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  • On the post: New York City Hotels Say Obnoxious $25 'Destination Fee' 'Improves The Customer Experience'

    Groaker ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2017 @ 12:42pm

    Great marketing technique. Make the customer feel cheated just as they are walking out the door.

  • On the post: Intelligence Director Says Gov't Can Demand Encryption Backdoors Without Having To Run It By The FISA Court

    Groaker ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2017 @ 12:26pm

    The government can demand safe encryption that only "good little boys and girls," can break, but it can also demand the squaring of the circle, breaking the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and ever so many more impossible feats.

    But where are the banks and other financial houses? Are they going to put up with this?

  • On the post: Chicago Considers Another Dumb 'Texting And Walking' Law To Raise Revenue

    Groaker ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2017 @ 11:53am

    Traffic laws are not the same nationwide. They are dependent upon the state that one is in.

  • On the post: Ajit Pai's Big Lie

    Groaker ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2017 @ 05:57am

    Re: Re: Linus Pauling

    Everybody scientist has respect for Pauling. But he made a lot of mistakes. There are also quite a few people who claim to have been "weeks" behind W&C.

    https://www.dnalc.org/view/15512-linus-pauling-s-triple-dna-helix-model-3d-animation-with-basic-narration.html

    The point I am making here is that No matter how brilliant anyone is, they can make disastrous errors. Especially when they are out of their field. Castigating this guy is meaningless. It is his decision that should be buried, not his mind that should be slandered.

  • On the post: Ajit Pai's Big Lie

    Groaker ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2017 @ 10:20am

    Pai is set to destroy one of the most marvelous libraries and means of communication ever invented, intelligence, thoughtfulness and intent have never saved anybody from making tremendous mistakes.

    Look at the idiocies of Linus Pauling who claimed that DNA was three stranded, Vit C could stop the human rhinovirus. And the biggest whopper was what any 1st year chem student made, was that the Watson and Crick model was impossible because it had the Phosphorous forcing each outward, when everyone knew similar charges attract (they do not.) Yet Pauling was a brilliant atomic scientist as long as he stayed in his own field

  • On the post: Defense Department Spied On Social Media, Left All Its Collected Data Exposed To Anyone

    Groaker ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2017 @ 03:31am

    Re: Re:

    We really meant this little extra thing and this tiny extra accessory.

  • On the post: Sheriff Thinks He Can Use Bogus Disorderly Conduct Charges To Shut Down Speech He Doesn't Like

    Groaker ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2017 @ 03:22am

    Re: My name here

    I can tell that you haven't been around children lately. When they believe that they are outside the audio range of an adult, their language would not be acceptable at Paris Island.

  • On the post: Texas National Guard Latest Agency To Be Discovered Operating Flying Cell Tower Spoofers

    Groaker ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2017 @ 05:25am

    Who are Domestic Enemies?

    "The phrase 'Domestic Enemy' means what I want it to mean, nothing more, nothing else."

    Humpty Dumpty (Donald Trumpty)

    With apologies to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll.

  • On the post: UK Gov't Destroys Key Emails From Julian Assange Case, Shrugs About It

    Groaker ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2017 @ 06:42am

    Re: Re: Re: The correct name/title is...

    As I recall it Ms A and/or Ms W were known affiliates of the CIA. There is quite the possibility that these incidents were Honey Traps. Especially given the actions that we have seen from the DOJ, FBI, and other alphabet agencies, who have violated the law, their oaths, and the Constitution at their whims.

  • On the post: Sen. Feinstein Looking To Revive Anti-Encryption Bill In The Wake Of Texas Church Shooting

    Groaker ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2017 @ 08:37am

    The FBI is not competent supervise the specification of, design or building of any computer system. By 2010 the FBI had spent or intended to spend $4.5 billion dollars on computer systems that did not work, or have proved not to work, despite warnings that the systems would never work.

    http://www.judiciaryreport.com/fbi_computer_system_fiasco_flagged_by_government.htm

    And have spent untold billions more on systems that have failed for reasons that would be obvious to any systems engineering student who has passed a 101 course in design.

    And it is obvious from FBI announcements on their computer systems of the future, that they still believe they will have a working design if only they can find a better magic wand.

  • On the post: Recent Intel Chipsets Have A Built-In Hidden Computer, Running Minix With A Networking Stack And A Web Server

    Groaker ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2017 @ 06:13am

    Someone appears to be monitoring browsing for certain references

    After browsing this particular column and reader comments, the following page popped up on my browser while I was attending to something else. I had performed no action which should have actuated the page. I can only believe that an external source is monitoring my browsing for pages that contain references to a Management Engine. The URL of the site in question follows:

    https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005974/software/chipset-software.html?wapkw=management+engine

  • On the post: Cop Loses Immunity After Shooting, Headstomping Gravely-Injured Suspect

    Groaker ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 09:44am

    Re: Re: Re: Mononymous Tim

    Firearms training in the US is an abomination. One proof of this are the pictures of police demonstrating a lack of trigger discipline. This leads to "accidental" shootings.

