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or firehawks (there's something like 5 species of Australian raptor that spreads fire by carrying burning debris past firebreaks as part of a pack hunting strategy. Not news to the Indigenous population, but it's taken a while for the rest of us to pay attention)

It was never about saving money but making a point of differentiation from Labour at the 2013 election, which, like the last election, was a very close race.

Also, it was sabotage, but presumably as a matter of collusion between the Liberals and the higher-ups at Telstra and Foxtel, as well as Rupert Murdoch himself. Fun fact: Telstra and News Corp. (i.e. Murdoch) each own 50% of Foxtel, who hold a virtual monopoly on satellite and cable TV in Australia. Interestingly, throughout the 2013 election period News Corp. was highly critical of Labour while tending to champion the Liberal Party's policies--most likely a significant factor in them winning the election. https://www.crikey.com.au/2013...

In 2014 it was announced that rather than decommissioning Telstra's technically unsuitable copper network and HFC network (that Foxtel relies upon), the assets would be transferred to NBN Co for indefinite maintenance. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

It comes to no great surprise that the former opposition communications minister during the 2013 election, now-Prime Minister--Mr. Turnbull himself--has been in communication with Telstra, through all of this and appears to have intentions to privatise NBN Co and possibly sell it off to Telstra for no apparent economic benefit. https://www.crikey.com.au/2016... http://www.nbnco.com.au/corpor...

Former ABC technology journalist Nick Ross, one of the few journalists who bothered to cover the NBN situation in any great depth, came out last year claiming he was "gagged" by his superiors for reporting critically of the obviously flawed Liberal NBN. https://delimiter.com.au/2016/...

Stephen Ellis, former NBN advisor under Turnbull's NBN, last year transitioned to a senior advisor role at Telstra with a spokesperson stating "We have engaged Mr Ellis as a consultant on a specific project to advise Telstra on longer term policy reform options. We will not be commenting further". http://www.theage.com.au/victo...

The Liberal NBN policy has been a knowing scam since day one. "Business as usual", indeed.

It was never about saving money but making a point of differentiation from Labour at the 2013 election, which, like the last election, was a very close race.

Also, it was sabotage, but presumably as a matter of collusion between the Liberals and the higher-ups at Telstra and Foxtel, as well as Rupert Murdoch himself. Fun fact: Telstra and News Corp. (i.e. Murdoch) each own 50% of Foxtel, who hold a virtual monopoly on satellite and cable TV in Australia. Interestingly, throughout the 2013 election period News Corp. was highly critical of Labour while tending to champion the Liberal Party's policies--most likely a significant factor in them winning the election. https://www.crikey.com.au/2013...

In 2014 it was announced that rather than decommissioning Telstra's technically unsuitable copper network and HFC network (that Foxtel relies upon), the assets would be transferred to NBN Co for indefinite maintenance. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

It comes to no great surprise that the former opposition communications minister during the 2013 election, now-Prime Minister--Mr. Turnbull himself--has been in communication with Telstra, through all of this and appears to have intentions to privatise NBN Co and possibly sell it off to Telstra for no apparent economic benefit. https://www.crikey.com.au/2016... http://www.nbnco.com.au/corpor...

Former ABC technology journalist Nick Ross, one of the few journalists who bothered to cover the NBN situation in any great depth, came out last year claiming he was "gagged" by his superiors for reporting critically of the obviously flawed Liberal NBN. https://delimiter.com.au/2016/...

Stephen Ellis, former NBN advisor under Turnbull's NBN, last year transitioned to a senior advisor role at Telstra with a spokesperson stating "We have engaged Mr Ellis as a consultant on a specific project to advise Telstra on longer term policy reform options. We will not be commenting further". http://www.theage.com.au/victo...

The Liberal NBN policy has been a knowing scam since day one. "Business as usual", indeed.

Don't forget that in australia having small tits on the beach is illegal.
And being attracted to women with small tits can get you arrested.

