The election security scandal is tied to the Russian scandal. The Russian scandal is tied to Trump. Trump is a Republican. The Democrats are obviously trying use the connected scandals to embarrass the Republicans.
Therefore all of the connected scandals are partisan issues. Simple.
This looks to me like the first staggering steps of the SmartPipe "concept" implemented in real life. Oh, it's obviously not general yet, but big brother must start somewhere.
But, make no mistake, it is coming. As the detectors necessary to process effluent become cheaper, there will be more and more pressure by the governments to install this on everyone's home. The expressed purpose will be to track illegal flushing, but somehow drugs will just happen to be included as well.
Nothing new here. When bureaucrats don't want to give a document over for FOIA, they aren't able to find it if it is stuck to their ass, with both hands.
See something say something CAN work if there is proper triage on the calls and proper followup on those found useful.
Let's see if I have this straight: Your solution is to spend another $1 million annually to create a pre-VOICE call center to screen the calls and eliminate the junk before passing it on to VOICE?
Okay, I can see the political value. Now VOICE would get 100% good phone calls... well, except for those undreminers who managed to scam their way through pre-VOICE. Would feed nicely into the anti-immigration argument.
But it wouldn't increase the volume of relevant calls to VOICE. Basically, it would just mean that we are spending $2 million dollars a year, the second million of which is a political stunt, to game what is already a political stunt.
I don't know about everyone else, but I hate political stunts, and this would be just a real loser in my view.
The kid killed himself by repeatedly smashing his head into metal and concrete. Almost 50 times.
It strikes me that the same thing could be said of a person who was pushed down a long flight of steel-railed concrete steps. Who would be at fault, the pusher or the pushee?
Or are you holding that the pusher is responsible if a civilian, but if the pusher is a cop then the pushee MUST BE responsible? That cops are above all law?
I think your statement assumes facts not in evidence.
The evidence that we have seen doesn't really show that facial recognition will make people safer; in fact, there is a fair indication that the contrary would be true.
Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and prosecutions
I think all your pronouncements of case weakness are wishful thinking. I'd take odds that he'll get convicted (includes taking a plea) and sentenced to 5 or more years.
Remember, modern prosecution operates on what they can sell a judge and jury, and has little or nothing to do with justice...or guilt.
I wonder how long it would have taken Facebook to wind down the Huawei deal if it hadn't been for the sudden media attention. Probably only a few more decades...
Some of these companies are like roaches: "They consume, infest, destroy, live off the death and destruction of" their customers, but shine a little light and they run for cover.
You misspelled "privacy" in the first sentence. But upon reflection, and given the perverted nature of these laws, maybe it would be more appropriate if you'd spelled it this way: "Illinois' Biometric Information Pervacy Act".
This case perfectly exemplifies the problems with mandated moderation.
Companies rarely get into moderation on their own, because moderation is expensive. Instead we have our governments insisting that companies must moderate content, creating laws with a furrowed brow concern that we were warned would be the father of so many bad measures.
First comes moderation, then comes censorship, then comes the use of the censorship as justification for stronger penalties.
Censorship is always a weapon of those who are in power, and it is always used as a weapon against the downtrodden. It does not matter whether the censorship is overt or comes through the back door in the form of mandated moderation.
Enthusiasts of FOSTA/SESTA, and enemies of CDA 230, could learn a thing or two from this case if they were paying attention.
It's all in the name. If PP wanted a seat, they should have rebranded. No one investigates past the name.
Maybe "IP Advancement League" would have done it? (Doesn't say how they're advancing it. But they can explain that on their website, no one will read it.)
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Re: What's the alternative explanation, then?
Therefore all of the connected scandals are partisan issues. Simple.
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T-Mobile note
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Re: Pre-paid coffee in 1990...
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SmartPipe in real life
This looks to me like the first staggering steps of the SmartPipe "concept" implemented in real life. Oh, it's obviously not general yet, but big brother must start somewhere.
But, make no mistake, it is coming. As the detectors necessary to process effluent become cheaper, there will be more and more pressure by the governments to install this on everyone's home. The expressed purpose will be to track illegal flushing, but somehow drugs will just happen to be included as well.
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Gohmert just couldn't say that word, could he?
Why is saying that word so hard?
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Not surprised
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What a coincidence
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It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the so-called "support" was shot full of lobbyists hired by crooks looking to protect their sex trafficking business.
Especially given how all those supporters seem to have evaporated like water drops on a hot stove.
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Let's see if I have this straight: Your solution is to spend another $1 million annually to create a pre-VOICE call center to screen the calls and eliminate the junk before passing it on to VOICE?
Okay, I can see the political value. Now VOICE would get 100% good phone calls... well, except for those undreminers who managed to scam their way through pre-VOICE. Would feed nicely into the anti-immigration argument.
But it wouldn't increase the volume of relevant calls to VOICE. Basically, it would just mean that we are spending $2 million dollars a year, the second million of which is a political stunt, to game what is already a political stunt.
I don't know about everyone else, but I hate political stunts, and this would be just a real loser in my view.
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It strikes me that the same thing could be said of a person who was pushed down a long flight of steel-railed concrete steps. Who would be at fault, the pusher or the pushee?
Or are you holding that the pusher is responsible if a civilian, but if the pusher is a cop then the pushee MUST BE responsible? That cops are above all law?
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Re: Re: Re: Tragic
But, for the rest, I would counter that some tools cannot be used safely by anyone, even with best intentions.
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Re: Tragic
The evidence that we have seen doesn't really show that facial recognition will make people safer; in fact, there is a fair indication that the contrary would be true.
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Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and prosecutions
Remember, modern prosecution operates on what they can sell a judge and jury, and has little or nothing to do with justice...or guilt.
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Roach hotels
Some of these companies are like roaches: "They consume, infest, destroy, live off the death and destruction of" their customers, but shine a little light and they run for cover.
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Wait...cable is going out of style, isn't it?
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Pervacy
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The problem with mandated moderation
Companies rarely get into moderation on their own, because moderation is expensive. Instead we have our governments insisting that companies must moderate content, creating laws with a furrowed brow concern that we were warned would be the father of so many bad measures.
First comes moderation, then comes censorship, then comes the use of the censorship as justification for stronger penalties.
Censorship is always a weapon of those who are in power, and it is always used as a weapon against the downtrodden. It does not matter whether the censorship is overt or comes through the back door in the form of mandated moderation.
Enthusiasts of FOSTA/SESTA, and enemies of CDA 230, could learn a thing or two from this case if they were paying attention.
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All in tbe name
Maybe "IP Advancement League" would have done it? (Doesn't say how they're advancing it. But they can explain that on their website, no one will read it.)
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Re: Re: Tim, a favor please?
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