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Standing up for your rights with the police when they ask for id

July 11, 2011 2:28 am Robert Zimmerman

If you have broken no laws, you are not required to show the police your id. Getting them to accept this legal fact is often quite difficult. It is even more difficult if you should approach them with a camera while openly carrying a gun, as this man does. Watch the video below to see he not only refuses to give them his id, he literally walks away in the end, leaving the two cops befuddled.

Some background on the video can be found here.

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TSA agents pat down 6-year-old twice

July 11, 2011 2:19 am Robert Zimmerman

TSA agents pat down 6-year-old twice.

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Bill would let federal health researchers ban certain chemicals

July 10, 2011 5:24 pm Robert Zimmerman

Giving more power to unelected bureaucrats: A new bill would let federal health researchers unilaterally ban certain chemicals.

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The government’s war on cameras and free speech

July 8, 2011 12:55 pm Robert Zimmerman

The government’s war on cameras and free speech.

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Obama’s Stimulus Waste: $7 million per House on Internet Access

July 8, 2011 11:46 am Robert Zimmerman

Obama’s stimulus bill: $7 million per house to provide seven homes internet access in Montana.

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The Senate canceled its July 4th Break to deal with the debt and literally did nothing

July 8, 2011 11:23 am Robert Zimmerman

Throw these bums out! The Senate canceled its July 4th break to deal with the debt and literally did nothing.

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More evidence the debt crisis is about to go critical

July 8, 2011 3:17 am Robert Zimmerman

More evidence the debt crisis is about to go critical.

As I say, the day of reckoning looms.

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TSA agent accused of pilfering from passengers

July 8, 2011 2:53 am Robert Zimmerman

Doesn’t this make you feel safer? A TSA agent was arrested in Florida earlier this week for stealing from passengers.

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The painful transition to private space

July 7, 2011 3:16 pm Robert Zimmerman

It appears that U.S. aerospace layoffs more than tripled in the first half of 2011.

The downsizing, prompted by cutbacks in defense and government contracts, jumped from 6,121 in the first six months of 2010 to 20,851 this year, based on planned layoffs announced by major employers.

Though I have always favored shutting down the government space agency and replacing it with privately-built rockets and spaceships, the manner in which this is being done now is disgraceful. George Bush declared the retirement of the shuttle seven years ago. Since then Congress, Bush, and Obama have all done an abominable job preparing the nation for that retirement.
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House proposes cutting NOAA by $103 million

July 6, 2011 5:18 pm Robert Zimmerman

More science budget news: The House today proposed cutting NOAA’s $4.59 billion budget by $103 million.

There already is some squealing about this (see the link above), but note that a $4.49 billion budget for NOAA would still be half a billion dollars more than NOAA’s 2008 budget, which is hardly what I’d call a draconian cut.