First, there is no declared war. Second, FISA defines these people as "Agents of a Foreign Power", and warrants are not required to wiretap agents of a foreign power, as long as they are not also US Persons (citizens or legally admitted aliens). Put down the herring.
The IRS has security clearances on methods? Obviously clearances are required because of the personal data involved.. but methods? It's a secret how the taxes are calculated? That's fucked up.
as opposed to the other 90% of functions in your Office software which are bloatware and are rarely used.
What functions do you use then? If you're just typing a simple document or SS, yes, you won't use the features. Duh. That's the point. They're features for more advanced documents/ss, be it mail merge, master/subdocuments, pivottables, etc.. those of us who do make more complex documents aren't bitching.
Well I think your assumption (that you can't afford housing) is incorrect. It's more likely that you can't afford the level of housing that you desire. The solution is to either lower your expectation for housing, or get another job, not to act like the situation is outside your control.
It's part of the reason that Japanese car companies are investing a lot of money into building manufacturing plants in the US, especially in the South.
Actually they're looking more towards Canada now. Why? 'Free' health care, and the people are better educated.
If he has some evidence that they are agents of a foreign government then the answer may be yes. He can order them held in a military prison, and if he likes, executed.
Under what authority? They are citizens of the United States in the Territory of the United States. Hamdi upheld due process.
I don't know who thought it was insightful to compare monopoly abuses to genocide.. this is really a rather idiotic argument. While most of slashdot is dead set on Gates as some sort of Dr. Evil, everyone who gives money to Microsoft is willingly doing so.
Letsee.. first off, the NYT and many publications don't use titles after the first mention of a name. Second, President is used to refer to former presidents.. so unfortunately we'll have to hear "President Bush" for the next 30 years or so.
Congress cannot make any law which supersedes the Constitution. They have, and SCOTUS has upheld them, but in reality every single one of them is illegal.
No, the reality is that they are legal once SCOTUS says so. Let me guess, you don't think the Commerce Clause gives the Congress power to regulate much of what it does?
I'm against the current program as much as anyone. But something does require correcting.. they can go back after 72 hours to get the warrant, but they still need Attorney General certification to monitor in that 72-hour window. The Attorney General certification is basically the same as the FISA warrant application.
I'm sorry I don't see what is wrong with obeying the laws of a country in which you do business.
Nothing is wrong with that, per se. The problem people have is that the laws of China are generally regarded as evil.. therefore complying with those laws can be construed as "doing evil", in direct opposition to Google's motto that people have naievely eaten up. I don't fault them for playing by the rules where they operate, but I do fault them for operating where the rules require them to do things they claim they won't do. Either way, I'm not at all surprised.
Remember, IBM was only obeying German laws.
Freedom of speech is generally regarded as a universal human right. In the grand scheme of things, there are very few things that you cannot say in the US.
Yeah it'll make for great ads on conservative blogs, as that's the only place where an argument as stupid as "He posts on DailyKos!!11" would work. Go ahead and waste money preaching to the choir..
The methodology of that study was suspect. It's not that it's not an objective method.. it's just that it's not clear that the method was really a good way of gauging bias.
Groseclose and Milyo based their research on a standard gauge of a lawmaker's support for liberal causes. Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) tracks the percentage of times that each lawmaker votes on the liberal side of an issue. Based on these votes, the ADA assigns a numerical score to each lawmaker, where "100" is the most liberal and "0" is the most conservative. After adjustments to compensate for disproportionate representation that the Senate gives to lowpopulation states and the lack of representation for the District of Columbia, the average ADA score in Congress (50.1) was assumed to represent the political position of the average U.S. voter.
Groseclose and Milyo then directed 21 research assistants -- most of them college students -- to scour U.S. media coverage of the past 10 years. They tallied the number of times each media outlet referred to think tanks and policy groups, such as the left-leaning NAACP or the right-leaning Heritage Foundation.
Next, they did the same exercise with speeches of U.S. lawmakers. If a media outlet displayed a citation pattern similar to that of a lawmaker, then Groseclose and Milyo's method assigned both a similar ADA score.
It basically says "If a [lib|con] Congressman cites some thinktanks, and a news piece cites the same thinktanks, then the news piece must be [lib|con]." Further, it assumes that because someone votes a certain way, then the pattern of sources they cite indicates some sort of bias.
