It's a shining, heartfelt example of amoral power, a pristine jewel of fucking the public when they're not looking. I'm not surprised the Romney campaign came up with it.
Why is that? Because you were familiar with what the Obama campaign was doing?
“We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special,” the adviser said of Mr Romney, adding: “The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have”.
It is culture, not race, otherwise there wouldn't be this:
Members of the former Massachusetts governor's foreign policy advisory team claimed that as president, he would reverse Mr Obama’s priority of repairing strained overseas relationships while not spending so much time maintaining traditional alliances such as Britain and Israel.
Or are you one of those poor sods that believe race determines culture?
Quicken and Quickbooks is the only application I know of to have survived a full-on Microsoft assault on their business. Microsoft Money has folded. It's something to be proud of, I guess - for now.
Is it a big surprise that contemporary music sounds alike? They keep sampling each other's songs, with and without permission, and recycling the all sorts of song elements. That is before you consider different bands performing each other's music outright. The current custom seems to produce homogenized music.
Here in Germany every single "terrorist" put on trial since the German Autumn has been revealed to have had contact to at least one state agency, from state and federal police to the Verfassungsschutz (part of the intelligence conglomerate) to our two secret services, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (foreign intelligence) and Militärischer Abschirmdienst (domestic intelligence), including being funded, trained, "led".
That is really quite a fantastic claim given the following item, and just a small sample of arrests below. I would think you must have some substantial proof of this? And yes, terrorism is probably not the most likely thing to kill you, but it can in fact be a serious problem for a country if not held in check. You might have a very different opinion if Islamists in Germany achieve a similar attack rate there that they do in Iraq or Pakistan. The total killed by the National Socialist Underground isn't even a busy morning's work for Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Never before have as many volunteers from Germany attended terrorist training camps as in the last two years. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic intelligence agency, 138 people from Germany planned to travel to a training camp in 2009 alone. Since then, five volunteers leave the country on average each month to go to one of the camps in Pakistan. In the last decade, at least 220 people from Germany have completed terrorist training, with about half returning to Germany.
An update in the Gizmodo article [gizmodo.com.au] states that they did not reveal everyone's data - it was a partial dump containing only business and government account records. So, I think they're taking your advice. Ready to support them now? 8^)
So, if bank robbers only rob the banks with other people's money, do you support them? If vandals only trash someone else's school, do you support them? If arsonists only burn down other people's homes, do you support them? If hackers (like Anonymous ) only steal other people's credit cards, do you support them? What a silly notion.
The government has taken steps to protect you from terrorists, but do you feel any safer for it?
Feelings are irrelevant. The objective answer is yes, you are safer. Governments in Western nations continue to arrest actual and would-be terrorists, usually before they can carry out the attack. As a result there have been few successful terrorist attacks in the Western world, the item below being one of the sad exceptions (of course we must remember that officially this was "workplace violence" by someone shouting Allah Akbar!):
This isn't like the magic anti-tiger stone since we have actual bodies of terrorists in jail and in the grave - that isn't true for the magic anti-tiger stone. A few examples from the US, followed by some from Australia. Examples in the UK are trivial to come by.
Detroit: ‘Underwear Bomber’ Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempted Christmas Day Attack
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” was sentenced to life in prison as a result of his guilty plea to all eight counts of a federal indictment charging him for his role in the attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Minneapolis: Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Somali-Based Terror Group
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, in its fight against the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) and the Ethiopian military, which supports the TFG.
Chicago: Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Funds to Support al Qaeda in Pakistan
Raja Lahrasib Khan, a Chicago taxi driver and native of Pakistan who personally provided hundreds of dollars to an alleged terrorist leader with whom he had met in his native Pakistan, pled guilty to attempting to provide additional funds to the same individual after learning he was working with al Qaeda.
Washington Field: Revolution Muslim Leader Guilty of Soliciting Murder, Promoting Extremism
Jesse Curtis Morton, aka Younus Abdullah Muhammed, pled guilty to using his position as a leader of Revolution Muslim Organization’s Internet sites to conspire to solicit murder, make threatening communications, and use the Internet to place others in fear.
