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On the post: DirecTV Combats Weather Channel Price Hikes By…Actually Showing People The Weather

dolz ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2014 @ 02:33pm

Our tax dollars at work

http://www.weather.gov

The Weather Channel gets their raw data from NOAA. Here you can get it direct from the source, customized by zip code and no commercials.

On the post: MPAA Head Chris Dodd: I'm Willing To Discuss Copyright Reform As Long As Nothing Changes

dolz ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2014 @ 10:51am

"Blazing Saddles" an unintentional mocking of the MPAA

There is a scene where Hedley Lamarr sends his thugs to destroy the town of Rock Ridge. To slow them down Bart puts up a tollbooth in the middle of nowhere. Instead of riding around it Taggart, has everyone wait while he sends one of his men to "get a shitload of dimes."

MPAA we know (what you don't or won't acknowledge) that your gatekeeping is a bad joke and we have no problem going around it while giving you the same respect you show us.

On the post: Former Cop Proposes Law That Would Allow Officers To Ticket You Without Ever Leaving The 'Safety' Of Their Vehicles

dolz ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2014 @ 07:06am

B̶r̶a̶v̶e̶ New World

To protect the cops and allow them to do their jobs there is a simple solution. With the wars in Iran and Afganistan winding down there will be plenty of m̶e̶r̶c̶e̶n̶a̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ private contractors available. We could hire these folks to once again make the streets safe so decent cops can walk down them without fear.

On the post: Rep. Mike Rogers Angry That 'Red Tape' Is Preventing More Drone Bombings Of Innocent People

dolz ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2014 @ 10:59am

Ends justify the means ? not

Isn't the same attitude that terrorist take? To hell with collateral damage as long as I make my point.

On the post: Ukraine Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Laws As Prime Minister Falls On President's Sword

dolz ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2014 @ 07:37am

Gee our government already figured that out

"It's the quickest expression of the idea that governments should fear their people, rather than the other way around, that I've seen to date."

U S A ? U S A ? N S A ? N S wait where are you taking meeee

On the post: Police Banned From Enforcing Traffic Laws In Oklahoma Town Over Abuse Of Traffic Tickets For Money

dolz ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2014 @ 10:08am

Re:

Considering how this town operates, if the store isn't "giving" the cops free donuts and coffee then they're just asking for it.

On the post: How Can We Tell Obama's NSA Reforms Are Weak? Michael Hayden Doesn't Have Much Of A Problem With Them

dolz ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2014 @ 09:27am

What reforms

There were enough weasel words and exception build into these "reforms", that they were nothing more than a bug eaten fig leaf covering nothing.

On the post: Rep. Mike Rogers Keeps Insisting Snowden Is A Russian Spy, Even As NSA/FBI Officials Say No Such Evidence

dolz ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2014 @ 12:06pm

Re:

Was Rep. Rogers trained by the KGB and/or the Stasi? I only ask because his love of a surveillance state doesn't seem normal for an American. There must have been some outside influence to turn him into such a fearful, freedom hating dick.

On the post: Former Bush Speechwriter: Ed Snowden Is A 'Shameless Espionage Pornographer'

dolz ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2014 @ 12:56pm

They really don't get it

Calling what Mr. Snowden did as Espionage Porn is only going to make more folks interested in it. Paging 4Chan and rule 34.

On the post: Empire State Building Supposedly Sues Photographer Over Photograph Of Topless Woman

dolz ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 07:56am

Here's the problem

If you have pictures of women's breasts on the Empire State Building that is going to send confusing messages about the phallic nature of the building.

On the post: Sick Opportunist Taxi Industry Lobbyists Use Death Of 6-Year-Old Girl To Attack Uber

dolz ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 12:18pm

Misread, but more honest

"Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association", glancing at the text quickly I misread that phrase as, Taxicab, Limousine & Parasite Association.

On the post: Dow Jones Files Idiotic 'Hot News' Lawsuit Against A Service That Sends News Alerts

dolz ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2014 @ 08:26am

Not anymore

"? then it makes me think that Dow Jones really doesn't provide much value at all."

That ended shortly after Murdock bought it.

On the post: Not Cool: MPAA Joins The W3C

dolz ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2014 @ 03:34pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Congrats to the W3C

Or are you just one of their dupes, endlessly arguing to screw over the artists so the s̶e̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶e̶n̶g̶i̶n̶e̶s̶ movie studios and record companies can get richer?

There corrected for you.

On the post: Fearmonger Extraordinaire Rep. Peter King Accuses Sen. Rand Paul Of 'Fearmongering,' Says He Doesn't Deserve To Be A Senator

dolz ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2014 @ 11:25am

A bit of advice

Rep. King, just fes up to the fact you like to fuck goats and the NSA has the texts and pics to proves it. After all it's better to merely thought to be a pervert than a lying, hypocrital, contemptable, brain damage shill.

On the post: Dan Bull Takes On YouTube's ContentID Changes, Stolen Revenue, With A Diss Track

dolz ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2014 @ 02:43pm

Re: Re: Do they care?

"Hey YouTube, are you paying attention?"

No

On the post: Stop Letting NSA's Defenders Lie; There Have Been Many Significant Abuses

dolz ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2014 @ 08:51pm

Let's try something different

The defenders of these programs weasel, twist, and abuse the language in ways that make "1984" and The Red Queen look like amateurs. So how about instead of them telling why these programs don't violate the Fourth Admendment, why don't they tell us what they think would be a violation of the Fourth Admendment. That might give us a starting point to start reining them in.

On the post: Fullerton Police 'Use Of Force' Trainer Says No Policies Violated During Beating Death Of Kelly Thomas

dolz ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2013 @ 06:17am

Learn what words mean before using

"Defense attorneys also asked Rubio about a part in the video in which Ramos put on white latex gloves and tells Thomas, ?See these fists? ... They?re getting ready to f--- you up.?

John Barnett, who is representing Ramos, asked Rubio if his client?s words were consistent with his training.

?Yes, it was a conditional threat,? Rubio said. ?The profanity may be off-color and may be a slight policy violation.? "

To be conditional there would have to have been some critia meet before the action took place. This was a promise of violence (fulfilled) plan and simple.

On the post: Conflict-Ridden CBS 60 Minutes 'Journalist' Defends NSA Propaganda Piece By Insulting All His Critics

dolz ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 11:32am

The key line

?We went there, we asked every question we wanted to, ?"

Not the questions that needed to be asked or should have been asked, but the ones that supported the narrative they wanted.

On the post: Canadian Cop Puts On An Impromptu Clinic On How To Deal With Critics And Cameras

dolz ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2013 @ 11:42am

Re:

"The only other video in there is the one where the policeman gets climbed by an aggressive kitten and doesn't totally lose his shit. "

Could you please post a link to this video?

On the post: TSA Agent: Give Me That Toy Monkey Gun Or I'm Calling The Real Cops

dolz ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2013 @ 03:45pm

Bisiness as usual

They just should have spanked the monkey, after all it's what the TSA is best at.

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