That Anonymous Coward (profile), 27 Sep 2021 @ 8:14am
If only people stopped looking at how wikileaks got the stuff it leaked and instead asked the really important questions of why are we being lied to about murders & killings of innocents in our names around the globe.
You'd think after people flat out admitted our information coming out of Afghanistan was being prettied up to keep everyone happy while ignoring how bad it actually was & the immediate attempt to pretend that never happened perhaps it really is time that someone with an IQ actually start asking serious questions about how these little mistakes keep happening.
How we can cover up the gleeful murder of innocents while demonizing the leaker for telling us the truth?
We really really need to stop pretending we're perfect & never do anything wrong.
They made plans (MULTIPLE) to execute a journalist who made them look bad by exposing the truth.
Is this the nation we want?
To be lied to, coddled, told we're always the good guys even as the chaingun cuts a childs body in 2?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Sep 2021 @ 8:05pm
Re: Re:
Well they keep talking about the poisoned/razorblade filled Halloween treats & the exploding tennis balls terrorists are leaving in parks to murder peoples dogs...
They're cops, they just have to say they were scared & the courts say okay dokey.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Sep 2021 @ 4:01pm
Y'all are thinking to small....
Some department is going to invent a narrative about how some bad guys have taken this idea and turned into a weapon so that cops can still get cover for shooting innocent people.
Remember the single shot pager?
Remember the single shot cellphone?
Remember the disguised tasers?
There is nothing that can't be turned into a basis for cops being fearful & needing to murder someone.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Sep 2021 @ 3:56pm
We took the same training we give our officers with all of the anecdotes and flat out racist teachings and put it in a computer... why is it as flawed?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 24 Sep 2021 @ 3:55pm
"“Hackers-for-hire and those who otherwise support such activities in violation of U.S. law should fully expect to be prosecuted for their criminal conduct.”"
"entered into a deferred prosecution agreement"
Mr. Swartz, Mr. Brown, and a whole long list of people who never targeted other citizens for a foriegn government would like to ask some questions about how one gets a DPA.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Sep 2021 @ 4:35pm
Re: southwest may not have standing -- but I might
I think you've missed the forest for the trees.
They aren't booking these trips & then stiffing the airline.
They purchase a flight from A to B to C, then get off the plane at B.
Because of how the airline prices things a direct flight from A to C is $$$ but doing A to B to C is only $$.
They do not then sue to demand back the C portion of the fare, they just got to where they wanted to go & saved a few bucks by paying for a longer trip they don't complete.
(perhaps airline pricing is stupid?)
The passengers aren't fake, they are real people who know this 1 simple trick that somehow makes it cheaper to book a longer flight that happens to go to where they want to on the way.
Southwest is worse off because they aren't able to price gouge every passenger on their flights.
Perhaps they should price things accurately and stop playing games?
That plane is going to go to A to B to C no matter how many people get off the plane at B, and people who only paid for tickets from A to B are getting charged more than people who cost the airline more than the people continuing onto C...
I fear you did not understand what this was & FSM help you if you did understand and still went corporate shill, because the hill you picked isn't even a molehill.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Sep 2021 @ 4:11pm
Re:
"Had they caught the evil evil hackers, how many future victims would have been saved?"
If Momma Cass had just split that ham sammich with Karen Carpenter they both would still be alive.
"While you are second guessing the FBI here, be sure to remember that the FBI had to make their decision, "which choice leads to the greater good", without knowing how it would all play out."
They are putting men with IQs under 70 on trial for providing aid to terrorists after their CI loans them the money to buy the apple gift card to send to the imaginary terrorists while some motherfucker shot up a synagogue after planning it in the open for months.
Which choice leads to the greater good & which just gets them good headlines so they can keep their budget?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Sep 2021 @ 1:35pm
A nation of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations.
Had they overthrown the government ATT wouldn't have cared, as long as they got to keep their monopolies & handouts.
We can't ditch ATT in protest, they have captive markets.
