The constitutionality issue is separate from the rubber stamp issue.
Nonsense. Their whole job is to uphold the Constitution and make sure the government isn't overstepping their bounds. We've seen their standards, and having them align with a police state makes them a rubber stamp.
What I have proven with the facts is that it is not a rubber stamp, not that it's constitutional.
What facts? All I see is speculation. The facts are the near 100% approval rating and the leaked Snowden documents.
Your excuse doesn't matter. We know the court approved wholesale collection of phone records on all Americans, in violation of the Constitution. If they are willing to do that, they have very loose standards. They are a rubber stamp.
These aren't actors, and they aren't getting paid. Their job is to set up a colony on Mars. They don't exactly need money.
The FAQ you linked quotes 6 billion for the mission cost, and even that seems like a big underestimate. Advertising cannot pay for this. History has shown that the public quickly becomes bored with space missions once the novelty wears off.
You aren't really paying much attention if this is the first time you've heard about GCHQ. [14 links to Guardian elided]
I know Americans can be dicks about what they expect everybody else to know about their country, but outside of the royal baby crap, most Americans don't follow UK news. They especially don't read the dominant liberal UK newspaper, even on Slashdot. I read Google News myself, which often includes links to The Guardian articles, and GCHQ hasn't come up once.
Big story there doesn't equal big story elsewhere.
When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting to increase evil.
Forget it. You're trying to turn back the tides. Most Americans don't even like the 3rd party candidates. The majority of Americans think that Snowden should be tried and punished for his crimes. And you really are wasting your vote (reference Bush vs Gore in 2000, with a possible spoiler by Nader).
What would make much more sense than trying to get everybody on board to a 3rd party is to implement a preferential voting system. I shouldn't be punished with Bush by voting for Nader.
I'm amazed at how people keep falling for linguistic traps.
It's not a trap. It's a direct response to 1984-style propaganda.
unless you also fall for the cultural trap that "freedom" is the main moral goal in everything and a necessary attribute/buzzword for garnering support regardless of the issue at hand
Who chose the name "freedom" to describe being forced to release source code? Stallman did. What Stallman is advocating is more in line with consumer protection laws than freedom.
I f the term "Department of Homeland Security" doesn't send shivers up your spine, you haven't read enough.
On the surface, there's nothing wrong with it, as a response to 4 planes being hijacked and 3 of them successfully flown into high-profile buildings.
The "Patriot Act", on the other hand, is disgustingly named. Good "patriots" give up their freedom! Please. But it's not surprising or unusual in terms of government propaganda.
Hmm... considering that Bin Laden's goal was (allegedly) the destabilization of the USA along with its bankruptcy... Damn that guy was a strategy genius.
Remember when we all liked Apple and they were the good guys helping to stop DRM and MS with its predatory pricing?
Umm, Apple has always been about premium pricing, and they've always been about proprietary computers. The Apple lovefest on Slashdot was a short-lived, hipster fad.
I spend $25 every three months on four 5-blade razor heads with a lubricating strip.
The nice thing about using disposables is that I get a fresh blade with every shave (I don't reuse). You're reusing the same blade for weeks at a time, which means performance degrades as time goes by, and it's also unsanitary. God knows what's living on the blade, and then getting into your blood when you nick yourself.
I'm partial to Bic Sensitive myself for good price/performance.
Instead of carrying around a slim, little blue box in my travel pack, I would be carrying around a big hefty bag of fucking two-hundred and fifty disposable razors.
Most people don't pack enough to last for 250 days! Are you traveling in the wilderness, that you can't stop by a store?
It is more likely to be nothing 1,000,000 out of 1,000,000 times. A "terrorist" that relies on google and pressure cookers to plan their act is a pathetic basement dweller that lacks the resources to actually do anything. I'd be interested in hearing about that 1 out of 1,000,000 where they caught someone credible, who could have succeeded. And (in TFA case) that same person would have to lack the capacity to not answer the door and move to another city after a visit from government agents.
You realize that all this scrutiny comes after the Boston Marathon bombings, in which the FBI was alerted to the suspects by Russia, and even visited them? I don't know if they used Google to construct their home-made bombs, but they seemed pretty amateur to me.
If you delegate, YOU are responsible for the fuck-up. It's that simple. Doesn't matter whether it's CEO, employee, or contractor - Samsung have fucked up here.
So if you hired a trash pickup service and they dumped your trash in the river, would you take responsibility?
