If you think about it the root cause is mostly religion. Most recent Republicans have exploited religious leanings and gotten votes from rural America. They are just the best politicians money can buy right now. Dems are no better but generally their vote bank is a little more educated and conscious compared to the right.
I agree that when it comes to claiming the "religious high ground" that the Republicans are always first to plant the flag. Their faux moral outrage has been honed to an art form over the last few decades.
Seriously question: why are Republican lawmakers so willing to sell out their own constituents? And why do rank and file republican voters go along with it?
They are paid (large contributions from 501c3's) if they do it, and they lose both the contributions and their job if they don't.
Yes, I understand that...but why do rank and file republican voters go along with it? Are they ignorant of what's going on or do they simply not care?
This dude Flake represents a massive gerrymandered district
This is a perfect example of what I was referring to...the federal court in Richmond found that the primary purpose of North Carolina's "voter ID" laws wasn't to stop voter fraud, but rather to disenfranchise minority voters. The judges found that the provisions "target African Americans with almost surgical precision."
Based on everything I've seen, I'd have to disagree. Neither Democrats or Republicans walk on water, but Republicans seem intent on rolling back a lot of stuff that favors the people as opposed to corporations. For example, the bill mentioned in this very article.
"Yesterday, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and 23 Republican co-sponsors introduced a resolution that would overturn new privacy rules for internet service providers."
Seriously question: why are Republican lawmakers so willing to sell out their own constituents? And why do rank and file republican voters go along with it?
They're against anything and everything that would seem to be good for the people of their states and districts- healthcare, privacy protection, consumer protection, environmental protection, financial regulation on banks and mortgage companies, etc etc etc.
"Time crystals, previously only hypothetical in nature, are structures that oscillate without any external energy supplied."
That would seem to violate some pesky law of physics, but what do I know.
If true, it has some staggering implications. Perhaps in 100 years their use will be so commonplace that they'll be regarded the same way electricity is today- as a basic part of the universe that is taken for granted.
Seems to me that most "social media" is exactly the same - everyone consuming - there's very little actual communication going on.
Social media reminds me of the The Human Centipede, except it's a closed circle. Empty-headed morons endlessly consuming their own shit over and over and over while desperately seeking approval from the other empty-headed morons in their circular "food" chain.
"The dark side of this story is that the documents confirm that the CIA holds on to security vulnerabilities in software and devices -- including Android phones, iPhones, and Samsung televisions -- that millions of people around the world rely on."
This is EXACTLY what I would expect of them. This is how they gain their advantage.
No sane person would ever expect the CIA/NSA/FBI to announce that they found a security vulnerability. It would be like a burglar announcing to a home owner that he found an unlocked door.
"Apple has long permitted "hot code push", a feature that allows developers to continuously deploy changes to their mobile apps and have those changes reflect in their apps instantly. This allowed developers to make quick changes to their apps without having to resubmit the new iteration and get approval from the Apple Store review team."
Is it just me or does this seem like a recipe for disaster, ripe for abuse in the worst possible ways? And not just by the developer, but by anyone who hacks the developer's tool chain or system.
In other words, you could push the most intrusive, malevolent, destructive code to a user's device at will with no oversight.
Who thought having this capability was a good idea?
"...The beleaguered company, which does business as RadioShack, operates outlets that share space with Sprint's retail locations"
Let's be honest- today's RadioShack is little more that a Sprint store with a small shelf in back where you can buy 9-volt batteries and red-and-black colored wire for $8.99 a roll.
I couldn't care less what any music chart says or claims or shows. Why would I? I listen to things I like, not to what other people think is popular. In fact, if masses of people like it then I'll probably find it a crashing bland bore.
Sing along, consumer: "Oooh ooh yeah baby ooh yeah yeah autotune me baby, ooh yeah pop a cap in that nigga, womenz be hoes, make dat' money ooh ooh slap dat bish, ooh yeah Justin Bieber, ooh yeah"
Look for that on the Top 100 in a day or so. Oh, wait, that IS the first 50 songs on the Top 100!
They just did the opposite here, reducing a 4 lane freeway to two "peasant" lanes and turning the other two lanes into expensive toll lanes ("Lexus lanes"). The tolls can be as much as $10 for a one way trip. This is on I-405 from Everett to Renton in WA state.