Politicians who can secure funding get prime job assignments, even if they are borderline mentally challenged & disconnected from reality, and magically they find a way to benefit the biggest donors.
All of this is ignored because stopping the destruction of the nation takes a backseat to making sure abortion is illegal, those brown people get thrown out of the country, and we put god back into the nation despite it having been left out on purpose.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 23 Sep 2021 @ 1:30pm
Something something gave up all sorts of rights to be safe and now are shocked just shocked that we no longer have the rights we thought & there is no way to reverse the course.
On the post: CIA Director Mike Pompeo Touted Kidnapping, Killing Of Julian Assange In Response To Publication Of CIA Leaks
If only people stopped looking at how wikileaks got the stuff it leaked and instead asked the really important questions of why are we being lied to about murders & killings of innocents in our names around the globe.
You'd think after people flat out admitted our information coming out of Afghanistan was being prettied up to keep everyone happy while ignoring how bad it actually was & the immediate attempt to pretend that never happened perhaps it really is time that someone with an IQ actually start asking serious questions about how these little mistakes keep happening.
How we can cover up the gleeful murder of innocents while demonizing the leaker for telling us the truth?
We really really need to stop pretending we're perfect & never do anything wrong.
They made plans (MULTIPLE) to execute a journalist who made them look bad by exposing the truth.
Is this the nation we want?
To be lied to, coddled, told we're always the good guys even as the chaingun cuts a childs body in 2?
On the post: FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
Re: Re:
One could hope that the big mushroom cloud might convince the others to straighten up or leave politics.
On the post: Sony Pictures, Defenders Of The Creative Industry, Appears To Be Using Fan Art Without Giving Credit
Re:
My brain... serving up some of the deepest cuts...
As Mike once noted, I seem to remember everything that ever happened on Techdirt.
Old Insightful Post Comment
On the post: Sony Pictures, Defenders Of The Creative Industry, Appears To Be Using Fan Art Without Giving Credit
Did they hire Gene Simmons kid to make the poster?
On the post: Italy Vows To Bring Entire Government To Bear To Oppose Croatian 'Prosek' Trademark
In the defense of "The Prosecco People", the nation they represent seem to care more about protecting the booze than peoples lives.
On the post: Minnesota Dept. Of Public Safety Now Handing Out License/Insurance Carriers In Hopes Of Keeping Cops From Killing More Drivers
Re: Re:
Well they keep talking about the poisoned/razorblade filled Halloween treats & the exploding tennis balls terrorists are leaving in parks to murder peoples dogs...
They're cops, they just have to say they were scared & the courts say okay dokey.
On the post: Texas' Unconstitutional Social Media Censorship Bill Challenged In Court, Just As Texas Joins The Legal Fight For Florida's Unconstitutional Social Media Bill
These are bold moves from states where the leadership has decided to decrease their tax base by killing off their citizens.
On the post: Minnesota Dept. Of Public Safety Now Handing Out License/Insurance Carriers In Hopes Of Keeping Cops From Killing More Drivers
Y'all are thinking to small....
Some department is going to invent a narrative about how some bad guys have taken this idea and turned into a weapon so that cops can still get cover for shooting innocent people.
Remember the single shot pager?
Remember the single shot cellphone?
Remember the disguised tasers?
There is nothing that can't be turned into a basis for cops being fearful & needing to murder someone.
On the post: New Report On Predictive Policing Shows How New Tech Is Giving Us Little More Than The Same Old Racism
We took the same training we give our officers with all of the anecdotes and flat out racist teachings and put it in a computer... why is it as flawed?
On the post: Three Former US Intelligence Analysts Fined $1.6 Million For Helping The UAE Government Spy On Dissidents And Activists
"“Hackers-for-hire and those who otherwise support such activities in violation of U.S. law should fully expect to be prosecuted for their criminal conduct.”"
"entered into a deferred prosecution agreement"
Mr. Swartz, Mr. Brown, and a whole long list of people who never targeted other citizens for a foriegn government would like to ask some questions about how one gets a DPA.
