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by pivnicek 13y ago
The thing is, as these things come out, it turns paranoia into reality. I preferred being paranoid, rather than correct, myself. Maybe you are getting downvotes because you seem to be endorsing illegal activities by the federal authorities
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Does NSA Work Harder to Protect Privacy than to Protect National Security?(volokh.com)
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by pivnicek 13y ago
What is the oath of office is for an attorney general? It can't be anything about upholding the constitution, obviously, otherwise Eric Holder would have been indicted already. Holder could go down as the worst AG in American history
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by pivnicek 13y ago
That looks very interesting. Thanks for the link.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
The robots that drop bombs from the sky could never be the good guys. Who would go see such a film?
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Whether or not the court order is renewed will be secret, won't it? Isn't the whole point to make all the agency regulations secret? I mean, the original court order wasn't public, why would the renewal be?
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by pivnicek 13y ago
There is no difference anywhere. Even in the old communist countries you support one kind of corruption or another. World wide, in democracies, there is a distinct lack of an honest option.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Please also notice that this "news" is reported on Russia Today. Where is the American Reporting? They are too concerned with royal babies, ironically.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
At least Snowden showed that the "home of the brave" part is not entirely false.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Welcome to extra-legal-land. There are no rights here except for those of the accuser. No burden of proof or evidence required! Do you hold executive privilege? Imprison and murder as you wish.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
No, it's not ridiculous. If building a bridge were the context, and someone built a piece that would collapse the bridge, I'd fully expect any foreman to say "What the fuck is that?" "That is shit". And I&#x2
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by pivnicek 13y ago
He's correct about the cultural aspects. Many cultures value directness in criticism. Why should an open source community be bound by an American ideal of "correct behaviour"?
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Great idea! Watching the watchers is a valuable public service. Cheers!
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by pivnicek 13y ago
True satire is very welcome, especially considering the sad state of public opinion.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
It's been corrupted since the Kennedy assassination.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
"Trust us" will never be good enough. Not when accused are not able to know the charges against them. Not when you can be held indefinitely without judicial recourse. Not when prosecutors demand ludicrous sentences for accessing
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by pivnicek 13y ago
We are open about our secrecy. "It is transparent, that’s why we set up the FISA court." - Barack Obama
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Directives are the game changer. Dreams of dynamic markup come true. There are still a few limitations especially wrt routing/view/state, but that is being actively worked on. It's hard to see a future of the web where angula
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by pivnicek 13y ago
A government that demands secret courts can not call itself democratic. It is the antithesis.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
You may be correct if getting asylum was the only purpose of the spray and pray request. To me, it seems to have filled another purpose also, to show the people of the requested countries where their governments stand. For example, the Fr
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by pivnicek 13y ago
They didn't render any self-proclaimed American patriots though.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Sadly this is true. The constitution that the USA was founded on not only affected the people of North America, but the virtues documented there were held as paragons of a just society for the entire industrialized western hemisphere. Sadl
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Haha. Very good play. A history lesson no bohemian will ever forget.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Please do. It would really be best for all involved.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
It is some coincidence for this to come out the day after the airspace fiasco.
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by pivnicek 13y ago
Thanks for that link. Seem to be a few flights out to Havana. That would be an interesting destination.