Re: And, uh, er, NO, I can't "defend against" all your wild claims!
You see that plastic box with seven little compartments? You might wanna check the one with the lid labeled 'M', because it sounds like it's probably still full.
dumb laws are the well accepted standard for legislation in America -- why get annoyed at just this one today?
I'm pretty sure most techdirt readers are both aware of and annoyed at a shitload of dumb laws today, not just this one. It just happens to be the dumb law that's being discussed right here, right now -- and it's more than simply 'dumb': it's effects aren't just laughably ironic, they're killing the very people legislators claim to be helping.
The new ordinance ... has the support of city leaders and city residents. How much support it has in the law enforcement community remains to be seen.
I find it a bit weird how worried we the employers (the public) have to be about our employees (the public servants) choosing to do their jobs the way we tell them to.
Stuff they need 24/7: speed- & stoplight-cams, public surveillance cams, fixed ALPRs, mobile LPRs on squad cars, Dirt Boxes, Stingrays, surveillance blimps & drones, facial recognition, thermal cameras that can search a house warrant-free, gunshot-sensing microphone coverage of entire neighborhoods, etc., etc...
Stuff they always seem to need shut off: dash cams, body cams, bystanders' smartphones.
Re: swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution
The most toothless oath in existence!
I'm not sure if it's tragic or hilarious, but remember: the only people who've stood behind that oath in the past few years have wound up either in prison, or in Moscow.
Banned? That's weird. Here in Illinois it's how a Mayor becomes a Governor. It goes full circle most of the time, though, and is how a Governor becomes an Inmate.
you create victims of further crime that wouldn't have happened if the right person was locked up.
How else are they supposed to keep both the incarceration and the crime rates from declining? If that happened, their funding might follow suit. Not a great business model.
Classification isn't required to be evidence-based, really.
That's OK, because deciding what should be classified - without any specific rules or constraints to use for guidance - is really more of an art than a science... and the government is Jackson Pollock splattering black paint on a dark grey background.
Re: Re: "I'm not sure who Dianne Feinstein thinks she is," -- REALLY?
Techdirt is really only alarmed when "invasion of privacy" might lead to disclosing information that Americans need to know.
Is this saying that if, e.g., 'Google does it' then it's always wrong, but if 'Americans need to know' then it doesn't matter how information is obtained, even if it invades one's privacy and violates the law?
(BTW, the correct answer to 'Who does Diane Feinstein think she is?' is obviously 'Theresa May'.)
thanks to the ATF's insistence on pretending there's mandatory minimum-triggering amounts of nonexistent drugs in every fake stash house
Maybe the courts could just pretend they convict and sentence the people the ATF arrests. Unfortunately, they probably wouldn't be fooled by fake paychecks...
How many more examples do we need before we demand better?
Think they're not doing a good job? Well, when's the last time you heard of any Mexican rapist-murderers getting away with dealing in sports-franchise trademark violating underwear?
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Re: Re: Re: No, problem is too many UFOs
On the post: California Gov't Thinks It Might Be Able To Regulate Fake News Sometime Before 2020
Re: Re: No, problem is too many UFOs
I think he's trying to say that the solution to bad UFO's is more UFO's, rather than laws against UFO's... and that UFO's are biased to the left.
On the post: Police Realizing That SESTA/FOSTA Made Their Jobs Harder; Sex Traffickers Realizing It's Made Their Job Easier
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: More 'Acceptable' Collateral Damage
On the post: Police Realizing That SESTA/FOSTA Made Their Jobs Harder; Sex Traffickers Realizing It's Made Their Job Easier
Re: And, uh, er, NO, I can't "defend against" all your wild claims!
You see that plastic box with seven little compartments? You might wanna check the one with the lid labeled 'M', because it sounds like it's probably still full.
On the post: Police Realizing That SESTA/FOSTA Made Their Jobs Harder; Sex Traffickers Realizing It's Made Their Job Easier
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dumb laws are the well accepted standard for legislation in America -- why get annoyed at just this one today?
