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• On the post: DOJ Morality Police May Be Behind Chase Closing Bank Accounts Of Adult Film Actors

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 03 May, 2014 @ 03:58am

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  :) Thanks, I was going to comment about that empty thimble, too. I wouldn't personally attribute any quantity of moral authority to this (US) government.

• On the post: DOJ Morality Police May Be Behind Chase Closing Bank Accounts Of Adult Film Actors

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 03 May, 2014 @ 03:44am

  Welcome to 1984.

  Thanks for posting that list. Pretty scary how many completely legal businesses are on that list, to say nothing about the possible motives for 'banning' them.

• On the post: DOJ Morality Police May Be Behind Chase Closing Bank Accounts Of Adult Film Actors

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 03 May, 2014 @ 03:40am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Enough about PORN, please!

  "Is an escort service ever a legitimate business?"
  
  Legitimate? Yes, absolutely.
  
  "Just a thought ..... if your $500 "tip" results in sex, it's illegal -- if not, it's a scam!"
  
  Just a thought ... if your $500 "tip" results in unrecorded sex, it's illegal -- if not, it's porn!

• On the post: DOJ Morality Police May Be Behind Chase Closing Bank Accounts Of Adult Film Actors

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 03 May, 2014 @ 03:05am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Indeed. Somehow, I'm sure this applies more broadly.

• On the post: Company Uses Bogus Polls And Gag Orders To Protect Image Of License Plate Scanning

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 03 May, 2014 @ 02:54am

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  Sick, isn't it? They try to argue that it's so helpful for law enforcement, so I suggest removing the data collection from the system, unless and only after a scanned plate matches an entry on their list, as this would provide LE with their potential benefit while removing most of the dangers, and yet they act like the sky will literally fall down if the data retention is removed or altered. So much for the presumption of innocence, among other things.

• On the post: Court Tells Ex-Wife Of Husband Who Killed Himself To Use Copyright To Delete Anything He Ever Wrote Online

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 03 May, 2014 @ 02:27am

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  "This is only part of what you sign away to Facebook in return for using their services."
  
  ...and yet some people still insist that these services are free. Sad.

• On the post: Meet TISA: Another Major Treaty Negotiated In Secret Alongside TPP And TTIP

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 04:39pm

  Re: Re:

  The real humor is that somewhere, in some small town or county, that probably is an actual law or ordinance.

• On the post: CISPA Take 3: Feinstein & Chambliss Draft Another Cybersecurity Bill, Designed To Wipe Out Your Privacy

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 04:30pm

  Re: Cash Cows not Sheep

  "Weaker, stupider, busier, drunker, sicker and suggestible, now that's the plan..."
  
  You've got that right.

• On the post: Hey, Idiots, Stop Swatting People

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2014 @ 04:13pm

  Re: Re: The issue not being raised here...

  "...maybe a SWAT team shouldn't actually be sent to a scene until actual responsible law enforcement agents confirm there is a need for them."
  
  Hehe, that's part of the problem. We don't have nearly enough actual responsible law enforcement agents.

• On the post: CISPA Take 3: Feinstein & Chambliss Draft Another Cybersecurity Bill, Designed To Wipe Out Your Privacy

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2014 @ 02:49pm

  Re:

  I would agree that things are likely going to be significantly worse ~2-3 years from now.
  
  I also agree with John Fenderson that some of it is not only here already, but has been for years now.

• On the post: CISPA Take 3: Feinstein & Chambliss Draft Another Cybersecurity Bill, Designed To Wipe Out Your Privacy

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2014 @ 02:38pm

  Re: Re: Not much I can do...

  Agreed that it's worth saying anyway. Words have power. Even if nothing else, someday in the future someone might look back at records and see a bill like this passing despite widespread opposition in many forms (where they otherwise might not).

• On the post: How The FCC Plans Neuter The Net, Even As The FCC Insists Everyone's Got It All Wrong

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2014 @ 01:52am

  Re: Preimium Services Cost Money

  "The problem is that we just don't have unlimited bandwidth..."
  
  So, what you're saying is that it's ok for an ISP to advertise and sell a product or service and then not deliver what was promised? Or are you suggesting that customers are outrageously demanding more bandwidth / speed than they're paying for? Or are you saying that ISPs somehow cannot throttle speeds or set data caps?
  
  That doesn't make sense, nor does your second statement. It does not make sense that companies which offer 'premium' services should have priority over anyone else whom you simply do not like.

• On the post: How The FCC Plans Neuter The Net, Even As The FCC Insists Everyone's Got It All Wrong

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2014 @ 01:14am

  Re: So how does one apply for Citizenship in the UK?

  Maybe start here. Though I am a bit of an anglophile, I don't think I'd recommend the UK as a first choice. Naturalized citizenship can take anywhere from 1 year on the low end (Brazil) to 12+ years on the high end (Switzerland) with the average being about 5 years. Also, citizenship through naturalization isn't always guaranteed, either. Definitely something worth considering, though.

• On the post: Criminal Conviction In South Africa For Posting A Movie To The Pirate Bay

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2014 @ 03:57am

  Re: Good job SA police and governemnt

  "I mean, if they're spending this much time, money and effort cracking down on piracy, that means they've eliminated all those trifling crimes like assault, armed robbery, carjacking, murder, rape, and all those other, minor crimes, opening up the resources to go pirate hunting, right?"
  
  On that note, I strongly recommend seeing this film which gives an idea of how bad these trifling crimes are in SA, especially when compared to the far worse criminal act of copyright infringement.

• On the post: Sending A Message: It's Time To Stop Secret Trade Agreements That Undermine Democracy

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2014 @ 03:22am

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  As a general rule, any entity that goes to such lengths to proclaim how free, democratic, caring, etc. it is, almost always isn't (even close).

• On the post: 'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2014 @ 04:43am

  Re: Re:

  [...sounds of crickets...]

• On the post: Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is 'Odd'

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 09:18pm

  Too sad

  Beyond words.
  
  "The man also revealed in the video that he had to drown his own dog to put her out of her misery because the officer didn?t shoot in a way that killed her. In the video, Middleton claims his gun was stolen so he couldn?t shoot Candy to put her out of her misery ? and the deputy refused to."
  
  "Middleton claims he had his dog?s body examined by a veterinarian and the results ?suggest Candy was shot while retreating from the shooter.? Further, as reported above, the farmer claims the dash cam video does not back up what the deputy claims happened."
  
  That criminal masquerading as a cop should be in prison, on murder charges.
  
  R.I.P., poor dog. Really.
  
  
  Why does this happen so often? Why does this keep happening when it shouldn't?

• On the post: Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is 'Odd'

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 09:00pm

  Re: Re: No Voluntary Association

  "I have mixed feelings about this. One of the largest problems with cops these days is the very strong "us vs them" mentality from them (and, consequently, from the general public).
  Socially ostracizing them could only deepen this division. It could end up making cops even more predatory than they already are, and end up making it so that only bad people are willing to become cops.
  What we really need is the opposite of all that."
  
  Agreed with all but the word 'only'. I suspect that your mixed feelings have to do with the same. I want for the possibility...

• On the post: Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is 'Odd'

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 08:44pm

  Damn right!

• On the post: Police Chief: Not Wanting To Talk To Police Officers Is 'Odd'

  

  OrganizedThoughtCrime ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 08:38pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Assaulted.

  Well put!

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