Murdoch was never against anti-trust regulation. He was (and is) against anything that prevents him from having "all the monies". If antitrust regulation stops him from having giant bags of money then he is against that. If competitors stop him from having giant bags of money then he is against his competitors.
FYI gamers generally don't view free to play as a good thing. With few exceptions it's viewed as a bad thing. Free to play games are frequently designed as cash grabs, where the game puts nearly impossible levels of grind in front of you and then sells you the ability to bypass the grind.
This isn't to say you can't do free to play well, Path of Exile is an example of free to play that is mostly done right. But it is to say that it's so infrequently done well that the target community views it as a flaw not a feature.
Ranked choice voting was on the MA ballot this year and it got shot down in flames big time. I have to admit I'm somewhat at a loss as to why aside from perhaps the intelligence level of the average American voter who perhaps found it too confusing.
"the era was known for a widespread disregard of civil rights,corrupt selective enforcement such that there was little difference between gangster and lawman"
I assume that your question is purely rhetorical because you already know the answer.
And elected official's job is to get re-elected. Solving large scale problems often requires complex, nuanced solutions, and frequently comes with some sort of cost that someone will perceive as negative. Fulfilling your job requirements of getting re-elected doesn't actually require you to solve problems, in fact actually solving them will probably piss some people off so it's actually detrimental to your employment. Instead you just have to make people think you are solving problems. So the theater is far more important than the action. And if you can lash out at the platform whose users put a damper on one of your rally's, hey, that's a win-win.
Also keep in mind that a secondary career objective for an elected official is to ensure a soft landing spot in the private sector if/when you finally leave office. So if any of your theater can benefit someone that might be a future employer that's great too.
And frequently ego comes into play as well. You want to make sure that you are always the most important person in the room (as long as you can do so while getting re-elected). This is particularly important with our current president, who I suspect prioritizes ego masturbation over re-election (and anything else).
Speaking as an American, it seems that it would make far more sense for TikTok to divest itself of it's American operations than to sell.
Unless of course they can sucker Microsoft into drastically over-paying. MS will of course not get TikTok and will screw it up horribly (see Skype), so at some level this is a chance to pocket a pile of American dollars and then start working on TikTok's replacement.
It has been my experience that every criminal act in the history of mankind has been committed by a living individual. Clearly the problem is living, if we just kill every human on the planet the problem is solved. No more crime. Simple.
As a friend constantly points out when he links police brutality articles on FB, "99% of cops give the rest a bad name". If anything I think his percentage is too low. The majority that condone this behavior through their silence and inaction are more of a problem than those that exhibit the behavior.
I suspect that this has been true for longer than any of us have been alive. The only difference now is that those in power have discovered that they can be much more blatant about it and still get away with it.
I'm not someone normally to favor any large corporation but this is extortion, and then again, I don't favor governments either.
If I were on the Google's board my recommendation would be to go totally nuclear, immediately terminate all google services to French ip's, delist all French sites from all of search worldwide, immediately terminate all jobs in France (if any), and tell the French government to go fuck itself.
While I agree the child exhibited some very poor judgement, you'll be totally ok when the kid's dad and several friends show up with AK-47's and hose down Jesus Mesa, Jr. and any border patrol agents that happen to be with him right?
Because "don't murder a child if you don't want a Darwin Award".
By this logic it would be perfectly acceptable for Mexicans to murder border patrol agents as long as they die in the USA.
Armed Americans who have been documented to murder Mexicans should be enough to present a clear and present danger for the Mexicans to open fire, right?
I don't think you can FOIA request a private party, those requests would have to be sent to whatever law enforcement agency is receiving the data in question as that is the only government entity that could respond.
And I'm sure their response would be to sit on the request for a few years then eventually give you a 20 minute video of a blank screen as all the actual video footage is redacted.
On the post: Hypocrisy: Rupert Murdoch Has Always Hated Antitrust; But Now He Wants It Used Against Internet Companies Who Out Innovated Him
clearly you are confused
Murdoch was never against anti-trust regulation. He was (and is) against anything that prevents him from having "all the monies". If antitrust regulation stops him from having giant bags of money then he is against that. If competitors stop him from having giant bags of money then he is against his competitors.
This is not hard to understand.
On the post: Ubisoft Shifts Its Future Plans To Include More 'Free To Play' Games
FYI gamers generally don't view free to play as a good thing. With few exceptions it's viewed as a bad thing. Free to play games are frequently designed as cash grabs, where the game puts nearly impossible levels of grind in front of you and then sells you the ability to bypass the grind.
This isn't to say you can't do free to play well, Path of Exile is an example of free to play that is mostly done right. But it is to say that it's so infrequently done well that the target community views it as a flaw not a feature.
On the post: Trump Promises To Defund The Entire Military, If Congress Won't Let Him Punish The Internet For Being Mean To Him
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Ranked choice voting was on the MA ballot this year and it got shot down in flames big time. I have to admit I'm somewhat at a loss as to why aside from perhaps the intelligence level of the average American voter who perhaps found it too confusing.
On the post: Trump Promises To Defund The Entire Military, If Congress Won't Let Him Punish The Internet For Being Mean To Him
Re: Re: Re:
We don't have a centrist party, we have far right, and slightly less far right parties in an absolute sense.
On the post: Stop Pretending The Trump GOP Genuinely Cares About Monopoly Power
"Stop Pretending The Trump GOP Genuinely Cares About Monopoly Power"
You are deluded. The GOP cares very much about monopoly power, they care about ensuring that the few that fund their party have it.
