as the article mentions, it is only because it became widely known that any positive result came about; what about the, what? -dozen?, hundred? thousand?- other similar situations which we don't hear about, or get successfully squashed with no one squawking ? ? ? it is the WHOLE SYSTEM which is infected/infested by this false 'morality' and draconian punishment for non-crimes... *AND* the mechanisms to oversee and correct these institutions has been broken or coopted; there is no recourse...
well, no... not so much a 'wiretapping' prohibition/notification law, as a RECORDING law which says both parties most be notified... the means -wire or air or a laser reading window glass vibrations- is not the issue, notification is...
seriously: my work is graphic in nature, and i have a pretty good eye for it, other than they are both colored stripes, they look NOTHING alike to me... TOTALLY different patterns and sequences... (*OTHER* than they are both stripes and colored) BUT if this were a valid case, i would DEMAND that they be EXACTLY the same to find any infringement (ASSUMING it is a valid issue)... not 'oh these colored strips remind me of those colored stripes'... no, they had better be EXACTLY the same...
besides, i would bet there are PLENTY of 'primitive' 'traditional' designs that pre-date 'THEIR' designs by hundreds and thousands of years...
heh, cable guy, how's that monopoly working out for you guys ? ? ? swell, huh ? no big deal, but that's just peachy-keen for you 1%'ers, but us 99% are GETTING SCREWED EVERY FUCKING MONTH by these greedpigs... dick its possible you're not a bot, because approx 25% of the population are abject authoritarians like you...
really, UNLESS you are either a fat cat or a korporation, WHO can afford a 'good lawyer' (oxymoron alert? *ouch*) at $250 per hour for forever ? ? ?
THAT is one major reason why the odds are so stacked against us 99: WHO CAN AFFORD TO 'DEFEND' your rights, when it costs more-money-per-hour than they've probably made from whatever venture is being threatened by legal issues...
the end result is the same as our bought-and-paid-for election system: the rich get the power, we get to glower...
THERE IS NO EQUITABLE RECOURSE by means of the legal system when you are bankrupted to 'defend' yourself against deep-pocket scumbags who have no case, BUT have lawyers, guns and money to bully you with...
we got nothing but morality on our side; unfortunately, this is the age of mammon, not morality...
1. don't give a shit about UFC (or UGF), but i can certainly see why they are concerned about the trademark/etc traducing, REGARDLESS of the 'gay' angle... *obviously*, i can further see why they would be even more annoyed by the 'gay' angle... (stupid ? i guess, but their right) 2. ABSOLUTELY give the UGF people props for doing a cool thing (whether done 'well' or not is apparently open for debate), BUT i think they are skating on the edge of traducing with their title... as a total noob to that scene, i can see how that similar title could cause 'confusion', just sayin'...
thing is, she is a PERFECT exemplar of the type of judge Empire wants (silly wabbit, you think we get judges the 99% want/need ?), as far as a mindless, authoritarian automaton who will -you know, ever so reluctantly- send babies to the gas chambers, if that is what Empire tells her to do...
i can't remember if i read the article here or elsewhere, but do you know which school has NOT installed metal detectors and other police state lockdown shit ? the good folks of columbine...
yes, that is correct: THE school with THE most/'best' reason to install all that shit (which doesn't work and will only MAKE more kids/others go postal, rather than stop them), had both the good sense, AND realization that CRIMINALIZING EVERY student with that treatment was WORSE than the worst outcome...
why don't you ask the guy in florida who was acquainted with one of the tsnarevs (sp?) and was being 'interviewed' by two, no, make that one feeb... oh, wait, you can't, 'cause evidently he tried to leave *that* interview and got a severe case of lead-poisoning... all 'justified', of course...
here i am, a privileged, white, middle-aged patriarch, and i 'trust' NO ONE in 'my' gummint... NO ONE, at ANY level, for ANY reason... the ONLY safe position to take, is to assume they are ALL lying scum who will kill you for any or no reason...
yes, you've nailed it: *anyone* (even 'nobodies' like us) *may* (OR may not) be annoyed to embarrassed to be seen in a public moment with no expectation of being observed or photographed for such 'broadcasting'... i can imagine if i had the flu and had to run to the drugstore for decongestants, whatever, i would not exactly feel like being photographed for public dissemination...
of course, besides whatever paparazzi, etc she may have regularly hounding her, surely she must have an expectation -if not desire- that if she is out in public, she will be recognized, photographed, asked for autographs and pose with fans, etc...