Look, mod points are supposed to be used to bring about conversation to the top, whether you agree with it or not. If you see a comment that is, or has sparked debate, moderate it to the top so discussion can continue.
By that logic, the AC you are complaining about should be modded up too. When I moderate I look for quality posts, not just something that "sparks debate".
Ah, since you mentioned the verbal part I thought it was essential to your dispute. Something else has been nagging me, though, and it's your statement, "The 'bad debt' from 1991 was still on my credit report last I looked. It's 'active' and renewed for another 7 years every time it's sold from one collection agency to another."
That looked so rotten that I had a hard time believing it was legal, and a preliminary search shows it isn't:
"[..] Federal law requires the lender to report the original delinquency date of the account that led to charge off and any subsequent collection efforts. The original delinquency date is the date from which the seven year period is measured.
The original account and any subsequent collection accounts are deleted seven years from the original delinquency date. Because each account must include the original delinquency date, none should return to your credit history. [..]"
That's a lot of horseshit. Roland was into his 3rd term before he the corruption charges came about. Corruption was not part of equation in the election with Weicker, who won based on name recognition from being a loser (as a Republican!) and lying about his position about the main issue facing the state.
Quite simply, Bin Laden made it clear that he wanted to facilitate attacks that would force America to spend itself into oblivion and to completely eradicate our way of life.
Really? What's your reference for that? I've heard Bin Laden claim that getting us into a costly war was part of the plan, but that was only after we were well into the costly war and it was widely being discussed already.
As for "completely eradicate our way of life", please. Bin Laden didn't give a shit if we were a corporate police state or "free". What he cared about was Islam, especially in the Middle East, and in particular was pissed off about US foreign policy in the region.
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The constitutionality issue is separate from the rubber stamp issue.
Nonsense. Their whole job is to uphold the Constitution and make sure the government isn't overstepping their bounds. We've seen their standards, and having them align with a police state makes them a rubber stamp.
What I have proven with the facts is that it is not a rubber stamp, not that it's constitutional.
What facts? All I see is speculation. The facts are the near 100% approval rating and the leaked Snowden documents.
From your link: "If the police are talking to you, itâ(TM)s because they suspect you have committed a crime."
No, that's bullshit. They talk to lots of people to gather evidence. If nobody talked to the police, crimes wouldn't be solved.
Your excuse doesn't matter. We know the court approved wholesale collection of phone records on all Americans, in violation of the Constitution. If they are willing to do that, they have very loose standards. They are a rubber stamp.
"The recent practice of propaganda..."
Propaganda has been around for as long as civilization.
These aren't actors, and they aren't getting paid. Their job is to set up a colony on Mars. They don't exactly need money.
The FAQ you linked quotes 6 billion for the mission cost, and even that seems like a big underestimate. Advertising cannot pay for this. History has shown that the public quickly becomes bored with space missions once the novelty wears off.
Of course your circle jerk of an enyclopedia appears more accurate to you. Your post reminds me of a religious nut homeschooling their children.
You aren't really paying much attention if this is the first time you've heard about GCHQ. [14 links to Guardian elided]
I know Americans can be dicks about what they expect everybody else to know about their country, but outside of the royal baby crap, most Americans don't follow UK news. They especially don't read the dominant liberal UK newspaper, even on Slashdot. I read Google News myself, which often includes links to The Guardian articles, and GCHQ hasn't come up once.
Big story there doesn't equal big story elsewhere.
When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting to increase evil.
Forget it. You're trying to turn back the tides. Most Americans don't even like the 3rd party candidates. The majority of Americans think that Snowden should be tried and punished for his crimes. And you really are wasting your vote (reference Bush vs Gore in 2000, with a possible spoiler by Nader).
What would make much more sense than trying to get everybody on board to a 3rd party is to implement a preferential voting system. I shouldn't be punished with Bush by voting for Nader.
I'm amazed at how people keep falling for linguistic traps.
It's not a trap. It's a direct response to 1984-style propaganda.
unless you also fall for the cultural trap that "freedom" is the main moral goal in everything and a necessary attribute/buzzword for garnering support regardless of the issue at hand
Who chose the name "freedom" to describe being forced to release source code? Stallman did. What Stallman is advocating is more in line with consumer protection laws than freedom.
I f the term "Department of Homeland Security" doesn't send shivers up your spine, you haven't read enough.
