The NSA was not created for the White House to wield
Your statement begs the question. Is the NSA simply muscle for intimidating whistle-blowers?
Monica Lewinsky thought she was going to become a soap-opera star from her fame as a white-house whistle-blower (pun not intended). Elizabeth Gracen kept her affair silent and got on television in the Highlander series. But when she came out about it, she was apparently hounded by the IRS.
Right now Scooter Libby is facing a not-so-fun time for leaking a CIA conspiracy to falsify information for the press.
Clinton probably chose the IRS because they have more power to ruin someone's life than the NSA does.
So what kind of NSA harrassment did you have in mind?
You're conflating a big list of phone numbers (which is pretty innocuous) with a big list of specific phone calls.
No, my commentary is about a list of phone calls. I appologize if there was any confusion.
If that's as innocuous as you seem to wish to believe, why is the program such a deep dark secret that Federal prosecutors can't get security clearance to examine the matter?
I don't seem to "wish" to believe anything, not even that secrecy means criminal activity. That would be true for both civil and government aspects of this issue.
I was going to say, with hundrends of million telephone numbers up for sale for anyone to find information on, why here why now and why this program? But then I read this article, and of course its the media who's concerned projecting onto the populace. And then it all made sense.
There has been a media uproar that just didn't take hold on the populace when it was reported earlier this month that the government agencies were posing as citizens to gain the information. It isn't admissible to the court, but does give good leads and they can always get a warrant later. And it seems people didn't care.
Whether or not I'm comfortable with my phone conversation data being up for sale to the public or government, the uproar makes more sense now. It isn't about national security it is about protecting anonymous sources -- for the media. While I have some reaction to being jerked around by them I'll just continue to take a calm look at what is going on and decide for myself. Now more than ever.
Perhaps you could use an spiral inside the ring. It'd be more weight, but you could adjust it by twisting the rings to push the connection to the outer rungs.
Evolution is no God killer and lack of understanding is never a good proof. Why people want nails in the ID coffin is not science, but politics. And politics and science have often done injustice to each other as they conspire.
Capernicus met a church who borrowed science not from the Bible when it said the universe revolved around the earth. The church at the time borrowed from Aristotle, who acted with no biblical reference whatsoever*. He met a world of science that thought we already knew things that we didn't actually know.
Later Faraday was derided for his religious beliefs, which gained him an open mind to see things that people who believed Science had the answers couldn't see.
Einstein who wanted to know God's thoughts constantly disregarded what people told him were already settled issues to unlock mysteries that are still not well understood today.
Do I think ID will be proven a sham? No, I don't. PlanesDragon above gives a good breakdown of that discussion. Neither evolution or ID can be ruled out without some very dramatic evidence that may never be found. Though it is funny to me how so many of the ignorant and arrogant consider ID the same way religious people see herasy.
Its not a matter of moving targets. Its a matter of science and recognizing what is known and what is simply used as glue to fit the pieces we don't have together.
_______________ * Some Jewish scholars well before Aristotle even conjectured that Biblical verses which discussed astrological events elongating or shortening days to indicate that the earth revolved around the sun.
Does "liberal" have a different meaning in the US than it does in the rest of the world?
I'm curious, what does it mean to the rest of the world? For every definition of liberal that I can state, it can definately be totalist, even totalitarian. I believe the same for conservatism.
Libertarianism or Anarchy, perhaps is a contradiction depending on how it translates from paper to product. But I'm willing to entertain what you feel liberalism is that would make it contradictory.
I agree. The series has all the markings of meaning and intention, but its so esoteric that no one really has figured it out. People don't even agree what order the series should be played.
For all the political grandstanding people are putting in shows these days, I seriously doubt that a remake would be able to maintain enough aloofness as to preserve an elusive point.
Instead of the existential angst ("I'm not a number") expressed so bemusingly in the origional we have the jihadist angst ("I want 72 virgins") portrayed in a fish out of water.
My favorite commentary came when he wrote a serious article about politics at the time. I think it was even about Iraq. Someone wrote as a comment, in essence:
Cool! LocalRoger SciFi without the space-ships!
He has a good visual style of writing, but his politicle commentary is so obvious and egregious I can't really stomach reading much of it. No wonder he thinks the same of Card.
Blame Canada, or religion. Which ever your bogeyman of the day is.
You teach kids that ID is science and you get crappy scientists.
