Politicians often make such stupid rules. Rules that stifle innovation and the adoption of new technologies. The NRCC is similar, in that they have developed a set of regulations based on technologies from the 1950's and have made it harder to adopt safer alternatives. This is clearly true of the regulatory structure today.
To understand how the regulatory structure of the NRC works, you have get the legal name correct. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission works with industry to develop legal requirements for Nuclear plant operation that improves the safety of the plants. They examine things like basis design issues and develop a regulatory framework that make safety improvements a legal requirement.
This is why Fukushima was criminal negligence. Rules like that don't stifle innovation, they create it, as the legal frame work contains the operating experiences from all reactor facilities that new design requirements are based on. Innovation happens before the plant is built everything after is building whatever safety lessons are learned.
Fukushima proves that the nuclear industry failed to learn from the Chernobyl accident.
You seem to be trying very hard to find an argument to win.
What specific charge of "mishandling" data are you suggesting he was not charged with?
Section 793(e) would seem to apply as it covers those who have unauthorized possession of documents,
Ok, yes I see what you mean, so the charge sheet mentions 793(c) as well as 793(e).
but that's not the point. My original comment was in response to the assumption that the US is going to prosecute Assange for things Manning did. Manning has plenty of espionage charges, but those are largely irrelevant to Assange's case, other than the simple fact that they are "an offense".
Perhaps they are using 371 and 1030 to explore for more charges, I see what you are getting at though - I appreciate the clarification and I also see 641 sets a really low limit of $1000 worth of value that has to be exceeded for that to apply. They're really making sure they can get him
Manning is the party mentioned to be the person that Assange conspired with under 18 U.S. Code 371
That makes Manning potentially a party to Assange's alleged crime (though Manning is not included in the current indictment, I believe she could be added later), but it does not make Assange a party to Manning's already-charged crimes.
Manning is Item 1 in the materials on the indictment and also mentioned as the co-conspirator under ACTS TO FURTHER THE CONSPIRACY for items 23,24,25 in the scanned copy of the pdf, if you are able to access it.
I see the confusion you both are in. It's not Assange named as a co-conspirator to Manning, it's Manning named as a co-conspirator to Assange. However the information you supplied about 793(e) *is* about mishandling data, as the clause directs:
not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it
So this is a great time to commend the workers and engineers at the Fukushima plant and express gratitude for their efforts to get this disaster under control. Thank you!!!!
I don't know about commending them. Maybe just let them know they no longer bring dishonor to their ancestors
I was very specific about where I directed my gratitude. It was TEPCO engineers that warned the board about the dangers, who then faced ridicule for doing so.
The TEPCO board bought dishonor to Japan through their criminal negligence, one which threatened the sovereignty of the nation IIRC a opinion expressed by Abe to the TEPCO board. They were the ones who could have prevented this disaster but did not. NISA was also to blame for colluding with the TEPCO board, they failed to protect the Japanese people and, indeed, the population of the world by not forcing the issue of sea walls and relocation of backup generators with legal regulation. It was not so long ago that the TEPCO board was charged with negligence over this matter. They should be ashamed.
So yes, commending the workers and engineers who choose to work there is appropriate for the sacrifices they have made. They deserve our gratitude.
They allege that he was in possession of US military databases.
He is alleged to have possessed classified material, but that's not the same as being charged with the mishandling or publishing of that material.
I agree about the hacking charges - they were there. The rest of your comment is unclear about what you mean when you are referring to mishandling? You have to be in possession of the data to mishandle it and Assange wasn't cleared to be in possession of that data. Are you saying Assange was cleared to have the data and used it outside of the scope his authorization? What specific charge of "mishandling" data are you suggesting he was not charged with?
Assange is still not being added as "a party to Manning's crimes", though from reading that list, I'm not sure if Assange's indictment would be in reference to a particular one of Manning's crimes.
Did you follow and read the link to the charge sheet? Manning is the party mentioned to be the person that Assange conspired with under 18 U.S. Code 371. Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States.
This is some very welcome news in developments at Fukushima as the foundations of Unit 3 are damaged. Workers at Fukushima have already removed 1000 fuel rods IIRC from that reactor building due to concerns about what would happen if the building collapsed.
