People were less likely to die from gunshot wounds on the western frontier in the 1800s than they are in modern-day Detroit, Chicago, or Washington DC (all cities with idiotic and unconstitutional victim-disarmament statutes).
The purpose of the commerce clause is to prevent the states from setting up trade barriers against each other. It was never intended to give the government carte blanche to control anything and everything that's ever bought or sold in this country. If it actually granted that power, then the rest of the constitution would be moot.
More to the point, since this is the FBI we're talking about...
If they get the ability to backdoor our phones, they'll use it to frame anyone they want to get rid of. Instead of a letter like Hoover sent to MLK telling him to kill himself, they'll load up the target's phone with incriminating information, and then send him a message saying "hey, look at that kiddie porn on your phone! You'd better kill yourself!"
A bunch of people vote for Obama because they wanted an end to Bush's policies. Tell me again how "voting it out" is supposed to work, you tragic little fool.
Anyone who still supported that asshole after the first time he signed a bill extending the PATRIOT act (which he knows goddamned well is unconstitutional) is an idiot, a hypocrite, or both.
If the FBI gains the ability to backdoor every iPhone, then a future FBI thug won't have to send empty threats to a future civil rights leader like that goddamned faggot* Hoover did to MLK. He'll be able to just load up that innocent person's phone with kiddie porn or any other incriminating material, and then send him a message that says "hey, look at your phone: you'd better kill yourself".
* Damned right, i called him a faggot. He fully supported government oppression of homosexuals despite being one himself.
I would fully approve of Apple using the entirety of its cash reserves to litigate the FBI into oblivion if those goddamned thugs follow through on this threat. A billion dollars on an ad campaign to inform the public of the FBI's criminal history, including such things as sending a letter to MLK demanding that he commit suicide, and paying for the truck bomb used in the first world trade center attack would be a good start.
The FBI is not, and has never been a law enforcement agency. They have no interest at all in protecting the public. Their only motivation is to increase their power through any means, legal or not.
J. Edgar Hoover was a sick, twisted man who viciously oppressed homosexuals, despite being one himself. The cult he started is beyond reform: it must be abolished, and every person currently employed by the FBI must be absolutely prohibited from ever holding any employment again at the taxpayers' expense, or holding any position of public trust.
In theory if she becomes president she can pardon herself.
No, she can't. She can pardon anyone else, but under American law, nobody has the power to pardon themselves. If that were possible, Nixon would have let himself off the hook instead of cutting a deal with Jerry Ford to let him walk.
There's no "somebody else has a monopoly" exemption for price-fixing.
WHAT price-fixing?
Everyone selling books (or anything else) through any of Apple's online stores sets their own price, and Apple takes a fixed percentage of that price. Apple doesn't set prices at all.
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How is gun control "anti-gun"? More realistically it is anti-allowing-crazies-access-to-guns.
Nope. It's all about disarming victims. All that noise about keeping guns away from crazies and bad people is just the sales pitch.
-jcr
People were less likely to die from gunshot wounds on the western frontier in the 1800s than they are in modern-day Detroit, Chicago, or Washington DC (all cities with idiotic and unconstitutional victim-disarmament statutes).
-jcr
Aw, that's cute. You think Bernie's going to live up to his PR, just like Obama didn't.
-jcr
Aww, the fanboi is all butthurt that someone doesn't like Obama. That's so precious.
-jcr
What, do you think he believes that shit? That's the propaganda line for Team Blue's consumption.
-jcr
Sounds like you shouldn't have let your government disarm your people. Those fuckers get out of hand when they know they can get away with it.
-jcr
it won't be upheld in the courts (if it gets to the Supreme)
I don't see much cause for your faith in the courts.
-jcr
The purpose of the commerce clause is to prevent the states from setting up trade barriers against each other. It was never intended to give the government carte blanche to control anything and everything that's ever bought or sold in this country. If it actually granted that power, then the rest of the constitution would be moot.
-jcr
More to the point, since this is the FBI we're talking about...
If they get the ability to backdoor our phones, they'll use it to frame anyone they want to get rid of. Instead of a letter like Hoover sent to MLK telling him to kill himself, they'll load up the target's phone with incriminating information, and then send him a message saying "hey, look at that kiddie porn on your phone! You'd better kill yourself!"
-jcr
A bunch of people vote for Obama because they wanted an end to Bush's policies. Tell me again how "voting it out" is supposed to work, you tragic little fool.
-jcr
Anyone who still supported that asshole after the first time he signed a bill extending the PATRIOT act (which he knows goddamned well is unconstitutional) is an idiot, a hypocrite, or both.
"Hope and change", my ass.
-jcr
If the FBI gains the ability to backdoor every iPhone, then a future FBI thug won't have to send empty threats to a future civil rights leader like that goddamned faggot* Hoover did to MLK. He'll be able to just load up that innocent person's phone with kiddie porn or any other incriminating material, and then send him a message that says "hey, look at your phone: you'd better kill yourself".
* Damned right, i called him a faggot. He fully supported government oppression of homosexuals despite being one himself.
-jcr
It's worth pointing out that there is no constitutional authority for the FBI to exist.
-jcr
I would fully approve of Apple using the entirety of its cash reserves to litigate the FBI into oblivion if those goddamned thugs follow through on this threat. A billion dollars on an ad campaign to inform the public of the FBI's criminal history, including such things as sending a letter to MLK demanding that he commit suicide, and paying for the truck bomb used in the first world trade center attack would be a good start.
The FBI is not, and has never been a law enforcement agency. They have no interest at all in protecting the public. Their only motivation is to increase their power through any means, legal or not.
J. Edgar Hoover was a sick, twisted man who viciously oppressed homosexuals, despite being one himself. The cult he started is beyond reform: it must be abolished, and every person currently employed by the FBI must be absolutely prohibited from ever holding any employment again at the taxpayers' expense, or holding any position of public trust.
-jcr
Petraeus wasn't convicted of anything- he pled guilty
Evidently you didn't proofread this. When a defendant pleads guilty, he is convicted without contesting the charges.
-jcr
What's your next guess?
-jcr
Each of several thousand counts.
-jcr
In theory if she becomes president she can pardon herself.
No, she can't. She can pardon anyone else, but under American law, nobody has the power to pardon themselves. If that were possible, Nixon would have let himself off the hook instead of cutting a deal with Jerry Ford to let him walk.
-jcr
There's no "somebody else has a monopoly" exemption for price-fixing.
WHAT price-fixing?
Everyone selling books (or anything else) through any of Apple's online stores sets their own price, and Apple takes a fixed percentage of that price. Apple doesn't set prices at all.
Apple did nothing wrong, and you're full of shit.
-jcr
Do you have a pet Unicorn?
-jcr
Do NOT put Sanders in the same category as Hillary Clinton.
Fuck you. Bernie is a lying commie rat bastard, and if you support him, you're an idiot.
-jcr
The fact is, Apple broke up Amazon's monopoly in that market. The charge was bullshit from the get-go.
-jcr
Can't understand why he's not as popular as Trump, Sanders, or Clinton. He's doing the same things they are!
-jcr
1) Keep backups.
2) Don't run Windows.
Problem solved.
-jcr
It would be an incredible opportunity for third parties if BOTH of the Ruling Party candidates were on trial during the election.
-jcr