*and* i think the tactic described would be a million times classier, funnier, and effective...
as an asterisk, i'm not too impressed that she 'plans' to donate all proceeds to X charity, for a number of reasons: 1. superficially 'good', but i'm betting *someone* gets a big fat tax writeoff if they do donate it... 2. MANY 'big' charities are feelgood orgs without benefits for the poor schlubs they beg for, only a small percentage of donations reaching them after all the 'expenses', etc... 3. NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, but maybe 'her' charity is staffed by her mother and cousin and best friend, who 'earn' multi-hundred thousand dollar salaries 'working' a couple hours a week... i'm betting it would not be the first time...
hell, i'm an old (*ahem*) fogey, and this is the first i've heard of a 'fog line'... i presume that is the 'technical' term for the line at the side of the road... learn something trivial every day...
...and another authoritarian is outed, thanks sparky...
while working in the gummint, she had a DUTY ABOVE ALL ELSE: to obey and honor the constitution, she did not...
it is not arguable, it is TRUE, that virtually EVERY administration has shat on the constitution for their own convenience; but the kongresskritters and (in)justice department have rolled over on ALL THAT SHIT, such that we HAVE NO 'CHECKS AND BALANCES' any longer, only one like-minded korporate-centric entity which ignores the constitution/law whenever it wishes, and makes up shit the rest of the time...
but, i'm sure big daddy will look after you, just do WHATEVER he says; don't make big daddy mad ! ! !
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it is the WHOLE SYSTEM which is infected/infested by this false 'morality' and draconian punishment for non-crimes...
*AND* the mechanisms to oversee and correct these institutions has been broken or coopted; there is no recourse...
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not so much a 'wiretapping' prohibition/notification law, as a RECORDING law which says both parties most be notified...
the means -wire or air or a laser reading window glass vibrations- is not the issue, notification is...
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Re: Let's hope the coda isn't:
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Re: Re: Nike lawyers
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'i told you so...'
it is the only solace left to a prophet without honor...
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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TOTALLY different patterns and sequences...
(*OTHER* than they are both stripes and colored)
BUT if this were a valid case, i would DEMAND that they be EXACTLY the same to find any infringement (ASSUMING it is a valid issue)...
not 'oh these colored strips remind me of those colored stripes'... no, they had better be EXACTLY the same...
besides, i would bet there are PLENTY of 'primitive' 'traditional' designs that pre-date 'THEIR' designs by hundreds and thousands of years...
i'm hatin' on them...
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Re: Re: The problem is not the merger
no big deal, but that's just peachy-keen for you 1%'ers, but us 99% are GETTING SCREWED EVERY FUCKING MONTH by these greedpigs...
dick
its possible you're not a bot, because approx 25% of the population are abject authoritarians like you...
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well, there's your first mistake: you're looking for a sane universe, i think that is about 100,000 multiverses down the line...
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THAT is one major reason why the odds are so stacked against us 99: WHO CAN AFFORD TO 'DEFEND' your rights, when it costs more-money-per-hour than they've probably made from whatever venture is being threatened by legal issues...
the end result is the same as our bought-and-paid-for election system: the rich get the power, we get to glower...
THERE IS NO EQUITABLE RECOURSE by means of the legal system when you are bankrupted to 'defend' yourself against deep-pocket scumbags who have no case, BUT have lawyers, guns and money to bully you with...
we got nothing but morality on our side; unfortunately, this is the age of mammon, not morality...
