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  1. Re:Brave New World on California Has a New Law: No More All-Male Boards (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932. He requested trying mescaline in 1953 after reading research on it and subsequently wrote Doors of Perception in 1954.

    Interesting that you somehow think his future self caused an impact on a book that he had written 20 years earlier.

  2. Re:Never forget on Supreme Court: Warrant Generally Needed To Track Cell Phone Location Data (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then don't comment. His dissenting opinion is surprisingly knowledgeable and relevant to the current Information Age in which we live. Try reading. It is amazing.

  3. Re:Never forget on Supreme Court: Warrant Generally Needed To Track Cell Phone Location Data (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If only people like yourself would actually read the material rather than just skim for confirmation bias. We would have never had a President Trump. Alas even in opposition to Trump you and many like you are revealed as the problem rather than the solution.

    A simple read of Gorsuch's dissenting opinion shows how you are wrong.

  4. Fun fact about the CIO... on Panerabread.com Leaks Millions of Customers Records (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 2

    He was Chief Security Officer at Equifax until 2013.

  5. Re:It's not about the content of the memo... on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it is. If you don't see it as partisan, that's a reflection on you.

    The release of the memo and its creation is partisan but the situation that got us there is not which is my larger point. Maybe I should have clarified that point.

    Personally, nobody supporting that shit gets my vote. I do wish that more people felt likewise.

    My voting record speaks for itself in this regard. Please don't assume you understand my political inclinations from one internet comment. If you do then that is a reflection on you.

  6. Re:Waahh you caught me committing TREASON on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    carter page was first investigated in 2013

    The FISA warrant was approved October 12th 2016. That is a fact. The 2013 investigation was used as past evidence coupled with the Steele dossier for the warrant. Are you having trouble understanding what a fact is?

  7. Re:Waahh you caught me committing TREASON on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    It wasn't. The Carter Page FISA warrant was approved before the dossier existed.

    Where are these facts you believe are real?
    Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted that most of the document is unsubstantiated and even confirmed that the dossier was the sole reason for the FISA warrant all before Congress. Seems that these facts are completely opposite of what you are saying. The memo just released also says you are wrong. I am open to see any sources you have though that run counter to ALL reporting on this issue.

  8. Re:It's not about the content of the memo... on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wow. Actually for people like myself who have great concern for the surveillance state that has been erected post 9-11 this is exactly what we feared. The secret surveillance state abused and being used as a political weapon in the name of national security all without any oversight by the people of the country. You seem to think that this whole thing is partisan which means you buy into the propaganda. That isn't surprising. The media has been spinning this as a partisan attack for some time. The reality is it speaks to how easy it is to abuse the great monstrous civil rights crushing system which people like Rand Paul and Ron Wyden have been fighting to prevent. Hopefully they seize on this moment to deliver a large blow against it although the President just signed worse legislation weeks ago.

  9. Re:Waahh you caught me committing TREASON on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If all of these crimes are so evident then why is it that a questionable document with little to no verification was used as the sole basis? Must be internet hour in the loony bin.

  10. Bye Felicia! on Bitcoin Plummets Below $8,000 For First Time Since November (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the only time in my life I have felt compelled to use this phrase.

  11. You are right. That was not very convincing. https://youtu.be/6NOSD0XK0r8?t... My source was from Damore himself above. The URL was just a location on GoogleDoc that it was posted for the intended audience. I appreciate you attempting to disprove with facts though.

  12. Your post is misinformed speculation. This is what happens when you comment on something with limited information and ignorance of the facts. The "memo" was actually feedback about a diversity class. The attendees were asked for feedback and Damore provided the it in large and unnecessary quantities in my personal opinion. Someone who received it then propagated the document throughout the company.

  13. You are right I am ignorant about the life of transgender people, about as ignorant as you are of military policy. I doubt either of us will keep quiet about things of which we are ignorant.