Yeah ... nah (which is how Australian's say no) http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/...

What kind of standard of living is it where you can't look at A cup porn stars?

You probably shouldn't believe everything you read...

Like the Australian state that just criminalized possession of CAD files?

Or the one that criminalizes video games?

Or the one that criminalizes porn actresses with A cups?

Australia is not the first country that comes to mind when "sane lawmaking" is the topic of discussion.

Just for info, the A cup thing is debunked here: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/...

You don't get concrete proof of this sort of thing

Let's test that claim. No, it turns out you do get concrete proof of this sort of thing. And again. And again. Your claim is false.

It's too bad neither russotto nor ShanghaiBill nor you can offer anything to substantiate russotto's claim. It makes you all look foolish. And it's truly sad that these fictions get modded "interesting" and "insightful" when they are no such thing.

Sad how Japan's yesterday is Australia's future:

Right now Australia's Internet is pathetically slow by first world standards - though competitive by third world standards.... YAY! Internet speeds: Australia ranks 44th, study cites direction of NBN as part of problem http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...

The Liberals are promising the NBN will deliver at least 25Mbps to most household... YAWN! The Coalition’s rebooted NBN plan proposes to use a mix of technologies, including Telstra’s copper network and cable networks, to deliver minimum broadband download speeds of 25Mbps to 90 per cent of households and businesses by 2020. http://www.businessspectator.c...

And the best you can get if you pay through the nose is 100Mbps? WHAT A JOKE! http://www.whistleout.com.au/B...
http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/...

Here is part of why you as a complete outsider think there is a problem. It's about journalism jumping on weird shit instead of a problem with how science is run:
http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49...

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These are the sex slaves at the centre of all the conflict:
You will note that they are scantily clad younglings with but little agency and few spoken lines. Their chief role in the film is to be babe-meat.
And where models have been cast in these roles, the equivalent male roles are mostly played by actors.

Who said I was making excuses? I'm describing the problem.
There's some articles on the metadata bill at http://crikey.com.au/ that describe it far better.

According to this Australia is also moving to showing documents to support a voter's identity.

Does the thing run only on Windoze 8 ?

Window anyway.

It's a VB6 program running on a single PC, supposedly for security reasons. The system is highly manual and failure prone enough that they're probably too embarrassed to release the code.

The system was developed internally by the AEC in 2001, when an upgrade to Windows 2000 rendered an existing COBOL-based application the commission was using to tally-up union elections incompatible with its standard operating environment. It was re-written as a Microsoft Visual Basic application and runs on Microsoft SQL.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/...
http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/...

Triple J's playlist is immense. There are so many songs in that music database there may as well not be a playlist. A rather funny piece on FasterLouder is the only one to identify a Triple J sound as a confusing "genre clusterfuck". The data (songs) in the playlist are so abundant they have none of the meaning, or the benefit to musicians, that recurrence provides.

> Users of Truecrypt should be extra careful of physical security of their systems to prevent investigators from gaining access to the contents of physical memory."

By investigators, do you mean government workers conducting industrial espionage?

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/10/nsa-busted-conducting-industrial-espionage-in-france-mexico-brazil-and-other-countries.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-04/asio-arrests-key-witness-in-east-timor-spying-scandal/5132954
http://www.globalresearch.ca/canada-spied-on-brazils-government-as-part-of-global-commercial-espionage-campaign/5353642
http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-spy-agency-helped-bhp-negotiate-trade-deals-20131106-2x1sw.html
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131111/11532125198/australia-spied-japan-to-help-companies-negotiate-trade-deals.shtml
http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/12/02/revealed-the-government-agency-stealing-ideas-from-businesses/
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000940560
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/16/gchq-intercepted-communications-g20-summits

If you can, tell crikey offtherecord@crikey.com.au telephone (03) 8623 9900. https://www.crikey.com.au/ (Tip off!)

