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  1. Unless US citizens are deemed to be enemy combatants, then you can murder all of them you want. No military man went to trial and was executed for the murders in kent state.

    If you think the US military will not mow down US citizens on orders, then you are insane. Go and ask off duty military men what their oath means. none of them will say they frag their superior officer before shooting an american citizen.

  2. Due process has been dead cince 9/11 or do you forget that you wanted it gone? PATRIOT ACT did away with due process to make you feel safe from terrorist boogymen.

  3. Or if you are journalists. we really like killing journalists.

  4. Yes, at least that is how the American government thinks. And there is a segment of the US population, the incredibly stupid ones, that also believe that.

  5. Just repeal PATRIOT and it solves 90% of the problems. Have you written your senators demanding they repeal it?

  6. Re:Well... no. on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Kickstarter's Hall of Fame movie projects all indies that did not have the money that studios have....

    1. "Blue Like Jazz" by Steve Taylor
    A feature film based on Donald Miller's New York Times bestselling memoir, directed by Steve Taylor and starring Marshall Allman.
    Pledged: $345,992
    4,495 backers

    2. Minecraft: The Story of Mojang by 2 Player Productions
    A feature-length documentary on the first year of Mojang, the studio built upon the runaway success of indie computer game Minecraft.
    Pledged: $210,297
    3,631 backers

    3. Neil Gaiman's The Price by Christopher Salmon
    A uniquely stylized CG animated film based on the short story "The Price" by award-winning author Neil Gaiman.
    Pledged: $161,774
    2,001 backers

    4. MY REINCARNATION by Jennifer Fox
    Be the CATALYST. Spread MY REINCARNATION, an epic documentary about spirituality, family and destiny...
    Pledged: $150,456
    518 backers

    5. Urbanized: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit
    Help finish the new design documentary from the director of "Helvetica" and "Objectified".
    Pledged: $118,505
    1,814 backers

    6. I Am I - Feature Film by Jocelyn Towne
    A woman meets her mentally ill father who abandoned her as a child. He is convinced that she is his wife and tries to win her back.
    Pledged: $111,965
    902 backers

    7. "Finding Vivian Maier" - a feature length documentary film by Toneloof
    This film unravels the discovery of 100,000 negatives from a mysterious photographer that shocked the world of photography.
    Pledged: $105,042
    1,495 backers

    Sounds like that is not a problem, and only a fool wants a big name hollywood actor, better actors are out there to be had for less. Just look at game of thrones for a perfect example that "nobodies" are fantastic actors.

  7. Re:Neat on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    Price is insane only if you think his labor is free, if you have any metalworking skills at all you can replicate this axe quickly and easily in only a few hours in the forge.
    My buddy will make it for cost of materials and 2 cases of his favorite german import beer. But anyone else it would cost $300 for him to do it at his normal hourly rate.

  8. Re:Well... no. on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 1

    Those can be rented as well, just like they do.

  9. micro studio on Joss Whedon Releases New Film On Demand · · Score: 2

    There is no difference between a micro studio and a Giganto Studio. I have the exact same tools in my spare bedroom "micro studio" that they have at MGM. and if I really wanted to shoot with a $190,000 arriflex I can rent it, just like they do.

    This is the wonderful thing. a single person with a spare bedroom is equal footing competition to a $100,000,000,000 studio.

  10. Re:why not just have a baby earlier? on Women Increasingly Freezing Their Eggs To Pursue Their Careers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You are correct. having a kid at any age is a huge mistake if you want to do things with your life that is outside the raising a child idea. To some people raising children IS Their career, and more power to them. to Others, it's retarded to blow that time and money that children require to just have them because of societal or parental pressures.

    Then you have the nutjobs that think they HAVE to have kids so they have a LEGACY... If you really want to raise children for the right reasons, go do it, but all these people need to STFU to people that dont want to have kids, and dont think it's important to devote 100% of your resources for 18-25 years to raising one.

  11. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 0

    This is mostly because people in general are really really stupid.

  12. Re:One word: FUD on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Because of metal shielding and short wires, basic electronics 101 stuff here.

    The EMP power required to take out a modern car's Ignition system and ECM would be so high that you would DIE from the radiation. Cars also are the single most noisy power environment so the ECM is already hardened from the 2000 mini EMPs per minute that are being created under the hood of the car as it drives down the road.