On the post: Facebook Sued For Not Preventing A Bunch A White Guys With Guns From Traveling To A Protest To Shoot People
Re: Re:
"the era was known for a widespread disregard of civil rights,corrupt selective enforcement such that there was little difference between gangster and lawman"
How is this any different from now?
On the post: Forget TikTok. Feebly Secured Infrastructure Is Our Real Problem
I assume that your question is purely rhetorical because you already know the answer.
And elected official's job is to get re-elected. Solving large scale problems often requires complex, nuanced solutions, and frequently comes with some sort of cost that someone will perceive as negative. Fulfilling your job requirements of getting re-elected doesn't actually require you to solve problems, in fact actually solving them will probably piss some people off so it's actually detrimental to your employment. Instead you just have to make people think you are solving problems. So the theater is far more important than the action. And if you can lash out at the platform whose users put a damper on one of your rally's, hey, that's a win-win.
Also keep in mind that a secondary career objective for an elected official is to ensure a soft landing spot in the private sector if/when you finally leave office. So if any of your theater can benefit someone that might be a future employer that's great too.
And frequently ego comes into play as well. You want to make sure that you are always the most important person in the room (as long as you can do so while getting re-elected). This is particularly important with our current president, who I suspect prioritizes ego masturbation over re-election (and anything else).
On the post: Update: The TikTok Clusterfuck: Trump To Order A Block, Microsoft Wants To Buy, And Competition Is Still There
Re: 'Nice company you got there...'
Speaking as an American, it seems that it would make far more sense for TikTok to divest itself of it's American operations than to sell.
Unless of course they can sucker Microsoft into drastically over-paying. MS will of course not get TikTok and will screw it up horribly (see Skype), so at some level this is a chance to pocket a pile of American dollars and then start working on TikTok's replacement.
On the post: Appeals Court Strips Immunity From Abusive Cops Who Assaulted A Compliant Black Man... And The City That Allowed This To Happen
99% of cops give the rest a bad name.
On the post: Senators Launch Full On Nuclear War Against Encryption: Bill Will Require Broken Encryption, Putting Everyone At Risk
Re: Why stop with communications?
It has been my experience that every criminal act in the history of mankind has been committed by a living individual. Clearly the problem is living, if we just kill every human on the planet the problem is solved. No more crime. Simple.
On the post: Police Memo Says Officers Raiding A Journalist's Home Were Instructed To Turn Off Their Body Cameras
As someone I know always says:
"99% of cops give the rest a bad name"
I've come to the conclusion that his estimated percentage is too low.
On the post: Cops -- Newly Wary Of Looking Like Authoritarian Assholes -- Open Fire On, Arrest Journalists
Re:
Citations needed. I've seen precious little in the way of accountability.
On the post: Cops -- Newly Wary Of Looking Like Authoritarian Assholes -- Open Fire On, Arrest Journalists
As a friend constantly points out when he links police brutality articles on FB, "99% of cops give the rest a bad name". If anything I think his percentage is too low. The majority that condone this behavior through their silence and inaction are more of a problem than those that exhibit the behavior.
On the post: As Pandemic Exposes US Broadband Failures, FCC Report Declares Everything Is Fine
Re: Just one piece of a much larger problem...
I suspect that this has been true for longer than any of us have been alive. The only difference now is that those in power have discovered that they can be much more blatant about it and still get away with it.
On the post: French Government Says Google Must Pay French News Agencies For Sending Traffic Their Way
Re:
I'm not someone normally to favor any large corporation but this is extortion, and then again, I don't favor governments either.
If I were on the Google's board my recommendation would be to go totally nuclear, immediately terminate all google services to French ip's, delist all French sites from all of search worldwide, immediately terminate all jobs in France (if any), and tell the French government to go fuck itself.
On the post: Why Is The FDA Giving A Potential COVID-19 Treatment 'Orphan' Status?
"can someone at Gilead or the FDA explain how the fuck COVID-19 should qualify?"
Because not doing so would make them guilty of the capital crime of denying a corporation all the monies.
On the post: Supreme Court Says It's OK For Border Patrol Agents To Kill Mexican Citizens As Long As They Die In Mexico
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While I agree the child exhibited some very poor judgement, you'll be totally ok when the kid's dad and several friends show up with AK-47's and hose down Jesus Mesa, Jr. and any border patrol agents that happen to be with him right?
Because "don't murder a child if you don't want a Darwin Award".
On the post: Supreme Court Says It's OK For Border Patrol Agents To Kill Mexican Citizens As Long As They Die In Mexico
By this logic it would be perfectly acceptable for Mexicans to murder border patrol agents as long as they die in the USA.
Armed Americans who have been documented to murder Mexicans should be enough to present a clear and present danger for the Mexicans to open fire, right?
On the post: Ring Says It Helps Cops Fight Crime But The Data Shows It's No Better At This Than Any Other Security Camera
Re: Open doors
I don't think you can FOIA request a private party, those requests would have to be sent to whatever law enforcement agency is receiving the data in question as that is the only government entity that could respond.
And I'm sure their response would be to sit on the request for a few years then eventually give you a 20 minute video of a blank screen as all the actual video footage is redacted.
On the post: College Student Gets Thrown On The Ground And A Gun Pointed At His Head For Committing The Crime Of 'Taking A Selfie While Black'
As one of my facebook friends says "99% of cops are giving the rest a bad name". Sadly sometimes I think his estimate is too low.
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