Campus Protester Pulls the Plug on Speaker She Doesn’t Like

Campus Protester Pulls the Plug on Speaker She Doesn’t Like

A woman participating in a walkout of a presentation on a college campus by former Google software engineer James Damore over the weekend yanked wires out of the sound system, causing minor damage and disrupting the event for about 10 minutes, according to The College Fix.

Damore was taking part in a panel discussion called "We Need To Talk About Diversity" in Oregon, sponsored by a student group called Freethinkers of Portland State University.

New Hampshire Makes Large Alcohol Buys With Cash Easy for Bootleggers, State Official Says
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New Hampshire Makes Large Alcohol Buys With Cash Easy for Bootleggers, State Official Says

Matthew McDonald

Booze is relatively cheap in New Hampshire because state excise taxes are lower than in most other states — so some restaurants in New York City send people to the Granite State to buy liquor and illegally transport it there.

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission makes it easy by facilitating purchases of large quantities of alcohol with cash that can't be traced by authorities, said Andru Volinsky, a Democratic member of the state's Executive Council, according to The Union Leader.

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