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• On the post: Cops Go To Wrong House, Kill Innocent Man, Receive A Free Pass From Local Grand Jury

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2018 @ 07:37am

  Re: Re: One Way Street

  Better yet, there should be a special prosecutor for indicting and prosecuting police officers.
  
  We have special prosecutors for investigating and prosecuting members of the President's administration because of clear conflicts of interest (the DOJ is a part of the President's administration, and led by their appointees), we should do the same for bringing bad police officers and departments to justice.
  
  Prosecutors often have clear conflicts of interest prosecuting cops because they need the cops testimony in plenty of other cases they're prosecuting to secure a conviction. A great way to lose their testimony/cooperation in those cases is to prosecute the cops. Even if the cop still cooperates with you, it provides a field day for the defense by damaging the cop's credibility, especially if the cop was caught lying to cover up their crimes.

• On the post: Ajit Pai Throws His Employees Under The Bus After Investigation Proves FCC Made Up DDOS Attack

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2018 @ 09:58am

  Re:

  It IS illegal if he does it under oath.
  
  But getting convictions for it isn't easy. See the baseball player who clearly flat out lied right to congress's face that he didn't do steroids.

• On the post: Wells Fargo Admits 'Computer Glitch' May Have Contributed to 400 Foreclosures

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2018 @ 09:23am

  Re:

  Silly Berenerd,
  
  You have to fuck over and rip off a LOT of little people to get away with it.
  
  Oh and don't make the mistake of ripping off the wealthy and powerful like poor old Bernie Madoff did, because then you'll actually have to do jail time.
  
  But rip off tons of little people? Funnel a bunch of drug money for the cartels? No problem!

• On the post: Surprisingly Rational TSA Plan To Drop Screening At Small Airports Has Almost Zero Chance Of Getting Off The Ground

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2018 @ 01:16pm

  Re: Re: Cost-benefit calculations

  Random screening has also become "use it as an excuse to search the hotties and the people who look like they won't give you trouble". I recall the TSA got in trouble for that years ago.

• On the post: Report Highlights How U.S. Telcos Abandoned Rural American Broadband

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2018 @ 09:52am

  Re: That solution is a non-starter.

  And "elimination of counter-productive protectionist state laws" is never going to be agreed by the Dems.

  Citation needed. Anti-competition protectionist measures are not a part of the Democratic agenda, or actively demanded by their base. Also, a majority of state legislatures are currently controlled by the GOP, especially in heavily rural states with the biggest ISP problem. Even the ultra-corrupt West Virginia cited in the story is currently controlled by the GOP

• On the post: Sensing Blood In The Water, All Major Labels Sue Cox For 'Ignoring' Their DMCA Notices

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2018 @ 01:51pm

  Re:

  And to do shopping for a number of products like books, because the Internet put all non-Internet competitors out of business.

• On the post: Court Catches ICE In A Lie As It Tries To Vanish A Mexican Journalist And Immigration Policy Critic

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2018 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Anecdotes aren't statistical evidence, but....

  Immigration Court is also really fucked up. The 'judges' aren't real judges, they're employees of the DOJ and can be fired for not working fast enough. Google the Jon Oliver segment on Immigration court. At one point he played the entirety of one of their hearings on a person's case, which lasted for only a minute. And yet despite those sham court proceedings they still have a massive backup because obviously we need a lot more immigration courts and 'judges'. Oh and did I mention Immigration courts think it's perfectly fine to have young children (I think as young as 3? I might be off on the number) represent themselves without a lawyer?

• On the post: Universal Right Back At It Issuing A DMCA For A Reporter's Video Of Prince Fans Singing 'Purple Rain'

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2018 @ 11:09am

  Stuff like this are why I think it's inevitable that the pendulum is going to swing hard against IP holders in the future.
  
  Stuff like this is much more visible to the public.

• On the post: Congress Members Want Answers After Amazon's Facial Recognition Software Says 28 Of Them Are Criminals

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2018 @ 11:06am

  Re: Need more info

  The thing is some people, especially those with white skin, can change their skin color through tanning and sun burns much easier.
  
