First of all congrats to Felix Petersen and Stefan Kellner in Berlin! Plazes has been a work of love for the both them since 2005.  

Geo location services with cell phones are going to be a hot and will have some new legal and social effects in the coming years.

The one thing I do wonder is does this mean the Plazes new iPhone application is dead.  It was going to use GPS and cell triangulation (A-GPS) services of the upcoming iPhone to show and share your location. Below is a video demo.

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Earlier this year, the government tried and convicted David Olofson on the charge of transferring a machine gun. The Army veteran and current Army reservist, had a 20 year old AR-15 misfire at a local gun range that does not allow fully auto weapons.

For those of you that don’t follow fire arms, for the most part, AR-15 is a generic term for a civilian semi-automatic rifle similar to the military M16/M4-type weapons*. All you need to do is ask any Vietnam era GI about how often the M-16 jammed, usually at the worst possible time. Again thank you Robert McNamara for bright idea that adopting a single new rifle for all services was the most cost effective move.  The undered powered 5.56 cartridge was just a bonus.

This is still a problem today even with the M4, just ask Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

See the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) has a memo which was not admitted at trial, on the grounds it has confidential tax information in it. ATF, have you heard redaction? This memo shows the government knows about the jamming problem.

So David Olofson, a man with no prior criminal record, is facing five years in jail.  His sentencing is on hold thanks to a defense motion to gain access to the government memo.

Why hasn’t the NRA made big noise in coming to the aid of this man? Even if you are pro gun control, which I am not, this not how the game should be played. Win it at the ballot box.

Lou Dobbs has the follow 4 videos on the case that are worth watching.

Click here for part 1. Click here for part 2. Click here for part 3. And click here for part 4.

*The trademark “AR15″ or “AR-15″ is registered to Colt Industries

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In this AP Story, Republican and ex-presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee said Barack Obama’s bid for the White House is not being derailed because he is black, but because his former pastor does not want him to show the country’s race relations have progressed.

BTW:
Gallup Daily: Clinton 49%, Obama 45%
McCain leads Obama in general election; McCain and Clinton tied

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When

 Friday, February 8, 2008 at 2:30 PM -  5:00 PM. Doors at 1:30 PM

Where

West Central Community Center
1603 North Belt Street
Spokane, WA 99205
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Description

Join Hillary for a “Solutions for America” town hall in Spokane, Washington.  Senator Maria Cantwell will be on hand, as well

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Super Tuesday on Twitter is doing links to stories as they break about Super Tuesday.  

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