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• On the post: Applicant For UND Head Football Coach Cites Video Game Experience As His Qualifications

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2013 @ 08:35pm

  I'm guessing this was sent in as a joke.

• On the post: Washington Post Columnist Says 'Complainers' Will Be At Fault For Next Terrorist Attack

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2013 @ 03:36pm

  I don't care if there are 10,000 more terrorist attacks; our rights are not negotiable. Only a coward would sell out his principles for the sake of safety.

• On the post: Judge Says That Sherlock Holmes Is In The Public Domain

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2013 @ 12:05pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Where's the incentive?

  You wrote the plot to a Holmes book? I hope you paid the estate the licensing fees!

• On the post: Lawyer For Cop Charged In Beating Death Of Homeless Man Claims Officer Didn't Use ENOUGH Force

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2013 @ 08:40pm

  "You see these fists? They are getting ready to fuck you up."
  
  You know, no matter how many times I read that, I'm not reading a *conditional* threat. That's an *imminent* threat.

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

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2013 @ 05:17pm

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  Oh, brother. I guess you run up to anyone who says X-Files, stomp your feet, and say "It's THE X-Files, you black-oil infested member of the Consortium!"

• On the post: When Is A Lyric Site More Than A Lyric Site?

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2013 @ 09:24pm

  Re:

  ....
  
  BUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!

• On the post: When Is A Lyric Site More Than A Lyric Site?

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2013 @ 09:22pm

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  He's probably always been one. That sort of doucheness doesn't just happen overnight.

• On the post: Copyright Extension Goes Into Effect In The UK: More Works Stolen From The Public Domain

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2013 @ 12:16pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Laws against gravity

  Says the guy who just said that belief in evolution "requires" a belief in abiogenesis? You're contradicting yourself.

• On the post: UK Foreign Secretary Says Merely 'Speculating' About Intelligence Capabilities Is Damaging To The Country

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2013 @ 12:11pm

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  You don't see European blogs writing "The US, where the silly imperial system is still standard." in every article, do you?
  
  Yes. Yes you do. Brits in particular take pot-shots at the US over every little thing.
  
  Furthermore, simply stating that freedom of the press is more codified in law in the US than the UK isn't just empty jingoism or xenophobic bashing, it's basically established as fact, and relevant to the article at hand.

• On the post: Copyright Extension Goes Into Effect In The UK: More Works Stolen From The Public Domain

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2013 @ 09:00am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Laws against gravity

  And finally, yes, evolution absolutely requires abiogenesis in order for it to work, otherwise the entire theory is aimless.
  
  In what way? Why exactly can't a person believe that the world was created by an intelligence, but not also believe that organisms evolve over time?

• On the post: Copyright Extension Goes Into Effect In The UK: More Works Stolen From The Public Domain

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2013 @ 08:58am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Laws against gravity

  There's no such thing as "microevolution" and "macroevolution." Those are bullshit creationist terms.
  
  The actual terms are "evolution" and "speciation," respectively. And, if you understand how taxonomy works, the former always eventually leads to the latter.

• On the post: How Trademark Law Can Finally Kill Dan Snyder's Racist Dreamworld

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2013 @ 01:29pm

  Personally, I find sanctimonious, politically-correct grandstanding to be about as annoying as bald-faced racism.
  
  The American Indians don't need white people to tell them what's offensive to their race. If a clear majority aren't offended, what exactly is the problem?

• On the post: Hackers Get Tons Of Detailed Info On Nearly 1 Million Rich & Famous By Copying Major Limo Broker Service's Database

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2013 @ 03:19pm

  Honestly, I'd like to see this myself. It sounds like solid frigging gold...

• On the post: Mississippi The Latest State To Claim Copyright Over Official Compilation Of Its Laws

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2013 @ 05:20pm

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  Jackson University Medical not too long ago reported the first functionally cured HIV infection. This is the same hospital that first pioneered human heart and lung transplants.
  
  There you go.

• On the post: Sheriff Determined To Find Some Reason To Arrest Parents Of Girls Who Are Accused Of Bullying Girl Into Suicide

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2013 @ 02:41pm

  Re: misplaced outrage

  It's none of the Sheriff's business if the parents are "arrogant." "Arrogance" is not a crime. They can be however they want to be within the confines of the law, and the Sheriff needs a tough reminder: Law enforcement officers DO NOT PUNISH. Not anyone for any reason.

• On the post: Ohio Zombie-Man Confirmed Dead By The Court He Personally Attended

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2013 @ 05:13pm

  Re: Dead Man Walking

  STIFF 1

• On the post: Philly Transit Police Chief Shocked That No One Came To The Assistance Of A Cop Being Assaulted By A Suspect

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2013 @ 04:50am

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  No, it wasn't a human being, it was an officer. They sacrifice their humanity the moment they pin their badges on. Police cannot be spoken to nor reasoned with, and do as much as possible to distance themselves fromn their personality. Mindless automatons, operating off of fixed protocol that they won't go against, unless it's it deny a citizen his or her rights.
  
  NEVER think of them as human. Not until the badge comes off.

• On the post: Sen. Dan Coats Uses His Five Minutes At Intelligence Committee Meeting To Rant About Media And 'Non-Trusting' Public

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2013 @ 01:48pm

  Operation MKULTRA, Operation MKDELTA, Holmesburg Prison, Japanese citizen internment, the Tuskegee Syphilis studies, secret chemical tests on citizens in St. Louis, the proposed Operation Northwoods, right up to torture at Guantanamo Bay and the current War on Whistleblowers.
  
  Why exactly SHOULD we trust our government?

• On the post: California College Tells Student He Can't Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On Constitution Day

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2013 @ 12:57pm

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  They're all important, and none should be trivialized.
  
  And if we didn't have access to arms, it's safe to say our rights would be far more erroded than they currently are. You mention various European nations, yet all of them have greater restrictions on personal freedoms than the US, especially that Orwellian shithole known as the United Kingdom.

• On the post: As Expected, MPAA's Filter For IsoHunt Blocks Plenty Of Legit Content, Even As MPAA Whines It's Not Good Enough

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2013 @ 12:34pm

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  You mean the people with real jobs who produce something useful for the benefit of the the world, as opposed to the entitled whiners who think everyone should be forced to consume their "art," and are just SO sure they would be millionaire celebrities if it weren't for the non-seeded torrent file of their shitty movie or album?
  
  Oh, if only you were right about that.

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