They are currently trying to silence whistleblowing doctors on bad asylum seeker treatment with a two year prison term!
Opacity is what's let them get away with this until now. Transparency is the greatest threat to entrenched special interests. Turn on the light and watch the rats and cockroaches scurry for cover.
Is it any wonder that Wikileaks and Edward Snowden are enemy no. one, and Obama's been the most intolerant president ever of whistleblowers? I expect this trend to continue regardless of who wins the presidency in the future, but they can't win if we keep pressing the issue. They can no longer rely on the mainstream media keeping us complacently ignorant. With all the leaking going on, they're just running around trying to stamp out brushfires endlessly.
These are questions nobody here seems to ever want to answer in the defense of the new and shiny.
Pot, kettle, black. Uber and Lyft are demonstrating how inefficient the existing taxi business is, and how lazy it's been just sitting on its laurels. 0.75 million bucks for a medallion? Taxis sitting around all over the place, burning fuel, waiting for rush hour?
Now, when your flight's coming in to land, you can order a ride on your cellphone. Others will too. They'll be waiting for you all when you get out.
No need to bribe De Blasio to prop up a failing business model that rewards taxi companies, exploits the drivers who can't afford 0.75 million bucks for a medallion, and encourages rude and abusive behaviour since the drivers are pissed at the situation being way outside their control.
I never take taxis. I do think this situation is long overdue. Hopefully, this's going to produce fewer bribes for De Blasio too, forcing him to work harder. Maybe he'll have to go back to caring a little about us instead of his captive sugar daddies he's been extorting by manipulating our democratic power.
I guess a lot of people would like to remove that piece of crap from their system once they find out their son/daughter installed it during flight.
Change "people" to "employers" and "son/daughter" to "employee/contractor" and you have me. It's always been amusing to me that I'd ask my prospective client if I could use my own laptop on their network, and they refused every time, not wanting my machine to have a chance to screw up their network. So, I had to use a work supplied box. I couldn't care less what happened to that box. I'd happily click yes until the sun goes down on anything.
If they'd have let me use my own, I would have cared about security. Using theirs, I could rely on their wipe and re-image procedures.
That "no BYOD" policy makes sense for non-techs, but the opposite is true for techs.
Looks like the real winners of this case were the lawyers.
You're more than welcome to step up to the plate and try yourself. What have you done lately that's anywhere near comparable? These guys took on the CIA, and not only won, but lived to tell about it.
More DRM (malware) encumbered, not worth a plugged nickel trash from Hollyweird? Naa. I'll just read a book, bought second hand or obtained from a library so I won't be supporting your master (or consequently, you). Sold many buggy whips lately? Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
... when you accuse property of being guilty, the prosecution doesn't have to prove guilt, the property has to prove it's innocence ...
That's nonsensical. First, it turns "innocent until proven guilty" on its head (US has gone to Napoleonic law now?). Second, since when does the accuser decide between guilty or not guilty? That's for judges or juries to do. Has the US resurrected divine right of kings? Is next year a presidential election year, or will we see a coronation instead?
Really, Hollywood moans about piracy but they make a huge effort to turn anything other than pirating an incredibly annoying, intrusive and potentially expensive experience.
It's okay though, because they only do it to their valued, non-infringing, paid up customers who're doing what they can to comply with rightsholders' wishes. Anyone who tells them to go piss up a rope doesn't need to worry about it.
It's like they have the corporate version of suicidal tendencies.
... "oh I'm such an edgy rebel look at me" narrative.
That's what you get from TD?!? A bunch of generally educated, working techies poring over legalese and political machinations and gov't usurpation and regulatory capture and corporatocracy, and you think we'd be proud of that "edgy rebel" label?
Your masters are paying you way too much. What, they couldn't find anyone better than you to spew this !@#$? I'm not really surprised. Who in their right mind could stomach it if they weren't desperate for an easy payday for little to no effort on your part?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Resorting to threats and/or violence = Admission that your position can't be defended with words
I think it's important too to point out how they were killed. Killed in battle by a similarly armed foe is one thing. Being "put to the question", then burned at the stake (garotted first if you were lucky) after you confess your sins is a whole other level of depravity. Lavrenti Beria's bullet in the back of the skull is gentle in comparison.
Christianity has very little history to be proud of, and a lot to be ashamed of.
Modern "journalists" have to do so much more than simple journalism to advance their careers these days.
I think it would be more honest to deny that what they're doing is journalism. This's a gov't sponsored press release in the guise of journalism. Maybe this is payment for letting James Risen off the hook, but I doubt it.
I suspect s/he is dredging up his penny stock fraud conviction, which he was already punished for. I don't agree he should have been punished for suckering in greedy suckers, but it's the law.
I'd like to know what judge Kozinski thinks about the whole Dotcom affair, having now read most of his critique of the US justice system. I'm pretty sure a lot of the things he says about prosecutors are bang on here. He's got no problem with letting obviously guilty perps walk free when prosecutors lie and cheat just to get a conviction.
Civil asset forfeiture is a travesty of justice too. Calling him a fugitive when he's lawfully complying with a court in fighting extradition is just insane.
No. Comcast addressed these changes by not having Cohen spend more than 20% lobbying.
Yes, using Congress' redefinition of the word lobbying. We're (well, I'm not anyway) not in Congress, so I've no obligation to use their definition. Congress calls things that are black white all the time, so no-one is surprised to see them do it again here.
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Opacity is what's let them get away with this until now. Transparency is the greatest threat to entrenched special interests. Turn on the light and watch the rats and cockroaches scurry for cover.
