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by ferdo 13y ago
The US government is going to attack itself again and blame "terrorism".
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by ferdo 13y ago
Personally, I'm sick and tired of "OMG! SHARIA LAW!" being used as the excuse to spy on all of us. The same demagoguery was used by the Nazis (using Jewish law) as the basis for their depredations. > "Why do so many
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Hackers to NSA chief: Read the Constitution(news.cnet.com)
67 points by ferdo 13y ago|46 comments
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NSA Chief Talks to Skeptical Hackers Conference (youtube.com)
3 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
Judging by the history of the past 40-50 years, we Americans love being tricked, over and over again.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Senators have time and access to be harsh statesmen. We, the Surveilled, have only enough time and access to let them know what we think. What they're doing is bullshit and they should be reminded of it every second of every day by any
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by ferdo 13y ago
Secret courts, secret trials, secret prisons, secret wars...maybe I need to learn why my ancestors left Germany.
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by ferdo 13y ago
This isn't politeness on Welch's part. This is how every member of the upper tiers of the MIC should be treated by the entire country: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I have never really gauged your cruelty or your reckl
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by ferdo 13y ago
There's nothing civilized about being polite to people that are actively undermining our rights. Politeness is reserved for society, not for antisocial personalities.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Shouting "bullshit" might nudge a couple of people out of their slumber. If Joseph Welch had been "polite" to Joe McCarthy instead of talking to him like the opportunist that he was, McCarthy would have stayed in busines
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by ferdo 13y ago
Politicians and bureaucrats won't change until people start treating them with contempt, both socially and professionally. Playing nicey-nice with people that have little to no conscience doesn't work as a method of political chan
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by ferdo 13y ago
How does a guy that makes excuses to spy on us all and lies to Congress deserve any courtesy?
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by ferdo 13y ago
Coincidence theorists, the ones that believe whatever they're told by whatever authority figure they believe in this week, are the ones with stunted cognitive abilities. "Terrorists are the problem we must address" is no diff
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by ferdo 13y ago
No sign on the door indicates that they know they should be ashamed even though shame doesn't appear to be one of their guiding lights. edit: great little piece, btw. I'll pass it around.
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US to build mysterious 'Site 911' in Israel (independent.co.uk)
3 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
> The NSA is but a cog in a greater machine Indeed. I always follow The Money because that's who owns the government. America, including the NSA, is owned by the same small cartel that have the monopoly on the issuing of our currenc
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Google yet to explain YouTube block: Press TV(presstv.ir)
1 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
My point is that I don't need politicians and professional warriors to tell me who my enemies are. > Until then the people have spoken by ballot. Are you so sure of that? http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
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by ferdo 13y ago
Government accounting is a tricky business, especially when dealing with matters such as this. At one point, DoD couldn't account for over $2 trillion and that was over ten years ago: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_1
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by ferdo 13y ago
The only enemies I have are those that actually infringe upon my rights using force and fraud.
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US Military Contracts and Defense Spending(militaryindustrialcomplex.com)
42 points by ferdo 13y ago|4 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
I was under the impression that Obama had ended the war in Iraq. How can Manning aid an enemy if there's no war going on?
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by ferdo 13y ago
Bradley Manning put his life on the line and has essentially lost it also. He joined the military, saw that his organization was acting in a manner that was morally reprehensible and then did something about it. Of course, the same system r
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by ferdo 13y ago
> it's a FACT that they are the ultimate line of defense for our nation's independence. It's a fact that the military-industrial complex exists to protect the military-industrial complex. Our nation's independence was
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by ferdo 13y ago
When I see other members of the military putting themselves on the line like Manning did, they'll get my respect also. Going above and beyond is part of duty. I'd like to see more of it. Nothing will change until then. > What a
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by ferdo 13y ago
Manning is far more heroic than any other serving member of the Military-Industrial-Surveillance Complex. Shoot, this "war" isn't even declared so I'm unsure how he could even be accused of aiding an undeclared enemy.
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by ferdo 13y ago
The historical info contained in JSTOR should be free, just as Aaron envisioned. MIT long ago lost its shine as a conduit for information and has now become just another McBiz. Long live Aaron's spirit and his zeal.
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Barnaby Jack's cause of death could remain unknown for months(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by ferdo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ferdo 13y ago
The Federal Reserve is owned by private interests with aspects of a public utility. It's the worst of public and private mixed in one package. As Justice Brandeis said, it's a private corporation in which the government has an int
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by ferdo 13y ago
We're only subject to the policies that they can enforce. If a technical solution is found that routes around government's ability to employ surveillance and interference, there's not a lot they can do about it until they cat

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