JBSay

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by JBSay 9y ago
I wonder how real currencies existed before central banks...
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by JBSay 9y ago
As opposed to what? Billion dollars of taxpayer bail out because government have no incentive and have no idea how to run a commercial enterprise efficiently. If a private company fails on its obligation you can sue. If public company fail
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by JBSay 9y ago
"That site was created by Taxpayers Protection Alliance which a Koch front group." So what? Ad hominem fallacy? When the municipal broadbands fail taxpayers are on the hook for million dollars bail outs. https://www.for
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by JBSay 9y ago
Government running commercial enterprises. Now that's a recipe for success! http://munibroadbandfailures.com/
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by JBSay 9y ago
When has the Russian government ever said the US was the enemy? The only saber rattling sound is coming from Washington.
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by JBSay 9y ago
You could say a lot worse about many US allies. Saudi Arabia anyone? Human rights are irrelevant when the US government decides who is an enemy and who is an ally.
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by JBSay 9y ago
How about none of them? Your premise is wrong.
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by JBSay 9y ago
Except Russia doesn't give a rat's ass about little you. The NSA on the other hand...
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by JBSay 9y ago
What a wonderful Orwellian world we live in! Government agencies that develop dangerous hacking tools which end up in the wild are the good guys and the anti-virus company who finds them out is the vilain of the story.
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by JBSay 9y ago
An adblocker is not a tool which can be used to "circumvent technological restrictions" on accessing other, unrelated copyrighted content. It is a tool to restrict access to content.
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by JBSay 9y ago
> Do you deny that these sorts of claims are made, or that they're just a bit delusional? You don't seem to understand what constitutes a proof. Deifying yourself is hardly an irrational strategy for a dictator. It's an ea
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by JBSay 9y ago
> the numbers get larger among children of dictators whose parents bequeathed them a massive security apparatus Except his predecessors all had exactly the same behaviour. So either they were all crazy yet managed to build that massive s
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by JBSay 9y ago
Few irrational people attain position of power and even fewer retain it. The conquest and perpetuation of power requires rationality and the ability to strategize. You are the one making claims thus the burden of proof is on you. What proof
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by JBSay 9y ago
Assuming that your enemy is crazy is just intellectual lazyness. If you can't explain the behaviour of your enemy then it's probably because your understanding of his motives is lacking.