charonn0

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by charonn0 13y ago
Unless of course you actually did mention the Flying Spaghetti Monster, because this would be an obvious attempt to demean another person's religious beliefs. Do you hear the hypocrisy, the conceit? Who gets to deci
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by charonn0 13y ago
but try to say So help me [allah|budah|spagetti] to see what happens. What would happen? (serious question)
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by charonn0 13y ago
No. The Constitution prohibits religious tests as a condition of office, and allows either an oath ("so help me god") or an affirmation[1] to be used. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmation_in_law
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by charonn0 13y ago
I can think of no legal or Constitutional arguments against this program. Yet, I am still deeply troubled by its existence. I call it unconstitutional by reason of scale.
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by charonn0 13y ago
Can you imagine the righteous Christian indignation and uproar that would ensue if Google ever turned down money from some Christian advertiser on the basis you suggest?
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by charonn0 13y ago
[...]the NSA will catch up eventually, he predicted, because there are only so many ways a terrorist can communicate. "I have every confidence in their ability to regain access." So now NSA is the injured party?
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by charonn0 13y ago
As a formerly deeply-closeted gay teen Should have been "former". I haven't been a teen for quite a while now.
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by charonn0 13y ago
Sure, he almost certainly will not face the full 13 year sentence if convicted. Sure, the bar against first amendment arguments seem likely to be struck down on appeal. Sure, it probably won't turn out as bad as the worst case scenario
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by charonn0 13y ago
As a formerly deeply-closeted gay teen, I'm confident that currently-closeted youngsters will consciously avoid performing such a search in a public place. That's what being closeted is: it's more than just not telling people
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by charonn0 13y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo
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by charonn0 13y ago
A rainbow is an optical effect of light passing through a fine mist of water droplets. It has nothing to do with genocidal deities.
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by charonn0 13y ago
So what? Islam has 1.5 billion "members" and I don't recall any special Ramadan doodles. In short: not everything is about Jesus. Hopefully, this trend will continue.
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by charonn0 13y ago
You're right: it is off topic and it is their website.
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by charonn0 13y ago
I call Godwin's law.
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by charonn0 13y ago
Justice Black, who wrote the Reid opinion[1], did so in terms which are very much applicable to the current situation: The concept that the Bill of Rights and other constitutional protections against arbitrary government are inop
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by charonn0 13y ago
Perhaps, but that still wouldn't address the problem of the sixth amendment.
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by charonn0 13y ago
Yes, I read that part. But the Sixth amendment says nothing about where the defendant's employer is headquartered or the convenience of the prosecutors, judges, etc. To me, the choice of Virginia as the original jurisdiction is clearly
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by charonn0 13y ago
Why is he being charged in the Eastern District of Virginia when the alleged crime was perpetrated in Hawaii? Shouldn't any prosecution be under the original jurisdiction of the District of Hawaii/9th Circuit? Amendment VI
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by charonn0 13y ago
It's been years since I've bothered to listen to the chants or read the banners of (insert protest group) when the march down Market Street. For SF it's just part of the scenery for me.
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by charonn0 13y ago
Ah, good point. IANAL, can you tell? ;)
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by charonn0 13y ago
While I would prefer your stance to be correct, the Supreme Court has held that the Constitution applies only to persons within the USA. For example, Downes v. Bidwell found that "the Constitution does not apply to foreign countries [.
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by charonn0 13y ago
I don't understand your statement... is she playing to CA citizens who want the drones or who are against the drones?
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by charonn0 13y ago
I found the quotes appalling, though I was not surprised that one of them was from Michelle Bachmann.
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by charonn0 13y ago
I used the word "Premise," which is apparently British, and therefore wrong. Avoid using British English. (replace with *Premize*) Premi z e?
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by charonn0 13y ago
The source said even though the NSA may have that power to collect the geolocation data under the law and the secret court's rulings, the NSA does not use it. I think this gets to the heart of the misunderstanding be
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by charonn0 13y ago
I think most Americans would view government-run media with extreme distrust; the fourth estate needs to be independent of the government if it's going to be an effective check on the government's power.
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by charonn0 13y ago
It is, after all, rather sunny in Death Valley.
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by charonn0 13y ago
To my mind the "training" excuse for the use of force here is more appalling even that the accusations that they were doing the FBI's bidding. Fire departments generally don't set fire to some guy's house for traini
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by charonn0 13y ago
"They needed the practice" is possibly the worst excuse I've heard for the overwhelming force used here.
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by charonn0 13y ago
No, but it will fit in an oil tanker[1] [1]: http://what-if.xkcd.com/23/ (second from the last answer)

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