I'm pretty sure most techdirt readers are both aware of and annoyed at a shitload of dumb laws today, not just this one. It just happens to be the dumb law that's being discussed right here, right now -- and it's more than simply 'dumb': it's effects aren't just laughably ironic, they're killing the very people legislators claim to be helping.
On the post: Oakland Residents Now Protected By The 'Strongest' Surveillance Oversight Law 'In The Country'
I find it a bit weird how worried we the employers (the public) have to be about our employees (the public servants) choosing to do their jobs the way we tell them to.
On the post: Good News: Trump Protestors Accused Of 'Hiding Behind The First Amendment' Acquitted
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And your cognitive absence is absolutely hilarious.
On the post: Cop Shuts Off Dashcam During Drug Dog Sniff. Appeals Court: This Is Fine.
Re: Re:
Stuff they always seem to need shut off: dash cams, body cams, bystanders' smartphones.
On the post: DOJ Wants Protesters & Reporter Convicted For 'Hiding Behind The First Amendment'
Re: swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution
The most toothless oath in existence!
I'm not sure if it's tragic or hilarious, but remember: the only people who've stood behind that oath in the past few years have wound up either in prison, or in Moscow.
On the post: Florida Public Officials Face Criminal Charges For Dodging Public Records Laws
Re: Re: microscopic win
On the post: UK Drug Lab Misconduct Calls 10,000 Convictions And Prosecutions Into Question
Re: Re:
you create victims of further crime that wouldn't have happened if the right person was locked up.
How else are they supposed to keep both the incarceration and the crime rates from declining? If that happened, their funding might follow suit. Not a great business model.
On the post: FBI Director Complains About Encryption, Offers To Sacrifice Public Safety In The Interest Of Public Safety
Re: Re:
Decrypt unto Caesar what is his (but don't use his cipher; despite his claims, not everything is his).
On the post: First Ever En Banc FISA Court Review Gives Plaintiffs Standing To Challenge Surveillance Program Secrecy
Re: Re: Hidden Government ?
Classification isn't required to be evidence-based, really.
That's OK, because deciding what should be classified - without any specific rules or constraints to use for guidance - is really more of an art than a science... and the government is Jackson Pollock splattering black paint on a dark grey background.
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This is disgusting at a level I have not seen - ever, and I am not young.
You must not have been paying much attention. It's just louder with fewer syllables now.
On the post: Dianne Feinstein Wants Twitter To Just Hand Her A Bunch Of Private Communications
Re: Re: "I'm not sure who Dianne Feinstein thinks she is," -- REALLY?
Techdirt is really only alarmed when "invasion of privacy" might lead to disclosing information that Americans need to know.
Is this saying that if, e.g., 'Google does it' then it's always wrong, but if 'Americans need to know' then it doesn't matter how information is obtained, even if it invades one's privacy and violates the law?
(BTW, the correct answer to 'Who does Diane Feinstein think she is?' is obviously 'Theresa May'.)
On the post: Another Stash House Sting Criticized By The Court... But Lengthy Sentences Left Untouched
thanks to the ATF's insistence on pretending there's mandatory minimum-triggering amounts of nonexistent drugs in every fake stash house
Maybe the courts could just pretend they convict and sentence the people the ATF arrests. Unfortunately, they probably wouldn't be fooled by fake paychecks...
On the post: Report Finds DHS Terrible At Keeping Track Of Agents' Badges And Guns
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How many more examples do we need before we demand better?
Think they're not doing a good job? Well, when's the last time you heard of any Mexican rapist-murderers getting away with dealing in sports-franchise trademark violating underwear?
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Re: Re: Re: Shocking
And that's why NASA uses the Almagest to this very day...
On the post: Dead People Mysteriously Support The FCC's Attack On Net Neutrality
Re: Re: Shocking
On the post: Dead People Mysteriously Support The FCC's Attack On Net Neutrality
Re: Done before
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