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• On the post: The FTC's Settlement With Equifax Is Such A Joke, The FTC Is Now Begging You Not To Ask For A Cash Settlement

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2019 @ 09:24am

  Re: Lets do some math...

  Trump and Hillary both got ~26% of available votes. That is, they both got about 50% of the popular vote, but which was only about 40% of eligible voters. So while it's true that Trump couldn't get 50% of the vote, nobody (including Hiillary) did either. Both of them, with the entire establishment media behind them could barely manage a quarter. What legitimacy does any POTUS have with barely a quarter of eligible voters? I would argue that that is 75% of the country not supporting them. And now apply this to past and future POTUSes.

• On the post: The FTC's Settlement With Equifax Is Such A Joke, The FTC Is Now Begging You Not To Ask For A Cash Settlement

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2019 @ 09:20am

  147M x 125USD = $18,375,000,000.00

  The settlement pool should be 18,375,000,000.00 USD, because that's how math works. If that puts Equifax out of business, then so be it.

• On the post: DHS Steps Up Demands For Visa Applicants' Social Media Account Info

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2017 @ 10:12am

  'Constitution free zone'

  You know what the founding fathers would have done to someone who tried such bureaucratic bullshit? They would have shot them.
  
  There's a reason the potential for violence is enshrined in the bill of rights as a legal option.

• On the post: Massachusetts State Police Promise Higher Standard For No-Knock Warrants; Immediately Break It

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 11 May, 2017 @ 01:47pm

  4th amendment

  "This is the day-to-day bread and water of judges,” said Mr. Borenstein, adding that it is not unusual for police to eschew judicial review.

  How is that not a flagrant violation of the 4th amendment, which reads:

  The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

  In other words, no Judge issue Warrant, on probable cause of a specific crime means no fucking search is constitutional.

• On the post: Almost Every Word Of John McCain's Response To Chelsea Manning's Sentence Commutation Is Flat Out Wrong

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2017 @ 03:49pm

  "Proper channels" are Wikileaks and The Intercept.

• On the post: Software Company Shows How Not To Handle Negative Review

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2017 @ 11:45am

  'Bricking'

  You can't 'brick' software. And if you can fix it, it wasn't bricked, it was temporarily broken.

• On the post: Arrested Backpage Execs Ask Kamala Harris To Drop Bogus Case She Herself Has Admitted She Has No Authority To Bring

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2016 @ 10:03am

  Arresting people for this is like prayer. It doesn't do shit, but makes fools feel better.

• On the post: Yes, A Billionaire Looking To Destroy A Media Organization Through Lawsuits Is A Big Deal Even If You Don't Like The Media Organization

  

  cynoclast ( profile ), 26 May, 2016 @ 10:50am

  Details

  The detail that techdirt keeps leaving out is that Hogan is suing them for posting, and refusing to take down a sex tape of Hogan. Yet they accused the celebrity icloud nudes were not OK.
  
  Neither were actually newsworthy and Gawker isn't a journalistic organization. It's a gossip rag.