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  1. Re:dear us govt on Social Security Administration Joins Other Agencies With $300M "IT Boondoggle" · · Score: 1

    Lockheed Martin is not the free market when it comes to government. They are closer to a lamprey.

  2. Re:Connect with a VPN on Verizon's Accidental Mea Culpa · · Score: 1

    Not thanks to AT&T. The thanks goes to Congress and the President that made the laws permitting forced arbitration.

  3. Does New York have the authority to do this? on New York State Proposes Sweeping Bitcoin Regulations · · Score: 2

    What could go wrong if 50 states and the feds decide on differing, possibly conflicting regulations. But maybe that's the point - regulate them into obscurity.

  4. Re:Ah. on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Do we know it's a MANPAD and not an S-300? The plane was probably at ~40,000ft.

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/...
    max range=6000m. That's only half the distance to cruising altitude.

  5. Another Malaysian Air 777 on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If I were Malaysian Air I would not be surprised if passengers start asking for flights on some other model plane.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  6. FCC doesn't have a mandate to answer to the public on Why the FCC Is Likely To Ignore Net Neutrality Comments and Listen To ISPs · · Score: 1

    The FCC is supposed to answer to Congress. Congress makes the laws that define the scope of FCC responsibilities. The FCC should only listen to the public as it pertains to regulated entities doing something wrong or the FCC not doing its job.

    I do agree that the FCC head should never be a shill for the regulated industries.

  7. How is this the FCC's business? on FCC Approves Subsidy Plan to Upgrade School and Library Networks · · Score: 1

    Federal agencies should regulate.
    Congress should subsidize.

  8. Re:Not a rule - Not just the FAA on FAA Pressures Coldwell, Other Realtors To Stop Using Drone Footage · · Score: 1

    This administration has had this same 'if you don't like it too bad' attitude since day 1.

    http://dailycaller.com/2014/06...

  9. What will be the tit for tat response from Russia? on Maldives Denies Russian Claims That Secret Service Kidnapped a Politician's Son · · Score: 1

    If I were the son of a high ranking US government official or businessman I would not travel to Russia or any nation friendly with Putin.

  10. Reciprocal discovery will make the emails public on Climate Change Skeptic Group Must Pay Damages To UVA, Michael Mann · · Score: 1, Informative

    In Mann vs Steyn the NR will be able to troll through all of Mann's emails and data.

    Mann is in favor of his proceeding with discovery against Steyn - "The fact that Mr. Steyn has not appealed the denial of the motions to dismiss counsels further against a discovery stay. Mr. Steyn, like Dr. Mann, has made clear his desire to have this Court resolve this lawsuit and to move forward with discovery immediately. As such, there is no reason for this Court to delay discovery further."

    On the other hand, Mann is totally opposed to Steyn's proceeding with discovery against him - "While Dr. Mann agrees with Mr. Steyn that discovery should move forward on Dr. Mann's claims, discovery cannot move forward on Mr. Steyn's counterclaims."

  11. Re:Insurance premiums can be reduced another way.. on Here Comes the Panopticon: Insurance Companies · · Score: 1

    #2 - Get rid of the supposed bureaucrats, doctors and pharmacists that try to second-guess real doctors and pharmacists that actually know the patients and their conditions.
    #6 - The government should stop forcing people to buy coverage they don't want.

  12. Re:real vs pretend on Here Comes the Panopticon: Insurance Companies · · Score: 1

    "The government scares me less because they don't want to maximize the money they get from me."

    What country do you live in, I want to move where you live because here in the USA the government thinks all money is theirs unless deemed otherwise.

  13. Just what we need, more Solyndras on Study: Global Warming Solvable If Fossil Fuel Subsidies Given To Clean Energy · · Score: -1
  14. The rocket to nowhere on NASA Approves Production of Most Powerful Rocket Ever · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The high cost and slow development of SLS will increasingly make it a loser in its political battle with the new commercial companies. Eventually legislators will recognize its impractically and unaffordability -- especially if the commercial companies continue to meet their milestones and achieve success, as they have been doing. When that happens, the influence of individual senators like Shelby to shovel pork to their particular states or districts will be outweighed by the overall political benefits for everyone in Congress to get American astronauts into space quickly and cheaply on an American-built spaceship.

  15. But what about the email footer???? on Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails · · Score: 2

    Aren't these legally binding? :-)

  16. Re:Gee Catholic judges on U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Religious Objections To Contraception · · Score: 1, Informative

    Sotomayor is NOT a Catholic. No one is a member of a faith just because they call themselves a member.

    Every faith has its teachings or core beliefs. For Catholicism those teachings come from the Vatican. Striving to live those teachings makes you a Catholic. A core Catholic teaching is that human life begins at conception. She doesn't believe that abortion is wrong, so she is not Catholic.

  17. Re:Not far wrong. on Mass. Supreme Court Says Defendant Can Be Compelled To Decrypt Data · · Score: 1

    When did the 5th amendment right become a privilege?

  18. Re:Athletics? on College Offers Athletic Scholarships To Gamers · · Score: 1

    The Olympics jumped the shark long ago when they added more and more events that are 100% choreographed and the winner is determined by judges. These are not sports or games, they are ballet.

  19. Re:It's hard to keep the stories straight these da on NOAA: Earth Smashed A Record For Heat In May 2014, Effects To Worsen · · Score: 1, Troll

    Be careful. Speaking truth to power with this administration means a visit from the IRS or the climate change police.

  20. Re:Underwater volcanoes, not CO2 on Climate Change Prompts Emperor Penguins To Find New Breeding Grounds · · Score: 2

    Just another inconvenient truth.

  21. 'Redskin' is about body paint, not skin color on Washington Redskins Stripped of Trademarks · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.warpaths2peacepipes...

    Protection: Paint was commonly used to protected the skin from insects, the sun, the wind and the cold. Red ochre was in plentiful supply so this was the most common application, hence the term 'Redskins'

  22. Not so fast ... on Washington Redskins Stripped of Trademarks · · Score: 5, Informative

    From Washington Post: Native Americans have won at this stage before, in 1999. But the team and the NFL won an appeal to federal court in 2009. The court did not rule on the merits of the case, however, but threw it out, saying that the plaintiffs didnâ(TM)t have standing to file it. The team is likely to make the same appeal this time.

    That took 10 years

  23. Re:It all means nothing on US Pushing Local Police To Keep Quiet On Cell-Phone Surveillance Technology · · Score: 1

    Local corruption doesn't affect 300M+ people.

  24. Problem1: Police don't think they are civilians on America 'Has Become a War Zone' · · Score: 1

    Only in the US is law enforcement not called civilians
    The police act like a military institution.
    Police actions are not held accountable like everyone else where an INDEPENDENT DA decides if wrongdoing has occurred.

  25. Re:Its, ... its, ... on Chicago Robber Caught By Facial Recognition Sentenced To 22 Years · · Score: 1

    Wearing a mask is illegal in many states unless for medical reasons or weather.

    http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/mcs...