I'm astonished that no one has sued over this... and then I remember that the big guys have teams of lawyers for whom this is trivial, so they don't care, while the little guy bears the brunt of the inconvenience, but is too small to afford suing. So, system working as planned.
The findings prompted additional investigations into Chin’s colleagues at Troop E, and the case widened from there, eventually ensnaring about one-third of the unit.
If ONE THIRD of a unit is brazenly doing something illegal, the other two thirds know all about it. It's not one person in a crowd, it's a significant fraction of a small group.
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Nah, more likely when someone files charges against a political party for those annoying calls around election time, or against the police for "harassing" calls while investigating someone.
You've been super-lucky. The number of phone company customers with Gbit connections is a drop in the bucket. Most only offer slow DSL, generally less than 20Mbps, and most being 5Mbps or less. My last DSL (lived within three miles of the phone company) was 5Mbps, and where I live now, the best they could do is 12Mbps.
And while this kind of market failure is bad for consumers who already lack competitive broadband options, it's great for cable giants like Charter and Spectrum
Where I live, you have two choices: phone service, which already went bankrupt last and reorganized under a new name, and Spectrum. Almost the entire state is controlled by those two. When you have a duopoly that strong, you GOTTA be completely corrupt or incompetent to go bankrupt. Skimming too hard off the top would be my guess.
I'd love to see a company call out the government on issues like this. Send in a lawyer to tell them straight up what morons they are, and they can stick it. Then cut off service in Indian (or wherever).
Those two co-founded the firm, and Hunter is CEO; Cook isn't anything at the firm except "scout" looking for new opportunities. That doesn't mean there's no one else making decisions... like the board of directors for the firm. Unless you can find info on how investment decisions are handled by the firm, you haven't shown him to be solely responsible (or jointly responsible with Cook) for deciding to invest in Malibu Media.
Oh, one thing I want to point out here, there's nothing wrong with actresses or actors doing nudity in movies. I don't believe nudity is always pornography. It's not something dirty that needs to be hidden. The puritanical morons that campaign against the slightest hint of skin turn my stomach. Especially since they often wind up getting caught in sex scandals. Makes one wonder if they're deliberately trying to divert attention.
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Not surprised
I'm astonished that no one has sued over this... and then I remember that the big guys have teams of lawyers for whom this is trivial, so they don't care, while the little guy bears the brunt of the inconvenience, but is too small to afford suing. So, system working as planned.
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Duh
Billable hours.
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Terminology
I call those "accidental positives". That more accurately shows how the result was determined.
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Hey, if telecom lobbyists and MPAA/RIAA lawyers can write law, why can't law enforcement? ;)
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Re: Re: My Bio-metrics have been stolen?
It's free credit monitoring OR your share of $150K split 12 million ways, not AND.
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All rotten
If ONE THIRD of a unit is brazenly doing something illegal, the other two thirds know all about it. It's not one person in a crowd, it's a significant fraction of a small group.
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How about
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Re: Re: Re: 811?
In that case, the number for not digging up cables should be 277. ;)
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Otherwise known as the government and LEOs. ;)
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Re:
That does make sense since little brothers love to tattle on older ones.
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When it covers politicians or LEOs.
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Nah, more likely when someone files charges against a political party for those annoying calls around election time, or against the police for "harassing" calls while investigating someone.
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Re:
You've been super-lucky. The number of phone company customers with Gbit connections is a drop in the bucket. Most only offer slow DSL, generally less than 20Mbps, and most being 5Mbps or less. My last DSL (lived within three miles of the phone company) was 5Mbps, and where I live now, the best they could do is 12Mbps.
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Corrupt? Or Stupid? Why not both?
Where I live, you have two choices: phone service, which already went bankrupt last and reorganized under a new name, and Spectrum. Almost the entire state is controlled by those two. When you have a duopoly that strong, you GOTTA be completely corrupt or incompetent to go bankrupt. Skimming too hard off the top would be my guess.
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"It didn't work the last dozen times, but what the hell - let's try it again!"
LMAO
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Never happen but
I'd love to see a company call out the government on issues like this. Send in a lawyer to tell them straight up what morons they are, and they can stick it. Then cut off service in Indian (or wherever).
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Re: Re: Re: Regulatory Capture
And we were appropriately surprised when he worked for the public instead of the telecos. He was the exception, not the rule, which is really sad. :(
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Re: That's what white privilege will get you.
No, that's what money and connections give you. They were fully ready to gun him down until they realized he wasn't a peon.
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Re: Re: Re: "Investors"
Those two co-founded the firm, and Hunter is CEO; Cook isn't anything at the firm except "scout" looking for new opportunities. That doesn't mean there's no one else making decisions... like the board of directors for the firm. Unless you can find info on how investment decisions are handled by the firm, you haven't shown him to be solely responsible (or jointly responsible with Cook) for deciding to invest in Malibu Media.
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Re: Re: Objection!
Oh, one thing I want to point out here, there's nothing wrong with actresses or actors doing nudity in movies. I don't believe nudity is always pornography. It's not something dirty that needs to be hidden. The puritanical morons that campaign against the slightest hint of skin turn my stomach. Especially since they often wind up getting caught in sex scandals. Makes one wonder if they're deliberately trying to divert attention.
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