Pretty much all? Clearly, if the NSA is doing something it impacts national security. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing it. Duh. Besides that, it's right there in their name. National Security Agency, see?
On/. my nick is pitchpipe, but in real life my name is Truth Teller, and do you know what I say? You're a fucking moron. It must be true because it's right there in my name: Truth Teller. Duh. See?
The law says it's perfectly legal for NSA to destroy evidence that would compromise national security if revealed in a civil court.
So the NSA gets to decide which evidence could impact national security of course, and pretty much all of it impacts national security so there is effectively no oversight. So pretty much the NSA operates as an unchecked branch of the government.
You apologist are many things: cowards, shills, etc. Patriots you are not. You are undermining our democracy (however much we have left).
Go destroy some evidence in a case against you where a judge has ordered you to preserve it. Let me know how that works out for you. The NSA will get away with it. You'll be asking Bubba to make sure he uses some lube.
To all of you government surveillance apologists: doesn't it really frighten you that these guys routinely don't follow the law and get away with it? It scares the shit out of me. These people have the power to destroy you and everything/everyone that you love, and they seem to have nothing guiding them but their gut feel. How do you know they won't mistake your kid for a terrorist? Or bust down your door in the middle of the night tossing a flash-bang into your kids crib?
These fucking people are out of control and need some serious jail time.
Meh. It may have been a Freudian slip due to the fact that some versions of the Singularity are closer to magic, but my point still stands: to attack "The Singularity" as if it is one idea is to not have thought deeply about it.
I'm not simply arguing that the Singularity is stupid â" people much smarter than me have covered that territory.
"Stupid"? That's just fucking asinine. "The Singularity" has many incantations, some of which are plausible, and others which are downright unbelievable, but to say it is "stupid" makes you sound stupid. The various models of the singularity have been argued as both likely and impossible by equally intelligent people. I take offense to the word.
It's only going to get worse as more and more "platforms" get tied to some company curated web store.
HA! Pretty soon they'll have your desktop acting just like a smart phone: no privacy what-so-ever with every app knowing when you take a shit to when your SO is ovulating.
I think the US government is genuinely confused. They aren't sure if these guys are more like Wall-Streeters that committed fraud on a massive scale thereby enriching themselves with billions, or common thugs who rob banks with guns. If it's the former, they're safe: too big to jail and one of the boys. If it's the latter, well, here comes pound-me-in-the-ass prison for life.
If only they would have made it simpler by either stealing a lot more, or a lot less.
Extensive surveillance is not just great for catching terrorists, but finding out who is a conservative and what they are doing you can use the keep them quiet.
Tell me, SuperKendall, why in the fuck would Obama want to keep conservatives quiet? Obama is more conservative than Reagan.
Really, it's not that complicated. Follow the money.
If you think about it a seven-foot rise in water is not very reasonable to predict - it has to come from somewhere and there is just not that much water locked up in ice anymore.
Actually, this makes a lot of sense. The 'Liberty' lane will be for those with money because they have the liberty to do whatever they want, and the 'Justice' lane will be for "just us" fucking wage-slave morons who keep voting for them like they're our favorite team.
Overuse and over extension of resources, a desire to explore and 'conquer'...
You had better hope that aliens that show up here don't want to conquer us, because if they can travel interstellar distances with something resembling an invasion force... well, let's just say they aren't going to forget their raincoats. I doubt anyone would know what was happening before they were dead.
I'll believe it's a problem when the people who are telling me it's a problem start acting like it's a problem. When the logistics problems go from caviar to videoconferencing bandwidth. When the President decides that golfing locally is a better idea than flying somewhere.
Your logic sucks ass. This is like saying that because there are rich people of power having feasts, there must be no starving people in the world. It's a non sequitur.
You're asking me to change my life and not accepting any changes in the way you live yours. Hypocrisy at its finest.
With a UID that low, I figure you've been around a bit. I'm actually fucking shocked that you haven't figured out yet that politicians are made of hypocrisy.
Would you want your highway/city traffic information management operated by competing corporations?
Would you want your city and state police run by competing corporations?
If you talk to many conservatives (at least the ones that comment on stories like this), this is exactly what they want. It fucking baffles me.
They want to privatize garbage collection, water, sewer, fire departments, police services, prisons, roads, etc., etc. ad fucking naseum. They want to have competing corporations vie to put out your house fire, remove your shit, etc.
House fire?! We got you covered. Just go to myfuckinghouseisonfire.com to shop and compare fire fighting rates, response times, and customer ratings.
The rich get more privileges. Nothing to see here my fellow Americans. We love this shit. Fast lanes for the job creators. After all, we wouldn't have all of these jobs if we started impeding them./s
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pretty much all of it impacts national security
Pretty much all? Clearly, if the NSA is doing something it impacts national security. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing it. Duh. Besides that, it's right there in their name. National Security Agency, see?
On /. my nick is pitchpipe, but in real life my name is Truth Teller, and do you know what I say? You're a fucking moron. It must be true because it's right there in my name: Truth Teller. Duh. See?
