Although the text of the treaty has not been made public, Wikileaks has published several leaked documents since 2013. A number of global health professionals, internet freedom activists, environmentalists, organised labour, advocacy groups, and elected officials have criticised and protested against the treaty, in large part because of the secrecy of negotiations, the agreement's expansive scope, and controversial clauses in drafts leaked to the public.[7][8][9][10][11]
As general rule of thumb, if governments conspire behind closed doors, it is not the average citizen's best interests being argued about.
I think, by and large, there is enough intelligence amongst World leaders that they are mostly for reducing anthropogenic contributions to climate change.
Unfortunately, like each nation that would like to see crude production restricted in OPEC, it would be better for them if the other members could make the sacrifice(s).
Palin panders to that minority of the right wing that buys the Obama 'birther' and Muslim arguments; apparently the same crowd that initially encouraged Trump.
Hillary cannot hide behind the retarded defense as believably as Sarah.
It's much more likely she saw an advantage to being able to delete her own emails
Yes, it will. Are you trying to equate posting here with sending naked pictures of yourself to 14 year old girls?
Of course not! Posting here is far more likely evidence of an antiestablishment streak, and therefore, more dangerous to the record-keeping gnomes than a simple pedophile.
I'll point out that this UK list is nothing unusual. Every time someone calls the cops on someone in the US, that information goes into a database they can access for future reference. That's for both the suspect AND the person who calls. "Have we dealt with this person before" is a question that is important when considering whether the activity is simply "stupid" or has risen to the level of "harassment" or "intentional". That applies to both sides. "We've been called to this house and spoken to Bob about his loud parties three times now, we need to write a ticket instead of a warning", as well as "Frank has called us about the UFOs buzzing his house five times now, maybe we need to give social services a call."
I am afraid the evolution of the surveillance machine ensures virtually everything is likely to be recorded from now on.
If fracking contaminated well water with oil, I'm sure they would. Unfortunately, the claim is that fracking contaminates well water with fracking compounds used by the driller, not the oil. This does them no good at all.
Quite right... the water wells are seldom contaminated with oil. Salty production water, carcinogenic solvents, and as yet mystery fracking chemicals are much more common invaders of the fresh water table due to drilling activities.
Every well drilled for oil/gas exploitation travels through the water table to get to the energy reservoir. There is an industry practice of casing these wells with concrete to below where the water table ends, altruistically protecting the water table from the well.
Consider the millions of producing US wells alone: a fraction of a percent of casing failures would still be a huge number of well contaminations. Add the number of all wells drilled since Titusville in 1896, and factor in the likelihood that the older wells were less concerned with safety.
AT&T was paid to run fiber past my house. They weren't paid to hook anyone to it. The copper line doesn't support DSL. Cable ends a mile from my house. I pay $80 a month for 17 Gigs by satellite.
A similar conundrum has befallen our little neighborhood. We have local AT&T fiber, and were talked into upgrading to an ultra-fast Uverse deal. As luck would have it, we are 1.5 km (5000 ft) from the pedestal that has the magical fiber optic line, and our run from there is copper phone line. 12mbps down/ 1mbps up per month for $70+.
Perhaps the worst thing to come out of the Snowden revelations is not this apathy towards the surveillance state.
Reform may have been the the benign goal of the surveillance leaks, but as that just hasn't happened, the bar where right vs. wrong is set has been lowered along with the stock that is the United States.
Perhaps worse than people not caring (enough) that their whole world is fast becoming an Orwellian nightmare, we are now left without a credible nation to voice the message of Worldly evil.
"Of course, nanobots are often the source of speculation about the death of all humanity. There is the "grey goo" theory that one day nanobots will learn to self-replicate and quickly eat everything organic on the planet in a never-ending urge to procreate.
There are several explanations about why this couldn't happen, including the fact that we could stop it with a fairly simple electromagnetic pulse. But it is fun to think that with this step toward a viable 3D-printed microscopic delivery device we are either one step closer to curing all the diseases of mankind or one step closer to just destroying ourselves entirely. Or both."
It's the way of too many of our watershed technological breakthroughs. When you ask if we are ready for the responsibility of a potential Doomsday Device, be certain to solve for (we).
I rather want to believe he thought it was a joke rather than an immigration policy initiative...you know, the kind of thing a celebrity bounces off his sycophantic entourage instead of a single critical ear.
Part of Trump's charm seems to be his lack of a filter in this be careful as fuck what you say era we live in.
It would appear the Jersey Governor may lack the Donald's Teflon skin.
Slashdot Mirror
Nonetheless, a small gift from a big name will cause eyes to fall on the problem.
Mix enough publicity, compassion, & a little guilt; couldn't hurt the cause.
The lack of political will, the courage to do the right thing despite negative personal consequence, is the hallmark of the modern, career politician.
Don't you think term limits could fix that quite rapidly?
If only that were even generally the case; that we could trust our representatives to at least believe they were acting in our best interests.
What would we even have to bitch about, then?
