Walmart's "non-violence" Policy, Updated***

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Friday October 18, 2013 · 8:11 AM PDT

2013/10/18 · 08:11

Just saw this article about a man, Kristopher Oswald, helping a woman whom was being assaulted in a Walmart parking lot.

He was fired from said location for violating "company policy".

Follow me over the fold as we explore what this says about Corporate America and their less than American values.

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What would you have done in this situation?

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What would you have done in this situation?

Helped the woman

114 votes

Called the manager

4 votes

Called the police

16 votes

Nothing, go back to work

4 votes

FFDO (Air Marshall) Relieved of CC Permit

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Wednesday October 16, 2013 · 11:36 AM PDT

2013/10/16 · 11:36

Just a short diary about this news article I came upon yesterday.

The unnamed pilot took some video of the dangerous security flaws he saw at the airport he works at and posted them on YouTube.

Now the main thrust of the whole article was about the billions we've spend on "national security" with the creation of the TSA and HHS. Now this news article is from 2010 but what I found extremely disconcerting was the fact the TSA ordered his State Issued Concealed Carry Permit revoked AND the local Sheriff complied.

Since when does any Federal Agency, without due process of law, have the arbitrary authority to abrogate the rights of any American?

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Tuesday October 08, 2013 · 7:04 AM PDT

2013/10/08 · 07:04

Many here know of my membership in the RKBA Group and the fact I've never felt the need to own a firearm. I'm also a transgendered woman that believes in Equity Under Law for all Americans, no special privileges, no special rights for anyone. We all get treated the same under law. If I'm to be prosecuted for a crime in a certain way, then so should all Americans, especially our LEO.

New York, where I live, passed the "SAFE ACT" this past year. An overreaction to the Sandy Hook tragedy. We've had some time now to reflect upon its results. Did it stop any mass shootings? Did it stop mentally ill people from acting out in a violent manner? Did we save anyone, especially the children?

I'd like to focus on the regulations in the SAFE ACT pertaining to mental illness. I got into an abusive "discussion" with another poster here that demanded this from me:

Go ahead and defend the right of convicted felons, mentally unstable people, and people with criminal backgrounds to keep their guns. I dare you.
Show us just how loopy you really are.

This isn't to call this person out but to address the issue despite his bullying.

Follow me over the fold to "see just how loopy" I really am.

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Tuesday June 11, 2013 · 4:33 PM PDT

2013/06/11 · 16:33

Just a short diary to highlight a couple videos I found that explains the issue we must finally face, the sweeping up of all of our information and how it can be used to build a dossier on every one of us.

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Thursday June 06, 2013 · 1:42 AM PDT

2013/06/06 · 01:42

Just a short diary to bring attention to this most amazing video.

I am Bradley Manning.org has just released this:

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Did Manning heed JFK's Call to Duty?

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Did Manning heed JFK's Call to Duty?

Yes

8 votes

9 votes

Maybe

0 votes

Answer explained politely below

0 votes

The Witch Hunt Is ON! Updated-2X**

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Monday April 15, 2013 · 10:37 AM PDT

2013/04/15 · 10:37

Here's an interesting development, here in Buffalo.

The State Police called the Erie County Clerk's Office and told them to immediately rescind a person's firearms permit and seize his weapons.

http://www.nbcnews.com/...
Judge Orders Guns Returned to Man After Finding "Error" by State Police.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) Gun rights advocates were outraged this week when it was revealed that a Western New York man had his pistol permit suspended and guns confiscated because police believed he posed a threat due to a mental health condition.

Attorney James Tresmond threatened to file a lawsuit in Federal Court claiming his client's health privacy and civil rights had been violated.

It was reported that the unidentified man was taking a prescription for anxiety.

The enforcement action started on March 29th when New York State Police asked the Erie County Clerk's Office to pursue revoking the man's pistol permit because he owned guns in violation of the mental health provision of New York's newly enacted guns law called the SAFE ACT.

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Thursday March 28, 2013 · 5:57 AM PDT

2013/03/28 · 05:57

The Monsanto "Protection Act" was signed into law on Tuesday against the backdrop of the hundreds of thousands of petitioners against it.

It was "hidden" in the 269 page "Spending Bill" that was just signed on Tuesday by the President.

http://naturalsociety.com/...

