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Comment Re:Hmmm ... (Score 4, Insightful) 312

So, just as a hypothetical ... would Defense Distributed support someone publishing the names, addresses, SSNs, names of children and the schools they attend for the members of Defense Distributed?

How is that in any way equivalent to DD trying publish its own data?

It's not. The only reason gstoddart is asking is because it's a gun group, and he's anti-gun, and can't imagine that someone who is pro-2nd amendment rights could also be pro-1st amendment. The right to self-defense is as much of a civil liberty as the right to free speech, I don't know why that's so hard to understand.

Comment Re:Did it really matter? (Score 1) 225

Maybe the other side were psychologically defeated by the lead the Patriots had thanks to cheating in the first half.

The only reason they discovered a deflated ball was because one of the Colt's players intercepted one of the Pat's passes. The Patriots only had a 10 point lead at the half. I don't think it had any real effect on the game.

Comment Did it really matter? (Score 2) 225

The score of the game was 45-7. The Patriots only scored 17 points in the 1st half, when the under-inflated footballs were discovered. The patriots scored their remaining 28 points in the 2nd half with normally inflated footballs. The 1 or 2 under-inflated balls that were used had minimal impact on the result of the game, even in gambling terms, as the Patriots beat the spread by 38 points. I'm not condoning cheating, but in this instance, it appeared to have been completely unnecessary from the start, so the level of coverage a trivial matter like this is getting is ridiculous.

Comment Re:Teamsters (Score 4, Insightful) 228

What this does, more to the point, is put millions of people out of work, and ruin the Teamsters union as a side effect.

Time to take it down a notch. FTA:

A human will be present at the wheel at all times, and will take control whenever the truck is in more populated areas.

Hopefully this will put an end to one trucker passing another trucker because the first one is driving the speed limit and the other one wants to go 1 mile over the speed limit, thereby slowing down traffic for everyone else. I usually avoid my nearby interstate on weekdays because this situation happens all the time. I remember one time it took a trucker 20 minutes to pass 3 other trucks ahead of him. It was particularly annoying since the truck speed limit was 55 and the car speed limit was 70.

Comment Re:All aboard the FAIL train (Score 1) 553

Insightful? This is hilarious. The Democrats had practically anointed Hilary, who should be on trial for a felony for her email scandal. Now, even the NY Times is trying to get someone else credible to run for the Dems, as the extent of her corruption has been revealed to be truly enormous.

Nobody who supports Hilary Clinton cares about that.

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