From that report the issue of spent fuel pool vulnerabilities warranted further study in the now declassified report Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report by the Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage within the National Research Council. It details variations of scenarios created from vulnerabilities to terrorist attacks, however the potential outcomes are similar if they are initiated by a natural disaster.
The most sobering scenarios came from analyzing what happens from loosing the cooling water from a spent fuel pool. Spent fuel rods are kept in a pool with a constant supply of water because the water not only cools them, it moderates the neutrons so that they don't become critical. One scenario examined from loosing the cooling water was a plutonium fire that creates plutonium oxide in the smoke with reactors that are MOX fueled, such as Unit 3 was. With several hundred tons of fuel it would be the largest plutonium fire we have ever faced, it would also be in open air.
You can find information about plutonium oxidization Evaluation of source-term data for plutonium aerosolization which starts at around 500 centigrade. I think that because of the proximity to the sea, plutonium chloride would also be created.
Actions to reduce the possibility of these kinds of scenarios are simple and cost effective. Mainly by dry cask storing fuel that has cooled for 5 years and separating and dispersing spent fuel recently removed from the reactor throughout the pools of reactors that are still operating. All very practical, affordable actions for reducing this risk of reactors that are still operating.
There is very little point arguing about Nuclear power from an idealistic viewpoint. To idealize that nuclear power is perfect and requires no improvements means that the nuclear industry cannot evolve legal requirements for new processes. This, according to the official report into the Fukushima accident, is the main reason the disaster occurred.
So this is a great time to commend the workers and engineers at the Fukushima plant and express gratitude for their efforts to get this disaster under control. Thank you!!!!
Basically, the UN ruling implied that no one can be arrested pending extradition. In fact, if taken seriously, it throws into doubt the entire concept of arrest and detention at any point prior to conviction.
So basically all of the international law set up since WWII to prevent tinpot dictators kidnapping citizens and imprisoning them. If this was a US citizen being pulled out of an embassy by a totalitarian government and flown to their jails there would be complete international outrage.
Funny that not one of the offended parties claims anything he published was fake or a lie. This is pure shoot the messenger to deflect from your own guilt stuff.
Exactly. The whole premise of democracy is dissent and the challenging of power by embarrassing it. By shutting down a famous journalist this way they are saying "We can do this to anyone, anytime."
This isn't just bad for Assange, it's bad for everybody.
It does look a bit odd that after that, once the U.S. decides it wants to 'talk with him', suddenly the dead accusation comes back to life and requires extradition.
The court document were filed in secret March 6th 2018 and unsealed on the same day of the arrest according to the press release from the DOJ which also has a link to the seven page charge sheet at the end of the release (which doesn't allow a direct link).
Eh? I think you might want to check that. He's still around.
And Machon was dating Shayler at the time.
Yes, they were. It was in one of Machon's lectures that she reveal he ended up with a Christ complex and committed suicide, IIRC. So you're saying it was an attempt and he is still locked up?
And you wonder why Assange didn't want to come under either UK or US control.
two of whom acted together, the other of whom is mentally unstable
If you ever read these laws I think you would understand why someone would become that way after being subjected to them. Whilst your response is appealing as a low cognitive solution to the situation that afflicts our culture, the problem with it is it promotes the state of apathy that perpetuates it.
I have very little doubt that anyone subjected to these laws will be stressed to the point of a mental breakdown. That is because these laws are so outrageous and onerous the acts that are possible under them don't belong in western democracy. They are the very thing we've be told our democracy is against.
I'd be disappointed if there *wasn't* 2400 pages of technology laws formed in the last 18 years.
I didn't say they were technology laws, I said how technology can be used. Used to extend the arrest opportunities and to create a mass surveillance system at taxpayers expense. Perhaps you're happy with it because you have a slave's mindset?
Take freedom away, you crush innovation and end up with a stagnant society that eventually collapses. The Soviet Union already taught us that this kind of stagnation and corruption means the state *will* fail because it is internally weak. You don't end up with capitalism or communism but feudalism, like in the middle ages.
But I'm equally certain that not one thing from Wikileaks, Assange, Manning or Snowden, or any of those you mentioned has done anything at all whatsoever to reveal something horrifyingly terrible enough to make people revolt.
Alternatively it's because any sane person would fear the consequence of being subjected to those law so they learn to keep their mouth shut.
It was all stuff we either knew, suspected or inferred.