I've heard it cynically said that this happened because it allows western oil companies wanted better deals on offshore oil fields - there was certainly a public outcry when the Howard government wanted to practically shove East Timor off the fields very soon after they became a nation. The boundaries are disputed, and I'd imagine negotiating with East Timor as a separate entity is much easier than with Indonesia.

It depends how you count. One NSL/~court document/letter could cover an entire group, brand, faith or generation of people. Other countries might have a count on the landline, cell, net log, postage, car tracking, friends, friends of friends vs roving surveillance or just metadata.
Simple counting tricks would keep the number range down needed to present to any rubber stamp oversight committee.
e.g. Australia may count what the US does not feel it has to http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/03/what-the-afp-asks-for-when-it-wants-to-wiretap-you/

If we were watched over by scrupulous eunuch atheist priests who lived in a walled off commune and never spoke to another soul wouldn't mind, but we are watched by public servants. The value of mass surveillance data inevitably means it will be abused. http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=386989

> Well in Government that's what whistleblowing procedures are for. You do not blog about it and expect to keep your job.

You don't blow the whistle and expect to keep your job either. Australia's whistleblower laws protect the corrupt: http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/07/30/you-better-be-careful-blowing-the-whistle-new-laws-have-holes/

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vs the ~10 Gb bandwidth, 2 Gb Disk space other parts of the world offer at the low end.
The mid and high end will start to think about air gap, no cloud, encryption and trusted local staff.
The real fun is in bilateral agreements, trade deals and telcos just helping so the paperwork is signed.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/07/12/telstras-deal-with-the-devil-fbi-access-to-its-undersea-cables/
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/02/telecoms-bt-vodafone-cables-gchq

The AG dept would rubber stamp the violation of taxpayers rights: http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/05/the-greatest-threat-to-our-rights-is-the-attorney-generals-department/?wpmp_switcher=mobile then steal from the taxpayer on the way out the door http://www.smh.com.au/national/highsecurity-public-servants-caught-rorting-their-overtime-20110925-1krto.html

If your looking for some of the Australia links in map form try:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia-Japan_Cable (Telstra, BT, Verizon Business, Softbank)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_3_(cable_system) ~Jakarta, Indonesia to Perth, Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REACH_Global_Services
http://www.pccwglobal.com/images/stories/brochures/Inf_map_lk_201203.pdf
Basically this is a huge peering network that allows the US gov to keep an eye on all data of a network wrt to Asia/Australia networks.
The text of the agreement linked from http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/07/12/telstras-deal-with-the-devil-fbi-access-to-its-undersea-cables/ seems to point to "any customers" vs a simple "lawful interception" to a foreign country (US).
Be fun to see some Australians legal standing respond to this:
Will they try superior orders? ASIO/AG dept made me do it?
Would an Australian of ordinary sense and understanding know it to be an invasion of privacy?

Bullshit. It's more expensive than what I'm paying at the moment for speeds far below other countries and they have blown a shitload of taxpayer money on it.

TOO EXPENSIVE: NBN monthly plans unveiled: The proposed National Broadband Network prices released this week by iiNet are simply way too expensive for the promised 100Mbps speeds and will need to be reduced significantly to drive customer uptake. http://apcmag.com/too-expensive-nbn-monthly-plans-unveiled.htm

The NBN a nice centralised point for Conroy 2.0 to spy on Aussie's net usage and that will continue regardless of who we vote for because it is the public service fat cats pushing it: That part of the government you can't get rid of. http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/14/banality-of-evil-new-documents-lift-the-veil-on-data-retention/

>It's the single biggest reason why Labor really should stay in for another term of government.
You need to get a life.

