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05-14-2020, 09:16 AM
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meanwhile:
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After Wisconsin court ruling, crowds liberated and thirsty descend on bars. ‘We’re the Wild West,’ Gov. Tony Evers says.
On Wednesday night in the heart of downtown Platteville, Wis., just hours after the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the state’s stay-at-home order, Nick’s on 2nd was packed wall to wall, standing room only.It was sometime after 10 p.m. when “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” by The Hollies came over the loud speaker and a bartender took out his camera. In a Twitter broadcast, he surveyed the room of maskless patrons crammed together, partying like it was 2019. A few were pounding on the bar to the beat. Some were clapping their hands in the air and some were fist-pumping, a scene so joyous they could have been celebrating the end of the worst pandemic in a century.
Instead, as Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) knew, they were just celebrating the apparent end of his power over them — at least for now.
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05-14-2020, 03:15 PM
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Time to get a VPN:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j...1KFclW4uH29O4c
May 13 2020, 3:32pm
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Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant
The government just got even more power to spy on your internet habits as millions remain quarantined at home.
By Janus RoseMay 13 2020, 3:32pm
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05-14-2020, 03:21 PM
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I'm sure that this radically expanded authority for warrantless searches will only be used by the government for its intended purposes, and will in no way serve to effectively nullify the 4th Amendment.
Another good reason to use DuckDuckGo instead of Google.
Another good reason to use DuckDuckGo instead of Google.
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05-14-2020, 03:51 PM
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Also, apart from not using Google, also don't use your ISP's default DNS. Use PiHole. Set up your own local DNS on a Raspberry Pi, and hard-code its address into your local router.
And avoid DNS over HTTPS, obviously.
And avoid DNS over HTTPS, obviously.
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05-15-2020, 08:48 AM
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https://www.newsweek.com/baltimore-r...box=1589397799
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BALTIMORE RESTAURANT OWNER CAN'T GET EMPLOYEES TO RETURN BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
BY EDDY RODRIGUEZ ON 5/13/20 AT 2:17 PM EDT
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05-15-2020, 09:07 AM
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I've been trying to get some of our per-diems who formerly worked sports remotes in to do day-labor on the new studios we're building. I've been told multiple times that unless I can guarantee them at least 4 days per week, they won't do it because they make more from unemployment.
Mind you, I am paying IBEW union wages. Roughly $120 / hour.
This system is really broken.
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05-15-2020, 10:00 AM
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...SZYVpkCLKIpjYA
| May 14, 2020 07:50 PM
DOJ escalates Chinese 'Thousand Talents' crackdown with arrest of Cleveland Clinic researcher
by Jerry Dunleavy| May 14, 2020 07:50 PM
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05-15-2020, 10:13 AM
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The hick senators from SC tried to warn against paying people more to stay at home instead of working. Stupid southern rednecks, what do they know. (One white, One black; in case you want to add racist to the list of pejorative adjectives)
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05-15-2020, 10:23 AM
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Imagine if adults could make their own decisions.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...NRhXfShMcNs63o
Millions of people have been giving their own haircuts in the last 2 months -- unlicensed. Whatever a license to be a barber even matters...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angel...pye5sk1py1jGng
I still find it funny, leftists still like to call Trump a dictator, yet here we are: bypassing the legislature to pass rules/laws on a whim -- kinda like a King would do.
I got you, bro!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...NRhXfShMcNs63o
Michigan barber, 77, defying state over shutdown has licenses suspended but refuses to close
"If we wait until we're absolutely perfectly safe, we'll never have the freedoms that we had," Karl Manke said, adding: "I had no income. There was nothing coming in."https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angel...pye5sk1py1jGng
Los Angeles to shut off water, power of nonessential businesses that refuse to close amid coronavirus
I still find it funny, leftists still like to call Trump a dictator, yet here we are: bypassing the legislature to pass rules/laws on a whim -- kinda like a King would do.
I got you, bro!
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