$20 per day times 250 days per year....so about $5000 a year to get back and forth to work. And we already paid for those fucking roads with our tax dollars.
Now, of course, the traffic in the "peasant" lanes is terrible, just super super bad. Gee, who could have foreseen that?
Lots of people would love to kill the fuckers that made this happen. I mean really kill them, with guns and knives and shit.
Consumer Reports has shown REPEATEDLY that they don't know shit about computing, and I'd bet they don't know shit about cyber security either.
Their articles will contain shit like "use complex passwords", "use an anti-virus program", and "don't click on pop-up ads".
Fucking ninnies. They're good at hardware testing (usually) for cars and appliances but in the realm of computing they've proved to be dunderheads more times than I can count. Plus, computing is a moving target- the shit they test or advise on will be obsolete before the magazine gets to your mailbox.
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If you think about it the root cause is mostly religion. Most recent Republicans have exploited religious leanings and gotten votes from rural America. They are just the best politicians money can buy right now. Dems are no better but generally their vote bank is a little more educated and conscious compared to the right.
I agree that when it comes to claiming the "religious high ground" that the Republicans are always first to plant the flag. Their faux moral outrage has been honed to an art form over the last few decades.
Seriously question: why are Republican lawmakers so willing to sell out their own constituents? And why do rank and file republican voters go along with it?
They are paid (large contributions from 501c3's) if they do it, and they lose both the contributions and their job if they don't.
Yes, I understand that...but why do rank and file republican voters go along with it? Are they ignorant of what's going on or do they simply not care?
This dude Flake represents a massive gerrymandered district
This is a perfect example of what I was referring to...the federal court in Richmond found that the primary purpose of North Carolina's "voter ID" laws wasn't to stop voter fraud, but rather to disenfranchise minority voters. The judges found that the provisions "target African Americans with almost surgical precision."
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans.
Based on everything I've seen, I'd have to disagree. Neither Democrats or Republicans walk on water, but Republicans seem intent on rolling back a lot of stuff that favors the people as opposed to corporations. For example, the bill mentioned in this very article.
"Show me the video where [PERSON] talked about [OBJECT]"
Oooh, oooh, wait, I know that one!!
"Yesterday, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and 23 Republican co-sponsors introduced a resolution that would overturn new privacy rules for internet service providers."
Seriously question: why are Republican lawmakers so willing to sell out their own constituents? And why do rank and file republican voters go along with it?
They're against anything and everything that would seem to be good for the people of their states and districts- healthcare, privacy protection, consumer protection, environmental protection, financial regulation on banks and mortgage companies, etc etc etc.
I mean, what the fuck?
"Time crystals, previously only hypothetical in nature, are structures that oscillate without any external energy supplied."
That would seem to violate some pesky law of physics, but what do I know.
If true, it has some staggering implications. Perhaps in 100 years their use will be so commonplace that they'll be regarded the same way electricity is today- as a basic part of the universe that is taken for granted.
In other words, you could push the most intrusive, malevolent, destructive code to a user's device at will with no oversight.
It's called Windows Update
Yep, before you could simply say "no", but thanks to Microsoft, the "no" button has been removed.
"Install updates? Click 'Yes' to continue or 'Yes' to continue."
Seems to me that most "social media" is exactly the same - everyone consuming - there's very little actual communication going on.
Social media reminds me of the The Human Centipede, except it's a closed circle. Empty-headed morons endlessly consuming their own shit over and over and over while desperately seeking approval from the other empty-headed morons in their circular "food" chain.
"Microsoft Is Closing the Social Network You Forgot It Ever Launched "
I didn't forget, I never heard of it in the first place.
Another smashing success from Microsoft.
It's silly to expect a spy agency to obey the law and play always fair.
Exactly, and I laugh at the naive simpletons who don't understand this.
The only time you should believe this is when you're still in pre-school or a head-injury ward.
"The dark side of this story is that the documents confirm that the CIA holds on to security vulnerabilities in software and devices -- including Android phones, iPhones, and Samsung televisions -- that millions of people around the world rely on."
This is EXACTLY what I would expect of them. This is how they gain their advantage.