Where is ID being taught?
Private Catholic schools (for instance) have higher aptitude scores for math and science. Public schools do not teach ID.
The state of public schools in America can hardly be blamed on religion since religion plays an infinitesimal part of the curriculum. Teaching to the lowest common denominator along with a general malaise in interest in science among kids is a much larger part of the determination of the curriculum.
Break the window by the town hall Listen, the siren screams There in the distance, like a roll call Of all the suburban dreams
Let's take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia
I only wanted something else to do but hang around I only wanted something else to do but hang around I only wanted something else to do but hang around I only wanted something else to do but hang around
It's on the front page of the papers This is their hour of need Where's a policeman when you need one To blame the colour TV?
Let's take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia
Take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia
Run with the dogs tonight In Suburbia You can't hide In Suburbia In Suburbia In Suburbia In Suburbia In Suburbia
Technically there were two dissenting opinions just as there were two opinions in the affirmative.
It doesn't strike you odd that the left-leaning judges were the ones to help brush away constitutional safe-guards specifically so that government can profit from capolistic enterprise?
Actually, though it may seem bizarre there is a perfectly good explanation my angstistential friend. The fine line between communism and capitolism with state capitolism. Hitler knew this, Stalin knew this. Most every third world country knows this. Add Kennedy, Briar, Ginsberg and Stevens to the illustrious list.
Basic property rights shouldn't have to be defined 50 times in 50 different constitutions
Agreed. I like how the constitution takes care of that already.
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
If I have it right, the ruling apparently gave the states a blank check to say that "tax revenue" was public use. A cute way of putting corporations and private industry in the government and public interest, no?
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How do you determine whether there is criminal activity, if no oversight and no investigations are allowed?
A knife sticking in someone's back sure helps one determine criminal activity even if no oversight, investigations are allowed.
In fact that is what a warrant is supposed to do, determine that there is evidence of criminal activity before investigations take place.
The NSA was not created for the White House to wield
Your statement begs the question. Is the NSA simply muscle for intimidating whistle-blowers?
Monica Lewinsky thought she was going to become a soap-opera star from her fame as a white-house whistle-blower (pun not intended). Elizabeth Gracen kept her affair silent and got on television in the Highlander series. But when she came out about it, she was apparently hounded by the IRS.
Right now Scooter Libby is facing a not-so-fun time for leaking a CIA conspiracy to falsify information for the press.
Clinton probably chose the IRS because they have more power to ruin someone's life than the NSA does.
So what kind of NSA harrassment did you have in mind?
You're conflating a big list of phone numbers (which is pretty innocuous) with a big list of specific phone calls.
No, my commentary is about a list of phone calls. I appologize if there was any confusion.
If that's as innocuous as you seem to wish to believe, why is the program such a deep dark secret that Federal prosecutors can't get security clearance to examine the matter?
I don't seem to "wish" to believe anything, not even that secrecy means criminal activity. That would be true for both civil and government aspects of this issue.
I was going to say, with hundrends of million telephone numbers up for sale for anyone to find information on, why here why now and why this program? But then I read this article, and of course its the media who's concerned projecting onto the populace. And then it all made sense.
There has been a media uproar that just didn't take hold on the populace when it was reported earlier this month that the government agencies were posing as citizens to gain the information. It isn't admissible to the court, but does give good leads and they can always get a warrant later. And it seems people didn't care.
Whether or not I'm comfortable with my phone conversation data being up for sale to the public or government, the uproar makes more sense now. It isn't about national security it is about protecting anonymous sources -- for the media. While I have some reaction to being jerked around by them I'll just continue to take a calm look at what is going on and decide for myself. Now more than ever.
The problem with that is Stewart clearly takes himself seriously, and hides behind the skirt of sarcasm.
Please go here instead:
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It costs, but since I've been looking into mail servers lately I can let you know Scalix has an enterprise edition that run on multiple servers.
Perhaps you could use an spiral inside the ring. It'd be more weight, but you could adjust it by twisting the rings to push the connection to the outer rungs.
Evolution is no God killer and lack of understanding is never a good proof. Why people want nails in the ID coffin is not science, but politics. And politics and science have often done injustice to each other as they conspire.
Capernicus met a church who borrowed science not from the Bible when it said the universe revolved around the earth. The church at the time borrowed from Aristotle, who acted with no biblical reference whatsoever*. He met a world of science that thought we already knew things that we didn't actually know.
