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Rich's legislation would target only those who derived or helped others derive "sexual gratification'' from an animal, specifying that conventional dog-judging contests and animal-husbandry practices are permissible.

That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard.

"People are taking these animals as their husbands? What's husbandry?" she asked.

Some senators stifled their laughter as Sen. Charlie Dean, an Inverness Republican, explained that husbandry is raising and caring for animals.

Bullard didn't get it.

Rich's legislation would target only those who derived or helped others derive "sexual gratification'' from an animal, specifying that conventional dog-judging contests and animal-husbandry practices are permissible.

That last provision tripped up Miami Democratic Sen. Larcenia Bullard.

"People are taking these animals as their husbands? What's husbandry?" she asked.

Some senators stifled their laughter as Sen. Charlie Dean, an Inverness Republican, explained that husbandry is raising and caring for animals.

Bullard didn't get it.

A gun only has one purpose, no matter how much fun they might be.

What might that be? Shooting clay pigeons, shooting game, shooting people -- all the same purpose?

Using that logic, a knife has only one purpose. Making people very dead.

Costco did something like this. They settled in a class action suit. A source.

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 ....

In a recent article titled "Boynton woman's suit fights to allow videotaping of police", police are alleged to have arrested but charges were not filed.

I know I'm being kind of pedantic, but I find your use of "criminal behavior" to describe shootings to be disingenuous.

Criminal behavior, on the other hand, is more like robbery, rape, arson, or even drug dealing, and are far more common. I'm not sure there are too many cases where a gun in such events would be beneficial to the victim. In fact, it usually has the opposite effect, where the aggressor gets an additional advantage after taking the gun.

with just a quick search of something that happened in the last month. If you listen for these on the news you will start hearing more. I have been very surprised that defensive use with a firearm is making it to the mainstream media with more frequency. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32426383/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

I Know that with a little time I could inundate you with articles of a similar nature. The NRA (I know it's a bad word) reprints articles verified from smaller news agencies at, least 5 monthly, with defensive uses from criminal behavior.

And stopping or preventing organized crime with a gun amounts to vigilanteism, which is also frowned upon.

I am pretty sure that I never suggested stopping organized crime or vigilante behavior at all. The parent asked for evidence to support citizens stopping mass shootings and I provided. then you asked for info supporting private citizens stopping "criminal behavior " I provided it. Maybe a little more research instead of just repeating what you hear, especially about getting your gun taken away and used against you. In fact if you read this article the apparent "victims" took away the attackers weapon and then chased them away with a knife. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-robbery-lake-bn081009,0,821164.story

I do not think that everyone should go out and get a gun! People have a responsibility to train themselves on proper control and safety measures including retention and not shooting your neighbor. If people took the time to be trained and used firearms appropriately I believe we would be safer.

You know, just so she doesn't forget who's boss. Take a lesson from this noble fag:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/sfl-bso-deputy-arrested-sex-abuse,0,1484852.story

They had asbestos plaintiffs who were diagnosed with asbestosis but not silicosis, rediagnosed with silicosis but not asbestosis, by the same doctor, with the same X-ray. They laid the seeds for their own destruction."

Or how about in New Mexico where the attorney general seems to give good contracts to those who pay? Or maybe that's just a general politician thing.

Or how about doctors who are no longer paying for malpractice insurance as a way to ensure against lawsuits? Here's a quote from one of those doctors:

"I have a strong feeling I'll never hear from another attorney again," Rosenbaum said. "Sure, I'm nervous. But I practice carefully. The first thing lawyers do when they have a case is [check] all the doctors involved to see who has how much coverage."

In theory the law is great: it prevents doctors from malpracticing by allowing lawsuits. In practice, it's only turned to increase expenses for everyone, while enriching customers (and a few lucky clients).

These are not isolated examples. The list goes on and on. If lawyers want to have a good reputation, they sure don't act like it (of course there are exceptions).

Any time something like this happens everyone from the first manager with the authority to do something that refuses all the way up the chain gets held responsible for whatever happens as a result of their refusal to act.

Good idea. At this very moment you could be in Sudan saving lives. Since you aren't, please report to your nearest court house for sentencing. Given the severity of your crime -- several thousand cases of manslaughter over your lifetime -- it is likely you'll get the death penalty, but there is a small chance you'll get life without possibility of parole.... Or is it more a case of "laws for thee, but not for me"?

There are good reasons that jurisdictions don't make it mandatory to act. Not everyone has the skill, training or experience necessary to evaluate the situation and provide effective aid. As a result you can end up like this woman or this gentleman.

