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So are you saying that if he really had balls, then he should shoot the federal game warden too? Scratches head.Uh no, not saying, suggesting or implying any malice, ill will or anything of the sort. Things rarely turn out good when you do not fully cooperate with a federal warrant except through recognized and proper channels. I'm saying any advice that suggests someone commit a federal crime, even a lowly misdemeanor, is rarely backed by common sense or reality. Haha - I think you may have missed the intense sarcasm on my part But for what it's worth, it's the intense philosophy and balanced perspectives (like you are showing here) that really causes me to respect the lawyers that I know personally. I just can't figure out how to lighten you guys up every once in a while And yes, I'm fulling anticipating a lecture on how this is serious and shouldn't be a joking matter Didn't you ever read to kill a mockingbird? It's all right in there.

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One point in all of this is that we are in a day and age we can understand the reasons behind protecting a hawk, eagle or other raptor. On the other hand, they are all going to nest somewhere, raise their chicks for 30 days, and fall back on their natural instinct to protect the nest. You would think that they would want to come out, Audubon people or State game warden to confirm species, give a hand out on what to expect, and a friendly reminder what not to do (climb up to photo chicks, cutting down nest, shooting them, etc.) It would be cool to be able to capture some shots of those chicks, young hawks.

Incredible photos, much bigger than what I envisioned, still can't believe you stared that thing down. For some reason he has selected you out. So is there mom and dad in there? Just him? If it is just him, and no chicks left, they have flown the coop I would get a set of Bose and play screeching rabbits through them; if that doesn't work I heard Nancy Sinatra or Billy Ray Cyrus is almost guaranteed to get a migratory game bird migrating down the road.

This story of the swooping hawk drew my attention because of some of the fear responses that were posted. The "don't do anything, you will get in trouble." replies. Which are all an attempt to instill ones own or societal fears into another and to make one more afraid of living freely. The responses I did like, whether they were ever acted upon or not, were "do what you need to do, just be smart and be discrete." Those are not fear based responses, just an awareness of the world we live in, the nature of other human beings and to be intelligent about what you do. The similarities between a speeding ticket and this federal crime, is fear. Whether one is afraid to hit the gas or afraid of taking out a couple of birds, the commonality is the fear of getting caught. As well, both laws mentioned are similar in that they were all just invented in a room of old men, saying Ok, lets make this a law, a gavel is banged, some scribe scribbles it down on paper and its then added to some book sitting on a shelf and now we have a new law. Whether state or federal, they are both just ink print in a book. In the Vastness of Time, they are all just Dust in the Wind. Lot and lots of people with that same philosophy. Of course most of them are sitting in prison begging a court to understand that the ink on the page doesn't apply to them. Arguments like they are a non-person, a sovereign being. The highest incarceration rate of any modern nation, thats a lot of people behinds bars. Fear, for sure it is fear. The fancy word prosecutors use is "deterrence". None of it works unless the law has a deterrent effect.

So are you saying that if he really had balls, then he should shoot the federal game warden too? Scratches head. Uh no, not saying, suggesting or implying any malice, ill will or anything of the sort. Things rarely turn out good when you do not fully cooperate with a federal warrant except through recognized and proper channels. I'm saying any advice that suggests someone commit a federal crime, even a lowly misdemeanor, is rarely backed by common sense or reality.

Passed away today at age of 84. One of the greats. Bet he is having some laughs with EP now, "what took you so long?"

I dunno, maybe click the CNBC link with a video interview that was included in the BS document? http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/24/alan-greenspan-says-british-break-from-eu-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg.html O agree, I was looking for a transcript to see what exactly he said about the gold standard. He gave interviews to CNBC and Bloomberg

Now that was a brave move. I don't know as I would have trusted that waiving arms would be enough to deter a swoop/attack, but I am glad it did. Now is when it would be nice to have a helmet with a Go-Pro mounted on it. I wouldn think a drone could capture this all pretty good. Does it appear that your property is the only one he is dive bombing?

