rhizome’s Comments

• Jun 21st, 2016 @ 10:31am

  Re: Re: "Please withhold your appluase until after the encore."

  on Body Cam Footage Of Cop Hitting Handcuffed Man Leads To Firing Of Three New Orleans Police Officers
  He's saying the camera didn't record Jennings' thoughts.
  
  What the camera did capture was him standing right there with his head facing the arrestee. The fallacy, so to speak, is to contend that, I don't know, he was sleeping at the time? If the officer has evidence other than recollection (proven imperfect) to counter the video and prove he didn't see anything, he should have provided it.
  
  Gotta love Moran not even remembering the start of the beating. Rage blackouts must be a fun hobby of his.
• Dec 2nd, 2013 @ 11:50am

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  on Lobbyist Insists His Meeting About 'TPP IP Issues' Wasn't About TPP IP Issues
  This article appears to conflate the terms, "TPP IP issues," and "TPP IP chapter."
• Sep 24th, 2013 @ 11:38am

  Context?

  on All It Takes Is Two Words To Wipe Away One Of The Pillars Of Free Speech Online
  Could you maybe add some context to the statement that "or state" is added to S230? What is "or state" added to?
• Aug 13th, 2013 @ 6:00pm

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  on White House Changing Its Story On James Clapper's Role In Independent Surveillance Review
  Of course, the government and intelligence agencies get to make up their own definitions of "leading," "directing," "efforts," "selecting," and, "direction," so who knows what their statement is intended to convey.
  
  James Clapper is the George Zimmerman of Intelligence.
• Jul 12th, 2013 @ 6:28pm

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  on DOJ: Now That We've Been Embarrassed For Spying On Journalists, We'll Be A Little More Careful
  Note that these guidelines purport to define "real journalists," which does not include bloggers. Sucks to be the internet, I guess.
• Apr 18th, 2013 @ 8:12pm

  Re: Re: A phone that can be used as a gun?

  on San Diego Cop Thinks You Might Have Turned Your Cell Phone Into A Gun And That 'Officer Safety' Trumps Constitutional Rights
  You're ignorant:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCKuZn8cd0w
• Mar 22nd, 2013 @ 5:18pm

  Re: Seeding

  on Lawyer Suggests That Prenda Law May Have Only 'Released' Movies It Sued Over As A Honeypot For Lawsuits
  IANAL but I believe it would be a form of estoppel, since they authorized its distribution by doing it themselves.