So you did nothing and now you use it as an excuse for apathy.
All they did was show you that such public whistleblowers are all from the same mindset, and that what they sacrifice their freedom to whistleblow just isn't worth it in the end - nobody is up in arms about any of it.
This looks a lot like you're afraid and are deluding yourself. I suppose staying ignorant to what is legal and contra to western values of individual freedom is one way of handling the situation. All it really means is that you aren't really dealing with the reality of society. It takes knowledge and educating yourself to stay free and I don't really care if you are a slave.
You know what I want?
You want someone to rescue you
The general populace? Meh, they don't even care any more.
The arrest of Assange demonstrates our freedom to criticize the state to evolve our culture is over. Dissent will not be tolerated and any illusion of First world freedom is a myth concocted to keep us in the mindset of slaves to interest rates on housing loans.
I've been studying the changes to freedom of speech and association laws in the US, UK, Canada (well the english half), Australia and, NZ. I've written hundreds of pages of submissions about Anti-terrorism law, its structure and wording to try to do anything I could to fight to preserve the freedom we have left and failed 95% of the time.
Knowing these laws, I can certainly say that I fear for Assange if he is charged under them. The absolute power the state has over an individual in that circumstance is terrifying and was previously reserved for those conducting espionage. Activism, such as what Assange has conducted, threatens the status quo so much it must be crushed with an iron fist. Soviet style.
In the first double bind of this law, the state assumes control of all evidence that can defend you which you are responsible for presenting. Even people witnessing an arrest and telling a family member can be charged and sentenced to 5 years jail. All sentences are strict liability so magistrates have no authority to vary time served. These laws are designed to destroy lives.
I only spend hundreds of hours doing what I do, these people give up everything trying to preserve our freedom. Whistle blowers are heros. More so, what does it tell us that more of these whistle blowers are from military and intelligence services. Snowden, Manning and lessor known people like Annie Machon (UK), David Shayler (UK) and Susan Lindauer (US) were all former intelligence agents trying to tell us the mess being made with these laws. Shayler died whilst arrested under these laws and an attempt was made to chemically lobotomize Lindauer and attack her mental health to destroy her reputation. Machon was the only one who refused to face arrest which has preserved her mental health.
The pages of law, in our first world countries, dictating how technology can be used to suppress the populace has grown from nothing in 2001 to well over 2400 pages in 2019, constitutionally adjusted to suit each nation. That's just the stuff I've read, there were bills I missed.
Lindauer suggests that these laws are lifted from the Soviet criminal code and looking at them it's not hard to believe it. I had to lobby against the power to body cavity search minors as young as 8 yrs as unacceptable for a first world democracy, the government changed it to 14.
Knowing this makes our countries a parody of the freedoms they once stood for.
For example, ear plugs in both ears while driving a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle is against the law.
Thanks, I didn't know this was an offense. I use the ear buds to stop the wind deafening me when I drive with the windows open. I know it's an indulgent pleasure however I like fresh air and being able to hear.
Looks like we are all be held to the capabilities of those most easily distracted.
Seems to me if a theorized-to-be telltale sign of Alzheimer's isnt present in a staggering number of people that are specifically not diagnosed with Alzheimer's,
then it maybe a physical manifestation of the cognitive by-products of personality disorders from the production of peptides in the brain.
Linus underestimates the psychological damage you do to yourself when posting with your name. Facebook exploits this human trait like sugar industry exploits our being wired to get as much historically rare carbs as possible.
This is a most insightful comment. Social media is looking more and more like a shared psychosis. Even a cursory study of the reward related dopamine responses in the brain with respect to UI behavior reveals what FB is doing to make people addicted.
In time I suspect that social media will be recognized as toxic as smoking.
I was in an Indian city some time ago on a work thing. I thought it would be a good opportunity to see what was going on there if this is where all the IT work was going. I don't feel so threatened anymore, having seen the infrastructure.
I was driven around looking at the barely controlled chaos that the country was when I saw a man walking across the bridge we'd stopped on. With obvious intentional momentum he swing a bag of garbage from the side of his body opposite the side of the bridge high over head in a well practiced arc right into the river.
Later, in a large group of Indian fellas (I had told the muslim fellow that as guest was god he must have beer with us all - which was a funny pickle to put him in) they asked me what I thought best and worst about India.
