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• On the post: US Embassy In Berlin Offering Cold, Hard Cash For People To Create Pro-TAFTA/TTIP Propaganda

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2014 @ 06:56am

  Re: bribery and kickback laws

  This is true. A former boss was in China as the country CIO over there and even though bribery is the de facto way of doing business, it is still against the US law. The US cracked down on several US based comapnies that were doing this, and my ex-boss was fired and told to leave China within 48 hours. He did, but the company that fired him re-hired him after a few years, I suspect a late thanks for taking the heat for violating a corporate policy that is the way things are done in China.

• On the post: More Details Emerge Showing The US Government Has No Idea How To Solve A Problem Like Snowden

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2014 @ 09:53am

  Perhaps the real reason that the government cannot solve a 'Problem like Snowden" is the fact that Snowden isn't the problem.

• On the post: British Recording Industry Thinks 'Right To Be Forgotten' Proves Google Can Stop Piracy

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2014 @ 09:30am

  Comment 1: What if a story happens, where one person is vilified, and another person is praised? Why should the right of the vilified person rule over the praised person to have the story removed?
  
  Comment 2: Maybe google just needs to serve up a taste of these trolls old medicine in the form of new terms of use, "By using our site, you agree to waive your right to be forgotten..." I know it wouldn't hold any water in court, but still it'd be funny.

• On the post: Glenn Beck Claims Watch Dogs Is Teaching Children How To Hack The Public For Realz

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2014 @ 09:22am

  (speaking about son) "I told him, 'Son, these games rewire your brain, they rewire...' We don't even know what they do yet."
  
  So we don't know what they do, but we do know they rewire your brain. Where again did Dr. Beck get his degree in neuroscience?

• On the post: Google Fiber: You Know How Comcast Is Making Netflix Pay Extra? We Don't Do That Kind Of Crap

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 22 May, 2014 @ 06:13am

  So, what's Comcast and Verizon's excuse?
  Quarterly profits are bitch of a master when compared to long term goodwill.

• On the post: Florida Lawmakers Aim To Restore Childrens' Rights To Openly Carry Pop Tart 'Guns' On Campus

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 09:23am

  They'll have to pry my pop tart gun out of my cold, sweaty, type 1 diabetes induced coma frozen hands.

• On the post: Webhost Protests FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal By Limiting FCC Access To 28.8Kbps

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 09 May, 2014 @ 12:15pm

  I hope Netflix adopts this code.

• On the post: Sheriff's Deputy With History Of Misconduct Attempts To Extort $50,000 From Pulled Over Motorist

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 08 May, 2014 @ 05:48am

  Re:

  The constant surveillance that we all hate can, sometimes, be used to defend the folks that are 'under suspicion.'
  
  Still you have to admire the cahones of a guy who knows he is being filmed to do such acts. It does not make them right, but wow, this guy has more confidence than a hooker at a Comic con.

• On the post: Federal Revenge Porn Bill Will Look To Criminalize Websites

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2014 @ 01:02pm

  Re: All the good laws have been passed

  But wait, if I make a copy of those images, that leaves with the original, so it's not theft. Then we get into copyright, and the law states that the person who took the photo owns the copyright.

• On the post: Hot Mouse On Mau5 Action! Disney To Challenge Deadmau5's Latest Trademark Filing

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2014 @ 09:45am

  Re: In other news

  May 17, 2018
  
  In an unprecedented move, a pre-teen from Newark, New Jersey was today sued by The Rolling Stones, the Elvis Presley estate, and also the Walt Disney company. At the center of the lawsuit is child's pet mouse, named "Mick Elvis" (aka, "Mick E. Mouse").

• On the post: KlearGear No-Shows Hearing, Reinstates $3,500 Non-Disparagement Clause

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2014 @ 10:16am

  Re: badcustomer.com

  Cool . . let's buy badcustomer.com and make it look like the old site, with one change: the ToS will now say that submitting a name is grounds for a $500 processing fee (non refundable) that if not paid will be turned over to a collection agency, along with an additional $1,000 fee.

• On the post: Sheriff's Dept. Charges Man With No Drugs With 'Intent To Distribute Counterfeit Controlled Substances'

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2014 @ 12:45pm

  Scentscy should come to this guy's aid and turn this into a freaking genius PR campaign.
  
  "Scentscy: So good it should be illegal."

• On the post: UK Court Says Information Stored Electronically Is Not 'Property'

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2014 @ 11:10am

  Well, there goes *my* MP3 Collection.

• On the post: Italian Officials Claim American Gun Ad Featuring Michelangelo's David Is 'Illegal'

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2014 @ 06:22am

  So, would it be okay if ArmaLite used a picture of Rodin's The Thinker, with a thought bubble above his head featuring Michelangelo's David with the gun?

• On the post: Comcast's Biggest Lobbyist Dodges Lobbying Rules By Pretending He's Usually Not Lobbying

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2014 @ 05:49am

  Thanks! Now when I call Comcast Customer Support and get "David" on the line, I know exactly who I am talking to.

• On the post: French Privacy Agency DDoS's Itself In Ordering Google To Link To It From Google France Home Page

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2014 @ 04:43am

  I wonder how much of that self-imposed DDoS is from search agent bots.

• On the post: Candy Crush Goes Trademark Legal; Candy Crush Gets Trolled

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2014 @ 06:15am

  My next mobile game will be called "Trademark Crash." Then I will get a trademark on "Trademark." Then the fun will truly begin.

• On the post: Congress Introduce Bi-Partisan Bill To Abdicate Its Own Role And Screw Over American Public All At Once

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2014 @ 12:31pm

  It makes sense, in a twisted logic sort of way. The GOP has to know that passing TPP (et al) will backfire, so by putting the responsibility on the White House, they can also put the blame there when the public starts complaining about it. They are just supplying the rope, it will be up to Obama to finish the job.

• On the post: Federal Official Declares That Anyone Who Speaks Out Against Lie Detector Tests Should Be Criminally Investigated

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 12:07pm

  Welcome to the land of the free. Please check your freedom as you enter the country.

• On the post: Rep. Peter King Says Referring To NSA Activity As 'Spying' Or 'Snooping' Is Slander

  

  Bt Garner ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2013 @ 09:55am

  "I think that demeans the whole political dialogue..."
  
  Well, yes, that would be true, if only there had been a political dialogue.

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