Senate Passes Monsanto Protection Act Despite Outcry
It is a lobbyist-created recurring nuisance that has been squashed in previous legislation thanks to outcry from not only grassroots but major organizations. Last time we saw The Center for Food Safety, the National Family Farm Coalition, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists all come out against the Monsanto Protection Act from the 2012 Farm Bill.

This time we didn't see it coming and have lost. Read More

Star Trek: Into the Darkness

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Monday March 11, 2013 · 1:03 AM PDT

2013/03/11 · 01:03

The Trailers are out! Had to share this with everyone.

Star Trek: Into the Darkness

Updated with Embedded Trailer:

Trailer #2:

I'm at a bit of a loss at the moment, maybe not enough sleep, but I found these trailers on Youtube from this past December and my Yahoo News feed shows them coming out 12 hours ago.

Sorry for not crawling out from under my rock sooner.

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Which Star Trek Series Was Your Favorite?

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Which Star Trek Series Was Your Favorite?

The Original

34 votes

The Next Generation

44 votes

Deep Space Nine

25 votes

Voyager

8 votes

Enterprise

5 votes

The Animated Series

1 vote

About that Conversation...

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Sunday January 27, 2013 · 6:00 AM PST

2013/01/27 · 06:00

This is a diary response to this diary here.

What is truly stunning, is the misdirection and failure to address the actual problems we all face instead, the issue is framed and presented to us as though we're 3rd graders. They must tell us what to think and how to feel. If you dare point out the shallow nature of their position, their incredulity kicks in and the insults start flying. Truly denying us, as a community and a Nation as a whole, to honest public discourse. The "common denominator" is the gun, period. No discussion unless you agree with me and support the only solution I'll allow, after all, the solution is so obvious even a 3rd Grader knows the answer!

The argument(s) are presented in ways that denies an independent critical analysis that very few want to even understand. The argument is reduced to a binary set, zero's and ones. We are better than that.

Warning, it is a bit link heavy, I've been composing this for over a week now.

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Stronger Gun Control Measures Will

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Stronger Gun Control Measures Will

End Poverty and The Despair it creates

1 vote

Rebuild our Inner Cities destroyed by the Racist Drug War

0 votes

End the Racist Drug War protecting the likes of HSBC

0 votes

End the School To Prison Pipeline

1 vote

Defund the Miliary & Prison Industry Complexes

1 vote

Fully fund Not-For-Profit Heath Services, including Mental Health

1 vote

End the WTO, NAFT & GATT to create Living Wage Jobs

0 votes

End the American Police State

0 votes

Stop Internet Censorship, Warrantless Searches, Secret Prisons, Courts, Renditions & The targeted killing of American Citizens

0 votes

All of the Above

8 votes

None of the Above

66 votes

*Other, please explain politely

3 votes

Unreal NYTimes Op-Ed

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Tuesday January 01, 2013 · 7:04 PM PST

2013/01/01 · 19:04

http://www.nytimes.com/...

the assertion by the Senate minority leader last week that the House could not take up a plan by Senate Democrats to extend tax cuts on households making $250,000 or less because the Constitution requires that revenue measures originate in the lower chamber. Why should anyone care? Why should a lame-duck House, 27 members of which were defeated for re-election, have a stranglehold on our economy? Why does a grotesquely malapportioned Senate get to decide the nation’s fate?

gerrilea for Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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Wednesday December 26, 2012 · 7:47 AM PST

2012/12/26 · 07:47

It was suggested that I present some thoughts on the whole gun debate and to build that bridge over the rivers & streams that divide us.

Where we seem not to agree must be pointed out before I order the building materials, hire the architects and get the permits required.

I promise I won't outsource project.

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1. Framing the issue as a moral imperative that must be dealt with now and setting up a false dichotomy in a zero-sum game theory. As in Win-Win versus Win-Lose and the morality of only those two finites.

2. Labeling anyone whom doesn't agree with you as a “Gun Nut”, “Gun Absolutist”, “Baby Killer”, “NRA Shill”, “Red Stater”, “A Concern Troll” or a "Terrorist".

3. Solutions that include banning & restricting unalienable rights by the Federal Government. Creating publicly accessible registration lists, mandatory training, taxing ammo, etc, etc.

There seem to be other nuanced disagreements but these seem to be the biggest I've noticed so far.

gerrilea for Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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Thursday November 15, 2012 · 12:00 PM PST

2012/11/15 · 12:00

This diary will explore questions raised by reviewing said passed UN Resolution.

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About that Conversation...

Unreal NYTimes Op-Ed

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