I told them I thought their culture was very colorful and beautiful and they seem much more family oriented there. I told them they have all this fantastic red soil that it looks like anything will grow in. I also told them I liked the ass washing devices that all the toilets had to which they had a merry chuckle.
I remembered the man on the bridge when I told them that the worst thing about India is that the people don't seem to care about what they have been blessed with and treat the place like shit.
My observation about both India and China is they seem determined to make the same mistakes that the west has already made instead of learning from them.
America , UK, Canada , Australia and, NZ because they have similarly structured Family law courts.
White men are the highest suicide rate in the Western world at 77% in the US, that's a lot of evidence against the existence of white male privilege.
Divorced men (not just white men) are eight times more likely to commit suicide than divorced women. It's called divorce rape for a reason. Being married is a very risky proposition for a western man, you can literally have everything you have worked your whole life for, taken from you.
so I'm interested to know if this claim has any statistical basis.
Family law in western society make it easy for women to behave very badly on the way out of marriages. I've had women lawyers tell me how weighted against men family law is so it is little wonder that men are checking out when they discover they are sold a lie that they invested all their time and life into.
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Politicians often make such stupid rules. Rules that stifle innovation and the adoption of new technologies. The NRCC is similar, in that they have developed a set of regulations based on technologies from the 1950's and have made it harder to adopt safer alternatives. This is clearly true of the regulatory structure today.
To understand how the regulatory structure of the NRC works, you have get the legal name correct. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission works with industry to develop legal requirements for Nuclear plant operation that improves the safety of the plants. They examine things like basis design issues and develop a regulatory framework that make safety improvements a legal requirement.
This is why Fukushima was criminal negligence. Rules like that don't stifle innovation, they create it, as the legal frame work contains the operating experiences from all reactor facilities that new design requirements are based on. Innovation happens before the plant is built everything after is building whatever safety lessons are learned.
Fukushima proves that the nuclear industry failed to learn from the Chernobyl accident.
You seem to be trying very hard to find an argument to win.
What specific charge of "mishandling" data are you suggesting he was not charged with?
Section 793(e) would seem to apply as it covers those who have unauthorized possession of documents,
Ok, yes I see what you mean, so the charge sheet mentions 793(c) as well as 793(e).
but that's not the point. My original comment was in response to the assumption that the US is going to prosecute Assange for things Manning did. Manning has plenty of espionage charges, but those are largely irrelevant to Assange's case, other than the simple fact that they are "an offense".
Perhaps they are using 371 and 1030 to explore for more charges, I see what you are getting at though - I appreciate the clarification and I also see 641 sets a really low limit of $1000 worth of value that has to be exceeded for that to apply. They're really making sure they can get him
Manning is the party mentioned to be the person that Assange conspired with under 18 U.S. Code 371
That makes Manning potentially a party to Assange's alleged crime (though Manning is not included in the current indictment, I believe she could be added later), but it does not make Assange a party to Manning's already-charged crimes.
Manning is Item 1 in the materials on the indictment and also mentioned as the co-conspirator under ACTS TO FURTHER THE CONSPIRACY for items 23,24,25 in the scanned copy of the pdf, if you are able to access it.
I see the confusion you both are in. It's not Assange named as a co-conspirator to Manning, it's Manning named as a co-conspirator to Assange. However the information you supplied about 793(e) *is* about mishandling data, as the clause directs:
not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it
defines how the data *is* to be handled.
Thanks for pointing that out.
So this is a great time to commend the workers and engineers at the Fukushima plant and express gratitude for their efforts to get this disaster under control. Thank you!!!!
I don't know about commending them. Maybe just let them know they no longer bring dishonor to their ancestors
I was very specific about where I directed my gratitude. It was TEPCO engineers that warned the board about the dangers, who then faced ridicule for doing so.
The TEPCO board bought dishonor to Japan through their criminal negligence, one which threatened the sovereignty of the nation IIRC a opinion expressed by Abe to the TEPCO board. They were the ones who could have prevented this disaster but did not. NISA was also to blame for colluding with the TEPCO board, they failed to protect the Japanese people and, indeed, the population of the world by not forcing the issue of sea walls and relocation of backup generators with legal regulation. It was not so long ago that the TEPCO board was charged with negligence over this matter. They should be ashamed.
