Regulations? Who needs 'em!

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Monday December 03, 2012 · 1:32 PM PST

2012/12/03 · 13:32

We do.

Here is a perfect example of why government regulations and oversight are necessary for the safety and well-being of our society.
From the BBC:
Louisiana town evacuates over explosives stockpile

A Louisiana town has been evacuated after officials discovered 6m lb (2.7m kg) of explosive material that they say were stored illegally.
State police found the stockpile of M6 artillery propellant stacked outdoors and without authorisation in buildings in the 800-inhabitant town of Doyline.

That's 6 million pounds of gunpowder. Stored improperly. In Louisiana. In a town of 800 inhabitants.

(Follow me below the fold for more, after you finish scratching your heads and asking "What the fuck?")

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Sunday November 11, 2012 · 7:55 AM PST

2012/11/11 · 07:55

One aspect of this year's election that hasn't gotten much coverage, except in a bemused, "What were they thinking?"-kind of way, is the write-in campaign. Historically, it has been a means for voicing displeasure with the "approved" candidates in a particular race, or as a protest against the system as a whole, but has anyone ever won as a result of one? I am no election historian (and I'm sure there are plenty of you out there who are who could answer this), but I can't recall one.

In the past, I dismissed write-ins as attempts by the humour-challenged to bring levity to the electoral process; however, this year the failings of the write-in process were stark and personal.

Follow me for a not-too-technical explanation of what happened.

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The Write-In Conundrum