Tampa: Florida Man Indicted for Attempting to Use Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sami Osmakac, of Pinellas Park, Florida, was charged with attempting to use weapons of mass destruction against persons and property in the U.S., as well as possessing an unregistered machine gun
You're the one advocating tossing eggs and hurling insults, and probably a pie or two along the way. I'm tempted to go to the conference just to see if you show up in a dinky car along with a dozen of your best friends wearing giant shoes and rainbow wigs. That would be kind of fitting given the nonsense you're posting.
No, he is probably just observing the hostile rabblerousing nonsense you've been posting. Throw eggs, overthrow governments, walk out of the talk blah, blah, blah
Dude, that was tongue-in-cheek. So save me your strawmen, and peddle your BS elsewhere.
tongue-in-cheek.= BS
By your own admission you seem to be the one that is peddling BS, and in copious quantities. Is there any chance you'll begin making a positive contribution to the discussion instead of peddling BS, advocating tossing eggs, etc? This is getting tedious.
it does not take NSA to flag out potential trouble makers such as the guy you outlined above -
Practically everyone around him knew he was a growing danger, but nothing was done. The power of political correctness was his shield enabling mass murder.
The ability to identify a terrorist is going to be on a case by case basis, isn't it? In some cases, it won't take a mastermind. In others, the only indication that someone is involved with terrorism is when their communications to an Al Qaeda communications hub are intercepted. There is no right to private communications to a terrorist group at war with the United States any more now than there was one to the German government in 1943.
"We need your services in the War on Terror, why don't you come work for us?" Despite the fact that he represents the organization that most hackers fear the attentions of the most:P
So, living in mom's basement makes you, and by extension your friends, proof against poison and bombs?
What type of "value" they really think they truly share with us?
Spying on your own neighbors?
Frame innocent people up with trumped up charges?
Keep track of every-single-thing on every-single-person on earth?
How about trying to prevent mass murder, even if the person planning it is someone who happens to be a neighbor, but is also a terrorist in direct communication with Al Qaeda? Or do you not approve?
Get it wrong, and things come out like this (just pretend the perpetrator of this "workplace violence" who was shouting "Allah akbar!" as he shot down American soldiers, and in direct contact with an Al Qaeda trainer and facilitator prior to the attack, was really involved in terrorism.):
Detroit: ‘Underwear Bomber’ Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempted Christmas Day Attack
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” was sentenced to life in prison as a result of his guilty plea to all eight counts of a federal indictment charging him for his role in the attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Minneapolis: Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Somali-Based Terror Group
Ahmed Hussein Mahamud pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, in its fight against the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) and the Ethiopian military, which supports the TFG.
Chicago: Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Funds to Support al Qaeda in Pakistan
Raja Lahrasib Khan, a Chicago taxi driver and native of Pakistan who personally provided hundreds of dollars to an alleged terrorist leader with whom he had met in his native Pakistan, pled guilty to attempting to provide additional funds to the same individual after learning he was working with al Qaeda.
Washington Field: Revolution Muslim Leader Guilty of Soliciting Murder, Promoting Extremism
Jesse Curtis Morton, aka Younus Abdullah Muhammed, pled guilty to using his position as a leader of Revolution Muslim Organization’s Internet sites to conspire to solicit murder, make threatening communications, and use the Internet to place others in fear.
Tampa: Florida Man Indicted for Attempting to Use Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sami Osmakac, of Pinellas Park, Florida, was charged with attempting to use weapons of mass destruction against persons and property in the U.S., as well as possessing an unregistered machine gun
Denver: Man Arrested for Providing Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
Jamshid Muhtorov was arrested by members of the FBI’s Denver and Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Forces on a charge of providing and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic Jih
You have no data to prove me wrong. You have no argument to prove me wrong. So name calling is what you go with? Do even 5th graders respect that? What might the great "Republicantard shill" Abraham Lincoln say? - Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Does America still have rule of law?. . . . Will anything actually change as a result of this? Or are such concerns now quaintly archaic?
