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Comment Re:The steady slide to Police State continues (Score 1) 1123

I used to hold this same belief until I watched that "Collateral Murder" video. Your AR is no match for a helicopter you can not hear which fires 30mm HE rounds.

If a SHTF-us-against-them situation actually occurs there will be lots of bodies, on both sides. Our only advantages are knowledge of the local land and the ability to blend in with the non-aggressors as I doubt even in a SHTF scenario troops will not be killing everyone. The government will still need slav^H^H^H^Hcitizens.

Comment Re:The steady slide to Police State continues (Score 1) 1123

Please note the phrase "significant portion". I classify 39% as a significant portion. According to Grigg, ~25% answered the question in the affirmative. Another significant portion.

Furthermore, the survey was supposedly administered in 1994. I am going to go out on a limb and state that the numbers have likely changed, and not for the better.

Comment Re:The steady slide to Police State continues (Score 1) 1123

I would put money that a significant portion of combat troops would have no problem killing American civilians. There was supposedly a survey given to combat Marines back in '94 which had some interesting results. I have not been able to find a good source for the document so google "question 46" and decide for yourself.

Comment Re:OK (Score 1) 517

Well, actually the "services" you describe are not likely to be realized anyway. Especially since it is known that the police have no duty to provide you any protection.

The actual role of a peace officer is mainly the collection of folks that owe, or people who the peace officer deems as such, the state monies. So they would show up after you have been killed, your wife raped, children murdered and shit stolen take a few pictures, ask a few questions, chat about the game this weekend, fill out some papers and hang out until the funeral home comes to pick your unprepared ass up.

Submission + - Qimo 4 Kids version 2.0 Released (linux-magazine.com)

mhall119 writes: Qimo (pronounced 'kim-oh') is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for children aged 3 and up.

Qimo's interface has been designed to be intuitive and easy to use, providing large icons for all installed games, so that even the youngest users have no trouble selecting the activity they want.

Qimo 2.0 features support for multiple accounts and replaces the eToys application on the launcher with Laby, a educational game that teaches children the basics of programming. A new character is introduced to the Qimo environment. Illa (pronounced 'ee-la') is a polar bear.

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