So, what the government's aim in fighting the FOIA request was to delay as long as possible the release of the information. They achieved that objective. The is no deterrent here for the government not to do the same action again as no government employee will be negatively affected by the tax payers picking up the tab all the way around.
The only way to discourage this going forward are consequences for the person or persons that decided this was a good choice.
No "almost" about it. I do not wonder either. I'm pretty sure it's the case. What I'm not sure of is if it is intentional, or just run of the mill stupidity.
"Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity".
Course, China wouldn't appreciate us nuking their neighbor, but they would get over it.
Just like America would get over it if Mexico nuked Ottawa and fallout poisoned Albany.
Yeah, dude, I don't think so.
China has two dogs in this fight.
They don't want the NKPR rejoining the south. They want a buffer between South Korea and themselves.
They don't want a refugee problem from the unrest should they attempt to oust KJU. They do not like Kim, never have, not any of them. But they wouldn't like the results they'd have if they took over NKPR, and they aren't too sure the US would not object if they tried that. (Although, with President Trump, I'm sure he'd miss the implications of that and wouldn't care.)
In any case, it's not a certainty they have miniaturized their warheads to the point of being able to fly them on a missile. I would fear a nuke by UPS or FedEx more at this point.
"People still use AOL", I'll ask "People still have cable TV?"
I think the last show I watched on cable TV was a Discovery show - I mis-remember which now. I haven't watched television since 2005 or so, when I got fed up with 99.9999% of the providers and Hollywood. These days, I read, study, or (rarely) watch hobby DVDs that are mostly self published or You Tube videos of the same.
I'm in a club with others that purchases series DVDs of old programs and binge watch those, then pass them on.
Seriously - a 40 minute episode with 20 minutes of ads? "Nobody got time for that!"
but make sure it also applies to the manufacture and sale of firearms.
I'm surprised the howls of outraged gun supporters hasn't drowned out the conversation. In other fora they are quick to point out how much I wouldn't like it if they started regulating my 1st amendment rights. Next time I see that, I'll post "Well, when an offset press is used in the next mass shooing incident, we can look at that."
If I have to show ID to drive, cash a check and vote, I see no good reason I don't have to show ID to purchase the 250 rounds of ammo I use every month for target practice.
I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think this might not be just one or two "bad apples."
I work with LEO quite a lot in my job. In my previous job I worked with LE issues at least twice a day.
My opinion is that 75% of LEO are willing to cheat to obtain "evidence".
Are they evil? They don't consider themselves so. I believe that it is evil to plant evidence, to lie, and to cheat. Motive to me does not matter.
Here's the thing: Justice is important to me, and is second only to mercy and understanding. Justice untempered by mercy is not justice, it's simply revenge.
Yes, there are situations were mercy and understanding should be withheld. But the point of the rule of law is not to blindly apply the law, but to make a livable society. So there are times where we are better off setting aside the letter, and going with the spirit of the law.
People fuck up. It's important to understand if that mistake is excusable, or if it should be punished.
Lies by LEO should never be excused or covered up.
Re: My, the response is a great exhibition of why I'm right! You'll just user your power to stifle any opinion to contrary!
a power to remove or block comments is not a right to do so
You seem to be confused. TechDirt isn't the government. The 1st amendment protects the people against government action.
What TechDirt is is private property. They have as much right to show you the exit as I would if you came into my living room and left a "deposit".
The solution to your comments being removed is to stop making comments that do not have a defensible point to make in an insulting way. Once you do that, even if folks disagree with your point of view, you'll stop having your comments removed.
It really is a very simple thing to understand. Even my 5 year old great niece seems to grasp the concept.
It should be used as directed - which is determining whether to bother to send those leaves you found in the garbage to a REAL crime lab for accurate testing.
Or you could flip a coin, which will be wrong 50% the time instead of these tests being wrong 70% of the time.
A food and history poster to YouTube posted about a dish called "Orange Fool" from George Washington's time. Many thought it was a critique of President Trump. It wasn't. Yet that didn't keep the "rip and tear" fanatics from disapproving or approving.
Yet it had nothing to do with politics today. Indeed, it was a desert dish. Nothing more, nothing less. It almost forced the poster to stop posting at all, he was so heart broken over those that had harsh words to say. He may yet still stop posting. That would be a shame.
I think the cause of politics has become not "What's best for all of us" to "How can I grind your face in the dirt".
That is not helpful.
Life is the art of finding what works for all of us. It's not about "winning" or "losing" - it's about how we live together and work together.
I don't consider it a "win" for me if you are not included. It's not a "win" for you if I'm left without a reasonable voice.
Realize that Colbert or Alex Jones are not news reporters. They are entertainers. Don't take my word for it, explore the metadata. They'll tell you they don't report the news.
