(Part 3) Best law books according to redditors
We found 4,763 Reddit comments discussing the best law books. We ranked the 1,663 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
Great book on the subject by Glenn Greenwald:
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
There's actually an entire book written on the subject.
Amazon link
I can't remember what the statistic is, but, I want to say it was something like 90% of the "terrorists" that have been arrested have been FBI setups. So, pretty much only ten percent are real.
From the book Terror Factory: Inside the FBi's Manufactured War on Terrorism:
"When Barack Obama took office in January 2009, his administration provided some early indication that federal law enforcement would deemphasize the targeting of potential terrorists in Muslim communities and focus more attention on right-wing extremists and other growing threats in the U.S. In April 2009, the Dept. of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis released a report titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," warning that violence could come from right-wing extremists concerned about illegal immigration, abortion, increasing federal powers, and gun control. Returning military veterans were particularly susceptible to recruitment into these extremist groups, the report said.
A political storm gathered following the report, with Fox News providing inspirtaion with exaggerated interpretations such as: "The government considers you a terrorist threat if you oppose abortion, own a gun, or are returning war veteran." U.S. Representative Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas, accused DHS of "politcal profiling." A House Homeland Security Committee inquiry followed, whih the committee's then-chairman, Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, called "a GOP stunt aimed at embarrassing the new administration." IN fairness, three months before the right-wing report, DHS had released an assessment predicting increased cyber threats from left-wing extremists--but the federal government's concerns about extremists on both ends of the politial spectrum were cut out of the controversy, which became so great that Homeland Security Janet Napolitano withdrew the right-wing report and ordered it re-written."
Good TED talk on the subject: https://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_aaronson_how_this_fbi_strategy_is_actually_creating_us_based_terrorists?language=en
Another book called Green is the New Red is all about how the FBI continues to target left-wing and eco groups as terrorists despite very, very few instances of violence, even going so far as to deliberately entrap them. Meanwhile, right wing terrorists are the most prolific terror group in this country.
Ultimately that is probably what it will take. Family members or friends of the deceased taking matters into their own hands and taking out murdering cops and corrupt DAs. The bottom line is that stuff like this will never stop if cops do not fear repercussions. It's the same reason why the establishment elite continue doing what they do, they have no fear of being held accountable.
The state of the "rule of law" and American "justice" is a complete joke. "The law" is for the little guy - the powerless. For those who haven't read it, I highly recommend With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful by Glenn Greenwald.
http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality-Powerful/dp/0805092056
If you're willing to devote some serious time, Man, Economy and State is the most complete explanation that exists of the economics behind ancap ideas. It's also like 1100 pages or something so it might be more of a commitment than you're willing to make just for opposition research.
If you want to get into the philosophy behind the ideas, The Ethics of Liberty is probably the best thing you'll find. It attempts to give a step-by-step logical "proof" of libertarian philosophy.
The Problem of Political Authority is also an excellent book that takes nearly universally accepted moral premises and uses them to come to ancap conclusions in a thoroughly logical manner. I'd say if you're actually at all open to having your mind changed, it's the one most likely to do it.
If you just want a brief taste, The Law is extremely short (you can read it in an hour or two) and contains many of the important fundamental ideas. It was written like 200 years ago so doesn't really qualify as ancap, but it has the advantage of being easily digestible and also being (and I can't stress this enough) beautifully written. It's an absolute joy to read. You can also easily find it online with a simple Google search.
I know you asked for one book and I gave you four, but the four serve different purposes so pick one according to what it is you're specifically looking for.
Some examples of fake terror plots:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-helped-along-by-the-fbi.html
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article135983268.html
Also here’s a book for you: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Maufactured-Terrorism-ebook/dp/B00ATLNH78
I have read legal advice that teaches you to offer your name, the fact that you needed to defend yourself, additional exculpatory information (such as assailants weapons), and the location of witnesses that observed the fight. The reasoning was that a simple or hardline "don't talk to the police" stance might risk that evidence being missed, or the witnesses not being interviewed in time. You NEED that stuff to clear your name, and it's probably better if you direct the cops to that evidence. You're not giving up a whole lot by giving up that little bit of information.
Other than that, he says, you take the fifth. Not much different from this advice.
The Law of Self Defense, 3rd Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F9FAJBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_-tdMAbG5FJGAJ
The Death of Common Sense is an excellent book on the topic. And it's not just in schools either, practically every public employer is rampant with CYA and blind rule-following.
>Oh God. The one thing we don't want them to do is put in clauses and addendum for every eventuality.
This is one of the big complaints in The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America. It's a good read that does a solid job of pointing out the major problems that our system faces as it ages.
Two terrific books on the subject:
http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality-Powerful-ebook/dp/B00603PI3U/
http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Lost-Money-Corrupts-Congress--/dp/0446576441/
Obligatory link to Wolf PAC: http://www.wolf-pac.com
First of all, sorry that you feel (or were) antagonized by atheistic groups. Everyone should remember the difference between factual critique and personal attack, and avoid the latter as possible. On the other hand, Christianity incorporates a lot of outrageously stupid, wrong and immoral doctrines, and if you perform apologetics for those doctrines, you might easily come across as immoral yourself.
To your points: absolutism abounds in theistic thought. Theologians throughout the ages loved to talk about the highest, the most ideal, the absolutely perfect, the perfectly good, the absolute and unquestionable Truth (with a capital T), pure love and so on. Everything that doesn't meet that standard of absolute perfection is equally doomed and unworthy. This line of thinking is always based on nirvana fallacies and fallacies of gray, and explains why theists frequently use the whole arsenal of fallacious arguments from epistemic relativism, moral relativism and presuppositionalism against any challenging philosophy.
To make it short, just because we can't create an ideal world, doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't improve our world. Arguing contrarily would commit a textbook example of the nirvana fallacy. Without reasonable doubt, a world without religion would be a much better place. Just some studies:
Negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence 1
Negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence 2
Negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence 3
Negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence 4
Negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence 5
Negative correlation between religiosity and intelligence 6
Negative correlation between religiosity and education 1
Negative correlation between religiosity and education 2
Negative correlation between religiosity and education 3
Negative correlation between religiosity and education 4
Correlation between religiosity and societal dysfunction 1
Correlation between religiosity and societal dysfunction 2
Correlation between religiosity and societal dysfunction 3
Correlation between religiosity and societal dysfunction 4
Correlation between religiosity and crime rates 1
Correlation between religiosity and crime rates 2
Correlation between religiosity and crime rates 3
Above all, I find it quite curious that religious moderates have apparently completely given up on arguing that there is any truth in religious doctrines. Instead they just try to argue (with very little success) that religion is useful. That always strikes me as intellectually bankrupt.
If you ask a fundamentalist, he will always give you normal reasons for why he believes. Those reasons are all complete bogus and easily refutable, but the fundamentalist isn't aware of that and if they were true, he would indeed have rational justification for his faith. The moderate on the other hand seems to have given up all concern about what is true or not. He just claims that having faith is beneficial.
What a bizarre frame of mind. I think that's philosophical suicide. First we have to establish what is true or untrue, then we can talk about what to make of it. The facts are that Jesus wasn't the son of God, never performed any miracle and didn't rise from the dead. The Bible isn't the word of a deity, it's neither divinely authored nor inspired. The Gospels are neither historically accurate accounts, nor written by witnesses of the described events, but in fact written many decades after Jesus' death and refuted numerous times by the historical record. Intercessory prayer has absolutely no effect. Miracles, as described in religious scripture or literature, never happened. Neither churchmen nor church doctrines were inspired by a deity. Dualism is bunk, souls don't get injected into human fetuses, and consciousness is a product and a process of the physical brain that ends with its death. Homosexuality is completely natural and occurs in basically every mammalian species. Faith is not a virtue, it's a vice that makes people gullible and exploitable by charlatans and conmen. Being religious doesn't make people more moral, tendentially rather to the contrary. The explanation for the diversity of life is biological evolution, and evolution is not guided by anything except the forces of nature. Sin and hell don't exist, humanity isn't fallen and doesn't need redemption or salvation. Those claims were purely made up by religious leaders as parts of a scare and control tactic.
Accepting the facts has to come first. Then we can talk about what is useful or beneficial.
I'd recommend reading many sides/perspectives so that you can formulate an independent mind and not just be a mouthpiece of some economist's ideology. For instance, I disagree with a lot of Marx, but I think his materialist critique of history and his critique of capitalism are very useful and a lot of it is correct. His solutions/recommendations are shit, but that doesn't discount his contributions. My recommendations:
Generally Considered Right-Leaning Economics:
Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson: https://www.amazon.com/Economics-One-Lesson-Shortest-Understand/dp/0517548232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510274539&sr=8-1
F. A. Hayek, Road to Serfdom: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Serfdom-Documents-Definitive-Collected/dp/0226320553/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510274634&sr=8-1
F. A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Conceit-Errors-Socialism-Collected/dp/0226320669/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1510274634&sr=8-3
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations: https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Nations-Bantam-Classics/dp/0553585975/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510275227&sr=1-3
Frederic Bastiat, The Law: https://www.amazon.com/Law-Frederic-Bastiat/dp/1612930123/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=31TE91RXV0Q2XPPWE81K
Also read: Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman, and Ludwig Von Mises
Generally Considered Left-Leaning Economics:
J. M. Keynes, The General Theory: https://www.amazon.com/General-Theory-Employment-Interest-Money/dp/0156347113/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510274943&sr=1-3
Rosa Luxemburg, The Accumulation of Capital: https://www.amazon.com/Accumulation-Capital-Rosa-Luxemburg/dp/1614277885/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510275041&sr=1-2
Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution: https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Writings-History-Political-Science/dp/0486447766/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510275041&sr=1-1
Also read: Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky. Modern day Left/Keynesian economist is Paul Krugman.
Anarchism:
Emma Goldman: https://www.amazon.com/Anarchism-Other-Essays-Emma-Goldman/dp/1484116577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510275717&sr=8-1
These laws are written broadly and held up by the courts for a very specific purpose. It gives the state all the power. Try walking around society today and not be in violation of several laws; I dare you. This excessive careless lawmaking has turned us into a anxious, complacent, litigious society that has killed common sense. It will only get worse (enjoy the decline!) because laws are easier to make then they are to remove.
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This from the article was also well stated.
>Arizona’s child molestation laws have been weaponized into a tool for prosecutorial harassment, allowing the state to target any parent or caregiver—out of spite or malice, or simply to boost their conviction rates.
"Weapons" of public control and personal career advancement is a very good example of what many laws have become in our society.
I recommend the book : Terror Factory: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Maufactured-Terrorism-ebook/dp/B00ATLNH78/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543377819&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=terror+factory
Alltså. Det känns som om mannen är en kristen halmdocka av all dålig och moraliskt tveksam debatt-teknik man kan tänka sig.
Det finns så mycket värt att diskutera kring denna, men tråden lär knappast fyllas med folk som håller med honom, så jag fattar mig kort [höhö]: (alla markeringar är mina och jag har ändrat runt en del i citaten)
Det jag stör mig mest på är fulheten i det hela.
Listan över källor och påståenden:
Robert Sawyer - Science Fiction-författare, vars böcker är ganska religionskritiska om jag minns rätt.
Är som sagt en fiktionsförfattare, han kunde åtminstone ha valt en författare som delar hans åsikter: >"Enligt forskaren Orson Scott Card befinner vi oss just nu i krig med den utomjordiska rasen formics och har därför skickat upp 90% av våra intelligentaste barn för att stridsträna dem genom nollgravitations-laserdome."
Phil Zuckerman Sociologiprofessor, jag vet inte han personliga tro men personen har kommit ut till försvar för ateism och har gett ut en bok som utforskar varför sekulära icketroende norden är så framgångsrikt (alltså raka motsatsen till vad herr kristdemokrat tycker)
>Beräknar siffran till 92 procent [av troende på gud eller högre makt].
Det är säkert helt riktigt, även om det inte stämmer överens med wikipedia till 100%
Det finns många troende, det är ingen ateist som förnekar det. Det kan däremot vara värt att notera det fetstilta: eller högre makt, alltså inte bara den kristna guden. Även om kristendom är den enskilt största religionen så är det bara (enligt wiki) 31,5% som tror på den kristna guden, vilket alltså bryter mot det normala (inte för att det är någonting fel med att bryta mot det normala) som består av 68.5% av världens befolkning som inte tror på den kristna guden. Om man däremot lägger ihop de Abrahamitiska religionerna så får man 54% troende och 46% icketroende, frågan är hur många muslimer och kristna som verkligen går med på den där sammanfogningen som en religion under samma gud.
Religion Watch - Påstår att de oberoende visar religiösa trender och statistik. Hittade inte så mycket info om dem när jag snabbsökte, så kan inte ge min åsikt om dem.
>75 procent av alla forskare i världen tror på Gud, uppskattar Religion Watch Newsletter (1998, 13:8)
Två saker bör noteras, för det första årtalet, alltså 15 år sedan, för det andra att det är i hela världen. Forskarnas åsikter speglas givetvis av befolkningen, om 99% av befolkningen är troende så kommer majoriteten av forskarna också vara troende. Tvärtemot vad vissa internetateister tror så blir man inte helt magiskt icketroende så fort man har ett mikroskop i handen.
Det intressanta är däremot förhållandet mellan den generella befolkningen och forskarna i samma land. Där visas det att forskarna har en större andel icketroende, vilket antagligen säger någonting.
James Leuba - psykolog. Gjorde studier gällande psykologi i samband med religion.
>Till och med i 1900-talets mest rationalistiska forskningsmiljö, den på amerikanska universitet, har gudstron inte gått tillbaka under de senaste hundra åren
Ja. Jänkarna är verkligen kända för att vara rationalistiska och icketroende. Frågan är varför han inte visade någon liknande undersökning i Sverige istället, eller var han rädd för vad den visade?