  14. Are you failing to read correctly? The first line is:

    "I can speak further about this because I was discharged from the Army for having a condition called Congenital Stationary Night Blindness."

    Discharged as in released from service. So if you mean the policy is that they would allow trans people to volunteer in the military then discharge them then sure you are correct. However I imagine the shitstorm of discrimination cries would be insane. There is a list of physical conditions that prevent you from serving in the military including scoliosis and . What is the difference here?
    Feel free to read up on them. http://www.military.com/join-a...

  15. Re:1200 man hours you say on Trump Orders Government To Stop Work On Y2K Bug, 17 Years Later (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I wish people understood how the government really works. These are the people who really run things, and they answer to no one and dont care whatever the consequences may be of their actions. So the more we can get rid of, and the more of these people we can fire, the better off we'll all be.

    As a former government contractor with parents and grandparents who all worked in civilian service with the Federal government I cannot stress how right you are. The bureaucracy is slow and inefficient which is why I hold some of the political views that I do.

  16. Re:Leftists will bash Trump for this on Trump Orders Government To Stop Work On Y2K Bug, 17 Years Later (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Since you are not American I understand but the executive orders that he is signing are the ones that are rolling back the regulations.

  17. hey there super sleuth, that is the police chief for Capitol Police which is completely separate from DC Police.

  18. Re:What do you mean? on Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since so many news sources have reported that it happened, all thinking people know it did despite the lack of evidence.

    That word, thinking. To quote Inigo Montoya, I do not think it means what you think it means.
    Thinking people do not just regurgitate things reported in the news.

  19. Re:This is going to get messy on Minnesota Senate Votes To Bar Selling ISP Data (twincities.com) · · Score: 1

    Hell let's just roll it completely back and start using Usenet newsgroups.For as much as we all don't like the online advertising and social media business they have done a great and innovative service to the whole of the WWW. (sorry not sorry for the hyperbole)

  20. Re:FAKE NEWS! on FBI Director Comey Confirms Investigation Into Trump Campaign (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty funny that you post this because Comey actually did confirm that mainstream media is printing fake news. He said that information leaked was in fact wrong but he could not confirm or deny which is wrong. I found that pretty interesting that it actually shows that President Trump is right in that some of it is fake news. The level at which the President accuses is still ridiculously wrong in my opinion.

  21. asked him to edit that out as soon as they saw it.

  22. Re:Counterintuitively, cheaper = jobs on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    Well it must be rough having memory only back 10 years.

    Up until the passing of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, the USPS was able to pass its Congressional mandate of being revenue neutral. After this act which put a financial burden of pre-funding benefits on to the USPS unlike any other government organization in existence the USPS has significantly been in the red.

    So you are actually wrong. Without government interference they would be revenue neutral again particularly by making business decision to alter service that Congress effectively blocks. They are also in serious debt but have yet to be bailed out by taxpayers so again I can factually state that they do not take tax payer money.

    Btw I am not speaking about these things off hand as you seem to be. I have worked in the industry for the past 8 years.

  23. Re:Counterintuitively, cheaper = jobs on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 2

    This is true that UPS is disadvantaged against USPS however there are facts that need clarification.

    1. USPS doesn't take tax dollars. They have been revenue neutral since the 1970's.
    2. USPS doesn't own any planes so relies on FedEx and UPS cargo flights to move volume through the air
    3. USPS allows their infrastructure in rural areas to be leveraged for UPS and FedEx. This is called the Last Mile program.

    While they (USPS) do compete with UPS and FedEx, it is also very symbiotic more so than most people know.

  24. Re:Meaningless on The Doomsday Clock Is Reset: Closest To Midnight Since The 1950s (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that the change is based on speculation from talk of a well-known liar versus actual bombs being set off back in the 1950's. This is a well-crafted PR stunt and nothing more to compare the two time periods is simply insulting to a reasonable mind.

  25. Relevant link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... This scientist agrees with what you are saying. She is saying decades until we see massive uncontrollable change.