I believe you are laboring under the false impression that the USA is still a land of Law and Order.
They changed the law and now its only a land of Order.
So now, all Federal Employees have civil rights and all citizens have but one right - the right to remain silent, as anything you say may and indeed will be used against you in a court of law.
I just watched about fifteen minutes of the new federally funded "CSI Cyber", and let me tell you, its a must watch if you're wondering in what direction the feds are gonna run the propaganda on this new "War On Cyber-Hackers" scam.
Disgruntled employee hacks roller-coaster ride, killing 1 - (then 2 more later from injuries) - and wounding many, by copying current employees cards using a fake card reader, and then using one of the stolen card-keys to open the control room where he inserts a perfect piece of code that spoofs the system's accident prevention mechanisms into believing nothing is amiss while the cars roll off the rails.
One of the hackers is a caught criminal coerced into working for the fed in return for not going to prison for his cyber crimes.
Its a truly toss-your-cookies piece of public propaganda pablum.
The fact that a child killer was released back into the wild by an American Court because a cop, who was not charged with the assault, beat him up while he was handcuffed, is about as surprising as the fact that water can make you wet, or that the sun radiates heat.
I think the only people today who need fear the long arm of American Justice are the ones who have not committed a crime - we used to call them innocent, but today they're the ill-accomplished Adversary whose illegal acts have yet to manifest, or have yet to be recognized as such by law enforcement, through mass omni-surveillance.
Criminals, on the other hand, have a really good friend in the modern system of American Justice, because criminals have rights under the new 9/11 Corporate Constitution of the USA.
...his infant son died in a local hospital of traumatic brain injuries...
"Love wasn't just a "person of interest." He was alone in the house with the infant at the time the injury occurred."
Funny thing is, almost nobody here seems to consider the fact that the perp apparently killed his infant kid.
I think that maybe both the cop and the jury were looking at that point, rather than at the beating the father got by the cop.
Killing an infant is a major emotion-generating crime and methinks both the cop and the jury were a tad overwhelmed by the thought of this man beating his son to death and mentally decided that beating him to a pulp while he was handcuffed, was instant karma.
I'm not saying its right, just that the emotional impact of considering the killing of a child can and does often render otherwise sane people a tad crazy.
I'm sure it will be another standard (s)election process, where the new Wonder Guy will promise everyone a new car and a new job at higher wages and all the rest of the usual crap that is trucked out for elections, to con the people into casting some votes his way. Matters not really.
Once in power, even if it were done by an honest popular vote, the POTUS is only a figure-head who works for the billionaires that run US Inc., and either he does what they tell him to do or he will be replaced with one of the willing minions waiting in the wings.
I'm actually looking forward to seeing who they've hired for the job of POTUS this time.
Roger Strong, above, suggested this:
"Nixon has a grandson with an undergraduate degree in politics, a law degree, worked in John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, and ran for Congress in 2010. Endorsed by Jeb Bush."
Almost looks like the perfect corporate candidate, but we will see. They'd still have to make him appear to be at least slightly Democratic first.
Methinks "trickling away" may no longer be an applicable term for the outright robbery that is taking place today.
With things like asset forfeiture and the many phony "War On" programs that steal taxpayer's money for make-believe causes, the public is being milked like never before and the process is merely getting under way and guaranteed to escalate as the crooks in power suffer zero consequences from their activities. Greed knows no upper limit.
The rich have indeed always made their money from the poor - it is the poor that work in their fields or factories for subsistence wages and it is the poor that buy the very products they produce in those fields and factories.
In fact, the entire concept of "Getting Rich" in America is based on the idea of creating something that the peasants will buy in large quantities, or creating a service that the peasants will flock to your door to access. Without the public to make and purchase the products and services of the rich, the whole chain breaks down.
But today, the theft is institutionalized and "in your face" because the lords have no fear of legal consequence even when caught breaking the few remaining laws that try to protect the poor from the rich. The lawmakers are now the very same rich men and women that the laws were originally designed to protect people from.
Again, solutions that do not include politicians and law-makers are needed and the only place to find such will be the public itself.
There can be no succor from the wealthy by the wealthy.
Because they control the law, they no longer fear the law.
"...expect to see an article about Australia's oversight body failing in their task..."
And New Zealand's as well.
They can all act now without fear of consequences, because most of the laws of the Five Eyes nations have been quietly altered to allow the fascists unimpeded operational freedom.
