CountryVolFan

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These cameras have been around for decades, suddenly we give it a buzz word "flock" and everyone is up in alarm. Why the rage now?

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Because the companies Flock and Axon had installed them in the 10's of thousands. Those surveillance networks all feed into a database that can track movements for the lifetime of the database. In short, the level of surveillance escalated rapidly with a citizen/voter demand for it.

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is it really ngos fighting deportations?

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Nope... the pushback has been from both sides of the aisle. In fact, the only people I've seen support it are Police Departments, District Attorneys offices, a small segment of government officials, and about 5% of random internet people.

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Step back and reflect. Who benefits if all "flock" cameras are removed. Would that stop any policeman from pulling you over???? But it certainly would hamper tracking down illegals hmmmmmm.

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Everyone benefits. It would certainly take away fake probable cause traffic stops to answer that question. But to take your argument one tiny step further, why not allow law enforcment to enter homes freely, without a warrant, to look for illegals. They'd probably get a lot more of them.

There was rightfully outrage when Law Enforcement went house to house following the Boston Marathon Bombing. Citizens saw that as going too far, and rightfully that tactic is violative of the 4th Amendment protections. Keeping a database of every driver's movement and locations is in that same boat. It's not proper and it violated 4th Amendment protections that have been around for almost 250 years.

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We did this thread on the MSB. I think it's more about companies like Hoka, On, Brooks, Asics, Saucony, and Altra taking market share in running shoes, as well as Lululemon, Vuori, and Fabletics, etc. on clothing. I'm guessing they still dominate the basketball shoe market, but not on culture/streetwear anymore.

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Seems like the MSB is kinda lazy then...

Saucony has been around since 1898, Brooks since 1914,

Altra, On and Hoka are relatively new, but their minor market, but market share of Puma has fallen.

Nike still leads marketshare in running and basketball... but their financials are awful.

While I'm in no way defending Swalwell, I really hate that we've given the Feds the power to seize your cellphone at an airport and effectively leave you stranded somewhere.

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This makes no sense. The only reason you could possibly feel unsafe in a church is with the exceedingly rare situation where some crazy goes in there and shoots the place up. A flock camera isn't stopping that. How exactly does a flock camera make you feel safer in a church? Walk us through the logic here.

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We've had drug addicts bust out car windows while we were at worship, looking for purses.

We have regular security cameras mainly for that reason, but also because there was a shooting at a Universalist Church nearby in 2008.

License plate database is obviously a negative, but monitoring the parking lot is smart.

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Both 2011 LSU and Alabama have almost always been underrated in these discussions. Either team could hang with or beat just about any team on that list. Suffocating defenses that could single-handedly take over games.

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This... x 100

05 Texas (The most overrated team on this list) might get shutout by both.

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I'm guessing "Don't celebrate Thanksgiving" did her in.

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I can see that swinging 3000-4000 votes for sure... enough to make the difference.

Tweeting crazy stuff matters.

Just checked Gas Buddy:

Cincinnati - $3.45
Columbus - $3.56
Cleveland - $3.64
Toledo - $3.42

Not sure where you are paying an extra dollar per gallon, but I'd advise you not to buy gas from them

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Giving the PT a heads up on local news that will eventually go National.

Marsha Blackburn won the GOP nomination for Governor last night and will likely be the next Governor of Tennessee. Her treasurer is Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, aka Kane of the WWE. The worst kept secret locally is that Jacobs will be appointed to Blackburn's US Senate seat once takes the Governor's spot.

Big Red Machine to DC?

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The backlash any high school, coach, and admin would get over agreeing to this would be roaring, so no one will agree.

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Let your HS play one game and pay all the teachers a $20K bonus that year?