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I was going to mod you down, but I am giving you the benefit that you are misinformed, rather than a troll.
So here, this should make you happy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334432/WikiLeaks-boss-Julian-Assange-goes-US-bank-explosive-new-dossier.html

Agree or disagree with his process, but Assange makes some very reasonable points in the full interview. Judge for yourself here:
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/an-interview-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/

Sure, if the US govt's actions were not important more private information would have come out, but right now the US, is by far the most dominant world power, and it is fairly assertive in using its power, so documents revealing its workings carry a corresponding importance. So it seems that Assange has his priorities right.
Also, one thing that I have noticed is that Wikileaks does seem to be listening to criticism, and every release seems to incorporate lessons learned from the previous ones. Wikileaks is certainly worth supporting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1330857/Terrorists-likely-cancer-airport-body-scanners-scientist-claims.html

Oh sweet irony.

Exactly, you only need to read a few messageboards to find out what muslims' complaints are.

You won't like what you find, of course. Because, frankly, it kinda is freedom that they hate. Freedom to be anything other than muslim, or freedom to be anything at all if you're female. Equality, another thing that seems to be horrifically offensive to these people.

And the fact that Jews are alive at all - despite allah's promise to kill them or change them "into pigs and apes" - never mind that they have a state, and an army that is quite effective in protecting them - ... You might initially be confused and see this as support for palestinian victims, but once you see a palestinian make the obvious point - that palestinians can stop the war anytime they want, and Jews can't - this line of thought stops. Palestinians are ridiculed and treated like vile scum by other muslims for failing to eradicate the Jews, and hatred towards them rivals the hate towards Jews muslims have, to say the least.

Why is this ? You might say it's part of their religion, but I think that's only part of the answer. The problem is not so much that islam is violent, even if it obviously is by far the most violent and despicable religion there is, the problem is that it is a failed religion. Anything horrific happens ? 99% of the time it was muslims. Some exiting new medical discovery ? Half the time it's Jews in Israel doing the discovering. A country massively practicing paedophilia, to the point where they need special clinics specialized for treating the ruptures in baby girls' bodies ? Well ... that wasn't Israel, that was Egypt. Barbarism, violence, death ... islam seems like the major cause of this. Living conditions in muslim cities are beyond horrible, from Morocco to Indonesia. Also, pictures like this don't exactly appeal ... (okay, perhaps a bit over the top on the picture, but aside from the hook quite a typical look for imams).

And obviously someone must have done this to them, and they apparently can't be bothered to fix it themselves (plus the ones that try tend to get shot - or worse).

If you aren't aware of the myriad ways in which the London Police have gone completely batshit crazy with photographers .... well, you haven't been paying attention to the news

Well, they may still be a little sensitive.

Here you go, a similar number.

Yeah, there is no value in professional auditors with experience in spotting sophisticated fraudulent activity.

Well, they don't seem to have made any impact at the EU!

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Although I cannot move
And I have to speak through a computer
In my mind I am free.
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Free to ask the big questions
Such as:
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the guy who got "thrown" out of San Diego Airport got refunded even though his ticket was non-refundable since he was disallowed from getting through security.

There are plenty of people whose world view and morals will allow them to strap explosives to children and kill people.

I'm willing to bet there are no terrorists whatsoever, this is all just mass hysteria, induced by opportunistic politics, grabbing of attention and votes, selling tons of security equipment, services, jobs, contracts, news, etc.

Regarding your bet, don't give up your day job.

Maybe you haven't heard, but an organization called Al Qaeda declared war on the United States, and essentially the rest of the world for not following their blighted form of Islam. You can read some of the goals of their leader, Osama Bin Laden, in Bin Laden's letter to America. As you can see, he has a fundamental hostility to democracy, non-Islamic religious belief, and many of our basic freedoms. He demands that we convert to Islam, give up democracy, drop the separation of church and state, and change many aspects of our culture or he and his minions will keep trying to kill us. He demands that we stop drinking alcohol, charging interest on bank loans, start separating the sexes, punishing homosexuality, oppress Jews, etc.

