Because he grew up in Boston before moving to Philadelphia? Living in Boston is, I think, the shortest route to learning how to hate Massachusetts (government that is; not the land)
Note that it isn't *just* the legislature. It was a bill and the President needed to sign it. For Snowden, the President could just as easily give him a pardon without the legislature getting involved. Somehow I expect to first see pigs flying considering the way he has talked about it so far.
But what I really want to know is, is this a good thing or a bad thing? That's all I ever really want to know about a story from CNN when I am waiting for my airplane.
Re: What's the mechanism for firing the chair of a committee?
This is where most of the power of Speaker of the House resides - the Speaker controls the assignment of members of his/her party to committees. Senior (majority party) member of the committee is "usually" the chair. In the Senate it is the Majority Leader. The minority leaders assign the "other" openings on the committees.
Of course the day-to-day power comes from controlling how legislation is brought before the respective houses, but you really can't underestimate the power (and payoff) of being able to assign chairmanships.
The Speaker/Majority Leader can take away committee membership pretty much at will, so that is one way a chairman could be removed.
Hmmm seems like Article I Section 6 needs updating...
They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, Breach of the Peace, and Copyright Infringement, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. Article I Section 6
Presuming that the FBI/NSA/TLA know you are reporting that you have not received a NSL/court order [and come on, you have to admit it is likely the NSA will know] -- what is to stop them from including in that court order an insistence that you continue to report that you did not received that court order?
There is certainly something wrong with the pricing of the ZEUS multi-tool -- no wonder they're going slow. $25 for one, $350 for ten? Doesn't quite add up, unless it is $350 for ten personalized tools. On the whole, it just looks clunky.
For the Silverback, I was amused by the "faq"
The Silverback was inspected and approved by TSA
(it's not a question!) I can imagine that statement is worth the bits my browser used to display it -- I'd want something at least referencing a TSA document which can be pointed to when they tell me "you can't take that".
Besides, the only time I had something confiscated when getting on an airplane was a small multi-tool, but it was in England (coming _back_ to America, so the tool went out just fine) so the TSA wasn't even involved.
NSA takes very seriously allegations of misconduct, and cooperates fully with any investigations ...
Haven't we already found that there are no investigations of secret programs? So "any investigation" is accurate since there have been, apparently, no investigations.
About a week later they responded with an attached document with the title “press release”. I went through the questions, corrected the horrendous grammar, and organised it so it coherently answered the questions I’d posed.
Sounds like a "Transformative Work" to me, which means it is not covered by their copyright at all (in addition to all the other problems their claim has with "Fair Use").
This Congress is not only "Do Nothing" but "On Holiday" -- since they won't accomplish anything it seems they'd rather not be working at all. I cannot imagine them coming close to dealing with the stupidity in the DMCA.
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degree in electronic warfare?
It makes me wonder if I should be proud/hopeful of my children playing video games.
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Foreign(?) Hordes
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On the post: Congress Can And Should Protect Ed Snowden And Thank Him For Revealing Government Overreach
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Re: DCMA NOTIFICATION?
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DCMA NOTIFICATION?
It is a DCMA NOTIFICATION.
Whatever that is.
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What it shows...
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Re: What's the mechanism for firing the chair of a committee?
Of course the day-to-day power comes from controlling how legislation is brought before the respective houses, but you really can't underestimate the power (and payoff) of being able to assign chairmanships.
The Speaker/Majority Leader can take away committee membership pretty much at will, so that is one way a chairman could be removed.
On the post: When A Senator Reads 'Green Eggs & Ham' On The Floor, What About The Copyright?
Hmmm seems like Article I Section 6 needs updating...
Article I Section 6
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What is to stop them?
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Kittens?
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Popcorn! I need popcorn!
On the post: Awesome Stuff: Multi-Tool Time
zeus and silverback
For the Silverback, I was amused by the "faq"(it's not a question!) I can imagine that statement is worth the bits my browser used to display it -- I'd want something at least referencing a TSA document which can be pointed to when they tell me "you can't take that".
Besides, the only time I had something confiscated when getting on an airplane was a small multi-tool, but it was in England (coming _back_ to America, so the tool went out just fine) so the TSA wasn't even involved.
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Investigations?
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On the post: Okay, Now Will People Admit That Ed Snowden Is A Whistleblower?
Re: Re: Similarly on accurate naming...
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Transformative work?
This Congress is not only "Do Nothing" but "On Holiday" -- since they won't accomplish anything it seems they'd rather not be working at all. I cannot imagine them coming close to dealing with the stupidity in the DMCA.
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Spam
I can see it now: It was V1agra that caused the embassy to be destroyed!
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