>1914 gjorde James Leuba en undersökning bland USA:s forskare om deras syn på Gud. 40 procent trodde på en Gud. 40 procent trodde inte och 20 procent var osäkra.
Känns rimligt.
Edward Larson - historiker och Larry Witham - författare
>1996 upprepades undersökningen av Edward Larson och Larry Witham, och då trodde 40 procent på Gud, 45 procent trodde inte på Gud och 15 procent var osäkra.
I det stora hela känns det också rimligt men det finns flera saker att anmärka: Det första är åter igen årtalet, 17 år är tillräckligt lång tid för att kunna ge stora förändringar. Det andra är att den starka religiositeten ökade i USA under kalla kriget, vilket givetvis ger effekt på forskarvärlden också. Det tredje är att den amerikanska forskarvärlden i helhet inte är lika strikt som i Sverige. Det finns mängder av religiöst inriktade universitet som forskar om saker i stil med: "Vilken typ av dinosaurie red Jesus?" (detta är givetvis en överdrift, men andan är den samme), om undersökningen räknar med dessa "forskare" vet jag inte, men det är ingen omöjlighet.
Stephen Jay Gould - Biolog och paleontolog
>Han konstaterar att många av de absolut främsta forskarna tror på Gud: ”Antingen är hälften av mina kolleger enormt dumma, eller så är det fullt möjligt att förena darwinismen med konventionell religiös tro
Herr Gould sade det här som försvar för evolutionsteorin mot alla young earth-kreationister som påstod att evolutionsläran är satans påhitt och strider mot kristendomen.Att det inte finns någonting som har hindrat en gud från att ha skapat människan via evolution. Om det är rimligt eller ej är däremot en annan fråga. Samma sak gäller kombinationen av religiös tro och vetenskap. Visst, det är ingenting som gör att de direkt strider mot varandra, att man tror på att en gud skapade x hindrar inte en från att vilja ta reda på hur x fungerar.
DÄREMOT strider det rejält mot den vetenskapliga metoden att tro på någonting så starkt utan att ha några som helst bevis för det, till och med hårt ifrågasatta strängteorin har banne mig mer bevis än någon gud någonsin haft.
Så. Då kommer frågan: ljuger herr Skånberg medvetet för att lura till sig sympatisörer, för det är knappast särskilt kristligt, eller är han så korkad eller oinsatt att han helt enkelt inte förstår bättre, för då borde han inte ha en debattartikel i en högt ansedd tidning.
FL;LI
HJÄLP JAG ÄR INSTÄNGD I EN WALL OF TEXT OCH KAN INTE HITTA UT.
Carswell wrote a book called The Plan.
What's up dude. Took the LSAT in June. Went from a cold diagnostic of 154 to a 167. (Retaking in Sept for a 170+). Books I used/recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-study-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539064&sr=8-1&keywords=lsat+trainer
https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-Logic-Games-Powerscore-Preparation/dp/0988758660/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539126&sr=8-1&keywords=powerscore+logic+game+bible
https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-LSAT-Logical-Reasoning-Bible/dp/0991299221/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539163&sr=8-1&keywords=powerscore+logic+reasoning+bible
Books I used but don't recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/PowerScore-LSAT-Reading-Comprehension-Bible/dp/099129923X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539188&sr=8-1&keywords=powerscore+reading+comprehension
Get your practice tests here (seriously, do 20+ under timed conditions while filling out LSAT bubble sheets):
https://www.amazon.com/10-Actual-Official-LSAT-PrepTests/dp/0986045519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539233&sr=8-1&keywords=10+lsat+preptests
https://www.amazon.com/Actual-Official-PrepTests-Comparative-Reading/dp/0984636005/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1469539233&sr=8-3&keywords=10+lsat+preptests
Also, use https://7sage.com/
Sign up for a free account, and use their logic game explanations. They also have analytics that will track your progress and spit out analysis concerning where your weak areas are.
Good luck!
A lot of von Mises's works covered some of the problems of regulatory capture, but the only modern books that remotely discuss some of these things are The Right to Earn a Living and The Death of Common Sense.
Please NOTE: I have not read the 2011 version of the Death of Common Sense, but I have followed Philip K. Howard for a long time and he's right, the US legal system is a mire and we need significantly less laws to reset the system to a point where it can start working again.
I am a libertarian working in government, primarily because I don't think it's right for me to criticize the system from the outside if I'm not willing to get in and repair it. The quagmire of laws is working to civil servants' detriment, not making it easier for us. In fact, many laws are custom-tailored to give certain corporations the advantage and it's quite evident if you really know the area of government you're in.
OH MY GOD I have been waiting for this post!!!!
Best legal writing book I have ever seen is: Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges -- By Antonin (SCOTUS Justice) Scalia and Brian Garner.
It is AMAZING.
Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Your-Case-Persuading-Judges/dp/0314184716/ref=asc_df_0314184716/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312142542416&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8044996114739830784&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9021716&hvtargid=pla-489109186761&psc=1
Here's how I understand it, also a senior econ major who spends too much time on /truereddit and no time watching tv news.
The bottom 99%: Many of the protestors are recent college graduates who have spent the last few years trying and failing to get jobs in their majors. There are many people who have graduated with decent grades and decent resumes, taken out tens of thousands of dollars of student loans and now have to take retail jobs because there just aren't enough jobs in the market. Read around at http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ to get a better idea of people's individual situations. Large factions in government (particularly the growing far-right voice in republicanism) have been cutting unemployment insurance, anything meaningful in the healthcare bill, and money toward non-profits.
The Top 1%: Meanwhile, the top 1% are taking ever more for themselves. These graphs show the growing disparity better than I could. Meanwhile, they've heavily lobbied congress, changed regulations to give more freedom to large corporations and make entering markets more difficult, have avoided any criminal prosecutions despite numerous acknowledged accounts of theft, lying to consumers about risk, and lying to regulatory bodies about what they were doing. C-level executives breaking the law, affecting millions of dollars and lives, face no criminal penalties but 4% of Americans have been imprisoned, mostly for petty crimes and drug use. And now that corporations have personhood, as upheld by the supreme court case Citizens United Vs. FEC, corporations are donating massive amounts to influence elections and elected representatives. This has caused both parties to give more weight to corporate interests than ever before in American history while simultaneously cutting benefits and safety nets for the bottom 46%.
Issues with Obama: Obama ran on a campaign for change of corporate interest in politics and stronger enforcement of equality under the law. But under him, the banks had record profits after a misguided bailout, regulation continued to be uprooted, no criminal charges were filed, and almost all the major relief programs had their budgets cut. People felt betrayed.
The OWS campers: So back to OWS - the people camping out are the front lines. Many are unemployed, some are homeless, some are just really grumpy. They are not the voice of the movement, but the base of it. The media has mostly gotten their kicks by playing this "neutral" reporting angle, where they interview the front liners and decide that everyone is just complaining and uneducated. The people at the front lines do a have a wide range of complaints - they believe the political system is broken. Issues include corporate personhood, lobbyist influence, block party voting, lack of interest in citizen issues (online voting questions), the never ending wars, legalization of marijuana, student loans, healthcare, gun control laws, and everything in between. At the front lines, people are just disgruntled. But as a whole movement, the first few are representative of the main requests for change.
What OWS wants: To date, the movement hasn't asked for anything direct or specific action. That enables the mainstream media to simplify the movement. But no law by entrenched politicians can change a culture of listening to CEO interests over worker interests, of accepting huge donations in return for lowered regulations. Right now, OWS is trying to raise awareness of this disparity of wealth and interests - it's difficult for anyone not directly impacted to really feel.
Tl;dr Most Americans have seen their benefits and job opportunities cut while the government has allocated more and more to the top 1%. The people camping out and protesting are the base of the movement, but they aren't a very eloquent voice for it. The biggest issues that OWS is seeking to change are overturning corporate personhood and equality under the law between rich and poor.
Further viewing:
Book: Glenn Greenwald’s With Liberty and Justice for Some - How Rule of Law no longer applies – the political and financial elite aren’t criminally liable for their actions, and poor drug users are more likely to face crippling criminal penalties than ever before.
Video: Inside the Accountants Handbook – a 3 minute video of how corporations don’t pay taxes
The exciting thing about the Carswell defection is in 2008 he co-authored a plan where he laid out how the UK could change in the initial 12 months on leaving the EU, previously serialised as The Localist Papers which all contenders for the Conservative leadership signed with the exception of Ken Clarke. Carswell noting that whilst signed they had only been paid lip service whilst in government, a grudge he rumblingly aired on occasion whilst still a Conservative.
At 190 pages short only around a third directly, I'd hazard, relate to the EU. If that. Nevertheless these coincide with many of UKIPs expressed concerns (UKIP members have actually campaigned for Carswell before), and it's something which is difficult for Conservatives to criticise as it initially came outside UKIP and which they signed up to but didn't follow through on.
http://www.red-green.co.uk/web/plan.pdf
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Plan-Twelve-months-Britain/dp/0955979900
Picking up on a few of these points (you can find more in the index of the pdf and under 'Great Repeal Bill'):
Still looking good.
It's just one example, but it's bureaucracy such as that that is costing the UK an additional 5-10+% of GDP annually. Peter Mandelson himself put it around the 5% figure a decade ago. It's only gone up. Last year UKIPs professor Steve Crowther revised it to now above 10%, and predicted that on leaving the EU the UK could start what would be a 10 year process in reviewing and repealing these bureaucratic wastes.
Come out of the EU and we can negotiate our own trade deals. Digby Jones, Gordon Brown's Minister of State for Trade and Investment has even brushed aside the EU question of whether we'd be able to trade with the EU, in saying that we would have a trade deal with EU states in 24 hours of coming out. We already have a negotiation position as signatories of EFTA outside the EU, have been offered AA status by federalists in Europe, would have both Lisbon and WTO assurances.
We can trade with Europe and the World.
And yes, controlling immigration would mean being able to plan our services and local infrastructure, and allow us to forward plan instead of constantly being in a state of triage.
https://www.amazon.com/Negroes-Guns-Robert-F-Williams/dp/1614274118
I always link liberals and social democrats to this book, but they never read it. It's unfortunate but significant they reject out of hand without independent investigation anything that contradicts their ideas. Gun prohibition would go over as well as drug prohibition--an excuse for the racist, classist police to terrorize the poor, especially poor people of color, in the interests of "public safety."
They want the feeling of intellectual and moral superiority over the Right and Left, without doing the good faith and thorough going study and on-the-ground organizing required for any kind of confidence, because no one can be superior to anyone else. They just want to watch the Daily Show and nod sagely, but as ahistorical and ideologically rigid as reactionaries.
Unfortunately, and i say this without malice or to feel superior, liberals and social democrats follow a kind of politics that cares more about aesthetics and performance than historical materialism.
Not insensitive at all! This is my job, so I keep one foot in the compassion camp and one foot in the matter-of-fact camp.
It depends on the caliber of the firearm, the angle of the barrel, placement of the muzzle and general body posture. And there are infinite combinations of these things and other additional factors.
The larger the caliber, generally, the more damage occurs. Our female patient who severely damaged her face, had placed the muzzle just behind her left eye, on the foremost part of her temple. She was also very intoxicated at the time because she had been in an argument with her significant other, therefore, when she injured herself, it was an impulsive behavior and the barrel was pointing toward the front of her face. The face (and its tissues and bones) are pretty delicate and come apart fairly easily with a firearm blast. So, in her case, it was mostly direction and path of least resistance. The cranial vault (the part of the skull that holds the brain) can deflect a decent amount of force, if not directly applied.
Many people who shoot themselves in the head (again, this statement is based purely on my work experience, not on any proper study) are upset and often intoxicated, whether it be alcohol, meth, etc. And often in this state, people make impulsive decisions and they do not have a solid plan, let alone accurate geometry to cause instant death.
Another thing to consider when it comes to instant death, or lack thereof, is how intact the brain stem remains and how much brain swelling occurs. If the cranial vault has been compromised, i.e. it has been fractured or a section has been removed by the blast, this will allow room for the brain to swell and lowers the likelihood that it will protrude down and out of the opening of the base of the skull (the foramen magnum), assuming enough of the brain is left intact. This is what is called herniation and it is always fatal.
Honestly, after all of the combinations that I've seen in my department, I would have to say the way to guarantee a completed suicide would be a very deliberately placed .45 or shotgun barrel placed in the mouth.
If you're genuinely interested in how the pathologies play out in firearm injuries, you might want to check out the textbook Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics and Forensic Techniques. It's pretty much the 'bible' on the topic.
That was indeed awesome. Here is a link to the book if anyone is interested.
First year lawyer chiming in. I second the not-reading-prior-to-law-school advice, but if you're really begging for it, I think these two books might be helpful:
Edit: While you can't really "prepare" for law school prior to experiencing it, you can somewhat increase your tolerance for reading (which is a HUGE part of the law) by reading non-fiction books. This would only be if you really lack that type of discipline, but if you already love reading, it's probably less important.
Those of you concerned about the Sheriff's stance on this legal mattermay be interested in Glenn Greenwald's new book, With Liberty and Justice for Some.
Hannan has always wanted a swiss model based on bilateral accords. He wrote an entire book outlining his position.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Vote-Leave-Daniel-Hannan/dp/1784977101
https://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/141210110634-BritainandtheEUasolution.pdf
Start understanding why it is that people are driven to come here illegally. The immigration/refuge process takes years, even decades. And the people who come here illegally rarely take the opportunities that migrants do. A good starter is here (https://www.amazon.com/They-Take-Our-Jobs-Immigration/dp/0807041564).
If the story by the witness in the link is accurate, the CCW holder was the initial aggressor and could be charged with second degree murder or voluntary manslaughter.
I've been reading this book lately, and I highly suggest it to anyone that frequently has questions like this.
Here is a paper and here is a book. Didn't read it but have studied Chomsky.
I gotta go now, once you have read the first (and possibly the second), come back for more.
