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• On the post: Chase Bank Slutshames Their Adult Performer Customers

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 08:01am

  Re: Re: Times are changing

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  So if I were a Gay porn star, Chase would not have been able to close my banking account?
  
  Do have have any clue how absurd this "sexuality based discrimination" argument sounds to rational ears?
  
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• On the post: Hey, Idiots, Stop Swatting People

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 07:36am

  The issue not being raised here...

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  The issue not being raised here is that would "swatting" even be possible if were not for the over militarization of our local, even suburban, Police forces?
  
  A SWAT team, with all it's potential lethal force, should take hours to obtain and move into position, not mere minutes. Time to do a bit of investigative police work first.
  
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• On the post: 60 Days After Being Asked, James Clapper Finally Answers Ron Wyden's Question About Collecting US Citizens' Communications

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 01:18pm

  This is baaaaad,

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  Also with this admission, every attorney of a client convicted using evidence supplied by any Federal agency has reasonable grounds to challenge the conviction based on the theory that the evidence originated via unlawful NSA surveillance and was backdoored to another Federal entity to conceal it's origin.
  
  These men have no idea of the immense damage that they have caused.
  
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• On the post: Siemens Goes Copyright Troll, Files Infringement Lawsuit Against 100 John Does

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2014 @ 01:41pm

  Well, you know how that old joke goes...

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  "...but it's not like they'd get $150,000 from each of the 100 Does."
  
  Maybe the plan is to make it up in volume.
  
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• On the post: Smokey Robinson Sues Ex-Wife To Prevent Her From Claiming 50% Of His Recaptured Motown Hits

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 02:28pm

  Re:

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  Hmmm...
  
  A pretty good argument in favor of shifting to a system of lawless anarchy.
  
  Lawyers would be out of work -and- could be hunted for sport without repercussion.
  
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• On the post: Government Employees Suddenly Worried About Surveillance As New Plans To Stop The Next Snowden Strip All Privacy

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 01:54pm

  Ahhhhh...

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  Shoe, meet other foot.
  
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• On the post: Dumb Starbucks Is Shut Down… For Reasons Entirely Unrelated To Questionable IP Usage

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 12:11pm

  According to the LA health Department...

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  According to the LA health Department, E. Coli can't take a joke.
  
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• On the post: That Was Fast: Prince Has Already Filed To Dismiss Ridiculous Lawsuit Against 22 Fans

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2014 @ 12:14pm

  Doh!

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  Prince, A.K.A. The artist formerly known as 'Petitioner'.
  
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• On the post: Unfortunate: ACLU On The Wrong Side Of A Free Speech Case

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2013 @ 04:56pm

  This is simple...

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  The Constitutional First Amendment speech right trumps any Statutory (not in the Constitution) anti-discrimination laws.
  
  The Constitution and the Bill of Rights is the highest law of the land. Any time you try to saw away at the Constitution in an attempt to restrict a protected freedom, you have to have a compelling reason of imperative benefit to all.
  
  The desire (not right) of gays to have their weddings photographed does not rise to that standard.
  
  The mechanism of turning away this customer is the only "path to relief" that the photographer has to avoid being compelled to commit personally objectionable speech.
  
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• On the post: Police Who Seized Woman's Phone As 'Evidence' Of Bogus Crime Now Complaining About Criticism

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2013 @ 04:02pm

  Re:

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  timcushinghatesthugswithbadgesdotcom
  
  
  There. Fixed that for you.
  
  And you're ever so welcome!
  
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• On the post: Holy See (The Pope) Criticizes TPP And TAFTA/TTIP In WTO Speech

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2013 @ 04:48pm

  Wow...

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  This is good news which, in and of itself, raises another issue.
  
  
  It it wrong to want to "party" with the Pope?
  
  
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• On the post: Public Citizen Suing On Behalf Of Customers Whose Credit Was Ruined By KlearGear's $3,500 'Bad Review' Fee

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2013 @ 08:47am

  Re: KlearGear doing fine ...

