don't be a pollyanna: borderline personalities who will do WHATEVER it takes to defend the KORPORATOCRACY -NOT the constitution- are what it takes to qualify for a high position in the gummint...
it is highly lucrative to be a psychopath for Empire...
face it, the gummint is the ultimate korporate kapture, and we mere citizens who bitch about the bill of rights, etc, are simply in the way...
if you read the comments on a slashdot post a couple days back where they were talking about how wikipedia wanted to recruit more contributors, there are PLENTY of 'horror' stories of what a clusterfuck the editing process has become...
seems the 'admins' form a clique and use their positions to freeze out people/newbies they don't like, REGARDLESS of the content of their posts...
seems like wikipedia is developing a gatekeeper problem...
*beyond* that, there are some fundamental illogical flaws: everything has to be 'sourced' (which is kind of meaningless: the 'sources' can be Jim-bob's monthly newsletter, or Science magazine, both equally valid sources), as well as rejecting all kinds of info which is true and valid, but which they deem 'unsourced' or otherwise tainted...
for example, there was one super-nerd guy who merited a bio on wikipedia who was trying to correct some factoids about HIMSELF, but they weren't accepted BECAUSE HE COULDN'T CITE A 'SOURCE' ! ! !
all these 'officers of the court' are *SUPPOSED* to be REQUIRED to report all these kinds of ethics failures and shenanigans that go on, but HOW MANY EVER DO ? ? ? (asymptotically as close to zero as you can get, is how many...)
thus eviscerating the ONE and ONLY 'reason' the (in)justice system in general, and lawyers in particular are *supposedly* 'self-policing'... bullshit, they close ranks and dare not speak against a fellow parasite, er, lawyer...
same as doctors, kops, military, kongresskritters, etc: ALL these *public* institutions have become opaque, and their 'self-policing' less than worthless, in fact, harmful...
but, i'm certain this was the one and onliest judge/lawyer in Empire who has ever engaged in such egregious behavior...
i'm certain that must be the case, otherwise we would have heard about all the other incidents from the assiduous 'self-policing' these public servants are subject to...
1. i'm actually betting there are more than a few countries (you know, third-worldish and/or small) who DO NOT spy on 'each other', if not merely because they can't afford to, not that they don't want to do so...
*however*, i'm betting there are some countries who don't spy as a matter of principle... either it is uneconomical, or it serves no useful purpose, or it is, you know, morally wrong... some people on the planet still put stock in those things, principles... (they will be crushed by Empire)
2. sure, 'all' countries spy: just like michael jordan plays basketball, and i shoot hoops too ! ! ! so, that's the same, right ? ? ?
because the difference between the spying machine of uncle sam's, and the spying apparatus of dirtholeistan is only slightly different... *snort*
speaking of 'coming clean', these guys act like they are coked out of their skulls... seriously...
*that* would be about the only 'explanation' which would make perverted sense: get backed into a corner with no conceivable exit ? ? ? snort a fat line and make up some insane shit that sounds great under the influence...
you know, my grandmother once said to me ' you should never 'hate' anyone, you can intensely dislike them, but never hate them...'
fuck that shit, grandma, i HATES me some authoritarians like the non-thinking, human-shaped POS who calls manning and snowden traitors...
in fact, THEY are the ONLY ones to be acting honorably and PATRIOTICALLY in this whole mess...
as far as i'm concerned, YOU and your butt buddies feinstein, clapper, alexander, et al are the traitors to the constitution and american ideals... please go back to england, royalist...
1. SWMBO is a middling school teacher too... wait, that didn't come out right... (actually, she was teacher of the year) 2. IF the teachers 'went by the book', there would be ZERO students left in the classes, because they ALL would have been suspended/expelled for a LOT of what used to be called 'kids being kids' when i was a yardape...
(note: YES, there are total brats, clueless, entitled jerkwads, and other assorted borderline personalities, but -in the main- it is kids being kids...)
3. for example, my wife *slightly* hurt herself breaking up a fight the other day, which they are NOT supposed to do, PERIOD... (for some reasons that make superficial sense, and a lot of CYA reasons that make NO sense) you are supposed to contact the deans office, and let them go at it until one of the 'enforcers' arrives... of course, by the time the enforcers get there, some serious damage could be done, but the important thing is to avoid 'liability'...
