Just because the public records recorded someone's name as voting, it doesn't mean that person actually did the voting, as in the Holder example above. And therein lies the heart of the problem. I cannot trust the integrity of the public records, because no one is verifying the integrity of the people.
Oh please! Show me a case of where in person voter fraud is more than an occasional occurrence.
I would have thousands of examples, except you won't let me ask for ID. How am I supposed to prove that in-person voter fraud is going on when you won't let me collect evidence (e.g. require id) to make that determination? Kind of a catch 22, huh?
The real problem is that California's population has grown by about 30% in the past 20 years, and the water system hasn't kept up. That's a staggering rate of growth. Keeping people out isn't realistic
Actually, keeping people out is the answer. Put national guard on the boarder, specifically the southern border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants. You see, there's actually a mass exodus right now -- at least of citizens.
This is an interesting dilemma. Suppose someone is elected by the people and their office requires the handling of classified material. Then suppose their background investigation reveals problems that, if they were an ordinary bureaucrat or contractor, they would not be issued a clearance. Or suppose they had previously mishandled classified information and had too many black marks on their record.
Elected officials are treated very differently on clearance. They are presumed to clear based upon the fact that they were elected, trusted by the people with the office they hold. What is supposed to happen is that the offending officials are charged and convicted of mishandling classified information, which is a felony that disqualifies you from public office. Unfortunately, that almost never happens because they're elected. *Sigh*
a workaround for the bug is already available, and it requires you to modify the/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf file from your Linux kernel-based operating system, by switching back to the older UXA acceleration method instead of the default SNA method used in many distros.
A few weeks later, a Treasury Department person called and told us that nothing could be done to induce better behavior by a Canadian Corp. with respect to USA "employees", and furthermore, we weren't employees. We were considered independent contractors from the point of view of the Canadian Corp. Apparently, a shell USA Corp. employed us as regular employees with benefits and then contracted with the parent Corp. for our time.
Bullcrap. The shell USA Corp. is still responsible for following local laws, including those ensuring your get paid in full and on-time. If shell USA Corp. doesn't get paid properly, that's between shell USA Corp. and Canadian Corp. -- not you can Canadian Corp. Shell USA Corp. is still on the hook, and their heads can be put on pikes for it. If the line you were given were true, couldn't every USA Corp. be setup that way?
I don't know who your Corp. is, but they are obviously well connected to have Treasury give you the screws on their behalf.
Have you ever thought about why accepting the mark of the beast was an irrevocable decision? If it was a stamp/tattoo, why couldn't you scratch it off? If it was a chip, why couldn't you dig it out?
On the other hand, if the mark was something that fundamentally modified your DNA and the thing on the forehead/hand was merely a sign of your acceptance, the one-way nature of the mark makes a lot more sense.
I had a similar situation. IT said they needed SSDs. I said no, it was the lack of support for hardware encryption in the CPU. Think about it. To run a security scan, it first has to decrypt the data it's scanning. Installing a SSD in my old laptop made performance go from unresponsive to sluggish. Replacing my laptop (i.e. a new CPU with AES-NI) fixed all the performance issues. Tip: Many Intel i-3 processors don't have AES-NI support. Double-check the CPU before getting a new laptop.
The security team is right. SSDs are the single biggest performance improvement you can add to a computer (even an old computer).
SSD might fix your problem, but it might now. I had a similar situation. IT said they needed SSDs. I said no, it was the lack of support for hardware encryption in the CPU. Think about it. To run a security scan, it first has to decrypt the data it's scanning. Installing a SSD in my old laptop made performance go from unresponsive to sluggish. Replacing my laptop (i.e. a new CPU with AES-NI) fixed all the performance issues. Tip: Many Intel i-3 processors don't have AES-NI support. Double-check the CPU before getting a new laptop.
I have some questions for Senator Rand Paul about his recent filibuster on the Patriot Act.
