He disturbed the sensitivities of the recording industry.
This resulted in much hand wringing and wailing on their part. In turn this caused their political water carriers to rustle the jimmies of the Justice Department resulting in a torturous twisting of questionable laws and great pressure being brought to bear on the "suspect".
I'm certain had the recording industry thought they could get away with it, they would have asked for the death penalty plus the seizure of all his worldly assets and the indentured servitude of his entire family for life plus 70 years or so.
Politicians: They don't want to be the ones blamed if another attack gets through. The only thing they can do as a collective body is to throw money at the "problem" and make asinine speeches about something they know little to nothing about.
They happily spend taxpayer money like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
Thanks to them the various government agencies are spying on everything and everyone while proclaiming they have special secret laws that allow them to completely ignore the Constitution.
Politicians sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution stand by and do nothing.
Meanwhile everyone become less safe as the spy agencies drown in data they cannot possibly process.
Lobbyists: Their livelihood is tied to getting politicians to make laws and award contracts that favor their particular industry. They are under no obligation whatsoever to tell the truth... so they whisper terrifying lies into the ears of the politicians who in turn recoil in horror at the prospect of not appearing proactive in the fight against terror.
Thus more bad laws are created and wasteful contracts are awarded.
Corporations: The companies aligned towards information gathering and processing get huge contracts to help in the fight against the elusive terrorist. They have the ability to gather every form of electronic emission on the planet.
Of course there is no way to process all of that data, but never mind as the corporations are raking in billions of dollars as a result of their lobbyists appealing to the politicians to do something before another disaster strikes (not to mention the hefty campaign contributions that are handed out to those same politicians to "help" them reach the proper decisions).
American citizens are the only ones not benefiting from all of these idiotic actions by corporations, lobbyists, and the politicians.
We are far less safe and our Constitutional rights are becoming vague memories.
It seems as if there is no sane or honest person left in politics. If some lobbying group decided to pay politicians to create a law making Bozo the clown the next Czar against terrorists, you can bet it would get done.
Politicians don't need any common sense, knowledge about the laws they are asked to create, or oversight of the intelligence agencies monsters they have created. They just need to appear to do something against terror (and to collect the campaign contributions they really care about).
Here is his publicly available email address (in case anyone wishes to send him a link to the story and also inform him he is obviously a paid shill for Comcast):
Ferguson chief tells me @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly's arresters were "probably somebody who didn't know better."
Am I the only one that finds the above statement (from the chief of police, no less) deeply disturbing?
Members of a SWAT team are supposed to be very seasoned officers which receive extra training in weapons and tactics.
The fact that the police chief thinks they are "probably somebody that didn't know better" speaks volumes about the type of officers and their qualifications that have been put on a SWAT team.
No wonder the situation is getting so out of control. Based on these recent revelations, I would not be surprised if at some point the police completely lost their composure and started firing into the crowd at random (Kent State ring a bell for anyone (although that was the National Guard in that incident)).
In the face of the backlash, the company quickly amended its policy, which as of now reads:
Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and our Inn, your friends and families may not. This is due to the fact that your guests may not understand what we offer—therefore we expect you to explain that to them.
This is an improvement over "don’t give us negative reviews or we’ll fine you," but it remains oddly stilted—there’s still a weird threatening undertone to how the hotel "expect[s] you to explain" the inn’s "vintage" condition to other members of your party.
I am sure that many politicians and regulators in D.C. can do the math applicable to this proposed merger.
I am also sure many of them will be unable to complete the math problem when they are busy counting the campaign contributions from the lobbyists of Comcast and TWC.
After lying to the public, her fellow politicians, newspaper reporters, television reporters, and pretty much anyone that will listen to her, how can she look at herself in the mirror.
I was going to send her a link to this article via email. Sadly, I can't locate an email address by which to do so.
I momentarily had the thought to print out and snail mail her this article, but fear of excessive prison time for violating copyright laws has stopped me from acting on this desire.
Perhaps the copyright maximalists are winning after all? /s
Let's be fair...
you can expect ISP legal action on both fronts
Too bad the ISPs and their ilk haven't been forced to sign up for binding arbitration like everyone else that has to use their services.
Circumvent the entire court process with an arbitrator paid for by the FCC.
Sounds fair to me....
What Criminal Law He Violated?
He disturbed the sensitivities of the recording industry.
This resulted in much hand wringing and wailing on their part. In turn this caused their political water carriers to rustle the jimmies of the Justice Department resulting in a torturous twisting of questionable laws and great pressure being brought to bear on the "suspect".
I'm certain had the recording industry thought they could get away with it, they would have asked for the death penalty plus the seizure of all his worldly assets and the indentured servitude of his entire family for life plus 70 years or so.
Perhaps this desire will be revealed in the TPP.
Bullshit
Now if she would only call bullshit on her own bullshit...
Change?
I'm about to sprout wings, horns, and enslave humanity under my forked tongue.
So... you're changing vocations from writing to politics?
Re: ZOMG anarchists!
NYPD = The fear mongering noun clowns?
It is all about their image
Politicians: They don't want to be the ones blamed if another attack gets through. The only thing they can do as a collective body is to throw money at the "problem" and make asinine speeches about something they know little to nothing about.
