Initially, "war" was population control - let the leaders cull out their overpopulation of aggressive young males.
Forget the "war on ...." nonsense, it's not "war", it's hyperbole to make the policy sound "fierce".
As to uniforms, "Death to America!" does a pretty good job of identifying "combatants".
This "muslim war" on the US will stop when... Ayatollahs and imams stop preaching it. As I said, when the enemy polices itself.
An alternative solution would be to elect a Pope Militant, have him declare a Crusade, and set aside a few hundred square miles of desert for both sides to fight over. At least it would drastically lower the number of religious fanatics.
Now, if actual Awards were the actual damages, then, say... doubled for punitive reasons, they'd stop pulling these stunts.
Seriously, if you collect a million dollars "illegally" and the punishment is a $100,000 fine, it's not a fine, it's a cost of doing an incredibly profitable business.
...carriers sold data over the years for say two billion.
Class action suit finds them guilty, fines them ten million.
Lawyers for the suit take just under seven million for themselves.
The remaining three million is distributed to the hundred and fifty million people who were customers when the events occurred.
Had one like this with a bank. Got a check for something like sixty-five cents with an eight page cover letter explaining that it was a settlement from a class action against the bank and was "my share" of a multi-million dollar settlement.
Amazing. At least the last two generations of Americans have zero concept of "enemy".
Or of war.
The idea is to kill enemies with the minimum possible risk to your own people.
Pretty much all casualties are "collateral damage", because they're no real threat to the US Government. We should be killing their leaders, from the top down.
A war is won when you get the former enemy to police themselves to prevent whatever caused the war to begin with from happening again.
Unfortunately, with the way wars are conducted now, that means killing enemy troops until their leadership (who should have been the targets all along) realizes those troops can't protect them.
No, referring to people I know that I doubt would have any interest to ICE/BP, especially when compared to activists, lawyers, and journalists.
My plumber is licensed, has to be or I would be liable for his screwups on rental properties. Pedro used to be part of the weekly poker game until he realized he was VERY welcome - because he's a terrible poker player. My neighbor Susan always comes to mind whenever the word "avoid" comes up.
FWIW, McCain was a complete loon, Palin is just a narcissist who loves camera time.
We haven't had a good Presidential candidate from either side of the aisle for decades. Hell, I can't recall any that I'd vote for, I just vote against the one I think is the more inept crook.
Eh, the clean and whatnot... not a big deal. An alcohol wipe, a sealed needle. We're not talking operating room conditions here.
The time "waste" is the procedure hospitals currently use. They'll tie up a cop for half a shift getting signatures, waivers, sealing evidence bags, etc. Cops HATE that.
More importantly, I don't trust a cop to not fake a positive result. I trust the hospital simply because if they get faking ONE test, they lose all their funding. Unlikely they'll fake one.
And the lab tech who draws the blood there doesn't work in the lab where the testing is done.
Stop. Please. That old chestnut has been bandied about as the "secret plan" of almost every President since at least Nixon.
Well, not Mr Peanut. Nobody thought anyone unable to find the bathroom had the brains to do so.
Clinton was the only one who actually DID anything to make people think it was his "secret plan" - when he put tank pillars on Penn Ave and pretty much forted up the White House to protect him from the Vast Right Wing Militia.
There's a huge legal problem with having cops draw blood at a "mobile unit".
When you insist on a blood test, when the hospital draws your blood for testing, they take a second sample which they hold, and, on request, a third sample given to the "accused".
There's no check on a cop doping a blood sample in this "new" method.
My plumbing contractor IS named Joe, my landscaper IS named Pedro, and Susan is a home aide who is also quite possibly THE most boring person on earth.
I'll let all three of them know they need to change their given names.
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A person with actual integrity would refuse and resign.
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Initially, "war" was population control - let the leaders cull out their overpopulation of aggressive young males.
Forget the "war on ...." nonsense, it's not "war", it's hyperbole to make the policy sound "fierce".
As to uniforms, "Death to America!" does a pretty good job of identifying "combatants".
This "muslim war" on the US will stop when... Ayatollahs and imams stop preaching it. As I said, when the enemy polices itself.
An alternative solution would be to elect a Pope Militant, have him declare a Crusade, and set aside a few hundred square miles of desert for both sides to fight over. At least it would drastically lower the number of religious fanatics.
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Common misconception. The Enlistment Oath is to Defend the Constitution, not "uphold".
Prior service on SCOTUS isn't a requirement for enlistment in the Armed Services. Enlistees don't get to "interpret" the Constitution.