One more thing: Numbers would look even brighter if there was a clear path for these people to actually gain citizenship and contribute to the country legally. Part of why some of these people don't pay taxes is that they are afraid of repercussions when dealing with governmental institutions. And with Trump, this fear is gonna increase and tax outcome is gonna decrease.
They are cheapest if you buy the books of ten instead of single preptests. The titles are a little confusing, so check to see which test numbers are included. Here are the three most recent (and most relevant):
Preptests 72-81
Preptests 62-71
Preptests 52-61
You both should read these awesome books:
Anatomy of the state
The Law
What government has done with our money
and finally:
The ethics of liberty
ROTFL! How did I know you'd link to something like The Heritage Foundation!?? And you accuse ME of not having any arguments supported by facts? You're linking to a conservative think tank! LOL. Your link has been thoroughly debunked:
https://www.factcheck.org/2013/06/the-immigration-bills-6-3-trillion-price-tag-2/
So, very sorry, you are wrong on crime:
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/is-illegal-immigration-linked-to-more-or-less-crime/
You are wrong on taxes:
https://www.amazon.com/They-Take-Our-Jobs-Immigration/dp/0807041564#reader_0807041564
And your statement about "destroying our culture" is the epitome of right-wing racist rhetoric.
I heartily recommend you read this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Law-Self-Defense-3rd-ebook/dp/B01F9FAJBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497645297&sr=8-1&keywords=law+of+self+defense+3rd+edition
I think I've found a book for you to at least get you started on why oligarchies are really bad and why they exist.
Are you in law school? You don't have any flair.
Err... I would not send people off reading judicial opinions. Brian Gardner and Scalia have a pretty good book on legal writing. But really, I'd just tell Robotrick to IRAC or CREAC if his writing is weak.
IRAC = Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion and is used for objective writing.
CREAC = Contention, Rule, Example (if you have any. For legal writing these are cases - not sure this would translate too well for non-legal writing), Analysis, Conclusion and is used for persuasive writing.
It's a simple way to break down what you want to talk about. That said, it's not very pretty. It's mainly used so someone who doesn't want to sift through endless BS can quickly figure out WTF you're trying to say because they have a roadmap in their head for what you're doing.
Don't worry about it too much. You can keep IRAC in the back of your head until you're in your LRW class - then do whatever your prof tells you to do.
First off, if you have the resources/time, try taking the bar next July instead of Feb. You'll thank yourself for having more time to spread out and study. I didn't do that (I took all 3 of my exams back-to-back-to-back), but had I failed a third time--which was possible--I would have moved back to my parent's place and taken the test a 4th time in July instead of Feb.
I started studying a week after my results both times. I got a local CA bar exam tutor the 2nd and 3rd time (fuck barbri) that assigned us essays that we later discussed together in small groups. Each day was about 10-15 hours of studying, which consisted of doing and reviewing about 3-4 essays that were assigned by my tutor and 50 MBE's. But make no mistake, I took at least a day off a week. Otherwise, I would have gone insane.
As far as essays go, barbri's aren't that bad, but, at least for CA, they're WAY too in-depth given the time constraints. I used this book for the CA bar exam essays: https://www.amazon.com/Essay-Exam-Writing-California-Bar/dp/073550993X If you can find a NY one similar to the one I linked, then you're golden.
As far as MBE's go, again, get a hold of the Kaplan/PMBR ones, and do these Civ Pro ones from Emanuel: https://www.amazon.com/Strategies-Tactics-MBE-Emanuel-Review/dp/1454873124/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_1/164-3132343-7414359?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3YN7A1AYTGD6BXWMQA79
Finally, I'd review the black letter stuff--which, frankly, is the entire bar exam, as it's almost impossible to grade policy answers--while practicing/reviewing. You also memorize better by practicing. I'd dedicate barely any separate time solely to black letter stuff.
Again, YOU CAN FUCKING DO THIS
Ugh, yes, please update your materials - those were outdated in 2015. Get some of these (later ones are better, so 52-61, 62-71, and the new ones are almost definitely enough if you study properly and efficiently):
Superprep isn't horrible, but there is much better strategy out there. A lot of people like 7sage and the Trainer for self-study.
Kaplan, Princeton Review, Blueprint, Powerscore, and Manhattan are all OK too, especially as classroom courses or tutoring (though that gets really stupidly expensive). They each have their strengths and weaknesses and one of them got the job done for me many years ago, but they tend to not be as highly rated on here for self-study.
Read the book The Law of Self Defense by Andrew Branca. It's a quick read - only about the first half is the actual text, the second half is the appendix (state laws, etc).
That one book completely changed my mind about situations like you mentioned. A good chunk of it's dedicated to defense of others, and it was a real eye opener.
My answer to your question: I wouldn't fire unless he turned his gun towards me. I'm not going to put myself in a position where a prosecutor decides to come after me because I shot someone that didn't even know I was there. I wouldn't yell at the criminal because that same prosecutor might twist that to mean I was the instigator.
The justice system isn't there to protect you, and you shouldn't count on it to agree with your opinion on what is morally correct.
He and Daniel Hannan have certainly worked closely together in the past - they co-authored "The Plan".
If you're in litigation, I've seen this mentioned frequently.
Everybody on the web (and plenty of people IRL) compare things they dislike or disagree with to Hitler/Auschwitz. Reductio ad Hitlerum.
would you like to know more?
TIL that a woman, hired by Dyncorp to crackdown on forced prostitution on behalf of the UN, discovered that the UN police were the main perpetrators of forced prostitution and was later fired.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15r2j4/til_that_a_woman_hired_by_dyncorp_to_crackdown_on/
WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whistleblower-Trafficking-Military-Contractors/dp/B005CDUBC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331445269&sr=8-4
Sounds like Blackwater founder Erik Prince was operating a child prostitution service in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6249748
1989 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OJPeHCmhA
1989 #2 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-k-tfiPfs
1989 story about Bush Sr. Whitehouse call Boy sex ring
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/02/06/15709461.php
Nixon Tape Discusses Homosexuals at Bohemian Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPb-PN9F2Pc
Charges refiled against former Pittsburgh cop accused of running prostitution ring
http://triblive.com/news/2222380-74/johns-police-criminal-charges-pittsburgh-prostitution-allegheny-charged-counts-county#axzz2Qc0wAaBg
Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
Man confronted by police in Silver Spring hotel in February
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120611/NEWS/706119952/1007/former-tsa-employee-fined-500-for-running-prostitution-ring&template=gazette
School board member convicted of running prostitution ring in California
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16904911-school-board-member-convicted-of-running-prostitution-ring-in-california?lite
FBI dad’s spyware experiment accidentally exposes pedophile principal
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/146xzt/fbi_dads_spyware_experiment_accidentally_exposes/
The Franklin Cover-Up - John DeCamp - Full film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWrrBceuP4
The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
http://www.amazon.com/The-Franklin-Cover-up-Satanism-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366098964&sr=8-1&keywords=franklin+coverup
Pentagon Child Porn Scandal: Security Agencies Were Left At Risk, Investigators Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/pentagon-child-porn-scand_n_656839.html
Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/secret-service-prostitution-scandal
A Party under Fire: A Scandal-Scarred GOP Asks, ‘What Next?’
Explicit e-mails with under-age male pages. Criminal lobbyists. Being on client lists for prostitution rings. FBI corruption investigations. And, now, soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. People are beginning to wonder: how low can Republican lawmakers go?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/a-party-under-fire-a-scandal-scarred-gop-asks-what-next-a-502653.html
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html
The D.C. Madam Case, All Sordid Out
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-04-11/opinions/36798466_1_deborah-jeane-palfrey-prosecutors-shock-and-awe
Mike Horner Prostitution Scandal: GOP State Rep. Resigns After Name Reportedly Surfaces On Client List
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mike-horner-sex-prostitution-scandal_n_1910647.html
Another One: Top Federal Judge Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4452917&page=1#.UW0JY0pcnn4
‘Comfort Women’ Controversy Comes to New York
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/comfort-women-controversy-comes-to-new-york/
Sex scandal rocks Vatican: Papal usher, chorister linked to gay prostitution ring
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sex-scandal-rocks-vatican-papal-usher-chorister-linked-gay-prostitution-ring-article-1.172149
BBC News - Catholic Church loses child abuse liability appeal
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wfq5e/bbc_news_catholic_church_loses_child_abuse/
Ireland admits involvement in Catholic laundry slavery
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57567706/ireland-admits-involvement-in-catholic-laundry-slavery/
Cover-up claims revive sex scandal
Belgian establishment accused of closing ranks to block investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/apr/21/stephenbates
Belgium Pedophilia Scandal /Did Authorities Cover Up Its Scope?: Book Revives Fear of Grand Conspiracy
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/16/news/16iht-brussels.2.t.html?pagewanted=all
Portugal's elite linked to paedophile ring
Abuse was reportedly going on at Lisbon orphanage for 20 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk
FBI Ran Pedophile Ring to Nab Pedophiles
As late as last year, the FBI ran a child pornography operation in an attempt to nab its customers. The service ran for two weeks "while attempting to identify more than 5,000 customers, according to a Seattle FBI agent's statements to the court."
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/05/30/FBI-Ran-Pedophile-Ring-to-Nab-Pedophiles
Wow the comments in this thread are stunningly dense, reactionary and filled with useless anecdote. I guess everyone thinks they are an expert on the American school system because they spent a period of time in it. Many rules like this are district not school policy. I've seen multiple examples where teachers and principals who stood up to zero tolerance policies were asked to carry it out or be let go by the district/charter board. What created this and other disasters is simply the litigious nature of our society. Fear of litigation causes schools, and businesses to overcompensate in their day to day operating policies often times with terrible outcomes. If you'd like to learn more about this phenomena I'd highly recommend Philip K. Howard's The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America
Glenn Greenwald wrote an entire book highlighting this fact called, "With Liberty and Justice for Some".
After reading the reviews like this one, and excerpts from the book, if you wanted to have a more informative historical reflection on black and firearms in this nation, and less of a polemic, knee-bending, white-centered view of social conflict and the gun, avoid this book.
Negroes with Guns does it much better, with about 75% less political tilt and lecturing to black folks.
A violation of the rights of the person being taken from.
Put simply, Anarcho-Capitalism is based on the common understanding of private property and the rejection of the idea that anyone, particularly the government, can legitimately override these property rights for any reason. Ancaps may abbreviate this as "The non-aggression principle", understanding 'aggression' to be "violations of person or property."
For a complete treatment of the crash from an ancap perspective see the book Meltdown.
It's not a problem, or to the degree that it is, economics puts a check on it.
Yes. By institutions that society does not treat as having the legitimate authority to violate rights. E.g. The agents of the State murder innocent people and get away with it. Private security agents, in the rare circumstances where they do murder someone, are much more likely to be held accountable. The State collects taxes and people accept it, while the Mafia collects 'protection money' and everyone knows it's a racket.
> Never mind that the Brexiters never had a plan
I hear this all the time, but what sort of thing were you expecting from the Brexiteers?
An extended discussion paper perhaps? Well there's the "Blueprint for Britain", published by the IEA after a competition.
https://iea.org.uk/themencode-pdf-viewer-sc/?file=/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Brexit%20Entry%20170_final_bio_web.pdf
Is that too short and not enough detail? Prefer something from a think tank? Well how about the Flexcit plan, a 400-page document going into detail about trade requirements?
www.eureferendum.com/Flexcit.aspx
Would you rather have something by a politician, ideally a Leave Campaigner? Well Dan Hannan, one of the Vote Leave board, wrote a detailed case for what a post-Brexit Britain should look like in his latest book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Vote-Leave-Daniel-Hannan/dp/1784977101
Of course, these are just plans written by campaigners and not a formal one by an elected government. That obviously couldn't happen under the previous pro-Remain administration, but is being done right now under direction by Theresa May. I genuinely don't know what else they should have had.
Yup, you can have an oligarchy nested in your republic. http://www.amazon.com/Oligarchy-Jeffrey-A-Winters/dp/0521182980
I passed the CA bar awhile ago but ended up writing this mini guide up for friends who took the bar after me who, like myself, were frustrated with the commercial bar prep courses. I ended up studying supplements (while using Kaplan only for its MBE question bank) almost exclusively on my own schedule (and passed - with a lot less stress than a lot of my peers who struggled to complete the commercial bar prep schedule). My friends found this really helpful so I thought I'd share it with you:
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Reviewing the Black Letter Law
I highly recommend lean sheets because they were compact and great for reviewing rule elements.
They also had room in the margins for me to add any other notes I wanted to make.
http://www.leansheets.com/california-bar-exam-outlines-leansheets-com/
I suggest printing the entire pdf in color - double sided - 8.5 x 11 paper
http://documents.staples.com/ASP1/
Binding/Booklet 1
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Multiple Choice:
Many people say that kicking ass on the MBE section is essential because it's the one section that is truly in your control to differentiate your score. The essay and performance test grading can be arbitrary - most people will get an average of 60 something on everything if they apply the correct IRAC method to the essays. But a lot of people mess up MBEs, and there's no excuse for that because one can definitely improve this with practice.
https://www.amazon.com/Strategies-Tactics-MBE-Emanuel-Review/dp/1454873124/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
I used this book mostly for the general MBE test-taking tips and the tips were so on-point. Because I was using Kaplan and it already had a huge question bank - I practiced with those questions.
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Essays:
Formatting is KEY. Do NOT write big long paragraphs. I underlined, made sure to write a lot of mini-paragraphs (5-6 sentences max), then move on.
During the exam, make sure you use every single fact in the fact pattern. Use a highlighter and highlight each fact or mark each fact after you incorporate it in some way into your essay.
Don't worry if the question asks you something pretty obscure or you just blank on something. Just put down something reasonable and move on. Use every fact (there are almost never any red herrings - I never saw any).
Using the call of the question--- IRAC. But the IRAC's should be really short and concise - (1 sentence for the issue; 1-2 rule statements, 5-6 for application, 1 sentence for conclusion).
