Seems like the DOJ and FBI are hell bent on returning to the Hoover era of surveillance, so it's probably past time we have the modern equivalent of the Church Committee. Sen. Wyden seems like a good nomination to chair it.
If they feel that credit card companies shouldn't be allowed to process payments for lawful activities, then I guess they wouldn't mind if those same credit card companies stopped processing their donations too.
I wish the Supreme Court would say the state can keep the car but the Attorney General's Office must buy Timbs a brand new 2021 Land Rover. Failure of the state to do so will result in AG Hill's vehicle being seized and auctioned under the asset forfeiture laws.
So Nunes might be stuck. He can afford the modest costs keeping the lawsuits going, and he can hold out hope that they settle. He risks being insolvent if dismissing them goes badly. But it only gets worse if he waits.
That would depend on who is actually financing his legal campaign.
Why should I pay the same price for a movie ticket when I can buy the DVD and watch the movie on own schedule in my own home in my underwear if I wanted to?
On the post: Amazon Senses US Isn't Currently Receptive To Its Cop Tech, Puts Rekognition On Mothballs For A Year
TLDR: Amazon mothballing Rekognition until no one is looking.
On the post: Corporate Sovereignty Lawyers Prepare To Sue Governments For Bringing In Measures To Tackle COVID-19 And Save Lives
Wait...they forgot to include losing potential customers to death caused by COVID-19.
On the post: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Federal Law Enforcement Agency That Keeps Finding Some Way To Break Into IPhones
Seems like the DOJ and FBI are hell bent on returning to the Hoover era of surveillance, so it's probably past time we have the modern equivalent of the Church Committee. Sen. Wyden seems like a good nomination to chair it.
On the post: Senate Talking Points Say Warrantless Collection Of Internet Use Data Keeps Terrorists From Killing Us
Seems like the only terrorist attacks the FBI prevents are the ones where it spoon feeds some schmuck everything they need.
On the post: Philippines Government Uses Cybercrime Law To Arrest A Citizen For Calling The President An 'Asshole'
Isn't duterte the word for asshole in Tagalog?
On the post: As Expected, Those Who Pushed For FOSTA Are Now Looking To Kill Off Porn
Re:
You forgot the sheet with the hole in it.
On the post: As Expected, Those Who Pushed For FOSTA Are Now Looking To Kill Off Porn
Gander meet goose...
If they feel that credit card companies shouldn't be allowed to process payments for lawful activities, then I guess they wouldn't mind if those same credit card companies stopped processing their donations too.
On the post: Richard Burr Steps Down From Intel Committee Following FBI Warrant; Feinstein Talks To FBI, While Loeffler Won't Say
Every politician should be given two terms...the first in office and the second in prison.
On the post: Uh Oh: FBI Serves Search Warrant On Senator Richard Burr, Seizes His Phone
I can see a new ad campaign for strong encryption singing "How do you like me now?" as Sen. Burr does the perp walk.
On the post: Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Has Two Separate Courts Sanction Him For His Ongoing Copyright Trolling Failures
Even John Steele has to look at Liebowitz and be saying, "Damn...you're an idiot."
On the post: After Seven Years And A US Supreme Court Victory, Tyson Timbs Is One Step Closer To Finally Getting His Car Back
Re: If wishes were fishes
I wish the Supreme Court would say the state can keep the car but the Attorney General's Office must buy Timbs a brand new 2021 Land Rover. Failure of the state to do so will result in AG Hill's vehicle being seized and auctioned under the asset forfeiture laws.
On the post: National Intelligence Report Shows The FBI Never Gets Warrants For Its Backdoor Searches Of NSA Collections
The FBI...backdooring the Constitution with no lube since the Hoover era.
On the post: The EARN IT Act Also Threatens Journalists And Their Sources
I'm sure the government views threatening whistleblowers and journalists as a bonus feature of the EARN-IT Act.
On the post: No, Congress Can't Fix The Broken US Broadband Market In A Mad Dash During A Pandemic
The government can't fix anything...period.
Name one problem the government has successfully fixed in our entire history.
On the post: Devin Nunes' Lawyer Facing Sanctions, While Nunes Himself May Have To Pay His Opponents' Legal Bills
Re:
That would depend on who is actually financing his legal campaign.
On the post: We're Saved! Company Claims It's Patented 'Containing the Spread of Disinformation' And Will Stop COVID-19 Disinfo
A company claiming to have invented a computer system that can thwart the denziens of 4Chan and Reddit?
They'd be better off patenting the drugs they're smoking.
On the post: AMC Theaters Pouts Like A Child Because NBC Universal Proved Movie Release Windows Are Nonsense
Why should I pay the same price for a movie ticket when I can buy the DVD and watch the movie on own schedule in my own home in my underwear if I wanted to?
On the post: Jay-Z Claims Copyright On Audio Deepfake Of Him Reciting Hamlet
Claiming copyright on something you did not create or have anything to do with?
If that's the case, I hereby claim copyright on everything created from now on, no matter who created it.
On the post: Disney Says If You Tweet #MayThe4th At It, You're Agreeing To A Disney Terms Of Use (You're Not)
Re: Re:
Positive. Plus this is the first email they've ever sent me.
On the post: Federal Court Says Baltimore PD's High-Powered Aerial Surveillance Program Doesn't Violate The Constitution
Since Baltimore is within the 100mi Constitution Free Zone, the court didn't really have any other choice.
/sarcasm
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