I'm not saying anyone should not act, I have and would again, but it's up to each individual to decide for themselves. Do you really want the state mandating ad-hoc emergency medical treatment from someone whose entire knowledge comes from watching House? Giving a non-swimmer the choice of jumping into a rushing river or being prosecuted for negligent manslaughter? No thanks.

So, a well-armed populace cannot prevent the scenario you describe.

Absolutely, 100% WRONG. See Iraq, where a group of well-armed citizens armed with only small arms and improvised explosives made life absolutely for the most powerful military on the planet.

...halfway around the world from their home base.

When the guerrillas have the home field advantage and the invader doesn't the results are often pretty dismal for the invader. When they're both at home, though? Different story.

BTW, legal gun owners AREN'T the ones "threatening the liberty and health" of those without guns -- that's what violent criminals do who simply ignore any law you pass about using guns, knives, or clubs to rob, rape, or kill someone else. From Wikipedia: "Permit holders are a remarkably law-abiding subclass of the population. Florida, which has issued over 1,408,907 permits in twenty one years, has revoked only 166 for a "crime after licensure involving a firearm," and fewer than 4,500 permits for any reason." Quit restating the myth that legal gun owners pose any substantial threat to those who choose to be without guns -- there's absolutely nothing which backs up that statement, anywhere.

Ok, first of all, you're citing Floriduh statistics as an example of efficiently-run government... pardon me if I'm hardly convinced. Secondly, you're saying that the government hasn't revoked permits, not that the gun owners haven't committed crimes or are less likely to commit crimes. 0.011% of permit holders have been convicted of crimes involving a firearm; how does that compare to the general population? With about 0.45% percent of the Florida population behind bars in 2000, and knowing about a third of those are likely for drug offenses (based on nationwide statistics), then you have to wonder if the number of remaining offenses, some of which are non-violent (fraud, embezzlement, etc.), which involved guns exceeds about 10% of the total. Maybe it does. I can't find those stats right now, but I'll bet they exist; if you want to prove something, you need to normalize your data somehow, so you might want to dig. (In trying to find a comparable general population statistic, I found this article which calls into question the quoted statistic on its face, btw.)

Am I supposed to be reassured that they haven't revoked very many permits period?

who the fuck wouldn't choose to do the latter?

I think the more important question is who the fuck would choose to do the Donald Trump?

...but with the financial system. maybe we should be looking instead at how vast sums of money can be moved into and out of a company in seconds? episodes like this have shown the instability of the share market, and the craziness of the finance market. everything is built upon smoke and mirrors - performance counts for little, while perception, lies and marketing rule the day

Hear hear! Since Apple tends to create rifts around here, take them out of the equation. A very similar thing happened to United Air Lines a few weeks back when an old story wound up published to Bloomberg as current news. UAL's stock dropped and didn't completely recover that day after the item was corrected.

corrupt city council members should be fired! When your local city council votes for a wage increase, do not allow it! these pieces of shit who are by and large knuckle heads who accept bribes do not deserve any increases!

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7614

May 29, 2008 - Hailey, ID, United States of America

Hailey: For the second time in seven months, Hailey voters approved a trio of municipal ballot measures liberalizing local marijuana law enforcement policies.

On Tuesday, voters endorsed language legalizing the use of medical cannabis and hemp, and calling on local police to make marijuana law enforcement its lowest priority.

Voters had previously approved all three ballot measures in November, but city council members sued in January to have the measures declared illegal.

The council"s lawsuit remains pending.

"In the coming weeks and months, we will learn whether the long-held democratic notion of a government "by the people for the people" applies in Idaho or whether lawmakers are willing to cast democracy aside in order to bow at the altar of pot prohibition," NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said.

We the people still exists, right? Fuck corrupt local city council members who do not represent us, they should be fired at the very least.

