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• On the post: Congressman Appoints Himself Censor, Removes Painting Critical Of Cops From Congressional Halls

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2017 @ 06:04am

  Every time they bring up the # cops killed in the US

  They conveniently neglect to mention that it is an order of magnitude LOWER than the number of people killed by LEOs every year. Many are probably hard-working people upholding the law, but a depressing number think they are freaking Rambo.
  
  Gotta do a barrel roll against unarmed children in swimsuits, of course.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io1UADruF2k
  
  "963 people killed by police in 2016"
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2016/
  
  "991 people killed by police in 2015"
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/
  
  "73 LEOs killed by gunfire, stabbed or hit by a vehicle in 2016"
  https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2016
  
  "49 LEOs killed by gunfire, stabbed or hit by a vehicle in 2016"
  https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2015

• On the post: Facebook Censors Art Historian's Photo Of Neptune's Statue-Penis

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2017 @ 03:07am

  Don't forget about

  the cherubs! They are nekkid too and, having sat under the hatrack that is Neptune for all these years, DESERVE equal treatment. CENSOR THE CHERUBS, Mark, censor the cherubs too.
  
  Equal Treatment for Wangs 2017

• On the post: Defense Department Oversight Finds More Evidence Of Retaliation Against Whistleblowers

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2017 @ 04:25am

  We are missing something here

  What about the "before drilling into walls to install surveillance equipment" statement? There is a difference between "security cameras" which would be normal and proper on a military base. This is "surveillance equipment" which has no place on a military base. WTF Air Force? WTF.

• On the post: Great: Now Wall Street Is Funding Speculative Corporate Sovereignty Claims For A Share Of The Spoils

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2017 @ 04:20am

  Re: champerty

  You, sir or ma'am, have select the TechDirt SECRET WORD OF THE DAY!!! You win one hundred dollars.
  
  http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-say-the-secret-word-and-win-a-hundred-dollars-groucho-marx-308116.jpg

• On the post: Congressman Goodlatte Decides To Refill The Swamp By Gutting Congressional Ethics Office… But Drops It After Bad Publicity

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2017 @ 04:00am

  Re: Thad

  OK, fair point. The word may have slipped in during the update.

• On the post: Congressman Goodlatte Decides To Refill The Swamp By Gutting Congressional Ethics Office… But Drops It After Bad Publicity

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2017 @ 08:41am

  " literally "

  Ugh.

• On the post: Rightscorp Rings In The New Year By Vowing To Find New Ways To Lose Money In 2017

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2017 @ 08:23am

  I think you are all missing the bigger picture

  They don't WANT to make money. They are consistently around the negative $3.2 - 3.4m figure each year. This probably isn't a large operation with hundreds of employees and multiple locations. I'm guessing there are a handful of executives pulling in $300k and some worker bees. They take the tax write-off and put in just enough effort to convince the IRS and the stock market they are a real company.

• On the post: Court Tells Nursing Home Company That Law Firm's Ads Targeting It Are Not A Form Of Trademark Infringement

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2016 @ 08:20am

  How did the Appeals Court miss this one?

  Seems like they wiffed their at-bat.

• On the post: Pennsylvania Legislature Looking To Hide The Names Of Cops Who Deploy Excessive Or Deadly Force

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2016 @ 04:12am

  Strongmen and dictatorial governments

  This is why we must not elect the current 'strongman' vying for public office in the US. This sort of practice will become institutionalized, along with victim blaming and shaming*.
  
  Lest anyone think I have a liberal agenda please keep in mind that I'm basing my decision this election on the things uttered by the screaming carrot deamon for the past year. I don't care for his opponent, but this dude will ruin the country I fought for.
  
  *Notice also that Comey's FBI outed a minor victim just last week.

• On the post: HP Issues Flimsy Mea Culpa For Recent Printer Cartridge DRM Idiocy, But It's Not Enough

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2016 @ 09:22am

  Printer refils

  Shouldn't be able to create security problems in the first place, HP. This is you screwing up. This is you screwing your customers over. This is me never buying your crap again.

• On the post: How I Taught A Jury About Trolls, Memes And 4Chan — And Helped Get A Troll Out Of Jail

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2016 @ 12:21pm

  Keep fighing the good fight, Mike

• On the post: Traffic Is Fake, Audience Numbers Are Garbage, And Nobody Knows How Many People See Anything

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2016 @ 08:41am

  Re: that soggy "local" paper that's been sitting out in the rain on your porch for two days

  How did you find my house?

• On the post: Guy Arrested Over KickassTorrents Blocked From Talking To His US Attorney

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2016 @ 08:12am

  Why are you surprised?

  The law only applies to "the little people" - not the apparatchiks in the US Government.

• On the post: Gizmodo Completely Misses The Point Of Cord Cutting

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2016 @ 07:43am

  Novak's credibility as a journalist

  Evaporated when he finished his ill-reasoned piece with an emoji.
  
  Here is a real statistic. My D-TiVo has been on the fritz for about a month. I've been using the Leaf 30mi OTA antenna (one time cost of $40 a year or two ago) and I receive plenty of free content. We already get Amazon TV as a result of our Prime membership. Add in the DVDs that I already own and Netflix for 0.33/day and I'm set.

• On the post: University Of Texas Bullies Pastry Shop Over Donuts Shaped Like 'Hook 'Em Horns' Hands

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2016 @ 04:18am

  Yeah, hard to see how the college has a case

  There are only five digits and just a few ways a single hand can arrange those digits. This particular symbol was used for thousands of years. The term 'longhorn' refers to any number of lazy, dumb, mouth breathing varmints (much like the President and lawyers at the University of Texas). I think this is a perfect First Amendment test case. Someone put out the Popehat signal.

• On the post: Engineers Say If Automated Cars Experience 'The Trolley Problem,' They've Already Screwed Up

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2016 @ 09:37am

  Bah

  "millions" Their sample size sounds impressive but is vanishingly small. Do they know how many miles Americans drive every day, to say nothing of the whole world?

• On the post: With Both Presidential Candidates Claiming To Be Against The TPP, President Obama Kicks Off Campaign To Ratify It

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2016 @ 08:08am

  The problem with Lame Duck

  Is that the Republican's screwed themselves with the whole "the people should decide" Supreme Court appointment (despite the PEOPLE deciding TWICE who to put in the top job). Seems like TPP is just as important as a judge.

• On the post: NPR The Latest Website To Prevent You From Commenting Because It Simply Adores 'Relationships' And 'Conversation'

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2016 @ 08:19am

  Stats

  I thought they used hard numbers to build a solid case. I can't zing NPR here.

• On the post: State Supreme Court Says Secret Software Used In Sentencing Determinations Not A Violation Of Due Process Rights

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2016 @ 11:07am

  Sheesh - could the Court have punted any harder?

  This is why jurors need to be aware of their rights. Just nullification is legal and proper, especially when one group of defendants is treated differently than other groups for the same crimes.
  
  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/nullification.html
  
  https://www.aclu.org/feature/fair-sentencing-act

• On the post: How The Olympics Bullshit Ban On Tweeting About The Olympics Is Harming Olympic Athletes

  

  JustMe ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2016 @ 10:58am

  I was out after Jim Thorpe

  And this is why we do not support companies that are 'allowed' to advertise with the Olympics. You have Olympic shit on your product? Great, helps me support your competition.

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