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well, i mean, c'mon...
On the post: There Are No Good Guys In A Battle Between (Likely) UFC And Ultimate Gay Fighter
i see what they did there...
1. don't give a shit about UFC (or UGF), but i can certainly see why they are concerned about the trademark/etc traducing, REGARDLESS of the 'gay' angle... *obviously*, i can further see why they would be even more annoyed by the 'gay' angle... (stupid ? i guess, but their right)
2. ABSOLUTELY give the UGF people props for doing a cool thing (whether done 'well' or not is apparently open for debate), BUT i think they are skating on the edge of traducing with their title... as a total noob to that scene, i can see how that similar title could cause 'confusion', just sayin'...
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r u sirius ? ? ?
On the post: Bullied Student Records Bullies, Gets Threatened With Felony Charges For Violating Wiretapping Law
Re: i hate to say it but...
On the post: Bullied Student Records Bullies, Gets Threatened With Felony Charges For Violating Wiretapping Law
Re: Re: Re: Like swimming through sewage
thing is, she is a PERFECT exemplar of the type of judge Empire wants (silly wabbit, you think we get judges the 99% want/need ?), as far as a mindless, authoritarian automaton who will -you know, ever so reluctantly- send babies to the gas chambers, if that is what Empire tells her to do...
oh yes, kampers, its going to be a bumpy ride...
On the post: Bullied Student Records Bullies, Gets Threatened With Felony Charges For Violating Wiretapping Law
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the good folks of columbine...
yes, that is correct: THE school with THE most/'best' reason to install all that shit (which doesn't work and will only MAKE more kids/others go postal, rather than stop them), had both the good sense, AND realization that CRIMINALIZING EVERY student with that treatment was WORSE than the worst outcome...
but NO ONE ELSE learned that lesson...
idiots...
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Re: More manure
oh, wait, you can't, 'cause evidently he tried to leave *that* interview and got a severe case of lead-poisoning...
all 'justified', of course...
here i am, a privileged, white, middle-aged patriarch, and i 'trust' NO ONE in 'my' gummint... NO ONE, at ANY level, for ANY reason... the ONLY safe position to take, is to assume they are ALL lying scum who will kill you for any or no reason...
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i can imagine if i had the flu and had to run to the drugstore for decongestants, whatever, i would not exactly feel like being photographed for public dissemination...
of course, besides whatever paparazzi, etc she may have regularly hounding her, surely she must have an expectation -if not desire- that if she is out in public, she will be recognized, photographed, asked for autographs and pose with fans, etc...
*and* i think the tactic described would be a million times classier, funnier, and effective...
as an asterisk, i'm not too impressed that she 'plans' to donate all proceeds to X charity, for a number of reasons:
1. superficially 'good', but i'm betting *someone* gets a big fat tax writeoff if they do donate it...
2. MANY 'big' charities are feelgood orgs without benefits for the poor schlubs they beg for, only a small percentage of donations reaching them after all the 'expenses', etc...
3. NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, but maybe 'her' charity is staffed by her mother and cousin and best friend, who 'earn' multi-hundred thousand dollar salaries 'working' a couple hours a week... i'm betting it would not be the first time...
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'fog line' ? ? ?
i presume that is the 'technical' term for the line at the side of the road...
learn something trivial every day...
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while working in the gummint, she had a DUTY ABOVE ALL ELSE: to obey and honor the constitution, she did not...
it is not arguable, it is TRUE, that virtually EVERY administration has shat on the constitution for their own convenience; but the kongresskritters and (in)justice department have rolled over on ALL THAT SHIT, such that we HAVE NO 'CHECKS AND BALANCES' any longer, only one like-minded korporate-centric entity which ignores the constitution/law whenever it wishes, and makes up shit the rest of the time...
but, i'm sure big daddy will look after you, just do WHATEVER he says; don't make big daddy mad ! ! !
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IF there were any justice in this world...
she is slime...
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