"Regulators, saddle up!" - Young Guns, The movie

In other news:

"A Palm Beach Gardens man and his mother, a middle school science teacher, are permanently barred from owning or possessing animals, a judge ruled Thursday after watching a short film of the man having sex in his bedroom with a German shepherd. Palm Beach County Judge Frank Castor also ordered that the county be given custody of the woman's pets two German shepherds and two cats and ruled that she and her son, 18, jointly pay the county $1,848 in boarding costs and other fees. The man, who was 17 at the time of the recorded activity, did not appear in court. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is not identifying him because he was a juvenile at the time of the activity. His mother, whose residence is where the sexual activity occurred, teaches at a public school. She testified at Thursday's hearing, insisting repeatedly that she was unaware of her son's sexual acts with her male German shepherd. She said she found the behavior reprehensible and out of character for her son, whom she said is a recently graduated high school honors student. Thursday's hearing included graphic details of the man's sexual acts, including descriptions of the film that Palm Beach County sheriff's investigators found stored on his personal computer in his bedroom. Testimony was provided by a detective, county Animal Care and Control officials, including a chief veterinarian, and an expert animal trainer who said the videotape indicates the dog showed signs of submission and pain.The woman urged the judge not to take away her dogs, and said not allowing her to have future pets "is punishing the mother for the sins of a son." She told the judge, "I have not done anything wrong or have hurt these animals in any way. I was mortified to find this was going on." The county intends to put the animals up for adoption."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-529bestiality,0,6273499.story

I took similar photos with my GNAA One Laptop Per Nigger, it's a black laptop for Gay Niggers and their families:

http://www.gnaa.us/penis-rocket-to-the-moon-project/one-laptop-per-nigger-sponsors.php

In unrelated cracker news:

"A Palm Beach Gardens man and his mother, a middle school science teacher, are permanently barred from owning or possessing animals, a judge ruled Thursday after watching a short film of the man having sex in his bedroom with a German shepherd. Palm Beach County Judge Frank Castor also ordered that the county be given custody of the woman's pets two German shepherds and two cats and ruled that she and her son, 18, jointly pay the county $1,848 in boarding costs and other fees. The man, who was 17 at the time of the recorded activity, did not appear in court. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is not identifying him because he was a juvenile at the time of the activity. His mother, whose residence is where the sexual activity occurred, teaches at a public school. She testified at Thursday's hearing, insisting repeatedly that she was unaware of her son's sexual acts with her male German shepherd. She said she found the behavior reprehensible and out of character for her son, whom she said is a recently graduated high school honors student. Thursday's hearing included graphic details of the man's sexual acts, including descriptions of the film that Palm Beach County sheriff's investigators found stored on his personal computer in his bedroom. Testimony was provided by a detective, county Animal Care and Control officials, including a chief veterinarian, and an expert animal trainer who said the videotape indicates the dog showed signs of submission and pain.The woman urged the judge not to take away her dogs, and said not allowing her to have future pets "is punishing the mother for the sins of a son." She told the judge, "I have not done anything wrong or have hurt these animals in any way. I was mortified to find this was going on." The county intends to put the animals up for adoption."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-529bestiality,0,6273499.story

But but BUT... Newt says http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorid a/sfl-43newtghetto,0,6065508.story?coll=sfla-home- headlines

(Yep, off topic- carry on!)

really :

http://democraciausa.org/en/headlines/120706en3/
http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporter s/stories/2006/08/17/BC_IMMIG_CHILDREN_COX17.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorid a/sfl-cdetained25feb25,0,5180003.story
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_ne ws/epaper/2006/10/14/m1a_lizdeport14.html

This is just a handful of the results a google search turned up.

Here's some more info on the HD formats courting "behind the scenes" to porn producers. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/la-fi-p orn12feb12,0,4934876.story?coll=sfla-business-head lines

This just in, Bush may have a higher IQ than Kerry:

http://www.vdare.com/Sailer/kerry_iq_lower.htm

Plus other sources.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/s fl-brmail790nov13,0,7944024.story

We don't know Kerry's exact SAT or GPA, I think. The Bush "common man" may also be somewhat of an illusion to help him connect with the common man rather than massachussetts liberals....

In case you get a registration page, here are a few more links to the story:

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/04/Tampabay/Dolphin _rescued_from_.shtml
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl -817speedodolphin,0,7853284.story
http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/080506/tp2c h6.htm?date=080506&story=tp2ch6.htm
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/1 5297167.htm

As an advocate of cranial faraday protection (three independent studies find that cellular telephones cause brain cancer), I can assure you that people did in fact walk on the moon.