Is it any wonder that Wikileaks and Edward Snowden are enemy no. one, and Obama's been the most intolerant president ever of whistleblowers? I expect this trend to continue regardless of who wins the presidency in the future, but they can't win if we keep pressing the issue. They can no longer rely on the mainstream media keeping us complacently ignorant. With all the leaking going on, they're just running around trying to stamp out brushfires endlessly.
Lock on, people. Fire for effect!
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Re: Re: Re: Economic model for cab medallions
Pot, kettle, black. Uber and Lyft are demonstrating how inefficient the existing taxi business is, and how lazy it's been just sitting on its laurels. 0.75 million bucks for a medallion? Taxis sitting around all over the place, burning fuel, waiting for rush hour?
Now, when your flight's coming in to land, you can order a ride on your cellphone. Others will too. They'll be waiting for you all when you get out.
No need to bribe De Blasio to prop up a failing business model that rewards taxi companies, exploits the drivers who can't afford 0.75 million bucks for a medallion, and encourages rude and abusive behaviour since the drivers are pissed at the situation being way outside their control.
I never take taxis. I do think this situation is long overdue. Hopefully, this's going to produce fewer bribes for De Blasio too, forcing him to work harder. Maybe he'll have to go back to caring a little about us instead of his captive sugar daddies he's been extorting by manipulating our democratic power.
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Re: And they never clean up...
Change "people" to "employers" and "son/daughter" to "employee/contractor" and you have me. It's always been amusing to me that I'd ask my prospective client if I could use my own laptop on their network, and they refused every time, not wanting my machine to have a chance to screw up their network. So, I had to use a work supplied box. I couldn't care less what happened to that box. I'd happily click yes until the sun goes down on anything.
If they'd have let me use my own, I would have cared about security. Using theirs, I could rely on their wipe and re-image procedures.
That "no BYOD" policy makes sense for non-techs, but the opposite is true for techs.
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You're more than welcome to step up to the plate and try yourself. What have you done lately that's anywhere near comparable? These guys took on the CIA, and not only won, but lived to tell about it.
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Charming. Did you get that "word" from Wired?
More DRM (malware) encumbered, not worth a plugged nickel trash from Hollyweird? Naa. I'll just read a book, bought second hand or obtained from a library so I won't be supporting your master (or consequently, you). Sold many buggy whips lately? Have you stopped beating your wife yet?
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Re: Re: Re: They've MADE Dotcom a saint.
I've suspected this has been in the hands of the newest DoJ intern from day one. It's the only thing that makes any sense.
"You've heard of this intartubes thingamahooey, right?"
"Uh huuuuuuuh (?!?)"
"Okay, you go get this guy."
"What for?"
"Why's that matter? Are you new at this?"
"I'm an intern."
"Ah, I forgot. Carry on."
"Woohoo!"
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That's nonsensical. First, it turns "innocent until proven guilty" on its head (US has gone to Napoleonic law now?). Second, since when does the accuser decide between guilty or not guilty? That's for judges or juries to do. Has the US resurrected divine right of kings? Is next year a presidential election year, or will we see a coronation instead?
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It's okay though, because they only do it to their valued, non-infringing, paid up customers who're doing what they can to comply with rightsholders' wishes. Anyone who tells them to go piss up a rope doesn't need to worry about it.
It's like they have the corporate version of suicidal tendencies.
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That's what you get from TD?!? A bunch of generally educated, working techies poring over legalese and political machinations and gov't usurpation and regulatory capture and corporatocracy, and you think we'd be proud of that "edgy rebel" label?
Your masters are paying you way too much. What, they couldn't find anyone better than you to spew this !@#$? I'm not really surprised. Who in their right mind could stomach it if they weren't desperate for an easy payday for little to no effort on your part?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Resorting to threats and/or violence = Admission that your position can't be defended with words
Christianity has very little history to be proud of, and a lot to be ashamed of.
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Re: Just following orders... patriotism to go.
I think it would be more honest to deny that what they're doing is journalism. This's a gov't sponsored press release in the guise of journalism. Maybe this is payment for letting James Risen off the hook, but I doubt it.
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On the post: Even If You Think Kim Dotcom Is Guilty As Sin, The US Government Stealing His Assets Should Concern You
The MafiAA pipes up!
Have you any proof of that assertion? No, since he's not been convicted. You disagree with the notion of "innocent until proven guilty?"
Well, fuck you!
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I'd like to know what judge Kozinski thinks about the whole Dotcom affair, having now read most of his critique of the US justice system. I'm pretty sure a lot of the things he says about prosecutors are bang on here. He's got no problem with letting obviously guilty perps walk free when prosecutors lie and cheat just to get a conviction.
Civil asset forfeiture is a travesty of justice too. Calling him a fugitive when he's lawfully complying with a court in fighting extradition is just insane.
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Re: Dissembler in Chief.
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Dissembler in Chief.
"Officer in charge of Corporate Propaganda" has a nice ring too.
Fabulist, fibster, falsifier, mythomaniac, palterer, prevaricator, pseudologist, pseudologue, spinner of yarns, yarner, eye-wool puller.
It's interesting that we've managed to come up with so many words to describe the phenomenon.
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Yes, using Congress' redefinition of the word lobbying. We're (well, I'm not anyway) not in Congress, so I've no obligation to use their definition. Congress calls things that are black white all the time, so no-one is surprised to see them do it again here.
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NYPD's handing out money!
Quick, everybody, file an FOIA. Free cash! Sweet.
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