  • On the post: DOJ Finally Drops Case Against Protester Who Laughed During Jeff Sessions' Confirmation Hearing

    Groaker ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 05:05am

    Re: Re: Burying the Lead...

    The law is the law. Arrest a person for laughter, an involuntary exposition. But allow strategized perjury? That makes sense.

    The real culprit here (besides Sessions) is the officer who turned a trivial exegesis into a nationwide interruption of the pursuit of justice.

  • On the post: Miami City Attorney Tries To Erase Photos Of Fired Firefighters From The Internet

    Groaker ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 04:41am

    Re: Re:

    "The law is the law" is a grossly over fatigued chestnut. This law is unconstitutional. The way to eliminate it is to become a member of the class that has standing to challenge it. Basically to break it, and then take your chances at being found guilty, or that the law is unconstitutional.

    The media did what the media is supposed to do in these cases. It violated the law, and took the chance. They should be applauded for their bravery in upholding the Constitution, not whipped with a sad platitude.

  • On the post: Dear Senators Portman & Blumenthal: What Should Blogs Do If SESTA Passes?

    Groaker ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2017 @ 04:01pm

    Re: Maybe we should start working on reclaiming the word 'law'.

    One good example of Daydream's thesis is the abuse of section 213 of the Patriot Act. SESTRA will undoubtedly follow the along the same track:

    "The Patriot Act continues to wreak its havoc on civil liberties. Section 213 was included in the Patriot Act over the protests of privacy advocates and granted law enforcement the power to conduct a search while delaying notice to the suspect of the search. Known as a “sneak and peek” warrant, law enforcement was adamant Section 213 was needed to protect against terrorism. But the latest government report detailing the numbers of “sneak and peek” warrants reveals that out of a total of over 11,000 sneak and peek requests, only 51 were used for terrorism. Yet again, terrorism concerns appear to be trampling our civil liberties."

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/peekaboo-i-see-you-government-uses-authority-meant-terrorism-other-uses?page=367

  • On the post: UK Terrorism Law Used To Prosecute Actual Terrorist Fighter For Possessing A Copy Of 'The Anarchist Cookbook'

    Groaker ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2017 @ 01:18pm

    re: Incorrect instructions

    I have not personally read the book. But other chemists whose work I respect have said the book is far more dangerous to the Anarchist than intended victims.

  • On the post: Cop Loses Immunity After Shooting, Headstomping Gravely-Injured Suspect

    Groaker ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2017 @ 01:09pm

    Re: Mononymous Tim

    Agreed. Why does it take 9 shots to bring down from a suspect at a distance of 15 feet? This policeman appears to be a danger danger to the public, spraying bullets without aiming, or not being able to hit what he is aiming at.

  • On the post: Oversight Board Report On DC Police Cameras Contradicts Earlier Report's Claims

    Groaker ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2017 @ 10:50am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    It is not a "known fact" that police are required to have limited intellectual capacity. Many police candidates pay to take courses that will help them score more highly on the mentation portion of the testing.

    Google "police preparation courses."

    Merely repeating that an occult practice is widespread is not proof of anything.

  • On the post: Oversight Board Report On DC Police Cameras Contradicts Earlier Report's Claims

    Groaker ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2017 @ 08:22am

    Re: Re:

    Be more careful with your "facts."

    It is permissible for a police department to have a policy that bars individuals who are intelligent, but it is not necessary for police departments to require a limit on applicant intelligence.

    Many police forces require after post high school academic work. You can google "police hiring post education."

    This particular rumor (that intelligent individuals could not police officers) on a in the 2nd circuit, which ruled that

    "Jordan sued the city alleging discrimination, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld that it wasn’t discrimination. “Why?” you might ask. Because New London Police Department applied the same standard to everyone who applied to be a cop there.
    "

    https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-court-ruled-you-can-be-too-smart-to-be-a-cop/5420630

  • On the post: Another Stash House Sting Criticized By The Court… But Lengthy Sentences Left Untouched

    Groaker ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2017 @ 11:15am

    Too many cops

    Proof that there are too many LEOs. When they have to invent crimes to create busy work for the existing cadre of law enforcement, then there are simply too many police. Remove half of them, and see if they still have time to create such excuses for their existence.

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