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PREVENTING ONLINE POKER A MATTER OF "NATIONAL SECURITY"
RADLEY BALKO, REASON - In December, the U.S. Trade Office announced it
had reached an agreement with Europe, Japan, and Canada that would
involve the U.S. making major trade concessions in order to both keep
its ban on Internet gambling, and simultaneously allow exemptions to
that ban for state lotteries and horse racing. The agreement meant that
the U.S. was willing to force U.S consumers and businesses to pay so
that the federal government could prevent U.S. citizens from playing
poker online. Strangely, the federal government also refused to release
the terms of the settlement. So Ed Brayton filed a FOIA request with the
U.S. Trade Office to release the terms of the settlement. They responded
this week. They have refused to disclose the details "in the interests
of national security."
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/124806.html
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13 YEAR OLDS CHARGED FOR THROWING FRENCH FRIES
AP- Three 13-year-old girls accused of throwing french fries during
lunchtime at their school were cited for "hurling missiles," an adult
infraction covered by city ordinances. The principal of Laramie Junior
High and a police officer had warned students during an assembly the day
before the french fries' launch that if they threw food, they had to
suffer the consequences, Police Chief Bob Deutsch said. The warning came
after school officials had heard rumors of an impending food fight.
"They saw it as really the planning of a riot, when you think about it,"
Deutsch said. . . "It wasn't a spontaneous thing - a couple of kids
giggling, throwing a french fry at each other," Deutsch said. "They
intended on getting everybody involved in this and starting something
that no doubt would have the potential of getting out of control."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_food_fight_charges.html
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PREVENTING ONLINE POKER A MATTER OF "NATIONAL SECURITY"
RADLEY BALKO, REASON - In December, the U.S. Trade Office announced it
had reached an agreement with Europe, Japan, and Canada that would
involve the U.S. making major trade concessions in order to both keep
its ban on Internet gambling, and simultaneously allow exemptions to
that ban for state lotteries and horse racing. The agreement meant that
the U.S. was willing to force U.S consumers and businesses to pay so
that the federal government could prevent U.S. citizens from playing
poker online. Strangely, the federal government also refused to release
the terms of the settlement. So Ed Brayton filed a FOIA request with the
U.S. Trade Office to release the terms of the settlement. They responded
this week. They have refused to disclose the details "in the interests
of national security."
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/124806.html
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13 YEAR OLDS CHARGED FOR THROWING FRENCH FRIES
AP- Three 13-year-old girls accused of throwing french fries during
lunchtime at their school were cited for "hurling missiles," an adult
infraction covered by city ordinances. The principal of Laramie Junior
High and a police officer had warned students during an assembly the day
before the french fries' launch that if they threw food, they had to
suffer the consequences, Police Chief Bob Deutsch said. The warning came
after school officials had heard rumors of an impending food fight.
"They saw it as really the planning of a riot, when you think about it,"
Deutsch said. . . "It wasn't a spontaneous thing - a couple of kids
giggling, throwing a french fry at each other," Deutsch said. "They
intended on getting everybody involved in this and starting something
that no doubt would have the potential of getting out of control."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_food_fight_charges.html
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