Later Faraday was derided for his religious beliefs, which gained him an open mind to see things that people who believed Science had the answers couldn't see.
Einstein who wanted to know God's thoughts constantly disregarded what people told him were already settled issues to unlock mysteries that are still not well understood today.
Do I think ID will be proven a sham? No, I don't. PlanesDragon above gives a good breakdown of that discussion. Neither evolution or ID can be ruled out without some very dramatic evidence that may never be found. Though it is funny to me how so many of the ignorant and arrogant consider ID the same way religious people see herasy.
Its not a matter of moving targets. Its a matter of science and recognizing what is known and what is simply used as glue to fit the pieces we don't have together.
_______________
* Some Jewish scholars well before Aristotle even conjectured that Biblical verses which discussed astrological events elongating or shortening days to indicate that the earth revolved around the sun.
My instinct is that the professor was trying to find validation for his research and pulled the buzz words over the reporter.
Neither ID or Evolution is threatened by this news or lack of it.
Does "liberal" have a different meaning in the US than it does in the rest of the world?
I'm curious, what does it mean to the rest of the world? For every definition of liberal that I can state, it can definately be totalist, even totalitarian. I believe the same for conservatism.
Libertarianism or Anarchy, perhaps is a contradiction depending on how it translates from paper to product. But I'm willing to entertain what you feel liberalism is that would make it contradictory.
I agree. The series has all the markings of meaning and intention, but its so esoteric that no one really has figured it out. People don't even agree what order the series should be played.
For all the political grandstanding people are putting in shows these days, I seriously doubt that a remake would be able to maintain enough aloofness as to preserve an elusive point.
That'd be funny.
Instead of the existential angst ("I'm not a number") expressed so bemusingly in the origional we have the jihadist angst ("I want 72 virgins") portrayed in a fish out of water.
My favorite commentary came when he wrote a serious article about politics at the time. I think it was even about Iraq. Someone wrote as a comment, in essence:
He has a good visual style of writing, but his politicle commentary is so obvious and egregious I can't really stomach reading much of it. No wonder he thinks the same of Card.
Which must explain the decline in US Science over the past 20 years
You seem to be the victim rather than the Cassandra.
The reason being...
They don't suffer the problems of public education. Which are legion.
Blame Canada, or religion. Which ever your bogeyman of the day is.
You teach kids that ID is science and you get crappy scientists.
Where is ID being taught?
Private Catholic schools (for instance) have higher aptitude scores for math and science. Public schools do not teach ID.
The state of public schools in America can hardly be blamed on religion since religion plays an infinitesimal part of the curriculum. Teaching to the lowest common denominator along with a general malaise in interest in science among kids is a much larger part of the determination of the curriculum.
a new 128-bit proc composed entirely of turtles.
I bet it runs LOGO really quick.
Yeah, you say that until Lord Kril launches a meteor attack on your StarFighter base. Then we'll see what planet of gamerz you run to...
Reminds me of Pet Shop Boys:
Break the window by the town hall
Listen, the siren screams
There in the distance, like a roll call
Of all the suburban dreams
Let's take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
It's on the front page of the papers
This is their hour of need
Where's a policeman when you need one
To blame the colour TV?
Let's take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
Take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
Run with the dogs tonight
In Suburbia
You can't hide
In Suburbia
In Suburbia
In Suburbia
In Suburbia
In Suburbia
The more Star Wars allusions you make, the more moderation will slip through your fingers.
Whyfore unloose your venom on me?
Technically there were two dissenting opinions just as there were two opinions in the affirmative.
It doesn't strike you odd that the left-leaning judges were the ones to help brush away constitutional safe-guards specifically so that government can profit from capolistic enterprise?
Actually, though it may seem bizarre there is a perfectly good explanation my angstistential friend. The fine line between communism and capitolism with state capitolism. Hitler knew this, Stalin knew this. Most every third world country knows this. Add Kennedy, Briar, Ginsberg and Stevens to the illustrious list.
Agreed. I like how the constitution takes care of that already.
If I have it right, the ruling apparently gave the states a blank check to say that "tax revenue" was public use. A cute way of putting corporations and private industry in the government and public interest, no?
Who voted for this again?
I just dug up the JE I wrote on my research at the time. Plenty of cheaper options...
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