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Car theft rings dealing in higher priced models take a mirror to the underside and look for batteries or other objects that might be part of the GPS system. Theft rings don't care too much if there is a data logger on the car, they just don't want there to be any burst transmission of that data and its usually a week before a high end car is on its way out of the country, so that would have to mean a pretty good battery.

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Also, never order drinks at TGI Fridays.

On Wednesday, the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control raided 29 New Jersey bars and restaurants as part of Operation Swill, a year-long sting operation that caught these establishments allegedly pouring bottom-shelf liquor into top-shelf bottles and selling it to customers as the real deal. Sometimes, the fraud was a bit more blatant. "In one instance, a bar in New Jersey mixed rubbing alcohol with caramel food coloring and served it as scotch," writes Brent Johnson in the Star-Ledger. "In another, a bar filled an empty liquor bottle with dirty water and passed it off as liquor."

Thirteen of the 29 establishments caught up in Operation Swill were TGI Fridays restaurants operated by a New Jersey hospitality company. The Star-Ledger reports that TGI Fridays "is looking into the matter."

Quote: reno

Also, never order drinks at TGI Fridays.

That is probably too harsh a statement. How about do not order drinks at locations operated by that company.

I seem to recall this as a second round of enforcement proceedings the same people having been exposed the first time.

Alot of scared whiskey moved through New Jersey also. No tax at all: buy it, pour it, throw out the bottles that night.

Occasionally NY newspapers pour a Bloody Mary into a flask and have its alcohol content analyzed for a bunch of trendy watering holes. There was always this one bar that had a result of zero booze and always the same excuse "must be a mistake".

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That is probably too harsh a statement. How about do not order drinks at locations operated by that company.

I visited my first TGI Fridays in the 1970s. They charged me $5 for a mixed drink, which I thought was outrageously expensive. At least twice what I usually paid.

I didn't go back for a long time.

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Obama to use Executive privilege in Vegas Friday


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2014/11/18/obamas-flip-flop-on-using-executive-action-on-illegal-immigration/

"Previously he said that was not possible, using evocative language that he is not a “king” or “the emperor.” Apparently he’s changed his mind. "

Presidents change their mind all the time.
One of the biggies of all time.
Richard Nixon, one of the biggest anti-communists on the political landscape at the time, goes to CHINA.

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