4. similarly, if a kid gets hurt at school, NO MATTER HOW SERIOUSLY, the teachers/etc, are NOT supposed to do the -you know- human if not humane thing and call for an ambulance/etc (MUCH LESS HELP THE KID); you contact the dean's office, and -for dog's sake!- do NOT touch the kid no matter what ! ! ! NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, you let the kid lay there until the deans make a decision of whether to contact a paramedic/whatever...
because, who will think of the children... *snort*
it is ALL about NOT thinking of the children -or your humanity- and doing WHATEVER it takes to cover their asses...
the public school system is being PURPOSEFULLY crippled and dismantled for all kinds of reasons, the number one reason being to generate obscene profits for parasites, NOT to educate/raise good citizens...
teachers HAVE TO 'break the rules' ALL THE TIME, or the system would be so broken NOTHING would get done, much less have any students left...
repeat: THIS IS ALL DONE PURPOSEFULLY to destroy public education (for a multiplicity of reasons), NOT 'for the kids'... it has NOTHING to do with the kids...
Re: Re: Re: Re: So why should artists enrich this grifter, either?
well, the market is *supposed* to set the prices, but in monopolistic type situations (*just like* the labels who effectively collude to maintain high prices) that doesn't work: one party holds all the cards (guess who that is), and can enforce whatever terms they feel like...
the mafiaa will only respond slightly to 'market' pressures, when they know they have the full weight of a bought-and-paid-for gummint to do their enforcement...
just more gatekeepers trying to hold back the tide of his story with a teaspoon...
On the post: Keith Alexander Says The US Gov't Needs To Figure Out A Way To Stop Journalists From Reporting On Snowden Leaks
Re: How far?
it is highly lucrative to be a psychopath for Empire...
face it, the gummint is the ultimate korporate kapture, and we mere citizens who bitch about the bill of rights, etc, are simply in the way...
On the post: Wikipedia Fights Back Against Socking
Re: Sometimes the editors are over-aggressive
seems the 'admins' form a clique and use their positions to freeze out people/newbies they don't like, REGARDLESS of the content of their posts...
seems like wikipedia is developing a gatekeeper problem...
*beyond* that, there are some fundamental illogical flaws: everything has to be 'sourced' (which is kind of meaningless: the 'sources' can be Jim-bob's monthly newsletter, or Science magazine, both equally valid sources), as well as rejecting all kinds of info which is true and valid, but which they deem 'unsourced' or otherwise tainted...
for example, there was one super-nerd guy who merited a bio on wikipedia who was trying to correct some factoids about HIMSELF, but they weren't accepted BECAUSE HE COULDN'T CITE A 'SOURCE' ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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Re: Re:
On the post: Texas Judge Forced To Resign After Being Caught Texting Instructions To Assistant DA During Trial
Re:
all these 'officers of the court' are *SUPPOSED* to be REQUIRED to report all these kinds of ethics failures and shenanigans that go on, but HOW MANY EVER DO ? ? ?
(asymptotically as close to zero as you can get, is how many...)
thus eviscerating the ONE and ONLY 'reason' the (in)justice system in general, and lawyers in particular are *supposedly* 'self-policing'...
bullshit, they close ranks and dare not speak against a fellow parasite, er, lawyer...
same as doctors, kops, military, kongresskritters, etc: ALL these *public* institutions have become opaque, and their 'self-policing' less than worthless, in fact, harmful...
but, i'm certain this was the one and onliest judge/lawyer in Empire who has ever engaged in such egregious behavior...
i'm certain that must be the case, otherwise we would have heard about all the other incidents from the assiduous 'self-policing' these public servants are subject to...
one law for thee, no law for meeeeeeeeeeee ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: James Clapper Plays More Word Games In The Official Denial Of French Phone Data Collection Leak
sure, 'all' countries spy on each other...
*however*, i'm betting there are some countries who don't spy as a matter of principle... either it is uneconomical, or it serves no useful purpose, or it is, you know, morally wrong... some people on the planet still put stock in those things, principles... (they will be crushed by Empire)
2. sure, 'all' countries spy: just like michael jordan plays basketball, and i shoot hoops too ! ! !
so, that's the same, right ? ? ?
because the difference between the spying machine of uncle sam's, and the spying apparatus of dirtholeistan is only slightly different...
*snort*
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: John Steele Tries To Get Out Of Alan Cooper's Lawsuit By Arguing That The Use Of 'Alan Cooper' Was 'Coincidental'
Re: Brass Balls
seriously...
*that* would be about the only 'explanation' which would make perverted sense: get backed into a corner with no conceivable exit ? ? ?
snort a fat line and make up some insane shit that sounds great under the influence...
yeah, that's the ticket ! ! !
scum lawyers are scum...
On the post: Illinois The First State To Throw Out Laws Making Amazon Collect Sales Tax Based On Affiliates
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I don't like to pay sales taxes but...
On the post: Illinois The First State To Throw Out Laws Making Amazon Collect Sales Tax Based On Affiliates
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I don't like to pay sales taxes but...
'intra state' would be within the state
'inter state' would be between states
pedant alert off/
On the post: Illinois The First State To Throw Out Laws Making Amazon Collect Sales Tax Based On Affiliates
Re: Re: Re: Re: I don't like to pay sales taxes but...
they commonly TORTURE and extend the meaning of 'interstate commerce' such that they can fuck with ANYTHING they feel like...