I didn't have a memorization plan for rule statements, but made sure to know certain rules very well: Community Property opener, Contract (applicable law, offer, acceptance, etc), Evidence (definition of legal and logical relevance, hearsay exceptions), elements of negligence claim for Torts, etc. You'll find good rule statements in the following book:
Essay Exam Writing for the CA Bar Exam: http://www.amazon.com/Essay-Exam-Writing-California-Bar/dp/073550993X/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/176-3124324-1877215
I didn't actually practice writing a lot of actual essays. I read this book in its entirely and thought it was amazing. The only essay book you need in my opinion. I found the checklists a little hard to memorize, so I just focused on the approach this book outline for every subject. (And memorizing the rules used in the sample essays).
And what I did is, after reading the tips, I practiced writing essays for the practice essays at the end of each chapter - read the sample essay + looked at the issue chart + rewrote it again.
I liked this book the best because the sample essays weren't ridiculously long like kaplan and barbri. This book emphasizes what HAS to be in your essay responses, and leaves out the extraneous stuff that will hardly get you any points on the exam itself.
My essays were much shorter on the actual exam than in any barbri or kaplan sample essay - and I think it was sufficient.
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Performance Tests
http://ipassedmybarexam.com/2011/02/13/the-bar-exam-performance-tests-are-easy/
Honestly - that write-up sums up all the tips you need to do well on the performance test. Really thorough and really hits the nail on the head.
To be honest, I practiced maybe 2 performance tests in total. The only things I think you need to do is read through all the tips above, and then print out and read all the sample performance test answers for the past 3 years from the CA bar site: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Examinations/California-Bar-Examination/Past-Exams
Getting a feel for the memo structure that the bar examiners wanted was the most helpful thing.
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Rule Statements
I did not use this site when I studied for the bar, but someone posted this in another thread and it looks pretty good if you're looking for black letter law outlines and rule statements: By the way, I was briefly looking at this thread for the July 2018 Bar exam and someone posted this link as a good place to get solid rule statements for some of the major subjects:
https://law.stanford.edu/office-of-student-affairs/bar-exam-information
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Best of luck!!!
>Great question.
Great Answer.
Edit: For anybone interested in learning about the governmental over-regulation going on in the US and the ramificatioons on the citizenry, THIS is a very clear and easy to read account. It isn't brand new information, but is almost completely current. Excellent book.
Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312605110/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_lpqnDbRQRCCFB
Writing Essay Exams To Succeed in Law School: Not Just Survive, Fourth Edition (Academic Success) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1454841621/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XpqnDb593S6GG
1l of a Ride: A Well-traveled Professor's Roadmap to Success in the First Year of Law School (Career Guides) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1634607899/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_qqqnDbW2K5BJC
I'm not sure if this will help. But The International Crime Writers Association Links might offer something useful. Also the book Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers (Howdunit)
This is considered the gunshot wound bible. Take a peek, I'm pretty sure it can be found in pdf form somewhere as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630
You can start here if you have a legitimate desire to find empirical data on terminal ballistics. There is a looooooot of misinformation out there absolutely. My basic evaluation after all my own research is that shot placement is what counts. Hollow point pistol rounds are cool but don't have any advantage over FMJ in terms of terminal ballistics. Where the hollow point shines is its tendency to deform and stop inside flesh rather than pass through and cause collateral damage on the back end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nycYxb-zNwc
Pistol rounds need to hit vitals to stop an attacker, there is no significant difference in caliber over a certain range so it would be safe to say that there is no significant difference in bullet construction in the same caliber.
I run hornady critical duty in my pistols of normal barrel length, and critical defense in my shorter barreled pistols.
Bit wishy-washy at times although he did contribute to The Plan with Carswell, not sure how much though.
tl;dr: They're the Bad Guys.
Still just scratching the surface...:
EXCLUSIVE: Secret service infiltrated paedophile group to 'blackmail establishment'
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/485529/Special-Branch-funded-Paedophile-Information-Exchange-says-Home-Office-whistleblower[1]
'More than 10' politicians on list held by police investigating Westminster 'paedophile ring'
Whistleblower who prompted Operation Fernbridge says up to 40 MPs and peers knew about or took part in child abuse
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10947561/More-than-10-politicians-on-list-held-by-police-investigating-Westminster-paedophile-ring.html[2]
Nearly everyone on UK paedophile ring list is a Freemason says abuse victim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-5BUNXfNU[3]
Margaret Thatcher 'personally covered up' child abuse allegations against senior ministers: The Tory Prime Minister is said to have held a meeting with a rising star, who was tipped for promotion, and told him: “You have to clean up your sexual act”
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2akwze/margaret_thatcher_personally_covered_up_child/[4]
Children's homes were 'supply line' for paedophiles, says ex-minister
Lord Warner says an inquiry he conducted in 1992 showed how children's homes were targeted by powerful people
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/08/children-homes-supply-line-paedophiles-lord-warner[5]
Westminster paedophile ring allegations: timeline
Here are the key events in the claims around an alleged VIP paedophile ring in Westminster
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10950127/Westminster-paedophile-ring-allegations-timeline.html[6]
Canadian Sex Worker kicked out of Senate hearings on controversial prostitution law after threatening to reveal list of Canadian federal politicians who use prostitution.
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2g3ch2/canadian_sex_worker_kicked_out_of_senate_hearings/[7]
Jehovah's Witnesses destroyed documents showing child abuse allegations, court told in cover-up case
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/29f9wp/jehovahs_witnesses_destroyed_documents_showing/[8]
Salvation Army 'rented out' boys at Sydney children’s home in Sydney to paedophiles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10606458/Salvation-Army-rented-out-boys-at-Sydney-childrens-home-in-Sydney-to-paedophiles.html[9]
TIL that a woman, hired by Dyncorp to crackdown on forced prostitution on behalf of the UN, discovered that the UN police were the main perpetrators of forced prostitution and was later fired.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15r2j4/til_that_a_woman_hired_by_dyncorp_to_crackdown_on/[10]
WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html[11]
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whistleblower-Trafficking-Military-Contractors/dp/B005CDUBC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331445269&sr=8-4[12]
Sounds like Blackwater founder Erik Prince was operating a child prostitution service in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6249748[13]
1989 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OJPeHCmhA[14]
1989 #2 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-k-tfiPfs[15]
1989 story about Bush Sr. Whitehouse call Boy sex ring
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/02/06/15709461.php[16]
Nixon Tape Discusses Homosexuals at Bohemian Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPb-PN9F2Pc[17]
Charges refiled against former Pittsburgh cop accused of running prostitution ring
http://triblive.com/news/2222380-74/johns-police-criminal-charges-pittsburgh-prostitution-allegheny-charged-counts-county#axzz2Qc0wAaBg[18]
Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
Man confronted by police in Silver Spring hotel in February
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120611/NEWS/706119952/1007/former-tsa-employee-fined-500-for-running-prostitution-ring&template=gazette[19]
School board member convicted of running prostitution ring in California
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16904911-school-board-member-convicted-of-running-prostitution-ring-in-california?lite[20]
FBI dad’s spyware experiment accidentally exposes pedophile principal
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/146xzt/fbi_dads_spyware_experiment_accidentally_exposes/[21]
The Franklin Cover-Up - John DeCamp - Full film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWrrBceuP4[22]
The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
http://www.amazon.com/The-Franklin-Cover-up-Satanism-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366098964&sr=8-1&keywords=franklin+coverup[23]
Pentagon Child Porn Scandal: Security Agencies Were Left At Risk, Investigators Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/pentagon-child-porn-scand_n_656839.html[24]
Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/secret-service-prostitution-scandal[25]
A Party under Fire: A Scandal-Scarred GOP Asks, ‘What Next?’
Explicit e-mails with under-age male pages. Criminal lobbyists. Being on client lists for prostitution rings. FBI corruption investigations. And, now, soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. People are beginning to wonder: how low can Republican lawmakers go?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/a-party-under-fire-a-scandal-scarred-gop-asks-what-next-a-502653.html[26]
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html[27]
The D.C. Madam Case, All Sordid Out
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-04-11/opinions/36798466_1_deborah-jeane-palfrey-prosecutors-shock-and-awe[28]
Mike Horner Prostitution Scandal: GOP State Rep. Resigns After Name Reportedly Surfaces On Client List
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mike-horner-sex-prostitution-scandal_n_1910647.html[29]
Another One: Top Federal Judge Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4452917&page=1#.UW0JY0pcnn4[30]
‘Comfort Women’ Controversy Comes to New York
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/comfort-women-controversy-comes-to-new-york/[31]
Pope Francis: 'About 2%' of Catholic clergy paedophiles
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28282050[32]
Pope begs forgiveness for 'sacrilegious cult' of Church sexual abuse
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-pope-abuse-idUSKBN0FC15J20140707[33]
Vatican arrests former archbishop on paedophilia charges
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-vaitican-abuse-arrest-idUSKCN0HI28T20140923[34]
Sex scandal rocks Vatican: Papal usher, chorister linked to gay prostitution ring
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sex-scandal-rocks-vatican-papal-usher-chorister-linked-gay-prostitution-ring-article-1.172149[35]
BBC News - Catholic Church loses child abuse liability appeal
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wfq5e/bbc_news_catholic_church_loses_child_abuse/[36]
Ireland admits involvement in Catholic laundry slavery
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57567706/ireland-admits-involvement-in-catholic-laundry-slavery/[37]
Cover-up claims revive sex scandal
Belgian establishment accused of closing ranks to block investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/apr/21/stephenbates[38]
Belgium Pedophilia Scandal /Did Authorities Cover Up Its Scope?: Book Revives Fear of Grand Conspiracy
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/16/news/16iht-brussels.2.t.html?pagewanted=all[39]
Portugal's elite linked to paedophile ring
Abuse was reportedly going on at Lisbon orphanage for 20 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk[40]
FBI Ran Pedophile Ring to Nab Pedophiles
As late as last year, the FBI ran a child pornography operation in an attempt to nab its customers. The service ran for two weeks "while attempting to identify more than 5,000 customers, according to a Seattle FBI agent's statements to the court."
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/05/30/FBI-Ran-Pedophile-Ring-to-Nab-Pedophiles[41]
Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show
When volunteers and employees were suspected of sexually abusing children, Boy Scout officials often didn't tell police, files from 1970-91 reveal. In many cases they sought to hide the situation.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-boy-scouts-files-20120916,0,1641796.story#axzz2xIsUM5rH[42]
Child Sex Case Adds Outrage To Scandals Rocking Belgium
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-10-27/news/9610270253_1_marc-dutroux-minister-willy-claes-jean-marc-connerotte[43]
Theme park employees caught in child porn arrests
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/14/us/theme-park-employees-child-sex-stings/[44]
Former acting HHS cybersecurity director convicted on child porn charges
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/26/former-acting-hhs-cybersecurity-director-convicted-on-child-porn-charges/[45]
Hundreds held over Canada child porn
Police in Canada say 348 people have been arrested and nearly 400 children rescued during a three-year investigation into child pornography.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24944358[46]
Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Arrested on Child Porn Charges
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Los-Angeles-Deputy-City-Attorney-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-the-City-Attorneys-Office-said-274174791.html
I'm sounding like a walking ad for this series of books today, but I highly recommend the Emanuel's Strategies and Tactics book, to learn about how to recognize issues and use the answers themselves to get the right answer (beyond just "pick the one that is right).
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE (Emanuel Bar Review) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1454873124/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Ah0XDb3NXPZHR
Emanuel's will teach you to recognize stuff like that the stranger's incomplete AP, while not actually relevant to the answer, isn't totally random--it's a carefully designed distractor to confuse you about who the easement needs to be adverse against to become an easement by prescription. In fact, once you notice that the stranger never had a property interest in Goldacre (because you don't have a property interest during the possession, until you pass the statutory time requirement), you can --immediately-- eliminate every answer except the correct one, because they all relate to the stranger, not the owner.
Thanks for the response. For anyone reading, the books thenamestiki referenced (which both look worth a read):
If you can explicitly identify the Princeton-or-Harvard study you mentioned, I'd also be interested in having a look at that.
Got a few bucks? ( $4.45 )
"With practical information and extensive detail, former PI Fallis uses real-life scenarios to show writers how investigative professionals gather evidence, interview witnesses, determine motives and find the answers they seek."
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Facts-Maam-Investigators-Investigation/dp/089879823X
I knew most of it, but it was handy, so I would recommend.
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This one handles the police end. ( I don't have it, so can't comment )
http://www.amazon.com/Police-Procedure-Investigation-Writers-Howdunit/dp/1582974551
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There's several more in their writers series. Do a search in Amazon for : howdunit for a bunch of books on crimes/investigations for writers. It's worth it if you plan on doing a lot of writing on these topics.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1/176-6365676-1784133?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ahowdunit&keywords=howdunit&ie=UTF8&qid=1452719352
I found Law School Confidential to be helpful and interesting.
I just finished reading "The Law" by Frederick Bastiat. It's a very good read, and takes you right along the progression from property rights to the invalidity of the state. It does, however, require thought on the reader's part to arrive at the conclusion that the state is force, and consequently illegitimate.
The book explains that everybody has a natural right ("from God") to lawful self-defense, that the law exists as a collective organization of this individual right, and that the proper purpose of law should be to serve justice. Consequently, the law cannot be used in circumstances where the individual could not use lawful force, and for the state to do so would sacrifice justice.
The author explains how law becomes perverted for the purposes of "lawful plunder," which he defines as taking what rightfully belongs to one citizen to give to another to whom it does not belong. Plunder benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself could not do without committing a crime.
The author explains that this lawful plunder has two roots, stupid greed, and false philanthopy. He says that justice has precise limits, but philanthopy is infinite, and when this becomes the state's job, the state has no limits. When the law is used for anything but justice, it subverts its own objective.
Some people will never reach the conclusion that the state's use of force is illegitimate. No matter how many preceding ideas they like and agree with, no matter how many times you explain the consequences of agreeing with the ideas you've explained, they will fight, and kick, and scream, and deny the logical conclusion of those ideas.
