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

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

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.

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

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.

Posted on February 18, 2013 by admin

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

Posted on February 15, 2013 by admin

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.

Posted on February 14, 2013 by admin

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

Posted on January 25, 2013 by admin

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

Posted on January 20, 2013 by admin

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

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