So the only thing keeping you from stealing from your neighbors is the existence of the Federal government? What a sad commentary on your morals and values.
The US will not default on August 2. Let me repeat that: the United States Federal government will not default on August 2nd.
Why? Because the Federal government collects more than enough in taxes to pay our debt service through the remaining fiscal year (September 30th), and beyond. We do not need to raise the debt ceiling to pay our debts.
We do, however, need to raise the debt ceiling for the government to continue providing services and paying its employees. But you know what? Fuck it, shut it down. Stop paying the employees, stop buy shit, stop sending out free money to people. And when that happens, and the majority of Americans realize their lives are continuing on just as before, with literally no change to their lives, maybe then they'll realize just how useless and pointless the government is.
A rebellion means you have an army and you're fighting another army. V was just a lone individual blowing up buildings. There's a huge difference between those two actions and the actors behind them.
Maybe next time, before they bomb out half the cities of whatever country our current "enemies" live in, they could try helping the people first.
I have a better idea: let's leave them the fuck alone completely and let them find their own way in the world. Not only are we not the global police, we're also not the global parent.
I've got a metal box in my chest for a nerve stimulator, TSA is going to kick me out of the airport after interrogating me for two hours when I try to fly next week.
I completely agree that the situation is delicate and there is almost certainly not an easy answer. No one wants to see criminals get away with breaking the law, but neither should innocent third parties be subject to having their entire disrupted so completely.
Maybe the only real effective solution is for businesses to pay the extra money for dedicated servers, and not just have a shared hosting arrangement with hundreds or thousands of sites on one server. Yes, that increases their costs, but at least then it would be feasible for law enforcement to seize only those servers directly associated with the domains under investigation.
The work of cloning the data could either be supervised or actually performed by trained FBI agents (from a chain-of-evidence point-of-view, the latter would be preferable). But before going in, they should have at least as much information as is needed to know which servers and which clients on those servers they need. Fishing expeditions like this one need to stop.
While no one's going to suggest setting up a co-lo in Zimbabwe or Venezuela anytime soon, there are other countries that are safer from the risk of government seizure than the US is now. Ireland, Switzerland, any of the Nordic countries, and New Zealand all spring to mind. Any one of those places would be a much better bet for setting up a new co-lo, were one inclined to do so, than the good ol', freedom lovin', US of A.
Then you're either too stupid for your own good or completely insane. There is no fucking reason to ever think prohibition ever does any good.
But since it's clearly not on the political table right this second
Only because assholes like you want to keep controlling other people's lives. But guess what's going to be on the "political table" by the end of next year if we don't end prohibition (and numerous other insane laws)? Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo. So either start supporting the end of the wars on drugs, terror, and ever other assault on civil liberties this country has started, or find yourself up against a wall in about 16 months. Your choice.
At very least, we need to target these cartels based on their level of violence and threat to government control.
Note going to work, there's always going to be another psychopath willing to take up where the last one left off.
Legalize all drugs, today, and tax them and use those taxes to pay for rehab for those who need it. It is literally the only solution. Otherwise, more innocent people are going to die every single day.
Yes, absolutely. It's not like it wasn't legal once upon a time, and we didn't have drug cartels murdering 10 9/11's worth of innocent people every single fucking year when it was.
Prohibition does not work, let people do what they're going to do anyway. We could tax it and spend the money gained from those taxes on free rehab for those who need it. We'd save untold billions of dollars and, far more important, all those wasted lives.
Translated to: they have to work more. Screw that, I'd rather put on a manager hat and have time to go play golf in the middle of the day, trusting that my underlings will take care of any problems that arise.
I'm sure there are some cheaters on the business side, whether out of laziness or just trying to short circuit the process or some soft-hearted desire to help people who need jobs get them (not realizing the problems for others this may cause). But you know what? There are already fines in place for not doing your due diligence. How about we enforce those before talking about saddling us with even more laws?
Giving two states to Mexico doesn't solve the underlying problem of lack of identity management. It also would do something to stem the tide of illegal immigration into the US, because it wouldn't take long before both those states slid into the same morass that all of Mexico currently lives under.
No, the only viable solution is to come up with a better way of proving whether or not someone is whom they say they are. Frankly, I don't know the answer, but suspect it involves public keys, PINs, and something like an RSA token. Issue those to all citizens upon some defined age (like 13), and make sure kids are taught how to manage them in schools (by requiring they use a similar structure to access their textbooks). It would take time and money to implement, but I think in the long run it would pay off. This is just spit balling and should not be taken as a definitive answer.