EDIT: Amazon has the book in audio form, among others.
Law School Confidential was pretty accurate.
I've noticed a lot of people asking this, and the OP hasn't replied. I've also noticed different photos of the same page circulating the internet (sometimes in very unexpected fashions), so it has got to be from something out there
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So, after a little bit of sleuthing, I'm 90% certain it's from this book - you can even see in the table of contents that "figure three" is titled "don't take no for an answer"
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You can also find a rather comprehensive list of EU-related referendums here
Glenn Greenwald covered this truth pretty well
I only used book 1. Can’t speak for book 2 but I’m sure it’s a great help too.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1454873124/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Pick up a copy of Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. Some guy named Scalia wrote it.
My go-to example is Norway, which, depending on how you parse poll responses, is possibly the most atheistic country in the world.
). In the same year, the United States had 5 murders per 100,000 people, meaning that the U.S. proportionally has 8 times as many homicides.
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Also, Phil Zuckerman's book, Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment is quite relevant.
Indeed:
“I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith." --Immanuel Kant, Preface to the Second Edition of the Critique of Pure Reason
Kant refuted "proofs" of God's existence, not to show that belief in God is untenable, or to show the triumph of reason over religion, but as part of his project of attacking the efficacy of reason in metaphysical issues. He wanted to show that reason can't cope with the question of a deity, just as he had purported to do with other fundamental concepts in his "antinomies of pure reason."
Kant was a profound turning point in the history of philosophy. It was his influence on the intellectual life of the West that was primarily responsible for making non-rational "forms of knowledge" (faith/emotion-based beliefs) respectable again, after the Enlightenment.
I recommend a book called The Ominous Parallels. It really shows the power of philosophy to shape history.
>What non-religious society has ever thrived?
Ever heard of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway?
>The fact is that there are two theories on what happens when you remove religion from society
Both of these theories are simplistic, silly, and unsupported by the data. You're presenting what's called a false dilemma. Both choices are wrong. There are countless factors besides religion that determine the success or failure of a society.
>The Soviet Union? North Korea? Cubans?
Irrelevant for many reasons, but here's one: You said societies inevitably fail without religion. Naming a few examples of failed societies doesn't prove your thesis. However, finding even one counter-example does disprove it. Which I've done.
>The Christian idea is that you lose the moral basis and society collapses
Except I've just given you three examples that directly contradict your theory.
>your claim that my pointing out the importance of Machievelli to political discourse is "stupid"
It is stupid. It's a fallacious appeal to authority. And there are real-life societies that disprove his thesis. You can even get in an airplane and fly to those places, and see with your own eyes that he's wrong.
Pro-tip: if a book says one thing, and reality says another, the book is wrong. Likewise, if a map says one thing and the terrain says another, it's the map that's wrong. (I only mention this, because at this point I can see you driving off a cliff because "muh GPS sed a Walmart was der."
>You have a LOT of learning to do before you can even begin to have an intelligent conversation about religion and politics.
Guess I should burn my degrees then, eh? You truly are a walking poster child for the Dunning-Krueger Effect.
In fact, judging by the summaries of those two books I would recommend to you, Winner Take All Politics and Oligarchy
Lee Lofland's book might be a good start for you. Police Procedure & Investigation A Guide for Writers
I haven't read it myself, but I've heard good things about Police Procedures & Investigation, perhaps that's worth a look: https://www.amazon.com/Police-Procedure-Investigation-Writers-Howdunit/dp/1582974551
No, this describes their philosophy.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/
The stuff you want is in Chapter 9. I couldn't find a copy online.
I messed up before on the percentage. It is 10-15% have internal ricochet.
Warning Graphic: book sample showing some comparison of gunshot head wounds
A .22 would be great if you are firing into a crowd of zombies with a silenced rifle from a rooftop, but the inconsistent level of damage (a one shot drop from a head hit would require luck or ricochet) and greater chance for dud ammo makes it a poor choice for a main weapon.
Edit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Vote-Leave-Daniel-Hannan/dp/1784977101?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffab-uk-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1784977101
Conservative MEP.
> the same problem still exists
Well, we can agree on this. The whole Payday loan market is for suckers who need to take high-risk. On a bigger scale, the scam is how democracy and capitalism actually works in the US (hint: it's an oligarchy, not a real democracy). I feel like Scott Tucker isn't even the biggest fish to fry, but the biggest fish have so much money & power, they're above the law.
Let's see...you can start by reading the books on Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness by Dr. Martin Fackler. You then read the FBI's Terminal Effects report published after the Miami shootout. There's this: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march-2012/focus-on-training
and this:
http://www.theppsc.org/Staff_Views/Aveni/OIS.pdf
and then this:
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408492966&sr=8-1&keywords=Gunshot+Wounds+Vincent+Di+Maio
And the monthly periodical releases to Police regarding Officer Involved Shootings and the effectiveness reports.
and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tueller_Drill
and this
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/2006-pdfs/mar06leb.pdf
And so on and on and on.
I'll warn you, I did my time doing Combat shit, and then 8 years looking at bodies and wounds, talking to doctors, trauma surgeons, and ER nurses/doctors, Police, FBI, and so on on the topic, and have seen a lot of crap first hand.
All of the stuff you find in the reports above, I can pretty much confirm really is true. :)
You have to figure out what works for you. And don't compare yourself to others - there will always be someone who knows the material better than you.
I usually read the cases and used the highlighting system recommended in Law School Confidential - similar to what MPTPWZ1026 suggested and put some notes in the margin. I tried to understand it enough so that I could participate in the class discussion but I never expected myself to fully understand a case in advance. That's what class is for.
I'm also a big fan of flash cards. I used them a lot when studying for finals, but I didn't start making them until the latter part of the semester.
Hang in there and get some sleep!
Aviva Chomsky, a professor at Salem State College, states that "Early studies in California and in the Southwest and in the Southeast...have come to the same conclusions. Immigrants, legal and illegal, are more likely to pay taxes than they are to use public services. Illegal immigrants are not eligible for most public services and live in fear of revealing themselves to government authorities. Households headed by illegal immigrants use less than half the amount of federal services that households headed by documented immigrants or citizens make use of."[42]
If youre more curious about these ideas you have been radicalized to believe, maybe read this!
"They Take Our Jobs!": And 20 Other Myths about Immigration https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807041564/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vTitDbNEEJ5V3
You just need to do your due diligence. A round travelling at rifle velocities will cause tissue damage in the temporary cavity where a handgun round will not.
https://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=750&v=T6kUvi72s0Y
I just started reading this book (only about 50 pages in), and it's quite good. It's about the lack of common sense in our legal system and regulations, everything has to be written, recorded, and has to have a rule attached to it. Nothing in our system is "simple" anymore.
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Common-Sense-Suffocating-America/dp/0812982746
Wikipedia suggests it's bullshit;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfaction_with_Life_Index
I guess looking at the Wikipedia stats, it's plausible that if you group countries by dominate religion then Muslim wins, but all the top countries are secular, rather than religion dominated, and Islam would only be ahead of those if you're counting them as Christian because of all the low scoring developing world Christian countries.
This book (and he has an essay somewhere with the basic facts) shows that countries that have the lowest religious participation rates have the highest life satisfaction, life expectancy, education rates, and per capita wealth.
https://www.amazon.com/Society-without-God-Religious-Contentment/dp/0814797237
Really appreciate the thorough response, and thanks for the encouragement. I really think I'll end up incorporating a lot of this.
If I can ask a couple questions about your resources: Were your custom LeanSheets just two/three-pagers you boiled down from bigger resources?
Also I'm the same way when it comes to learning from getting questions wrong and just continuing to drill. I've considered investing in the Emanuel MBE alongside having some old BarBri resources from a friend, but wasn't sure if there were some MBE resources you liked beyond BarBri's.
Again, thanks a lot for the response.
> It's a view defended by Princeton political scientists
It is not.
/u/LouDorchen should listen to this too because I'll cover both of your points.
"US is an oligarchy, not a democracy" is the title given to it by the BBC blog section, "Echo Chambers" (subtitled, "Blogging global opinion, clearly"). The actual title of the study is "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens", and "oligarchy" is only mentioned three times in the entire text, and only as a comparison made by Jeffrey Winters in his book, Oligarchy:
> Most recently, Jeffrey Winters has posited a comparative theory of “Oligarchy,” in which the wealthiest citizens—even in a “civil oligarchy” like the United States—dominate policy concerning crucial issues of wealth and income protection.^1
As I replied here, a bad system is not an "oligarchy", and calling it an "oligarchy", as in, "we're screwed because the rich rule" is what's being edgy.
Source:
Cambridge link cited by the BBC article
Full study text
"Oligarchy" by Jeffrey Winters on Amazon
Also consider Scalia's Making Your Case, which also includes sections on oral argument.
>don't realise that when guys like Carswell and Hannan
You should read their manifesto The Plan: Twelve months to renew Britain. Central to their idea of freedom is radical decentralised democracy. There is a lot to like in it even for the left.
All the basics
https://www.corneredcat.com/contents/
A bit more advanced (in the armed self-defender context)
https://www.integratedskillsgroup.com/blog/guns-of-isg-handgun
Straight Talk on Armed Defense: What the Experts Want You to Know
Know the Law
The Law of Self Defense, 3rd Edition
Deadly Force - Understanding Your Right To Self Defense
That doesn’t work. And it didn’t work during the Black Freedom Struggle either, definitely not in the Deep South.
Armed, violent resistance was necessary.
When I said "51 onward" I was referring to PrepTest 51 and onward. PrepTest, commonly abbreviated as PT are previously administered LSATs. Every LSAT is released as such, except for those pertaining to the February administration. The most recent PrepTest is number 77, which corresponds to the LSAT that was administered in December of 2015. Each PrepTest contains the four officially scored sections of the LSAT plus the writing sample question, it however does not include the experimental section as this would compromise future LSATs. When you purchase the LSAT PrepTest volumes, you do not receive explanations, only an answer key and percentile conversion chart to each exam. However, the LSAC has released a book called SuperPrep II which includes 3 PrepTests, of which is there not only an answer key, but official explanations to each and every question, explaining why the right answer to each is the, well right answer. Although the LSAC does not have an explanation for all of their PrepTests published, there are many forums, websites and even published books which will do so for you. For example, The Princeton Review will be shortly releasing "LSAT Decoded" which will explain all of the answers in corresponding LSATs(PrepTests) I listed the following books that I purchased and recommend. Go to your local bookstore and read a couple pages of the Prep Company's book and see if their method of teaching works for you, if not, find another. Lastly, I would like to say that it is of absolutely no trouble for myself, I am more than happy to help, and thus I wish you the best of luck in your endeavour! :D
I posted the links to the books I bought and have been enjoying, please take caution before purchasing it from these links, as I posted the Amazon Canadian links as I live in Canada. Anyway, I believe either the Kaplan Premier 2016-2017 or LSAT trainer are an absolute must, although you could get away with not getting a prep company strategy set, I strongly encourage getting at the very least a comprehensive all in one. Any more questions or concerns about anything related to the LSAT please feel free to send me a message/reply.
http://www.amazon.ca/10-Actual-Official-LSAT-PrepTests/dp/0986045519/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253768&sr=8-2&keywords=LSAT
http://www.amazon.ca/Official-LSAT-SuperPrep-II-Champion/dp/0990718689/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253768&sr=8-10&keywords=LSAT
http://www.amazon.ca/Actual-Official-PrepTests-Comparative-Reading/dp/0984636005/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253768&sr=8-9&keywords=LSAT
http://www.amazon.ca/LSAT-Trainer-remarkable-self-study-self-driven/dp/0989081508/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1457253799&sr=8-3&keywords=LSAT
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1937707784?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1937707776?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0990718697?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0986045543?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0986086231?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00
10 New Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests with Comparative Reading: (PrepTests 52-61) (Lsat Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0984636005/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_HcsyzbR1FMCB2
Start with this one! I worked through this one in the weeks before June.
The 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests 42-51 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0986086290/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_pdsyzbEVWV2X5
Then this one! I’ll be mostly using this one before my retake.
A friend of mine's mom did this when my friend and her sister were little (perhaps 4 and 6, I don't remember exactly--this is a lifelong friend I'm talking about). The mom graduated, got a job in local government (lawyer for some agency), and became solvent, confident, and financially stable. She had a good, decades-long legal career.
Oh, and this friend's mom was a single mom when she went back to school!!!!
So yes, it can be done.
BTW I am a lawyer and I HIGHLY recommend this book. It was a massive help to me when I started law school:
https://www.amazon.com/Law-School-Confidential-Complete-Experience/dp/0312605110
Can't really be arsed arguing with someone who deliberately mischaracterises the other side (although I'm not even a brexiteer) so i'll just link articles and books you should read. This, This and this.
Fundamentally the EU has repeatedly resisted attempts at reform and mostly governs in an attempt to preserve itself rather than improve the lives of its citizens and the global poor. Frankly its sad that this is Europe's attempts at a common market because it is badly structured, badly run and resistant to reform. My hope is that Britain leaving finally kicks some sense into those running it but frankly its unlikely.
To the best of my knowledge no manifesto says it.
Farage did however.
UKIP's first MP, Douglas Carswell, wrote an entire fucking book on privatising the NHS.
Paul Nuttall, a UKIP MEP and UKIP vice-chair, wrote on his website that, “I would argue that the very existence of the NHS stifles competition, and as competition drives quality and choice, innovation and improvements are restricted. Therefore, I believe, as long as the NHS is the ‘sacred cow’ of British politics, the longer the British people will suffer with a second-rate health service.”
And of course, your infamous 2010 Manifesto. But I'm sure that totally doesn't represent the views of the party even though Farage was the leader immediately before the election, immediately after the election and the most famous party figure throughout the election.
Eat the meat, spit out the bones. Once you realize the authors ideological position, it should be easy to work around that and find the truth. But since there is a new edition of Negroes with Guns out, I'll have to recommend that instead of this.
