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[conuly]

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“To Serve and Protect”

[nodrog]

Douglas Adams’s remark, “Those who seek power are the very ones who should not have it,” applies to more than politics.  Increasingly militarized police are trained to behave as an army of occupation, and to regard the citizens they are supposedly protecting as a hostile subject population.  In time, this becomes self-fulfilling.

[greghousesgf]

I used a check this morning at the Safeway.

[mommy]

The firm I work for has dedicated fax lines and a system where anything received as a fax is then converted to pdf and attached to an email that is sent to the receptionist's inbox. The receptionist then forwards the email to the intended fax recipient. At this point, faxing is just emailing via a phone number.

My city has two main housing rental corporations. One has more "pet friendly" homes that allow cats, but only if they've been declawed. I go with the other corporation, even though they are a bit more expensive.