Let's say that you and a close friend or intimate created an impenetrable way of communicating with each other. No one else could unde...

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We've seen people kicked off airplanes because they declined to purchase extra seats for children or because they refused to be bumped...

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Below the break you will see a video of a family declining a vehicle search by some sort of California Agriculture inspector. They are later...

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In the movie Baby Boy the self-described OG named Melvin played by Ving Rhames sneers at his possible future stepson. Melvin says that ever...