What I really wanted to make aware with this series of posts was that there is a black gun culture, and that the civil rights movement wasn' all about singing "Kumbahyah."
would you like to know more?
TIL that a woman, hired by Dyncorp to crackdown on forced prostitution on behalf of the UN, discovered that the UN police were the main perpetrators of forced prostitution and was later fired.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15r2j4/til_that_a_woman_hired_by_dyncorp_to_crackdown_on/
WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whistleblower-Trafficking-Military-Contractors/dp/B005CDUBC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331445269&sr=8-4
Sounds like Blackwater founder Erik Prince was operating a child prostitution service in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6249748
1989 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OJPeHCmhA
1989 #2 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-k-tfiPfs
1989 story about Bush Sr. Whitehouse call Boy sex ring
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/02/06/15709461.php
Nixon Tape Discusses Homosexuals at Bohemian Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPb-PN9F2Pc
Charges refiled against former Pittsburgh cop accused of running prostitution ring
http://triblive.com/news/2222380-74/johns-police-criminal-charges-pittsburgh-prostitution-allegheny-charged-counts-county#axzz2Qc0wAaBg
Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
Man confronted by police in Silver Spring hotel in February
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120611/NEWS/706119952/1007/former-tsa-employee-fined-500-for-running-prostitution-ring&template=gazette
School board member convicted of running prostitution ring in California
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16904911-school-board-member-convicted-of-running-prostitution-ring-in-california?lite
FBI dad’s spyware experiment accidentally exposes pedophile principal
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/146xzt/fbi_dads_spyware_experiment_accidentally_exposes/
The Franklin Cover-Up - John DeCamp - Full film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWrrBceuP4
The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
http://www.amazon.com/The-Franklin-Cover-up-Satanism-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366098964&sr=8-1&keywords=franklin+coverup
Pentagon Child Porn Scandal: Security Agencies Were Left At Risk, Investigators Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/pentagon-child-porn-scand_n_656839.html
Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/secret-service-prostitution-scandal
A Party under Fire: A Scandal-Scarred GOP Asks, ‘What Next?’
Explicit e-mails with under-age male pages. Criminal lobbyists. Being on client lists for prostitution rings. FBI corruption investigations. And, now, soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. People are beginning to wonder: how low can Republican lawmakers go?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/a-party-under-fire-a-scandal-scarred-gop-asks-what-next-a-502653.html
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html
The D.C. Madam Case, All Sordid Out
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-04-11/opinions/36798466_1_deborah-jeane-palfrey-prosecutors-shock-and-awe
Mike Horner Prostitution Scandal: GOP State Rep. Resigns After Name Reportedly Surfaces On Client List
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mike-horner-sex-prostitution-scandal_n_1910647.html
Another One: Top Federal Judge Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4452917&page=1#.UW0JY0pcnn4
‘Comfort Women’ Controversy Comes to New York
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/comfort-women-controversy-comes-to-new-york/
Sex scandal rocks Vatican: Papal usher, chorister linked to gay prostitution ring
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sex-scandal-rocks-vatican-papal-usher-chorister-linked-gay-prostitution-ring-article-1.172149
BBC News - Catholic Church loses child abuse liability appeal
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wfq5e/bbc_news_catholic_church_loses_child_abuse/
Ireland admits involvement in Catholic laundry slavery
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57567706/ireland-admits-involvement-in-catholic-laundry-slavery/
Cover-up claims revive sex scandal
Belgian establishment accused of closing ranks to block investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/apr/21/stephenbates
Belgium Pedophilia Scandal /Did Authorities Cover Up Its Scope?: Book Revives Fear of Grand Conspiracy
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/16/news/16iht-brussels.2.t.html?pagewanted=all
Portugal's elite linked to paedophile ring
Abuse was reportedly going on at Lisbon orphanage for 20 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk
FBI Ran Pedophile Ring to Nab Pedophiles
As late as last year, the FBI ran a child pornography operation in an attempt to nab its customers. The service ran for two weeks "while attempting to identify more than 5,000 customers, according to a Seattle FBI agent's statements to the court."
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/05/30/FBI-Ran-Pedophile-Ring-to-Nab-Pedophiles
As Graeme said, sidebar should be your starting point.
I went from a 156 to a 171 on test day.
Materials:
If I could redo my studying/dedicate more time, I'd have done twice as many pt's and maybe bought the LSAT Trainer.
There's a whole series of books like this which you might find useful. It's the real-world equivalent of most of the garbage that appears on TV and in the movies in regard to police procedures.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/
As Jeff Winters says in his book "Oligarchy" oligarchs are interested in the preservation of their wealth. One kind of threat to them is other oligarchs, another is masses of people, another is government that wants to take away their wealth.
As Bernie Sanders said, sitting behind Trump at the inauguration were billionaire after billionaire after billionaire. One most prominent is Sheldon Adelson who will be "directing" Trump's middle east policy. Rebecca Mercer and the Koch brothers are three behind-the-scenes oligarchs pulling the strings. Mercer is particularly involved in picking cabinet members. Look them up. And, yes, there were/are many oligarchs behind Hillary.
For a nuanced explanation analysis of oligarchy try Winters' book:
https://www.amazon.com/Oligarchy-Jeffrey-Winters/dp/0521182980
Or go to Cambridge Univ press, if you don't want to use Amazon.
The sociologist Phil Zuckerman has written a book based on his experiences in Scandinavian countries. Here's a short interview about the book.
However, it's worth emphasizing that almost all scholars think that a more functional society leads to less religion. There's hardly any evidence that less religion will lead to more functional societies.
>Professor of Law Francine Lipman writes that the belief that illegal migrants are exploiting the US economy and that they cost more in services than they contribute to the economy is "undeniably false". Lipman asserts that "illegal immigrants actually contribute more to public coffers in taxes than they cost in social services" and "contribute to the U.S. economy through their investments and consumption of goods and services; filling of millions of essential worker positions resulting in subsidiary job creation, increased productivity and lower costs of goods and services; and unrequited contributions to Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance programs."
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584
>Aviva Chomsky, a professor at Salem State College, states that "Early studies in California and in the Southwest and in the Southeast...have come to the same conclusions. Immigrants, legal and illegal, are more likely to pay taxes than they are to use public services. illegal immigrants aren't eligible for most public services and live in fear of revealing themselves to government authorities. Households headed by illegal immigrants use less than half the amount of federal services that households headed by documented immigrants or citizens make use of."
http://www.amazon.com/They-Take-Our-Jobs-Immigration/dp/0807041564#reader_0807041564
At worst I've heard they break even on taxes vs welfare, but then provide a net positive with respect to increased economic production which means more demand which means a healthier economy.
Actually, the main focus of my blog (The Graveyard Shift) is for writers of mystery, thriller, suspense, and some romance. But everyone is welcome. Students use the site as a research tool, and some people are simply curious about police procedure and forensics. You're right, though, the information doesn't apply to every genre.
By the way, here's a book that might be useful. It's not the one mentioned below but it features the same and similar topics.
http://www.amazon.com/Police-Procedure-Investigation-Writers-Howdunit/dp/1582974551/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1305388238&sr=1-1
Thanks for visiting the site. I hope you find something there that's useful to your writing. Also, please let me know if I can help with research, etc.
I haven't read this yet, but I'll just leave it here...
http://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-Brilliant-parallels-pre-Hitler/dp/0452011175
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805092056/ref=asc_df_08050920561823493?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=0805092056
would you like to know more?
EXCLUSIVE: Secret service infiltrated paedophile group to 'blackmail establishment'
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/485529/Special-Branch-funded-Paedophile-Information-Exchange-says-Home-Office-whistleblower
'More than 10' politicians on list held by police investigating Westminster 'paedophile ring'
Whistleblower who prompted Operation Fernbridge says up to 40 MPs and peers knew about or took part in child abuse
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10947561/More-than-10-politicians-on-list-held-by-police-investigating-Westminster-paedophile-ring.html
Nearly everyone on UK paedophile ring list is a Freemason says abuse victim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-5BUNXfNU
Margaret Thatcher 'personally covered up' child abuse allegations against senior ministers: The Tory Prime Minister is said to have held a meeting with a rising star, who was tipped for promotion, and told him: “You have to clean up your sexual act”
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2akwze/margaret_thatcher_personally_covered_up_child/
Children's homes were 'supply line' for paedophiles, says ex-minister
Lord Warner says an inquiry he conducted in 1992 showed how children's homes were targeted by powerful people
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/08/children-homes-supply-line-paedophiles-lord-warner
Westminster paedophile ring allegations: timeline
Here are the key events in the claims around an alleged VIP paedophile ring in Westminster
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10950127/Westminster-paedophile-ring-allegations-timeline.html
Canadian Sex Worker kicked out of Senate hearings on controversial prostitution law after threatening to reveal list of Canadian federal politicians who use prostitution.
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2g3ch2/canadian_sex_worker_kicked_out_of_senate_hearings/
Jehovah's Witnesses destroyed documents showing child abuse allegations, court told in cover-up case
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/29f9wp/jehovahs_witnesses_destroyed_documents_showing/
Salvation Army 'rented out' boys at Sydney children’s home in Sydney to paedophiles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10606458/Salvation-Army-rented-out-boys-at-Sydney-childrens-home-in-Sydney-to-paedophiles.html
TIL that a woman, hired by Dyncorp to crackdown on forced prostitution on behalf of the UN, discovered that the UN police were the main perpetrators of forced prostitution and was later fired.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15r2j4/til_that_a_woman_hired_by_dyncorp_to_crackdown_on/
WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whistleblower-Trafficking-Military-Contractors/dp/B005CDUBC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331445269&sr=8-4
Sounds like Blackwater founder Erik Prince was operating a child prostitution service in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6249748
1989 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OJPeHCmhA
1989 #2 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-k-tfiPfs
1989 story about Bush Sr. Whitehouse call Boy sex ring
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/02/06/15709461.php
Nixon Tape Discusses Homosexuals at Bohemian Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPb-PN9F2Pc
Charges refiled against former Pittsburgh cop accused of running prostitution ring
http://triblive.com/news/2222380-74/johns-police-criminal-charges-pittsburgh-prostitution-allegheny-charged-counts-county#axzz2Qc0wAaBg
Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
Man confronted by police in Silver Spring hotel in February
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120611/NEWS/706119952/1007/former-tsa-employee-fined-500-for-running-prostitution-ring&template=gazette
School board member convicted of running prostitution ring in California
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16904911-school-board-member-convicted-of-running-prostitution-ring-in-california?lite
FBI dad’s spyware experiment accidentally exposes pedophile principal
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/146xzt/fbi_dads_spyware_experiment_accidentally_exposes/
The Franklin Cover-Up - John DeCamp - Full film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWrrBceuP4
The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
http://www.amazon.com/The-Franklin-Cover-up-Satanism-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366098964&sr=8-1&keywords=franklin+coverup
Pentagon Child Porn Scandal: Security Agencies Were Left At Risk, Investigators Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/pentagon-child-porn-scand_n_656839.html
Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/secret-service-prostitution-scandal
A Party under Fire: A Scandal-Scarred GOP Asks, ‘What Next?’
Explicit e-mails with under-age male pages. Criminal lobbyists. Being on client lists for prostitution rings. FBI corruption investigations. And, now, soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. People are beginning to wonder: how low can Republican lawmakers go?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/a-party-under-fire-a-scandal-scarred-gop-asks-what-next-a-502653.html
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html
The D.C. Madam Case, All Sordid Out
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-04-11/opinions/36798466_1_deborah-jeane-palfrey-prosecutors-shock-and-awe
Mike Horner Prostitution Scandal: GOP State Rep. Resigns After Name Reportedly Surfaces On Client List
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mike-horner-sex-prostitution-scandal_n_1910647.html
Another One: Top Federal Judge Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4452917&page=1#.UW0JY0pcnn4
‘Comfort Women’ Controversy Comes to New York
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/comfort-women-controversy-comes-to-new-york/
Pope Francis: 'About 2%' of Catholic clergy paedophiles
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28282050
Pope begs forgiveness for 'sacrilegious cult' of Church sexual abuse
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-pope-abuse-idUSKBN0FC15J20140707
Vatican arrests former archbishop on paedophilia charges
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-vaitican-abuse-arrest-idUSKCN0HI28T20140923
Sex scandal rocks Vatican: Papal usher, chorister linked to gay prostitution ring
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sex-scandal-rocks-vatican-papal-usher-chorister-linked-gay-prostitution-ring-article-1.172149
BBC News - Catholic Church loses child abuse liability appeal
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wfq5e/bbc_news_catholic_church_loses_child_abuse/
Ireland admits involvement in Catholic laundry slavery
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57567706/ireland-admits-involvement-in-catholic-laundry-slavery/
Cover-up claims revive sex scandal
Belgian establishment accused of closing ranks to block investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/apr/21/stephenbates
Belgium Pedophilia Scandal /Did Authorities Cover Up Its Scope?: Book Revives Fear of Grand Conspiracy
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/16/news/16iht-brussels.2.t.html?pagewanted=all
Portugal's elite linked to paedophile ring
Abuse was reportedly going on at Lisbon orphanage for 20 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk
FBI Ran Pedophile Ring to Nab Pedophiles
As late as last year, the FBI ran a child pornography operation in an attempt to nab its customers. The service ran for two weeks "while attempting to identify more than 5,000 customers, according to a Seattle FBI agent's statements to the court."
