It’s weird enough living in a country where a man can legally own an arsenal of machine guns, but his neighbor growing a pot plant will send a team of DEA agents kicking his door in with a no-knock warrant. But this goes even beyond that. If I go online today to HaveNoLifeAndBetOnSports.com and bet fifty dollars on the Bucks against the Celtics tonight, I’m a criminal. But some gazillionaire firm in New York can legally bet against the United States of America in unlimited amounts in a trade that has nothing to do with anything, but a guess about how many other people will make the same bet.

Jesus, are we a weird country.

Shorting America Rocks! - Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - True/Slant

Just discovered Taibbi’s blog. Sitting here reading, next to a grain of salt leftover from lunch. (This guy wants you to know you can only legally have a machine gun in two states. Important info).

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    Shorting America Rocks!
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  8. onefootinthegrave said: I’ll tell you, Soup, what I told Peter. You can only legally own a machine gun in two states. This is incorrect, in that way. I wish Taibbi would have taken the 2 secs necessary to get it right.
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