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First, there is no declared war. Second, FISA defines these people as "Agents of a Foreign Power", and warrants are not required to wiretap agents of a foreign power, as long as they are not also US Persons (citizens or legally admitted aliens). Put down the herring.
The calls intercepted on 9/10 used code.. "The match begins tomorrow." "Tomorrow is zero hour." and that was in Arabic.
Terrorists watch movies, too.
dada21 had credibility?
The IRS has security clearances on methods? Obviously clearances are required because of the personal data involved.. but methods? It's a secret how the taxes are calculated? That's fucked up.
as opposed to the other 90% of functions in your Office software which are bloatware and are rarely used.
What functions do you use then? If you're just typing a simple document or SS, yes, you won't use the features. Duh. That's the point. They're features for more advanced documents/ss, be it mail merge, master/subdocuments, pivottables, etc.. those of us who do make more complex documents aren't bitching.
And you don't have anything better to do with your time than make fun of people on slashdot? That's gotta suck.
It's not Windows 95 anymore. Get over it.
I didn't know popping out babies was the only way to have a life. Thanks for the insight. Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta go procreate!
Yawn. My point is that a long commute is not outside your control, unless you accept that you have no control over your life.
Well I think your assumption (that you can't afford housing) is incorrect. It's more likely that you can't afford the level of housing that you desire. The solution is to either lower your expectation for housing, or get another job, not to act like the situation is outside your control.
It's part of the reason that Japanese car companies are investing a lot of money into building manufacturing plants in the US, especially in the South.
Actually they're looking more towards Canada now. Why? 'Free' health care, and the people are better educated.
If he has some evidence that they are agents of a foreign government then the answer may be yes. He can order them held in a military prison, and if he likes, executed.
Under what authority? They are citizens of the United States in the Territory of the United States. Hamdi upheld due process.
I don't know who thought it was insightful to compare monopoly abuses to genocide.. this is really a rather idiotic argument. While most of slashdot is dead set on Gates as some sort of Dr. Evil, everyone who gives money to Microsoft is willingly doing so.
There is no doubt that history will look kindly on Gates. One only needs to look at how Carnegie fared.
Letsee.. first off, the NYT and many publications don't use titles after the first mention of a name. Second, President is used to refer to former presidents.. so unfortunately we'll have to hear "President Bush" for the next 30 years or so.
Congress cannot make any law which supersedes the Constitution. They have, and SCOTUS has upheld them, but in reality every single one of them is illegal.
No, the reality is that they are legal once SCOTUS says so. Let me guess, you don't think the Commerce Clause gives the Congress power to regulate much of what it does?
I'm against the current program as much as anyone. But something does require correcting.. they can go back after 72 hours to get the warrant, but they still need Attorney General certification to monitor in that 72-hour window. The Attorney General certification is basically the same as the FISA warrant application.
You're a fucking mental retard. You would have sat in Germany or Poland in 1940 and said "Well, I'm not being taken away, what's the problem?"
You know what the difference in your situation is?
The local police get a warrant and tap my phone.
No one's saying don't listen. We just want to preserve the checks and balances.
Actually, if you're outside the United States and make a call to outside of the US, they don't need a warrant. Wacky, I know.
I'm sorry I don't see what is wrong with obeying the laws of a country in which you do business.
Nothing is wrong with that, per se. The problem people have is that the laws of China are generally regarded as evil.. therefore complying with those laws can be construed as "doing evil", in direct opposition to Google's motto that people have naievely eaten up. I don't fault them for playing by the rules where they operate, but I do fault them for operating where the rules require them to do things they claim they won't do. Either way, I'm not at all surprised.
Remember, IBM was only obeying German laws.
Freedom of speech is generally regarded as a universal human right. In the grand scheme of things, there are very few things that you cannot say in the US.
Worries about the earnings report had a lot to do with that, as well.
Yeah it'll make for great ads on conservative blogs, as that's the only place where an argument as stupid as "He posts on DailyKos!!11" would work. Go ahead and waste money preaching to the choir..
True, but in 10-20 years hopefully we'll be able to accept people changing their beliefs over a long period of time.