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/05/30/FBI-Ran-Pedophile-Ring-to-Nab-Pedophiles
Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show
When volunteers and employees were suspected of sexually abusing children, Boy Scout officials often didn't tell police, files from 1970-91 reveal. In many cases they sought to hide the situation.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-boy-scouts-files-20120916,0,1641796.story#axzz2xIsUM5rH
Child Sex Case Adds Outrage To Scandals Rocking Belgium
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-10-27/news/9610270253_1_marc-dutroux-minister-willy-claes-jean-marc-connerotte
Theme park employees caught in child porn arrests
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/14/us/theme-park-employees-child-sex-stings/
Former acting HHS cybersecurity director convicted on child porn charges
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/26/former-acting-hhs-cybersecurity-director-convicted-on-child-porn-charges/
Hundreds held over Canada child porn
Police in Canada say 348 people have been arrested and nearly 400 children rescued during a three-year investigation into child pornography.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24944358
Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Arrested on Child Porn Charges
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Los-Angeles-Deputy-City-Attorney-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-the-City-Attorneys-Office-said-274174791.html
would you like to know more?
TIL that a woman, hired by Dyncorp to crackdown on forced prostitution on behalf of the UN, discovered that the UN police were the main perpetrators of forced prostitution and was later fired.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15r2j4/til_that_a_woman_hired_by_dyncorp_to_crackdown_on/
WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whistleblower-Trafficking-Military-Contractors/dp/B005CDUBC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331445269&sr=8-4
Sounds like Blackwater founder Erik Prince was operating a child prostitution service in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6249748
1989 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5OJPeHCmhA
1989 #2 News: Call boys in Bush Sr's Whitehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-k-tfiPfs
1989 story about Bush Sr. Whitehouse call Boy sex ring
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/02/06/15709461.php
Nixon Tape Discusses Homosexuals at Bohemian Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPb-PN9F2Pc
Charges refiled against former Pittsburgh cop accused of running prostitution ring
http://triblive.com/news/2222380-74/johns-police-criminal-charges-pittsburgh-prostitution-allegheny-charged-counts-county#axzz2Qc0wAaBg
Former TSA employee fined $500 for running prostitution ring
Man confronted by police in Silver Spring hotel in February
http://www.gazette.net/article/20120611/NEWS/706119952/1007/former-tsa-employee-fined-500-for-running-prostitution-ring&template=gazette
School board member convicted of running prostitution ring in California
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16904911-school-board-member-convicted-of-running-prostitution-ring-in-california?lite
FBI dad’s spyware experiment accidentally exposes pedophile principal
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/146xzt/fbi_dads_spyware_experiment_accidentally_exposes/
The Franklin Cover-Up - John DeCamp - Full film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWrrBceuP4
The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
http://www.amazon.com/The-Franklin-Cover-up-Satanism-Nebraska/dp/0963215809/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366098964&sr=8-1&keywords=franklin+coverup
Pentagon Child Porn Scandal: Security Agencies Were Left At Risk, Investigators Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/pentagon-child-porn-scand_n_656839.html
Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/secret-service-prostitution-scandal
A Party under Fire: A Scandal-Scarred GOP Asks, ‘What Next?’
Explicit e-mails with under-age male pages. Criminal lobbyists. Being on client lists for prostitution rings. FBI corruption investigations. And, now, soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. People are beginning to wonder: how low can Republican lawmakers go?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/a-party-under-fire-a-scandal-scarred-gop-asks-what-next-a-502653.html
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html
The D.C. Madam Case, All Sordid Out
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-04-11/opinions/36798466_1_deborah-jeane-palfrey-prosecutors-shock-and-awe
Mike Horner Prostitution Scandal: GOP State Rep. Resigns After Name Reportedly Surfaces On Client List
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mike-horner-sex-prostitution-scandal_n_1910647.html
Another One: Top Federal Judge Linked to Prostitution Ring
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4452917&page=1#.UW0JY0pcnn4
‘Comfort Women’ Controversy Comes to New York
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/comfort-women-controversy-comes-to-new-york/
Sex scandal rocks Vatican: Papal usher, chorister linked to gay prostitution ring
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sex-scandal-rocks-vatican-papal-usher-chorister-linked-gay-prostitution-ring-article-1.172149
BBC News - Catholic Church loses child abuse liability appeal
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/wfq5e/bbc_news_catholic_church_loses_child_abuse/
Ireland admits involvement in Catholic laundry slavery
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57567706/ireland-admits-involvement-in-catholic-laundry-slavery/
Cover-up claims revive sex scandal
Belgian establishment accused of closing ranks to block investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/apr/21/stephenbates
Belgium Pedophilia Scandal /Did Authorities Cover Up Its Scope?: Book Revives Fear of Grand Conspiracy
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/16/news/16iht-brussels.2.t.html?pagewanted=all
Portugal's elite linked to paedophile ring
Abuse was reportedly going on at Lisbon orphanage for 20 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk
FBI Ran Pedophile Ring to Nab Pedophiles
As late as last year, the FBI ran a child pornography operation in an attempt to nab its customers. The service ran for two weeks "while attempting to identify more than 5,000 customers, according to a Seattle FBI agent's statements to the court."
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/05/30/FBI-Ran-Pedophile-Ring-to-Nab-Pedophiles
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE When I bought it, it was down to $41 or $42. The price fluctuates greatly throughout the two Bar Exam seasons. My recommendation is to do practice questions from your bar prep course and then, 3 weeks before the exam, do the questions in the book, chapter by chapter. These are actual MBE questions which I found helped me immensely as the made up questions from barprep companies got a little outrageous near the end of the course.
Because the laws they make are designed to protect the elite, not the people. There was an interesting article I read that talks about how The US is becoming a country with two separate sets of laws, one for the common people and one for the elite.
Glen Greenwald wrote a book on this...
With Liberty and Justice for some
They have some books on Amazon that goes in depth on police procedure if you want something deeper.
I haven't read this, but it is an example of what is out there to help you and should give you better info than reddit.
https://smile.amazon.com/Police-Procedure-Investigation-Writers-Howdunit/dp/1582974551/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536556585&sr=8-1&keywords=writing+police+procedure
> Do you think it's a good thing to have a bunch of unemployed foreigners? Why?
They're in the country already, and if they are deported, we should deport them as families. Keeping them here is much prefferable to the way we deport them now.
> If you can't operate a profitable business without illegal labor, then you can't operate a profitable business. Plenty of other people manage to make it without cheating, if you can't then maybe being a business owner just isn't for you.
I would be perfectly fine with that, but it would also cost us jobs.
> Wage growth has been stagnant while productivity has gone up . The rise in inequality isn't because capitalists have suddenly become evil or greedy, they were always like that, and our laws haven't changed that much to allow for such a divergence. The only rational explanation is the flood of unskilled workers have pushed the wages down and stifled growth.
There are many reasons for that disparity, and for the most part, it isn't because of illeagal immigrants. It includes China taking our manufacturing jobs, automation, the vastly decreased power of unions(this is a HUGE factor), and the much higher pay given to top level employees.
> Just like every other president's policies, I doubt how Trump's tax plan is passed will be anything like how it looks now.
If he's defending a tax plan that most people know won't work, I still don't want to vote for him over someone whose tax plan is much better(but still relatively bad), like Hillary or Bernie.
> We would also lose the costs associated with them.
The cost may actually be lower than the benefit. Highly reccomend you read this book, it was very informative to me: http://smile.amazon.com/They-Take-Our-Jobs-Immigration/dp/0807041564
... Did you even look?
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE (Emanuel Bar Review)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1454873124/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_8jc7BbQX419TF
> I am having a very tough time getting a reputable website with good information
Michigan Penal Code: MCL Act 328 of 1931
> hold it in my hand pointed at the ground, in hopes they will decide it's not worth it and leave me be?
> so I am open carrying as a deterrent?
Can you articulate how these acts represent "self-defense" and is not displaying in a threatening manner, nor intended to induce fear in another person??
> MCL 750.234e: (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not willfully and knowingly brandish a firearm in public.
> (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to either of the following:
>>(a) A peace officer lawfully performing his or her duties as a peace officer.
>>(b) A person lawfully acting in self-defense or defense of another under the self-defense act, 2006 PA 309, MCL 780.971 to 780.974.
> MCL 750.222(c): (c) "Brandish" means to point, wave about, or display in a threatening manner with the intent to induce fear in another person.
Can you articulate how the situations you describe (beating a shovel on the ground, or you being a smaller person picked on by somebody wanting to fight) represents "self defense" as described by the MI Self-Defense Act?
> MCL 780.972: (1) An individual who has not or is not engaged in the commission of a crime at the time he or she uses deadly force may use deadly force against another individual anywhere he or she has the legal right to be with no duty to retreat if either of the following applies:
>>(a) The individual honestly and reasonably believes that the use of deadly force is necessary to prevent the imminent death of or imminent great bodily harm to himself or herself or to another individual.
>>(b) The individual honestly and reasonably believes that the use of deadly force is necessary to prevent the imminent sexual assault of himself or herself or of another individual.
I highly recommend reading Andrew Branca's Law of Self-Defense book ($10 for Kindle version!) or/and Massad Ayoob's Deadly Force book ($11 Kindle) for an more in-depth exploration of the principles. Branca also does a state-by-state statute breakdown.
> In my science classes in high school
Well, that would be an important place to learn about the scientific method. Glad you were taught it in science classes...
"I think part if the problem is the human mind isn't fully developed until it's mid-twenties, and philosophy and religous texts can be hard reads."
Eh, supposedly 25 is when it is fully developed. I think that childhood is being extended too much. In reality, people grew up way faster in the past. Even though the brain may technically fully develop at 25, I think people should be considered adults earlier than that. Would be highly problematic if we tried saying that someone is not legally an adult until 25. Besides, plenty of people have kids read the bible. I do not see why children could not understand religious and philosophical concepts. Might be helpful if the main tenants and philosophical ideas were taught but maybe not focusing on having kids read the original texts so much (particularly for philosophy... philosophers were awful writers in plenty of cases).
Oh, and regarding the relativistic morality comment, I think that it is a myth that religion gets you "objective" morality. Consider all of the different interpretations of the bible, christianity, islam, etc. I read the bible and it's quite easy to cherry pick what you consider to be literal, metaphorical, etc. People do it all the time. People justified (some still do) slavery using the bible and they also tried using the bible to argue against it. Some people overlook parts of the bible (I think there are like 8 of them) that explicitly condemn men having sex with men. Ultimately, religion provides some constraints on morality, but so does philosophy. Morality changes over time either way (dramatically) with or without religion and on the important issues, most people don't go around killing random people because they simply don't want to (same goes for stealing, raping, assaulting people, etc).
"Some things that are mostly overlooked in mainstream culture and schools are:
the power of selflessness empathy and compassion marriage and family values justice, love and charity tolerance happiness and peace"
I disagree. I think those things are hammered into us. I have no interest in marriage or "family values" and I feel inundated with such things. I wish there was less of it since we have waaaaay too many people on the earth (apparently will reach 9 BILLION in my lifetime). I also think that not everyone is prepared to be in a long term relationship or have children. If you don't want such things, I think it is a bad idea to be pressured into it. Let's not forget that Jesus and his disciples supposedly left family life behind anyway :-)
"the power of selflessness empathy and compassion marriage and family values justice, love and charity tolerance happiness and peace"
You know... looking over that list again... It's funny to me how the Republican Party in the USA supposedly is Christian, but they only really promote marriage, family values (their version), justice (their version) and happiness (their version). Otherwise, both Democrats and Republicans promote war. Republicans do not seem to speak much about tolerance. They generally focus on trickle down economics (not helping the poor).
But regardless of all of that, I highly recommend checking out the book Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment by soiologist Phil Zuckerman https://www.amazon.com/Society-without-God-Religious-Contentment/dp/0814797237 Scandinavian countries that have a lot of nonreligious people have way more help for the poor, plenty of compassion, a focus on helping everyone be happier (and Denmark has repeatedly been the happiest country in surveys), they still have family values, they are tolerant, plenty of empathy, very community oriented, peaceful, etc. If you look at the most religious countries (including the USA, which is actually relatively religious compared to plenty of countries), there is more violence and oppression.
Look at the middle east for a glimpse into the past and how awful it was to live in a theocracy. In Saudi Arabia, atheists can be beheaded publicly just for being atheists. There are morality police (or at least there were recently). Women and men can be stopped if they're walking together to ask why they are together. Women can't let their skin on their leg show. I read the bible and I found it to be a horrible text. The old testament was filled with nonsense about sacrifice, plenty of killing, genocide, rape, war... much of it done by "god" himself. Then, the new testament is supposed to be "better" because god had his own son killed in order to make it so that humans didn't need to perform sacrifices anymore... the symbol of the religion is a human sacrifice (jesus)... that's not a "family value" that I care for and I think we can do better. It made sense for people who believed in the importance of "burnt offerings" so much that the term is mentioned to a nauseating degree in the old testament. To me? I have never performed a sacrifice, so it isn't amazing news to me that "hey! did you hear the good news!!!??? God had jesus sacrificed so that all those sacrifices don't need to be performed anymore to appease god!!!"
I just watched a video on this book "Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression" by Hector A. Garcia. https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-God-Psychology-Religious-Oppression/dp/1633880206/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=alpha+god&qid=1558237288&s=books&sr=1-1 I plan on reading it. Sounds really interesting. Take care.
Blackistheonlycolor, I largely agree with this post but I would like to share a few thoughts.
Self Study is THE way to prepare for the LSAT. I think an LSAT course is only a good option if you need more help grasping the basics than self study is providing.
The books that PhiPsiSciFi provided are certainly good, but I think there are a few changes which could maximize your prep. My book recommendation list would be:
Total is $461. Now I realize that is significantly more money that the list given above, but if you can swing it, you will get a lot more bang for your buck. The Manhattan LSAT books tend to be a little bit better than the Powerscore ones. The Powerscore Logic Games Bible is certainly a great asset to have, which is why I included it here, but the LR Bible doesn't flow as well as Manhattan's and the RC Bible is nowhere near as good. The next big difference is that my list includes PTs 1-40 only as drills instead of complete tests. The earlier tests are quite a bit different than the modern LSAT, so while you won't get an extremely representative score by taking the full PTs, you can get improve by having the questions broken down into drills. That said, if there was anything you wanted to take off this list, The Cambridge LR 1-20 and RC 1-20 aren't 100% necessary. They are certainly nice to have, but you can only realistically do so many drills and it will be better to do the more modern ones found in PTs 21-40. But if you are planning to study for 6+ months, get 1-20 as well as 21-40. You will want to get all of the Logic Games though. Personally, I think PDF works better because you will want to re-print several of them to complete multiple times. You will also want to re-do every logic game section from tests 40+, which isn't really necessary for the LR and RC sections.
