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  1. so google is giving out more info... on Google Report Shows Governments Want More Private Data · · Score: 1

    Requests for user data have gone up by 70 percent since Google started these reports in 2009 â" but the report shows Google is getting better at saying no: in 2009 it complied â" fully or partially â" with 76 percent of requests, and that figure is now down to 66 percent."

    unless this is worded poorly, Google is giving out even more info...
    if in 09 they had 100 requests and they complied with 76% that would be 76 records... but if requests have gone up 70% (170 requests) and its "down" to 66% compliance, that's still 92 records!

  2. Re:Rent Slaves on Defending the First Sale Doctrine · · Score: 1

    been going on for a long time... think you own your house? Even if you owe nothing on your mortgage, try not paying property taxes on it and see who really owns it!

  3. more corn lower price on The New Ethanol Blend May Damage Your Vehicle · · Score: 2

    Ive been watching the pumps around my area, the E-10 regularly is cheaper than the E-85.

    I dont understand the big push to ethanol anyway (well yeah I do, the big grain growing states get a kickback) it takes more energy to produce a gallon of ethanol than 100% gasoline.

  4. and some areas in Russia... on West Antarctica Warming Faster Than Thought · · Score: 0

    ... are experiencing record cold

    Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits

    http://rt.com/news/russia-freeze-cold-temperature-379/

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-25/russia-s-south-hit-by-record-low-temperatures-center-says.html

  5. just think... on Newest Gov't Tracking Threat: Cell-Site Data Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    just think what they will be able to get away with when they disarm the population! who will stop them?

  6. Re:OK rational Scotsman here... on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    the people in the 2nd Amendment are the same people in the 1st and 4th

  7. Re:Quoting Bob Dylan here - on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    then you must live a very sheltered life. I had a pistol a semi-automatic rifle and s shotgun when I was 15, you cant get more accessible than your own closet. I went to buy ammo for them after school was out for the day...

  8. Re:While we complain about the problem... on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    and how many children lost their parents to lung cancer because of smoking cigarettes?

    how many children were killed in drunk driving accidents?

    where's your rampage about that? otherwise shut up!

  9. Re:Stop the rhetoric! on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    exactly... last time I checked, Murder is also illegal

  10. Re:Quoting Bob Dylan here - on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    Guns have always been a part of our culture... 200+ years worth... if it was the guns, then why weren't there more mass shootings before 1999?

    the difference is we dont respect each other as people anymore, we are just objects to be used and discarded.

  11. Re:American Exceptionalism on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    227 killed in mass shooting incidents in 13 years
    10,228 killed in drunk driving accidents in 2010 alone

  12. Re:What's good for the goose... on Outrage At Microsoft Offshoring Tax In the UK, Google Caught Avoiding US Taxes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Romney lost

  13. Re:Paid Time Off (PTO) = No Sick Days on Stay Home When You're Sick! · · Score: 1

    I'm of the opposite view, I used to get 2 weeks of vacation and one week sick time... I never got sick...

    the company I worked for at the time switched to 3 weeks of PTO and I can use all of it without lying about being sick

  14. Re:Over private property? on Activists' Drone Shot Out of the Sky For Fourth Time · · Score: 4, Insightful

    its not even borderline trespassing, your property includes the space above your property

  15. the problem with 3rd party presidental candidates on Democracy Now Asks Third Party Candidates Questions From Last Night's Debate · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do the parties always go for the big prize? It's like a high school student wanting to become the CEO of IBM immediately after graduating.

    Even if they do win, then what? they will have zero support from either of the parties that dominate the congress.

    If a 3rd party wants to be taken seriously start at the bottom. city councilor, mayor, state senator, work your way up, then people will see what you really believe in and have a track record... and while you are at it get more of "your party" elected to those roles as well.

    This is one case of "go big or go home" doesn't work, it just means you are going home empty handed

  16. Re:Make it illegal on Hiring Smokers Banned In South Florida City · · Score: 3, Insightful

    because gov't makes too much money off of it

  17. he admits nothing.... on MPAA Boss Admits SOPA and PIPA Are Dead, Not Coming Back · · Score: 1

    Dodd is a politician, politicians lie, thus Dodd is a liar

  18. unless it can go full auto... on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... it ain't an ASSAULT RIFLE!

  19. Firefox crashes on me now on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 1

    I finally gave up on it and switched to seamonkey, most firefox plugins work fine with it

  20. Lies, damn lies and statistics on Internet Explorer Market Share Drops To Almost 15% · · Score: 1

    I run 3 sites, each catering to a different audience

    site #1: IE has 42.6%, FF has 19.6%, Chrome has 15.4%
    site #2: FF has 33.8%, IE has 26.4, Chrome has 21.6%
    site #3: FF has 23.8%, Chrome has 20.2%, IE has 9.8% (the bulk on this site were web crawlers)

  21. Re:Beginning of the End on Best Buy Cuts 650 Geek Squad Techies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wouldn't call Geek Squad "support"

  22. Fat Kids? on California City May Tax Sugary Drinks Like Cigarettes · · Score: 1

    Maybe its the lack of exercise they get instead of what they eat/drink...

    State's schools found skimping on PE classes
    Less than 20 minutes a day at majority of districts reviewed

  23. Re:The true nature of intelligence on South Korea Surrenders To Creationist Demands On Evolution Textbooks · · Score: 1

    By law, you are required to go to school. Thanks to the first amendment, you are not required by law to go to church. No double standard.

  24. Re:The true nature of intelligence on South Korea Surrenders To Creationist Demands On Evolution Textbooks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    is that why the evolutionists had a fit when the Texas school system added the sticker in the front of the book that read: "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. The material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered."

  25. Re:Passing the blame on Pollution From Asia Affects US Climate · · Score: 0

    USA didn't sign it... China and India are exempt from it