    I have directly experienced an EMP that is 90,000 times greater than anything the SUN can create, it's called a direct lightning strike. several electronic systems were blown out like TV sets that were connected to an ANTENNA. but the car in the garage that was the closest to the EMP was just fine. Same with the motorcycle and the other car in the driveway. How close was the EMP? 8 feet from the garage, it split the tree in 1/2 and burned a track down the center of it.

    But that is first hand experience, if you have any kind of electronics education you will also know that even a Nuclear bomb generated EMP will only affect systems that are interconnected by miles of wire. so yes, all the power grids will go down as well as all the telecommunications systems that are still wire based. There is a lot of bullshit floating around the internet about the EMP and how it is a super uber technology killer. it's not. and even if there was a chance of a really big one, it's trivial to protect equipment from them.

  13. Re:Actual thought process on Expert Warns: Civilian World Not Ready For Massive EMP-Caused Blackout · · Score: 1

    Or the real source, the AP and API news feeds. Look hard enough and you can find pirated feeds online that are not delayed.

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/f... for the legitimate but heavily time delayed feed. The paying customers get the news earlier so they can publish it before it goes on the public feed.

  14. Re:Double A on Google: Better To Be a 'B' CS Grad Than an 'A+' English Grad · · Score: 1

    They prefer Political Science Masters Degree holders for the Coffee Shop jobs.

  15. $392 Trillion! on Heartbleed Pricetag To Top $500 Million? · · Score: 1

    We all know that these numbers are pulled out of their butts just like RIAA loss numbers were. So why dont they go for really stellar numbers?

    $590 Quintillion is going tobe the cost with over $200 Postillion alone lost due to hackers.

  16. Re:The reason medical devices are expensive on $42,000 Prosthetic Hand Outperformed By $50 3D Printed Hand · · Score: 1

    And it will create a black market of 3d printing files for people to still get what they need at an affordable and reasonable price while circumventing the stupidity of the government and rampant greed of the medical industry.

  17. Re:the reason on $42,000 Prosthetic Hand Outperformed By $50 3D Printed Hand · · Score: 1

    No, $30K is profits and markup.

  18. Medical is designed to rob you. on $42,000 Prosthetic Hand Outperformed By $50 3D Printed Hand · · Score: 1

    Everything "medical" is heavily overpriced for the maximum profits. So there is no surprise that a DIY item is better than the ungodly overpriced device made by "engineers" and then had FDA approval to be sold as a medical device at extortion prices.

    Sorry, but a doctor does not deserve to drive a Porsche, he can drive a Chevy. The whole point of becoming a doctor is to help people not be rich.

  19. Re:I see the disconnect. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    it used to be before the players all got lazy and now drive from hole to hole. real golfers walk and carry their bag, the lazy poesurs drive and have their caddy carry the bag from the cart to them and then back again.

  20. Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? on Peoria Mayor Sends Police To Track Down Twitter Parodist · · Score: 1

    Bush CREATED free speech zones. The blame lies at the Republicans feet. if the "tea party" people had any brains they would be going after the congress members that are taking away freedoms instead of being distracted by inconcequential tax bills.

    This is why I have ZERO respect for the Tea Party. They are just a distraction that has no real american goal. Fight for the frigging constitution, demand the PATRIOT act get repealed. Stop your baby whining about a 0.00001% tax to save the bees.

  21. Re:Joke about lawyers on General Mills Retracts "No Right to Sue" EULA Clause · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or the most probable. 4 - the lawyer is a incredibly evil asshole.

    Honestly any, ANY lawyer that pulls that arbitration shit needs to be beaten badly with a sack of doorknobs. Only the most evil scumbags on the planet will try to circumvent legal rights of their own customers.

  22. Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? on Peoria Mayor Sends Police To Track Down Twitter Parodist · · Score: 4, Informative

    No we dont, free speech is only allowed in free speech zones. Doing it outside a designated zone means you get tazed in the junk by police.

  23. Re:Yes, I care on How Nest and FitBit Might Spy On You For Cash · · Score: 1

    That was really stupid. only a moron would throw it away, you could have easily got $50 on craigslist for it.

  24. Re:Real Names? on How Nest and FitBit Might Spy On You For Cash · · Score: 1

    I always register as Ron Jeremy, Movie Star...

  25. Re:Not the same, but tangentially related... on How Nest and FitBit Might Spy On You For Cash · · Score: 1

    It needs a gps so it can rat on them if they are speeders. People who speed in residential areas need to have Progressive send someone out to punch them in the taint over and over until they understand that only scumbags speed in residential areas.

    It's just one of the perks of Progressive.