The sort term goal they have is to overthrow the governments in Arab & Muslim countries to install religious dictatorships to impose their narrow brand of Islam. They also hope to limit the spread of freedom and other "Western" ideas. Ultimately they plan to take over the world in a reborn Islamic super state. It sounds far fetched, but that is their goal. They understand that it might take 1,000 years, and that they are just moving the ball forward.

You can see a limited list of their handiwork below:

The most recent attempted bombing
The Underwear bomber
African Embassy Bombing
9/11 suicide attacks
Bali bombing
Madrid bombing
7/7 bombing in London
Another of the countless bombings in Iraq
Pakistan hotel bombing
Hotel bombing in Jordan
The "shoe bomber", and his current hijinks
Plan to attack Wembley stadium
Plan to bring down seven airliners
Attempted bombing in Germany

PS - In order to cut down on the confusion, a simple rule of them you can use is that "mass hysteria" doesn't tend to leave craters and stip the walls off buildings, collapse buildings, or rips bodies apart by shrapnel.

I'm willing to bet there are no terrorists whatsoever, this is all just mass hysteria, induced by opportunistic politics, grabbing of attention and votes, selling tons of security equipment, services, jobs, contracts, news, etc.

Regarding your bet, don't give up your day job.

Maybe you haven't heard, but an organization called Al Qaeda declared war on the United States, and essentially the rest of the world for not following their blighted form of Islam. You can read some of the goals of their leader, Osama Bin Laden, in Bin Laden's letter to America. As you can see, he has a fundamental hostility to democracy, non-Islamic religious belief, and many of our basic freedoms. He demands that we convert to Islam, give up democracy, drop the separation of church and state, and change many aspects of our culture or he and his minions will keep trying to kill us. He demands that we stop drinking alcohol, charging interest on bank loans, start separating the sexes, punishing homosexuality, oppress Jews, etc.

The sort term goal they have is to overthrow the governments in Arab & Muslim countries to install religious dictatorships to impose their narrow brand of Islam. They also hope to limit the spread of freedom and other "Western" ideas. Ultimately they plan to take over the world in a reborn Islamic super state. It sounds far fetched, but that is their goal. They understand that it might take 1,000 years, and that they are just moving the ball forward.

You can see a limited list of their handiwork below:

The most recent attempted bombing
The Underwear bomber
African Embassy Bombing
9/11 suicide attacks
Bali bombing
Madrid bombing
7/7 bombing in London
Another of the countless bombings in Iraq
Pakistan hotel bombing
Hotel bombing in Jordan
The "shoe bomber", and his current hijinks
Plan to attack Wembley stadium
Plan to bring down seven airliners
Attempted bombing in Germany

PS - In order to cut down on the confusion, a simple rule of them you can use is that "mass hysteria" doesn't tend to leave craters and stip the walls off buildings, collapse buildings, or rips bodies apart by shrapnel.

Most walls permit anonymous spray painting: are you contending that graffiti vandalism is not against laws in most jurisdictions?

While I agree that actively soliciting contributions is slightly different to the usual wall-owner's approach it still does not constitute an invitation from Wikipedia to be destructive.

crime investigation into someone who spraypainted a wall which was built specifically for graffiti.

But the Baroness really is a part of Cobra!

http://services.parliament.uk/hansard/Lords/bydate/20101101/mainchamberdebates/part009.html

And has ties to sketchy Russians.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303215/MI5-vetoed-Security-Minister-Baroness-Pauline-Neville-Jones-links-Ukrainian-oligarchs.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492804/The-uninvited-guest-Chinese-sub-pops-middle-U-S-Navy-exercise-leaving-military-chiefs-red-faced.html

Looks like the Chinese are getting handy with these sabres, eh?