On the post: Sony Pictures, Defenders Of The Creative Industry, Appears To Be Using Fan Art Without Giving Credit
Its only bad when THEY do it, not when we do it.
On the post: Southwest's Bizarrely Antagonistic Lawsuit To Stop Consumers From Finding Better Deals
Re: Terms of Service
Pumpkin.... do you think the CFAA is a good law too?
On the post: FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
Re: Re:
You... you make TACs brain hurt.
Show of hands who else managed to decode the first word in their head?
Zkb wkh khoo grhv pb eudlq frqwdlq doo ri wkhvh wklqjv?
On the post: Southwest's Bizarrely Antagonistic Lawsuit To Stop Consumers From Finding Better Deals
Re: southwest may not have standing -- but I might
I think you've missed the forest for the trees.
They aren't booking these trips & then stiffing the airline.
They purchase a flight from A to B to C, then get off the plane at B.
Because of how the airline prices things a direct flight from A to C is $$$ but doing A to B to C is only $$.
They do not then sue to demand back the C portion of the fare, they just got to where they wanted to go & saved a few bucks by paying for a longer trip they don't complete.
(perhaps airline pricing is stupid?)
The passengers aren't fake, they are real people who know this 1 simple trick that somehow makes it cheaper to book a longer flight that happens to go to where they want to on the way.
Southwest is worse off because they aren't able to price gouge every passenger on their flights.
Perhaps they should price things accurately and stop playing games?
That plane is going to go to A to B to C no matter how many people get off the plane at B, and people who only paid for tickets from A to B are getting charged more than people who cost the airline more than the people continuing onto C...
I fear you did not understand what this was & FSM help you if you did understand and still went corporate shill, because the hill you picked isn't even a molehill.
On the post: Southwest's Bizarrely Antagonistic Lawsuit To Stop Consumers From Finding Better Deals
confused look
"This can create some pretty massive details"
not sure if is typo or my brain is failing to parse, both are valid answers.
On the post: FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
Re:
"Had they caught the evil evil hackers, how many future victims would have been saved?"
If Momma Cass had just split that ham sammich with Karen Carpenter they both would still be alive.
"While you are second guessing the FBI here, be sure to remember that the FBI had to make their decision, "which choice leads to the greater good", without knowing how it would all play out."
They are putting men with IQs under 70 on trial for providing aid to terrorists after their CI loans them the money to buy the apple gift card to send to the imaginary terrorists while some motherfucker shot up a synagogue after planning it in the open for months.
Which choice leads to the greater good & which just gets them good headlines so they can keep their budget?
On the post: FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
Re: Re:
We knew they were attending flight training school & had contact with jihadis but we kept watching them rather than act.
9/11 & oh yeah and those Saudi pilots who came for training at US bases.
On the post: AT&T Quickly Ditches Pledge Not To Fund Congressional Insurrectionists
A nation of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations.
Had they overthrown the government ATT wouldn't have cared, as long as they got to keep their monopolies & handouts.
We can't ditch ATT in protest, they have captive markets.
Politicians who can secure funding get prime job assignments, even if they are borderline mentally challenged & disconnected from reality, and magically they find a way to benefit the biggest donors.
All of this is ignored because stopping the destruction of the nation takes a backseat to making sure abortion is illegal, those brown people get thrown out of the country, and we put god back into the nation despite it having been left out on purpose.
On the post: Appeals Court Says State Secrets Privilege Means NSA Can Avoid Wikimedia Foundation's Unlawful Surveillance Allegations
Something something gave up all sorts of rights to be safe and now are shocked just shocked that we no longer have the rights we thought & there is no way to reverse the course.
On the post: FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars
The headline for destroying the evil evil hackers would have been better than saving some victims.
We had the antidote to the poison, but we wanted to use it in a more headline grabbing way. This dead people aren;t our fault.
Can we just nuke DC and start over now?
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