But hey, here's a thought: maybe shut the fuck up for a minute and let people acknowledge the historic nature of this appointment. We can get back to disagreeing with the details of her policy background tomorrow.
Yes? Some places do have local or municipal broadband.
Remember when the movie industry fought so hard against VCRs? After they lost the Betamax case, Video sales went through the roof and in some cases exceeded profits the movies made in theaters.
Movies aren't a necessity. The big telecom companies don't have an incentive to improve because people are going to have to buy service from one of them no matter how much they suck.
Murdoch was allegedly responsible for scuttling the Sinclair merger -- Sinclair is his biggest competitor in the American conservative news market, and he didn't want to see it getting any stronger, so he talked Trump into opposing it rather than rubber-stamping it like every other corporate merger during his term.
There's some pretty deep cynicism in Murdoch sinking the merger himself and then blaming it on liberals.
In a dispute between millionaires and billionaires, I'm gonna side with the ones who do the actual work. Just because they're millionaires doesn't mean the bosses aren't taking advantage of them.
As problematic as the bill might be now you can be absolutely certain that once it becomes legally acceptable to give extra protections to one category others will be added.
Yeah, but the courts won't have a vested interest in declaring those constitutional.
As just one example I can think of a politician who's shown up on TD more than a few times who would likely just love it if people weren't allowed to talk about what properties he owns and where they're located, and I'm sure there are many more in similar situations.
Does losing a bunch of primaries really make someone a politician?
Yet Dorsey defended keeping former President Trump's Twitter account live, and expressed concern about suspending Trump's Twitter account in the wake of the January 6th coup attempt.
Reminder: when the Phoenix New Times reported some shady real estate dealings that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio was involved in, he had the paper's owners arrested for publishing the address of an LEO.
There are legitimate, public-interest reasons to publish personal information about public officials. An official's home address, or information about members of their family or where they've been, may be relevant to exposing corrupt, or just embarrassing, behavior.
Attorney Kate Klonick shares the story of how Hertz tried to extort her for an extra $1000 when she tried to rent a car to visit her family for Thanksgiving, and how she's come to believe this is standard procedure and they do it on purpose.
Not as bad as being sent to jail, but you know, I'm thinking I probably won't be renting any cars from Hertz in the foreseeable future.
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Re: Key phrase:
Anything short of abolishing ICE is not enough. But limiting ICE in any way we can is a move in the right direction.
On the post: Texas Says Its Unconstitutional Content Moderation Law Should Still Go Into Effect While We Wait For Appeal; Judge: 'No, That's Not How This Works'
Yeah, that's only for unconstitutional abortion bans!
On the post: Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers
Re: Re: Re: Re: Liars
...that is the exact opposite of the difference between being a legislator and being president.
On the post: Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers
Re: Translation
...yeah, considering how that "elect someone who is not a politician" idea worked out in 2016, how about shut the fuck up forever with that shit.
On the post: FCC Gets Its First Permanent Female FCC Boss Ever
Re: Isn't she known as Weak of Spine
I have some disagreements with her too.
But hey, here's a thought: maybe shut the fuck up for a minute and let people acknowledge the historic nature of this appointment. We can get back to disagreeing with the details of her policy background tomorrow.
On the post: FCC Gets Its First Permanent Female FCC Boss Ever
Re: These idiots have taken the word to a new low
Yes? Some places do have local or municipal broadband.
Movies aren't a necessity. The big telecom companies don't have an incentive to improve because people are going to have to buy service from one of them no matter how much they suck.
On the post: Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers
Re: Re: Liars
...Bernie Sanders is the Senate Budget Chair.
On the post: Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers
Re: Liars
Your point?
On the post: Public Fallout Over Take-Two Playing IP Troll Begins
Fallout? No, that's Bethesda. Take-Two is GTA.
On the post: GOP Claim That Biden FCC Nom Gigi Sohn Wants To 'Censor Conservatives' Is AT&T & Rupert Murdoch Backed Gibberish
Murdoch was allegedly responsible for scuttling the Sinclair merger -- Sinclair is his biggest competitor in the American conservative news market, and he didn't want to see it getting any stronger, so he talked Trump into opposing it rather than rubber-stamping it like every other corporate merger during his term.
There's some pretty deep cynicism in Murdoch sinking the merger himself and then blaming it on liberals.
On the post: If MLB Thought Its Website Shenanigans Would Intimidate MLB Players, That Plan Has Backfired
Re: Re: Re: What a joke
In a dispute between millionaires and billionaires, I'm gonna side with the ones who do the actual work. Just because they're millionaires doesn't mean the bosses aren't taking advantage of them.
On the post: If MLB Thought Its Website Shenanigans Would Intimidate MLB Players, That Plan Has Backfired
Re: What a joke
Your point?
You're not suggesting that, because the players are rich, that means their demands are unreasonable, are you?
On the post: Protecting Judges Is Important, But They Don't Get To Throw Out The 1st Amendment For Themselves
Re: 'Now that we've got the door open a bit...'
Yeah, but the courts won't have a vested interest in declaring those constitutional.
Does losing a bunch of primaries really make someone a politician?
On the post: Twitter Is Just The Beginning Of Jack Dorsey's Speech Revolution
You say that like it's a good thing.
On the post: Protecting Judges Is Important, But They Don't Get To Throw Out The 1st Amendment For Themselves
Reminder: when the Phoenix New Times reported some shady real estate dealings that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio was involved in, he had the paper's owners arrested for publishing the address of an LEO.
There are legitimate, public-interest reasons to publish personal information about public officials. An official's home address, or information about members of their family or where they've been, may be relevant to exposing corrupt, or just embarrassing, behavior.
On the post: Josh Hawley Thinks We Should Break Up Twitter Because He Doesn't Like The Company's Editorial Choices
Re:
It really doesn't take much effort to spout bullshit.
On the post: More Than 100 Hertz Customers Are Suing The Company For Falsely Reporting Rented Vehicles As Stolen
Attorney Kate Klonick shares the story of how Hertz tried to extort her for an extra $1000 when she tried to rent a car to visit her family for Thanksgiving, and how she's come to believe this is standard procedure and they do it on purpose.
Not as bad as being sent to jail, but you know, I'm thinking I probably won't be renting any cars from Hertz in the foreseeable future.
On the post: NordicTrack Patches Out 'God Mode' In Treadmills That Allowed Users To Watch Anything On Its Display
Re: Re: Re:
You could accurately say "this isn't surprising" at the bottom of at least 75% of Techdirt articles, including this one.
"It's not surprising" is not a defense of bad behavior.
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Re: Re: Re:
Are you pro-getting shot in the leg because it's better than getting shot in the face?
On the post: Silly, Pandering Politicians Introduce Silly, Pandering 'Cyber Grinch' Law That Would Ban Buying Bots
Re: My perspective
The government took a hands-off approach to robocalls, too, and now people just don't answer their phones anymore.
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