I just reposted it on my You Tube channel. I hope many others will do the same to protest this censorship. They can't block them all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzWxwceYjE
I have been getting my flu shot every year for nearly 40 years and have never had the flu since. I know for sure I was exposed to it at least a few times from people I had been around that had it.
When are idiots out there going to learn about the Streisand effect? Do they really believe that this will not be able to be viewed now in Canada? Can they block Techdirt in Canada? It will be reposted on hundreds of of other sites available there and they just drew much more attention to it. The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Yes, I know when you get older these formerly very common childhood diseases can be more serious. I am 60 years old and I am glad that I had the measles, mumps and chicken pox when I was a kid instead of hoping some vaccination worked back then. I am not knocking vaccinations. I am fortunate to be in the first generation to get the Salk vaccination. Before that thousands of people died or were crippled by polio every year. It seems to be major news any more when a couple dozen kids get measles somewhere. Usually just not that big of a deal.
The idiots that claim that vaccinations cause autism are using really flawed reasoning. They point to rising cases of autism but the reason for that is in the past many cases went unrecognized or were thought to be ADD or ADHD. Now I think it has swung the other way and Autism is over-diagnosed.
Like I said in my earlier comment only certain risk groups have any problem with measles. Vaccinate them but don't worry about healthy kids that get it. Like me when I got measles when I was about 10 all it meant was a week off school and a lot of Calamine lotion.
Never understood all the panic over a few cases of measles causes these days. I am 60 and when I was a kid it was just expected that sometime before your teens everyone would get measles, mumps and chicken pox. Except for the very young and elderly this was no more than an inconvenience in otherwise healthy kids. I have heard that vaccines can weaken in effectiveness over years but those that had these diseases when they were young will never get them again.
Do you think they would admit to these very damning facts if they weren't pretty sure that it would soon be leaked anyway? They have been caught in so many lies that they want to give the appearance that NOW they are going to really level with us.
The justification the US used in claiming the right to shut down Megaupload was that they had servers on US soil in Virginia. I'm sure that any other foreign company has removed any ties like that by now. Probably the reason that Uploaded.net only blocked the US for a few weeks and then came back. Just long enough to move anything they had here out. Looks like just doing any business only available in Germany is enough for them.
Looks like most (or all) other file hosts will just block German users the same way several block the US since the Megaupload fiasco. Rapidshare was dying, now it is dead.
Hey Mike, check the IP on this guy and see if it is someone connected to Prenda. After all deception and outright fraud by these shysters who else could be defending them? When a judge thinks you are such a bad lawyer that he sarcastically recommends pro se training I can't imagine who would take their side.
My hometown paper, The Wichita Eagle tried to go paywall a few months ago but you could get past it by just hitting escape as the page loaded. This only lasted a about a month and it looks like they also gave up on it.
What a dumb ass. Showing the judge who is trying your case how much everyone mocks and hates you! I hope the judge will go to where these are posted and get the full picture. As another commenter pointed out, major Streisand effect. Jacques Nazaire you are a fucking idiot. There, include that in your filing.
Here is my complete response to this steaming pile:
Dear Mr. Pompeo;
I am also a veteran having served honorably from 1971 to 74. I am appalled how far our constitutional rights have eroded since then. You are obviously spouting the talking points given out by the government even though much of it has been seriously called into question by many of your fellow lawmakers. No proof has ever been offered that this surveillance of millions of innocent Americans has ever prevented a single attack. When they put out this excuse the wording was that this spying "along with other programs" has prevented terrorism. The NSA and other agencies has been lying outright to congress about what has already been revealed, or as Mr. Clapper said about his perjured statements that he gave "the least untruthful answer". They claim that they are setting all these limits on themselves but given their past deceptions how are we to believe them? We keep hearing from many in a position to know that the leaks that have been revealed are just the tip of the iceberg. With secret courts issuing secret blanket warrants based on secret interpretations of the Patriot act how do we know how deep this spying goes? The New York Tines has just published an article stating that the NSA does a scan of every email going in or out of the US:
"The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans’ e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials."
This would include me! I have had several pen pals in other countries from You Tube and other sites. Though these messages are only discussing some singers I like and would be of no concern to the government it is still none of their damn business who I write to.
Mr. Pompeo, you need to realize that the tide is turning. The Amash amendment came VERY close to passing and some who voted against it have said that they were for the principle of it but they just had some problems with the wording. If you continue to support this violation of the Constitution I hope you have your private sector career lined up because you are going to need it.
This "terror threat" is as much bullshit as the phoney claims that this mass surveillance has been effective in stopping attacks in the past. Since that has been pretty much disproved they needed another plan to sell this crap. Al Qaeda are not so stupid as to use ordinary unencrypted communication methods. This call never happened. When the truth comes out (and it will) they will look worse than they already do.
It depends how many points the fingerprint matches. Each additional point raises the probability exponentially. If you have more that one finger or perhaps a palm print the certainly also increases. If there is other reliable evidence the odds against the person singled out by it also having good print matches meets the burden of beyond reasonable doubt. I have heard of cases being reversed because the prints were poor quality and should never been used. Hair can exclude a suspect but can never be called a "perfect match". Any defense attorney who does not challenge that is inept. No judge should ever allow that. Other evidence that is given too much weight is eyewitness, fiber and especially bite marks.
WOW! How could they pull this scam? Anyone who has watched The Forensic Files can tell you that hair alone cannot be "a perfect match". DNA can be extracted if the root is attached but other than that it can only be circumstantial evidence. Are you seriously telling me that defense attorneys couldn't call them on such bullshit?
Got no sympathy for this guy. This was not Aaron Schwartz crusading for an open internet. This was a thief plotting to steal thousands of dollars. He deserves to go to jail. Note though that he basically got a minimum sentence for a felony and not 30 or 40 years. You only get that when you step on a lot of toes and they are gunning for you. Likely he won't do the whole year if he behaves himself.
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Dear Mr. Pompeo;
I am also a veteran having served honorably from 1971 to 74. I am appalled how far our constitutional rights have eroded since then. You are obviously spouting the talking points given out by the government even though much of it has been seriously called into question by many of your fellow lawmakers. No proof has ever been offered that this surveillance of millions of innocent Americans has ever prevented a single attack. When they put out this excuse the wording was that this spying "along with other programs" has prevented terrorism. The NSA and other agencies has been lying outright to congress about what has already been revealed, or as Mr. Clapper said about his perjured statements that he gave "the least untruthful answer". They claim that they are setting all these limits on themselves but given their past deceptions how are we to believe them? We keep hearing from many in a position to know that the leaks that have been revealed are just the tip of the iceberg. With secret courts issuing secret blanket warrants based on secret interpretations of the Patriot act how do we know how deep this spying goes? The New York Tines has just published an article stating that the NSA does a scan of every email going in or out of the US:
"The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans’ e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials."
This would include me! I have had several pen pals in other countries from You Tube and other sites. Though these messages are only discussing some singers I like and would be of no concern to the government it is still none of their damn business who I write to.
Mr. Pompeo, you need to realize that the tide is turning. The Amash amendment came VERY close to passing and some who voted against it have said that they were for the principle of it but they just had some problems with the wording. If you continue to support this violation of the Constitution I hope you have your private sector career lined up because you are going to need it.
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Don't believe it!
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