http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/00483923515/nsas-lockbox-has-no-lock.shtml#c713 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/00483923515/nsas-lockbox-has-no-lock.shtml#c713
Mike hates this post so much that he's going out of his way to censor it: http://tr.im/44w44

the next edition will be out very soon.

How hard will he work to hide that from you too?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/10230323518/nsa-claims-surveillance-programs-aided-stopping-50-attacks-details-lacking.shtml#c852 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/10230323518/nsa-claims-surveillance-programs-aided-stopping-50-attacks-details-lacking.shtml#c852
Mike hates this post so much that he's going out of his way to censor it: http://tr.im/44w44

the next edition will be out very soon.

How hard will he work to hide that from you too?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/01573323504/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-nsa-surveillance-arguing-about-something-entirely-different.shtml#c675 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/01573323504/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-nsa-surveillance-arguing-about-something-entirely-different.shtml#c675
Mike hates this post so much that he's going out of his way to censor it: http://tr.im/44w44

the next edition will be out very soon.

How hard will he work to hide that from you too?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c622 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:33:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/16480623431/us-chamber-commerce-bollywood-is-so-successful-without-strong-copyrights-that-it-will-fail-unless-india-strengthens-its.shtml#c622
Mike hates this post so much that he's going out of his way to censor it: http://tr.im/44w44

the next edition will be out very soon.

How hard will he work to hide that from you too?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c234 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c234 After all, stop and frisk is fairly above board, and people still hate it.

Huh? Stop and frisk is above board? Wasn't it just a big racist thing where they would find pot? Didn't it find guns at a lower rate than regular police work?

Was there a typo in that sentence?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130616/20142123500/games-war-designer-cliff-bleszinski-used-games-must-be-killed-order-unsustainable-aaa-development-to-live.shtml#c1631 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:29:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130616/20142123500/games-war-designer-cliff-bleszinski-used-games-must-be-killed-order-unsustainable-aaa-development-to-live.shtml#c1631 I guess the point I'm trying to make is if we saw fairer pricing along with the elimination of the used games market (Steam-style) would people still feel as strongly?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reduced prices! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

:-)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c613 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c613
You can bet that Mike will be working extra hard to censor it.

why is he so scared of criticism? why is he working so hard to censor me??

You decide.

stay tuned!!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c225 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c225
You can bet that Mike will be working extra hard to censor it.

why is he so scared of criticism? why is he working so hard to censor me??

You decide.

stay tuned!!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/14341223521/google-without-admitting-it-gets-fisa-orders-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-fisa-gag-orders.shtml#c351 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/14341223521/google-without-admitting-it-gets-fisa-orders-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-fisa-gag-orders.shtml#c351
You can bet that Mike will be working extra hard to censor it.

why is he so scared of criticism? why is he working so hard to censor me??

You decide.

stay tuned!!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c555 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c555
You can bet that Mike will be working extra hard to censor it.

why is he so scared of criticism? why is he working so hard to censor me??

You decide.

stay tuned!!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c530 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c530
I am going to keep posting this every time you roll out your bullshit lies.

Also, you have proven you deserve to be censored. If Mike found a way to block you off the entire site, many here would not shed a tear OR feel that is was in any way wrong for him to do so, simply because you only come here to be a disruption and are an attention whore.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c601 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c601
http://tr.im/44w44

Why is mike such a hardcore censor? I thought he hated censors??

Hmm..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c212 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c212
http://tr.im/44w44

Why is mike such a hardcore censor? I thought he hated censors??

Hmm..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/14341223521/google-without-admitting-it-gets-fisa-orders-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-fisa-gag-orders.shtml#c328 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/14341223521/google-without-admitting-it-gets-fisa-orders-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-fisa-gag-orders.shtml#c328
http://tr.im/44w44

Why is mike such a hardcore censor? I thought he hated censors??

Hmm..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c587 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c587
Both are failing miserably. Perhaps they jumped the gun.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c506 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:21:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c506
http://tr.im/44w44

Why is mike such a hardcore censor? I thought he hated censors??

Hmm..]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c198 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:20:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130618/06292823517/nypd-boss-angry-over-secret-nsa-surveillancebut-only-because-it-was-secret.shtml#c198 .]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100901/21000710869.shtml#c469 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:20:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100901/21000710869.shtml#c469
thx]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c578 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:18:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/11500923509/its-come-to-this-commentators-arguing-that-press-commits-crime-exposing-nsa-surveillance.shtml#c578 The lawr's the lawr is as instinctive to human beings as Hulk SMASH both of which are two reasons I cringe when some politician appeals to common sense: Common sense is pretty stupid.

Thomas Jefferson was similarly concerned that the common people are just not smart enough to govern by popular opinion. His arguments were that the laity were just generally dimwitted. Nowadays we recognize that we are prone to certain automatic notions (such as only people who look and smell like themselves should be regarded), and that most of us can't be bothered to apply some critical scrutiny (or even mere empathy) to an issue before we decide on policy.

The hope of our founding fathers was the notion that we'd at least be able to elect someone wiser than ourselves to represent us, but given that people voted against Obama because he is a Kenyan Muslim (and not because, say, he lied about increasing transparency of the current administration) that hope is pretty much lost.

All empires fail sooner or later. Two-and-a-half centuries will be a short run if ours turns sour so quickly.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/12373623425/mpaas-chris-dodd-will-be-chair-free-speech-week.shtml#c1564 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:14:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130612/12373623425/mpaas-chris-dodd-will-be-chair-free-speech-week.shtml#c1564