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Moral of The Story: When You Always Put Your Own Interests First, It Can Work Against Your Interests

Oh my. Sometimes commenting on the libertarian mindset is just gilding the lily: A 55-year-old biker protesting New York State’s law requiring helmet use died at a hospital Saturday after striking his head in an accident. The Associated Press reports that Phillip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y., was riding with others through the town of Onondaga on Saturday afternoon without head protection, to protest the state’s requirement that bikers wear helmets.
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Freedumb Riders

Politics / US Politics : Balloon Juice (2 years ago)

See! Helmet laws kill: A New York man died Sunday while participating in a ride with 550 other motorcyclists to protest the state’s mandatory helmet law. Police said Philip A. Contos, 55, hit his brakes and his motorcycle fishtailed... Read Post

Kris Kobach Threatens Protesters, Invokes ‘Second Amendment’

US Politics / Liberal : Alan Colmes' Liberaland (5 hours ago)

The former hard-right Congressman turned Ohio AG made an ominous, threatening comment in response to protesters: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) said Monday that protests like the one that took place at his home over the w... Read Post

Anti-helmet protest biker dies after crash

Odd : news:lite (2 years ago)

A biker who was taking part in a protest ride against mandatory helmet laws has died… after crashing and hitting his head on the pavement.Philip Contos had been riding in a New York anti-helmet rally when the accident happened and..... Read Post


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