Yes, America does still have the rule of law. The problem is that most people don't know, don't understand, or don't like what the law is so they ignore it. One of the basic points that people keep getting confused over is both the existence the law of war and its differences from criminal law. Conduct that is completely legal and well understood under the law of war causes many people on Slashdot to wet themselves as violations of criminal law and rights under criminal law - none of which applies. Another point that confuses people, but which has a long court record, is the inability of Congress to pass laws that limit the Constitutional authority of the President. Just those two points in themselves account for much of the wailing and hysteria about shredded constitutions and so on. This show will be going on for some time to come.
Slashdot Mirror
It's a shining, heartfelt example of amoral power, a pristine jewel of fucking the public when they're not looking. I'm not surprised the Romney campaign came up with it.
Why is that? Because you were familiar with what the Obama campaign was doing?
Obama's 2012 campaign is watching you
I agree.
However, what else would you expect from America's Borat?
Well, it clearly isn't Romney, so why don't you let us know when you find him? Maybe 1600 Pensylvania Avenue?
I would like to encourage you to post often on whatever political matter catches your eye.
It is culture, not race, otherwise there wouldn't be this:
Or are you one of those poor sods that believe race determines culture?
Quicken and Quickbooks is the only application I know of to have survived a full-on Microsoft assault on their business. Microsoft Money has folded. It's something to be proud of, I guess - for now.
Detailed here: Inside Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry
Is it a big surprise that contemporary music sounds alike? They keep sampling each other's songs, with and without permission, and recycling the all sorts of song elements. That is before you consider different bands performing each other's music outright. The current custom seems to produce homogenized music.
Rick James - Super Freak
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Jay - Z Kingdom Come.
Gucci Mane - Freaky Gurl
Wikipedia has a more complete list.
That is really quite a fantastic claim given the following item, and just a small sample of arrests below. I would think you must have some substantial proof of this? And yes, terrorism is probably not the most likely thing to kill you, but it can in fact be a serious problem for a country if not held in check. You might have a very different opinion if Islamists in Germany achieve a similar attack rate there that they do in Iraq or Pakistan. The total killed by the National Socialist Underground isn't even a busy morning's work for Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Homegrown Terror Takes on New Dimensions
Surge in Volunteers
Never before have as many volunteers from Germany attended terrorist training camps as in the last two years. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic intelligence agency, 138 people from Germany planned to travel to a training camp in 2009 alone. Since then, five volunteers leave the country on average each month to go to one of the camps in Pakistan. In the last decade, at least 220 people from Germany have completed terrorist training, with about half returning to Germany.
The Radical Islamist Roots of the Frankfurt Attack - 03/03/2011
Two Terror Suspects Arrested in Berlin - 09/08/2011
From the Rhine River to the Jihad - 09/29/2008
German Police Arrest 3 in Terrorist Plot - 09/06/2007
Always the "good" progressive leftist, eh drinkypoo? Remember: It has been proven many times over that you should be careful what you ask for, you might get it.
An update in the Gizmodo article [gizmodo.com.au] states that they did not reveal everyone's data - it was a partial dump containing only business and government account records. So, I think they're taking your advice. Ready to support them now? 8^)
So, if bank robbers only rob the banks with other people's money, do you support them? If vandals only trash someone else's school, do you support them? If arsonists only burn down other people's homes, do you support them? If hackers (like Anonymous ) only steal other people's credit cards, do you support them? What a silly notion.
The government has taken steps to protect you from terrorists, but do you feel any safer for it?
Feelings are irrelevant. The objective answer is yes, you are safer. Governments in Western nations continue to arrest actual and would-be terrorists, usually before they can carry out the attack. As a result there have been few successful terrorist attacks in the Western world, the item below being one of the sad exceptions (of course we must remember that officially this was "workplace violence" by someone shouting Allah Akbar!):
Horror at Fort Hood: Gunman Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13, wounds 31 in rampage on Texas Army base
This isn't like the magic anti-tiger stone since we have actual bodies of terrorists in jail and in the grave - that isn't true for the magic anti-tiger stone. A few examples from the US, followed by some from Australia. Examples in the UK are trivial to come by.