More zero hedge bullshit. They are trying to get clicks with their headlines, that is what it is about to them, nothing else, nothing more. I sure hope nobody here is dumb enough click on any zero hedge link or article and contribute to their scam. There must be a credible news outlet and commentary ab I ut the former chairman's remarks??? Anyone?

You just really can't make this stuff up. Golf pro drives over to golf course to make instructional video, while heading over there he drives 10 to 15 mph over speed limit. During the making of video hawks starts squawking at him, golf pro loses it, starts whacking balls in hawk's direction, and on 10th attempt ball hits hawk and kills it. Golf pro is surprised feds found out he killed hawk (with film crew filming and capturing whole thing on video). Golf pro is surprised there was a media reaction and public outcry. The hawk was slowing production down, really, really bad. Not reported, golf course cut tree down so pubic wouldn't leave any more tributes to hawk at the location. http://news.cybergolf.com/golf_news/isenhour_sentenced_in_bird_killing

Hmmmm, equating a speeding ticket with a federal crime, those are two entirely different worlds. The game wardens dont ever witness the shooting of the bird, or practically never. That's not how any crime typically goes down where people get caught. The way it typically goes down is that people can't keep quiet about things and shoot their mouth off about it. As luck would have it you only wound the bird and it flys off and dies in front yard of neighbor's house and traumatizes her kids and she calls police. Some do-gooder offers 10,000 reward for info leading to arrest. Your wife never really liked you that much and turns you in for the 10K but has to split reward with your best friend who also turned you in. That's how it works in the real world. People are stupid and think "well they can't be watching everywhere all the time" Which ignors the other issue, there may be a 1% chance of getting caught, no neighbors, etc. The statute of limitations is 5 years. Every time you seena cop coming down the street, in your rear view mirror you are for at least a split second going to think "must be that bird thing." Ten miles over the speed limit, wow, "danger" must be your middle name.

For starters computers and cell phones which they would sieze and do fornsic searchs for photos of crime, emails admitting the crime, or, believe it or not, facebook or other public forum entries discussing, planning or information about how to commit the crime or how to avoid detection of the crime. They would look for any internet searchs for hawks, killing hawks, etc. Then on to guns, and on and on. In order to get the arrest/search warrant they have to have probable cause, which they get from the rat fink little old lady who lives next door with nothing better to do then spy on you and volunteer twice a week at the Audubon Society answering phones.

You guys all talk tough until a federal game warden shows up at your front door with a search and arrest warrant. Up to 6 months in jail and a 15,000 fine, or probation and fine, and that on your record forever, "hawk killer." Instead of listening to people tell you what they would never have the balls to do themselves, call the Audubon Society and a liitle old lady will answer and say, "why dear, nesting for a Coopers is only 35 days, so heres what you do, get you an umbrella...." So listen to the yayhoos and shoot, poison, and/or otherwise harass the hawks to death and spend the next 5 years cringing everytime you see a green and white drive by, or worse, you hear a knock on your door and then "federal agent, search warrant" OR suck it up for a month and use your umbrella to go back and forth to car. an attached garage would be even better. Then when they leave cut that tree down so they can never come back.

Audio, sorry, Audio would be: Neve moved from the UK to right outside of Austin to make his consoles. Wunder Audio is also a top maker of microphones as well as consoles. Not audio, but closely related, is a friend of mine and his wife stared their concert lighting business which became the standard for the industry, High End Lighting.

Yeti Coolers is the most recent rage from here. Everyone seems to rave when they get an Alamo Movie theater. Texas BBQ started near here Dell Computers

Great article, there were some I expected, but some complete surprises on there.

Bummer, Time Warner doesnt have it in Austin, or maybe anywhere. Maybe the merger will fix that.

That and the super heavy clutch made it completely impractical for city driving.

The audio system was a 3 or 4k option, but it wouldn't matter, you wouldn't be able to hear it. That car was very, very loud inside.

A client gave me a coffee table book many years ago about that designer, Gandini. A true artist. It is simply amazing what he has put out over the years.

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Nice ending

I agree, just crazy, I hope it doesn't factor into it

Johnson making a charge, catches and then surpases Lowery by a stroke. Garcia and Piercy are both still in it.