Temper, temper. How about he is an illegitimate be-poxed son of a syphilitic she-goat and ten Berber pigs instead? Or one of my favorites, ‘Aggravated Rotating Shit Eater’ or ARSE for short. Be creative! Cursing is sometimes necessary and proper, but have fun with it!
None of you have sussed out the obvious about this bill yet?
It's entire raison d'être is to prevent unauthorized photos of the senators themselves!!! It will effectively outlaw Facebook and Twitter pics and selfies that include the NY Senate and its members. Especially including the embarrassing pics of them from college.
OK, Mr Wallace. Please show your dedication to this cause by posting the following things.
1) What are the exact dimensions of your penis? CAD/CAM files are acceptable.
2) How exactly did you lose your virginity? Provide all relevant details, including who with.
3) Do you and your wife indulge in pegging? If so, what size peg do you prefer?
4) Since you have an obvious problem with end-to-end encryption, (ie TSL) please post all of your unredacted financials for public perusal. For the sake of clarity, please highlight all bribes.
5) How much income, and from where, do you derive from housing you own that is not fit for human habitation? Since you voted down a requirement that housing be fit for more than rats.
6) Do you honestly want your children to grow up in the country you advocate the UK becoming? If so, why haven't you received a good psych consult?
How about a blog like ours? Are we going to be responsible to make sure no one posts a copyright-covered quote in the comments?
All posts are automatically copyrighted. So did I just infringe your copyright by quoting it so I could reply to it? Talk about a great way by the EU to insure that civil discourse becomes night unto impossible. Well, any discourse really. At least we'll be able to reply to the government as they don't get a copyright on their statements. However could I reply to a post on Facebook, or Twitter if I have to quote from the original to make my reply coherent?
If this passes, I predict a great deal of foreseeable problems.
If this passes then fuck the EU and fuck its morons in charge. Time to simply abandon the whole fucking continent, it is plainly too stupid to exist anymore.
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them” - Maya Angelou
Law enforcement at all levels have shown us who they are. Unreliable, unprofessional, undisciplined, and corrupt to the depths of their souls. Unfortunately this is America, so there really isn't a viable solution.
The cops are too cowardly to clean up their act. Legislators are too cowardly to pass reforms of almost any kind. And the judiciary, all the way up to the Supreme Court is too cowardly to do their fucking jobs and actually enforce the constitution. District attorneys can have video and audio of cops murdering people in cold blood and refuse to bring charges.
Every single time the list of the most corrupt countries comes out, I am astonished that the US is considered one of the least corrupt. Until, of course, I remember that the list is compiled by Americans.
Synthesizing a full range of recent critiques of Facebook's design as a platform, he relentlessly characterizes Facebook as driving us to shallow, reactive reactions to one another rather than promoting reflective discourse that might improve or promote our shared values.
All FB does is allow people to talk very similarly to how they might in meatspace. Just go to a coffee shop, barber shop, a bar or anyplace people congregate and discuss the issues of the day. You hear the same crap you would read on FB, the same rumors (ie 'fake news') and see the same reactions as people use emoticons to express. The biggest change is allowing people to silo themselves in echo chambers as they can exclude those not of like mind.
"This will be a long process. Those concerned about the degradation of public discourse and the erosion of trust in experts and institutions will have to mount a campaign to challenge the dominant techno-fundamentalist myth."
The lack of trust in experts and institutions is almost entirely the fault of Republicans starting in the 80's. Reagan was excellent at spouting BS that sounded plausible to his base, such as the black welfare queen with 8 kids, and all on the dole. Republicans just refined and expanded that mission in the 90's. Whitewater anyone? A large part of this seems to be him shifting the blame from the American right wing propagandists to Twitter and Facebook.
I'm near certain that if he wants to get things 'back to normal', someone will have to do what the Japanese pilot in Tom Clancy's Debtof Honor did.
Not a TL;DR situation. I just couldn't take anymore of the bullshit from the FOSTA zealots. They sound too much like the NRA or the old Moral Majority. Lies, bullshit, hypocrisy, and mendacity.
Too much fear makes people stupid. Our congresscritters are so terrified (on this and so many other issues) of the appearance of apathy that they have become incredible ignoramuses. Note that this applies not just to the recent legislators, but back to the founding.
Re: 'In possession of a working brain', a bar too high for CBP
You're forgetting the most important part of this qualified immunity crap. Federal judges have no choice in the matter!
