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  1. Re:on the other hand on We Don't Need More Highways · · Score: 4, Informative

    Both Senator Joe Biden and Senator Barack Obama voted to kill a Senate amendment that would have diverted federal funding for the bridge to repair a Louisiana span badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. And both voted for the final transportation bill that included the $223 million earmark for the Bridge to nowhere.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/biden.earmarks/index.html

  2. Obama hoping it goes away ... on White House Confirms Chinese Cyberattack · · Score: 1

    With the amount of US Debt that China holds, Obama will say nothing and hope this goes away. At any other time and with any other Administration, we would be floating 2 carrier groups into the Sea of Japan and preventing any Chinese trade vessels from docking at our ports.

    They are nothing without the American consumer.

  3. FCC has sole authority to regulate WiFi devices on Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 1
  4. Naming it after Byrd didn't help on Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope · · Score: 2

    Having Bob Byrd or Bud Shuster's name on any project implies it had no redeeming value other than helping the pol get reelected. Thankfully both are gone.

  5. Re:Hollow sentiment on NZ Broke the Law Spying On Kim Dotcom, PM Apologizes · · Score: 2

    No doubt.

    Somebody at the top needs to go to jail for a long time, and anybody who knew about it and didn't try to stop it should be fired and heavily fined.

    For John Key to do otherwise is to tacitly approve it and only be upset that they got caught.

    NB
    In the USA these criminal actions would warrant promotions.

  6. Why 2/3 ... on US House STEM Visa Bill Fails · · Score: 2

    The bill was brought up under a procedure that limits debate and doesn't allow amendments but requires a two-thirds majority for passage.

  7. Re:The Submariners simply call them targets on Why Aircraft Carriers Still Rule the Oceans · · Score: 1
  8. 3G and 4G? on Verizon Offers Free Tethering Because It Has To · · Score: 1

    Or just the one spectrum.

  9. Protect data from governments? on Google Spanner: First Globally Scalable Database With External Consistency · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Spanner also allows applications that use the database to dictate where specific data is stored ..."

    Would this put data out of legal reach from the Patriot Act if the data were stored in Sveden or Grand Caymans?

  10. Re:Find your Representative on House Approves Extending the Warrantless Wiretapping Act · · Score: 1

    None of then are mine. They represent the highest bidder.

    Any elected official that accepts campaign contributions from people outside of their district no longer represent their district.

  11. So safety is no longer a factor on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Unless safety never was an issue.

  12. Re:let me be the first to say... on Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit · · Score: 1

    With that logic lets reduce it to 10mph.

  13. Use spam bots to takedown everything on The Algorithmic Copyright Cops: Streaming Video's Robotic Overlords · · Score: 1

    How about if take-down notices from grandmas infected machine went to youtube for everything posted, legal or otherwise. Youtube either ignores all take-downs, complies with all of them or gets the law changed to make incorrect take-downs cost real money.

    The other option is to only accept take-downs delivered by certified mail.

  14. Amazon not the only place that's tax-free on Impending CA Sales Tax Sparks Amazon Buying Frenzy · · Score: 1

    Every tax-free online store is now going to advertise this fact.

  15. Prosecutors do the same to get defendants to plead on Government Lawyer Says Patent Trolls Are a 'Concern' · · Score: 3, Informative

    Prosecutor says he will go for the maximum sentence if you don't take his deal.

  16. I hope you like walking on 2012 EFF Pioneer Award Winners Revealed · · Score: 5, Funny

    All winners have been automatically added to our complimentary no-fly and terrorists watch lists.

    - TSA

  17. Re:How many govs do it? on Russia's Former KGB Invests In Political Propaganda Spambots · · Score: 1
  18. A class act on Astronaut Neil Armstrong Has Died · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And a great pilot. You will be missed.

  19. Re:Not so fast on Republican Platform To Include Internet Freedom Plank · · Score: 2

    How many Democrats voted to deauthorize the DHS and patriot act when they had the House, Senate and white house?
    What did the democrats do to reign in deficit spending when they had the House, Senate and white house?
    Please explain how Dodd and Frank aren't equally responsible for the banking collapse?
    Financial Fraud Conviction Scorecard: Bush: 1300+, Clinton: 1000+, Obama: 0.0

  20. Thank you Jenny McCarthy on Study Finds Unvaccinated Students Putting Other Students At Risk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jenny McCarthy body count

    “I do believe sadly it's going to take some diseases coming back to realize that we need to change and develop vaccines that are safe. If the vaccine companies are not listening to us, it's their f___ing fault that the diseases are coming back. They're making a product that's s___. If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.”

    Jenny McCarthy in Time Magazine, April 2009

  21. Why not? Politicians do it all the time on Telco Company Claims Freedom of Speech Includes Misleading Ads · · Score: 1

    Vote for me and I'll do this ...
    My opponent is bad because ...

  22. Google could make money policing this on NASA's Own Video of Curiosity Landing Crashes Into a DMCA Takedown · · Score: 1

    If an unreasonable takedown is received Google could charge the offending company a penalty. Don't want to pay?

    Let the name of Scripps be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument of the Internet.
    Let the name of Scripps be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of Google(and its subsidiaries) until the fine is paid, with interest.

  23. Forced Upgrades? on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem is not rapid release unless Mozilla is forcing upgrades upon users.

  24. Fatal? on Air Force Claims To Have Solved Fatal F-22 Oxygen Riddle · · Score: 1

    How many deaths can be attributed to this problem?

    The words fatal and death are not in the article.

  25. Why isn't DoD using Websense? on US Missile Defense Staff Told To Stop Watching Porn · · Score: 1

    Not just for blocking porn, but malware.