I don't care about Alfred (nobody does), but you're insulting Batman by comparing NSA to him.
I take it you've never actually either read or seen any of the many portrayals done of Batman over the years. It's always been an important part of the story line that he's a vigilante, something that law enforcement has traditionally shied away from. You owe Alfred an apology too. He has never done anything wrong and has earned his place far more than many sidekicks or administrative supporters.
The NSA, on the other hand, isn't even in the same league with vigilantes. It's far more like that couple of tons of wood and metal on wheels rolling around and smashing into things at random below deck as its ship rocks with the ocean waves. You know, like partnering with damned near criminal businesses like AT&T.
I've got to wonder if they're envious of the CIA's infamous reputation and are now trying to catch up.
if you make anything out of The Anarchist Cookbook, you're extremely likely to blow yourself up ...
In other words a good anarchistic solution to the problem ...
Perhaps, but it is a rather new thing for the FBI to be in the business of encouraging/facilitating potential perps to Darwin Award themselves. How are they going to rack up convictions and keep the prison population up when the fibbies are teaching them to pre-emptively off themselves instead?
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I am surprised that the original filing didn't try to go for the backups that are legally required to be taken and retained.
Even the IRS barely knows how to access its backups. Really, barely, barely, barely! I'm not the least surprised other officialdoms can't figure it out either.
We geeks put a lot of effort into making this (recovering from backups) possible, and it should be simple to do. I can't understand why there's so many stories of difficulty with it. I have to infer maleficience on their part to explain it. Or they're just imbeciles, but how could they be hired in the first place if so?
After watching this slow motion trainwreck (Win 10) unfold, if you're in IT and proposing to update machines to Win 10, I'd have to wonder who you're actually working for. It's been quite a while since MS pulled such boneheaded crap and was still able to say and get away with, "What? What did we do wrong? This is supporting users. These are features they'll appreciate!"
I suspect the Russian FSB, Israeli Mossad, and the NSA have all taken minority ownership positions in MS.
I wonder if mssrs Vance and Leppard are aware that when out of earshot from those two, the others are likely using encryption to communicate, namely French and Spanish. The former would be at the mercy of a decryption expert (translator) to even interpret said communications into their English equivalent.
That story's not over yet. With several lakes of submerged, pressurized hydrocarbons lying at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, I supect we'll be hearing about that for quite some time.
... the USG sees corporate sovereignty as something to benefit the USG first and foremost.
Yes. This is just what warfare played out by trade representatives and bureaucrats and consulates and spies looks like. It's always been going on. Just more of the sort of stuff Manning leaked. Diplomatic Reality TV.
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Add the Oathkeepers to that list
I only barely know that outfit exists (I'm Canuck), but (Wikipedia):
Oath Keepers is an American nonprofit organization[1] which encourages members—some of whom are said to be current and former U.S. military and law enforcement—to disobey any orders they believe violate the Constitution of the United States.
That doesn't sound bad. I thought they were all just NRA fans or so. The guy who founded them's a Ron Paul fan, fwiw. They sound like Lew Rockwell fans.
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This ain't Falujah. They're cops, not special forces countering domestic insurgents.
Maybe it would help if people would remember the cold war history of South America. Right wing dictatorships, Juntas, oligarchys, death squads, Les Desaparecidos(sp?), ...
That's what I think about as I watch the constitution slide into the shredder.
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not to be a para-military flying squad of SAS commandos.
Stop insulting the SAS ...
You're making stuff up. Cops making believe they're up to the standards of the SAS *and* up against the sorts that SAS regularly deals with, is what's wrong here. This ain't Falujah. They're cops, not special forces countering domestic insurgents.
Yeah right, lets turn this into a race thing instead of working together.
Well, what the heck are all those minorities doing living in high crime areas, eh? Answer me that! If the cops patrolled white areas as much as minority areas, they'd miss a lot of minority arrests in the high crime areas!
... and where they are on an anarchy/totalitarian axis is more useful ...
For the person on the street, one totalitarian dictatorship is like any other. What they choose for a label is irrelevant. Nazi, Soviet, Khmer Rouge, Shining Path, Inquisition, Inca/Aztec/Mayan; all over the map idiologically, left and right, all horrible if you're just Jody Blow.
As an aging hippie, I think this story is a perfect natural for a team up between the ACLU and FBI in a re-make of Gene Hackman's "Mississippi Burning."