"The Australian Attorney-General Department's pig-headed push for Internet data retention were rejected by an Intelligence Oversight Committee for being vague and violating civil liberties. Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said the government needs to get the message and drop the scheme, and warned data retention could be used by PRISM. Head Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says data retention is off the agenda for now, though when the last AG made a similar promise they caught everyone off guard and passed new laws 12 days later"

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/24/national-security-inquiry-declines-to-endorse-data-retention
http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/24/keane-a-debate-we-had-to-have-on-security-measures
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/465679/data_retention_needs_oversight_inquiry/
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/465152/australia_suspected_prism_data_ludlam/
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/roxon-puts-web-surveillance-plans-on-ice-20120809-23x9l.html
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/312771,senate-passes-lite-data-retention-laws.aspx

The government is expected to lose office
Yes they are, but the opposition hasn't ruled out doing the same thing.

"The Australian Attorney-General Department's pig-headed push for Internet data retention were rejected by an Intelligence Oversight Committee for being vague and violating civil liberties. Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said the government needs to get the message and drop the scheme, and warned data retention could be used by PRISM. Head Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says data retention is off the agenda for now, though when the last AG made a similar promise they caught everyone off guard and passed new laws 12 days later"

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/24/national-security-inquiry-declines-to-endorse-data-retention
http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/24/keane-a-debate-we-had-to-have-on-security-measures
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/465679/data_retention_needs_oversight_inquiry/
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/465152/australia_suspected_prism_data_ludlam/
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/roxon-puts-web-surveillance-plans-on-ice-20120809-23x9l.html
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/312771,senate-passes-lite-data-retention-laws.aspx

The government is expected to lose office
Yes they are, but the opposition hasn't ruled out doing the same thing.

Objection! Question is asking the defendant to render a legal opinion which she is not qualified to do.

This isn't even something I made up: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/

Of course, their celebrity lawyer Claes BorgstrÃm was questioned as to how the women themselves could be essentially contradicting the legal characterisation of Swedish prosecutors; a crime of non-consent by consent. BorgstrÃmâ(TM)s answer is emblematic of how divorced from reality this matter is. âoeThey (the women) are not juristsâ.

Makes sense.... I am not qualified to give legal opinion. A question of what law you broke is a matter of interpretation of the law, which I am not qualified to do, I am not a jurist!

No oversight in Australia! There are no Whistleblowing laws so the politicians suggest one that would be giving themselves immunity. LOL! http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/26/labors-whistleblower-bill-just-window-dressing-without-an-overhaul/ and police are in bed with crooks! http://www.accci.com.au/Corruption.htm

regardless of how improbable your assertion is, it's still possible.

Because nobody ever blew up an engine pushing it to max thrust. Nobody ever increased thrust on the other engine and had it quit too. These people lucked out and landed before the engine that was burning oil ran out of it before they had to increase thrust on the engine that was melting itself.

Please do keep arguing between yourselves while the rest of us google for double engine failures to see whether it can happen or not. It's quite amusing to watch idiots argue by assertion.

Except that Boeing ran into problems with the batteries before production. I've got exactly zero idea how accurate this piece is, but it's an interesting (if rambling) read:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2013/01/17/qantas-hopes-for-a-fast-dreamliner-fix-are-fading/?wpmp_switcher=mobile

Is this Attorney-General could be the most disliked Attorney-General in Australian History? Does she think throwing the public a morsel will distract them as she beats them to death with a stick? Good luck with that.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/politics/roxons-calls-on-slippers-crudities-show-questionable-judgment-20121017-27rgz.html
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/18/how-not-to-launch-a-public-debate-by-the-a-gs-department/
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/20/asio-reels-in-a-g-line-on-illegal-fishing-hook-line-and-sinker/

Is this Attorney-General could be the most disliked Attorney-General in Australian History? Does she think throwing the public a morsel will distract them as she beats them to death with a stick? Good luck with that.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/politics/roxons-calls-on-slippers-crudities-show-questionable-judgment-20121017-27rgz.html
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/18/how-not-to-launch-a-public-debate-by-the-a-gs-department/
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/20/asio-reels-in-a-g-line-on-illegal-fishing-hook-line-and-sinker/

Get your facts right before defaming someone by spreading false rumors. Assange had sex with her and they slept together starkers. He woke up with a boner during the night and did what couples do: that's why it is called "making love all night long". One day you will understand... She threw a party for him afterwards and only reported him much, much later when she found out he was two timing her. Get your facts straight: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it -comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/

... - the man has committed no crimes either in or against the USA under any known laws. There's no charges, no prosecutor, no judges, no case to answer, no warrant. The only way Assange would end up in the USA would be by some process that amounts to kidnapping by the US gov't.

