@#9 - brilliant!

I was under the impression that (in the US, obviously) libraries were permitted under the DMCA to circumvent DRM. Is this not the case?

#120 - yes, but they're hardly unique to the last eight years.

#12 - it's not a crime. She was arrested because she was being disruptive. An overreaction? To be certain. But it was NOT because of how she was dressed.

Here's the McDonalds Gordon was talking about:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/5j2923

It looks like they've fixed it, unfortunately.

Oh, and while you're watching the tourists, don't forget to LIVE IN FEAR!!! Have a nice day, citizen!

@Tenn - oh, I'm with you on the unions. Unions are the reason prices keep going up and up and up. They demand cost of living increases for their employees and more and more benefits. Well, that money's got to come from somewhere, and it's not coming out of the employer's bottom line, so the answer is to raise prices on goods and services.

It's not to say they do NO good, I think you're right that they do more harm than good. They've become entrenched and stagnant and now they exist mostly to perpetuate themselves.

"TSA screener who smuggled a gun into the airport is still on the job"

Well no shit...they're union. You ever see someone in a union unilaterally fired before? Doesn't happen. That's a good thing and a bad thing. It protects workers from vindictive bosses. Unfortunately it also protects them from actual discipline. That guy's set for life.

@padster123: "The more deadly weapons around, held by twitchy amateurs, the more likely it is that bad things will happen, and the more - er - deadly the situation will be."

Which is why in areas with concealed carry laws incidents of random gun violence are through the roof, right?

Luke, it sounds like he said, "Must be hidin'".