Yeah, I'm one of those people who never understood the lack of lampshades on our streetlights. There is no reason shine any light above the horizon, except to illuminate the buildings, and most of them, you don't want to see.
You know what else travels far, the noise. You can hear a city from 10-20 miles away.
*We* are there as little more than muscle at Europe's behest, UK and France in particular, in case anybody has forgotten Libya (and Iraq/Afghanistan) already.. And the Europeans would like nothing better than to see Syria removed from the 'Russian sphere' for very obvious reasons. This seems to me to be the very base of the motions against Assad. The Russians see him as a reliable customer and want to protect that little corner of the market. Imagine, if you will, Pepsi attacking Safeway stores until they remove Coca Cola and occupy all of their shelf space. This is what's at stake here.
Al Qaeda are a bunch of posers. We are there to keep the Russians and Chinese out, period. It's a matter of interests. This whole idea of 'principles' or 'morality' is nothing but a bunch of fluff to sell a war. I don't think anybody really has to play that angle anymore. All that 'guiding light' bullshit went out the window in 2001.
Well, yeah... When you're number one in the arms business, that would be a good thing. Let us all try to remove the emotional baggage to see things as they really are.
Oh come on... You know this shit's gotta happen every so often. It helps to keep the war... alive! Now they can fatten up the budget a bit and build a nice new station (like the owners burning down their own restaurant to write off and collect the insurance), and who's gonna bitch about it? Who's gonna listen? There's big money out there. Everybody wants a piece of the pie.
It's far more likely for them to figure out if there is anything they really care about in the data...
This is precisely the point of my OP. I really don't understand all the chatter that followed. The spooks are shooting in the dark (which is what this Miranda affair was, with all the grace of Inspector Clouseau) , which provides for more than a bit of good humored fun to keep the press busy with some fresh 'news'... They just want to know if they're chasing ghosts. It's not like there will be any long term effect on the system or anything.
People in the Middle East have been slaughtering each other since the 7th century...
Yeah, and I'll bet that more often than not the wars were over trade disputes. It was a very busy place. The religious angle can play a role, but mostly for riling people up.
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You might be able get out of the way
Who cares? ... Greater good... Lesser evil.... bla bla bla... All systems nominal... SNAFU
There's a saying:
*The graveyard is full of people who had the right of way*
Lead passes through paper fairly easily. There are no rules, except for the laws of physics.
"Where'd ya get the money?"
Of course if you don't have any, you're busted for vagrancy...
Probable cause, works every time, makes everything legal.
The game, is over.
Yeah, I'm one of those people who never understood the lack of lampshades on our streetlights. There is no reason shine any light above the horizon, except to illuminate the buildings, and most of them, you don't want to see.
You know what else travels far, the noise. You can hear a city from 10-20 miles away.
And the RF, well..
*We* are there as little more than muscle at Europe's behest, UK and France in particular, in case anybody has forgotten Libya (and Iraq/Afghanistan) already.. And the Europeans would like nothing better than to see Syria removed from the 'Russian sphere' for very obvious reasons. This seems to me to be the very base of the motions against Assad. The Russians see him as a reliable customer and want to protect that little corner of the market. Imagine, if you will, Pepsi attacking Safeway stores until they remove Coca Cola and occupy all of their shelf space. This is what's at stake here.
Al Qaeda are a bunch of posers. We are there to keep the Russians and Chinese out, period. It's a matter of interests. This whole idea of 'principles' or 'morality' is nothing but a bunch of fluff to sell a war. I don't think anybody really has to play that angle anymore. All that 'guiding light' bullshit went out the window in 2001.
Everything is derivative.
That's certainly true on Wall Street...
*cough* yeah.. for stealing paperclips..
You mean we are just avatars, and we're stuck inside until it dies?
What's this 3rd world war shit? We never ended the first one, which started when Cain killed Abel.
Spying is an act of WAR.
Well, yeah... When you're number one in the arms business, that would be a good thing. Let us all try to remove the emotional baggage to see things as they really are.
Ah, but they do..
The world doesn't need your kind. We don't want to have to spend our lives resisting your restrictions, but we'll do what we must.
Waddya gonna do when the company goes belly up? You'd better take screen shots while you can...
Now with the New Mandatory ObamaCare Insurance and Service Policy.. We now return you to Mutual of Obama's Wild Kingdom
Oh come on... You know this shit's gotta happen every so often. It helps to keep the war... alive! Now they can fatten up the budget a bit and build a nice new station (like the owners burning down their own restaurant to write off and collect the insurance), and who's gonna bitch about it? Who's gonna listen? There's big money out there. Everybody wants a piece of the pie.
In the words of the famous Inspector Clouseau: "Not anymore..."
It's far more likely for them to figure out if there is anything they really care about in the data...
This is precisely the point of my OP. I really don't understand all the chatter that followed. The spooks are shooting in the dark (which is what this Miranda affair was, with all the grace of Inspector Clouseau) , which provides for more than a bit of good humored fun to keep the press busy with some fresh 'news'... They just want to know if they're chasing ghosts. It's not like there will be any long term effect on the system or anything.
People in the Middle East have been slaughtering each other since the 7th century...
Yeah, and I'll bet that more often than not the wars were over trade disputes. It was a very busy place. The religious angle can play a role, but mostly for riling people up.
The world is watching you USA.
Since '68.... We landed on the moon a few times. After that, not much happened.
That man has been the de facto president for over 45 years now.
I think it's gonna be the best triple agent movie Hollywood ever puts out.