The actual purpose of the destruction of the principal historical record of mankind's greatest achievment was not to cover up a falsification, but to conceal an inconvenient truth, as Buzz Aldrin and Gordon Cooper have reported.

and of course, it didn't take long for the US to say that it's the oh-so-scary al-Qaida

Chertoff: Plot 'Suggestive' of al-Qaida

• Atlanta http://www.georgia-navigator.com/maps/atlanta http://wsbradio.com/MARKET/traffic/map.html
• • Tallahassee http://smsdmz12.state.fl.us/bin/CgiAtmsMap.exe?Are a=Overview&Layers=L&submit1=Show+Map
  • • Orlando http://www.traffic.com/Orlando-Traffic/Orlando-Tra ffic-Reports.html
    • Tampa
    • http://www.traffic.com/Tampa-Traffic/Tampa-Traffic -Reports.html
    • Miami http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/traffic/sfl-traff icmap,0,2300850.framedurl
    • San Francisco http://www.sfbaytraffic.info/map.htm
    • Maryland http://www.chart.state.md.us/travinfo/travinfo.asp http://www.chart.state.md.us/MapNet/MapDOTNET.aspx ?Browser=NS6&ViewName=Triangle&Cmd=switchtheme&tab =Traffic&DoPanTo=False&Direction=&PanFactor=&DoZoo mScaleFactor=&x=&y=&Encoder=&timestamp=72586&x1=34 7511&x2=458427&y2=207368&y1=123548
    • New York, LA, San Francisco http://www.metrocommute.com/
    • For more links visit http://www.joegivens.com/traffic.htm http://www.traffic.com/ http://www.shgresources.com/fl/traffic/
    • Manufacturers of systems based on cell phone tracking http://www.delcan.com/prod/index.php?id=295 http://www.airsage.com/case_study.html

Actually 1932 was pretty bad as well. That skip must have started in 1931.

The median price of a house in South Florida has gone up over $80k in the past year and is nearing $400k. Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/sf l-zhomesbrow24aug24,0,6158484.story?coll=sfla-busr ealestate-headlines

...is something that just comes with the territory, one could hypothesize.

(No insult intended to the many decent folk and businesses that are down there, but your situation's akin to your IP addresses being located in a block infested by spammers.)

Given the area's high retiree population, this doesnt surprise me. After all, they can pick up their V1agra and c1alis practically right around the corner once the email hits their account!

Read more about it at the Sun Sentinel.

Between tracking sex offenders, fighting for Terri Schiavo, and getting slot machines taxed, theres little room for this on the legislative agenda.

This nutjob Dem wants to tax TP!?!?!??! -

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorid a/sfl-0310toiletpaper,0,2301086.story?coll=sfla-ho me-headlines

Maybe you don't notice them. A good copy is dificult to notice. With say golf clubs, using a lesser material is how they save the money (and how they were able to tell the difference) with CDs you don't need to use lesser CDs, paper, printing, etc the cost isn't in the item rather the information; which is as everyone probably realizes easy enough for even grandma to copy. Have you caught all the talk about fake flea medicines for pets and how even ones from your vet aren't trustworthy lately? Or the killer fake botox in florida?

From the article:

Although there are about 58,000 ballots not accounted for, Snipes said many are actually in the hands of voters waiting to be mailed back and thus the problem will turn out to be much smaller.

She said that about 14,000 completed ballots arrived Wednesday and that others had been deposited in the office's drop-off box and at early voting locations. She estimated that she will resend no more than 20,000 ballots.

She pointed the finger at the U.S. Postal Service as the source of the mix-up. She said that all ballots are postmarked the day voters request them and that they are then are couriered to the post office's main facility in Fort Lauderdale for delivery.

But the Postal Service says it is not to blame. The agency said in a statement that special employees are assigned to handle all ballots and that those sent locally should arrive in one day.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement launched an investigation into the missing ballots Wednesday but concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing. Postal inspectors also investigated and determined there had been no delays in the agency's handling of ballots.

That company (Voters Outreach of America) ran registration drives in other states, but so far the allegations are confined to Nevada and Oregon, which are hardly swing states. One is +5.7% for Bush, and the other is +5.0% for Kerry.

and rarely vice versa,

Hardly: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041015-12132 5-3896r.htm

Read the part about ACORN. They also mention the problems with Voters Outreach.

probably a fraction of the total fraud going on.

You are right about that:

• Breaking into offices of political adversaries.
• Throwing cinder block bricks through the front door of offices of political adversaries.
• Shooting bullets through the windows of offices of political adversaries.
• Laying siege to offices of political adversaries
• Bullyingvoters in line at polling places.

This mornings WSJ, Wall Street Journal, had an article about how large numbers of American's living over-seas have not recieved their absentee ballots, also I just stumbled across this story about how even people living localy haven't recieved ballots.
My Magic Eight Ball says "outlook not good", 60,000 missing absentee ballots, in one county. Imagine what it must be like nationaly?

