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Apple’s 1% Tax on iOS Apps and Verizon’s new $30 Upgrade Fee

Where is there a 1% sales tax rate? Where I live sales tax is 6%.  Where Apple lives sales tax is 8.75%. Why did I get charged 1% tax? Will Apple hand my 2¢ over to the IRS, or is … Continue reading

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Nelson, Ga. ~ The only safe town in America.

I was just telling someone how, because I was born in NY and have lived most of my life in New England, I have always been tagged a Yankee by my family in the South. 

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Many different license pate options… Montana is cool.

I bought an old Chevy C10 in the state of Montana. When I went to register it for new tags, I found out there are 8 pages of plates to choose from.  I’m a bit too frugal to fork over … Continue reading

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Seven Miles Per Second

That’s how fast the meteor that exploded over Russia’s Chelyabinsk region was traveling when it hit our atmosphere. Think about that for a second.

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Gun Control… is a dirty word.

When I was in Basic Training, referring to one’s black rifle as a ‘gun’ was a punishable mistake. I distinctly recall a certain soldier in our platoon required to stand atop a wall while holding his rifle with arms outstretched … Continue reading

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US Citizens Must Surrender All Cactus Plants To Police

Next up: US citizens must surrender all cactus plants to police. Because cacti have the divine right of self-protection they have been determined by the United Nations to conflict with the “Democratically legitimized monopoly of violence that is globally required.” … Continue reading

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Next up: Printer Control

“Printing” a firearm? Using the Objet Connex260™ 3D Printing System, some techie folks have successfully printed an AR-type magazine.  

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