They can "exposing someone or some people in the Government to potential butthurt" all they want - so long as they remain within the law.
Disclosure of Classified Materials is Treason.
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Not going to happen.
Now, if actual Awards were the actual damages, then, say... doubled for punitive reasons, they'd stop pulling these stunts.
Seriously, if you collect a million dollars "illegally" and the punishment is a $100,000 fine, it's not a fine, it's a cost of doing an incredibly profitable business.
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Pointless...
...carriers sold data over the years for say two billion.
Class action suit finds them guilty, fines them ten million.
Lawyers for the suit take just under seven million for themselves.
The remaining three million is distributed to the hundred and fifty million people who were customers when the events occurred.
Had one like this with a bank. Got a check for something like sixty-five cents with an eight page cover letter explaining that it was a settlement from a class action against the bank and was "my share" of a multi-million dollar settlement.
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The raid was in 2014. Who was President in 2014?
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Amazing. At least the last two generations of Americans have zero concept of "enemy".
Or of war.
The idea is to kill enemies with the minimum possible risk to your own people.
Pretty much all casualties are "collateral damage", because they're no real threat to the US Government. We should be killing their leaders, from the top down.
A war is won when you get the former enemy to police themselves to prevent whatever caused the war to begin with from happening again.
Unfortunately, with the way wars are conducted now, that means killing enemy troops until their leadership (who should have been the targets all along) realizes those troops can't protect them.
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They took an oath. They broke it. If your word isn't good, neither are you.
Protesting through channels to be reassigned or discharged would show courage and morality.
KNOWINGLY breaking Treason laws isn't either.
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No, referring to people I know that I doubt would have any interest to ICE/BP, especially when compared to activists, lawyers, and journalists.
My plumber is licensed, has to be or I would be liable for his screwups on rental properties. Pedro used to be part of the weekly poker game until he realized he was VERY welcome - because he's a terrible poker player. My neighbor Susan always comes to mind whenever the word "avoid" comes up.
FWIW, McCain was a complete loon, Palin is just a narcissist who loves camera time.
We haven't had a good Presidential candidate from either side of the aisle for decades. Hell, I can't recall any that I'd vote for, I just vote against the one I think is the more inept crook.
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Oh, no. They keep ALL complaints.
So they're readily available on Discovery when the people complained about sue or counter-sue the complainant.
If you really didn't know that, it's something to keep in mind before you file a complaint with the police.
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That junkie has a better chance of hitting a vein than your average street cop.
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"Not buying them or importing them in the first place? Is there even a word for that?"
"Boycott"
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Not newfangled. Actual unrevised history.
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Eh, the clean and whatnot... not a big deal. An alcohol wipe, a sealed needle. We're not talking operating room conditions here.
The time "waste" is the procedure hospitals currently use. They'll tie up a cop for half a shift getting signatures, waivers, sealing evidence bags, etc. Cops HATE that.
More importantly, I don't trust a cop to not fake a positive result. I trust the hospital simply because if they get faking ONE test, they lose all their funding. Unlikely they'll fake one.
And the lab tech who draws the blood there doesn't work in the lab where the testing is done.
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"How did America survive for 200 years without a fascist dictatorship?"
We didn't. FDR was the worst of the lot.
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Stop. Please. That old chestnut has been bandied about as the "secret plan" of almost every President since at least Nixon.
Well, not Mr Peanut. Nobody thought anyone unable to find the bathroom had the brains to do so.
Clinton was the only one who actually DID anything to make people think it was his "secret plan" - when he put tank pillars on Penn Ave and pretty much forted up the White House to protect him from the Vast Right Wing Militia.
It was even floated for The Sainted Obama.
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There's a huge legal problem with having cops draw blood at a "mobile unit".
When you insist on a blood test, when the hospital draws your blood for testing, they take a second sample which they hold, and, on request, a third sample given to the "accused".
There's no check on a cop doping a blood sample in this "new" method.
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Phlebotomy is a 60 hour course in NY, most of it mind-numbingly boring.
Since the cops would only be using a single type tube, they could probably cut 20 hours off the class.
I'd still insist on "wasting" four hours of the cop's time and insisting on a trip to a hospital for a blood draw.
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Huh. I guess racial profiling actually works.
My plumbing contractor IS named Joe, my landscaper IS named Pedro, and Susan is a home aide who is also quite possibly THE most boring person on earth.
I'll let all three of them know they need to change their given names.
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What, that journalists, activists, and lawyers are going to be of more interest than plumbers, gardeners, and home care workers?
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