Adelson owns among many things casinos, hotels, an Israeli newspaper.
So, what you're trying to say is that Sheldon Adelson is representative of people from other countries. Then we agree.
Those casinos, newspapers, investment management companies, etc. get money by selling things to customers, and not just other elite rich people customers.
So, what you're saying is, we have a "representative democracy" but it represents the people of a different country?
I'm a little bit afraid of what our Intelligence Apparatus will do if backed into a corner.
I'd feel a lot better if Senator Paul was fighting for increased oversight over the NSA's off-the-books budget. I mean, we already know that they don''t give fuck-all about the law.
That's not the way fair use works. If I write a review that includes quotes from your novel, I have created a new work that makes fair use of your material. You are NOT now a joint owner of my review. If you choose to reproduce my review, even if it contains your content, you are infringing. (Unless of course you can make a fair use argument yourself).
That's not even close to what happened in this case.
TFS mentioned that adding the comment was unlikely to be the basis of transformation. It is transformative because of the radical context change which creates a commentary on the medium in the same way Marcel Duchamp transformed a porcelain urinal into art by placing it in a gallery and titling it "Fountain."
Andy Warhol using an image of a Campbell's Soup can in his art did not mean Campbell's had to change their can or stop selling soup.
I don't believe there's any case against Mahoney using the image she made. I'd like to see it go to court.
How is this insightful? The Patriot Act is less than 36 hours away from expiring, and all signs point toward the extension being filibustered into defeat.
It's insightful because only some provisions of the Patriot Act will expire, and the FISA court will continue to do whatever they want.
Laws as sweeping as the Patriot Act don't just go away.
As for the other activities, well, this is how spying gets done. That is how you spy on people in this day and age. With all of the justified criticism of the NSA, it would still be bad if they couldn't spy at all. They do, in fact, have a function to fulfill, and it is a function that needs fulfilling.
Why don't you unpack that statement a little bit? What is the domestic function of the NSA?
If you said anything besides, "It doesn't have a domestic function" then you are wrong. The US government is not supposed to be spying on US citizens. If there's some foreign government or organization that's communicating with an American citizen or permanent resident in order to commit a crime, just get a goddamned warrant.
I have an application for this where I'm using 365 to 395 nm older style to attract bugs efficiently.
Come on, give us a few details. Are you collecting the bugs for research or are you using the lights as bait for your backyard zapper? Or are you collecting bugs to feed to your pet iguanas?
That's too tantalizing a statement for you not to tell us a little more.
So arrest and prosecute the federal agent for attempted murder. He's the one who should be in jail. Not Ulbricht.
You don't think facilitating the transaction for a hitman for a percentage of the price should be a crime?
Remember, Ulbricht got a cut of the money for every single drug transaction on Silk Road. It's as if he bought a downtown building and rented it out to drug dealers (and hit men) and got a cut for every single transaction.
I know there's a belief that the Internet is a magical place where laws should not apply, because it's digital!, but that's just not how it works.
I won't even get into the issue of the Anarchist claims that ANY government is necessarily illegitimate, coercively imposing its will on people who did not pre-approve this and are not attempting, themselves, to coerce others.
Don't want to join the "rewards program?!?" -- great! You'll be spending more than I do every time you visit the store b/c I have a rewards card and you don't. You are subsidizing my purchases. Thank you!
Your "rewards program" allows your privacy to be violated. Your store thanks you.
Remember, you're personal information, spending habits, movement information, location, etc are worth something. And you're giving it away for pennies on the dollar. Have you ever read the EULA on your "rewards program"?
PT Barnum had a word for people who thought they were getting something for nothing.
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So, what you're trying to say is that Sheldon Adelson is representative of people from other countries. Then we agree.
So, what you're saying is, we have a "representative democracy" but it represents the people of a different country?
Do you buy Sheldon Adelson's "stuff"? Do you buy George Soros' "stuff"?
The wealth of oligarchs is isolated from consumer sentiment.
Except the slate of candidates people are give to vote for are all selected by the same wealthy sociopaths.
Remember, in our system here in the US, the money primary comes before anyone gets to vote.
The problem is, the people who are assigning us our representatives are sociopathic oligarchs.
My point is not proportionality. My point is that our representatives actually represent people who mean us no damn good.
I'm a little bit afraid of what our Intelligence Apparatus will do if backed into a corner.
I'd feel a lot better if Senator Paul was fighting for increased oversight over the NSA's off-the-books budget. I mean, we already know that they don''t give fuck-all about the law.
You think we have a "representative democracy" here in the US?
Representative of whom? Do you believe this government represents you? Do you think it represents the will of the people?
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Not until get computers that'll write scripts for Oxycontin.
So, it turns out that John Galt is kind of a moocher.
Who could have guessed?
So neither person has a claim.
And this Price guy's reputation is in the toilet. Things have a way of working out.
That's not even close to what happened in this case.
Andy Warhol using an image of a Campbell's Soup can in his art did not mean Campbell's had to change their can or stop selling soup.
I don't believe there's any case against Mahoney using the image she made. I'd like to see it go to court.
It's insightful because only some provisions of the Patriot Act will expire, and the FISA court will continue to do whatever they want.
Laws as sweeping as the Patriot Act don't just go away.
Why don't you unpack that statement a little bit? What is the domestic function of the NSA?
If you said anything besides, "It doesn't have a domestic function" then you are wrong. The US government is not supposed to be spying on US citizens. If there's some foreign government or organization that's communicating with an American citizen or permanent resident in order to commit a crime, just get a goddamned warrant.
I'm prepared to play in the second line at the Patriot Act jazz funeral.
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Oh yeah. When I was in college, I had a cousin who was stationed at Tyndall AFB and visited him. Must have been February 1981 or '82.
An "Underwater Sonic Screwdriver" sounds like a drink you'd order at a Panama City bar.
Come on, give us a few details. Are you collecting the bugs for research or are you using the lights as bait for your backyard zapper? Or are you collecting bugs to feed to your pet iguanas?
That's too tantalizing a statement for you not to tell us a little more.
Illegal transactions. And he got a cut from every deal made.
You don't think facilitating the transaction for a hitman for a percentage of the price should be a crime?
Remember, Ulbricht got a cut of the money for every single drug transaction on Silk Road. It's as if he bought a downtown building and rented it out to drug dealers (and hit men) and got a cut for every single transaction.
I know there's a belief that the Internet is a magical place where laws should not apply, because it's digital!, but that's just not how it works.
Two different things. The government also decided not to charge Al Capone for murder.
And he fell for all of them.
"Attempting to hire a hitman" is not exactly like falling for someone selling a fake Rolex in Times Square.
That's what I keep saying about bookies and pimps!
Unfortunately, one of the guys with whom Ulbricht was facilitating a transaction to kill someone was a federal agent.
I think you just got into it.
Your "rewards program" allows your privacy to be violated. Your store thanks you.
Remember, you're personal information, spending habits, movement information, location, etc are worth something. And you're giving it away for pennies on the dollar. Have you ever read the EULA on your "rewards program"?
PT Barnum had a word for people who thought they were getting something for nothing.