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• On the post: NRA Gives FCC Boss An Award For 'Courageously' Killing Net Neutrality, May Have Violated Ethics Rules

  

  steell ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2018 @ 10:10am

  Re: Re:

  Links please. As a former NRA member, I've never read about any of your claims.

• On the post: Rancher Sues CBP After Officers Install A Camera On His Private Property

  

  steell ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2018 @ 09:30am

  Re: Wait a minute...a camera?

  I sometimes use trail cameras, and they do a very good job of recording videos both day and night, and are triggered by movement. While mine are not wireless with live feeds, such are available. I would expect security cameras to be much more sophisticated than my trail cams.

• On the post: The Stasi's Tiny Torn-Up Analog Files Defeat Modern Digital Technology's Attempts To Re-Assemble East Germany's Surveillance Records

  

  steell ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2018 @ 08:46pm

  Re: "unprecedented -- for the time, at least --" but nothing compared to Google and Facebook.

  Dude, generally I refrain from replying to your posts, I just flag them and move on. But this one is posted from the depths of ignorance so great the bottom may never be found.
  
  So tell me oh ignorant one, does Google make people disappear? Does Google slip a note in your pocket saying if you don't cooperate all your transgressions will be revealed to Command? Does Google threaten your family with harm if you don't comply?
  
  To compare Google to the Stasi is the stupidest thing I've ever read.

• On the post: EU Commission Hid Yet Another Report That Showed Its Assumptions About Copyright Were Wrong

  

  steell ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2017 @ 10:15am

  I am totally confused. I just checked my Google News tab again and am still unable to find any advertising on it. Is it subliminal? Or maybe some sort of invisible brainwashing stuff? I'm more than willing to jump on the criticize Google News for making money off advertisements on Google News bandwagon. but somebody has to tell me what to complain about.

• On the post: Trial Set To Start For Journalist Facing Decades In Prison For Covering Inauguration Day Protests

  

  steell ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2017 @ 09:03am

  Re: Re:

  Are you sure the "many, many guns" are not already defending your First Amendment Rights?

• On the post: Deputy Shoots Family's Terrier; Complains About Cost Of The Bullet

  

  steell ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 05:06am

  Re:

  Indiana is not part of Appalachia, but rabies is common here.
  My mother got bit by a rabid dog as she was opening the door to enter the house, and twice in the last five years I've had to kill rabid raccoons on my property (1/2 rural acre). I even saw a rabid coyote when I lived in California. It's not unusual to see a rabid raccoon here.
  My little Bichon is a member of my family (and helped me deal with chemo) and no cop is going to shoot him as long as I'm here.

• On the post: Deputy Shoots Family's Terrier; Complains About Cost Of The Bullet

  

  steell ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2017 @ 04:53am

  Since the purpose of shooting someone is to take them down as fast as possible, I thought all the cops carried only hollowpoints. I only use FMJ rounds for target shooting, the rest of the time my handguns are loaded with frangible (people killer) rounds. The ban on hollowpoints only applies to the military,

• On the post: NY Times Uncritically Says Fake News Debate Supports Chinese Style Censorship

  

  steell ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2017 @ 08:13pm

  Oh crap!! More of that idiotic drivel to ignore!

• On the post: The Vegas Shooting Makes It Clear More Surveillance Isn't The Answer

  

  steell ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2017 @ 09:11pm

  Re: Re: You'd have to ask the NRA. It's their ideal.

  So, you're saying there were trained snipers with their rifles there? That's the only people that could have dealt with the shooter. If there were people there with handguns, I'd assume they'd do just like I would and run like hell for cover.

• On the post: Supreme Court Says You Can't Ban People From The Internet, No Matter What They've Done

  

  steell ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2017 @ 01:22pm

  What about the Cox decision?

  Seems like this should make a Cox appeal a slam dunk. Cox lost the case because the Court determined they were guilty of "not" disconnecting customers due to allegations of copyright infringement, so it seems to me that the USSC has determined that to be unconstitutional.

• On the post: Judge Alsup Threatens To Block Malibu Media From Any More Copyright Trolling In Northern California

  

  steell ( profile ), 16 May, 2017 @ 08:56am

  Re:

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  http://guardaley.com/

• On the post: If Facebook Becomes The Internet's Authentication System, Can Citizen Scores Around The World Be Far Behind?

  

  steell ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2017 @ 09:05am

  Two years ago I was effectively banned from posting comments to the local newspaper's comment section when they decided to require login via Facebook and I didn't (and don't) have a Facebook account. Seems like the only people that did not have Facebook accounts are the intelligent ones as the comments section now reads like a cesspool.

• On the post: Another 'Terrorist' Swept Up By The FBI, Which Had To Purchase $20 Of 'Terrorist' Supplies To Keep The 'Plan' In Motion

  

  steell ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2017 @ 04:44pm

  Re: Where are the "second amendment advocates" now?

  So, you're calling for armed resurrection while sitting comfortably in front of a computer screen?
  
  Are you an FBI Agent?

• On the post: The Erdogan Insult Mess: Dutch Reporter, German Politician Arrested For Mocking Erdogan; Swiss Art Exhibit Targeted Too

  

  steell ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2016 @ 03:00pm

  Anyone heard from the reporters that had video of the Turkish Government delivering truck loads of arms to the Islamic State? Or watched the videos of the Turks with artillery sitting on the hill watching the Kurds in Kobane as they were being slaughtered by Islamic State? And how about all the Kurds being massacred within Turkey even now?
  
  Erdogan is an evil tyrant that needs to be executed, along with the rest of his governmental collaborators.

• On the post: Daily Deal: FIXD Active Car Health Monitor

  

  steell ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2016 @ 05:18pm

  I wasted my money on a similar version and even paid for the app that was required to use my smart phone. It provides little more info than the check engine light does. It told me that I had an intermittent cylinder miss, but no more info, while my Auto X-Ray OBD2 scanner was able to show the O2 sensor signal that would intermittently go full lean, causing the computer to go full rich on the fuel, thus causing one or more cylinders to flood out.
  
  These things provide little to no useful information needed to diagnose a problem, they just tell you a problem exists somewhere.

• On the post: Back Door Legislation Won't Have The White House's Support (Nor Its Opposition, Most Likely)

  

  steell ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2016 @ 11:04am

  Re:

  "Most transparent Administration in history", remember??

• On the post: California Lawmakers Manage To Turn Encrypted Phone Ban Legislation Into Encryption Backdoor Legislation

  

  steell ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2016 @ 10:26am

  Way to drive more businesses out of the State of California and overseas.

• On the post: Apparent Redaction Failure Leads To Government Confirming Target Of Lavabit Investigation

  

  steell ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2016 @ 11:17am

  Ah yes, "The most transparent Administration in history".
  
  Freedom, we barely knew you.

• On the post: CBS Streaming Service Chokes On The Grammys, But YouTube Takedown Apparatus Works Just Fine

  

  steell ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2016 @ 01:23pm

  Re:

  Fool speaking, although one wonders about someone that thinks everyone in the country has access to OTA TV.

• On the post: Navajo Nation's Trademark Suit Against Urban Outfitters Proceeds; But Should It?

  

  steell ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2016 @ 09:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  What name is not an "Invented Name"?
  And all very old names are "Archaic", which means very old.
  
  Dumbest post of the week.

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