This ought to teach us just how disorganized and scarce these "Al Quaeda" suicidal terrorists are. If there were that many of them, they'd have figured out how to make airplane assault weapons long before this guy's ideas made it into print.
We are being sold a bill of goods by contractors who want the government to buy their overpriced "anti-terrorist" product-of-the-month.
Every damn politician is now afraid of being perceived as "soft on terrorism," and we now have an Antiterrorism Industry intent on perpetuating itself.
This is getting REALLY stupid . . . almost as stupid as the internet bubble.
Copyrights are being abused. The law must change. Sooner or later politicians will see that a LOT of people support copyright reform with moderate intensity. Then we'll see reform . . .
So, the point is, keep up the dialog!
I'm buying the Mickey Mouse Copyright theory. In other words copyright duration equals Mickey Mouse's age.
Foolish comparison. The Steubenville rapists were tried in juvenile court. If the scriptwriter had also been charged in juvenile court, he would have gotten a MUCH, MUCH lesser sentence.
But don't let facts get in the way of your prejudices!
Exercise your right to remain silent. Then they give you immunity. Then you tell the truth.
That's the fucking American way. Fuck the anarchist assholes. Let them live in fucking Moldova or Belarus. Parasitical vermin . ...
I've got monumental problems with the cruel goddamn way the abusive government fucked with Mr. Swartz, but I'll exercise my extreme anger in a LEGAL way.
This might be a good time to reread the pro-nuke propaganda put out by the government in the '60s and '70s. This kind of thing would never happen . ...
Think about that propaganda in the current-day context of global warming and pollution propaganda.
Hypothetical: I've got my plants on my property. I use them for seeds. I've used them for seeds for years. Now, the wind brings Monsanto crap onto my property and because of that Monsanto crap my crops are generating seeds that are patented by Monsanto. I don't want Monsanto crap on my property, but I need the seeds for next year.
Why isn't this a nuisance at law? They're fucking polluting my land with their patent crap.
Can anybody explain the theory how Monsanto gets away with this? This is more fucking bullshit than my poor brain can stand.
The State compels the student to go to school. The State compels the student to do the schoolwork. The State asserts ownership of the schoolwork.
Now let's assume that the student writes a bestselling novel derived from his schoolwork.
Does that belong to the State?
(a) The moment such an insane statute passes, the school district is going to be sued by a lawyer parents claiming that the State is taking the property of their child and that they are entitled to just compensation for the taking. Is the school district REALLY going to spend tax dollars defending their right to Little Sally's stick figure drawing?
(b) The school district is also going to have a hell of a time demonstrating how taking the student's work is rationally related to educating that student.
Some crazy morons need to get elected off the school board.
You don't want to take that trip in the way-back machine to the early years of football. They almost banned the sport at the college level because so many kids were getting killed.
"Real Conservatives" are lower middle class Americans who have been convinced that conservatism is the reason to vote for candidates who support the very rich.
The very rich are crawling over one another in an attempt to seek individual advantage from the government. They're playing their conservative supporters for suckers.
A whole bunch of selfish people want stuff. The "liberals" want their money from the government and the "conservatives" want laws (and police) paid for by the government to protect and support their businesses. There isn't much difference, when you get down to it--both liberals and conservatives are clamoring for resources.
Give up the liberal-conservative bullshit, and start thinking for yourself--problem by problem. It's hard and you are going to look stupid at times, but fuck it. America is at its best when people of goodwill come together and compromise.
Realizing that the people running things aren't all that much smarter than you is helpful.
When you see the politics of polarization employed (either by that scumbag Jesse Jackson or that scumbag Rush Limbaugh), you are witnessing selfish people trying to sell you a load of crap.
The people in the United States can be heard. It's now been proven over something as stupid as marijuana. Now, if we can make ourselves heard on important matters like reform of our financial institutions!
America will always give you hope, and occasionally something much more.
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The Internet will always be the greatest cookbook that ever existed!
THIS is the "competition" of the free market.
Preserve your public internet!
This ought to teach us just how disorganized and scarce these "Al Quaeda" suicidal terrorists are. If there were that many of them, they'd have figured out how to make airplane assault weapons long before this guy's ideas made it into print.
We are being sold a bill of goods by contractors who want the government to buy their overpriced "anti-terrorist" product-of-the-month.
Every damn politician is now afraid of being perceived as "soft on terrorism," and we now have an Antiterrorism Industry intent on perpetuating itself.
This is getting REALLY stupid . . . almost as stupid as the internet bubble.
Ebert had a plain common-man love for the movies, but he was, at the same time, a sophisticated critic.
I'll miss him.
Copyrights are being abused. The law must change. Sooner or later politicians will see that a LOT of people support copyright reform with moderate intensity. Then we'll see reform . . .
So, the point is, keep up the dialog!