The most dangerous thing is to stop thinking. The worst outcomes are from not listening.
Stop. Think. Listen. Think more.
Thinking is hard work. It's easy to let someone else set the tone and outcomes. But they don't have your interests to heart. They only want ratings to sell ads.
Odd this keeps happening with the people that are supposed to enforce the law. I know that when my employer tells me a policy and I violate it, the least I can expect is time off without pay at best, and termination is more likely.
Odd that a policeman can't grasp the concept. Perhaps they are too stupid to be allowed to carry a weapon. Those things are dangerious and if they can't understand "People can record you" then I would assume they are too stupid to understand the concept of fire lines, back stops, and "What is behind what you shoot at?".
You're right, it doesn't. However, the snark in my comment was directed at the people who are pounding away trying to get it in at all. TBL did not, to me, seem in favor of this. His words strike me more as "Oh, well, do what you want. You will anyway." than a full voiced roar of approval.
In any case, even if DRM is incorporated into HTML standards, it doesn't mean I will use it. If the content I wish to consume isn't around where I can consume it as I would like, I'll do without it.
Worse in my opinion, are licensed text books. One I was needing for a refresher cost $2,000 for a 1 year license. After that, you couldn't read the book without purchasing another license.
1. Because the officer expected it to alert. Either consciously or not, the officer may have acted in a way that the dog knew it would get a treat if it alerted.
2. I read a story some years back that a lab tested around 10,000 $100 dollar bills and more than 85% tested positive for micro levels of cocaine.
Having been employed in a job in the past that required I carry cash in order to open for business, I can tell you that I had no end of trouble with LE over it. Despite a letter on government letter head explaining that the cash was required by law, and a contact to reach out to confirm that yes, this was legal, it was frequently seized. I always got it back, sometimes later that day, sometimes later that week. In the mean time, the officers involved got a new one chewed for them when the state called up wanting to know why they didn't bother to verify the facts.
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Gaming the system
The only way to discourage this going forward are consequences for the person or persons that decided this was a good choice.
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Re: Fools or tools
you almost have to wonder
No "almost" about it. I do not wonder either. I'm pretty sure it's the case. What I'm not sure of is if it is intentional, or just run of the mill stupidity.
"Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity".
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Re:
Course, China wouldn't appreciate us nuking their neighbor, but they would get over it.
Just like America would get over it if Mexico nuked Ottawa and fallout poisoned Albany.
Yeah, dude, I don't think so.
China has two dogs in this fight.
They don't want the NKPR rejoining the south. They want a buffer between South Korea and themselves.
In any case, it's not a certainty they have miniaturized their warheads to the point of being able to fly them on a missile. I would fear a nuke by UPS or FedEx more at this point.
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Like someone else noted earlier....
I think the last show I watched on cable TV was a Discovery show - I mis-remember which now. I haven't watched television since 2005 or so, when I got fed up with 99.9999% of the providers and Hollywood. These days, I read, study, or (rarely) watch hobby DVDs that are mostly self published or You Tube videos of the same.
I'm in a club with others that purchases series DVDs of old programs and binge watch those, then pass them on.
Seriously - a 40 minute episode with 20 minutes of ads? "Nobody got time for that!"
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Re: Not quite...
Partly. It was illegally operating a mail SERVER
For the purposes of FOIA, there's no difference from using AOL than in running a private mail server.
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Re: Fulsome support
but make sure it also applies to the manufacture and sale of firearms.
I'm surprised the howls of outraged gun supporters hasn't drowned out the conversation. In other fora they are quick to point out how much I wouldn't like it if they started regulating my 1st amendment rights. Next time I see that, I'll post "Well, when an offset press is used in the next mass shooing incident, we can look at that."
If I have to show ID to drive, cash a check and vote, I see no good reason I don't have to show ID to purchase the 250 rounds of ammo I use every month for target practice.
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Observations
I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think this might not be just one or two "bad apples."
I work with LEO quite a lot in my job. In my previous job I worked with LE issues at least twice a day.
My opinion is that 75% of LEO are willing to cheat to obtain "evidence".
Are they evil? They don't consider themselves so. I believe that it is evil to plant evidence, to lie, and to cheat. Motive to me does not matter.
Here's the thing: Justice is important to me, and is second only to mercy and understanding. Justice untempered by mercy is not justice, it's simply revenge.
Yes, there are situations were mercy and understanding should be withheld. But the point of the rule of law is not to blindly apply the law, but to make a livable society. So there are times where we are better off setting aside the letter, and going with the spirit of the law.
People fuck up. It's important to understand if that mistake is excusable, or if it should be punished.
Lies by LEO should never be excused or covered up.
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Re: Re:
Just speak in phrases from the Constitution.