This means they will be caught red handed in the cookie jar more often, because getting caught will no longer result in a penalty of any sort.
But apparently Britain is the real Brains of the operation and the USA is only the Obvious Villain everyone is supposed to learn to loathe, since most of the world already hates the US Rulers anyway.
Like the POTUS, who is the figurehead you're supposed to love or hate, so that his billionaire employers can avoid public scrutiny altogether.
I assume that the Five Eyes employs a number of variably dependant Non-White, Non-English-speaking countries as "minionations", who do the real dirty wet-work behind the scenes as well, since that is standard operational procedure for this kind of fascist pogrom.
Most Americans thought "Gee. A Black Guy as Pres. Wow. He will definitely be something new and wondrous because he's not just another in a long line of white pretty-boys with a silver spoon up his nose."
He was groomed by Republicans and his campaign was financed by Republicans and he was elected by Oprah! :)
The Fascists are not that original and not the brightest balls in the bag outside of turning one dollar into three dollars over and over again.
They'll run with this scam at least once more because it worked and because it is in fact still working.
I seriously think the next POTUS has not even shown his face yet, but will be all over the TV very soon - once the public has had all it can stomach of the Wacky Wannabe Troupe of Faux Candidates, whose entire purpose is to drive the public towards the Ringer's Tent.
Without the captions, there is no message in either the originals or the remakes.
The captions thus represents a far greater portion of the works than do the actual cartoon images, and in fact, in both cases - before and after - defines and explains the images.
Without the captions, the images have no meanings at all.
No infringement was perpetrated here.
One version says: "FCC is bad! Will hurt you. Beware!"
The other says: "Artist is a moron. Ignore his message."
The change in the caption alters the entire meaning of the image, almost diametrically.
That is transformational enough to be parody and commentary and thus is fair use.
I can see the crap clearly, but have only the vaguest notion where the wipe might be...
It is becoming quite apparent that most people here - not counting the trolls/shills of course - have at least started to see through the fog of war and are starting to realize that what once passed for governing and leadership, has now become nothing more than exploitation and weakening of the poor and middle class, by the rich.
Dooh Nibor.
Or Reverse Robin Hood for the non-puzzle folks...
What the USA needs now, is a large number of full time discussion groups that are 100% dedicated to finding and testing SOLUTIONS that might work, rather than just re-hashing the obvious problems over and over again.
You have to remember that the above amounts are only the totals of the disclosed "Campaign Contributions" and do not reflect in any way the amount of graft each one receives as indirect deposits in their off-shore and Swiss accounts, or the amount they receive through NGOs and other affiliated, but apparently disparate organizations, during the course of each year.
Graft is probably as much as 80% of a politicians total income these days.
They have to be laughing their collective asses off at how the public is actually paying them to do this job.
"Obama is the darkest white man I have ever seen. Or are you just prejudiced against whites?"
I'll assume this is in response to:
"...White English-Speaking cut-throats and con-men, known as the Five Eyes..."
First, I am a white male, and second, yes, I've met more white jerks than all other races combined.
We don't have the full deed to the Asshole Ranch yet, but we certainly do have a huge chunk of its real estate and are buying up more of it every year.
But to the point: Obama is a rented Ringer, an employee.
His employers are all White English Speaking Billionaires, who run both political parties as a very successful business model.
His color made him perfect for the Not A Bush POTUS selection scam needed to get "their man" back in place to finish off all the fascist legal shenanigans that Bush2 had been hired to do, after Bush2 made it impossible to elect a Republican, even through a fixed vote, as nobody would have believed the results.
An unknown Democrat-Hat-Wearing confidence man, who was definitely not a Bush, was needed for the job and Obama was the perfect candidate to carry the Fascist Torch back into office, for that necessary final burning of the constitution.
Who on earth would have even suspected it possible that the infamously bigoted, black and woman denigrating Republicans would place a black man in the oval office?? The only thing less likely would have been them placing a black woman in the oval office.
Especially since the hired Republican Pundits have all been doing their level best to make Obama look bad since the day he took office, exactly as everyone expected them to do.
Nobody then and apparently, still nobody now.
This is what is known in the business as a perfect scam.
Of course, a fully dumbed-down and gullible population that believes God his-very-self chooses their POTUS, certainly helps in any confidence game.
Re: "choosing between Clinton and Bush is like choosing between death by liquid gold or molten magma"
"Is that asking too much?"
