Lots of interesting news today

justjeepin86 said:
well that's bs
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I think you'll have a hard time finding somebody that disagrees

My hope is a supreme court ruling will strike it and set a precedent limiting this kind of overreach
 
Shreddinlettuce said:
Would it violate the passengers rights to have his bag searched anyway? I mean tsa can do it, but can a private pilot?
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Its a private plane, private property. Pilot can require WTFever he wants from passengers or not provide a service.
The 4th amendment doesn't apply.
 
RatLabGuy said:
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Flock Cameras Keep Getting Smashed, So Now They're Hiding Inside Speed Signs

Flock Safety ALPR cameras are now hidden inside roadside speed signs, logging your plate and location across a network of 80,000+ cameras nationwide.
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In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
 
On FB tonight. (Taylortown is just outside Pinehurst)

@skyhighZJ -- run over there and pump some cheap Diesel!

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mommucked said:
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Pitt County Sheriff's Office K-9 dies in hot car

The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office says one of its K-9s died after being left in a hot car last month, calling it an accident. It's now pushing for more funding to buy new cruisers equipped with heat monitoring technology.
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That's bullshit. That officer needs to be charged just like anyone else. It's always an accident, isn't it?
 
Scott86MJ said:
Why only grocery stores?
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great question. No idea. Maybe they figure groceries are a core requirement for life, and just saying all businesses is too broad?
Maybe it just a naroow trial to se how this impacts business?
Your guess as good as mine
 
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Grady-White Boats owner and CEO Eddie Smith, 83, has ensured his legacy of philanthropy by giving away the award-winning Greenville, NC boat manufacturing company, according to the July 25, 2026, New York Times.
Rather than selling the privately owned company for a reported $400 million, he was inspired by the founder of outdoor apparel brand Patagonia -- who in 2022 made a nonprofit to distribute the company's money.
Smith, who has no heir, has created a "purpose trust," guaranteeing that the company will never be sold and will continue to operate, according to The New York Times, "in accordance with Mr. Smith's values, including profit-sharing" and other benefits for its 350 employees, including a retirement plan and on-site health care.
Smith also created a nonprofit, that will be run by independent boards, to give away the annual profits not reinvested into Grady-White.
He will become "chief executive emeritus" and receive an annual salary.
The donation of Grady-White is the largest transfer of ownership since Patagonia, the New York Times said.
Smith and his family -- his wife, the late Jo Allison Smith, and his son, the late Chris Smith (who passed away from ALS) -- have been well known in the area for supporting causes important to them through the non-profit The Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc. The Greenville-based private family foundation gives millions of dollars annually in grants to health care and medical research, education, environmental conservation, and community welfare.
The Cancer Center at Greenville's ECU Health Medical Center is housed in the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower.
In 2020, Grady-White Boats and Smith committed to the largest donation in ECU Athletics and Pirate Club history. In recognition, the ECU athletics complex was named the Grady-White Boats Athletic Campus.
A number of scholarships, including at Pitt Community College, are funded by the foundation.
Smith also meticulously restored the historic home once owned by a Confederate general in Grimesland, NC, and has conserved the surrounding wetlands. He donates to many conservation charities including Sound Rivers and Ducks Unlimited.
Grady-White Boats was founded in an old tobacco warehouse in Greenville in 1959 by boat builder Glen Grady and businessman Don White. Smith purchased the company in 1968 and has retained sole ownership.
The sport-fishing and recreational boat manufacturer builds outboard powerboats ranging from 18 feet to 45 feet in length at its Greenville facility.
 
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