On the surface, there's nothing wrong with it, as a response to 4 planes being hijacked and 3 of them successfully flown into high-profile buildings.
The "Patriot Act", on the other hand, is disgustingly named. Good "patriots" give up their freedom! Please. But it's not surprising or unusual in terms of government propaganda.
Hmm... considering that Bin Laden's goal was (allegedly) the destabilization of the USA along with its bankruptcy... Damn that guy was a strategy genius.
That's a bunch of after-the-fact bullshit.
Remember when we all liked Apple and they were the good guys helping to stop DRM and MS with its predatory pricing?
Umm, Apple has always been about premium pricing, and they've always been about proprietary computers. The Apple lovefest on Slashdot was a short-lived, hipster fad.
It is the fallacy behind the Pi. I have 4 of them and use them for everything.
Like what?
I spend $25 every three months on four 5-blade razor heads with a lubricating strip.
The nice thing about using disposables is that I get a fresh blade with every shave (I don't reuse). You're reusing the same blade for weeks at a time, which means performance degrades as time goes by, and it's also unsanitary. God knows what's living on the blade, and then getting into your blood when you nick yourself.
I'm partial to Bic Sensitive myself for good price/performance.
Instead of carrying around a slim, little blue box in my travel pack, I would be carrying around a big hefty bag of fucking two-hundred and fifty disposable razors.
Most people don't pack enough to last for 250 days! Are you traveling in the wilderness, that you can't stop by a store?
It is more likely to be nothing 1,000,000 out of 1,000,000 times. A "terrorist" that relies on google and pressure cookers to plan their act is a pathetic basement dweller that lacks the resources to actually do anything. I'd be interested in hearing about that 1 out of 1,000,000 where they caught someone credible, who could have succeeded. And (in TFA case) that same person would have to lack the capacity to not answer the door and move to another city after a visit from government agents.
You realize that all this scrutiny comes after the Boston Marathon bombings, in which the FBI was alerted to the suspects by Russia, and even visited them? I don't know if they used Google to construct their home-made bombs, but they seemed pretty amateur to me.
If you delegate, YOU are responsible for the fuck-up. It's that simple. Doesn't matter whether it's CEO, employee, or contractor - Samsung have fucked up here.
So if you hired a trash pickup service and they dumped your trash in the river, would you take responsibility?
Look, mod points are supposed to be used to bring about conversation to the top, whether you agree with it or not. If you see a comment that is, or has sparked debate, moderate it to the top so discussion can continue.
By that logic, the AC you are complaining about should be modded up too. When I moderate I look for quality posts, not just something that "sparks debate".
Lord help us when 200 years from now Harry Potter is being studied to figure out what Rowling was really trying to say about society.
There is that whole "muggles" thing going on. Quite racist/elitist.
I hope they did the environmentally responsible thing and printed this book on toilet paper.
I've got his trading card, you insensitive clod.
Ah, since you mentioned the verbal part I thought it was essential to your dispute. Something else has been nagging me, though, and it's your statement, "The 'bad debt' from 1991 was still on my credit report last I looked. It's 'active' and renewed for another 7 years every time it's sold from one collection agency to another."
That looked so rotten that I had a hard time believing it was legal, and a preliminary search shows it isn't:
"[..] Federal law requires the lender to report the original delinquency date of the account that led to charge off and any subsequent collection efforts. The original delinquency date is the date from which the seven year period is measured.
The original account and any subsequent collection accounts are deleted seven years from the original delinquency date. Because each account must include the original delinquency date, none should return to your credit history. [..]"
Verbal contracts may be legally binding, but good luck proving it. Get it in writing.
That's a lot of horseshit. Roland was into his 3rd term before he the corruption charges came about. Corruption was not part of equation in the election with Weicker, who won based on name recognition from being a loser (as a Republican!) and lying about his position about the main issue facing the state.
I didn't mention it because it had nothing to do with what was being argued.
Quite simply, Bin Laden made it clear that he wanted to facilitate attacks that would force America to spend itself into oblivion and to completely eradicate our way of life.
Really? What's your reference for that? I've heard Bin Laden claim that getting us into a costly war was part of the plan, but that was only after we were well into the costly war and it was widely being discussed already.
As for "completely eradicate our way of life", please. Bin Laden didn't give a shit if we were a corporate police state or "free". What he cared about was Islam, especially in the Middle East, and in particular was pissed off about US foreign policy in the region.