They happily spend taxpayer money like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
Thanks to them the various government agencies are spying on everything and everyone while proclaiming they have special secret laws that allow them to completely ignore the Constitution.
Politicians sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution stand by and do nothing.
Meanwhile everyone become less safe as the spy agencies drown in data they cannot possibly process.
Lobbyists: Their livelihood is tied to getting politicians to make laws and award contracts that favor their particular industry. They are under no obligation whatsoever to tell the truth... so they whisper terrifying lies into the ears of the politicians who in turn recoil in horror at the prospect of not appearing proactive in the fight against terror.
Thus more bad laws are created and wasteful contracts are awarded.
Corporations: The companies aligned towards information gathering and processing get huge contracts to help in the fight against the elusive terrorist. They have the ability to gather every form of electronic emission on the planet.
Of course there is no way to process all of that data, but never mind as the corporations are raking in billions of dollars as a result of their lobbyists appealing to the politicians to do something before another disaster strikes (not to mention the hefty campaign contributions that are handed out to those same politicians to "help" them reach the proper decisions).
American citizens are the only ones not benefiting from all of these idiotic actions by corporations, lobbyists, and the politicians.
We are far less safe and our Constitutional rights are becoming vague memories.
It seems as if there is no sane or honest person left in politics. If some lobbying group decided to pay politicians to create a law making Bozo the clown the next Czar against terrorists, you can bet it would get done.
Politicians don't need any common sense, knowledge about the laws they are asked to create, or oversight of the intelligence agencies monsters they have created. They just need to appear to do something against terror (and to collect the campaign contributions they really care about).
Nothing else matters...
Private Industry Job Offers
it does appear that Wheeler wants more time to potentially explore the possibility of the hybrid option
Probably delaying any decision until a high enough paying job offer comes along for him after his FCC "service" is finished...
"Silly"
VG Media has made itself look silly
"Silly" is such an inadequate word.
I might have gone with "incredibly shortsighted, greedy jackasses"... but that's just me.
Being prepared
So many people squawking about how the LA school district police are becoming militarized.
You will be singing a different tune when the school district police run into another child that chews a pop tart into a vague pistol shape.
These dangerous pop tart chewing children only understand overwhelming force, and the police need that edge.
/s
Contact the shill
Here is his publicly available email address (in case anyone wishes to send him a link to the story and also inform him he is obviously a paid shill for Comcast):
morellej@assembly.state.ny.us
Disturbing
Ferguson chief tells me @WesleyLowery and @ryanjreilly's arresters were "probably somebody who didn't know better."
Am I the only one that finds the above statement (from the chief of police, no less) deeply disturbing?
Members of a SWAT team are supposed to be very seasoned officers which receive extra training in weapons and tactics.
The fact that the police chief thinks they are "probably somebody that didn't know better" speaks volumes about the type of officers and their qualifications that have been put on a SWAT team.
No wonder the situation is getting so out of control. Based on these recent revelations, I would not be surprised if at some point the police completely lost their composure and started firing into the crowd at random (Kent State ring a bell for anyone (although that was the National Guard in that incident)).
On the path
Perhaps Queen should set out on the path to the Emerald City while singing "If I Only Had a Brain".
Change of heart - due to Internet backlash
Amid backlash, hotel rescinds $500 fines for “negative” online reviews
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/amid-backlash-hotel-rescinds-500-fines-for-negativ e-online-reviews/
From the article:
In the face of the backlash, the company quickly amended its policy, which as of now reads:
Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and our Inn, your friends and families may not. This is due to the fact that your guests may not understand what we offer—therefore we expect you to explain that to them.
This is an improvement over "don’t give us negative reviews or we’ll fine you," but it remains oddly stilted—there’s still a weird threatening undertone to how the hotel "expect[s] you to explain" the inn’s "vintage" condition to other members of your party.
Doing the math?
I am sure that many politicians and regulators in D.C. can do the math applicable to this proposed merger.
I am also sure many of them will be unable to complete the math problem when they are busy counting the campaign contributions from the lobbyists of Comcast and TWC.
Senator FrakenFeinstein
After lying to the public, her fellow politicians, newspaper reporters, television reporters, and pretty much anyone that will listen to her, how can she look at herself in the mirror.
Then again, she is a politician.
email Veronica
Here is a place to send her an email with your thoughts:
http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/10003-ny-veronica-rodriguez-3811307/contact.html
I'm sure she would like hearing from everyone with an opinion on her (and the Port Authority's) bullying attitude.
Now that the cat is out of the bag...
Engage Streisand effect warp factor 9.
It's so hard...
But when an organization tries to conceal what its critics are saying, it's fair to surmise that something else is driving its behavior.
It is much easier to get people to swallow the swill you spew if you try your best to limit any form of rebuttal.
All those pesky facts get in the way of the AG's version of the truth.
Re: Perjury
Discovery cuts both ways.
and depositions are a real bastard if you try to lie.
Sally Quillian Yates seems to have no email contact point
I was going to send her a link to this article via email. Sadly, I can't locate an email address by which to do so.
I momentarily had the thought to print out and snail mail her this article, but fear of excessive prison time for violating copyright laws has stopped me from acting on this desire.
Perhaps the copyright maximalists are winning after all? /s