“they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
For those of you who don't think the Obama administration is part of the problem (not excusing Bush and his asshat antics):
...Bamford's assumption was that the uproar over a separate, post-9/11 warrantless wiretapping program and the departure of the Bush administration meant that the NSA had been reined in.
"Here we are, under the Obama administration, doing it sort of like the Bush administration on steroids," he said in an interview with the Associated Press. "This order here is about as broad as it can possibly get, when it comes to focusing on personal communications. There's no warrant, there's no suspicion, there's no probable cause ... it sounds like something from East Germany."
Source: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/06/06/2423915/nsa-whistleblowers-say-agency.html
"Those paid puppets in Congress don't know their arse from their elbow."
Those paid puppets in Congress don't know their arse from their mouth, because shit comes out of both.
...The current director of the NSA General Keith Alexander, declined Fox News's requests to sit down for an interview, so we stopped by the offices of a Washington think tank, where Alexander was speaking at a cyber security event last year.
Asked if the Utah Data Center would hold the data of American citizens, Alexander said, "No...we don't hold data on U.S. citizens," adding that the NSA staff "take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing that they do, and securing this nation."
*** Sorry but my Bullshit-O-Meter just exploded...
The NSA is building a damn data center in my back yard. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/06/06/2423915/nsa-whistleblowers-say-agency.html
I live in southern Utah.
That the Obama administration is mired in one scandal after another makes me wonder if anyone is paying attention to all the bullshit that is being blown onto the American public. I guess the sheeple don't mind the manure. Sorry for the rant, but like the title says. I'm a bit pissed off and more than a little frustrated that Big Brother has gotten so much control in my lifetime.
Instead of blocking content and making people aware that they are being "protected"; they very cleverly redirect to an unrelated and boring item of history on the same date.
Why does the band System of a Down come to my mind?
The procedure of killing the messenger by the oligarchy of the ruling class is a tradition that has existed for centuries. But directly blaming the messenger... this is a different tact. We'll have to see how this strategy works out for him. Perhaps he could have taken a different tatic like this one below:
Sheriff of Rottingham: Sire, I have news!
Prince John: And what sort of news do you have? It's not bad news, is it? You know I can't take bad news. The day started out so good. I had a good night's sleep, I had a good B.M. I don't want to hear any bad news. Now, what kind of news is it?
Sheriff of Rottingham: Well, to be perfectly frank, it's bad.
Prince John: I knew it! I knew it would be bad news. Wait, I have an idea. Maybe if you tell me the bad news in a good way, it wouldn't sound so bad.
Sheriff of Rottingham: The bad news in a good way. Yes, yes, I can do that. The bad news in a good way. Well, here it goes. [hysterically] Ha! Ha! Ha! W-wait till you hear this! I just saw Robin of Locksley, he's back from the crusades. [laughs] You know, he just beat the crap out of me and my men. [laughs] He hates you and he loves your brother, Richard! [laughs] And... [laughs] ... he wants to see you hanged! [laughs and snorts loudly] We, we're in an awful lot of trouble! [laughs]
Prince John: What, are you crazy?! Why are you laughing?! This is terrible news!
I have to give kudos to the defence attorney whose job it is from time to time to defend someone who is obviously guilty. So congrats to him for proposing a plausible story (his client came in on a murder that was already in progress) and trying his best to bring in an "expert" on behalf of his client to mount a defence of the indefensible.
Re: This is a real mania with you 14-year-olds, isn't it?
Normally I do not feed the trolls. But, this one I can not let go unresponded.
I've been playing violent video games since I was 14 when the violent game asteroids came out.
OOTB please give me your address. I need a human sacrifice for my satanic ritual this Friday, and you seem a really good canidate. Given the content of your posts on this forum our coven can resonably assume that you are a virgin. I am a 27th Level Grand Master Warlock and your sacrifice would be greatly apprichiated and I'm sure you would agree that it is an honor to be asked by us to partisipate.
Just so you know: we use chicken blood to draw our pentagrams, and the altar is made out of the bones of woodland animals we found in the forest. The candle wax is made from the fat of frogs we killed in the nearby pond.
This was back in the late 70s. Nearly every day my dad could be heard saying:
"Damn educators. They have less intelligence than a turnip."
From reading this article it apparently hasn't changed.
You are hereby ordered to destroy any and all digital materials in regards to the Kim Dotcom investigation. Failure to obey this order may result in the NZ court doing absolutely nothing because we are NZ and not the USA, so we don't assume to have authority over any other sovereign nation.
"...But that argument ignores why people go to museums. It's not because the picture is remarkably different in person than when viewed as a high-res photo. It's the whole experience."
The same can be said for movie theatres. It's not because the movie is remarkably different in person when viewed as a download. It is the whole experience.
There are also very, very, very few athletes that become professional football players and make a living at it. However there are many athletes.
What would happen if the NFL or the NFL team owners went into everyone's backyards and sued anyone playing football that used any of their team tactics or plays? Or maybe someone, God forbid, used the same callout that their quarterback used in the Denver game last week?
