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• On the post: Cell Phone Kill Switches Are A Slippery Slope For Abusive Governments

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2014 @ 01:54pm

  It's hard enough to get off the Do Not Fly list. Now imagine trying to get off the Do Not Call list.

• On the post: Cop Shoots Teen Holding Wii Controller In His Own Home

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2014 @ 01:58am

  Re:

  In other news, two 11-year-old boys were suspended for life for bringing Wii controllers to school.

• On the post: Oregon Police Push State Law-Violating ID Scanners On Nightclub And Bar Owners

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 09:53pm

  Papers, please!

• On the post: U.S.: We Have No Evidence Or Credibility On This Whatsoever, But Don't Use Huawei Because China Might Spy On You

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2014 @ 09:09am

  Better Title: U.S.: Don't Use Huawai Because US Can't Spy On You

• On the post: 'State Secrets,' Non-Denials And Lies: How The Government Tried To Bury Its 'No Fly' List Screwup

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 11:26am

  Re: Re:

  I agree with both of you, but please explain the Wookie/hairy references.

• On the post: Man Bravely Saves His Xbox From Burning House

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 06:23am

  Re: Re:

  motivated, even.

• On the post: Man Bravely Saves His Xbox From Burning House

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 06:22am

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  Yep, and I've trained my wife how to grab the NAS. It's where all the pictures are so she's motaveted.

• On the post: 'State Secrets,' Non-Denials And Lies: How The Government Tried To Bury Its 'No Fly' List Screwup

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2014 @ 08:18am

  "To them, it's binary. It's all or nothing."
  
  That is one of the baseline hallmarks of extremism.

• On the post: The Intercept Releases Photos To The Public Domain… But Unfortunately Locks Up Text Content With Copyfraud Claims

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2014 @ 12:45pm

  Creative Commons is voluntary.
  
  Overreaching copyright statements are commonplace.
  
  Greenwald isn't fighting every battle that TechDirt is fighting.

• On the post: Indie Rapper Explains How Being A 'One Hit Wonder' Doesn't Have To Mean Obscurity Anymore

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2014 @ 07:30am

  Re: Re:

  Contentier: more contenty

• On the post: John McCain Proposes A New Senate Committee To Do What The Intelligence Committee Is Supposed To Do

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 06:50am

  Re: Re:

  Done

• On the post: Indie Rapper Explains How Being A 'One Hit Wonder' Doesn't Have To Mean Obscurity Anymore

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 01:48pm

  Spose's text is contentier for sure, but I like the jokes Cracked added. It is a humor site after all.

• On the post: USTR Finally Realizing Its All Encompassing Secrecy May Be A Problem, Calls Frantic Meeting For All 'Cleared' Lobbyists

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 01:38pm

  All whores on deck!

• On the post: Open Letter To Data Brokers Are A Bunch Of Idiots Or Current Business

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 01:34pm

  1. Bank of America calls Lisa a slut to her mother.
  2. ???
  3. Profit!

• On the post: GCHQ Has Entire Program For 'Dirty Tricks' Including Honeypots, Using Journalists, Deleting Online Accounts

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 01:30pm

  "The report also details using digital equivalents of traditional honey traps, -- trying to lure people to certain places with the promise of meeting beautiful women."
  
  A honey trap is getting an attractive man or woman to have sex with them and then blackmailing them.

• On the post: John McCain Proposes A New Senate Committee To Do What The Intelligence Committee Is Supposed To Do

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 06:52am

  So, would you call this the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee Oversight Committee?

• On the post: After Suing Fans Sharing Bootlegs, Prince Says No One Sues Fans, Bootlegs Are Great & People Should Share Music

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 06:29am

  Now that he's seen the light, maybe we could let him save face and pretend it never happened, so he doesn't have any regrets about backing down. Hmm, yes? That might help others come around too.

• On the post: DOJ Admits That NSA Collection Of Phone Records 'Probably' Sweeps Up Congress As Well

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2014 @ 10:55am

  Simple: Just have a known terrorist call Ron Wyden's office. One hop!

• On the post: Snowden Docs Show GCHQ Tried To DDoS Anonymous

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2014 @ 04:46am

  If you can't control it, kill it.

• On the post: Silk Road Vendor Who Says He Never Sold Anything Illegal Wants His Bitcoins Back

  

  BentFranklin ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2014 @ 02:44pm

  Salvia may be legal in Britain, but I doubt it's legal everywhere he shipped it.

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