I would have thought it was obvious:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/11/08/article-0-0266436E000005DC-774_468x692.jpg

A day doesn't pass that either one of the tabloids is blasting the government for not acting on a perceived threat or an official or government department coming out with what should really be considered an outrageous policy.

Did you ever consider that maybe the tabloids are taking things out of context or just making shit up? The facts behind pretty much every story in a British tabloid are manipulated until it falls into one of the following categories:

• It's political correctness gone mad!
• 'Elf and Safety killjoys ban breathing!
• Immigrants are taking over and claiming benefits/banning bacon sandwiches THE BASTARDS!
• A D-list Celebrity went to the beach/a nightclub/for a walk and is anorexic/a fatty fat fatarse!
• You'll almost certainly be knifed if you step outside your door!
• Common substance 'X' causes / cures cancer say boffins!

See, for example The Daily Fail although the tabloids' websites tend to have a higher celebrity:immigrant story ratio than the print editions.

I enjoy laughing at some of the nuttier commentators on Fox News but I don't base my entire impression of the US on it.

The picture fooled me, too.

And I ignored myself when I wondered why the plume wasn't all twisted up. Missile trails go through the different layers of atmosphere and pull in different directions. Like this:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/17/article-1214076-06756E3E000005DC-858_306x438.jpg

it would make sense that women just want sex!

Stephen Fry?

Well, aren't you being a bit of a drama queen if you get that scared when someone breaks into your house. I mean, odds are they're just there to steal a few things and will leave you unharmed, right?

Just kidding. If someone breaks into my house and I have the chance, I'll shoot them multiple times center of mass. I'm risking allowing something like that to happen to my family if I don't, and I can't take that risk. By the act of breaking into my house, he's assuming the risk - I won't. Sure, I'll feel like shit if it was some drunk teenager out out trying to steel some money, but I can't take the risk.

Thank God you can generally shoot someone if they break into your house and not have to deal with criminal proceedings, though it's still undesirable because the "ma baby din't do nothin'" family will sue your ass.

Even the brits are ambivalent about the NHS and its days are probably numbered - that doesn't mean they have any intention to do away with public insurance.

I'm not sure where you've got that from. All three major political parties want the NHS to continue, including the politically right one, reflecting the opinion of most British people. The NHS was pretty much the only government department that didn't have it's budget cut last month.

(I wouldn't normally link to the Daily Mail, but they were first on Google. They're conservative/right.)

By the way, I'm pretty sure even the NHS allows patients to go elsewhere for a second opinion.

Yes.

Yeah, since manslaughter doesn't get you more than two years these days. And a hit and run might not even be something a DA wants to pursue vigorously.

The charges in this case went beyond denial of service and were prosecuted under federal law.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert W. Kern, Cybercrime Coordinator for the Cleveland U.S. Attorney's Office, following an investigation by the Akron Office of the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the University of Akron Police Department. Former Student Gets 30 Months in Prison for DDoSing Conservative Figures and Using Botnets, 30-Month Sentence For Bot Nets Used To Obtain Information From Other Computer Systems

In the American federal system, crimes of violence are almost always prosecuted under state law. If you have any complaints about sentencing, take them to your state assemblyman or senator.

The consequences for conviction on a charge of vehicular homicide vary wildly from state to state.

In Iowa, there is no probation and the mandatory sentence is twenty five years. In Tennessee the average jail time is 29 days. Vehicular Manslaughter

Failing to pursue the felony charge can make very big headlines in unexpected places: Morgan Stanley financial adviser escapes felony charges for hit-and-run 'because it could jeopardies his job', Alleged hit-and-run driver may not face felony

My issue with the scanners are:
1) They're invasive
2) They're yet another knee-jerk reaction
3) They won't do any good

== Invasive ==
If you do a search online you'll find all kinds of different images of what these things will show. They vary from the obviously modified to make them look really bad to the modified to make them look generic. A couple of things stand out:
- the case of the Florida TSA guard who went bonkers after too much teasing about his small genitalia after they were testing the full body scanners. How'd they know the size of his genitals if they weren't shown? http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-05-07/news/fl-miami-airport-screeners-20100506_1_airport-workers-co-worker-tsa
- the British won't use the full body scanners on children under 18 because they may break child pornography laws http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221111/Nude-X-ray-scans-scuppered-child-porn-fears.html#ixzz0bl6GB9Ts

So you are giving up personal rights that normally you wouldn't. You wouldn't want police to be able to pat you down with no probably cause on the streets would you? They're doing that at the airports with no probable cause. But, the extra security! Read on.

