This is just silly. First, “[t]he FDIC receives no Congressional appropriations – it is funded by premiums that banks and thrift institutions pay for deposit insurance coverage and from earnings on investments in U.S. Treasury securities.” We don’t pay for it, except in the form of banking fees (and even if the FDIC didn’t exist, you can be damn sure that private banking insurance companies would fill the gap).

Second, as noted elsewhere, the screens are expensive — about $7000. Installing the screens would be economically stupid in the absence of any insurance, since the expected loss at a particular bank branch (Probability of robbery*average amount stolen in a robbery) is far, far less than that amount. It would only make sense to install them in branches that present a high risk of loss.

http://allwrestling.com/news/43400/cm-punk-talks-kofi-being/

Interesting numbers. I don’t know if bank robbers do internet research to find out about their chances of success vs. what they’ll face if they get caught. For me I couldn’t do it. Whatever robbers have in them that lets them scare the hell out of innocent people and potentially kill innocent people just isn’t in me.

On the other hand some people are in it for more than the $. The 2 young men in the North Hollywood B of A shootout – Larry Phillips, Jr. and Emil Matasareanu – had a lot of cash in their home when police searched it after their deaths.

I highly recommend scrolling to the bottom of the page to see the full background. There’s a lot goin’ on there.

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So in your response above, replace “the feds just” with “the American people are forced against their will via threats of violence and incarceration, to”

Well yeah. The feds just reimburse the banks for any stolen money. Why would they want to spend more money to prevent the robberies?

Just as they will use vague generic contempt of cop charges to shut down disagreement in any other aspect of their job. It’s on the same end of the bully spectrum.

While I understand that a private forum is not representative of “freedom of speech”, I have countless anecdotal examples of police members requesting discussions be shut down when important topics about police accountability come up.

A solution? We repeat it every day. Stop giving police carte blanche to dish out summary punishment. Clearly define their roles as peace keepers. Deflate their king balloons and may we live in a bit more harmony.

FAKKEN!

Also, someone calling Fayetteville a “cesspool of corruption and anti-police hatred,” is hilarious to me.

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When Comcast (or Verizon, for that matter) does anything that benefits its subscribers, it’s purely coincidental with actions undertaken in its own self interest. I’m not saying that their push back on these subpenas isn’t a good thing, but I seriously doubt Comcast is being motivated by any wish to be a good Samaritan.

Houston noise ordinance law has proven to be unenforceable and all cases in the court system has been closed. Although I bet as long as it is on the books it will continue to be used as a contempt of cop charge.

Googling Iron Sheik, what is happening between him and Dr Michael Ian Black?
http://vamosvideo.tumblr.com/post/17691874467/why-is-the-iron-sheik-cursing-the-children-of

You mean “traditional police operations” like operating in a zero accountability environment. And will the board interfere with FPD’s ability to undermine the fourth amendment and intimidate “those people.” Well damn that board straight to hell then! Poor police union. Sniffle sniffle. Always getting picked on and having their cars ransacked and getting beaten up for asserting their rights or for trying to take pictures and…oh wait, I think that might be backwards.