I'm buying the Mickey Mouse Copyright theory. In other words copyright duration equals Mickey Mouse's age.
It's SERIOUS BULLSHIT.
Just another defense contractor play for money. Same old story from the Military Industrial Complex.
The RIAA did a really good job of picking this case to fight. Jammie Thomas is really an unattractive defendant because of her lies.
Foolish comparison. The Steubenville rapists were tried in juvenile court. If the scriptwriter had also been charged in juvenile court, he would have gotten a MUCH, MUCH lesser sentence.
But don't let facts get in the way of your prejudices!
Bicycle HUD display. Speed, Heart Rate, Rear View display . . . THAT is SOFUCKINGCOOLMYMINDCANTHANDLEIT.
"Bitcoin" and "Hedge Fund."
Two words that each should send a potential small-scale investor scurrying off in fear.
There's a sucker born every minute.
Every prosecutor wants the POWER to DICTATE the plea bargain that the prosecutor thinks is fair.
That is a good thing because it enables cost-effective prosecution of bad guys.
But every prosecutor craves that POWER, and we must watch out that we don't give them too much, of it, because we all know about absolute power . . ..
Aaron Swartz got SCREWED. We need changes in our copyright law NOW! NEVER FORGET!
Exercise your right to remain silent. Then they give you immunity. Then you tell the truth.
That's the fucking American way. ..
Fuck the anarchist assholes. Let them live in fucking Moldova or Belarus. Parasitical vermin . .
I've got monumental problems with the cruel goddamn way the abusive government fucked with Mr. Swartz, but I'll exercise my extreme anger in a LEGAL way.
I started out reading Ender's Game, and liking it. I read a couple more. Gradually the revulsion set in. Orson Scott Card's books are fascist paeans.
This might be a good time to reread the pro-nuke propaganda put out by the government in the '60s and '70s. This kind of thing would never happen . . ..
Think about that propaganda in the current-day context of global warming and pollution propaganda.
Pay you cheapskates. It's worth it.
Hypothetical: I've got my plants on my property. I use them for seeds. I've used them for seeds for years. Now, the wind brings Monsanto crap onto my property and because of that Monsanto crap my crops are generating seeds that are patented by Monsanto. I don't want Monsanto crap on my property, but I need the seeds for next year.
Why isn't this a nuisance at law? They're fucking polluting my land with their patent crap.
Can anybody explain the theory how Monsanto gets away with this? This is more fucking bullshit than my poor brain can stand.
In US v. Boucher, DHS argues that they can COMPEL you to speak your passwords at the border.
Now, DHS is arguing that the border extends 100 miles around the whole perimeter of the US (where most of the American people live).
They ought to have serious problems with this in the federal courts.
The State compels the student to go to school.
The State compels the student to do the schoolwork.
The State asserts ownership of the schoolwork.
Now let's assume that the student writes a bestselling novel derived from his schoolwork.
Does that belong to the State?
(a) The moment such an insane statute passes, the school district is going to be sued by a lawyer parents claiming that the State is taking the property of their child and that they are entitled to just compensation for the taking. Is the school district REALLY going to spend tax dollars defending their right to Little Sally's stick figure drawing?
(b) The school district is also going to have a hell of a time demonstrating how taking the student's work is rationally related to educating that student.
Some crazy morons need to get elected off the school board.
We gonna have some real smart robots someday.
Think about the damage caused to OTHERS by the steroids that football players take.
The hits are artificially made harder than "normal."
You don't want to take that trip in the way-back machine to the early years of football. They almost banned the sport at the college level because so many kids were getting killed.
"Real Conservatives" are lower middle class Americans who have been convinced that conservatism is the reason to vote for candidates who support the very rich.
The very rich are crawling over one another in an attempt to seek individual advantage from the government. They're playing their conservative supporters for suckers.
A whole bunch of selfish people want stuff. The "liberals" want their money from the government and the "conservatives" want laws (and police) paid for by the government to protect and support their businesses. There isn't much difference, when you get down to it--both liberals and conservatives are clamoring for resources.
Give up the liberal-conservative bullshit, and start thinking for yourself--problem by problem. It's hard and you are going to look stupid at times, but fuck it. America is at its best when people of goodwill come together and compromise.
Realizing that the people running things aren't all that much smarter than you is helpful.
When you see the politics of polarization employed (either by that scumbag Jesse Jackson or that scumbag Rush Limbaugh), you are witnessing selfish people trying to sell you a load of crap.
It's all about compromise and working together.
The darn transistor is the root of all blasphemy. It should be banned from the nation-states of the faithful!
The suppression of free speech is a pre-fascist act. The remedy for offensive speech is more speech.
I hope somebody goes to jail for this.
The people in the United States can be heard. It's now been proven over something as stupid as marijuana. Now, if we can make ourselves heard on important matters like reform of our financial institutions!
America will always give you hope, and occasionally something much more.