Storm Brews Over Employer Liability for Workers Called In During Hurricane Frances
Storm Brews Over Employer
09-08-2004

South Florida's labor and employment lawyers got some unexpected business, thanks to Hurricane Frances and Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. As the storm threatened South Florida over the weekend, Rundle and County Mayor Alex Penelas publicly warned employers that they could face criminal prosecution for forcing employees to work during the hurricane."

The Sun-Sentinel has an article! Here's a snippet:

In Broward, 19 employees from seven employers have called the county's hurricane hotline to report they thought they were being required to work during unsafe weather conditions or face firing... "There is no state or federal law that gives employees the legal right to not come into work," Caulkin said, although he said he thinks most companies tend to be accommodating toward workers' needs during storms.

The problem with the left is that they're so desperate to defeat Bush that they'll do absolutely anything sort of breaking the law

- http://baratunde.com/
- http://goodcrimethink.com/

There have been more and more stories in the mainstream press mentioning Firefox as a cure for what ails your computer:

Salt Lake Tribune
The Age
Sierra Star (CA)
Sun-Sentinel (FL)
News-Press (FL)
News-Leader (MO)
The Scotsman (guys in skirts)
etc...

Avoiding the flash...Check out this related article at Sci Fi Wire: Atlantis Forges Own Identity and another at the Florida Sun-Sentinel: Stargate SG-1 spinoff tinkers with the tale of the lost continent in a planet far, far away.

This doesn't look very promising, imho.

-s4xton

I found this article timely: Miami Beach man's bomb threat arrest questioned

According to this article , the CTIA claims that all the carriers who are going along with the plan are doing so on an opt-in basis for existing customers, and an opt-out basis for new customers, without any additional fees.

Freighter damager 1200ftX200ft swath of Florida reef

60% of great barrier reef hit by bleaching

Great barrier reef 50 years from death

Sewage killing Tobaggo's reef

Bottom trawling fishing destroys large portions of deep water coral reefs never explored

As mentioned in my rejected story sub from last week, several other states are already participating in MATRIX.

For more information, you can look at the MATRIX homepage, listen to an NPR program, read some newspaper columns, a findlaw article, and a politechbot writup.

The list of participating states can be found here.

Well, everything is bigger in Texas.

But even Texas isn't big enough for Bush.

--
Pat Robertson says that Bush will win by a landslide. His predictions have been right before.

Ah, the wonders of Google. This article addresses the second half of my post as well as your question.

It seems that it's illegal to use an autodialer or pre-recorded message to telemarket to cell phone users.

The rules are still in place even though now you are able to take your land line and put it on your cell phone. The FCC does not care about the added complexity for telemarketers, it seems. It seems that the FCC is saying to them "Figure it out on your own. But if you make a mistake, we're coming after you."

It was evident early on that most FTAA opponents had no desire to clash with police. But small groups of black-shirted anarchists and other protesters who did seek confrontations found they were no match for thousands of officers from some 40 state, local and federal agencies who barricaded intersections, parked imposing tanks and water cannon on city streets and moved quickly to squash trouble.

Goes great with a nicotini!

Garg

Well, you can ask Armando Villa of Hialeah, Florida how effective spam is. You may have to wait a while, and/or submit your question(s) to his attorney and/or the warden. I suspect the USPS can heartily endorse just how effective it can be!

Seems Senor Villa decided he wanted to get into the software biz, and the cheapest, most effective way for him to market his bootleg copies of software was to spam the world. His victim list included a very obliging Postal Inspector, who placed an order. Senor Villa is now out on $75k bail.

(Sorry, but you'll have to manually delete the space at "sfl-728bootleg," to get at the article,
which is referenced off of http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news in the Miami-Dade section)

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-7 28bootleg,0,3640288.story?coll=sfla-news-miami

My own Amtrac. Make that two things: I want somebody to explain why we had to use them to invade them to invade a desert country???!!!

... thanks to this AC who dropped an e-mail to their computer columnist, who passed it over to their PB County columnist:

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

DirecTV is SUEING people for mere possession of smartcard technology equipment. And how do they prove you possessed it? They use the records seized from smartcard technology websites and state that proves possession and usage.

What they do is they are forcing innocent people to settle ($3500) because the cost of litigating to prove innocence costs a lot more money ($5000-10,000+).

DirecTV claims if you call them and deny using the equipment for signal piracy, they will dismiss the suit, but that is pure crap.

Lots more info here.

insert crude toilet humor here.