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by ferdo 13y ago
Money is "printed" everytime a credit card is swiped. This is detailed (though with check writing instead of credit cards) in a great little booklet[1] that the Federal Reserve put out in in the 1970s: "The actual process of
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by ferdo 13y ago
Syrian Electronic Army = shadowy Western intel group.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> The burden of proof is on the person who's making the claim Exactly. Prove your claim.
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by ferdo 13y ago
The problem here is that he was pre-selected by the Behaviour Detection Officer (BDO) while in line and then the TSA claimed he rang their bell for explosives. We can't assume that government agents are on the up and up. Their word is
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by ferdo 13y ago
Though surprised by the proof, I'm not surprised by the gist.
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by ferdo 13y ago
IMO, a better way is to create technical solutions that force politicians and bureaucrats to change their lowdown ways. The political game is obviously rigged against us. Our strength is the technical solution, not the political solution.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> A right in the US is what's defined in the Constitution. Can you back up this specious claim with hard evidence?
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by ferdo 13y ago
This can be the thread of repeat quotes as I've posted this one before also. The author rightly uses the word 'bondage' as surveillance is part of servitude. Servitude of the powerless is the ultimate goal of power. "Nex
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by ferdo 13y ago
The NSA is spying on American citizens. It's off mission and thus rogue.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> flying is a privilege, not a right The government began to make claims about traveling being a "privilege" in the 20th century. The Soviet government used to claim the same thing, so perhaps the US government took a lesson fr
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by ferdo 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion
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by ferdo 13y ago
The rest of the world holds enough of the US debt that no one would have to fire a shot for parts of the world to retaliate. Looking at the rise in Tbill yields, it may have already started on some level.
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by ferdo 13y ago
If it's not part of the mission statement, it's off mission. I don't consent to rogue intelligence agencies at the heart of my government.
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by ferdo 13y ago
It's safe to say that "bugging our allies" probably isn't in the NSA mission statement.
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by ferdo 13y ago
It might make for a shorter list if we name the people and groups that the NSA hasn't spied on.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> "Security analyst Paul Beaver said..." I'm pretty sick of Neocon "security analysts" making shit up in order to give themselves excuses to have jobs.
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by ferdo 13y ago
I'm not normally a fan of Krugman but I give him props for pulling Khaldun out. The entire passage beginning with: > "This implies that the new rulers are at first considered “barbarians” by comparison to the old ones..."
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by ferdo 13y ago
I leave it to others to apply labels. I just despise criminality and sociopathic assumptions, especially in government. When someone, such as a rapist or a politician, has proven that they're incapable of peaceful behavior in society,
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by ferdo 13y ago
Force and fraud are the basis of all anti-social thinking and behavior, so yes, I'm opposed to coercion in all forms.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> It seems like he wants to force people to be exposed to diverse/opposing views... isn't that kind of the opposite of authoritarian? Force = authoritarian.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> most ideas that come out of academia are awful And much, if not most, of the National Security State was built with the ideas of academics. Sunstein and his ilk should be kept far, far away from the levers of power.
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by ferdo 13y ago
Sunstein tries to weasel out of words with his name attached at about the 2 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIiOztc52g
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by ferdo 13y ago
> the US is nowhere near being an authoritarian police state. The US has the highest incarceration rate on the planet and perhaps in history. I'd say we're there.
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White House Picks Panel to Review NSA Programs(abcnews.go.com)
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by ferdo 13y ago
> since there's no proof of his story, his story sits in doubt. Right? Not for me. The author has more credibility in my eyes than any employee of the TSA. > Is there reason for me to automatically doubt the sincerity of those wh
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by ferdo 13y ago
I've been aware of it for years. My only consolation in the events of the past few months is that a lot of my friends no longer view my opinions as being in left field.
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by ferdo 13y ago
I have proof and past experience with dishonest government employees. Please take your arguments for chemtrails elsewhere.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> Did you miss the part where the machines gave him a positive for explosives? Since there's no proof of this "positive", this claim sits in doubt. If he was already targeted, they'd claim the machine would say anythi
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by ferdo 13y ago
Correction: they claimed he triggered the detector. It's not a wise course to take government employees at their word.
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by ferdo 13y ago
> They see this in an extremely black and white way. Of course they do. That's why they're harassing people that dissent from their black and white views.

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