Suing is all well and good, but unless these pigs pay the price they won't care. Those thugs need to lose their jobs and pensions and spend some time in prison. Maybe then their colleagues will show some respect for the rights of other people.
Sorry, the US Federal Government has said pretty clearly they are not going to enforce any immigration laws, ever.
Just because the government had abdicated its responsibility doesn't mean it no longer has it.
You also completely ignore the point that without providing a way for people to do legally what they're going to do anyway you create a situation where innocent people are hurt incidentally. There has to be a simple, straightforward way for immigrants to come to this country and contribute. They're going to come anyway, that's unstoppable. So we might as well help them do so legally.
A big part of me doesn't like the idea of letting the government track anyone and everyone with a common identity scheme. But the reality is that, we need to have one. There are too many holes in our current system of identity management, from people getting jobs or credit in someone else's name, to visa holders disappearing into the crowd. Sadly, I think it's time for the government to set up a central clearinghouse of identities, and for each citizen's or visitor's passport to be tied back into it. We need to have someway to prove we are whom we say we are, and at the same time protect our identities, credit histories, and even criminal history (or, especially, lack thereof) from unscrupulous people.
Ideally, this would involve the use of shared keys and two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, I don't yet know how you make something like this simple enough for every person out there to use, nor have I worked through what happens when someone forgets/loses their PIN or other authentication mechanism. This should not be taken as a working solution, but as a sky-high view on what ought to be.
No, then you'll just end up with a tax bill payable within 90 days.
Think of it this way: you earn $50,000 per year, and set your deductions such that at the end of the year you owe no additional tax and get no refund.
But, someone else uses your information to get a job, and makes $20,000 per year, but sets their deductions such that they owe $3,000 at the end of the the year. Now you're getting hit with a tax bill of $3,000, even though you had your deductions set perfectly. That's the problem we're talking about here.
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So the only thing keeping you from stealing from your neighbors is the existence of the Federal government? What a sad commentary on your morals and values.
The US will not default on August 2. Let me repeat that: the United States Federal government will not default on August 2nd.
Why? Because the Federal government collects more than enough in taxes to pay our debt service through the remaining fiscal year (September 30th), and beyond. We do not need to raise the debt ceiling to pay our debts.
We do, however, need to raise the debt ceiling for the government to continue providing services and paying its employees. But you know what? Fuck it, shut it down. Stop paying the employees, stop buy shit, stop sending out free money to people. And when that happens, and the majority of Americans realize their lives are continuing on just as before, with literally no change to their lives, maybe then they'll realize just how useless and pointless the government is.
Fuck America. The USA is the modern British Empire, that killed millions of Indian people under the disguise to bring them civilization and democracy.
Come on, be fair. Americans killed millions of Indians, too. Just a different kind of Indian.
A rebellion means you have an army and you're fighting another army. V was just a lone individual blowing up buildings. There's a huge difference between those two actions and the actors behind them.
Maybe next time, before they bomb out half the cities of whatever country our current "enemies" live in, they could try helping the people first.
I have a better idea: let's leave them the fuck alone completely and let them find their own way in the world. Not only are we not the global police, we're also not the global parent.
Tell me about it. I hate calling tech support and getting people in Alabama.
Wait, there are call centers in Alabama? I thought you needed phones for those.
They will earn as much as 20,000 rupees per month—around $2 per hour, or $5,000 per year if they last that long, which most will not.
I'm not sure how 50*2=11, but whatever.
I've got a metal box in my chest for a nerve stimulator, TSA is going to kick me out of the airport after interrogating me for two hours when I try to fly next week.
FTFY.
I completely agree that the situation is delicate and there is almost certainly not an easy answer. No one wants to see criminals get away with breaking the law, but neither should innocent third parties be subject to having their entire disrupted so completely.
Maybe the only real effective solution is for businesses to pay the extra money for dedicated servers, and not just have a shared hosting arrangement with hundreds or thousands of sites on one server. Yes, that increases their costs, but at least then it would be feasible for law enforcement to seize only those servers directly associated with the domains under investigation.
The work of cloning the data could either be supervised or actually performed by trained FBI agents (from a chain-of-evidence point-of-view, the latter would be preferable). But before going in, they should have at least as much information as is needed to know which servers and which clients on those servers they need. Fishing expeditions like this one need to stop.
While no one's going to suggest setting up a co-lo in Zimbabwe or Venezuela anytime soon, there are other countries that are safer from the risk of government seizure than the US is now. Ireland, Switzerland, any of the Nordic countries, and New Zealand all spring to mind. Any one of those places would be a much better bet for setting up a new co-lo, were one inclined to do so, than the good ol', freedom lovin', US of A.
