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• On the post: Nothing Changes: Cops Still Threatening Citizens, Breaking Laws To Shut Down Recordings

  

  musterion ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2014 @ 01:40pm

  The Facts Please

  The article stated: "A man is choked to death by an NYPD officer". This factually incorrect. While, I deplore the police harassing citizens recording their public actions, get your story straight and do not repeat lies.

• On the post: No Joke: China's Broadcasting Authority Bans Puns And Wordplay

  

  musterion ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2014 @ 07:39am

  Clint Eastwood

  Is this where Clint Eastwood got the idea? I bet the SJW Stasi would love to have this ability here

• On the post: High School Kids Staring Down Child Porn Charges In Sexting Scandal

  

  musterion ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2014 @ 07:43am

  Why don't we approach this like weapons in high school?

  (sarc)
  Perhaps we should not allow anyone under 18 to have an electronic device that can take or display pictures/videos. If any person in school has one of those they are booted.

• On the post: Veteran Police Officer Defends Law Enforcement's Use Of Military Vehicles Using Condescension And Baseless Claims

  

  musterion ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2014 @ 06:57am

  Better Training

  I think better training is not about superior tactical ability, but understanding the laws in you own state and community. It seems all too often the police are more concerned about "controlling the situation" than respecting the laws. I recall seeing several videos on youtube and the like where the officers involved don not their own state laws. One example recently was in Ohio where an officer got upset that a driver who was pulled over and had a concealed carry license did not say anything to the officer about being unarmed. The law clearly states that you have a duty to inform only if you are carrying concealed. Since the driver was not carrying concealed, he had no duty to inform.
  
  There are far too many videos of officers trying to intimidate citizens video recording officers in public when it is well known that this is perfectly legal.

• On the post: 5 Year Old Who Drew A Gun In Crayon Forced To Sign No-Suicide Contract With School

  

  musterion ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2014 @ 07:36am

  The arguments for home schooling increase by the day. This is the long game being played by the advocates of gun control.

• On the post: New Snowden Documents Expose NSA's 'Core Secrets:' Infiltration Of Foreign Companies Aimed At 'Exploiting Network Technology'

  

  musterion ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2014 @ 06:51am

  Lead sentence was never true

  "It appears the NSA is much more than a domestic agency with many digital tentacles" Anyone with half an ounce of brains knows this was never true. I mean read Bamford's "Puzzle Palace" and that's from the 80's
  
  Furthermore, do you think the Chinese have not done the same thing?
  
  Sheesh

• On the post: Another Improvement To The Star Wars 'New' Trilogy Torpedoed By Copyright

  

  musterion ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 06:34am

  Re:

  I think an adequate length of time is the life of the author, or if a corporate copyright, 50 years. I don't see why the heirs should necessarily benefit for long periods of time. Perhaps the children of the author might be in for some benefit, but certainly not the grandchildren. Of course, the Disney Empire would not go for this.

• On the post: Another Improvement To The Star Wars 'New' Trilogy Torpedoed By Copyright

  

  musterion ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 06:30am

  No net?

  Are you a troll? This is "Hollywood Accounting" pure and simple. Lucas has made fantastic gobs of money off of these films directly, not to mention all of the indirect money from the other related products.

• On the post: Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Insane Recording Laws

  

  musterion ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2014 @ 12:13pm

  Re:

  I think, perhaps, he meant a felony crime vs a misdemeanor.

• On the post: Corruptville, Florida May Lose Its Cityship

  

  musterion ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2014 @ 08:22am

  Re: Upper Midwest City

  Perhaps you are thinking of Rome Ohio, a former suburb of Columbus. THe former town has a 1000 ft strip of US 40 west of downtown, and made boatloads of money. It was eventually taken down (disolved)--details can be looked up--and laws were passed in the state to keep such things from happening again.

• On the post: Chicago PD Believes It Can See The Future, Starts Warning Citizens About Crimes They Might Commit

  

  musterion ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2014 @ 06:58am

  Watching too much TV

  I think they've been watching too much "Person of Interest".
  
  They usual trope comes out:
  
  "Law enforcement and the code creators, as you'd expect, argue that it's only the bad guys that need to worry about a system like this:"
  
  And I provide the usual response:
  So what constitutes a crime? Say, at sometime in Dearborn MI, walking around with your head uncovered if you are a woman becomes a punishable offence. You can no doubt think of other behaviours that are not criminal now, but could be made criminal in the future. And given that there is a new federal regulation about every 3 hours (I really don't know on this--could be every 3 min) crime becomes a creeping thing.

• On the post: 53 Years To The Day That Eisenhower Warned Of The Military-Industrial Complex, Obama Will Further Its Cause

  

  musterion ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 07:50am

  Also in that same speech

  is another warning:
  
  
  Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
  
  In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
  
  Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
  
  The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.
  
  
  This one seems to get overlooked.

• On the post: Number Of Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty Drops To 50-Year Low While Number Of Citizens Killed By Cops Remains Unchanged

  

  musterion ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2014 @ 08:11am

  This article sparks some questions in my mind.
  
  I'd like to see the category of "police" broken down into several categories like uniformed police vs plain clothes vs undercover. Also I'd like see urban vs suburban vs rural. And perhaps "regular" vs "special tactics (SWAT)".
  
  Additionally, this sort of puts the lie to control claims that more guns make the policeman's job more dangerous.

• On the post: ATF Humor: Whistleblowers Facing A Firing Squad

  

  musterion ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2013 @ 06:24am

  No Firing Squad--Send in the IRS

  A more cruel punishment--an audit.

• On the post: DOJ And Dept. Of Education To Colleges: Start Restricting Free Speech On Campus Or Kiss Your Federal Funding Goodbye

  

  musterion ( profile ), 21 May, 2013 @ 08:08am

  And "The One" wants everyone to go to college

  And now, perhaps, you understand why. Whole new generations of mindless drones (as mentioned before) who will be heavily in debt to the federal government when they graduate, since the Feds will soon be the only ones loaning money for college.

• On the post: Why People Pirate: The Story Of Avatar

  

  musterion ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 08:27am

  huh what?

  Why would I want to pirate "Dances with Surfs" ?

• On the post: When Every Practical Economic Idea Is Political Suicide, Something's Wrong With Politics

  

  musterion ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:54am

  Suggestion #5 is utter nonsense

  based on specious science that CO2 is the cause of climate change.
  
  re Income tax--make it flat, everyone pays--everyone shares the cost of government.

• On the post: Hobbit Actors Stephen Fry & Ian McKellen Pay License For Hobbit Pub

  

  musterion ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 07:39am

  History of Saul Zaentz Company

  If you want to assess what kind of person S. Z. is/was investigate his relationship with John Fogarty.

• On the post: Harry Reid Says He's Concerned PIPA Will Break The Internet, But We Must Move Forward With It, Because Of 'Jobs'

  

  musterion ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2012 @ 09:49am

  Excuses

  Ahh, the latest excuse for passing lousy legislation--Jobs. It used to be: "It's for the children"

• On the post: Developers Trying To Treat Houses Like Copyright; Want A Cut Of Every Future Resale

  

  musterion ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2010 @ 10:22am

  Surely this an April 1 troll article

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