== Knee Jerk Reaction ==
9/11 attacks used box cutters and other sharp objects (not illegal at the time)
-- rules are changed to no longer allow those items
Shoe Bomber
-- rules are changed so your shoes now need to removed and screened
Liquid Explosives attempt
-- rules are changed to minimize amounts of liquids you can bring on board
Panty Bomber
-- introduction of full body scanners

Notice the pattern? Terrorists find ways to work within the rules.

== They won't do any good ==
Nobody can say with certainty that the scanners would have caught the panty bomber, since he used a low density explosive https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031700649.html
The scanners do not penetrate skin, so people can still carry explosives in body cavities (I'll leave the details of that up to your imagination). http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/whats-the-real-lowdown-on-the-full-body-scanners/
Once you are on the plane you are not scanned again, terrorists will get in the system at small airports that don't have the scanners

== Summation ==
So where does that leave you? Rules/Restrictions are put in place, terrorists work within them, new, more stringent rules and restrictions are put in place. I was annoyed at the previous restrictions, but I could live with them. This invasion of privacy is a step too far.

And for those of you who have no issues with this step due to 'better security' where are *you* going to draw the line when that terrorist uses his handy body cavities to smuggle stuff on board and the TSA tries to figure out how to catch that ....

Hell you can't even buy police uniforms for this very reason.

You can buy them, but you have to be careful what you do with them.

We haven't had a major terrorist incident in the US for a while. Why?

A: There hasn't been any credible ability to do so by the bad guys
B: Nobody wants to harm the US any more
C: The counterterrorism efforts have prevented such an attack
For ANY of the above choices, how do you know? I mean, REALLY know, not just guessing or trying to shout louder than the guy next to you whose opinion is different than yours?

Survey says....C!

Al Qaeda Video Asks Detroit-Area Muslims to Act
US warned of mail bomb terror tactic last month
Explosive found in Dubai, part of US terror probe
'US terrorist tried to bring slaughter to subway in Washington'
US man pleads guilty in 'South Park' terror threat
'US thrice shared non-specific inputs on Mumbai attack'
Terrorist in failed LAX attack violated prison release with gun purchase
14 Charged with Aiding Terror Group Al-Shabab
Former Staten Island Resident Nabbed in Attempt to Join Taliban
Feds: NYC Subway Plotters Targeted London, Too (From July)

And in other news....

Osama bin Laden threatens French troops, criticizes France burqa ban
Canadian sentenced for leading terrorism plot
Hotels need EU help to defend against attack
MI6 chief Sir John Sawers says secrecy is vital to keep UK safe
Eight Britons 'trained in Pakistan for European terror strikes'
New security threat at Commonwealth Games, police, army seize explosives
British bobbies get SAS training, new weapons in wake of Mumbai-style terror threats
Gunmen storm Parliament in Chechnya, 6 dead
Bomb on bus in Philippines kills 10, wounds 9
Saudis warn Europe of terr

1. It was much more secure than the alternatives.

Hmm...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1255888/Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerberg-hacked-emails-rivals-journalists.html

Not that I disagree with you, but I think Zuckerberg, like most tech. billionaires, played on a general ignorance about technology.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3949099/Royal-Marine-killed-on-Christmas-Eve-in-Afghanistan.html
have a read of "it was revealed that RAF Nimrod surveillance planes monitoring Taliban radio signals in Afghanistan had heard militants speaking with Yorkshire and Midlands accents."
You really think its "impractical" to seek the same voice prints back in the US, UK?
eg. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1268535/Superspy-sky-soon-patrolling-British-cities-search-hidden-terror-cells.html
"The three Britten-Norman Islander aircraft are all fitted with sophisticated surveillance equipment. They have been used to track down terror cells and to locate former Afghan veterans who may have returned to Britain to plot terror attacks."
Someone is interested. I understand the sat had 240 channels at the start, by the 1980's ~30000.