Absolutely.
The idea of electing a president that was actually for and by the people, would be a deathblow to those who make their incomes by exploiting the people by bending the laws and buying their "right" to steal, lie and cheat.
Any candidate that you might have respect for would necessarily be one that would have no desire to assist the criminal elements of US society, or promote their criminal activities.
Therefore, since the corporations pay for the election, they insist on getting their money's worth.
The hardest part is gonna be reconciling it with the newest secret interpretation that nobody is allowed to know, except the CIAF BINSA, that 9/11 allowed to take place behind closed doors, because Terrorists!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like he could definitely be the perfect unknown Ringer, needed to run against the No-Way Wacky Wanna-Bees, to insure the necessary, public-convincing probability, that the pre-fixed vote total is really the actual vote total.
Having no record is as good as having a clean record, when you're running against the Usual Wack-Jobs.
Re: How Does Net Neutrality Relate to the Politicians' Own Politiical Objectives.
Oh poo. What Election?
Methinks the next POTUS will be someone we have yet to meet.
Hillary and the rest of the apparent wacky wanna-bees are just the window-dressing needed to give the US citizens something they DO NOT want to vote for, so that the New Corporate POTUS - who will say all the right things and have an impeccable background "story" - can be (s)elected as the "only sane choice" - just like O'bummer was, and the phony overwhelming "vote total" in favor can be laid at the feet of the US Public and the pundits can all say, the "people's choice", every thirteen minutes for 6 months.
I'm pretty sure the idea of Hillary being POTUS will scare the beezeejums outta most folks so bad that they will actually mostly vote for any smooth talking con-man that the CEOs in charge of Selections might offer up.
As long as there is an "obvious" reason for the popular vote to theoretically be cast for the new-comer, its a shoe-in to convince the public that they really did indeed vote for the pre-selected corporate crown prince.
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...
After all, the public never catches on to these gimmicks anyway. They're all too busy trying to make ends meet in a world specifically designed to insure that the ends seldom meet for the majority of US society.
The current meme going around the web about the NN situation, is incorrect.
Most of the people spewing false information and scare stories about Title 2, "Do Know How Net Neutrality Works.
Absolutely.
If they did not know how Net Neutrality Works, they would be unable to lie about it as effectively as they have been to date, and they would be unable to cash in on the Anti-Net-Neutrality campaigns financed by the Telecom Giants.
Mind you there are likely a few of them - like Jeb "The Dolt" Bush - who are too simply stupid to fully comprehend the nuances of Net Neutrality - or life in general for that matter - who are just repeating the script handed them by the Telecos.
But even for them it would be obvious that if they're being paid to lie about it, then the statements they're being paid to repeat, must be the opposite of the truth.
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Re: Attorney General is a state employee...
They changed the law and now its only a land of Order.
So now, all Federal Employees have civil rights and all citizens have but one right - the right to remain silent, as anything you say may and indeed will be used against you in a court of law.
No Brown Shirt, no civil rights.
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Teaching the old dog new tricks.
Disgruntled employee hacks roller-coaster ride, killing 1 - (then 2 more later from injuries) - and wounding many, by copying current employees cards using a fake card reader, and then using one of the stolen card-keys to open the control room where he inserts a perfect piece of code that spoofs the system's accident prevention mechanisms into believing nothing is amiss while the cars roll off the rails.
One of the hackers is a caught criminal coerced into working for the fed in return for not going to prison for his cyber crimes.
Its a truly toss-your-cookies piece of public propaganda pablum.
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Another day, another dollar...
HEADLINE: "Politician Lies - details at 11"
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Hooda thunk it??
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On the other hand...
I think the only people today who need fear the long arm of American Justice are the ones who have not committed a crime - we used to call them innocent, but today they're the ill-accomplished Adversary whose illegal acts have yet to manifest, or have yet to be recognized as such by law enforcement, through mass omni-surveillance.
Criminals, on the other hand, have a really good friend in the modern system of American Justice, because criminals have rights under the new 9/11 Corporate Constitution of the USA.
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...his infant son died in a local hospital of traumatic brain injuries...
Funny thing is, almost nobody here seems to consider the fact that the perp apparently killed his infant kid.
I think that maybe both the cop and the jury were looking at that point, rather than at the beating the father got by the cop.
Killing an infant is a major emotion-generating crime and methinks both the cop and the jury were a tad overwhelmed by the thought of this man beating his son to death and mentally decided that beating him to a pulp while he was handcuffed, was instant karma.
