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  • On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:33am

    Re: Re: Losing the battle but winning the fundraiser

    Yet here you are, crapping up the thread like a seagull with diarrhoea.

  • On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:31am

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    Yeah. Mind you, there's some crazy foam-flecked culty ranting going on there. If I could see this jerk he'd be a flabby middle-aged man with a thin, greasy mullet wearing a MAGA hat, a grubby t-shirt with a picture of Our Lord hugging Trump on, bursting out of too-tight beer-stained jeans.

  • On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:25am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So using logic to stump Zof again.

    Then he smoked it.

  • On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:24am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Take that back, or else.

    [Asserts facts not in evidence] You wouldn't have a citation for that, would you, AC?

  • On the post: Bad Ideas: Raising The Arbitrary Age Of Internet Service 'Consent' To 16

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:19am

    Re: Re: Age of consent

    And if you break one law, why not more? You end up picking and choosing which laws to obey -- or not. Then you get caught... And that's where my antipathy to authoritarianism comes from. When the people in charge are outright morons, why the hell should I respect them?

  • On the post: Bad Ideas: Raising The Arbitrary Age Of Internet Service 'Consent' To 16

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:17am

    Re: Re: And so, MORE kids illegally using the internet.

    Confirmed correct. When the law is an ass, they'll ride it.

  • On the post: Bad Ideas: Raising The Arbitrary Age Of Internet Service 'Consent' To 16

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:16am

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    People in China and Russia today can point out how our elected leaders tip us into one catastrophe after another by bumbling about trying to earn votes or driven by one ideology or another, while back in their country the enlightened dictator has at least ensured things are consistent, predictable, and fairly decent as long as you make sure not to question the government. I've seen right wing nut jobs say the same thing in "conservative" spaces. Meanwhile, on this side of the Pond, Brexit supporters and actual leftists are banging on about democracy and the will o' duped people as if being dumb enough to fall for a con == democracy in action. Yes indeed, stupid, uneducated voters do make democracy look bad, and authoritarian dictatorships look like sane and sober leadership. Until the Government goons come for them.

  • On the post: Carve It All Up: Compumark Report Shows Trademark Registrations, Claims Of Infringement Both Rising Fast

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 05:02am

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    Conservatives tend to be silent about things they know nothing about. I do, but many right wing nut jobs are claiming to be conservative and they opine about everything whether they know anything about it or not. Hence anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theories, etc. Unless you're going to call Fox and Breitbart leftist, too.

  • On the post: Carve It All Up: Compumark Report Shows Trademark Registrations, Claims Of Infringement Both Rising Fast

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 04:59am

    Re: Learn what words mean

    You don't know what words mean -- get a dictionary. And stop using "leftist" as a catch-all insult. It makes you look stupid and ignorant. Freedom. Freedom of thought. Freedom of Opinion. American Freedom. We'd have all of that if American notions of "Intellectual property" were got rid of once and for all. And yes, that INCLUDES the right of Americans to OWN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. ITS IN THE CONSTITUTION. GET OVER IT. "The Congress shall have Power To... promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" There's not one word about intellectual property ownership in there, get over it. Property ownership is permanent unless transferred via sale or gift, etc.

  • On the post: DHS Move Ahead With Plan To Harvest DNA Samples From Nearly Everyone Detained By ICE And CBP

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2020 @ 06:02am

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    As a matter of fact, it's the other way around. The corporations bankroll banana republic dictators to keep worker rights down and profits up.

  • On the post: DHS Move Ahead With Plan To Harvest DNA Samples From Nearly Everyone Detained By ICE And CBP

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2020 @ 05:59am

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    Indeed. Have you noticed you were treated as one who did not deserve due process? Assuming you're telling the truth, the people who treated you so badly think in the same way that you do.

  • On the post: DHS Move Ahead With Plan To Harvest DNA Samples From Nearly Everyone Detained By ICE And CBP

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2020 @ 05:55am

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    So tell me, what exactly have you achieved by trolling a tech blog, bearing in mind that we're the opposite of government-licking corporate coddlers per your fellow troll Blue Balls? Express your frustrations by all means, but if you want sympathy that's the wrong way to get it.

