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1 Alaska’s default speed limit is 55 mph. 65 on select Interstate routes is by engineering investigation and case by case, not automatic or default.2 Rhode Island speed limits not set by law, but by state traffic commission.3West Virginia speed limits, in general, are not set by law, but by the Commissioner of the Division of Highways. Source: Governors Highway Safety Association Reprinted from National Motorists Association.

From Page 3 to Jeremy Clarkson, Victoria’s Secret to sausages, it seems everything offends somebody these days. These easily-upset liberals now even have a name: offendotrons. You can bet that, right now, on a university campus somewhere, there’s a change.org petition being hatched about practically anything you can think of. Here are eight of the most ludicrous yet trivial things that people have been getting upset about recently. 1. Clapping your hands This week, Britain’s booming university mollycoddle culture soared to new and absurd heights when the NUS Women’s Conference asked delegates to stop clapping as it “triggered anxiety”. Bizarrely, top … Continue reading →

A typical allergy-prone individual has to take a pill every twelve hours endlessly if he trusts orthodox medicine to treat him, and this merely suppresses the symptoms temporarily. What we call “allergies” are actually just symptoms of a body trying to defend itself from perceived threats, so allergies are incurable until the aggravating factors are removed, or the irate immune system is calmed. It is impossible to completely stop the histamine reactions for perceived threats, because these reactions stem from the immune system reacting appropriately. Completely stopping these reactions using standard symptom suppression techniques would mean totally halting the immune … Continue reading →

I think the New York Times has made a mistake: 3 Shiite Militias Quit Iraqi Siege of ISIS Over U.S. Air Role. Why would Shiite militias, fighting against ISIS alongside the Americans, quit because the Americans are helping in the fight?  Either The New York Times is wrong (typical) or the editors at The New York Times accidently let some truth get out (implausible, but has occasionally been known to happen). Either way, it is a mistake. Anyway, I have rambled enough; here is a sampling (emphasis added): “We don’t trust the American-led coalition in combating ISIS,” said Naeem al-Uboudi, … Continue reading →

The  horror of the Germanwings suicide-mass murder hits me with particular force because I went through a similar nightmare myself, and because I know very well the exact Alpine area where the doomed airliner crashed. The passengers aboard the ill-fated German A320 aircraft must have had 3-5 minutes warning that something was terrible wrong. The aircraft’s captain was locked out of the cockpit and trying to break down its armored door. The aircraft was going into a dive. As a constant flier since the age of six, to me their plight is one of the worst nightmares associated with flying. … Continue reading →

Violent police are increasingly criticized for everything from killing dogs to shooting the homeless and beating the mentally ill. These abuses of power are disturbing and desperately need attention. One under-discussed problem with police accountability (or lack thereof), however, is police irresponsibility while driving. Stories about drunk officers driving the wrong direction on freeways and hitting civilians or soberly ramming into pedestrians are not uncommon. This week alone, three cops caused mayhem and fatalities on the road. In New Jersey, a car of off-duty officers (who had posted a picture of whiskey shots to Instagram earlier that evening) drove the wrong … Continue reading →