Senator, do you realize that you probably would not have needed this fight if you hadn't endorsed Mitch McConnell in 2014? Do you still support Mitch McConnell as Senate Majority Leader in light of how he is supporting a bill that you says violates the Constitution?
Senator Rand Paul appears to believe the Patriot Act is such a threat to the Constitution that he filibustered the Senate in front of all the cameras. However, he believes this threat to the Constitution is not quite important enough to withdraw his support of McConnell -- the Senator promoting the threat.
I want to know what's more important to Senator Rand Paul: his defense of the Constitution, or his allegiance to Mitch McConnell.
The US Government hacked the computer of a CBS reporter and planted classified documents. Full disk encryption is the only way to stop them from planting evidence.
On a less malicious note, your computer has hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of files. You don't know every single file is clean, even if it's a clean install. "Oh I'm just going to go to this one site, do this one thing, and then I'll cross the border." Well, that one thing can do it. Better to not let them see it, whether you think it's clean or not.
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify (sic) all of our precious bodily fluids.... Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water? Vodka. That's what they drink, isn't it? Never water? On no account will a commie ever drink water, and not without good reason. Water. That's what I'm getting at. Water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven tenths of this earth's surface is water. Why, you realize that.. seventy percent of you is water. And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids.... It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard core commie works.
I've seen them too. They have such uninteresting things like social security / pension information, income tax numbers, and veterans health care. Other governments don't have to be the only ones targeting government computers. Organized crime would like to see that not-top-secret info.
Look at Target. The hackers broke in though the computers running the AIR CONDITIONING. "Oh, air conditioning is boring and uninteresting. There's no need to secure that. Even if someone hacked it, what would they do, freeze us to death?"
And the trophy for naivety goes to Luckyo! If you were talking about home installations that 1) used a non-administrator account, 2) up-to-date anti-virus, and 3) a stateful packet inspection firewall router (as opposed to software on the computer), then you might get away with continuing to use XP.
But these are GOVERNMENT computers! They are highly likely to be targeted for attack, especially by other governments which have both the motive and means to break past consumer-grade security. Governments can find new zero-day flaws and write their own viruses. Layered defences are essential in this environment, and lack of manufacturer support is a catastrophic loss.
The idea of Dark Matter was invented when astronomers observed objects on the outer edges of galaxies traveling too fast relative to objects in the center. However, this could also be explained by variances in the passage of time. In the center of the galaxy where mass is greater, time would pass more slowly relative to the outer edges. No magic, invisible Dark Matter required.
Dark Energy was invented when astronomers observed that the "expansion of the universe" was accelerating. However, this could also be explained by a natural shift in light as it travels over distances through time.
Gavin Wince details these alternatives in The Dark Side of Time. It always urks me when scientists assume a model is true because it happens to fit the facts. There may be multiple, different explanations that all fit those same facts. Science is about proving, not assuming or making stuff up. I'm not saying Gavin Wince is right, but we need to keep our minds open to new ideas. Otherwise, we would still be on Newton's gravity instead of Einstein's relativity.
Their tests included cold soaks for just this scenario. It's how the Corsair died. To me, this suggests either their chips aren't as good at holding the charge, or their design/firmware isn't as good at handling this scenario.
It sounds like we need FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) hardware testing tools to ensure boards, bios/uefi, drivers, etc. are built according the specifications of the standard.
Does anyone know the status of such tools? Do they exist? Do they lack features? Are they just not being used? Would a Windows version of them help? etc.
Because it bears emphasis, the NSA doesn't know sh!t about the outcome ever, at all, period, otherwise this can be abused.
Whatever a judge or court does eventually makes it way to the public record, as it should. (The FISA courts are a separate issue.) You can't stop NSA employees from reading the news.
Did you mean that the NSA should have no control over the process of shutting down the attack?
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Here, here! Let's also not forget that it was Americans who had to -- once again -- save the French.
