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• On the post: AT&T, Verizon Employees Caught Up In DOJ SIM Hijacking Bust

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 14 May, 2019 @ 07:07am

  Security doublespeak

  The carriers don't care about their customers until their own security and income is at risk.

• On the post: Miami Plastic Surgeon Sues Two Patients For Negative Reviews After He Had Them Sign Illegal Non Disparagement Agreements

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 13 May, 2019 @ 03:43pm

  Re: Reason to bitch

  I don't think it works like you think it works. The number is torso circumference so unless liefeldesqe body modification was involved, I very much doubt injection of polymers will have such an effect on ones physical dimensions.

• On the post: Miami Plastic Surgeon Sues Two Patients For Negative Reviews After He Had Them Sign Illegal Non Disparagement Agreements

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 13 May, 2019 @ 03:40pm

  Re: Re: who’s vaguely threatening now!

  It was a small subpoena.

• On the post: US Government Rings Up Another Whistleblower On Espionage Charges

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 13 May, 2019 @ 08:44am

  Re: Re:

  Not even then but for a small isolated group on the "winning" side.

• On the post: US Government Rings Up Another Whistleblower On Espionage Charges

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 13 May, 2019 @ 08:18am

  Re: Re: Re: This is not a contest!!

  Protect your borders? You can't even protect your citizens from yourself. As for staying out then stop taking their stuff while you are at it BUT that would impact the quarterly returns and executive bonuses.

• On the post: US Government Rings Up Another Whistleblower On Espionage Charges

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 13 May, 2019 @ 08:11am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Chaos where everyone does their own thing while being mindful of others and cooperative and sharing...
  You know .... those commie pinko ideas they tried to indoctrinate our kids will on that socialist kids program Sesame street.

• On the post: All Four Major Wireless Carriers Hit With Lawsuits Over Sharing, Selling Location Data

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 13 May, 2019 @ 07:38am

  Re: Pointless...

  Until such time as those at the helm physically pay through extended loss of freedom and expropriation of all assets it is just a small line cost on the balance sheet for the corporation.

• On the post: It's One Thing For Trolls And Grandstanding Politicians To Get CDA 230 Wrong, But The Press Shouldn't Help Them

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 May, 2019 @ 01:41pm

  Re: ...Section 230...

  I use acid regularly
  pH 6.3 if I recall correctly

• On the post: The Ninth Circuit Broke The Internet. So We Asked Them To Unbreak It.

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 May, 2019 @ 12:22pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Housing Discrimination?

  I suggest endoscopy .

• On the post: The Ninth Circuit Broke The Internet. So We Asked Them To Unbreak It.

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 May, 2019 @ 12:20pm

  Re: Re: 'Destroy the bridge!', exclaimed the idiot standing upon

  Mind at worst it would be damage to a nonvital area.
  He never had a leg to stand on and the head, as my grammy used to say, is full of raisins.

• On the post: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. Keeps Telling Licensees Its Trademarks Are Valid While Courts Keep Insisting They Are Not

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 May, 2019 @ 11:08am

  Re: Re:

  Except there enough examples of the law being an ass and they themselves not being held accountable for their actions .

• On the post: Chinese Spies Intercepted NSA Malware Attack, Weaponized It Against Targets Around The World

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 08 May, 2019 @ 10:57am

  Security doublespeak

  Really the only way to get them to scream is to attack their budgets and personal finances .

  Hmm.

  That would solve the problems with a lot of the bad actors.

• On the post: Trump Announces One-Sided Plan To Meet With Video Game Makers Over Gun Violence

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 07 May, 2019 @ 12:11pm

  Re: Choices

  What to do? Trade it to a neardowell for GTA a case of Diritos and a box of buds.

• On the post: Just Because The Rest Of The World Doesn't Have A 1st Amendment, Doesn't Mean It Can Trample Online Speech

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 03 May, 2019 @ 03:10pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: So you're kind of defending Blue's Mom by deflec

  Rooster Book though such would get smushed on closing. Ouch

• On the post: Just Because The Rest Of The World Doesn't Have A 1st Amendment, Doesn't Mean It Can Trample Online Speech

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 03 May, 2019 @ 03:08pm

  Re: Re:

  Don't forget nearly all of wallstreet... just not the custodians or baristas.... I am pretty sure that most are not involved in such.

• On the post: Bloomberg Appears To Flub Another China Story, Insists Telnet Is A Nefarious Huawei Backdoor

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 01 May, 2019 @ 05:47am

  Re: Re:

  Maybe because they know that particular kettle is filled to overflowing and once spilled the backlash would be uncomfortable at best.

• On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 01 May, 2019 @ 05:13am

  Re: Re: "Believing it's OK for a cop to shoot someone...&qu

  Citation required. All else is heresay spin fakenews propaganda or in simple language just plain lies.

• On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 11:44am

  Re:

  Slight error there. It is the takeover of the free world by Corporate America.

• On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 09:46am

  Re: Re: Re: Strobe police lights

  Those two.
  You would think they would go together.
  But sadly they don't. Cop does the right thing.

• On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit

  

  Thrudd ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 08:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Many police have been replaced by cowards with gun

  Except more times than not they are lauded as heroes or the whole thing laughed off with zero accountability. Reference bombing or shooting up allies well behind lines of conflict.

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