That's not impossible, but it seems like it's a long way from inevitable.

You reckon? What about a grand jury sealed indictment, would they let everyone know about it?

Of course this only works if you trust those who control it.

In the end, the tariffs are a last ditch effort to salvage the whole green jobs thing.

Except this backlash isn't exclusive to the USA.

"Here is a pair of graphs that demonstrate most vividly the merit order effect and the impact that solar is having on electricity prices in Germany; and why utilities there and elsewhere are desperate to try to rein in the growth of solar PV in Europe. It may also explain why Australian generators are fighting so hard against the extension of feed-in tariffs in this country."

http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/why-generators-are-terrified-of-solar/

G'day Clive, you fat bastard! How are your "Greens are a CIA plot" claims working out for you?

Clive's clearly a loon, but he's just a symptom of the problem.

Check each of the links below and ask yourself "Would this be happening in a country where the actions of the government are in the best interests of its people".

Let me know your answer. I'll be interested.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-study/3904024
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3460798.htm
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/21/official-australia-the-best-place-for-miners-in-the-world-again/
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/billionaires-grow-fat-off-lazy-government-20120321-1vij7.html

I agree that you should subsidize research, not production. But the fact is that coal is also subsidized, and therefore it is only fair to subsidize the competition too - to level the playing field. They compete on the electricity market.

Coal subsidy references:
Europe: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/10/us-eu-coal-idUSTRE6B93D420101210
USA: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_coal_subsidies
Australia: http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/01/nsws-great-big-coal-subsidy-scandal/
China (no source, as you don't need to subsidize something that is already state owned)

I'll see that graph with wriggly lines and raise you an animated graph with wriggly lines:

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/11/16/it-hasnt-warmed-since%E2%80%A6/

Well, if I was losing money on international routes, you know what I wouldn't do? Cancel a perfectly good, popular direct route from Sydney to San Francisco and replace it with a flight to Dallas that no-one wants, and is such a long distance that the airline has to stop in Brisbane on the way back, has to leave luggage behind to reduce weight, and once had to divert to Fiji because of fog in Brisbane.

Whoever came up with this shambles of a plan should be dropped from an aircraft mid-ocean. Dropping the SF route is just ridiculous - I'd pay a premium to be able to fly in directly to SF, rather than have to deal with the shithole that is LAX.

Well, if I was losing money on international routes, you know what I wouldn't do? Cancel a perfectly good, popular direct route from Sydney to San Francisco and replace it with a flight to Dallas that no-one wants, and is such a long distance that the airline has to stop in Brisbane on the way back, has to leave luggage behind to reduce weight, and once had to divert to Fiji because of fog in Brisbane.

Whoever came up with this shambles of a plan should be dropped from an aircraft mid-ocean. Dropping the SF route is just ridiculous - I'd pay a premium to be able to fly in directly to SF, rather than have to deal with the shithole that is LAX.

...build the world's biggest couch so it can fall between the cushions.

...because that is where the extremely profitable Australian mining companies (lack of) tax obligations to the land they are raping, seem to have gone...

Actually, Aussie taxpayers are even giving handouts to profitable mining companies...

...build the world's biggest couch so it can fall between the cushions.

...because that is where the extremely profitable Australian mining companies (lack of) tax obligations to the land they are raping, seem to have gone...

Actually, Aussie taxpayers are even giving handouts to profitable mining companies...

I wish I had mod points.

