The only argument that shuts these guys up is this:
Weaken encryption in the U.S. and all exports of software and network-related technology "made in U.S.A."will dry up. Everybody, Americans included, will shop elsewhere for tech.
That's trillions of dollars in new trade deficits, hundreds of billions in lost profits to tech industries and tens of billions in lost taxes every year until a new administration undoes the damage and stops the bleeding.
Arguing about security and rights of the American people has no effect on these clowns because they hold the public in contempt, and always will. Show them what effect their dumb- ass meddling will do to their billionaire friends and corporate backers and they'll quietly let the issue die off without ever having to admit why it was a stupid idea to start with.
So, they've retroactively and unilaterally declared legal:
1. All internet browsing, email metadata and cellphone metadata collected illegally for the past 25 years.
2. All email messages and cellphone conversations collected illegally for the past five years.
Now they can stop deleting illegal collections of mass data for awhile and will continue expanding their giant data bunker; a project which was, temporarily, under threat by legislators.
This was a step back, not forward; entrenching gains from Bush and Obama.
…if there's a felony in the California or U.S. codes like "misfeasance [legalese for misuse] of public office."
It's rarely used but tends to be an easy conviction as those felons tend to be very, very stupid and publicize their crimes instead of covering tracks like normally idiotic criminals. ;]
…and once Jagermeister has gotten what it can, the Bucks will be gagged so nobody knows how well or poorly the nearly-extortionate transaction went for either side.
Odds are the lawyers got more money than Jagermeister. ;]
In a completely unrelated ruling, the CRTC granted one-year licenses to all those cable companies this time, instead of the usual, expected seven year terms.
They never really said why they did that, at the same time… ;]
…is that which has no choice but to accept what it is given, at prices, quantities and qualities defined solely by executives for the sake of quarterly profits.
This makes "Consumer" the product sold to shareholders, by those executives, in exchange for multimillion-dollar salaries and "performance bonuses".
"Consumer" has no human rights or status anymore. To beg for what little it may have it is denied access to human courts and must settle for rigged, corporate arbitration panels who routinely prefer to rule for their corporate paymasters.
"Consumer" has been redefined into a code word for a mere function of trade, owned and operated for profit only; thus discarded as soon as each unit or class of units becomes "less profitable".
This explains, for example, what happens to many DSL "consumers." ;]
…means locked away from meddling police and prosecutors, so that FOIA requests can be granted quickly without delays or exorbitant fees and excessive delays.
A court answers to no-one except superior courts and, occasionally, voters. This tends to favor a balance towards openness. ;]
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laws on that page, but principles for planning purposes.
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You REALLY want to get their attention?
Tell all their RETAILERS about the weak security. ;]
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Never underestimate crazy Canucks.
then we went down there and burned the White House down.
We have had you completely outnumbered one to ten ever since.
Just ask any Special Forces member from any branch. ;P
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They forgot to mention here…
Shouldn't miss a selling point like that up front, right? ;P
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That'll have to wait a bit…
Can you hang on for a couple more years? ;P
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The only argument that shuts these guys up is this:
and network-related technology "made in U.S.A."will dry up.
Everybody, Americans included, will shop elsewhere for tech.
That's trillions of dollars in new trade deficits, hundreds
of billions in lost profits to tech industries and tens of
billions in lost taxes every year until a new administration
undoes the damage and stops the bleeding.
Arguing about security and rights of the American people has
no effect on these clowns because they hold the public in
contempt, and always will. Show them what effect their dumb-
ass meddling will do to their billionaire friends and corporate
backers and they'll quietly let the issue die off without ever
having to admit why it was a stupid idea to start with.
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So, they've retroactively and unilaterally declared legal:
metadata collected illegally for the past 25 years.
2. All email messages and cellphone conversations collected
illegally for the past five years.
Now they can stop deleting illegal collections of mass data
for awhile and will continue expanding their giant data bunker;
a project which was, temporarily, under threat by legislators.
This was a step back, not forward;
entrenching gains from Bush and Obama.
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No good…
This is why mobsters and Chicago politicians use guns instead. ;]
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Jammers are completely illegal…
The only place the U.K. can use them is on a battlefield or
the airspace above it. Thomas probably knows it already.
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There might be a way…
"misfeasance [legalese for misuse] of public office."
It's rarely used but tends to be an easy conviction as those
felons tend to be very, very stupid and publicize their crimes
instead of covering tracks like normally idiotic criminals. ;]
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Parents are hardly artful…
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This is about money, of course…
will be gagged so nobody knows how well or poorly the
nearly-extortionate transaction went for either side.
Odds are the lawyers got more money than Jagermeister. ;]
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Maybe it's this guy:
NFL wannabe, never made it, spent a few years in the UFL
(which collapsed five years ago) so his money's running out.
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That's how the action was described.
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In army GMT we did exactly that…
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You missed the CRTC's little "gotcha", Karl.
licenses to all those cable companies this time, instead of
the usual, expected seven year terms.
They never really said why they did that, at the same time… ;]
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What "Consumer" REALLY means, to corporations…
given, at prices, quantities and qualities defined solely
by executives for the sake of quarterly profits.
This makes "Consumer" the product sold to shareholders,
by those executives, in exchange for multimillion-dollar
salaries and "performance bonuses".
"Consumer" has no human rights or status anymore. To beg
for what little it may have it is denied access to human courts
and must settle for rigged, corporate arbitration panels who
routinely prefer to rule for their corporate paymasters.
"Consumer" has been redefined into a code word for a mere function
of trade, owned and operated for profit only; thus discarded as soon
as each unit or class of units becomes "less profitable".
This explains, for example, what happens to many DSL "consumers." ;]
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Consumer!
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Locked up by a court……
that FOIA requests can be granted quickly without delays or
exorbitant fees and excessive delays.
A court answers to no-one except superior courts and, occasionally,
voters. This tends to favor a balance towards openness. ;]
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Locked up by a court…
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