The rest of my list is pretty much the same. I added PT 72 and you will want to get 73 when that comes out too. Overall, you will get 24 PTs from my suggestions (20 from the two books, 3 from SuperPrep, and PT 72. Obviously you hit 25 if you get PT 73 as well) which should be plenty. If you needed anymore buy the individual PTs from 41 up. I know this is a good bit of money, but it is soooo much cheaper than any reputable LSAT Course and it is more effective too.
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Canadian Sex Worker kicked out of Senate hearings on controversial prostitution law after threatening to reveal list of Canadian federal politicians who use prostitution.
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2g3ch2/canadian_sex_worker_kicked_out_of_senate_hearings/
Jehovah's Witnesses destroyed documents showing child abuse allegations, court told in cover-up case
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/29f9wp/jehovahs_witnesses_destroyed_documents_showing/
Salvation Army 'rented out' boys at Sydney children’s home in Sydney to paedophiles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10606458/Salvation-Army-rented-out-boys-at-Sydney-childrens-home-in-Sydney-to-paedophiles.html
TIL that a woman, hired by Dyncorp to crackdown on forced prostitution on behalf of the UN, discovered that the UN police were the main perpetrators of forced prostitution and was later fired.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15r2j4/til_that_a_woman_hired_by_dyncorp_to_crackdown_on/
WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/wikileaks-reveals-that-mi_n_793816.html
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whistleblower-Trafficking-Military-Contractors/dp/B005CDUBC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331445269&sr=8-4
Sounds like Blackwater founder Erik Prince was operating a child prostitution service in Iraq
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6249748
the Law - Frédéric Bastiat
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Santayana - Russell Kirk
The Federalist Papers - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Top poem, and one of the best short explanations of conservatism: The Gods of the Copybook Headings - Rudyard Kipling
https://www.amazon.com/Negroes-Guns-Robert-F-Williams/dp/1614274118/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0/145-7076596-9762865?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1614274118&pd_rd_r=51b0fd5e-5e6b-4cdc-9c09-07bf6fe94137&pd_rd_w=tbWxo&pd_rd_wg=MhPmt&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=BH55J2DH59QDE4JFDAJX&psc=1&refRID=BH55J2DH59QDE4JFDAJX
I am not sure about the tutor thing -- but one resource I do recommend is Emmanuel's strategy and tactics for the MBE: https://www.amazon.com/Strategies-Tactics-MBE-Emanuel-Review/dp/1454873124
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It wont substitute a substantive study or bar prep, but it is really helpful to understand how the MBE questions are designed to give you some test taking strategy.
Actually, the jury is out in regards to economic cost vs benefits and the rate of education:
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41645?index=8711
http://www.amazon.com/They-Take-Our-Jobs-Immigration/dp/0807041564#reader_0807041564
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584
http://cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html
https://www.wmich.edu/hhs/newsletters_journals/jssw_institutional/individual_subscribers/39.4.Becerra.pdf
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2006-04-06/econ-101-on-illegal-immigrantsbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice
Not to mention that you completely failed to address my points. Again, even if the figure is correct and the total cost is 113 billion, why is there a reason to give a shit about illegal immigration for the reasons you listed when there are gigantic problems with those domains that aren't caused by illegal immigration and are far more harmful to the average American? You realize that even $113 billion overall and $52 billion for education is a drop in the bucket, right? Or that a deportation program like Trump is proposing would cost even more money than the net loss incurred by illegal immigration if a net loss even exists? Why is this the reason you'll elect a president for when there are other gigantic issues facing America and Trump's deportation "plan" would cost untold amounts of money, bloat government offices, and cause some economic sectors to become unstable and negatively impact Americans? I don't even like illegal immigration, but it's just embarrassing to watch people get swept up in this rhetoric when our national security is threatened, our education system is shit, our middle class is shrinking, we're diplomatically in a fragile position, our prison system is an absolute mess, citizens have massive piles of personal debt, and our violent crime rate is abysmal compared to other industrialized nations. Oh but no, it's the people crossing the border and picking berries for dollars a day on the farms that are causing all the problems somehow, rather than systematic issues with American institutions and volatile foreign relations. It's simple for voters to understand and exploits their fear, so why not use it as a main campaigning point, I guess.
Perhaps! But, I do hope you find a way to succeed on your own terms. Listen, I read a few books that really helped me shape my law school experience in school and beyond.
Here's Law School Confidential. It helped me with classes etc., interviews, and defining my initial career trajectory.
If you're looking to do commercial BigLaw, this book gave me some good perspective.
If you're more interested in something like public defense, Brian Stevenson's book Just Mercy was incredibly powerful.
Anyways, I do hope that you find something that works for you. It can be cold out there, and it's hard to get traction sometimes. Best of luck.
Ok, then you have to read this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Law-Frederic-Bastiat/dp/1612930123/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375719601&sr=1-1&keywords=the+law+bastiat
Wunna set a date and have a discussion afterwards?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ominous-Parallels-Freedom-America/dp/0452011175
Books specifically about the supreme Court or books written by supreme court justices? I would recommend http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0314184716?pc_redir=1404103002&robot_redir=1
Its a great desktop reference
I got sidetracked and completely forgot to say thank you for this comment, but THANK YOU, this was really helpful. (As far as the blitz attack thing, I was assuming a physical/non-sexual assault with the intent to maim.)
(Also for non-leo/crime writer folks, I came across this book that's helpful on the basics, although like most other sources it doesn't really address the investigation procedure post-crime-scene as this helpful gentleman has done.)
And sometimes it isn't "murder" if there are mitigating circumstances. We have many different charges based on lots of different factors and scenarios. He could be screwed up mentally and not been properly evaluated. I think it is obvious he had incredibly shitty legal representation. I didn't say him killing them was the correct thing to do or that he shouldn't answer for that in some way. All I said was that I, personally, would refuse to convict him of murder given that he had suffered years of abuse and might face the death penalty.
And, I'm sorry, but you are a fool if you think we have even a passable "justice system." Our "justice system" is nothing of the kind. It is a two tiered system of injustice.
You might benefit from reading this book.
http://www.amazon.com/With-Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality/dp/0805092056
I really cannot explain all the concepts in a quote.. nor a picture.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ominous-Parallels-End-Freedom-America/dp/0452011175/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3ROUU99CWA6F3&keywords=the+ominous+parallels&qid=1555697098&s=gateway&sprefix=the+ominous+p%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-1
btw, this was a better explanation of what happened in Nazi Germany than the book 'ordinary men'.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/
from this book. If you get to a hospital with your heart still beating after getting shot you have a 95% survival rate. Obviously CNS/heart shots kill you quicker, but if your in a major city your most likely 10-15min out from a hospital and more than likely could get airlifted.
Getting shot is not an instant death like you see in the movies. There's a reason you hear about people getting shot 15 times and surviving or people taking a bulet to the head and only coming out with minor brain damage. U.S dl emergency rooms in big cities have gotten frighteningly good at dealing with gun shot wounds.
> I haven't seen any proof of the fabrication of attacks so I'd research judgement on that.
Really? It took literally 3 seconds to google.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/government-agents-directly-involved-us-terror-plots-report
https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/fbi-isis-terrorism-stings.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-is-manufacturing-terrorism-cases-2016-6
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/do-f-b-i-stings-help-the-fight-against-isis
And then this book too
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATLNH78/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
>but there has definitely been a huge benefit to the American economy as well.
Do you not see how evil that sounds? No shit it's been beneficial, that was the point of them doing it. But for one, they got almost all of the benefit. And two, the benefit came from horrific crimes against humanity, so why is that relevant at all?
A lot of opinions added in that link while the studies don't show accuracy for what we are looking for, let alone, it's damn near impossible to be accurate when they are undocumented to begin with.
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Opinionated pieces creating flaws in the arguments
Methodology
While the spending and income behavior of undocumented immigrant families is not as well documented as that of US citizens, the estimates in this report represent a *best approximation of the taxes families headed by undocumented immigrants likely pay*.
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I could go on for days but I think it would be pretty delusional to think you could accurately study on the benefits of illegals towards the economy when it comes to most portions mainly due to the fact you can't accurately record "undocumented" illegal immigrants.
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What I will say is that it is a fact they impact our support systems and heavily impact our local states and cities to the areas of illegal immigration. Which with this information it is pretty clear they impact and slow down our progress to move forward.
>I'm not sure if we are there now, but it feels like we have gotten to the point where law and opportunity are not equal for all.
We are there, this book by Glenn Greenwald provides some pretty good concrete examples.
[Glenn Greenwald - With liberty and justice for some. ] (http://www.amazon.com/With-Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality/dp/0805092056)
Actually, Leftists (not to be confused with progressive liberals. I'm sorry, but yall are left of hardcore reactionaries, but not "the Left") have often been vocal supporters of the right to self defense, because police torture and murder "undesirables" has been pretty much the main reason modern policing exists. It's not an aberration that police execute an African American every 28 hours, and gun control will do nothing to stop police militarization or brutality. And that is a far bigger source of violence than the AK sitting in my locked chest.
https://www.amazon.com/Negroes-Guns-Robert-F-Williams/dp/1614274118
y'all really need to learn some people's history. I know this'll fall on deaf ears, because American politics is about performance and aesthetics, fueled by denial--see how the anti-war movement that elected Obama became very copacetic with his administration's expansion of mass murder oversees. As long as it's not a Republican doing it, it's not a serious issue, apparently, which is why y'all support the war criminal Hillary Clinton (along with the bankers that tanked the economy and turned millions out onto their asses).
But in the vain hope that someone here will maybe reconnect with our once-proud and independent Left tradition, I leave a link.
data shows that over 80% of these "terrorist attacks" are manufactured by the US government by encouraging people who would never have done anything like this, to do so by fooling them into thinking the plan is fool proof. FBI is on record for scouting sites with the individual, encouraging the individuals very aggressively, all so the feds can prevent their own attacks, get media coverage for "stopping the big bad terrorists", and get more funding, keep the citizenry afraid and willing to give up more freedom for a false sense of security.
Edit: for those asking for evidence of my claim or data.
Mainstream news source 1
https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/
Mainstream source 2
https://theintercept.com/2015/01/16/latest-fbi-boast-disrupting-terror-u-s-plot-deserves-scrutiny-skepticism/
Mainstream source 3
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-helped-along-by-the-fbi.html
Alternative news source
http://yournewswire.com/former-agent-claims-fbi-manufactures-nearly-all-terrorist-incidents/
Very compelling book with FBI data collected on manufactured terrorist attacks.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATLNH78/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
As far as I'm concerned, nearly the entire school of postmodernism rises from rotten soil (largely German idealism, Continential philosophy, Marxism, and phenomenology) and is thoroughly anti-rational. One of my favorite philosophy books, The Ominous Parallels examines how German idealism and postmodernism gave rise to totalitarian political philosophies (especially the Nazis) and how even post-fascism, post-modernism is still pushing people in the same direction.
In essence post-modernism argues that because nearly all human knowledge has its ultimate origin in some subjective judgment or observation about the world, therefore all human knowledge is subject to subjective interpretation and criticism. It seeks to undermine rationality (man's primary tool for making sense of the world) by declaring everything to subjective and/or a social construct - to be interpreted by the viewer in any way they see fit. As if all history is just the story we agree to tell, all science is just people's best guesses, economics how we steal from each other, and philosophy the lies we tell to justify the world being how it is.
My next big beef with post-modernism is their willful exercise of obscurantism. The term refers to the deliberate use of vague, unclear, or jargon-heavy language for the purpose of concealing the true meaning of the text, rather than just saying it in clear and understandable prose. Derrida is practically the poster-boy for this, and he learned from Heidegger the card-carrying Nazi.
At the risk of tooting my own horn, I'm one of the most voracious readers I've ever met. I'm the kinda guy who reads philosophy for fun, and I've read a lot of it. And every time I've tried to read post-modernist texts, I've walked away in frustration as I had no idea what they were actually trying to say. Their logic is invariably impossible to follow, their texts filled with bullshit and filler, and their actual ideas to be thin gruel and trivial at best, or flat out wrong at worst.
The unsophisticated and uncritical often mistake obscurantist texts for having profound deep meanings that ordinary person just doesn't understand. I consider that bullshit. To me, obscurantism is the hallmark of the intellectual fraud. The purpose of language is communicate clear and consistent meanings, not to distort, confuse, and hide meaning. Unfortunately it has a long tradition in bad philosophy - Kant was a past master of the art.
To me, Foucault is a thinly-veiled Marxist sadomasochist. Kant (the ultimately ancestor of postmodernism) an OCD-sufferer who undermined rationality in order to attempt a reconciliation of science and Church dogma. Heidegger a nihilistic Nazi. And as for Derrida, I think he's one of the biggest frauds of them all. I haven't seen a single idea of his that I think has any merit and I consider his boast that his work is impossible to criticize as proof positive that he is a fraud, and worse, a dangerous fraud.
To me, philosophy must come correct and be written for the purpose of being understood by most if not all who read it, or else it's simply not philosophy worth reading. If you can't or won't communicate the meaning behind your thoughts clearly, then you have no business calling yourself a philosopher or having your thoughts taken seriously.
> ". . . anyone who reads deconstructive texts with an open mind is likely to be struck by the same phenomena that initially surprised me: the low level of philosophical argumentation, the deliberate obscurantism of the prose, the wildly exaggerated claims, and the constant striving to give the appearance of profundity, by making claims that seem paradoxical, but under analysis often turn out to be silly or trivial."
-- John Searle on Deconstruction