Or the Declaration of Independence; the right wing folks will object to it as "propaganda" as they did when NPR tweeted it out.
Makes me very disheartened in some of my fellow "Americans".
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Re:
So if I have it on "good faith" that my target is a murderer I have every right to shoot him in the head prior to anything actually happening?
Damn it! Quit posting what I was gonna say! :)
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Re: My, the response is a great exhibition of why I'm right! You'll just user your power to stifle any opinion to contrary!
a power to remove or block comments is not a right to do so
You seem to be confused. TechDirt isn't the government. The 1st amendment protects the people against government action.
What TechDirt is is private property. They have as much right to show you the exit as I would if you came into my living room and left a "deposit".
The solution to your comments being removed is to stop making comments that do not have a defensible point to make in an insulting way. Once you do that, even if folks disagree with your point of view, you'll stop having your comments removed.
It really is a very simple thing to understand. Even my 5 year old great niece seems to grasp the concept.
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Lets turn this around
Randall said the violation shouldn't matter because it was brief: just a 12-hour ban.
So, If I told Randall "Just the tip, and only for a minute", would it still be rape if she says no? I mean, it's just for a minute...
Violations, even if only for a short time, are violations.
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Re: Re: Re:
It should be used as directed - which is determining whether to bother to send those leaves you found in the garbage to a REAL crime lab for accurate testing.
Or you could flip a coin, which will be wrong 50% the time instead of these tests being wrong 70% of the time.
Plus you can reuse the coin.
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Re:
queue Judy Garland singing "Somewhere, over the rainbow..."
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It's about the meme
A food and history poster to YouTube posted about a dish called "Orange Fool" from George Washington's time. Many thought it was a critique of President Trump. It wasn't. Yet that didn't keep the "rip and tear" fanatics from disapproving or approving.
Yet it had nothing to do with politics today. Indeed, it was a desert dish. Nothing more, nothing less. It almost forced the poster to stop posting at all, he was so heart broken over those that had harsh words to say. He may yet still stop posting. That would be a shame.
I think the cause of politics has become not "What's best for all of us" to "How can I grind your face in the dirt".
That is not helpful.
Life is the art of finding what works for all of us. It's not about "winning" or "losing" - it's about how we live together and work together.
I don't consider it a "win" for me if you are not included. It's not a "win" for you if I'm left without a reasonable voice.
Realize that Colbert or Alex Jones are not news reporters. They are entertainers. Don't take my word for it, explore the metadata. They'll tell you they don't report the news.
The most dangerous thing is to stop thinking. The worst outcomes are from not listening.
Stop. Think. Listen. Think more.
Thinking is hard work. It's easy to let someone else set the tone and outcomes. But they don't have your interests to heart. They only want ratings to sell ads.
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Only in Law Enforcement
Odd that a policeman can't grasp the concept. Perhaps they are too stupid to be allowed to carry a weapon. Those things are dangerious and if they can't understand "People can record you" then I would assume they are too stupid to understand the concept of fire lines, back stops, and "What is behind what you shoot at?".
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Re: Re:
In any case, even if DRM is incorporated into HTML standards, it doesn't mean I will use it. If the content I wish to consume isn't around where I can consume it as I would like, I'll do without it.
Worse in my opinion, are licensed text books. One I was needing for a refresher cost $2,000 for a 1 year license. After that, you couldn't read the book without purchasing another license.
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What part of "if they want to control what you can access, they benefit more than you" still isn't clear?
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it! - U Sinclair
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Re: Re: Just Curiosity
Yes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/08/04/federal-appeals-court-drug-dog- thats-barely-more-accurate-than-a-coin-flip-is-good-enough/
http://national.suntimes.com/national-wor ld-news/7/72/2572167/drug-sniffing-police-dogs-inaccurate-reflect-racial-bias/
http://reason.com/blog /2013/02/27/how-even-a-well-trained-narcotics-detect
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Of course the dog alerted
1. Because the officer expected it to alert. Either consciously or not, the officer may have acted in a way that the dog knew it would get a treat if it alerted.
2. I read a story some years back that a lab tested around 10,000 $100 dollar bills and more than 85% tested positive for micro levels of cocaine.
Having been employed in a job in the past that required I carry cash in order to open for business, I can tell you that I had no end of trouble with LE over it. Despite a letter on government letter head explaining that the cash was required by law, and a contact to reach out to confirm that yes, this was legal, it was frequently seized. I always got it back, sometimes later that day, sometimes later that week. In the mean time, the officers involved got a new one chewed for them when the state called up wanting to know why they didn't bother to verify the facts.
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The only way
I no longer watch any major media, haven't for more than 10 years. I find I have a lot more time for my family, hobbies, and leaning new things.
Hollywood and television are a huge, uneeded time sink. So I got rid of them.
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