So yes, commending the workers and engineers who choose to work there is appropriate for the sacrifices they have made. They deserve our gratitude.
They allege that he was in possession of US military databases.
He is alleged to have possessed classified material, but that's not the same as being charged with the mishandling or publishing of that material.
I agree about the hacking charges - they were there. The rest of your comment is unclear about what you mean when you are referring to mishandling? You have to be in possession of the data to mishandle it and Assange wasn't cleared to be in possession of that data. Are you saying Assange was cleared to have the data and used it outside of the scope his authorization? What specific charge of "mishandling" data are you suggesting he was not charged with?
Assange is still not being added as "a party to Manning's crimes", though from reading that list, I'm not sure if Assange's indictment would be in reference to a particular one of Manning's crimes.
Did you follow and read the link to the charge sheet? Manning is the party mentioned to be the person that Assange conspired with under 18 U.S. Code 371. Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States.
This is some very welcome news in developments at Fukushima as the foundations of Unit 3 are damaged. Workers at Fukushima have already removed 1000 fuel rods IIRC from that reactor building due to concerns about what would happen if the building collapsed.
To get a better understanding of why its an urgent issue, a report called Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities explored vulnerabilities at nuclear power plants.
From that report the issue of spent fuel pool vulnerabilities warranted further study in the now declassified report Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report by the Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage within the National Research Council. It details variations of scenarios created from vulnerabilities to terrorist attacks, however the potential outcomes are similar if they are initiated by a natural disaster.
The most sobering scenarios came from analyzing what happens from loosing the cooling water from a spent fuel pool. Spent fuel rods are kept in a pool with a constant supply of water because the water not only cools them, it moderates the neutrons so that they don't become critical. One scenario examined from loosing the cooling water was a plutonium fire that creates plutonium oxide in the smoke with reactors that are MOX fueled, such as Unit 3 was. With several hundred tons of fuel it would be the largest plutonium fire we have ever faced, it would also be in open air.
You can find information about plutonium oxidization Evaluation of source-term data for plutonium aerosolization which starts at around 500 centigrade. I think that because of the proximity to the sea, plutonium chloride would also be created.
Actions to reduce the possibility of these kinds of scenarios are simple and cost effective. Mainly by dry cask storing fuel that has cooled for 5 years and separating and dispersing spent fuel recently removed from the reactor throughout the pools of reactors that are still operating. All very practical, affordable actions for reducing this risk of reactors that are still operating.
Information about the fuel removal process and the damage to the Unit 3 spent fuel pool in Tepco's Fukushima spent fuel removal plan.
There is very little point arguing about Nuclear power from an idealistic viewpoint. To idealize that nuclear power is perfect and requires no improvements means that the nuclear industry cannot evolve legal requirements for new processes. This, according to the official report into the Fukushima accident, is the main reason the disaster occurred.
So this is a great time to commend the workers and engineers at the Fukushima plant and express gratitude for their efforts to get this disaster under control. Thank you!!!!
I linked the DOJ document and the original charge sheet. Go follow my link, all the information is there.
I did read it, I also read the charges, that may be a little to much for you.
You know, I was originally behind what he was trying to do, but now I just see the guy as a self-serving asshole. He shits on everybody with no apparent rhyme or reason: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/world/europe/ecuador-assange-wikileaks.html.
It looks a lot like a smear campaign.
I do think that getting government secrets out in the open is important, but there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. He's done it the wrong way.
According to who? Is there some "How to release Secret Military Databases for Dummies" book that I missed?
Basically, the UN ruling implied that no one can be arrested pending extradition. In fact, if taken seriously, it throws into doubt the entire concept of arrest and detention at any point prior to conviction.
So basically all of the international law set up since WWII to prevent tinpot dictators kidnapping citizens and imprisoning them. If this was a US citizen being pulled out of an embassy by a totalitarian government and flown to their jails there would be complete international outrage.
This is bad on so many levels.
He is not being charged with anything related to the mishandling or publishing of classified material.
Not according to the charges laid. They allege that he was in possession of US military databases.
Funny that not one of the offended parties claims anything he published was fake or a lie. This is pure shoot the messenger to deflect from your own guilt stuff.