Although the text of the treaty has not been made public, Wikileaks has published several leaked documents since 2013. A number of global health professionals, internet freedom activists, environmentalists, organised labour, advocacy groups, and elected officials have criticised and protested against the treaty, in large part because of the secrecy of negotiations, the agreement's expansive scope, and controversial clauses in drafts leaked to the public.[7][8][9][10][11]
As general rule of thumb, if governments conspire behind closed doors, it is not the average citizen's best interests being argued about.
There is a story that surfaces once in a while regarding her being fired from that House Judiciary Committee;
FWIW, Snopes claims it never happened.
Unfortunately, like each nation that would like to see crude production restricted in OPEC, it would be better for them if the other members could make the sacrifice(s).
Hillary cannot hide behind the retarded defense as believably as Sarah.
It's much more likely she saw an advantage to being able to delete her own emails
no but this gem, i believe
I was not thinking a lot
We hold some truths to be self-evident.
I mean, FFS, the Clintons have been in positions of power for what? 36 years... (since the 1st term began as Governor of Arkansas.)
It's clear she should have an inkling how to act in office, and yet, like so many of the political ilk, she uses her skills for evil instead of good.
Since Edward himself proved the secure government data itself was rather not.
Multiple studies were cancelled because the placebo group was contracting HIV at an alarming rate.
Yes, it will. Are you trying to equate posting here with sending naked pictures of yourself to 14 year old girls?
Of course not! Posting here is far more likely evidence of an antiestablishment streak, and therefore, more dangerous to the record-keeping gnomes than a simple pedophile.
I'll point out that this UK list is nothing unusual. Every time someone calls the cops on someone in the US, that information goes into a database they can access for future reference. That's for both the suspect AND the person who calls. "Have we dealt with this person before" is a question that is important when considering whether the activity is simply "stupid" or has risen to the level of "harassment" or "intentional". That applies to both sides. "We've been called to this house and spoken to Bob about his loud parties three times now, we need to write a ticket instead of a warning", as well as "Frank has called us about the UFOs buzzing his house five times now, maybe we need to give social services a call."
I am afraid the evolution of the surveillance machine ensures virtually everything is likely to be recorded from now on.
Pissing outside will also get you on the US sex offender list.
To be fair, that would only happen if you had your twig out.
Mister.
I know you're sentiments are well founded, but in all likelihood, what we are typing right here, right now will be on our records forever.
If everyone was incapable of ignoring facts, there would be fewer grand, heated arguments.
If fracking contaminated well water with oil, I'm sure they would. Unfortunately, the claim is that fracking contaminates well water with fracking compounds used by the driller, not the oil. This does them no good at all.
Quite right... the water wells are seldom contaminated with oil. Salty production water, carcinogenic solvents, and as yet mystery fracking chemicals are much more common invaders of the fresh water table due to drilling activities.
Every well drilled for oil/gas exploitation travels through the water table to get to the energy reservoir. There is an industry practice of casing these wells with concrete to below where the water table ends, altruistically protecting the water table from the well.
Consider the millions of producing US wells alone: a fraction of a percent of casing failures would still be a huge number of well contaminations. Add the number of all wells drilled since Titusville in 1896, and factor in the likelihood that the older wells were less concerned with safety.
AT&T was paid to run fiber past my house. They weren't paid to hook anyone to it. The copper line doesn't support DSL. Cable ends a mile from my house. I pay $80 a month for 17 Gigs by satellite.
A similar conundrum has befallen our little neighborhood. We have local AT&T fiber, and were talked into upgrading to an ultra-fast Uverse deal. As luck would have it, we are 1.5 km (5000 ft) from the pedestal that has the magical fiber optic line, and our run from there is copper phone line. 12mbps down/ 1mbps up per month for $70+.
And it's better than what the neighbors get.
I remember a security researcher quoting people with infected PCs who said that their machines were running "better than ever".
What a clever way to infiltrate computer systems without arousing suspicion.
Very interesting!
Reform may have been the the benign goal of the surveillance leaks, but as that just hasn't happened, the bar where right vs. wrong is set has been lowered along with the stock that is the United States.
Perhaps worse than people not caring (enough) that their whole world is fast becoming an Orwellian nightmare, we are now left without a credible nation to voice the message of Worldly evil.
Of Course there's an explanation.
It's not even funny how grotesque this is.
How ironic
Sure, but what people get with this physical game cartridge is a really great story to go with their game.
Priceless.
Tough crowd.
"Of course, nanobots are often the source of speculation about the death of all humanity. There is the "grey goo" theory that one day nanobots will learn to self-replicate and quickly eat everything organic on the planet in a never-ending urge to procreate. There are several explanations about why this couldn't happen, including the fact that we could stop it with a fairly simple electromagnetic pulse. But it is fun to think that with this step toward a viable 3D-printed microscopic delivery device we are either one step closer to curing all the diseases of mankind or one step closer to just destroying ourselves entirely. Or both."
It's the way of too many of our watershed technological breakthroughs. When you ask if we are ready for the responsibility of a potential Doomsday Device, be certain to solve for (we).
Part of Trump's charm seems to be his lack of a filter in this be careful as fuck what you say era we live in.
It would appear the Jersey Governor may lack the Donald's Teflon skin.