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  • On the post: Texas School District Decides To Just Ban All Books Flagged For Review… Including The Bible

    drkkgt ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2022 @ 04:53pm

    a list

    Personally, I think these libraries should then be required to post a prominently displayed list of the books that were removed, author, ISBN, Publisher, Publishing Date, the reason they were removed, and the name of the person/group that requested it.

  • On the post: Rampant Data Broker Sale Of Pregnancy Data Gets Fresh Scrutiny Post Roe

    drkkgt ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2022 @ 08:12am

    I did not say it was a logically thought out law, I said a law. Then they will publicly attack the company and get their followers riled up and one or two will try to attack the execs of said company and... gestures at current world

  • On the post: Rampant Data Broker Sale Of Pregnancy Data Gets Fresh Scrutiny Post Roe

    drkkgt ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2022 @ 07:14am

    Yeah but they will just write a law saying that THEIR data is private and add extra protections - like their home addresses, phone numbers, etc.

  • On the post: Biometric Tech Company ID.Me Continues To Swallow Gov't Agencies, Cause Problems For People Trying To Access Their Gov't Benefits

    drkkgt ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2022 @ 02:11pm

    hate them

    i had this with CA. submitted docs said it would be about 6 hours for a live person to review and to please hold. then at just under 6 hours, was told my docs had an issue and resubmit then they dropped the connection. NO opportunity to fix on the spot and that live person never showed up. I resubmitted and was told i had to wait another 7 hours...which worked and the guy told me the reason i was rejected before was because the photo of my BC was slightly grey in the corner and they couldn't read the strip or micro text that was all the way around. It was literally just an inch of slightly grey area but the entire rest of the doc, including seal was there.

  • On the post: Louisiana Drug Warriors Bungle Surveillance So Badly Their Target Catches Them Placing A Tracking Device On Her Car

    drkkgt ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2021 @ 09:51pm

    Re: Re: The possibilities are endless

    however if she had put it on a judges car and gotten the same results, that would have been hilarious.
    Your honor she went to all these high crime events.
    No I didn't, it was on the judges car.
    um case dismissed... thats lunch bye......

  • On the post: The Trump-Hyped Foxconn Wisconsin Deal Finally Falls Completely Apart

    drkkgt ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2021 @ 07:54am

    Link broken

    Just a note that the link to reuters appears to add a quote at the end and doesn't resolve, without the quote it does.

  • On the post: Banksy's Fake Store Is An Attempt To Abuse Trademark Law To Avoid Copyright Law

    drkkgt ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2019 @ 11:04am

    "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

  • On the post: Consumer Reports Finds Numerous Home Routers Lack Even Basic Security Protections

    drkkgt ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2019 @ 09:03am

    Re: Re: Re: UDP is the new bad guy?

    LOL, I love how you are so obsessed with this site and it's people that rather than discuss the actual article, you attack the people for not posting enough. Would you add my account to your love list as well since I read daily but post rarely? That would make me happy and I hope it fills your heart with joy as well.

  • On the post: AT&T's Planning Yet More Layoffs Despite Tens Of Billions In Tax Breaks And Government Favors

    drkkgt ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2019 @ 12:14pm

    Re: Re: Re: Trickle down -- Another 'Dirt-napper! 6 comments a y

    Yeah I am more a reader that one to reply BUT thanks for the reply.

  • On the post: AT&T's Planning Yet More Layoffs Despite Tens Of Billions In Tax Breaks And Government Favors

    drkkgt ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2019 @ 08:27am

    Re: Trickle down

    but it does work...for the politicians. There wasn't a need to convince them, they saw it first hand. Give tax dollars to the corporations and a portion of the money trickles back to the politicians via the lobbyists and donations.

  • On the post: Daily Deal: CompTIA IT Certification Bundle

    drkkgt ( profile ), 22 May, 2018 @ 07:47am

    Just be aware that the Network+ and Security+ are for the old versions. (Security+ was updated to 501 in Oct 2017 and Network+ was updated to N10-007 in Mar 2018.) Granted, most of the material will be the same but FYI.

  • On the post: Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Hurricane Harvey Is Proof We Need To Militarize Our Police Forces

    drkkgt ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2017 @ 02:09pm

    Re: Re: Define Surplus

    that it is. and since the vocal citizenry will demand their right to own every type of gun ever made, then the police must always be one step above - and the coffers get bigger.

