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"This could never happen in America"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/technology/former-officer-...

peppazon The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and might actually cost them

Yes, even to the point of locking out the co-pilot for a suicide mission.

peppazon The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months

Good thing Tesla is making huge battery packs for our homes so we can ditch the grid entirely.

peppazon How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get?

Not to be a Debbie Downer - but about 5 years ago my two good friends were driving in a medium sized car in Brooklyn, when an Expedition crossed the double yellow going about 60 miles an hour and literally ran over the entire drivers side half of the car, flattening it.

The driver sadly died while the passenger went unscathed.

The next day, my Dad sold my sister's tiny, low-riding Saturn and got her a higher-riding CRV. I don't blame him, and now riding in low-sitting cars frightens me a tiny bit on the highways.

peppazon Tor exit node operator gets raided by police

This probably isn't wrong, the FBI is the largest holder of CP in the world, last time it was reported on.

peppazon FBI agrees to unlock iPhone for Arkansas prosecutor

J Edgar Hoover would agree, but the rest of the world would not.

peppazon Publicly Funded Research Should Be Publicly Available

Aaron Schwartz would agree, from the grave where fighting this fight put him.

peppazon In Colorado, a look at life after marijuana legalization

They need a warrant to draw blood and really can only get one if you injured someone or destroyed their car.

http://www.larryformanlaw.com/blog/can-the-police-take-my-bl...