The supreme court made a ruling, and their instructions to all other judges is to follow their ruling exactly. That's why the QI bullshit has reached Rube Goldberg levels of logical and legal distortion. Place the blame where it belongs, on the supreme court.
Just waiting for this to pass and for Google, Facebook, etc to do what Google did in Spain. Oh sorry, you seem to be in the EU, none of our content is available to you now. Have fun with your (non-existent) local equivalent.
It is a great way to start the Great Firewall of Europe though.
Kindly note that this occurred in the UK, not the US. Different laws, different legal framework entirely. Is the result ridiculous? It's based on UK law, so of course it is.
We, the consumers, are the top of the economic food chain. It exists to serve us, we do not exist to serve it..
Not in the US. Think back to right after 9/11 and how Bush was urging 'consumers' to go out and consume to show the terrorists they had not one. Think of all the banking crises half a decade later. Think of the disastrous laws and regulations that funneled wealth ever upwards and insured that anyone outside the obscenely rich was forced to deal with declining wages in terms of purchasing power. Think of how corporations use their cash to buy back stocks to enrich only their wealthiest stockholders. We haven't been anywhere near the top of the economic food chain. And unless something drastic changes, no one outside the 1% will ever approach the top. Not in America.
Does anyone here honestly think that anyone appointed by the Orange One will do anything but fuck over ordinary people?
Slight rant here. Stop calling ordinary folks consumers! We are not consumers, we are just plain citizens. Calling all Americans consumers is demeaning and letting the politicos and regulators frame the debate. It helps no one and helps to instill a mindset that is toxic to America. It does nothing but reduce all of us to mobile cash cows, here exclusively to funnel money to the very corporations that are buying laws, Congress critters, Presidents etc. It's not a left/right thing. It's about not allowing them to define us as looters and parasites in their Ayn Rand addled minds.
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Real Purpose
None of you have sussed out the obvious about this bill yet?
It's entire raison d'être is to prevent unauthorized photos of the senators themselves!!! It will effectively outlaw Facebook and Twitter pics and selfies that include the NY Senate and its members. Especially including the embarrassing pics of them from college.
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Why Make It Up?
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Privacy? You Don't Need It
"Nothing to hide, nothing to fear,"
OK, Mr Wallace. Please show your dedication to this cause by posting the following things.
1) What are the exact dimensions of your penis? CAD/CAM files are acceptable.
2) How exactly did you lose your virginity? Provide all relevant details, including who with.
3) Do you and your wife indulge in pegging? If so, what size peg do you prefer?
4) Since you have an obvious problem with end-to-end encryption, (ie TSL) please post all of your unredacted financials for public perusal. For the sake of clarity, please highlight all bribes.
5) How much income, and from where, do you derive from housing you own that is not fit for human habitation? Since you voted down a requirement that housing be fit for more than rats.
6) Do you honestly want your children to grow up in the country you advocate the UK becoming? If so, why haven't you received a good psych consult?
On the post: Ending The Memes: EU Copyright Directive Is No Laughing Matter
Infringement Sucks?
How about a blog like ours? Are we going to be responsible to make sure no one posts a copyright-covered quote in the comments?
All posts are automatically copyrighted. So did I just infringe your copyright by quoting it so I could reply to it? Talk about a great way by the EU to insure that civil discourse becomes night unto impossible. Well, any discourse really. At least we'll be able to reply to the government as they don't get a copyright on their statements. However could I reply to a post on Facebook, or Twitter if I have to quote from the original to make my reply coherent?
If this passes, I predict a great deal of foreseeable problems.
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On the post: NY State Legislators Unanimously Pass A Cyberbullying Bill That Can't Be Bothered To Define Cyberbullying [Update]
Their problem is that they are so used to simply being handed pre-written bills by their 'sponsors' that they have forgotten how to write a bill.
On the post: Court Calls Out Cops For Altering Interrogation Transcript To Hide Suspect's Request For A Lawyer
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them” - Maya Angelou
Law enforcement at all levels have shown us who they are. Unreliable, unprofessional, undisciplined, and corrupt to the depths of their souls. Unfortunately this is America, so there really isn't a viable solution.
The cops are too cowardly to clean up their act. Legislators are too cowardly to pass reforms of almost any kind. And the judiciary, all the way up to the Supreme Court is too cowardly to do their fucking jobs and actually enforce the constitution. District attorneys can have video and audio of cops murdering people in cold blood and refuse to bring charges.