No sane person would ever expect the CIA/NSA/FBI to announce that they found a security vulnerability. It would be like a burglar announcing to a home owner that he found an unlocked door.
"Apple has long permitted "hot code push", a feature that allows developers to continuously deploy changes to their mobile apps and have those changes reflect in their apps instantly. This allowed developers to make quick changes to their apps without having to resubmit the new iteration and get approval from the Apple Store review team."
Is it just me or does this seem like a recipe for disaster, ripe for abuse in the worst possible ways? And not just by the developer, but by anyone who hacks the developer's tool chain or system.
In other words, you could push the most intrusive, malevolent, destructive code to a user's device at will with no oversight.
Who thought having this capability was a good idea?
I remember scanning up and down the dial on the radio in the 80s
Yeah, there was a lot of awful sucktastic shit music in the 80s.
"The CIA could use smart TVs to listen in on conversations that happened around them."
And that's just one reason I'll never own a "smart" TV.
I remember people laughing at the idea that anyone could or would covertly turn on the mic in your TV, but who's laughing now?
"Cyberfox is a Firefox-based browser..."
Guy who builds browsers says "browsers are dead!"
Okaaaaaaaaaay.....
"...The beleaguered company, which does business as RadioShack, operates outlets that share space with Sprint's retail locations"
Let's be honest- today's RadioShack is little more that a Sprint store with a small shelf in back where you can buy 9-volt batteries and red-and-black colored wire for $8.99 a roll.
Autotuned voices, corporate-created-idols
Most *music* these days is fucking garbage.
Nailed it. I scan up and down the dial on the radio and 98% of what I hear is autotuned SHIT. The other 2% is non-autotuned SHIT.
I couldn't care less what any music chart says or claims or shows. Why would I? I listen to things I like, not to what other people think is popular. In fact, if masses of people like it then I'll probably find it a crashing bland bore.
Sing along, consumer: "Oooh ooh yeah baby ooh yeah yeah autotune me baby, ooh yeah pop a cap in that nigga, womenz be hoes, make dat' money ooh ooh slap dat bish, ooh yeah Justin Bieber, ooh yeah"
Look for that on the Top 100 in a day or so. Oh, wait, that IS the first 50 songs on the Top 100!
Now if you'll excuse me, Matlock is on!
Offhand, it make sense to take a scarce resource like that and allocate it according to how valuable it is to people.
We already paid for that road with our tax dollars, you shit bag.
Let me guess, you feel the same way about life-saving drugs and medical care, right?
Your mantra: "The rich can afford it and everyone else can just piss off and die."
Dear Value User,
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Mr Chan Xio
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They just did the opposite here, reducing a 4 lane freeway to two "peasant" lanes and turning the other two lanes into expensive toll lanes ("Lexus lanes"). The tolls can be as much as $10 for a one way trip. This is on I-405 from Everett to Renton in WA state.
$20 per day times 250 days per year....so about $5000 a year to get back and forth to work. And we already paid for those fucking roads with our tax dollars.
Now, of course, the traffic in the "peasant" lanes is terrible, just super super bad. Gee, who could have foreseen that?
Lots of people would love to kill the fuckers that made this happen. I mean really kill them, with guns and knives and shit.
it's selfish people who don't use mass transit and idiots living one hour away from work that are the problem.
Yes, those inconsiderate bastards that can't find a job that's only 5 minutes away from where they live! Who do they think they are??
Newsflash, dumbfuck: EVERYONE would love to live close to where their job is, but it doesn't always work out that way.
Shockingly, some people change jobs once in a while, and even more shockingly, some people can't afford to move or find it impractical to do so.
Should I move away from the home I've lived in for 20+ years just to be a little closer to wherever it is I work? No fucking way.
Consumer Reports has shown REPEATEDLY that they don't know shit about computing, and I'd bet they don't know shit about cyber security either.
Their articles will contain shit like "use complex passwords", "use an anti-virus program", and "don't click on pop-up ads".
Fucking ninnies. They're good at hardware testing (usually) for cars and appliances but in the realm of computing they've proved to be dunderheads more times than I can count. Plus, computing is a moving target- the shit they test or advise on will be obsolete before the magazine gets to your mailbox.
Deafies shouldn't be allowed to ruin good things like this for everyone else.
Found the Trump supporter.