Just how much do conservatives want to hold serious discussions on the prevalence of racism? Wage inequity? Gun accident frequency? Global warming? Business subsidies? The giveaways of privatization?
Right. If liberals created "political correctness" (and even though conservatives bitch about it incessantly) conservatives have adopted it just as wholeheartedly as liberals.
Keep up that pressure: They're starting to fold. This is the FBI confessing to a lesser crime, so as to keep the greater crime concealed.
Which, of course, would be that Stingray allows them to record all cell conversations in the vicinity. Do I have proof? Nothing but their hypersensitive reaction to any inquiry related to Stingray; which springs from a guilty conscience.
Believe me, they aren't concealing that Stingray "disrupts phone calls;" we already knew that. No, their guilty conscience comes from something much more ugly, something they're still hiding.
The courts will pretty much tolerate anything today that's spelled out in the Terms and Conditions (and you can be sure it was) so I'm betting this is a moot question.
See, the thing is that the officers only see the white areas on the Waze "map". Those are the areas where there are no officers, which Waze is obviously promoting as lawless, free speed zones; where the officers could get a lot of revenue but there are no officers there.
They can't see anything else: If the Waze map were a forest, they'd walk right through and never see a tree.
Maybe I missed something, but I didn't think any U. S. law respecting torture was changed in any significant way since the 2006 Military Commissions act.
So what's the deal? Did his sentence require him to spout propaganda? Because he said, "I’m proud I had a role in seeing that torture is now banned in the United States." But if the law didn't change then how did he have a role in changing nothing?
No, it was terrorism long before that; before 9/11 even. That definition, given in May 2001 specified,
Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant* targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.
The government regards all protests as "violent" or potentially violent, and "noncombatants" are "anyone", so this definition fits a political protest to a "T".
Before proceeding with a no-knock warrant, officers must flip a fair quarter having heads and tails. If the result of the flip is tails, the officers shall carefully record that no-knock was not used, to permit statistical reporting by no-knock go and no-go.
If the result is tails, the procedure may be repeated for the same warrant, but each occurrence of tails shall be recorded as above.
Seems like a straightforward rule to determine who to punish. Let's see...
1. Everyone uses Microsoft Windows. (Well, not everyone, but close.) 2. That means Microsoft Windows is used by murderers, druggies, robbers, politicians, rapists, and investment banks. 3. So Microsoft is responsible for all that crime!
No wonder we have so much crime! We need to lock up Microsoft!
Or, on the other hand, we could recognize the idea that software companies are responsible for how the users employ their software as: The. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
Of course it is, "equal parts ridiculous, pathetic and dangerous," that the government would impose a gag order to avoid backlash and/or embarrassment.
It is also my estimation that avoiding backlash and/or embarrassment accounts for around 85% of the times that the government imposes a gag, asserts "national security", or says it "can't invade someone's privacy".
The FOIA was supposed to have prevented the government from hiding malfeasance and incompetence, the primary causes of embarrassment and backlash. But it's been effectively gutted because they just wave "National Security" and FOIA is gone.
To me, personal privacy excuses are especially annoying because the government doesn't care at tinker's curse about it. They violate it often enough when it's to their advantage, but when they will be embarrassed, "Oh, gee, poor _____'s privacy, it's soooo sacrosanct!" Hypocrites.
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Re: Re:
Just how much do conservatives want to hold serious discussions on the prevalence of racism? Wage inequity? Gun accident frequency? Global warming? Business subsidies? The giveaways of privatization?
Right. If liberals created "political correctness" (and even though conservatives bitch about it incessantly) conservatives have adopted it just as wholeheartedly as liberals.
Just on different subjects.
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Other activity
The qualifier "other" is completely unneeded...unless, that is, the officials used it for their own illegal activity.
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Keep up the pressure
Which, of course, would be that Stingray allows them to record all cell conversations in the vicinity. Do I have proof? Nothing but their hypersensitive reaction to any inquiry related to Stingray; which springs from a guilty conscience.
Believe me, they aren't concealing that Stingray "disrupts phone calls;" we already knew that. No, their guilty conscience comes from something much more ugly, something they're still hiding.
Let's find out what.
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Obviously not
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On Top of Reporting
On top of reporting,
Years past as you'll see;
I layered a story,
To give you some glee.
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No such thing
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Government response
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Walking through the forest while seeing no trees
They can't see anything else: If the Waze map were a forest, they'd walk right through and never see a tree.
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Re: Re: Update me please
The next administration changes it back, and we're off again!
But I guess that would entitle him to claim he had a role in the definition change.
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Like that'll help...
That will be it.
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Update me please
So what's the deal? Did his sentence require him to spout propaganda? Because he said, "I’m proud I had a role in seeing that torture is now banned in the United States." But if the law didn't change then how did he have a role in changing nothing?
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Re: Re:
The government regards all protests as "violent" or potentially violent, and "noncombatants" are "anyone", so this definition fits a political protest to a "T".
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Modest proposed anti-no-knock law
If the result is tails, the procedure may be repeated for the same warrant, but each occurrence of tails shall be recorded as above.
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Seems straightforward
1. Everyone uses Microsoft Windows. (Well, not everyone, but close.)
2. That means Microsoft Windows is used by murderers, druggies, robbers, politicians, rapists, and investment banks.
3. So Microsoft is responsible for all that crime!
No wonder we have so much crime! We need to lock up Microsoft!
Or, on the other hand, we could recognize the idea that software companies are responsible for how the users employ their software as: The. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
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Backlash and embarrassment are the driving force
It is also my estimation that avoiding backlash and/or embarrassment accounts for around 85% of the times that the government imposes a gag, asserts "national security", or says it "can't invade someone's privacy".
The FOIA was supposed to have prevented the government from hiding malfeasance and incompetence, the primary causes of embarrassment and backlash. But it's been effectively gutted because they just wave "National Security" and FOIA is gone.
To me, personal privacy excuses are especially annoying because the government doesn't care at tinker's curse about it. They violate it often enough when it's to their advantage, but when they will be embarrassed, "Oh, gee, poor _____'s privacy, it's soooo sacrosanct!" Hypocrites.
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Drama for the theater
After all, when what you do is theater, drama is a good thing.
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Color me doubtless
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