Every single time the list of the most corrupt countries comes out, I am astonished that the US is considered one of the least corrupt. Until, of course, I remember that the list is compiled by Americans.
On the post: Has Facebook Merely Been Exploited By Our Enemies? Or Is Facebook Itself The Real Enemy?
Synthesizing a full range of recent critiques of Facebook's design as a platform, he relentlessly characterizes Facebook as driving us to shallow, reactive reactions to one another rather than promoting reflective discourse that might improve or promote our shared values.
All FB does is allow people to talk very similarly to how they might in meatspace. Just go to a coffee shop, barber shop, a bar or anyplace people congregate and discuss the issues of the day. You hear the same crap you would read on FB, the same rumors (ie 'fake news') and see the same reactions as people use emoticons to express. The biggest change is allowing people to silo themselves in echo chambers as they can exclude those not of like mind.
"This will be a long process. Those concerned about the degradation of public discourse and the erosion of trust in experts and institutions will have to mount a campaign to challenge the dominant techno-fundamentalist myth."
The lack of trust in experts and institutions is almost entirely the fault of Republicans starting in the 80's. Reagan was excellent at spouting BS that sounded plausible to his base, such as the black welfare queen with 8 kids, and all on the dole. Republicans just refined and expanded that mission in the 90's. Whitewater anyone? A large part of this seems to be him shifting the blame from the American right wing propagandists to Twitter and Facebook.
I'm near certain that if he wants to get things 'back to normal', someone will have to do what the Japanese pilot in Tom Clancy's Debtof Honor did.
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On the post: TSA Has Been Compiling A Shitlist Of Travelers It Just Doesn't Like
On the post: FOSTA Supporters Come Out Swinging Against Critics
Couldn't finish article
Not a TL;DR situation. I just couldn't take anymore of the bullshit from the FOSTA zealots. They sound too much like the NRA or the old Moral Majority. Lies, bullshit, hypocrisy, and mendacity.
Too much fear makes people stupid. Our congresscritters are so terrified (on this and so many other issues) of the appearance of apathy that they have become incredible ignoramuses. Note that this applies not just to the recent legislators, but back to the founding.
On the post: Court Has No Problem With Multiple Invasive Probings In Search Of Drugs That Didn't Exist
Re: 'In possession of a working brain', a bar too high for CBP
You're forgetting the most important part of this qualified immunity crap. Federal judges have no choice in the matter!
The supreme court made a ruling, and their instructions to all other judges is to follow their ruling exactly. That's why the QI bullshit has reached Rube Goldberg levels of logical and legal distortion. Place the blame where it belongs, on the supreme court.
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On the post: Forget The GDPR, The EU's New Copyright Proposal Will Be A Complete And Utter Disaster For The Internet
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On the post: Forget The GDPR, The EU's New Copyright Proposal Will Be A Complete And Utter Disaster For The Internet
It is a great way to start the Great Firewall of Europe though.
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Kindly note that this occurred in the UK, not the US. Different laws, different legal framework entirely. Is the result ridiculous? It's based on UK law, so of course it is.
On the post: The Demise Of Copyright Toleration
Re: Re: Stop calling ordinary folks consumers!
We, the consumers, are the top of the economic food chain. It exists to serve us, we do not exist to serve it..
Not in the US. Think back to right after 9/11 and how Bush was urging 'consumers' to go out and consume to show the terrorists they had not one. Think of all the banking crises half a decade later. Think of the disastrous laws and regulations that funneled wealth ever upwards and insured that anyone outside the obscenely rich was forced to deal with declining wages in terms of purchasing power. Think of how corporations use their cash to buy back stocks to enrich only their wealthiest stockholders. We haven't been anywhere near the top of the economic food chain. And unless something drastic changes, no one outside the 1% will ever approach the top. Not in America.
On the post: The Demise Of Copyright Toleration
Does anyone here honestly think that anyone appointed by the Orange One will do anything but fuck over ordinary people?
Slight rant here. Stop calling ordinary folks consumers! We are not consumers, we are just plain citizens. Calling all Americans consumers is demeaning and letting the politicos and regulators frame the debate. It helps no one and helps to instill a mindset that is toxic to America. It does nothing but reduce all of us to mobile cash cows, here exclusively to funnel money to the very corporations that are buying laws, Congress critters, Presidents etc. It's not a left/right thing. It's about not allowing them to define us as looters and parasites in their Ayn Rand addled minds.
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