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 17, 2012
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 10, 2012
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 3, 2012
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 27, 2012
The Taliban formed long after the Soviets left Afghanistan so they were never funded as part of that war.
The Taliban are only in Afghanistan and Pakistan, not Iraq.
Apparently the image of hackers as vandals and social misfits, rather than clever programmers, needs reinforcement.
Apparently you'll be the bottom man of the stack in the car.
You're the one advocating tossing eggs and hurling insults, and probably a pie or two along the way. I'm tempted to go to the conference just to see if you show up in a dinky car along with a dozen of your best friends wearing giant shoes and rainbow wigs. That would be kind of fitting given the nonsense you're posting.
No, he is probably just observing the hostile rabblerousing nonsense you've been posting. Throw eggs, overthrow governments, walk out of the talk blah, blah, blah
.
Dude, that was tongue-in-cheek. So save me your strawmen, and peddle your BS elsewhere.
tongue-in-cheek.= BS
By your own admission you seem to be the one that is peddling BS, and in copious quantities. Is there any chance you'll begin making a positive contribution to the discussion instead of peddling BS, advocating tossing eggs, etc? This is getting tedious.
it does not take NSA to flag out potential trouble makers such as the guy you outlined above -
Practically everyone around him knew he was a growing danger, but nothing was done. The power of political correctness was his shield enabling mass murder.
The ability to identify a terrorist is going to be on a case by case basis, isn't it? In some cases, it won't take a mastermind. In others, the only indication that someone is involved with terrorism is when their communications to an Al Qaeda communications hub are intercepted. There is no right to private communications to a terrorist group at war with the United States any more now than there was one to the German government in 1943.
In US officials' language "civil liberties" means "something that we claim, our enemies disrespect when we want to attack them".
Tell it to Stalin and Kim.
Stalin's death camps
Gulag
Inside North Korea's Gulag
"We need your services in the War on Terror, why don't you come work for us?" :P
Despite the fact that he represents the organization that most hackers fear the attentions of the most
So, living in mom's basement makes you, and by extension your friends, proof against poison and bombs?
A funny rant, but it is pretty much all BS.
Surely you could use that time for something better, like chatting, or bringing down the government.
Bring down the government? To replace it with . . . .? What exactly?
The Left's Tragic Flaw
Vindication: There Is An Unholy Alliance
Only the hackers in favor of suicide bombing against innocent civilians.
What type of "value" they really think they truly share with us?
Spying on your own neighbors?
Frame innocent people up with trumped up charges?
Keep track of every-single-thing on every-single-person on earth?
How about trying to prevent mass murder, even if the person planning it is someone who happens to be a neighbor, but is also a terrorist in direct communication with Al Qaeda? Or do you not approve?
Get it wrong, and things come out like this (just pretend the perpetrator of this "workplace violence" who was shouting "Allah akbar!" as he shot down American soldiers, and in direct contact with an Al Qaeda trainer and facilitator prior to the attack, was really involved in terrorism.):
Horror at Fort Hood: Gunman Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13, wounds 31 in rampage on Texas Army base
Instead of like these:
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 17, 2012
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 10, 2012
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 3, 2012
FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 27, 2012
Above posted by your local Republicantard shill.
You have no data to prove me wrong.
You have no argument to prove me wrong.
So name calling is what you go with? Do even 5th graders respect that?
What might the great "Republicantard shill" Abraham Lincoln say? - Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
They Don’t Know Us
Does America still have rule of law?. . . . Will anything actually change as a result of this? Or are such concerns now quaintly archaic?
Yes, America does still have the rule of law. The problem is that most people don't know, don't understand, or don't like what the law is so they ignore it. One of the basic points that people keep getting confused over is both the existence the law of war and its differences from criminal law. Conduct that is completely legal and well understood under the law of war causes many people on Slashdot to wet themselves as violations of criminal law and rights under criminal law - none of which applies. Another point that confuses people, but which has a long court record, is the inability of Congress to pass laws that limit the Constitutional authority of the President. Just those two points in themselves account for much of the wailing and hysteria about shredded constitutions and so on. This show will be going on for some time to come.