Exactly. The whole premise of democracy is dissent and the challenging of power by embarrassing it. By shutting down a famous journalist this way they are saying "We can do this to anyone, anytime." This isn't just bad for Assange, it's bad for everybody.
It does look a bit odd that after that, once the U.S. decides it wants to 'talk with him', suddenly the dead accusation comes back to life and requires extradition.
The court document were filed in secret March 6th 2018 and unsealed on the same day of the arrest according to the press release from the DOJ which also has a link to the seven page charge sheet at the end of the release (which doesn't allow a direct link).
Accordingly Assange has been charged:
18 U.S. Code 371. Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
18 U.S. Code 1030. Fraud and related activity in connection with computers sections (a)(1), (a)(2), (c)(2)(B)(ii).
Maximum penalty 5 years jail so I would suspect that they will press further charges later.
Eh? I think you might want to check that. He's still around. And Machon was dating Shayler at the time.
Yes, they were. It was in one of Machon's lectures that she reveal he ended up with a Christ complex and committed suicide, IIRC. So you're saying it was an attempt and he is still locked up?
And you wonder why Assange didn't want to come under either UK or US control.
two of whom acted together, the other of whom is mentally unstable
If you ever read these laws I think you would understand why someone would become that way after being subjected to them. Whilst your response is appealing as a low cognitive solution to the situation that afflicts our culture, the problem with it is it promotes the state of apathy that perpetuates it.
I have very little doubt that anyone subjected to these laws will be stressed to the point of a mental breakdown. That is because these laws are so outrageous and onerous the acts that are possible under them don't belong in western democracy. They are the very thing we've be told our democracy is against.
I'd be disappointed if there *wasn't* 2400 pages of technology laws formed in the last 18 years.
I didn't say they were technology laws, I said how technology can be used. Used to extend the arrest opportunities and to create a mass surveillance system at taxpayers expense. Perhaps you're happy with it because you have a slave's mindset?
Take freedom away, you crush innovation and end up with a stagnant society that eventually collapses. The Soviet Union already taught us that this kind of stagnation and corruption means the state *will* fail because it is internally weak. You don't end up with capitalism or communism but feudalism, like in the middle ages.
But I'm equally certain that not one thing from Wikileaks, Assange, Manning or Snowden, or any of those you mentioned has done anything at all whatsoever to reveal something horrifyingly terrible enough to make people revolt.
Alternatively it's because any sane person would fear the consequence of being subjected to those law so they learn to keep their mouth shut.
It was all stuff we either knew, suspected or inferred.
So you did nothing and now you use it as an excuse for apathy.
All they did was show you that such public whistleblowers are all from the same mindset, and that what they sacrifice their freedom to whistleblow just isn't worth it in the end - nobody is up in arms about any of it.
This looks a lot like you're afraid and are deluding yourself. I suppose staying ignorant to what is legal and contra to western values of individual freedom is one way of handling the situation. All it really means is that you aren't really dealing with the reality of society. It takes knowledge and educating yourself to stay free and I don't really care if you are a slave.
You know what I want?
You want someone to rescue you
The general populace? Meh, they don't even care any more.
Which is why no one is going to.
Narcissists* aren't that courageous, nor do they have values.
Your remark is the lowest kind of ad hominem attack.
I'm not attacking Assange, I'm defending him. There is no way a narcissist would have the courage to do what he is doing.
*corrected grammar from my original comment.
The arrest of Assange demonstrates our freedom to criticize the state to evolve our culture is over. Dissent will not be tolerated and any illusion of First world freedom is a myth concocted to keep us in the mindset of slaves to interest rates on housing loans.
I've been studying the changes to freedom of speech and association laws in the US, UK, Canada (well the english half), Australia and, NZ. I've written hundreds of pages of submissions about Anti-terrorism law, its structure and wording to try to do anything I could to fight to preserve the freedom we have left and failed 95% of the time.
Knowing these laws, I can certainly say that I fear for Assange if he is charged under them. The absolute power the state has over an individual in that circumstance is terrifying and was previously reserved for those conducting espionage. Activism, such as what Assange has conducted, threatens the status quo so much it must be crushed with an iron fist. Soviet style.
In the first double bind of this law, the state assumes control of all evidence that can defend you which you are responsible for presenting. Even people witnessing an arrest and telling a family member can be charged and sentenced to 5 years jail. All sentences are strict liability so magistrates have no authority to vary time served. These laws are designed to destroy lives.