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  ...Or an upfront lying excuse for poor customer service and deliberate under-staffing, assuming there actually -is- a staff somewhere.
  
  
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• On the post: School Firewalls And Their Blocks On 'Gay/Lesbian Issues'

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2013 @ 12:05pm

  Wrongo, Mr. Geigner...

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  "Now, while I can appreciate that not everyone will agree, I would hope that many/most will think that discussing current events and a major law being passed in our state would be a good topic of discussion amongst school children. After all, they live under this law. More importantly, as France notes later in his post, this was to be an open discussion with no push on telling kids they should "agree" with the law. It was purely a teaching moment."
  
  
  Outside of a Secondary level (pre-adult) "Social Studies" class, this subject matter is simply not appropriate for school children, especially "young children" (K-9).
  
  Any attempts to rationalize this as appropriate "rides the line" on attempted premature sexualization of children, an odd and disgusting fascination of the liberal/progressive mindset.
  
  As for the school's internet filters, the filters should be set up to whitelist less than 50, maybe 100 age appropriate reference material sites that are directly required to support a documented lesson plan.
  
  
  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
  
  
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• On the post: Public Citizen Suing On Behalf Of Customers Whose Credit Was Ruined By KlearGear's $3,500 'Bad Review' Fee

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2013 @ 04:49pm

  As to whom KlearGear's real owners are...

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  ...my first guess would be John Steele and Paul Hansmeier.
  
  
  There's just a perfect kind of symmetry to that answer.
  
  
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• On the post: Miami Gardens Police Arrest Store Employee 62 Times For Trespassing At His Place Of Employment

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2013 @ 10:28am

  Mr. Sampson needs a decent Pro-Bono Atty.

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  Mr. Sampson needs to petition the courts to vacate and seal each and every one of those trespassing arrests and if I were the sitting Judge, I'd vacate and seal the weed bust too just for good measure.
  
  Also...
  
  The news of this can't be sitting too well with the good folks who live in that county and if I were the local DA, I'd be getting out in front of this by empaneling a Grand Jury before the PD has time to get their lies all in a line.
  
  Let's be clear on this. This is not a case of "good men going too far". This is a clear-cut case of governmental corruption and conspiracy.
  
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• On the post: Keith Alexander Offered To Resign, But White House Said No Because It Didn't Want Snowden To Win

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 25 Nov, 2013 @ 12:53pm

  Re: Re:

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  ...even when they -clearly- deserve it.
  
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• On the post: Feds: Even Though We've Been Ordered To Reveal Secret Interpretation Of The PATRIOT Act, We're Not Going To Do That

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2013 @ 05:19pm

  Re: Re: We need a list

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  More like a "Traitors List", I'd think.
  
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• On the post: Boston Police Department Claims Contacting Its Public Affairs Number Is A Criminal Act

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2013 @ 01:41pm

  Time to call the Boston Mayor's office...

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  ...and ask for a BPD number Public Relations Contact number to use other than (617) 343-4520 because you would prefer to avoid being charged with wiretapping at this time.
  
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• On the post: Cops Subject Man To Rectal Searches, Enemas And A Colonoscopy In Futile Effort To Find Drugs They Swear He Was Hiding

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2013 @ 08:58am

  Re: Re:

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  ...And the Judge should issue an order that all the medical personnel involved -will- change their last names to "Mengele" within 60 days.
  
  
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• On the post: Was Level 3 The Weak Link That Gave The Feds A Way To Hack Into Google's Network?

  

  GeneralEmergency ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2013 @ 12:59pm

  If I was negotiating a contract with a large network carrier...

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  If I was negotiating a contract with a large network carrier, I would specify as part of the contract that the carrier had to send a daily email to my security officer attesting to the fact that NO tap, pen register, or National Security Letter orders had been served upon their premises that would surveil my network traffic.
  
  When the emails stop coming, I know I have a problem.
  
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