I'm not saying its right, just that the emotional impact of considering the killing of a child can and does often render otherwise sane people a tad crazy.
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Re: I hope Bush and Obama serves as an example
Once in power, even if it were done by an honest popular vote, the POTUS is only a figure-head who works for the billionaires that run US Inc., and either he does what they tell him to do or he will be replaced with one of the willing minions waiting in the wings.
I'm actually looking forward to seeing who they've hired for the job of POTUS this time.
Roger Strong, above, suggested this:
"Nixon has a grandson with an undergraduate degree in politics, a law degree, worked in John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, and ran for Congress in 2010. Endorsed by Jeb Bush."
Almost looks like the perfect corporate candidate, but we will see. They'd still have to make him appear to be at least slightly Democratic first.
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Re: Robin Hood as a folk hero...
With things like asset forfeiture and the many phony "War On" programs that steal taxpayer's money for make-believe causes, the public is being milked like never before and the process is merely getting under way and guaranteed to escalate as the crooks in power suffer zero consequences from their activities. Greed knows no upper limit.
The rich have indeed always made their money from the poor - it is the poor that work in their fields or factories for subsistence wages and it is the poor that buy the very products they produce in those fields and factories.
In fact, the entire concept of "Getting Rich" in America is based on the idea of creating something that the peasants will buy in large quantities, or creating a service that the peasants will flock to your door to access. Without the public to make and purchase the products and services of the rich, the whole chain breaks down.
But today, the theft is institutionalized and "in your face" because the lords have no fear of legal consequence even when caught breaking the few remaining laws that try to protect the poor from the rich. The lawmakers are now the very same rich men and women that the laws were originally designed to protect people from.
Again, solutions that do not include politicians and law-makers are needed and the only place to find such will be the public itself.
There can be no succor from the wealthy by the wealthy.
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Because they control the law, they no longer fear the law.
And New Zealand's as well.
They can all act now without fear of consequences, because most of the laws of the Five Eyes nations have been quietly altered to allow the fascists unimpeded operational freedom.
This means they will be caught red handed in the cookie jar more often, because getting caught will no longer result in a penalty of any sort.
But apparently Britain is the real Brains of the operation and the USA is only the Obvious Villain everyone is supposed to learn to loathe, since most of the world already hates the US Rulers anyway.
Like the POTUS, who is the figurehead you're supposed to love or hate, so that his billionaire employers can avoid public scrutiny altogether.
I assume that the Five Eyes employs a number of variably dependant Non-White, Non-English-speaking countries as "minionations", who do the real dirty wet-work behind the scenes as well, since that is standard operational procedure for this kind of fascist pogrom.
Old system.
Very successful.
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Re: "Someone we have yet to meet"
But the Obama Scam worked perfectly.
Most Americans thought "Gee. A Black Guy as Pres. Wow. He will definitely be something new and wondrous because he's not just another in a long line of white pretty-boys with a silver spoon up his nose."
He was groomed by Republicans and his campaign was financed by Republicans and he was elected by Oprah! :)
The Fascists are not that original and not the brightest balls in the bag outside of turning one dollar into three dollars over and over again.
They'll run with this scam at least once more because it worked and because it is in fact still working.
I seriously think the next POTUS has not even shown his face yet, but will be all over the TV very soon - once the public has had all it can stomach of the Wacky Wannabe Troupe of Faux Candidates, whose entire purpose is to drive the public towards the Ringer's Tent.
We shall see.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Transformation? Not. Parody? Insufficient.
The captions thus represents a far greater portion of the works than do the actual cartoon images, and in fact, in both cases - before and after - defines and explains the images.
Without the captions, the images have no meanings at all.
No infringement was perpetrated here.
One version says:
"FCC is bad! Will hurt you. Beware!"
The other says:
"Artist is a moron. Ignore his message."
The change in the caption alters the entire meaning of the image, almost diametrically.
That is transformational enough to be parody and commentary and thus is fair use.
In my opinion anyways. :)
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I can see the crap clearly, but have only the vaguest notion where the wipe might be...
Dooh Nibor.
Or Reverse Robin Hood for the non-puzzle folks...
What the USA needs now, is a large number of full time discussion groups that are 100% dedicated to finding and testing SOLUTIONS that might work, rather than just re-hashing the obvious problems over and over again.
But until then - hash on!
