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• On the post: Boston Bombing Suspect Avoided CIA, FBI Because His Last Name Was Misspelled In DHS Database

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2014 @ 08:20am

  Re: Re: Re: Something stinks

  Your problem is that you said "decent designer". There are no "decent designers" within the government.
  
  Look at all the kids that get tagged by the system because their name matches some 50-year old terrorist. I recall a family travelling from the UK to Disney World and they got pulled into additional screening three times because their young son's name matched a name on the watch list.
  
  So each time, limited resources were spent on 'checking' a young child. Meanwhile, suspected terrorists walk right through security. It's a complete joke.

• On the post: Crowdsourcing A List Of How Disney Uses The Public Domain

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2014 @ 11:58am

  Re: Oh yeh right

  A book (or whatever content) entering the public domain does not prevent you from still selling the original version of that book.
  
  Generic versions of Tylenol and Aspirin are widely available, yet McNeil-PPC continues to sell Tylenol and Bayer continues to sell Aspirin.

• On the post: President Of CBS News Knew 'Reporter' John Miller Would Go Back To NYPD Before His 60 Min Propaganda Piece Aired

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2014 @ 05:50am

  Re: Re:

  Trained? Maybe. It's more about getting a piece of that counter-terrorism funding the Federal government is willing to dish out to keep people 'safe'.

• On the post: When You Give Doctors Incentives To Get It Right, Rather Than To 'Do Everything', People Get Better Care For Less

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 09 Jan, 2014 @ 05:47am

  Re: The problem with government run healthcare

  "The 5-year relative survival for thyroid cancer is 98%. This means that, on average, people diagnosed with thyroid cancer are 98% as likely to live 5 years after diagnosis as people in the general population."
  
  Read more: http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/thyroid/prognosis-and-survival/survival-statistics/?region=on#ixzz2puPR9en4

• On the post: FBI Admits It's Not Really About Law Enforcement Any More; Ignores Lots Of Crimes To Focus On Creating Fake Terror Plots

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2014 @ 10:18am

  Re: Re:

  ...or drop the ball like they did with the Boston Marathon bombers.
  
  It's okay to travel to a part of the world known for terrorist activities and return back to the USA and then have a foreign intelligence agency ask the FBI to look into a few guys. But it is not okay for you to travel if the name of your 2-year old son matches a name on the no-fly list and then the same thing happens when he is 8-years old.
  
  Yup, DHS is doing a wonderful job fighting terrorism.

• On the post: Red Light Cameras On The Decline, As Everyone Realizes They Don't Make Roads Safer, They Just Make Money

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2013 @ 08:28am

  Re:

  The first (and usually only) step is to use science to design, build and operate safe intersections. Everything else will fall into place.

• On the post: CEO Of 21st Century Fox Thinks People Aren't Really Asking For A La Carte TV Channels

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 13 Dec, 2013 @ 06:26am

  In a way, the headline is right. People are moving beyond a la cart TV channels. They are moving straight to a la carte TV shows.

• On the post: Guy Builds Ten Weapons With Products Purchased After Getting Through Airport Security

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2013 @ 08:31am

  Re: Thanks

  Yes because security through obscurity and secrecy works 100 percent of the time.

• On the post: Apple Wants To Sell Fewer Products; Kills Off Website That Made Finding iPads And iPhones Easier

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2013 @ 05:26am

  Interesting thing is that the TOS says nothing about taking down a site. It says that Apple may "bar any such activity". So really, it's up to Apple to block him, not the other way around.

• On the post: TSA Security Theater Makes Unwilling Co-Star Out Of 3-Year-Old With Rare Medical Condition

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2013 @ 12:00pm

  Re: Re:

  The TSA chooses to stick to the process because that way it can hire anyone who passes a background check and who can read English while providing minimal training. The ability to think and use judgement are not job requirements. Take a look at the people who work for the TSA. They are one step - barely at that - above a mall cop.

• On the post: Harry Belafonte Sues Martin Luther King Jr.'s Heirs In Yet Another Fight Over 'Ownership' Of His Words

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2013 @ 07:09am

  Re: Re:

  Most things will not get the attention of the public because most things have marginal impact on their daily lives. The American people have been told that they have been spied upon for years, yet there are no major demonstrations, no public-wide calls for immediate changes to how government works. Nothing. Nada.
  
  Congress? It's easier to the get the attention of a cat than Congress.

• On the post: 9-Year-Old Sneaks Onto Flight; TSA Blames The Government Shutdown, Then Says It Did Its Job Just Fine

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 06:33pm

  Re: Not TSA's job

  From the TSA website:
  
  "Passengers should present the following documents to a Transportation Security Officer at the checkpoint:
  
  Boarding pass
  Identification"
  
  So they are dealing with boarding because only people with a boarding pass are supposed be allowed through security and only those people who make it through security are supposed to be allowed in the secure area.
  
  "TSA are looking for possible threats, a 9 year old boy probably fell below the threshold."
  
  Then explain the various kids and their families that are pulled out for additional inspection because the name of their 9-year old child matches the name of a middle-aged man on the no-fly list?
  
  The TSA has no idea who they are looking for.

• On the post: 9-Year-Old Sneaks Onto Flight; TSA Blames The Government Shutdown, Then Says It Did Its Job Just Fine

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 06:19pm

  Re: If the Shutdown really were to blame the TSA just put us in danger by saying that

  The TSA has nothing to do with national security ;)

• On the post: 9-Year-Old Sneaks Onto Flight; TSA Blames The Government Shutdown, Then Says It Did Its Job Just Fine

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2013 @ 06:18pm

  Re: SeaTac

  Same experience out of Detroit Metro Airport and Midway a few years back. One person checking your boarding pass at the beginning of the line and another before going through the scanner.

• On the post: PA School Being Sued For Suspending 7-Year-Old Student 'Armed' With A Novelty Buzzing Pen

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2013 @ 04:16pm

  Re:

  Critical thinking was replaced with policies. My son's school board has at least 100 policies and procedures including five documents about reviewing those policies and procedures.
  
  "Policy Development is one of the most important responsibilities of the Board of Trustees."
  
  It actually says that on the Board's website. I would have thought that one of the most important responsibilities would be the freaking education of children.

• On the post: Eight Months In Jail For Teaching People How To Pass A Lie Detector Test

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 06:32am

  People aren't going to jail for breaking the law. They are going to jail because they are embarrassing the government.

• On the post: Court Sides With ACLU On Unconstitutionality Of The DHS's No-Fly List

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 12:04pm

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  You're just figuring this out now? Do you honestly believe that Global Entry is about keeping the US secure or about generating revenue?

• On the post: Texas Deputy Sues 911 Caller For Not 'Adequately Warning' Him Of Potential Danger Or 'Making The Premises Safe'

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2013 @ 08:16am

  America: Becoming wimpier and dumber every day.

• On the post: Yet Another Teen Making Stupid Jokes On Social Media Now Faces Years In Jail

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 08:41am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Law enforcement was never part of normal soceity.

• On the post: Yet Another Teen Making Stupid Jokes On Social Media Now Faces Years In Jail

  

  Vincent Clement ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 08:40am

  Thought police in full control.
  
  Have an EFF sticker on your laptop? No government job for you.
  
  Make fun a lesbian in a comedy club? You just violated her rights.
  
  Fly a plane from California to the east coast? You must be a drug smuggler.
  
  Make a stupid comment about killing a group of people as a joke? Go to jail as a terrorist.
  
  Make freely-available information easier to access? Get charged with enough charges to be jailed for 30 years.
  
  And on and on it goes.

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