  • On the post: Immunity Just Barely Denied To Cop Who Claimed Driving A Beat-Up Car And Paying For Purchases Is Suspicious Behavior

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2020 @ 03:03am

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    Haters gonna hate. While I often disagree with brt's stances, I'm fairly conservative so there are times when I do agree with him. I'm not sure where he'd stand on this article's issue so it would be interesting which side he comes down on. Personally, it seems to be a cut-and-dried case of racist abuse.

  • On the post: Appeals Court: Not A Crime To Say A Mayor Should Get His Ass Capped

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2020 @ 02:59am

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    Not my thing, mate, but thanks anyway. [Backs away slowly, turns around and runs away]

  • On the post: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Says She Simply Doesn't Believe All Of Those Who Have Been Harmed By Her AB5 Bill

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2020 @ 02:56am

    Re: Re: Re: People should be able to kick these abusive politici

    Dang! I would have to look that up...!

  • On the post: DHS Move Ahead With Plan To Harvest DNA Samples From Nearly Everyone Detained By ICE And CBP

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2020 @ 07:33am

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    Now we know what the DNA screening is about; 100% Anglo or Nordic or GTFO.

  • On the post: Immunity Just Barely Denied To Cop Who Claimed Driving A Beat-Up Car And Paying For Purchases Is Suspicious Behavior

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2020 @ 07:19am

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    brt is a cop. He also signs in when posting so this isn't him.

  • On the post: Appeals Court: Not A Crime To Say A Mayor Should Get His Ass Capped

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2020 @ 07:10am

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    How bad is it that I'm imagining a lipped bung (not the bribery variety) designed for the... erm... posterior orifice.

  • On the post: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Says She Simply Doesn't Believe All Of Those Who Have Been Harmed By Her AB5 Bill

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2020 @ 05:38am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ye Olde Selfe Fulfilling Prophesy

    We have a whole mentality of wealth as a religion. So unions being bad for business becomes a core tenant of the national collective consciousness as unions being bad in general. All Libertarians I've interacted with believe this in their bones, and have been eager to tell me so. When organizations DO unionize, the benefits collapse quite quickly. The workers get fed up with the abuse from management, they fight like hell to unionize, they (hopefully) win and make dramatic improvements to the workplace...and then the new hires come in already indoctrinated with a belief that unions are bad and seeing all the improvements as pre-existing conditions. So they figure there's no point in engaging with the union in the first place since everything seems alright. And slowly the protections get rolled back, because nobody is fighting, and that's seen as more evidence that the union is useless, and pretty soon it all comes tumbling down. I've also seen that. Terry was very antagonistic towards unions. Mind you, he was cut from the "Temporarily embarrassed millionaire" cloth, so I'm not surprised. He just wouldn't accept that they could be a force for good. I have yet to see a union that manages to keep the membership engaged and involved. That's the biggest problem with them IMO. The unions too don't care about much other than the dues once they're established -- again, church of the dollar mentality, if it's not money then it doesn't count. So they don't maintain the networks and knowledge, because that costs money, and it doesn't create money, so it's worthless! You mean, they too have bought into the right wing narrative that unions are the spawn of Satan? I can see that. Britain's Left has a significant number of hardliners (often referred to as "the Trots") who are all about class and how badly working class people are victimised by everyone in higher echelons. They therefore deny each other the opportunities of pursuing aspirational goals or taking part in certain activities as "class treachery." Basically, it really is the politics of envy because they hate the better off, want to be just like them when they grow up, but if anyone dares to get a certain car or attend the ballet or something, they're a massive traitor. I really can't be dealing with such utter stupidity. I find it fascinating that people will believe a certain narrative about themselves and go above and beyond to prove it right instead of resisting it and proving it wrong. The current crop of Trots are cartoonish in the way they behave. It really is ridiculous.

  • On the post: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Says She Simply Doesn't Believe All Of Those Who Have Been Harmed By Her AB5 Bill

    Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2020 @ 05:28am

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    Either way, in areas where unions are powerful, they are incredibly powerful, and they're able to leverage that power -- and historically have done so for corrupt purposes. They've also been abusive to non-members, as a trucker once complained to me, calling the union members "thugs." However, when they're weak, we workers get screwed over. What we need is a way to call time on the abuses while retaining the benefits.

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