I dare say it was the Justice Dept.'s bonehead move of arrogantly admitting that they should be able to do this to Supreme Court justices too that did the most damage. Telling the judge in the case "You could be next" generally doesn't get a very favorable reaction.
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It's not really IT related, but in a similar vein to some of these stories, the worst workplace war I've ever seen erupted over a parking space. Here were two college-educated adults, both of whom made over $100,000 a year--at war with each other because one maintained that he had been assigned said space (even though it wasn't marked) and the other kept parking there. Combine that with weak leadership at the company, and bam!, you had an escalation that got fucking crazy. First it was potshots and pranks, then they started keying each others' cars. Then they were openly screaming at each other in the office. It only ended when the cops had to get involved (they were calling each other with death threats and one of them showed up to the other's house with a gun). They both ended up with restraining orders...and also pink slips (when management finally woke up and realized they were both nuts).
When you're in the city, people take their parking spaces VERY seriously. And little things can become very big (in your mind) if you obsess over them long enough.
But, hey, if the assassination of one dipshit Archduke could start a World War and one little fruit vendor setting himself on fire could start the Arab Spring, I guess any little thing can spark a fire.
Look on the bright side. The FBI just put a big quash on all that "Everything in the future will be in the cloud" hype. I wonder if "Nothing will be in the cloud because everyone is too afraid to store files on their servers that might be pirated, lest the FBI kick down their doors and throw them in prison" will fit as well on a magazine cover.
Great, you can make that argument in court--months, if not years, after the FBI has kicked in your door, taken all your servers, and arrested all your workers.
The problem is that the government had no business getting into the marriage business in the first place. It used to be a religious institution, until some kings decided that they didn't like the church having all that power and decided to stick their noses into it. You see, not maintaining a good separation of church and state cuts TWO ways. Not only do you have the religions meddling in government matters which should be none of their concern, but you also have the government meddling in religious areas where *it* has no business being either.
If marriage hadn't become a secular state institution, we wouldn't *need* to have this debate.
Every day I drive pass my local Tesla dealership and see all those rows of beautiful cars and think of just stopping in and buying one right on the spot. And then I remember that Tesla cars aren't actually real, there are no Tesla dealerships, and the company stays pretty much on the verge of bankruptcy, with models that always seem to be on backorder or are "coming out sometime next year...we hope." Then I notice that Natalie Portman is my girlfriend sitting in the seat next to me, and realize that I'm dreaming.
They'll just attach a quiet rider to the next appropriations bill in the middle of the night. Then everyone can pull that phoney Obama "Well, I didn't *want* to support it--but since it was tied to that really important appropriations bill, I felt I *had* to vote for it/not veto it" shit.
As my wise Republican candidates have pointed out, this kind of thing is proof that the free market--left to itself and without any government oversight, regulation, or interference--will make things better for all of us. The DoJ needs to get off the backs of these job-creating companies and let them give their employees the freedom that Jesus and Capitalism can only provide when we have a free market with no regulation or oversight. Anything less is socialism.
Not to be picky, but this would be bigotry, not racism. Jewish isn't a race. Of course, neither is Hispanic, but people still treat that like it's a race too.
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an in-flight meal that didn't taste like the shoes that came in the box.
Hey, at least you got a meal. The last few times I flew, I got two peanuts and a thimble of soda.
Pretty much every country in the first world is a U.S. lapdog when it comes to IP laws. So moving to Europe isn't going to help.
Obviously you have something to hide, citizen. Please place your hands in the yellow circles and await a police action.
I dare say it was the Justice Dept.'s bonehead move of arrogantly admitting that they should be able to do this to Supreme Court justices too that did the most damage. Telling the judge in the case "You could be next" generally doesn't get a very favorable reaction.
In their defense, cops no can read so good.
"A senator would make a great mule," Simmons tells me.
That's because the biologist took his meds today.
It's not really IT related, but in a similar vein to some of these stories, the worst workplace war I've ever seen erupted over a parking space. Here were two college-educated adults, both of whom made over $100,000 a year--at war with each other because one maintained that he had been assigned said space (even though it wasn't marked) and the other kept parking there. Combine that with weak leadership at the company, and bam!, you had an escalation that got fucking crazy. First it was potshots and pranks, then they started keying each others' cars. Then they were openly screaming at each other in the office. It only ended when the cops had to get involved (they were calling each other with death threats and one of them showed up to the other's house with a gun). They both ended up with restraining orders...and also pink slips (when management finally woke up and realized they were both nuts).
When you're in the city, people take their parking spaces VERY seriously. And little things can become very big (in your mind) if you obsess over them long enough.
But, hey, if the assassination of one dipshit Archduke could start a World War and one little fruit vendor setting himself on fire could start the Arab Spring, I guess any little thing can spark a fire.
When the U.S. detains spies indefinitely, they're prisoners. When some country does the same to a U.S. spy, they're hostages.
We can get them to fight it out in ritual combat using swords and axes.
No, lawyers prefer to tear out their opponent's heart with their bare hands. It's fresher that way.
Look on the bright side. The FBI just put a big quash on all that "Everything in the future will be in the cloud" hype. I wonder if "Nothing will be in the cloud because everyone is too afraid to store files on their servers that might be pirated, lest the FBI kick down their doors and throw them in prison" will fit as well on a magazine cover.
Great, you can make that argument in court--months, if not years, after the FBI has kicked in your door, taken all your servers, and arrested all your workers.
The problem is that the government had no business getting into the marriage business in the first place. It used to be a religious institution, until some kings decided that they didn't like the church having all that power and decided to stick their noses into it. You see, not maintaining a good separation of church and state cuts TWO ways. Not only do you have the religions meddling in government matters which should be none of their concern, but you also have the government meddling in religious areas where *it* has no business being either.
If marriage hadn't become a secular state institution, we wouldn't *need* to have this debate.
Every day I drive pass my local Tesla dealership and see all those rows of beautiful cars and think of just stopping in and buying one right on the spot. And then I remember that Tesla cars aren't actually real, there are no Tesla dealerships, and the company stays pretty much on the verge of bankruptcy, with models that always seem to be on backorder or are "coming out sometime next year...we hope." Then I notice that Natalie Portman is my girlfriend sitting in the seat next to me, and realize that I'm dreaming.
They'll just attach a quiet rider to the next appropriations bill in the middle of the night. Then everyone can pull that phoney Obama "Well, I didn't *want* to support it--but since it was tied to that really important appropriations bill, I felt I *had* to vote for it/not veto it" shit.
Ugh so dumb him think woolly mammoth is type of dance.
just buy a video card
Well, until Sony and Comcast buy Nvidia and ATI.
In all fairness, Ugh really shouldn't be trusted with fire.
The researchers CLAIM that they're not mutants. But, of course, a mutant isn't going to admit it. Better arrest and quarantine them just to be sure.
why the hell would you arrest the graphic designer?
Did you see those graphics?
I imagine keelhauling him across the submerged 950-ft side would do the trick.
In his defense, he was very scared...and also drunk.
That's stupid. Toilet water doesn't even have electrolytes.
As my wise Republican candidates have pointed out, this kind of thing is proof that the free market--left to itself and without any government oversight, regulation, or interference--will make things better for all of us. The DoJ needs to get off the backs of these job-creating companies and let them give their employees the freedom that Jesus and Capitalism can only provide when we have a free market with no regulation or oversight. Anything less is socialism.
Not to be picky, but this would be bigotry, not racism. Jewish isn't a race. Of course, neither is Hispanic, but people still treat that like it's a race too.