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Knives are weapons of war. Many a soldier has carried a knife into war. Nobody should need to own weapons of war.
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Cutting up an onion is an act of war?
I live on a farm. I carry my mobile phone, some blue rope, and a pocket knife (pointed, regularly sharpened). These tools have saved livestock and sometimes me. Knives can cut rope, free entangled animals, myriad uses, really. And at least in my world not used for aggressive acts against humans. For the latter, a mattock is more effective.
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The article reads like a native ad for Costco memberships.
What the article leaves out is that Costco is now identifying another stream of potential revenue on the back of their members, which is to sell their location data, and possibly upsell depending on the patterns of the store access information.
Why should Costco members allow for their store presence data to be monetized by the company or its affiliates, even when they aren’t buying something in the “warehouse”. Seems like a typical “because we can” answer to the question of “why does Costco do this?”.
As most Costco members would know, non-current (or non-members, for that matter) won’t get any pricing benefits as long as the validity of the membership card presented at the cash register continues to be checked. Which has always been Costco’s policy.
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I was trying to mock those that say “assault” rifles are weapons of war and no citizen needs a weapon of war.
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Ah. Interesting how the term ‘assault’ was applied instead of, possibly ‘protective’? ‘Defensive’?
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I suppose whether a piece of equipment is an “assault weapon” or a “defensive weapon” depends on at which end of that equipment one happens to be standing.
Remember that bold Ukrainian granny, probably a relative of the “Ghost of Kiev”, who knocked down a Russian missile with a can of vegetables. Was that can an “offensive” or “defensive” weapon? Will the EU have to require registration of owners of cans? 
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In Georgia, at least, due to state law anyone can use Costco pharmacies without a membership.
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That’s annoying. Are the lines at CVS and Walgreens or whatever too long?
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Costco is cheaper than the others, at least without insurance. Few seem to know that they can use the Costco pharmacies without a membership.
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If I read this correctly, when Toyota came to the US it franchised a pair of regional distributors in the South.
One of the things they do is inflate prices by adding accessories to already-manufactured vehicles. When they do so, they may need to change the load rating placard to reflect the added weight.
Gulf States Toyota made an error leading to a massive recall to update the placards.
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I wonder why?
“The new exam school admissions policy is undoubtedly a success,” said Oren Sellstrom, litigation director at Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston, which is defending the exam school changes in federal court. “The process is now much more fair and equitable, and the result is a student body in the exam schools that better reflects the socioeconomic, geographic, and racial diversity of the city.”
Result:
Anne Yount, a school-admission counselor who has worked with Boston families for years, said many parents are hesitant about exam schools over concerns BPS has watered down curriculums following the pandemic and the admission changes.
“They are fleeing in droves to private schools,” Yount said. “Most private schools in the Boston area have a less than 10 percent acceptance rate.”
On this note…
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Amazingly, this was mostly a Democrat issue (think Jenny McCarthy) until Covid.
Then the order came down from above and things turned on a dime.
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