Or do you think it might not be that simple?
The law says it's perfectly legal for NSA to destroy evidence that would compromise national security if revealed in a civil court.
So the NSA gets to decide which evidence could impact national security of course, and pretty much all of it impacts national security so there is effectively no oversight. So pretty much the NSA operates as an unchecked branch of the government.
You apologist are many things: cowards, shills, etc. Patriots you are not. You are undermining our democracy (however much we have left).
Go destroy some evidence in a case against you where a judge has ordered you to preserve it. Let me know how that works out for you. The NSA will get away with it. You'll be asking Bubba to make sure he uses some lube.
These fucking people are out of control and need some serious jail time.
entangled with the cat (not literally, that would hurt)
I'm thinking that you are correct!
Meh. It may have been a Freudian slip due to the fact that some versions of the Singularity are closer to magic, but my point still stands: to attack "The Singularity" as if it is one idea is to not have thought deeply about it.
I'm not simply arguing that the Singularity is stupid â" people much smarter than me have covered that territory.
"Stupid"? That's just fucking asinine. "The Singularity" has many incantations, some of which are plausible, and others which are downright unbelievable, but to say it is "stupid" makes you sound stupid. The various models of the singularity have been argued as both likely and impossible by equally intelligent people. I take offense to the word.
It's only going to get worse as more and more "platforms" get tied to some company curated web store.
HA! Pretty soon they'll have your desktop acting just like a smart phone: no privacy what-so-ever with every app knowing when you take a shit to when your SO is ovulating.
No fucking thanks indeed!
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If only they would have made it simpler by either stealing a lot more, or a lot less.
You had me at "breitbart". You had me at "breitbart".
If only we had some conservatives in congress who would dare to stand up and go against Obama. /s
Extensive surveillance is not just great for catching terrorists, but finding out who is a conservative and what they are doing you can use the keep them quiet.
Tell me, SuperKendall, why in the fuck would Obama want to keep conservatives quiet? Obama is more conservative than Reagan.
Really, it's not that complicated. Follow the money.
Climate change - go away,
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Koch brothers want to play.
Climate change - go away.
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Don Blankenship wants to play.
Climate change - go away.
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Exxon Mobil wants to play.
Climate change - go away.
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Lord Monckton wants to play.
Climate change - go away.
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James Inhofe wants to play.
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Congress wants to play.
Climate change - go away.
If you think about it a seven-foot rise in water is not very reasonable to predict - it has to come from somewhere and there is just not that much water locked up in ice anymore.
Really?! Are you even fucking trying anymore?
If all land ice melted, sea level would rise approximately 70 meters (230 feet) worldwide.
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No.
Especially with
The hill of trust is a steep hill to climb.
But they're not even attempting to climb that hill. They're digging holes because that's where the money's at.
Holes of trust
It will be the "Liberty" and "Justice" lanes.
Actually, this makes a lot of sense. The 'Liberty' lane will be for those with money because they have the liberty to do whatever they want, and the 'Justice' lane will be for "just us" fucking wage-slave morons who keep voting for them like they're our favorite team.
Overuse and over extension of resources, a desire to explore and 'conquer'...
You had better hope that aliens that show up here don't want to conquer us, because if they can travel interstellar distances with something resembling an invasion force... well, let's just say they aren't going to forget their raincoats.
I doubt anyone would know what was happening before they were dead.
I, for one, welcome our new monkey overlords.
Didn't we already get rid of that guy?
I'll believe it's a problem when the people who are telling me it's a problem start acting like it's a problem. When the logistics problems go from caviar to videoconferencing bandwidth. When the President decides that golfing locally is a better idea than flying somewhere.
Your logic sucks ass. This is like saying that because there are rich people of power having feasts, there must be no starving people in the world. It's a non sequitur.
You're asking me to change my life and not accepting any changes in the way you live yours. Hypocrisy at its finest.
With a UID that low, I figure you've been around a bit. I'm actually fucking shocked that you haven't figured out yet that politicians are made of hypocrisy.
Would you want your highway/city traffic information management operated by competing corporations?
Would you want your city and state police run by competing corporations?
If you talk to many conservatives (at least the ones that comment on stories like this), this is exactly what they want. It fucking baffles me.
They want to privatize garbage collection, water, sewer, fire departments, police services, prisons, roads, etc., etc. ad fucking naseum. They want to have competing corporations vie to put out your house fire, remove your shit, etc.
House fire?! We got you covered. Just go to myfuckinghouseisonfire.com to shop and compare fire fighting rates, response times, and customer ratings.
Wow! That was an awesome read. Mod parent up.
The rich get more privileges. Nothing to see here my fellow Americans. We love this shit. Fast lanes for the job creators. After all, we wouldn't have all of these jobs if we started impeding them. /s
Maybe not the "Ultimate Music Player," but most everyone has a music player in their pocket already. They are called smart phones. Why have two?