How about the time US Attorney General Eric Holder's ballot to vote was offered to total stranger? You say this is an occasional occurrence. I say we're catching only a small sample of a more systemic problem. How do we know who's right without audit controls in place to verify the integrity of the record?
Just because the public records recorded someone's name as voting, it doesn't mean that person actually did the voting, as in the Holder example above. And therein lies the heart of the problem. I cannot trust the integrity of the public records, because no one is verifying the integrity of the people.
As for concrete examples, here's a few. http://dailysignal.com/2015/05/22/ydont-believe-voter-fraud-happens-heres-some-examples/
I would have thousands of examples, except you won't let me ask for ID. How am I supposed to prove that in-person voter fraud is going on when you won't let me collect evidence (e.g. require id) to make that determination? Kind of a catch 22, huh?
Actually, keeping people out is the answer. Put national guard on the boarder, specifically the southern border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants. You see, there's actually a mass exodus right now -- at least of citizens.
Citations:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304444604577340531861056966
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/upshot/the-california-exodus.html
http://www.housingwire.com/articles/32489-high-cost-of-california-housing-driving-resident-exodus
Elected officials are treated very differently on clearance. They are presumed to clear based upon the fact that they were elected, trusted by the people with the office they hold. What is supposed to happen is that the offending officials are charged and convicted of mishandling classified information, which is a felony that disqualifies you from public office. Unfortunately, that almost never happens because they're elected. *Sigh*
At least I'm not editing the windows registry.
Bullcrap. The shell USA Corp. is still responsible for following local laws, including those ensuring your get paid in full and on-time. If shell USA Corp. doesn't get paid properly, that's between shell USA Corp. and Canadian Corp. -- not you can Canadian Corp. Shell USA Corp. is still on the hook, and their heads can be put on pikes for it. If the line you were given were true, couldn't every USA Corp. be setup that way?
I don't know who your Corp. is, but they are obviously well connected to have Treasury give you the screws on their behalf.
There's a more specific form for this exact situation - Form SS-8.
You can challenge the Independent Contractor status by filing Form SS-8 with the IRS.
... here we come!
Have you ever thought about why accepting the mark of the beast was an irrevocable decision? If it was a stamp/tattoo, why couldn't you scratch it off? If it was a chip, why couldn't you dig it out?
On the other hand, if the mark was something that fundamentally modified your DNA and the thing on the forehead/hand was merely a sign of your acceptance, the one-way nature of the mark makes a lot more sense.
I had a similar situation. IT said they needed SSDs. I said no, it was the lack of support for hardware encryption in the CPU. Think about it. To run a security scan, it first has to decrypt the data it's scanning. Installing a SSD in my old laptop made performance go from unresponsive to sluggish. Replacing my laptop (i.e. a new CPU with AES-NI) fixed all the performance issues. Tip: Many Intel i-3 processors don't have AES-NI support. Double-check the CPU before getting a new laptop.
SSD might fix your problem, but it might now. I had a similar situation. IT said they needed SSDs. I said no, it was the lack of support for hardware encryption in the CPU. Think about it. To run a security scan, it first has to decrypt the data it's scanning. Installing a SSD in my old laptop made performance go from unresponsive to sluggish. Replacing my laptop (i.e. a new CPU with AES-NI) fixed all the performance issues. Tip: Many Intel i-3 processors don't have AES-NI support. Double-check the CPU before getting a new laptop.
New Snowden Doc Reveals How GCHQ/NSA Use The Internet To 'Manipulate, Deceive And Destroy Reputations'
What do you think the high-speed trains are for? They're going to use them to move the water.
In one billion years, the Sun will swell up to a Red Dwarf that incinerates the Earth, and it will still be too early for another Tron sequel.
I have some questions for Senator Rand Paul about his recent filibuster on the Patriot Act.
Senator, do you realize that you probably would not have needed this fight if you hadn't endorsed Mitch McConnell in 2014? Do you still support Mitch McConnell as Senate Majority Leader in light of how he is supporting a bill that you says violates the Constitution?