I'm not sure if prohibition is a good solution.
Then you're either too stupid for your own good or completely insane. There is no fucking reason to ever think prohibition ever does any good.
But since it's clearly not on the political table right this second
Only because assholes like you want to keep controlling other people's lives. But guess what's going to be on the "political table" by the end of next year if we don't end prohibition (and numerous other insane laws)? Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo. So either start supporting the end of the wars on drugs, terror, and ever other assault on civil liberties this country has started, or find yourself up against a wall in about 16 months. Your choice.
At very least, we need to target these cartels based on their level of violence and threat to government control.
Note going to work, there's always going to be another psychopath willing to take up where the last one left off.
Legalize all drugs, today, and tax them and use those taxes to pay for rehab for those who need it. It is literally the only solution. Otherwise, more innocent people are going to die every single day.
Yes, absolutely. It's not like it wasn't legal once upon a time, and we didn't have drug cartels murdering 10 9/11's worth of innocent people every single fucking year when it was.
Prohibition does not work, let people do what they're going to do anyway. We could tax it and spend the money gained from those taxes on free rehab for those who need it. We'd save untold billions of dollars and, far more important, all those wasted lives.
Plus they get to have much more fun.
Translated to: they have to work more. Screw that, I'd rather put on a manager hat and have time to go play golf in the middle of the day, trusting that my underlings will take care of any problems that arise.
Great, now we have to ban baseball cards to protect our kids!
What would be surprising would be currency that wasn't ever used for illicit things. It doesn't and will never exist.
Sure it can. Just use a virtual currency, but make sure the evil bit isn't set.
Try looking at his page on TVTropes, I'm sure they'll have you covered.
So all those years of being a grammar nazi can result in actual gainful employment? Who knew?
Also:
They claim the emails are faked since he uses Apostrophes correctly
But did he use Capitalization correctly?
I'm sure there are some cheaters on the business side, whether out of laziness or just trying to short circuit the process or some soft-hearted desire to help people who need jobs get them (not realizing the problems for others this may cause). But you know what? There are already fines in place for not doing your due diligence. How about we enforce those before talking about saddling us with even more laws?
Giving two states to Mexico doesn't solve the underlying problem of lack of identity management. It also would do something to stem the tide of illegal immigration into the US, because it wouldn't take long before both those states slid into the same morass that all of Mexico currently lives under.
No, the only viable solution is to come up with a better way of proving whether or not someone is whom they say they are. Frankly, I don't know the answer, but suspect it involves public keys, PINs, and something like an RSA token. Issue those to all citizens upon some defined age (like 13), and make sure kids are taught how to manage them in schools (by requiring they use a similar structure to access their textbooks). It would take time and money to implement, but I think in the long run it would pay off. This is just spit balling and should not be taken as a definitive answer.
Suing is all well and good, but unless these pigs pay the price they won't care. Those thugs need to lose their jobs and pensions and spend some time in prison. Maybe then their colleagues will show some respect for the rights of other people.
Sorry, the US Federal Government has said pretty clearly they are not going to enforce any immigration laws, ever.
Just because the government had abdicated its responsibility doesn't mean it no longer has it.
You also completely ignore the point that without providing a way for people to do legally what they're going to do anyway you create a situation where innocent people are hurt incidentally. There has to be a simple, straightforward way for immigrants to come to this country and contribute. They're going to come anyway, that's unstoppable. So we might as well help them do so legally.
A big part of me doesn't like the idea of letting the government track anyone and everyone with a common identity scheme. But the reality is that, we need to have one. There are too many holes in our current system of identity management, from people getting jobs or credit in someone else's name, to visa holders disappearing into the crowd. Sadly, I think it's time for the government to set up a central clearinghouse of identities, and for each citizen's or visitor's passport to be tied back into it. We need to have someway to prove we are whom we say we are, and at the same time protect our identities, credit histories, and even criminal history (or, especially, lack thereof) from unscrupulous people.
Ideally, this would involve the use of shared keys and two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, I don't yet know how you make something like this simple enough for every person out there to use, nor have I worked through what happens when someone forgets/loses their PIN or other authentication mechanism. This should not be taken as a working solution, but as a sky-high view on what ought to be.
No, then you'll just end up with a tax bill payable within 90 days.
Think of it this way: you earn $50,000 per year, and set your deductions such that at the end of the year you owe no additional tax and get no refund.
But, someone else uses your information to get a job, and makes $20,000 per year, but sets their deductions such that they owe $3,000 at the end of the the year. Now you're getting hit with a tax bill of $3,000, even though you had your deductions set perfectly. That's the problem we're talking about here.