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• On the post: Publicity Rights For A Photobombing Horse? Owner Demands Cut Of Photo Prize

  

  Stan ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2016 @ 12:56pm

  Re: Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

  In addition, "Don't Look a GIF Horse..."

• On the post: Facebook Nixes Picture Of Bronze Mermaid Statue For Showing Too Much 'Skin'

  

  Stan ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2016 @ 01:04am

  On cemsorship

  "The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." - Robert A. Heinlein in ""The Man Who Sold the Moon"

• On the post: French Government Using State Of Emergency As An Excuse To Round Up Climate Change Activists

  

  Stan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 01:10am

  What probably happened...

  ...was that the climate activists were overheard saying that they needed an "attention getting device" and the french police mis-understood them.

• On the post: Saudi Arabia Says It Will Sue Twitter Users Who Compare It To ISIS; Apparently Skips The NY Times

  

  Stan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 12:56am

  Beheaders

  I think Saudi Arabia should be lauded. After all, in response to anyone comparing Saudi Arabia to ISIS will only result in a lawsuit. In the good, old days they might have beheaded you (for comparing them to 'beheaders').
  
  Oh dear, my irony detector circuits just over-loaded.

• On the post: Loretta Lynch Essentially Says The Ferguson Effect Is Bullshit

  

  Stan ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2015 @ 12:56pm

  Re:

  "...make policy in a climate completely lacking data..."
  
  Sounds just like how many U.S. politicians approach climate change.

• On the post: PETA Defends Its Rights To Represent The Selfie-Taking Monkey In Court

  

  Stan ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2015 @ 05:41pm

  Factual Question

  How do we know that it was a selfie?
  
  
  Maybe the picture was actually taken by Naruto's cousin Bonzo.

• On the post: Boston Police Commissioner Wants Cameras Further Away From Cops, Criminal Charges For Not Assisting Officers

  

  Stan ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2015 @ 12:08pm

  Re: What are the odds?

  "What are the odds.."?
  
  Easy to calculate since the odds go up as the helper's skin color gets darker.

• On the post: Insanity Rules: NSA Apologists Actually Think Apple Protecting You & Your Data Could Be 'Material Support' For ISIS

  

  Stan ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2015 @ 01:31pm

  "..prevent their products..."

  "The first challenge for plaintiffs will be to establish that Apple even had a duty, or an obligation, to take steps to prevent their products from being used in an attack in the first place. "
  
  Hey Swith & Wesson, Glock, Winchester, et al.
  
  Are you paying attention?

• On the post: As Uber Crackdown In France Continues, Uber Downloads In France Reach Record Highs

  

  Stan ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2015 @ 03:45pm

  France's reactin to Uber

  As I've mentioned elsewhere, if France had reacted to Germany's invasion 8 decades ago the way that it is reacting now to Uber, WW2 would have been over and done with in weeks.

• On the post: Fast Track Moves Forward And Now The Fight Is On TPP Directly

  

  Stan ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2015 @ 01:44am

  TPP and Net Neutrality

  What's to stop Verizon, Time-Warner or Comcast from merging with a foreign broadband company, then sueing the US to win against FCC net neutrality in a ISDS action?

• On the post: CIA Refuses To Release Osama's Porn Collection Information To Bro Who Submitted FOIA For It

  

  Stan ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 12:31pm

  Re: Re: CIA's Concerns Are Legit!

  "Would the code breakdown be interesting..."
  
  Yes..this explains the vast increase of bizarre sexual positions that was noted in Islamic porn years ago.
  (source: The Sunday Times [UK])

• On the post: CIA Refuses To Release Osama's Porn Collection Information To Bro Who Submitted FOIA For It

  

  Stan ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 11:31am

  CIA's Concerns Are Legit!

  For years, the CIA and NSA were trying to intercept Bin Laden's communications, inspecting almost all of the data going though the Internet. The only class of files that was not examined was porn - there is so much porn on the Internet that it was too staggering to sort through it all, even for the combined resources of the NSA/CIA.
  
  Now that they do have that porn, they must analyze it and find the hidden messages and learn how all this was done.
  
  The brave, dedicated men at the CIA have been doing this night after night, racking up massive overtime watching and reading this material repeatedly.
  