On the post: UK Continues To Censor The Press: Orders Wall Street Journal To Pull Details From Already Published Story
Re:
On the post: ATF Humor: Whistleblowers Facing A Firing Squad
oh, i thought it was something serious...
now *THAT* would be some dangerous shit we should get right on ! ! !
armed gummint goons who already have a policy of shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later ?
not a problem...
On the post: Snowden's Negative Writeup By The CIA Was For Whistleblowing; Taught Him Why Going Through Proper Channels Gets Punished
Re: Re: Re:
fuck that shit, grandma, i HATES me some authoritarians like the non-thinking, human-shaped POS who calls manning and snowden traitors...
in fact, THEY are the ONLY ones to be acting honorably and PATRIOTICALLY in this whole mess...
as far as i'm concerned, YOU and your butt buddies feinstein, clapper, alexander, et al are the traitors to the constitution and american ideals...
please go back to england, royalist...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
art guerrilla at windstream dot net
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On the post: Experience Stop And Frisk Thanks To This POV Video
Re:
we have no real, equitable, functioning justice system...
how can we ? ? ?
the constitution all but ignored, bill of rights undermined and stripped down to nothingness: we have NO 'legal protections' any longer...
draconian, byzantine, kafkaesque law for the 99%,
no law for the 1%...
get used to that new world odor, citizen...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Experience Stop And Frisk Thanks To This POV Video
Re: I had to reserve commenting at first.
(let that sink in: THESE are NICE kops!)
the ones who kick the shit out of you and steal your camera/phone, don't have videos of them being pigs on youtube...
On the post: Experience Stop And Frisk Thanks To This POV Video
Re: Split wig
On the post: Experience Stop And Frisk Thanks To This POV Video
Re: Bloomberg's shame
simply the cost of doing bidness...
On the post: Latest Snowden Leak Shows NSA's Involvement In US Drone-Based Assassination Program
Re: Re: Re: @ AC: did you read: "Ghul, was actually in CIA custody for years before they released him"?
since machines aren't corporations, they aren't people, thus they can't be charged with murder...
simple logic, donchaknow...
i mean, if *we* were actually murdering people without due process, then *that* would be 'bad'; but we ain't, so its all good...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Judge Isn't Buying Team Prenda's Excuses
Re: Re: Re:
(tony montana voice:)
say hello to my li'l friend, the drone...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: School Suspends Student Indefinitely For A Drawing Of A Cartoon Bomb He Made At Home
Re: administrative thought process
2. IF the teachers 'went by the book', there would be ZERO students left in the classes, because they ALL would have been suspended/expelled for a LOT of what used to be called 'kids being kids' when i was a yardape...
(note: YES, there are total brats, clueless, entitled jerkwads, and other assorted borderline personalities, but -in the main- it is kids being kids...)
3. for example, my wife *slightly* hurt herself breaking up a fight the other day, which they are NOT supposed to do, PERIOD... (for some reasons that make superficial sense, and a lot of CYA reasons that make NO sense)
you are supposed to contact the deans office, and let them go at it until one of the 'enforcers' arrives... of course, by the time the enforcers get there, some serious damage could be done, but the important thing is to avoid 'liability'...
4. similarly, if a kid gets hurt at school, NO MATTER HOW SERIOUSLY, the teachers/etc, are NOT supposed to do the -you know- human if not humane thing and call for an ambulance/etc (MUCH LESS HELP THE KID); you contact the dean's office, and -for dog's sake!- do NOT touch the kid no matter what ! ! !
NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, you let the kid lay there until the deans make a decision of whether to contact a paramedic/whatever...
because, who will think of the children...
*snort*
it is ALL about NOT thinking of the children -or your humanity- and doing WHATEVER it takes to cover their asses...
the public school system is being PURPOSEFULLY crippled and dismantled for all kinds of reasons, the number one reason being to generate obscene profits for parasites, NOT to educate/raise good citizens...
teachers HAVE TO 'break the rules' ALL THE TIME, or the system would be so broken NOTHING would get done, much less have any students left...
repeat: THIS IS ALL DONE PURPOSEFULLY to destroy public education (for a multiplicity of reasons), NOT 'for the kids'... it has NOTHING to do with the kids...
On the post: Why Pulling Music From Spotify Only Holds Back The Artist Doing The Pulling
Re: Re: Re: Re: So why should artists enrich this grifter, either?
the mafiaa will only respond slightly to 'market' pressures, when they know they have the full weight of a bought-and-paid-for gummint to do their enforcement...
just more gatekeepers trying to hold back the tide of his story with a teaspoon...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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