I only spend hundreds of hours doing what I do, these people give up everything trying to preserve our freedom. Whistle blowers are heros. More so, what does it tell us that more of these whistle blowers are from military and intelligence services. Snowden, Manning and lessor known people like Annie Machon (UK), David Shayler (UK) and Susan Lindauer (US) were all former intelligence agents trying to tell us the mess being made with these laws. Shayler died whilst arrested under these laws and an attempt was made to chemically lobotomize Lindauer and attack her mental health to destroy her reputation. Machon was the only one who refused to face arrest which has preserved her mental health.
The pages of law, in our first world countries, dictating how technology can be used to suppress the populace has grown from nothing in 2001 to well over 2400 pages in 2019, constitutionally adjusted to suit each nation. That's just the stuff I've read, there were bills I missed.
Lindauer suggests that these laws are lifted from the Soviet criminal code and looking at them it's not hard to believe it. I had to lobby against the power to body cavity search minors as young as 8 yrs as unacceptable for a first world democracy, the government changed it to 14.
Knowing this makes our countries a parody of the freedoms they once stood for.
He'll have thrown away 7 years of his life voluntarily and look like a narcissistic idiot (more so than he already does).
Narcissist's aren't that courageous, nor do they have values.
For example, ear plugs in both ears while driving a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle is against the law.
Thanks, I didn't know this was an offense. I use the ear buds to stop the wind deafening me when I drive with the windows open. I know it's an indulgent pleasure however I like fresh air and being able to hear.
Looks like we are all be held to the capabilities of those most easily distracted.
Apologies for the grammar error in the header.
Most people are strapped to them too.
You code to learn.
Seems to me if a theorized-to-be telltale sign of Alzheimer's isnt present in a staggering number of people that are specifically not diagnosed with Alzheimer's,
then it maybe a physical manifestation of the cognitive by-products of personality disorders from the production of peptides in the brain.
Linus underestimates the psychological damage you do to yourself when posting with your name. Facebook exploits this human trait like sugar industry exploits our being wired to get as much historically rare carbs as possible.
This is a most insightful comment. Social media is looking more and more like a shared psychosis. Even a cursory study of the reward related dopamine responses in the brain with respect to UI behavior reveals what FB is doing to make people addicted.
In time I suspect that social media will be recognized as toxic as smoking.
I was in an Indian city some time ago on a work thing. I thought it would be a good opportunity to see what was going on there if this is where all the IT work was going. I don't feel so threatened anymore, having seen the infrastructure.
I was driven around looking at the barely controlled chaos that the country was when I saw a man walking across the bridge we'd stopped on. With obvious intentional momentum he swing a bag of garbage from the side of his body opposite the side of the bridge high over head in a well practiced arc right into the river.
Later, in a large group of Indian fellas (I had told the muslim fellow that as guest was god he must have beer with us all - which was a funny pickle to put him in) they asked me what I thought best and worst about India.
I told them I thought their culture was very colorful and beautiful and they seem much more family oriented there. I told them they have all this fantastic red soil that it looks like anything will grow in. I also told them I liked the ass washing devices that all the toilets had to which they had a merry chuckle.
I remembered the man on the bridge when I told them that the worst thing about India is that the people don't seem to care about what they have been blessed with and treat the place like shit.
My observation about both India and China is they seem determined to make the same mistakes that the west has already made instead of learning from them.
Which western countries are these?
America , UK, Canada , Australia and, NZ because they have similarly structured Family law courts.
White men are the highest suicide rate in the Western world at 77% in the US, that's a lot of evidence against the existence of white male privilege.
Divorced men (not just white men) are eight times more likely to commit suicide than divorced women. It's called divorce rape for a reason. Being married is a very risky proposition for a western man, you can literally have everything you have worked your whole life for, taken from you.
so I'm interested to know if this claim has any statistical basis.
It does.
Family law in western society make it easy for women to behave very badly on the way out of marriages. I've had women lawyers tell me how weighted against men family law is so it is little wonder that men are checking out when they discover they are sold a lie that they invested all their time and life into.
For a second I thought you were a idiot before remembering it's April 1, almost got me. :)
Shaming, the tactics of a toxic feminist. I'm surprised you didn't add the "What kind of man" question.