'How much do you think raising taxes on the rich will net you? Have a wild guess. Then take a look at the Laffer curve'

Ah yes, the Laffer curve, favourite graph of right-wing administrations who want to give their backers a tax break since the Reagan years, and Glenn Beck:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201002090041

Not everyone is quite as impressed, however. JK Galbraith:

'It is not clear that anyone of sober mentality took Professor Laffer's curve and conclusions seriously. He must have credit, nonetheless, for showing that justifying contrivance, however transparent, could be of high practical service. The tax reduction in the 1980's was, in no slight measure, the product of the Laffer construct. Professor Laffer was not without criticism from professional colleagues, but this in no way detracts from the able service he rendered his constituency.'

But I guess you'd take it as an article of faith that we're on the right side of the curve, and definitely not the left?

'Do you really expect them to continue funding all of the previous government's little fetishes?'

No, of course not - e.g., you could fairly class the ID card scheme (good riddance) as a 'fetish' that deserved to go. But right now we're talking about plans for one of the most savage programmes of cuts in history, which apart from anything else might push us over into a 'double dip' recession. Even the Daily Mail is getting nervous:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318726/Double-dip-warning-growth-slides-Real-risk-economy-weaken-further.html

'Those same markets comprised ~12% of British GDP during the boom, the taxation of which was spent by the Labour government on innumerable little projects that you insist should not be cut today.'

I didn't say that, either. Plenty of 'little projects' are going to have to be cut, some deservedly.

'You're a friend of the financial markets when it suits you, because presumably you approved of this spending.'

I don't approve of the behaviour of the tobacco industry, either, but if it exists it should be taxed.

Yeah, I especially loved this one... http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10_07/polshsatnav_308x385.jpg

Do you think this announcement has anything to do with todays news about Another 20 oil tankers burned as Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for third attack in three days?

The figures I was referring to were in the telegraph article yes, but you hadn't posted that one up before, which is why I was asking where the "TWO MILLION POUNDS to solve ONE CRIME" stuff was coming from.

I appreciate attempts to educate me, I know I'm ignorant on many topics, but saying "I'll get out the crayons" when you hadn't actually linked all the articles you were getting your figures from felt very insulting to me.

I guessed you missed the bit about only 1/1000 crimes being caught by cameras. I had mentioned that statistic - I didn't realise that negating to put a link caused you to call me an arsehole.

Especially when I then explain WHERE the stat came from; and you say "Why bother to provide references at all if you were only going to link half of them" - all the info was there in the post you replied to.

Anyway, that statistic is fairly widely available.

I'll try and remember to cite every single source next time.

Still, I'm a little offended at being called a 'conspiracy theorist' for giving real-world statistics. In reality it's more like the other way around.

It's also the first case I've noticed where it's been used.

If The Daily Mail has done their research correctly (hahahahaha), it's the fourth time a prosecution has resulted in a conviction under this law (see final paragraphs)

"In 2008 the then Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told the House of Commons the legal provisions for withholding passwords and encryption keys to hard drives came into force on 1 October 2007 and eight notices have been served on PC users - four of which had resulted in prosecutions all relating to terrorism activity.
Last year the first person jailed for not giving police access to encrypted material, was a 33-year old businessman known only as JFL.
He was not judged to be a threat to national security, and the encrypted material in question was not suspected of securing illegal material.
The man who ran a software company in London told a judge he was refusing to disclose the code on principle, on the basis that he should have a right to silence but was jailed for 13 months for refusing to hand over his decryption keys."

also the publisher of such cutting edge journalism such as this,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1317066/Katy-Perrys-skin-tight-silver-dress-clings-wrong-places.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
It's the current UK incarnation of the Five Minute Hate

Seriously, are we going to be calling it spacecraft? What is it going to be next? The Flip based UFO?
pleaaaseee.... gimme a break...

