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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22478310^[1]

The BBC’s Rebecca Morelle saw the 3D-printed gun’s first test in Austin, Texas

The US government has demanded designs for a 3D-printed gun be taken offline.

The order to remove the blueprints for the plastic gun comes after they were downloaded more than 100,000 times.

The

by Mike Ruff

Just a couple of notes on the nature of government I’ve been thinking about for a while…

First, one of the adages I’m fond of quoting is: “To the person who has only a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.” Politicians, bureaucrats, and other government thugs and con-artists fall into this category pretty consistently. Because

The question implies that pragmatic problem solving which creates political advantage is far more important than principles. If the truth makes no difference to someone then they aren't driven to find the truth, while if politics and pragmatism are important the person will do pretty much what they think they can get by with to reach a desired res

I was going to simply ignore the Morning Joe show today, stop watching it and stop commenting on it, but I decided to make this final post. MSNBC has been forced to cover this story, so the Morning Joe crew tried to provide a little bablance by touching on some parts that were troubling like the State Department's sorry treatment of a 22 year v

by Sean Haugh

The federal government, in their zeal for campaign finance reform, have given Libertarians a great gift. Quite simply, they have created the framework for a decentralized way of campaigning, a system perfectly suited to our way of doing politics.

From the Libertarian perspective, it was easy to predict that so-called campaign finance

by Garry Reed 

Most of us probably know by now that obesity can lead to all sorts of nasty problems like heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and the need to replace our entire spring wardrobe.  Obesity itself, of course, is not a disease.  The Infoplease online dictionary defines “obese” simply as “very fat or overweight; corpulent.”  But U.S.

Just briefly, on Morning Joe today, of course, Scarborough had to pick one hyperbolic statement by a Republican, and, although Scarborough admitted it was only one Republican, he went on to portray the hyperbole as a common response from Republicans. The representative said that Benghazi is 10 times the combination of Watergate and Iran-Contra.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/05/07/charles_ramsey_amanda_berry_rescuer_becomes_internet_meme_video.html^[1]

Many of us who've lived among regular people all our lives recognize Charles Ramsey as a funny man who's being himself and having a ball doing it. I've known hundreds of people like Charles Ramsey -- they are what they are and th

For my few loyal readers, I'll be posting less because I'm in the middle of writing a book that's been rattling in my head for years. I'll post excerpts from the book, and I'll still comment on current events, just not as often.

I need three or four editors, cuz my grammer ain't too good.

For my few loyal readers, I'll be posting less because I'm in the middle of writing a book that's been rattling in my head for years. I'll post excerpts from the book, and I'll still comment on current events, just not as often.

I need three or four editors, cuz my grammer ain't too good.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185^[1]

By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC World Service, Texas

The BBC’s Rebecca Morelle saw the 3D-printed gun’s first test in Austin, Texas

The world’s first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US.

The controversial group which created the firearm, Defense