  • On the post: Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Hurricane Harvey Is Proof We Need To Militarize Our Police Forces

    drkkgt ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2017 @ 11:39am

    Define Surplus

    This is the thing that always gets me. We hear reports that our troops on the lines don't have enough quality equipment be it food, weapons and armor, vehicles, etc, so we must buy more but then we sell "surplus" to the cops. Is this truly surplus or is this just a middleman deal? The military buys the gear that is wanted to militarize the domestic ground forces and passes it on? Granted, I used to think such conspiracies were not worth the time but the more and more I see and read about our entire government and the games they play, there are days I start to wonder. Then again it may be as simple as "If we don't spend the department budget, they will cut the budget and we can always just sell it off to the cops."

    Either way, Sessions is a dangerous person to have in this position.

  • On the post: 'Backdoor' Search Of FBI Records Helps Parents Learn How Local Cops Killed Their Son

    drkkgt ( profile ), 05 May, 2017 @ 08:57am

    Re:

    That would be assuming he took it on his own volition. Do you have proof of this? More importantly, did the cops have proof of this upon pickup or did they just assume he did without considering that he may have been a victim of someone slipping it to him? I mean if we follow your logic the root cause of this is that his parents let him out in the world, or had a son, or had sex, or met, ...

    However root cause or not, this is police brutality and they should be held to a higher standard - no matter how hard their job may be.

  • On the post: DOJ Rushed To Link Orlando Shooter To ISIS, Now Plans To Redact What He Said During 911 Call For… Reasons

    drkkgt ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2016 @ 11:57am

    Re:

    Actually, this makes me wonder if there was a third scenario. He was one of their "puppet terrorists" they were grooming for "attaboy" media disclosure and "look we are doing something" kangaroo court and it got away from them.

    Which makes the scenario gross negligence rather than clueless.

  • On the post: You Can Now Turn Off Ads On Techdirt

    drkkgt ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2015 @ 10:39am

    unobtrusive ads

    I whitelisted Techdirt when you adjusted the layout a while back. This is something other sites could take note of. Decent size (not huge popups that overshadow what I came for,) related or on-topic (most of the ads I see are all tech related including WGU with their awesome IT programs. Go Night Owls!) and, as mentioned by previous posters, aren't loud or jarring. There are few other sites that are that considerate so thank you for respecting your readers.

  • On the post: The Inevitable: Drunk Man Arrested For Impersonating Groping TSA Agent At Airport

    drkkgt ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 11:57am

    Wait aren't we missing a big chunk here

    He steered a person into the TSA private screening booth and no one questioned him in the first place? How did he get around to it? Of course the TSA is going to take over the investigation. The shirt color and slacks things works at Best Buy; it should not work at a security checkpoint, even if it is only designed to deter lowest common denominator problems.

  • On the post: Lawsuit Claims ICE Officers Shot At, Arrested Wrong Man

    drkkgt ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2013 @ 11:28am

    Re: Wait wait wait...

    put the two parts together then realize how seriously screwed up this was to even fire a shot...

    he couldn't positively identify whether he had the right person

    at an Anaheim elementary school

    This ICE agent should be removed and their gun credentials revoked permanently as they failed the basic weapon rules.

  • On the post: Man Who's Spent Three Years Challenging IL's Eavesdropping Act Suddenly Finds He Has No Case

    drkkgt ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2013 @ 08:49am

    Chief Speaks

    Interesting wording though for the Chief:
    Our department will not arrest civilians if they audio-record any on-duty police officers in a public place
    So does this mean that they will arrest you if you film them in a private business? or your home? While this is probably over analyzing, this guy does seem to give words a twist when he speaks. (Reference his previous statement: "He honestly thought he was OK to do it, so now if he continues to do it, I can?t tell you that he certainly won?t be arrested.?

  • On the post: Congressional Oversight? Dianne Feinstein Says She's 'Not A High-Tech Techie' But Knows NSA Can't Abuse Surveillance

    drkkgt ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 08:38am

    Re: Re: Re:

    Buy stock of light bulb company via the subsidiary of their shell company. Promote said Company's light bulbs as brighter thus allowing for better security from terrorists and child molesters. Also fight for local light bulb installer union and how the LED consortium is trying to take away good American jobs,
    Then after all the lobbying, fighting, delaying tactics, and closed door trade agreements are done: we pay 16.63 million for a guy with a top secret security clearance to come in and screw in a light bulb.

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