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George Orwell, Animal Farm
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This just pisses me off continued
...Bamford's assumption was that the uproar over a separate, post-9/11 warrantless wiretapping program and the departure of the Bush administration meant that the NSA had been reined in.
"Here we are, under the Obama administration, doing it sort of like the Bush administration on steroids," he said in an interview with the Associated Press. "This order here is about as broad as it can possibly get, when it comes to focusing on personal communications. There's no warrant, there's no suspicion, there's no probable cause ... it sounds like something from East Germany."
Source: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/06/06/2423915/nsa-whistleblowers-say-agency.html
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Re: Re:
Those paid puppets in Congress don't know their arse from their mouth, because shit comes out of both.
ftfy
On the post: The NSA's Favorite Weasel Word To Pretend It's Claiming It Doesn't Spy On Americans
Not to repeat myself
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NSA what a bunch of lying Asshats
Asked if the Utah Data Center would hold the data of American citizens, Alexander said, "No...we don't hold data on U.S. citizens," adding that the NSA staff "take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing that they do, and securing this nation."
*** Sorry but my Bullshit-O-Meter just exploded...
The news report above is from:
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/12/nsa-data-center-front-and-center-in-debate-over-libert y-security-and-privacy/
On the post: Intelligence Boss Claims The Real Villain Here Is The Press For Revealing His Secret Spying Program
This just pisses me off
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/06/06/2423915/nsa-whistleblowers-say-agency.html
I live in southern Utah.
That the Obama administration is mired in one scandal after another makes me wonder if anyone is paying attention to all the bullshit that is being blown onto the American public. I guess the sheeple don't mind the manure. Sorry for the rant, but like the title says. I'm a bit pissed off and more than a little frustrated that Big Brother has gotten so much control in my lifetime.
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Clever... Very Clever
Why does the band System of a Down come to my mind?
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In other words don't you dare use the excuse of "it's for the blind" to change our efforts in bullying people with current copyright law.
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The Ruling Class
Sheriff of Rottingham: Sire, I have news!
Prince John: And what sort of news do you have? It's not bad news, is it? You know I can't take bad news. The day started out so good. I had a good night's sleep, I had a good B.M. I don't want to hear any bad news. Now, what kind of news is it?
Sheriff of Rottingham: Well, to be perfectly frank, it's bad.
Prince John: I knew it! I knew it would be bad news. Wait, I have an idea. Maybe if you tell me the bad news in a good way, it wouldn't sound so bad.
Sheriff of Rottingham: The bad news in a good way. Yes, yes, I can do that. The bad news in a good way. Well, here it goes. [hysterically] Ha! Ha! Ha! W-wait till you hear this! I just saw Robin of Locksley, he's back from the crusades. [laughs] You know, he just beat the crap out of me and my men. [laughs] He hates you and he loves your brother, Richard! [laughs] And... [laughs] ... he wants to see you hanged! [laughs and snorts loudly] We, we're in an awful lot of trouble! [laughs]
Prince John: What, are you crazy?! Why are you laughing?! This is terrible news!
—Robin Hood: Men in Tights
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Criminal Lawyers a necessary evil
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Re: This is a real mania with you 14-year-olds, isn't it?
I've been playing violent video games since I was 14 when the violent game asteroids came out.
OOTB please give me your address. I need a human sacrifice for my satanic ritual this Friday, and you seem a really good canidate. Given the content of your posts on this forum our coven can resonably assume that you are a virgin. I am a 27th Level Grand Master Warlock and your sacrifice would be greatly apprichiated and I'm sure you would agree that it is an honor to be asked by us to partisipate.
Just so you know: we use chicken blood to draw our pentagrams, and the altar is made out of the bones of woodland animals we found in the forest. The candle wax is made from the fat of frogs we killed in the nearby pond.
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Re: Peter Detkin did not coin "patent troll"
http://www.iam-magazine.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=cff2afd3-c24e-42e5-aa68-a4b4e7524177
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Root cause of patent trolling...
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I'm kind of in shock
Did I wake up in some strange parallel universe?
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I like what my dad had to say...
"Damn educators. They have less intelligence than a turnip."
From reading this article it apparently hasn't changed.
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Message from NZ judge to FBI
You are hereby ordered to destroy any and all digital materials in regards to the Kim Dotcom investigation. Failure to obey this order may result in the NZ court doing absolutely nothing because we are NZ and not the USA, so we don't assume to have authority over any other sovereign nation.
Sorry. Please disregard this order.
Sincerly,
High Court Justice Helen Winkelmann
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Museums and Movie Theatres
The same can be said for movie theatres. It's not because the movie is remarkably different in person when viewed as a download. It is the whole experience.
Someone clue in the MPAA on this fact please.
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Perhaps address the root cause?
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Yes very, very, very few make a living...
What would happen if the NFL or the NFL team owners went into everyone's backyards and sued anyone playing football that used any of their team tactics or plays? Or maybe someone, God forbid, used the same callout that their quarterback used in the Denver game last week?
Infringement I say!!!!
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Tarriffs do not work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act
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