted indoors, where search warrants are required, and are less likely to carry dope on their persons and in their cars. Often they grow their own marijuana, so they do not buy drugs and fall victim to police stings, undercover cops, and confidential informants. Their dress is scruffy, but T-shirts and jeans blend in better than gang colors and hip-hop gear, so they don’t get targeted as quickly by police." Again, yep.
The First Photo of a Planet Outside Our Solar System - Gizmodo
That little orange dot.
Strippers going outside for a smoke break pisses off Michigan residents on so many levels - MLive
Like I said yesterday, Michiganders are coming unglued.

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Firefly Takes Flight Again With Browncoats: Redemption - Wired
Fans make their own film based on the Joss Whedon characters.

Chicago mayor offers to shoot reporter with a contraband rifle to show how effective gun control is - Chicago Reader

A techie writer praises simple pre-paid cellphones - Tech Crunch

Cheap, simple, and reliable. All you really need.
A little fun with the a moderator at my favorite sci-fi podcast site. - Escape Pod.org/
See posts 13 and 14.

Some critical reactions to Max Stirner's theory of individual liberty - The Anarchist Library

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Fun & games regarding Chicago's handgun ban. - Chicago Tribune (John Kass)-
Ordinary people can't have them. But Aldermen can. The well-connected can. But not you. Go figure?