Is there some reason to think you and Obama are on the same side vis a vis the NSA? Is there some reason to think President Trump (oh my!) is less on your side than President Obama?
I live in Toronto and I never even noticed that Leafs is spelled wrong. Not that I don't know how to spell, just that their "distinctiveness" is too insignificant to think about.
How funny that a Canadian organization thinks it's well known enough by Americans that Americans will think of them when they see something kinda sorta similar.
Most Americans can't even name the Premier, and we're supposed to automatically think of some corporate entity that owns a hockey team when we see a common word with a slightly wrong spelling?
That's not surprising--the FBI is doing what it is in the nature of bureaucracies to do. And we, unfortunately, have to remain ever vigilant against it.
On a side note: "Long before Sarah Palin was keeping an eye on pesky Russians from the governor's mansion..."
Sarah Palin never said that, Tina Fey said that while playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I do wish you people would get off the politics. Your thing is technology issues from a somewhat libertarian perspective. Every time you venture into partisan politics, you reveal yourselves to be ignorant and stupid.
Re: Re: And is that the standard for not facing prosecution now?
Is that how it works? You are welcome to argue that that is how it SHOULD work, but if it's not how it works, then you should respectfully return all those misguided "insightful" clicks.
Agreed, that is a much closer call than anyone would guess from reading this thread. If he said "if" instead of "when," he'd have a stronger complaint. But he didn't. He said "when."
As any politico reader knows, if Trump accurately says other NATO nations aren't pulling their weight, but also says he had bacon and eggs for breakfast when really he just had eggs, while Clinton correctly says her dress is white and then lies about taking bribes while secretary of state, then they are both 50% honest.
And if Trump goes on to say he drives the speed limit when he was clocked doing 66 in a 65 zone while Hillary says nothing while her campaign pays people to go to Trump rallies and start fights so the press can write about violence at Trump rallies, then Hillary is, statistically speaking, more honest than Trump.
Almost everyone hates political correctness in the abstract, but almost everyone has their sacred cows that must be protected. You can tell someone's true level of support for free speech by how they react when you gore their ox.
(Is that a mixed metaphor? Or close enough for government work?)
Fact checking itself is a biased business with a problematic history. (Most fact-checking outlets are rightfully seen as shading their judgments to benefit a particular candidate or party.) If Facebook gets into that game, they will undermine themselves without adding a meaningful benefit to their audience.
Living in a free society, where citizens have rights necessarily entails making things harder for law enforcement. The KGB, the Stasi, they had it made. But that doesn't create any great desire in me to go commie. I'm fine with a police force that has to do a bit of extra leg work and occasionally can't close case. That's a trade off I'll happily take.
Fuel surcharges on airplanes (because apparently the airline didn't anticipate needing fuel when it set its prices), half a dozen line items on your phone bill, your cable bill. Buying a car? Good luck getting it for the agreed-upon price. Dealer delivery fee? Seriously?
Hidden charges are everywhere. Supposedly we have laws against false advertising, but one would never know it doing business in this country.
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Uh huh. You left out the part where you show that I'm wrong (for obvious reasons).
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Most Americans can't even name the Premier, and we're supposed to automatically think of some corporate entity that owns a hockey team when we see a common word with a slightly wrong spelling?
On the post: Cold War Documents Show The FBI Thinks It Can Be The CIA -- And The US Military -- If Just Given The Chance
On a side note: "Long before Sarah Palin was keeping an eye on pesky Russians from the governor's mansion..."
Sarah Palin never said that, Tina Fey said that while playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I do wish you people would get off the politics. Your thing is technology issues from a somewhat libertarian perspective. Every time you venture into partisan politics, you reveal yourselves to be ignorant and stupid.
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Re: Re: And is that the standard for not facing prosecution now?
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Re: Re: And is that the standard for not facing prosecution now?
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I refute you thus:
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Don't presume to know what is in my self-interest. You're not that smart.
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Re: Re: Re: I doubt it
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Re: Re: I doubt it
And if Trump goes on to say he drives the speed limit when he was clocked doing 66 in a 65 zone while Hillary says nothing while her campaign pays people to go to Trump rallies and start fights so the press can write about violence at Trump rallies, then Hillary is, statistically speaking, more honest than Trump.
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Re: I doubt it
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I'm going to go ahead and score that one a win for Trump. (Note their recent 96% drop in profits.)
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(Is that a mixed metaphor? Or close enough for government work?)
On the post: Let Them Eat Facts: Why Fact Checking Is Mostly Useless In Convincing Voters
Best to let people fight it out among themselves.
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Dang liberty!
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What doesn't have hidden fees these days?
Hidden charges are everywhere. Supposedly we have laws against false advertising, but one would never know it doing business in this country.
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Insightful? You misspelled "laughably obtuse"
That's an argument so dumb it's impossible to believe that even the person making it believes it. And that's your choice for insightful?
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