  Me and my brother grew up thinking for a while that our grandfather was black because of what a dark tan he always had year round. From what my mother said it built up over time because of the lack of sun screen protection products that worked back in his days.

• On the post: Massachusetts Just The Latest State To Embrace Net Neutrality

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2018 @ 10:05am

  Re: Re: Hey, comment. Been sitting there alone FOUR hours now...

  Posted without any proof of said claims.
  
  Maybe because even you know you'll be torn to shreds if you do for linking to easily debunked stuff.
  
  If you've really been reading techdirt off and on over the years, you'll have seen many stories about the ISP's claims of how bad net neutrality is getting debunked (such as their claims that it hurt ISP infrastructure investment, despite the lack of any spending difference before Wheeler's rule change and after it, and despite the ISP's admitting to their shareholders that it's all bunk).

• On the post: The US Army Gets Armistice With NHL Team Over 'Golden Knights' Trademark

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2018 @ 09:59am

  Re:

  My first thought when I read the title was that the US Army was worried about getting sued for infringement by the NFL if this went through (for violating non-existent rights on their trademark) simply because of their long history of it. But then I realized the title said NHL and not NFL.

• On the post: New Report Says The Feds' Focus On Device Encryption Is Holding Local Law Enforcement Back

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2018 @ 09:54am

  Re: HA, HA.

  So, seeing as you're almost certainly a bot, do we all want to place bets on how much money your owner is making per post?
  
  I'm going to say $0.25.

• On the post: FBI Boss Chris Wray: We Put A Man On The Moon So Why Not Encryption Backdoors?

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2018 @ 01:23pm

  Re:

  But we've done it over 7 billion times. How else do you think babies are made?

• On the post: If You Value The Reputation Of Your Restaurant, Maybe You Should Stop Serving Cops

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 07:42am

  Re: Personal Comment

  I have the same feeling whenever I see someone come in with a handgun on their belt.

• On the post: Netflix CEO Proclaims The Death Of Net Neutrality Is No Big Deal

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 07:37am

  Re: Your new precious, Netflix lost another $2 billion in quarter.

  What are the odds that you're even a real person?
  
  I bet there's a 9 in 10 chance that you're just a troll bot made by some wealthy corporation/etc. advocating against net neutrality.

• On the post: Netflix CEO Proclaims The Death Of Net Neutrality Is No Big Deal

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 07:36am

  Re: Re: Your new precious, Netflix lost another $2 billion in quarter.

  This article backs up the $2 billion loss in the last year, not quarter. But it implies that they only have over $3 billion in debt.

• On the post: If You Value The Reputation Of Your Restaurant, Maybe You Should Stop Serving Cops

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2018 @ 07:45am

  In April of 2016, an officer claimed he was drugged by a Subway employee who supposedly spiked his soda as he went through the drive-thru.

  Wait, wait, wait, there's Subways that have a drive-thru?

  That right there tells me it's a fake accusation. I've never seen a single subway with a drive-thru.

• On the post: Progress Isn't Linear: YouTube TV's World Cup Flub Threatens Public's Trust For Sports Streaming

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2018 @ 10:08am

  Re:

  Use an ad blocker, it makes those things go away.
  
  The only ads I see on Youtube are the first 30 seconds after I started my web browser. But I can easily just close Youtube and come back a few minutes later.

• On the post: The FCC Mysteriously Retreats From Sinclair Cronyism, Potentially Dooming Controversial Merger

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2018 @ 10:04am

  Re: Re:

  Or more like Pai is lying his ass off to take off the heat, but he'll still let it go through anyway.
  
  Just like he did for the change to submit comments to the FCC, which now requires over $200, even as he claimed just the day before it was voted on that he wouldn't do it.

• On the post: The Cable TV & Broadband Sector Has A Nasty Billing Fraud Problem

  

  ShadowNinja ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2018 @ 07:48am

  Clearly they need much harsher penalties until it becomes too financially devastating to commit constant fraud.

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