Yes, Australia is doing exactly the same thing, in almost the same way. It's on par with the what turned out to be the abysmal failure of accenture last time.

More info
http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2011/08/14/accenture_snags_health_deal/
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/18/roxons-health-records-system-a-massive-waste-of-467-million/

and lots of others. Big pie. Lots of slices. History repeating?

This article on writing letters to government ministers was written with Australia in mind, but it contains some interesting tactics that might well be worthwhile for getting a decent response from US politicians, too.

Australia also recently greatly expanded its Surveillance State. In combination with this new "cyberCrime" bill the game is set - This is the states power grab to control information on the internet.

Quote from that last link "A prime aim of the growing Surveillance State":

The emergence of entities like WikiLeaks (which single-handedly jeopardizes pervasive government and corporate secrecy) and Anonymous (which has repeatedly targeted entities that seek to impede the free flow of communication and information) underscores the way in which this conflict is a genuine "war." The U.S. Government's efforts to destroy WikiLeaks and harass its supporters have been well-documented. Meanwhile, the U.S. seeks to expand its own power to launch devastating cyber attacks: there is ample evidence suggesting its involvement in the Stuxnet attacks on Iran, as well as reason to believe that some government agency was responsible for the sophisticated cyber-attack that knocked WikiLeaks off U.S. servers (attacks the U.S. Government tellingly never condemned, let alone investigated). Yet simultaneously, the DOJ and other Western law enforcement agencies have pursued Anonymous with extreme vigor. That is the definition of a war over Internet control: the government wants the unilateral power to cyber-attack and shut down those who pose a threat ot it, while destroying those who resists those efforts.

How on earth are the people using Government computers supposed to "research" all of the dangers and issues associated with Child Pornography if they can't find it?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/christian-mp-fred-nile-engulfed-in-net-porn-scandal/story-e6frf7l6-1225913110721
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/nsw-mp-fred-nile-denies-porn-has-been-viewed-on-computers-in-his-office/story-e6frg6nf-1225913267507
http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/03/nsw-parliament%E2%80%99s-flawed-prn-hunt/
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/370016/child_porn_alarm_nsw_parliament/
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/02/Antigay_NSW_MP_Blames_Porn_on_Research/

An excoriation of Clinton's hypocrisy on this subject.

Here you go, it got international coverage:
http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/23/glennbeck/
That certainly looks like brain damage from all that cocaine he was famous for doing to me.
If he replaces the clothes and doesn't shave for a few days I wouldn't be able to tell him from a mentally ill homeless guy.

Beck said, "I have the proof. I have them on tape saying these things." Um... yeah. If you had seen his show for the entire two weeks before this particular episode, you would have seen those videos of these people saying that they want to control every aspect of your life. For example, Van Jones was speaking about what he was supposed to do as Green Job Czar. He said that it was not just about hiring people to install solar panels. It was about what fuel goes into cars. It was about how much power people use. It was about removing toxic fuels for bombers to drop toxic bombs on poor brown people. In other words, it was about controlling every aspect from what kind of blender you use to stripping the military of needed fuel. Another example is the head of the EPA declaring CO2 a toxin. The EPA can make law without congress. So, if the EPA can regulate CO2, what in your life can the EPA NOT regulate? Beck showed about 10 minutes of video for each of the pictures on his blackboard.

So, this clip is not just Beck being crazy. This was the conclusion of a series that lasted about two weeks. In other words, you took him out of context and then accused him of being a homeless drug addict over the false information you linked to. I don't care how evil you think people like Beck are, I've never seen him do something so cheap and vile. So, if you think it's OK to do stuff like that, yet you claim to hate Beck because you say he does the same thing... I don't think that's why you dislike Beck. You hate him because you heard he's a conservative and you feel it's necessary to take him down. How dare someone have a view that is different than your own. All who disagree with you must be silenced!!!

your statement is false and libelous if this is the article you are referring to: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/