I imagine that even Bin Laden would be surprised the extent to which a single organized attack could inject its backward thinking into a nation that claimed to be so different than the rest.
Nope. He knew US governmental officials would respond exactly how they did. He had personal experience with CIA higher-ups breaking the laws for the expedience of attacking the Soviets in Afghanistan. Absolute power. That's the reason we're still running Bin Laden's playbook.
Your insistence on treating one set of fairy tales as absolute, un-challengeable fact means every piece of nonsensical garbage gets the 'equal protection under ignorant eyes' doctrine.
we are tired of this 'rule by fear'. we understand you like to control us that way, but we are hip to your bullshit and one day, the tides will turn and your 'culture of fear' won't be so popular anymore.
Until the next general election, when the 'hip' people are again overwhelmed by the fear-addicted lemmings (soccer moms and Joe six-clueless).
DNA analysis proves a convicted man was not a rapist. The prosecutors' respsonse? They got the right man; the DNA is just that of an un-indicted co-conspirator they haven't caught yet (but didn't bother to mention during the trial). Chance of it being a minority defendant? ~90%. Yay, 'justice'.
I seem to recall the UK was a bit like China, calling workers in technical fields that, while well-trained, were *not* Engineering degree-holding individuals from accredited institutions. Whereas in the US, you're not even supposed to use the word 'Engineering' in your company name unless the folks doing actual engineering have actual engineering degrees (though punishments of violations seem rather rare).
One of the last untapped frontiers for the Moral Police and Insurance companies is tracking the waste products of individuals. It will be rolled out on the promise of health monitoring and driven in wedge-like with the good ol' refrain 'if you've done nothing wrong...'.
It will of course start out targeting minorities getting any type of public assistance as no one (not nearly enough) will care about their rights and privacies.
Kathleen Sibelius (D) managed to become governor of Kansas because of (1) her father was a long-serving popular governor and (2) the GOP split their vote along their long-standing fault line of Crazy and Bug-Fuck Crazy, letting an actual Democrat win.
But since the Kochs took ownership of the party (and state), that probably won't happen again. Pity.
But every year, it's a toss-up as to what will be the more destructive force: tornadoes or the state government dominated by Koch whores.
It is fertile ground for them; a solid 75% of the populace (west of the KC area) are willfully ignorant and take great pride in voting against their own interests.
Hell, Congress had no time to read the Patriot act until after the vote either.
This act wasn't etched in stone by God on a mountaintop; someone wrote it. While the bumblefuck congresscritters that voted on it without reading are accomplices, the real traitors are the authors that should be tried and convicted by the very judicial system they betrayed.
Thomas PM Barnett likened the run-up and justification (lies) for the Iraq invasion as being akin to a bunch of cops breaking thru a front door with one in the very back, not even thru the doorway yet, screaming: "he's got a gun!".
I'd like to see a test cataloging our relative abilities to navigate vast terrain, to remember and recite oral histories, to perform pattern recognition based on ability to identify wild plants, or just a simple ability to navigate complex social situations, for example.
And the ability to strip down and reassemble an AK-47 whilst blindfolded, as that is sadly the real ruler in Africa.
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People start protesting their corporate government? Kill their phones. Permanently. How many of the rabble will protest if it costs them ~$200 a pop?
Government control can very quickly turn into censorship by latter-day Puritans that now wear the buckles on their brains instead of their hats.
Because this was fucking heartbreaking: https://xkcd.com/695/
Me Talk Beetle Someday.
Nope. He knew US governmental officials would respond exactly how they did. He had personal experience with CIA higher-ups breaking the laws for the expedience of attacking the Soviets in Afghanistan. Absolute power. That's the reason we're still running Bin Laden's playbook.
Your insistence on treating one set of fairy tales as absolute, un-challengeable fact means every piece of nonsensical garbage gets the 'equal protection under ignorant eyes' doctrine.
I'm narcing to the FBI. 3. Profit!
Saudi Arabia, South Carolina; I'm always amused how the absolute power of the One True Word needs so much protection from mere mortals.
Seems akin to the same risk / reward of scavenging for old land mines. "I know what I'm doing, trust me!"
So in the near-future, you won't be pickpocketed in the big city, but held at gunpoint until you give over your card and your PIN.
Until the next general election, when the 'hip' people are again overwhelmed by the fear-addicted lemmings (soccer moms and Joe six-clueless).
aka PreCrime.
Audience, not users. Passive spectators, not respected partners. That word selection says everything you need to know about the new bosses.
I suppose it would have been too starkly honest to label us as Product, so... Audience.
Tax dodgers?
Wealthy enough to emigrate to New Zealand?
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I'm okay with this!
You really shouldn't have thrown *all* your meat hooks away.
DNA analysis proves a convicted man was not a rapist. The prosecutors' respsonse? They got the right man; the DNA is just that of an un-indicted co-conspirator they haven't caught yet (but didn't bother to mention during the trial). Chance of it being a minority defendant? ~90%. Yay, 'justice'.
I seem to recall the UK was a bit like China, calling workers in technical fields that, while well-trained, were *not* Engineering degree-holding individuals from accredited institutions. Whereas in the US, you're not even supposed to use the word 'Engineering' in your company name unless the folks doing actual engineering have actual engineering degrees (though punishments of violations seem rather rare).
One of the last untapped frontiers for the Moral Police and Insurance companies is tracking the waste products of individuals. It will be rolled out on the promise of health monitoring and driven in wedge-like with the good ol' refrain 'if you've done nothing wrong...'.
It will of course start out targeting minorities getting any type of public assistance as no one (not nearly enough) will care about their rights and privacies.
Your furious rhetoric is invalid.
If anything, the NSA probably let it fucking happen as justification for even more power.
Kathleen Sibelius (D) managed to become governor of Kansas because of (1) her father was a long-serving popular governor and (2) the GOP split their vote along their long-standing fault line of Crazy and Bug-Fuck Crazy, letting an actual Democrat win.
But since the Kochs took ownership of the party (and state), that probably won't happen again. Pity.
But every year, it's a toss-up as to what will be the more destructive force: tornadoes or the state government dominated by Koch whores.
It is fertile ground for them; a solid 75% of the populace (west of the KC area) are willfully ignorant and take great pride in voting against their own interests.
This act wasn't etched in stone by God on a mountaintop; someone wrote it. While the bumblefuck congresscritters that voted on it without reading are accomplices, the real traitors are the authors that should be tried and convicted by the very judicial system they betrayed.
Thomas PM Barnett likened the run-up and justification (lies) for the Iraq invasion as being akin to a bunch of cops breaking thru a front door with one in the very back, not even thru the doorway yet, screaming: "he's got a gun!".
But the deep self-delusion of American Exceptionalism is just that.
And the ability to strip down and reassemble an AK-47 whilst blindfolded, as that is sadly the real ruler in Africa.