Sucks for Granny. Lock your doors and secure your WiFi, the problem ends there. The cops didn't do anything particularly wrong in raiding the place, IMHO.
If that granny lived in Falujah a few years ago, I'd agree. We're talking about quiet neighborhoods in big city USA.
You've forgotten that police are to keep the peace, not to be a para-military flying squad of SAS commandos.
I think the reasonable thing to do is to help her into the back seat of a squad car, perhaps with company if she wants it. She didn't ask for any of this BS.
I prefer to think of the whole thing as an upside down pyramid balanced on its point. The point is policy, management, yada, yada. If they don't get the balance just right, the whole thing above them comes crashing down on them. They need to have that perspective.
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Those are just the smaller, concentrated forms. The larger forms (which can even contain those) are called police states.
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I take it you've never actually either read or seen any of the many portrayals done of Batman over the years. It's always been an important part of the story line that he's a vigilante, something that law enforcement has traditionally shied away from. You owe Alfred an apology too. He has never done anything wrong and has earned his place far more than many sidekicks or administrative supporters.
The NSA, on the other hand, isn't even in the same league with vigilantes. It's far more like that couple of tons of wood and metal on wheels rolling around and smashing into things at random below deck as its ship rocks with the ocean waves. You know, like partnering with damned near criminal businesses like AT&T.
I've got to wonder if they're envious of the CIA's infamous reputation and are now trying to catch up.
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Perhaps, but it is a rather new thing for the FBI to be in the business of encouraging/facilitating potential perps to Darwin Award themselves. How are they going to rack up convictions and keep the prison population up when the fibbies are teaching them to pre-emptively off themselves instead?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: If the NYPD wants to eliminate crime...
Even the IRS barely knows how to access its backups. Really, barely, barely, barely! I'm not the least surprised other officialdoms can't figure it out either.
We geeks put a lot of effort into making this (recovering from backups) possible, and it should be simple to do. I can't understand why there's so many stories of difficulty with it. I have to infer maleficience on their part to explain it. Or they're just imbeciles, but how could they be hired in the first place if so?
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Re: It's not just Lenovo
I suspect the Russian FSB, Israeli Mossad, and the NSA have all taken minority ownership positions in MS.
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When you see the nice CIA guy handing out wads of cash, just say no. Until then, ...
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Translation?
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Yes. This is just what warfare played out by trade representatives and bureaucrats and consulates and spies looks like. It's always been going on. Just more of the sort of stuff Manning leaked. Diplomatic Reality TV.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: That's easy enough to answer
Here in Canada, we're holding national elections in Oct. All three lead parties (out of ca. four possibles) support TPP.
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I only barely know that outfit exists (I'm Canuck), but (Wikipedia):
That doesn't sound bad. I thought they were all just NRA fans or so. The guy who founded them's a Ron Paul fan, fwiw. They sound like Lew Rockwell fans.
Hardly comparable to Pinochet, et al.
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Maybe it would help if people would remember the cold war history of South America. Right wing dictatorships, Juntas, oligarchys, death squads, Les Desaparecidos(sp?), ...
That's what I think about as I watch the constitution slide into the shredder.
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Re: Re: Re: Amusing story, but you need to get out more.
You're making stuff up. Cops making believe they're up to the standards of the SAS *and* up against the sorts that SAS regularly deals with, is what's wrong here. This ain't Falujah. They're cops, not special forces countering domestic insurgents.
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Well, what the heck are all those minorities doing living in high crime areas, eh? Answer me that! If the cops patrolled white areas as much as minority areas, they'd miss a lot of minority arrests in the high crime areas!
Sheesh, that almost makes sense to me.
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For the person on the street, one totalitarian dictatorship is like any other. What they choose for a label is irrelevant. Nazi, Soviet, Khmer Rouge, Shining Path, Inquisition, Inca/Aztec/Mayan; all over the map idiologically, left and right, all horrible if you're just Jody Blow.
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Re: Amusing story, but you need to get out more.
If that granny lived in Falujah a few years ago, I'd agree. We're talking about quiet neighborhoods in big city USA.
You've forgotten that police are to keep the peace, not to be a para-military flying squad of SAS commandos.
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I prefer to think of the whole thing as an upside down pyramid balanced on its point. The point is policy, management, yada, yada. If they don't get the balance just right, the whole thing above them comes crashing down on them. They need to have that perspective.
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