  Could ordinary men pull this off? No sir, but these are special men, hardened by years of experience. No jerks here!
  
  They should be commended.
  
  (Source: The Sunday Times [UK])

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Stan ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2015 @ 11:58pm

  TV set radiation

  "...for those who were told to fear radiation from good ol' television sets.."
  
  Early color TVs could emit soft X-rays if the high voltage circuit was running too high. I had always wondered if any cats that slept on those TVs developed mutations.

• On the post: Sun-Owning Lady Sues eBay Because They Wouldn't Let Her Sell 'Plots' Of 'Land' On 'Her' Sun

  

  Stan ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2015 @ 12:25pm

  Ya'll have overlooked something !

  Her claim just might be legitimate...and she could win her lawsuit.
  
  
  Has anyone established that she isn't God?

• On the post: Elected Officials Grudgingly Admit Snowden Forced This Debate On Surveillance… As White House Insists He Belongs In Jail

  

  Stan ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2015 @ 12:43pm

  Exactly who created the myth?

  Says Bob Corker (R-Tenn.): “The public discourse around it created a myth about what this program is and what it isn’t.”
  
  Noooooooo.... the NSA created a myth about what this program is and what it isn’t. And the NSA created a myth about what laws they were following and what laws they weren't.

• On the post: DailyDirt: It Doesn't Feel Pity, Or Remorse, Or Fear. And It Absolutely Will Not Stop.

  

  Stan ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2015 @ 08:10pm

  Killer Robot Insurance

  Don't forget that Old Glory Insurance Company has a policy that protects you from killer robot attacks.
  
  
  https://screen.yahoo.com/old-glory-insurance-ad-000000469.html

• On the post: Cable Execs Refuse To Offer Better TV Bundle Options Because Consumers Already Enjoy All The 'Value' They Can Handle

  

  Stan ( profile ), 14 May, 2015 @ 12:58pm

  PRESS RELEASE from the Time Warner Burger Shack.

  The Time Warner BS (Burger Shack) has announced a menu featuring new item choices. Customers will be able to order either
  
  1) a basic burger (consisting of patty, bun and mayo) or
  
  2) the big package burger (which adds mustard, relish, bacon, cream cheese, fried egg, mushrooms, lettuce. jalapenos and chili sauce)
  and comes with fries, onion rings and a super-sized strawberry-rhubarb shake, or
  
  3) a whole side of beef flame roasted to very-well-done.
  
  Substitutions, additions or deletions are not allowed.
  
  Said Dinesh C. Jain, chief operating officer of Time Warner BS: “I think a lot of the times, customers don’t want to get
  bogged down in a lot of choices to make on those kinds of things. There’s a lot of value in our triple-play packaging right now
  and it’s a simpler sale."

• On the post: Quebec Town Makes It Illegal To Insult Police Officers And Other Public Officials

  

  Stan ( profile ), 08 May, 2015 @ 12:16pm

  Fine Schedule of Fines

  The City Council has established a Fee Schedule of Fines for 'defamatory and detrimental' comments.
  
  $100 fine for saying: Stinky, doo-doo head or fart-face
  $200 fine for saying: your mother wears army boots
  $300 fine for saying: brain-damaged armpit-sniffer
  $400 fine for saying: killer of cute puppies
  $500 fine for saying: torturer of cute kittens
  $600 fine for saying: butt-puss-sucking used car salesman
  $700 fine for saying: incessant You-Tube video poster
  $800 fine for saying: AOL user
  $900 fine for saying: morphodite pig-fucker
  $1000 fine for saying: shit-eating mom-raping necrophiliac

• On the post: Motel Decides It Should Just Start Faxing All Guest Info To Local Police Every Night

  

  Stan ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2015 @ 11:32am

  Privacy Policy

  Does Motel Six's privacy policy prevent them from sending video feeds from every room to the local police?
  
  That sure would make things easier for the police.
  
  The motel could change their name to "Motel 6 to life".

• On the post: Motel Decides It Should Just Start Faxing All Guest Info To Local Police Every Night

  

  Stan ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2015 @ 11:28am

  We'll leave the light on

  We'll leave the handcuffs nearby.

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