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• On the post: ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Mayor And Police Officers Who Shut Down Parody Twitter Account, Arrested Its Owner

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2014 @ 10:46am

  Re: Re:

  In this context (and this context means the surrounding tweets before the account was yanked -- which included hanging out with hookers and consuming copious amounts of drugs), "trill" basically means "keeping it real." Which, of course, requires more context...
  
  here's the Urban Dictionary:
  
  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trill
  
  An adjective used in hip-hop culture to describe someone who is considered to be well respected, coming from a combination of the words "true" and "real".
  
  So... Mayor Ardis is stating his street bonafides.
  
  (I realize this answer will probably raise even more questions. My apologies in advance.)

• On the post: Court Calls A Do Over In Terror Hearings After Failure To Record

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2014 @ 07:12am

  I hope the do-over is handled improv style with suggestions from the audience.

• On the post: State AG Tries To Order Removal Of Public Records From Journalist's Blog, Resulting In Records Being Posted Everywhere

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 22 May, 2014 @ 11:15am

  Re: Some quick corrections--This is not about UGA

  Thanks for the heads-up. I'll post some corrections.

• On the post: French KlearGear Rep Fires Off Email Defending Company's Actions, Claims Suit Against It Wasn't Served Properly

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 21 May, 2014 @ 08:18pm

  Re: first and only public statement

  Well, I know what I'm writing about tomorrow!

• On the post: What If You Gave A (Drug) War And Nobody Came? Deputies Answer Rhetorical Question With Planted Evidence

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2014 @ 03:50pm

  Re:

  What does this have to do with tech?
  
  "police dash cam"
  
  "security camera system"
  
  "crime lab"
  
  Did you bother reading beyond the headline?

• On the post: DHS Fusion Center Admits Photographer Is Covered By 1st Amendment But Just Doesn't Like The Way He Treats Officers

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2014 @ 11:23am

  Re:

  So, you actually support the trampling of the First Amendment under the color of law? I can't even begin to imagine what your ideal America looks like.

• On the post: Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is 'Odd'

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 06:50pm

  Re:

  BTW, what it has to do with tech Mr Cushing?
  
  This site has been around for 15 years. I'd be more surprised if it hadn't expanded its scope.

• On the post: Governin': Sen. Dan Coats Questions The Wrong Witness At The Wrong Hearing

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2014 @ 01:55pm

  Someone will take this man and make him VP.

• On the post: Tone Of Comments Affects Perception Of Online Article's Content

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 04:37pm

  Re:

  hurries back to grab as much wi-fi as possible and shove it into the largest suitcase

• On the post: Tone Of Comments Affects Perception Of Online Article's Content

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2014 @ 04:29pm

  DEAR GOD
  
  IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED
  
  *gathers canned goods and sharpened sticks and prepares for the apocalypse.*

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

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2014 @ 08:34am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Meh

  But all this is well and truly off-topic, and probably only interesting to the two of us.
  
  I don't know. I found it very fascinating and I'm the one who wrote the post currently not being discussed.

• On the post: Anti-Game Violence Crusader Leland Yee Arrested On Charges Of Bribery, Corruption And Arms Trafficking

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2014 @ 08:23am

  Re: Hold up

  That and the grand jury part of it are what made this post a bit more restrained than it would have been otherwise. Not so much dancing-on-the-grave as it is tapping-toe-rhythmically-at-the-plot's-periphery.

• On the post: NSA Has Capability To Record And Store ALL Foreign Phone Calls In Certain Countries

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2014 @ 11:30am

  How reassuring. "Incidental" metadata is subject to more minimization guidelines and procedures than "incidental" communications.

• On the post: The Supreme Court Has Just Given The Police Another Way To Search Your House Without A Warrant

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2014 @ 05:37pm

  Re:

  I've added a note clarifying that.

• On the post: Gun Manufacturer Files Highly Speculative Lawsuit Against Forum Owners For Allegedly Libelous Statements

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2014 @ 10:49am

  Re:

  I've edited the post to reflect your observations.

• On the post: Game Dev Derek Smart (Again) Responds To A Negative Review By Making Vague Legal Threats And Banning Commenters

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2014 @ 11:39am

  Re: Re: A case of a not so Smart ass

  I'm the author of this post, Derek, but I'm not the commenter you're responding to.

• On the post: Game Dev Derek Smart (Again) Responds To A Negative Review By Making Vague Legal Threats And Banning Commenters

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2014 @ 07:59am

  Re: You're not summoning him properly.

  Properly or not, he was summoned.
  
  https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/436157680239902721

• On the post: Tim Cushing's Subjectively Awesome Stuff Of No Particular Timeframe

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2014 @ 09:06am

  Re:

  So, it's back to keeping the entire internet open at all times, a la Masnick.

• On the post: Tim Cushing's Subjectively Awesome Stuff Of No Particular Timeframe

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2014 @ 06:43am

  Re:

  It would be better if the fee went toward improvements. It seems to have been designed with complete antagonism towards the user and the fee slapped on top of it discourages even more people from navigating the system.
  
  It does work, I'll give it that. I can usually find what I'm looking for but it's completely ridiculous that the $0.10/page fee applies even to searches that fail to return any results.

• On the post: Tim Cushing's Subjectively Awesome Stuff Of No Particular Timeframe

  

  Tim Cushing ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2014 @ 06:40am

  Re:

  Ah, the joys of rewriting a sentence a handful of times before settling on the version that uses a verb tense right out of Hitchhiker's Guide.

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