Senator Rand Paul appears to believe the Patriot Act is such a threat to the Constitution that he filibustered the Senate in front of all the cameras. However, he believes this threat to the Constitution is not quite important enough to withdraw his support of McConnell -- the Senator promoting the threat.
I want to know what's more important to Senator Rand Paul: his defense of the Constitution, or his allegiance to Mitch McConnell.
He got 7% of the vote. Presidential Nominees are chosen by party delegates, not public elections.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates
The US Government hacked the computer of a CBS reporter and planted classified documents . Full disk encryption is the only way to stop them from planting evidence.
On a less malicious note, your computer has hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of files. You don't know every single file is clean, even if it's a clean install. "Oh I'm just going to go to this one site, do this one thing, and then I'll cross the border." Well, that one thing can do it. Better to not let them see it, whether you think it's clean or not.
I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify (sic) all of our precious bodily fluids.... Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water? Vodka. That's what they drink, isn't it? Never water? On no account will a commie ever drink water, and not without good reason. Water. That's what I'm getting at. Water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven tenths of this earth's surface is water. Why, you realize that.. seventy percent of you is water. And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids.... It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard core commie works.
I've seen them too. They have such uninteresting things like social security / pension information, income tax numbers, and veterans health care. Other governments don't have to be the only ones targeting government computers. Organized crime would like to see that not-top-secret info.
Look at Target. The hackers broke in though the computers running the AIR CONDITIONING. "Oh, air conditioning is boring and uninteresting. There's no need to secure that. Even if someone hacked it, what would they do, freeze us to death?"
And the trophy for naivety goes to Luckyo! If you were talking about home installations that 1) used a non-administrator account, 2) up-to-date anti-virus, and 3) a stateful packet inspection firewall router (as opposed to software on the computer), then you might get away with continuing to use XP.
But these are GOVERNMENT computers! They are highly likely to be targeted for attack, especially by other governments which have both the motive and means to break past consumer-grade security. Governments can find new zero-day flaws and write their own viruses. Layered defences are essential in this environment, and lack of manufacturer support is a catastrophic loss.
See Stuxnet
Just because it's observed, doesn't mean it's real. See Heliocentrism and epicycles.
The idea of Dark Matter was invented when astronomers observed objects on the outer edges of galaxies traveling too fast relative to objects in the center. However, this could also be explained by variances in the passage of time. In the center of the galaxy where mass is greater, time would pass more slowly relative to the outer edges. No magic, invisible Dark Matter required.
Dark Energy was invented when astronomers observed that the "expansion of the universe" was accelerating. However, this could also be explained by a natural shift in light as it travels over distances through time.
Gavin Wince details these alternatives in The Dark Side of Time. It always urks me when scientists assume a model is true because it happens to fit the facts. There may be multiple, different explanations that all fit those same facts. Science is about proving, not assuming or making stuff up. I'm not saying Gavin Wince is right, but we need to keep our minds open to new ideas. Otherwise, we would still be on Newton's gravity instead of Einstein's relativity.
P.S. I put "expansion of the universe" in quotes because that might be another example of jumping to conclusions too. See: Did the Big Bang ever happen? Quantum model predicts universe has NO beginning - and it could even explain dark energy
Their tests included cold soaks for just this scenario. It's how the Corsair died. To me, this suggests either their chips aren't as good at holding the charge, or their design/firmware isn't as good at handling this scenario.
It sounds like we need FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) hardware testing tools to ensure boards, bios/uefi, drivers, etc. are built according the specifications of the standard.
Does anyone know the status of such tools? Do they exist? Do they lack features? Are they just not being used? Would a Windows version of them help? etc.
Whatever a judge or court does eventually makes it way to the public record, as it should. (The FISA courts are a separate issue.) You can't stop NSA employees from reading the news.
Did you mean that the NSA should have no control over the process of shutting down the attack?