It's certainly an improvement on the fucking monkey they've had working on the stadia and hotels:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314976/COMMONWEALTH-GAMES-2010-Child-labourers-pictured-working-construction-sites.html

come on guys - it starts next week! Think you'll be ready? Don't give me that fucking wobbly head bullshit - I want a straight answer - yes or no? No, I'm not going to bribe you. No, I don't want to hear about 'different standards of health and cleanliness in the west'. You need to provide hotels with the basics like running water, floors and beds free from dog shit etc.

More info about the guy and the accident is available at the Daily Mail

LOL Yeah it was hilarious when people were complaining about being unable to get on Facebook. So funny that people need services to keep in contact with others, it's like why don't you just talk to them in person? I mean like, HELLO, am I the only one getting this? Geeze. If it's so important to you then you should be more redundant with your services, like, everyone knows that!

An artist makes unusual "sculptures" by putting acrylic blocks into the beam path of a relatively small electron accelerator:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1232908/Captured-lightning-The-artist-traps-fossilised-bolts-electricity-inside-acrylic-blocks.html

The telegarph cut the end of the article off.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman added: ‘If this gentleman wishes to report a theft to us, we will look into the matter. However, we are obviously unable to give members
of the public people’s address details.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314154/Microchip-firm-wont-tell-dog-owner-stolen-pet.html#ixzz10N5W1AWZ

The examiner also has the full article with the same quote. As does many other sources.

The Daily Telegraph is interested in sensational stories, not making things clear. The Daily Mail (not much better) has this quote:

"A West Yorkshire Police spokesman added: ‘If this gentleman wishes to report a theft to us, we will look into the matter. However, we are obviously unable to give members
of the public people’s address details.’"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314154/Microchip-firm-wont-tell-dog-owner-stolen-pet.html

So it appears that he hasn't reported the dog as stolen, which means that the cops & the company are right not to give him the information. But that's not much of a story, is it?

So you are trying to say that your comment is somehow more better or that my comment isn't accurate just because someone with mod points modded you up?

And you are giving moderators on Slashdot that much credit? I didn't know that facts were subject to popularity or vote. I always thought they just existed and some idiots choose to ignore them.

Maybe you should take a nic similar to mine, perhaps something with the term idiot in it as you probably need it.

Look who gets the job.. For sure they didn't charge a dime...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1311208/Here-news-I-quit-Norwegian-radio-reporter-walks-minute-rant-air.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

cute.

Flags? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1111203/Cities-world-platform-hundreds-thousands-protesters-Gaza-fighting.html

People? http://infidelsarecool.com/2009/03/11/egypt-honor-killing-muslim-burns-coptic-christian-man-alive-and-kills-his-father-for-a-rumored-relationship-with-muslim-girl/

citation needed.

Your
google-fu
is inferior.

Seriously. It's not even HARD to find images of Muslims burning things (Warning, some graphic images!)

If you don't understand what a danger Islam is to pretty much everyone else in the world, then you are either ignorant, willfully ignorant, or a useful idiot.

Keep in mind that I have Muslim friends, and I respect their right to believe what they wish. I also think burning the Qurans is unnecessary and doesn't help at all. But let's not even PRETEND to try and draw moral equivalence between Modern Christianity and Modern Islam. That's just stupid and makes you look like a fool for trying.

As far as the Rackspace issue goes, I personally think that Property Rights trump Free Speech rights. However, I think Rackspace should have just left well enough alone, while some will support them, many others won't. I also think it might have a chilling effect on their ability to sell web hosting to other religious groups. Nobody wants to think that they could just get shut down because someone, somewhere gets offended at what they said. Nowadays, with the formal grievance industry we have in the US, ANY religious group is a target for a "hate speech" legal attack. Rackspace is setting a bad precedent and I think they will end up regretting it, even though they have the right do do it.

