alan_cx

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by alan_cx 13y ago
No, just cap the spending and maximum donation.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
USA! USA! USA! By any chance?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
You are probably correct. Not sure about the date, but in time, China will be the leading free market democracy. What people totally fail to appreciate is the slow long term planning China can do, and no other large country can do that beca
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, spent on sorting the country out.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
It is brilliant to know that people can still go out and discover things like this.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Indeed and, in theory, 100% agreed. But remember my bit about knowing if you are being watched. Electronic, I have no idea, unless, IIRC, we get quantum about it. Old skool, chances are better. I, or a friend can observe my drop box or exch
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No idea. I wouldn't dare to risk it. For me, I just have always assumed that electronic communications are easier to compromise than old traditional ones. In the end, you connect to an ISP and packets can be inspected. OK, you might ha
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If it were me, literally, I go olde skool. Nothing electronic what so ever.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Solving the privacy issues is easily solvable. It just requires the people in power to change policy, perhaps sit down and write a law or two. Simply, it is easily do-able, right now. We can get this done. Solving the huge things like globa
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Reads a bit like: If we are told to be afraid, we are supposed to be afraid. But, if we our selves become afraid, we are not allowed to be afraid. So, the gov tell us to fear drugs, immigrants and terrorists, then we should say, "Sure,
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Attack, or protest march?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Had you even heard for PRISM two weeks ago? I'd suggest waiting a while.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Only Americans? Or can the rest of us yet to be proven not terrorists apply too?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Christ, imagine if Hoover had today's tool available to him. Imagine the reach and power of McCarthyism. I guess many would suggest that is exactly what we have right now. Just more subtle, opaque, and deniable.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Wouldn't mind so much if that information was known about the politicians that their minions. What have they got to hide? Heh, and if they are pure, clean and perfect, who the hell do they represent? If they know it about us, we should
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Do you need yet another individual to become a "traitor" to the US government on this specific assertion before you decide its good enough to "know"?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
How about a cast iron definition of "terrorist" before we get that far?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
But, what does he have to hide??????????
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Exactly, yes. More over, the US doesn't NOT need to show evidence. It just needs to make the claim and say that it has evidence. No UK court gets to see any evidence at all. IIRC, it was supposed to be two way, but the US never signed
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just to point out, you missed out "Paedophiles".
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just a small version of what what happened after 9/11, no? 9/11 was used as an excuse for two invasions, and the loss of many human rights and freedoms. While I agree that it is indeed vile to use this soldier's death as an e
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Assad calls the Syrian freedom fighters terrorists. Americans called the IRA freedom fighters. We Brits call them terrorists. South Africans called the ANC terrorists. Now look at Mandela.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
So, we have people claiming that FEMA(?) have all these dormant prison camps all over the US waiting to lock millions of Americans up in the even of..... well, who knows? Well, if Main Core is correct, these people have to go somewhere. If
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The government does something bad, you see the evidence and speak out. Those who support the government have no defence so they trash you. One way to to that is to use another one of those weasel words "conspiracy". One of the usu
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Um...er.....I do hate to say it, but you've kinda proved the point of the post you called useless. Ironic that your post is equally useless, but much longer. So, even more than "utterly useless". Which suggests that, yes, you
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, because if the foreign Muslim, communist, probably Martian, Obama says it, it has to be evil, and against god and nature. Obama could introduce a right to cash, oxygen and water bill and the nut job Republicans would oppose it. Frankl
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Well, yes there is. But as you should see below, the reason cant be stated here because it will get down voted and eventually disappear. I suppose we could call it "crowd censorship". Edit: OK, egg on face. Its now very visible. I
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Because its not the US and not a specific foreign state. I know Americans hate the UN, to socialist and dares to criticise the US, but for non Americans it's the closest thing to an authority that they can at least try to believe in as
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The victims are or were foreigners, and not Americans. Apparently that makes a difference.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think only direct democracy is a real democracy. No need for "direct", just "democracy" will do. The fact that so call democratic countries need a modifier before the word "democracy" tells you that it is not

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