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Re: Re: Completely unrelated I'm sure...
Graft is probably as much as 80% of a politicians total income these days.
They have to be laughing their collective asses off at how the public is actually paying them to do this job.
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Re:
I'll assume this is in response to:
"...White English-Speaking cut-throats and con-men, known as the Five Eyes..."
First, I am a white male, and second, yes, I've met more white jerks than all other races combined.
We don't have the full deed to the Asshole Ranch yet, but we certainly do have a huge chunk of its real estate and are buying up more of it every year.
But to the point: Obama is a rented Ringer, an employee.
His employers are all White English Speaking Billionaires, who run both political parties as a very successful business model.
His color made him perfect for the Not A Bush POTUS selection scam needed to get "their man" back in place to finish off all the fascist legal shenanigans that Bush2 had been hired to do, after Bush2 made it impossible to elect a Republican, even through a fixed vote, as nobody would have believed the results.
An unknown Democrat-Hat-Wearing confidence man, who was definitely not a Bush, was needed for the job and Obama was the perfect candidate to carry the Fascist Torch back into office, for that necessary final burning of the constitution.
Who on earth would have even suspected it possible that the infamously bigoted, black and woman denigrating Republicans would place a black man in the oval office?? The only thing less likely would have been them placing a black woman in the oval office.
Especially since the hired Republican Pundits have all been doing their level best to make Obama look bad since the day he took office, exactly as everyone expected them to do.
Nobody then and apparently, still nobody now.
This is what is known in the business as a perfect scam.
Of course, a fully dumbed-down and gullible population that believes God his-very-self chooses their POTUS, certainly helps in any confidence game.
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The teachings of religion - any religion - is anti-education
Shit. Dogs are treated better than that.
And dogs are not citizens at all.
Remove religion from society and you will have gone far towards actual human progress and evolution for the first time in centuries.
Retain it and continue to act like 9th century barbarians, until we finally rid the world of our miserable selves.
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Re: "choosing between Clinton and Bush is like choosing between death by liquid gold or molten magma"
Absolutely.
The idea of electing a president that was actually for and by the people, would be a deathblow to those who make their incomes by exploiting the people by bending the laws and buying their "right" to steal, lie and cheat.
Any candidate that you might have respect for would necessarily be one that would have no desire to assist the criminal elements of US society, or promote their criminal activities.
Therefore, since the corporations pay for the election, they insist on getting their money's worth.
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Re: Re:
What would you suggest we do?
Don't be brief.
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Re: Re: Re: Crazy
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Re: Re:
Having no record is as good as having a clean record, when you're running against the Usual Wack-Jobs.
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Re: How Does Net Neutrality Relate to the Politicians' Own Politiical Objectives.
Methinks the next POTUS will be someone we have yet to meet.
Hillary and the rest of the apparent wacky wanna-bees are just the window-dressing needed to give the US citizens something they DO NOT want to vote for, so that the New Corporate POTUS - who will say all the right things and have an impeccable background "story" - can be (s)elected as the "only sane choice" - just like O'bummer was, and the phony overwhelming "vote total" in favor can be laid at the feet of the US Public and the pundits can all say, the "people's choice", every thirteen minutes for 6 months.
I'm pretty sure the idea of Hillary being POTUS will scare the beezeejums outta most folks so bad that they will actually mostly vote for any smooth talking con-man that the CEOs in charge of Selections might offer up.
As long as there is an "obvious" reason for the popular vote to theoretically be cast for the new-comer, its a shoe-in to convince the public that they really did indeed vote for the pre-selected corporate crown prince.
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...
After all, the public never catches on to these gimmicks anyway. They're all too busy trying to make ends meet in a world specifically designed to insure that the ends seldom meet for the majority of US society.
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My dear old Meme.
Most of the people spewing false information and scare stories about Title 2, "Do Know How Net Neutrality Works.
Absolutely.
If they did not know how Net Neutrality Works, they would be unable to lie about it as effectively as they have been to date, and they would be unable to cash in on the Anti-Net-Neutrality campaigns financed by the Telecom Giants.
Mind you there are likely a few of them - like Jeb "The Dolt" Bush - who are too simply stupid to fully comprehend the nuances of Net Neutrality - or life in general for that matter - who are just repeating the script handed them by the Telecos.
But even for them it would be obvious that if they're being paid to lie about it, then the statements they're being paid to repeat, must be the opposite of the truth.
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