According to Stephen Hawking, your computer imploded because of an uncontrolled feedback loop.

And yes, you're be able to know what happens in the future, simply wait until it's no longer the future.

Whatever the allegations, Assange has managed to get himself into trouble. Like this other guy at HP. And also this guy named Clinton (no need for URL I guess) that did not have sexual relationship with that woman.

Interesting how everybody thinks the wikileaks issue is some kind of CIA attack.
These are males. You know, the male human.

I know civics education in this country is complete shit, but I do seem to recall something about how we afford people the presumption of innocence until they are proven guilty in a court of law. For all we know, this woman is behind manufacturing accusations against Assange so that she can step in.

I'm not accusing her of doing so. I'm simply saying that she could just as well be using it as a tool for manipulation. The guy could be a complete jack-ass for all I know. I also know that it has no impact on the value of the service he started and the information that he has revealed through it.Dismantling him doesn't invalidate that knowledge.

It is sad that mere accusations are enough to demand that people step down from just about anything. His life is going to be forever altered for the simple fact that he was accused, even if there ends up being no basis for it. Even if it turns out that it was just the manufactured story of a ruthless reporter and a pissed off chick.

Considering the stories we hear all the time these days about how such accusations are often entirely fictional -- such as "I ditched a night out with my friends for drinks with this guy I met, so to deal with their scrutiny over me ditching them, I invented a story of rape and got a man jailed for a crime he was innocent of", I am not willing to ever assume guilt whatsoever.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206325/Woman-rape-allegation-faces-jail.html

http://gothamist.com/2010/02/24/woman_who_lied_about_rape_sentenced.php

Just because you may hate anyone who questions the United States of Amuricah, because they're freedom-hating assholes who want our heroic baby-rescuing, never-in-the-wrong troops to die . . . doesn't mean they're also guilty of rape or any crime.

Yep. The producer of this movie is one of the biggest scum bags in Hollywood and that is saying a lot. It's too bad because I loved the movie itself. I think there is even a slight likeness between Jeremy Renner and Jeffrey Sarver. This movie was clearly based on him. The whole idea for the movie and certainly for the main character was basically stolen from Mark Boal's experiences embedded with Sarver and his team. Pot meet kettle.

The scumbag producer had this to say when asked about his uncredited ripoff of Sgt Sarver (real life call sign "Blaster One"):

Everyone says it's one of the best movies of the year, did he just not like the popcorn when he watched the movie?' Chartier wrote. 'I haven't taken any grossly unfair action against him. I've never heard of him. Did I steal his girlfriend? Never heard of him.'

http://www.emaxhealth.com/1275/deep-cuts-health-care-services-uk
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/140810
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295111
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1253438/Mid-Staffordshire-NHS-hospital-routinely-neglected-patients.html?ITO=1490

according to the daily mail there is some confusion over whether the condom used with woman A broke intentionally or accidentally, but they claim that the police report clearly shows that the condom was worn but it failed. Then the following report about woman B from an anonymous source:

One source close to the investigation said the woman had insisted he wear a condom, but the following morning he made love to her without one.
This was the basis for the rape charge. But after the event she seemed unruffled enough to go out to buy food for his breakfast.
Her only concern was about leaving him alone in her flat. 'I didn't feel I knew him very well,' she explained.

So let's see, at night she said wear a condom, in the morning he boned her without one, but she went out and bought him breakfast and left him in her apartment even though she "didn't know him very well", so obviously she wasn't too concerned.
It seems to me from where I am sitting that one or both of these women were coerced or at least cajoled into testifying against him on the basis of their anger for both being seduced by the same guy who wasn't as into them as they were into him. It's called jealousy, and it's sad, and at least one of these women has already realized that.
Of course, there could be additional facts to which I am not privy...