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• On the post: RIAA Tosses Bogus Claim At Github To Get Video Downloading Software Removed

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2020 @ 10:12am

  Pointless

  I can download any Youtube video that has Embed turned on with just VLC and a Linux command line. Are the powers that be going to ban VLC and Linux?

• On the post: DOJ Is Suing Melania Trump's Ex-Friend Over Her Book, Despite Never Being A Government Employee

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2020 @ 11:26am

  You Don't Understand

  Some people are more equal than others. It's the law! /s

• On the post: Canadian Man Arrested For Not Being A Terrorist

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2020 @ 12:34pm

  Oh, Canada!

  Lighten up a little, eh!

• On the post: Dish Buys Ting Mobile To Disrupt Wireless, But Questions Remain

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2020 @ 11:21am

  Re:

  I am a loyal Ting customer. I trust AT&T about as far as I can throw them. Any funny business and I am out.

• On the post: Top NYPD Official Says Cops Don't Need To Worry About Being Criminally Charged For Violating Chokehold Ban

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2020 @ 07:22am

  Here is what to say if a policeman wont follow the Law

  You're FIRED!

• On the post: DHS's Anti-Protest Gestapo Tactics Headed To Other Major Cities, Starting With Chicago

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2020 @ 07:17am

  The Difference Between Portland and Chicago

  I believe the Gestapo will find that the people of Chicago are better armed than those of Portland and will to USE those arms. They will also find them to be much more surly than the inhabitants of Portland. They had best wear bullet proof clothing ... but even that might not protect them.

• On the post: Congressional Reps Demand Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Stop Surveilling Protesters

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2020 @ 11:03am

  Who Controls The Budget?

  Congress, that's who. Maybe they should get to work on these agency's budgets and start cutting anything that is not currently needed. There you go, you have a plan Congress. Now, make it happen.

• On the post: The Oscars Ends DVD Screeners For Reasons Other Than Piracy, Which Will Of Course Continue

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 06 May, 2020 @ 06:36am

  DVDs?

  Who here has used one of these discs recently? I can't remember the last time I used one. I still have half used blank CD and DVD spindles in my closet. Who knows if they can still be written to.

• On the post: Reluctant To Block Embarrassing Coronavirus Material Held On GitHub, China Targets The People Who Put It There

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2020 @ 07:40am

  Re: Scary Devil Monastery

  So, basically, China is Donald Trump in nation state form. That makes sense.

• On the post: Disney Says If You Tweet #MayThe4th At It, You're Agreeing To A Disney Terms Of Use (You're Not)

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2020 @ 06:44am

  Prognostication

  I predict that in the future the Disney executive team will have a fire lit under them, literally.

• On the post: Senator Loeffler's COVID-Related Stock Trades Looking Even Worse, While Feds Start Investigating Senator Burr's

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2020 @ 04:57pm

  Re: Re:

  When it comes to the court of law defendants are presumed not guilty but in the court of public opinion it is exactly the opposite.

• On the post: Instead of COVID-19 Hazard Pay, Spectrum Is Giving Its Repair Techs $25 Gift Cards To Closed Restaurants

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2020 @ 02:54pm

  Cash

  The ultimate gift card.

• On the post: iPhones Will Get Bigger And More Expensive This Year Thanks To 5G

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2020 @ 09:52am

  I'll Do My Part

  I won't buy a new phone ... not until the battery becomes unusable.

• On the post: Court To Cop: We Don't Need On-Point Precedent To Deny You Immunity For Killing A Dog That Couldn't Hurt You

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2020 @ 06:53am

  Dog Killers

  Dog killers deserve everything they get, just like child molesters.

• On the post: UK Ignores US, Won't Fully Ban Huawei Gear From Its Networks

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2020 @ 12:06pm

  Trade Talks

  Boris may regret this stance when it comes time to negotiate entry into NAFTA. Stiff upper lip and all that, gov'na.

• On the post: Supreme Court Asked To Tell Cops That Consenting To A Search Is Not Consenting To Having Your Home Destroyed

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2020 @ 05:22pm

  Dear Judges

  This is how the rule of law dies. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

• On the post: The 'Race To 5G' Is A Giant Pile Of Lobbyist Nonsense

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2020 @ 08:11am

  Re: New Sales

  Truth. I see no reason to upgrade from my perfectly fine Note8.

• On the post: Traditional TV Enters Its Final Death Spiral

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2020 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re: Cable TV

  If I can't ...

• On the post: Traditional TV Enters Its Final Death Spiral

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2020 @ 10:50am

  Re: Cable TV

  If I can download it or stream it I don't watch it. For Disney+ and CBS All Access I use torrents and I don't feel bad about.

• On the post: Senator Hawley Responds To Techdirt With A Bunch Of Nonsense And Lies About His Own Bill That He Doesn't Seem To Understand

  

  Improbus ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2019 @ 01:22pm

  Re: Re: 'moron', 'ditz', 'braindead buffoon'... so many other op

  Retrograde or just wRong.

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