And a brilliant smear campaign by Randolph Hearst to get marijuana and hemp made illegal. He was a newspaper baron who also owned his own paper mills. Hemp was a threat to his wood pulp paper productions, so he used his newspapers to run "reefer madness" style propaganda to demonize it. No more threat of competition now.
"very few pirated content on MU" - does not seem accurate to me. There may have been some "non-pirated" content, but "pirated" stuff far outweighed the non. Every one of my non-technical friends knew about Megaupload and has used it to download movies/music/applications. These are the people who have no idea what Bittorrent or USENET are. I personally downloaded a lot of music from MU becasue the filesize isn't too big and the speeds were generally decent. And as far as movies go, you are dead wrong. There were tons of recent movies available on Megaupload. You just needed to find the search engine front-ends that would find the copyrighted material on MU. They didn't want to make it too easy...
I wonder if the Hearland is going to revise it's positionon the release of the so called "Climategate" emails.
"The release of these documents creates an opportunity for reporters, academics, politicians, and others who relied on the IPCC to form their opinions about global warming to stop and reconsider their position. The experts they trusted and quoted in the past have been caught red-handed plotting to conceal data, hide temperature trends that contradict their predictions, and keep critics from appearing in peer-reviewed journals. This is new and real evidence that they should examine and then comment on publicly."
I must have missed the link where they correct this and admit the entire Climategate "controversy" was proven false, and that no deliberate manipulation of data was actually found. I am sure they are still working on that release...
Because they settled the case. When the Appeals Court and the Department of Justice decide it is okay for Microsoft to do business, it is ok for Microsoft to do business. I guess Microsoft is basing it's practices on the law, and not your opinion. But you can read all about it in the link you posted.
You can own all the loaded guns in the world - if you aren't holding any of them you are not "armed". The shotgun referenced was locked up in a gun safe. It wasn't like he was hanging on to the thing the whole time. He didn't even get it.
What do people think he was going to do - shoot his way out? Yeah I am sure nobody would ever recognize that unforgettable figure out in public...
But nowhere near smart or shrewd enough to be elected to anything since the 1990s. Never mind the fact he has a snowball's chance in hell at the presidency this time around...
If Santorum was an "ordinary human producing cogent and halfway intelligent" things to say in the first place, maybe he would get the same treatment. But when your stance is there is no difference between bestiality and homosexuality, you have to expect people aren't just going to accept that and not call you out on it.
As for proof of wanting to legislate discrimination, Santorum wants laws passed defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. That is sexual discrimination against homosexuals and no amount of spin can change that.
You also need to get out and learn a bit more. Only ignorant people would think all homosexuals "love having stuff rammed down their throats." Do you also believe all women "love having things rammed down their throats" or is your intolerance only limited to male homosexuals? I don't believe wanting equal rights for all people is the same as being an advocate for homosexuality either. But I guess if you choose to live your life in a world of only extremes of black and white, I guess anybody defending the rights of a homosexual MUST be a homosexual themselves, right?
Of course by "publicly expressed his personal disapproval of homosexual perversions" you mean wanting to legislate discrimination into our laws and ram intolerance down our throats.
He said a bunch of stuff that offended people, and the offended people didn't just sit idle and take it. Why should he get protection from the consequences of his own speech?
It would only be entrapment if they hadn't already obtained the data. Entrapment would be convincing them to break in and get the data for money before they had already done so. Asking someone to sell you something they have already taken isn't really entrapment seeing the crime has already been committed.
They already have the money from the sales of those games. Keeping the servers up at this point isn't bringing them any new income. I think they figured people wouldn't be happy about, but those unhappy people have already given Ubisoft their money, so what are they going to do?
The console makers don't make money selling the console hardware. They make money on licensing the games which means they only make money from selling new games.
Our rights haven't been eroded quite that far yet.
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Our rights have been eroded
I wasn't claiming I couldn't refuse and then not fly, I was just asserting our rights are definitely eroding. I never used to have to get felt up to fly.
Last time I flew I had to get a pat down and the screener fully groped my balls. Please try to tell me getting your balls groped in public is not an erosion of our rights with a straight face.
Yes and could you imagine if someone had the experience and then decided to get the formal education? If you are a loyal employee and your company understands your value and wants you to advance, some are more than willing to cover some or all of the cost with getting the degree. The degree doesn't necessarily mean you are qualified to do any particular job, but it does say you can make a commitment to something and stick to it. But I know a couple people in the situation of being very skilled in their field and having a lot of experience without a degree that have gotten degrees with their companies footing the bill. They both had planned on staying with their respective employers for a few more years, and all they had to do was agree to work for the companies for a while after they earned their degrees.
Marriage is not a federal issue, it is a county issue. You are issued a marriage license from a county, not a federal agency. Marriage is also not necessarily only a religious ceremony, there are religious marriages and also civil justice of the peace type marriages that have no religious basis of any sort. What is the problem with having your choice of which type you want?
I think you are referring to Corporatism. Fascism does not require a fusion of corporations and government. Fascism simply puts country or race ahead of the individual. Certainly corporations are often protected under a fascist government, but it isn't always required to have fascism.
Funny, that used to be the thinking at Apple until they switched to Intel chips. Then suddenly their machines were running circles around the old Power PC chips that had been previously touted as superior to Intel's chips.
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If only it were a voluntary program that you would need to sign up for. Oh wait...
And a brilliant smear campaign by Randolph Hearst to get marijuana and hemp made illegal. He was a newspaper baron who also owned his own paper mills. Hemp was a threat to his wood pulp paper productions, so he used his newspapers to run "reefer madness" style propaganda to demonize it. No more threat of competition now.
"very few pirated content on MU" - does not seem accurate to me. There may have been some "non-pirated" content, but "pirated" stuff far outweighed the non. Every one of my non-technical friends knew about Megaupload and has used it to download movies/music/applications. These are the people who have no idea what Bittorrent or USENET are. I personally downloaded a lot of music from MU becasue the filesize isn't too big and the speeds were generally decent. And as far as movies go, you are dead wrong. There were tons of recent movies available on Megaupload. You just needed to find the search engine front-ends that would find the copyrighted material on MU. They didn't want to make it too easy...
I wonder if the Hearland is going to revise it's positionon the release of the so called "Climategate" emails.
"The release of these documents creates an opportunity for reporters, academics, politicians, and others who relied on the IPCC to form their opinions about global warming to stop and reconsider their position. The experts they trusted and quoted in the past have been caught red-handed plotting to conceal data, hide temperature trends that contradict their predictions, and keep critics from appearing in peer-reviewed journals. This is new and real evidence that they should examine and then comment on publicly."
I must have missed the link where they correct this and admit the entire Climategate "controversy" was proven false, and that no deliberate manipulation of data was actually found. I am sure they are still working on that release...
Because they settled the case. When the Appeals Court and the Department of Justice decide it is okay for Microsoft to do business, it is ok for Microsoft to do business. I guess Microsoft is basing it's practices on the law, and not your opinion. But you can read all about it in the link you posted.
You can own all the loaded guns in the world - if you aren't holding any of them you are not "armed". The shotgun referenced was locked up in a gun safe. It wasn't like he was hanging on to the thing the whole time. He didn't even get it.
What do people think he was going to do - shoot his way out? Yeah I am sure nobody would ever recognize that unforgettable figure out in public...
But nowhere near smart or shrewd enough to be elected to anything since the 1990s. Never mind the fact he has a snowball's chance in hell at the presidency this time around...
If Santorum was an "ordinary human producing cogent and halfway intelligent" things to say in the first place, maybe he would get the same treatment. But when your stance is there is no difference between bestiality and homosexuality, you have to expect people aren't just going to accept that and not call you out on it.
As for proof of wanting to legislate discrimination, Santorum wants laws passed defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. That is sexual discrimination against homosexuals and no amount of spin can change that.
You also need to get out and learn a bit more. Only ignorant people would think all homosexuals "love having stuff rammed down their throats." Do you also believe all women "love having things rammed down their throats" or is your intolerance only limited to male homosexuals? I don't believe wanting equal rights for all people is the same as being an advocate for homosexuality either. But I guess if you choose to live your life in a world of only extremes of black and white, I guess anybody defending the rights of a homosexual MUST be a homosexual themselves, right?
A troll who spouts off about really stupid shit, and always ends his post by proclaiming "You're an idiot".
Of course by "publicly expressed his personal disapproval of homosexual perversions" you mean wanting to legislate discrimination into our laws and ram intolerance down our throats.
He said a bunch of stuff that offended people, and the offended people didn't just sit idle and take it. Why should he get protection from the consequences of his own speech?
It would only be entrapment if they hadn't already obtained the data. Entrapment would be convincing them to break in and get the data for money before they had already done so. Asking someone to sell you something they have already taken isn't really entrapment seeing the crime has already been committed.
They already have the money from the sales of those games. Keeping the servers up at this point isn't bringing them any new income. I think they figured people wouldn't be happy about, but those unhappy people have already given Ubisoft their money, so what are they going to do?
The console makers don't make money selling the console hardware. They make money on licensing the games which means they only make money from selling new games.
i've found having a baby on you gives you immediate access to the business class toilet
Nope, still not worth breeding quite yet.
Our rights haven't been eroded quite that far yet.
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Our rights have been eroded
I wasn't claiming I couldn't refuse and then not fly, I was just asserting our rights are definitely eroding. I never used to have to get felt up to fly.
Last time I flew I had to get a pat down and the screener fully groped my balls. Please try to tell me getting your balls groped in public is not an erosion of our rights with a straight face.
Yes and could you imagine if someone had the experience and then decided to get the formal education? If you are a loyal employee and your company understands your value and wants you to advance, some are more than willing to cover some or all of the cost with getting the degree. The degree doesn't necessarily mean you are qualified to do any particular job, but it does say you can make a commitment to something and stick to it. But I know a couple people in the situation of being very skilled in their field and having a lot of experience without a degree that have gotten degrees with their companies footing the bill. They both had planned on staying with their respective employers for a few more years, and all they had to do was agree to work for the companies for a while after they earned their degrees.
Marriage is not a federal issue, it is a county issue. You are issued a marriage license from a county, not a federal agency. Marriage is also not necessarily only a religious ceremony, there are religious marriages and also civil justice of the peace type marriages that have no religious basis of any sort. What is the problem with having your choice of which type you want?
You mean kind of like I was doing?
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.
Hey, 1985 called. It wants it's homophobia and crude misunderstanding of infectious diseases back.
I think you are referring to Corporatism. Fascism does not require a fusion of corporations and government. Fascism simply puts country or race ahead of the individual. Certainly corporations are often protected under a fascist government, but it isn't always required to have fascism.
Funny, that used to be the thinking at Apple until they switched to Intel chips. Then suddenly their machines were running circles around the old Power PC chips that had been previously touted as superior to Intel's chips.
Exactly. Sometimes cash IS safest after all...
Yeah, but try buying Ecstasy tablets and getting a blowjob in the alley from a hooker at 3 AM with a credit card.