2012-03-16, 11:45 | Link #20201 | ||
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If SOPA were the only thing we face with Obama I'd agree with you, but that is the least of the outright crazy things that Obama's administration has done. I'd say arming Mexican drug gangs with military weapons is pretty batshit insane and Obama's administration did just that under Operation Fast and Furious. And then adding insult to injury, Obama goes out in public and claims that 90% of all guns in Mexican drug lords' hands come from the US. When his BATFE is the one arming them, it becomes obvious that the drug lords are getting US Federally supplied weapons and so becomes a self-fulfilling statistic. His TSA expanding checkpoints from airports onto our highways, while pardoning a few drug dealers along the way, doesn't ring of sanity either. He expanded the Patriot Act, he signed the NDAA, and his FAA is now allowing police to use drones to spy on Americans. Considering Ron Paul stands against all of that, I'll take the old kook over Obama or Romney or Santorum or any other establishment candidate any day. I don't know about you Syn, but I for one don't want to live in a police state and we are already there in so far as the infrastructure being in place. All it will take now is for an event and the proper Presidential-Salesman to sell its "necessity" of use to the public. Quote:
I hated the Bush foreign policy of going into Iraq, and essentially turning the US into the world's policeman. It's expensive, and it doesn't give back in return the amount of blood and treasure it costs. Oh, and Jon Stewart rules. He should run for President. I'd rather have a comedian in the White House that's funny rather than the clown that's in there now.
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2012-03-16, 12:31 | Link #20202 | |
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2012-03-16, 13:11 | Link #20203 |
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The expansion of Patriot Act and TSA power is disturbing indeed.
The rest I feel you are being unfair to the president. He did not make any decision on the ATF operations. You can't hold him responsible for mistakes made by a bureau under the DOJ. What does his statement of "90% of weapons in Mexico come from US" have to do with it? Nothing. The NDAA? It was the budget of the defence department. If he vetoed it, he was certain to be overruled by the Congress. The law would still pass anyways, and he would open himself to all sorts of attacks. So he threatened the veto to scale down the troubling parts, and signed a statement that effectively made the indefinite detention all but impossible. It is not the best outcome you'd like to see. But it was probably the best he could do given the circumstances. FAA allowing UAV to fly in the US......how does it even affect your privacy? UAVs can't see anything you do in your home, just as a helicopter can't. If you walk outside, there are dozens of ways to observe you that are easier than flying an UAV. With UAV technology maturing and with many potential good uses of it, it's a natural step to open up the airspace to UAVs. Obama's foreign policies are far more sensible than Bush's. His administration is much more inclined to seek cooperation with allies, a stark contrast of Bush's unilateralism. He started an operation in Libya after securing a resolution in UN, support from Arab countries, and allies to participate. The operation ended with its main goal achieved and no additional troops deployed in the region. He ended Iraq War as scheduled. He confronted Iran with the harsh sanctions and forced them back to negotiation. He didn't make progress on Israel and Palestine but that's pretty much the expected outcome - Israel's right wing government was not interested in talks. On Afghanistan, he had to make troops stay to stabilize the situation. A premature withdrawal may well see Taliban coming back in power and bring trouble in the future. I really don't see any serious mistake from Obama in foreign policies. |
2012-03-16, 14:33 | Link #20204 | |
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invasion of privacy - maybe. it was a shared dorm room, and he had legitimate concerns with Clementi inviting "sketchy" looking older men into the room. plus all the coverage leading up to the trial basically pointed to Ravi and Clementi working out their problems anyways.
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2012-03-16, 14:43 | Link #20205 | |
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Ravi was found guilty of bias intimidation multiple times, just not all of the subcounts. Basically, the jury found that intimidation did occur, even though Ravi did not have such intent to do so the first time he violated Clementi's privacy, he did on the subsequent occurrences. Ravi was consistently found not to have had intention to intimidate MB (Clementi's partner), whom as you said he had legitimate concerns about. Ravi's facing 10 years in prison and/or deportation back to India. We won't know for sure until he's sentenced.
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2012-03-16, 16:55 | Link #20209 |
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Just another reason the whole "IP" system is busted. There are dozens of patents for doing "mundane thing but ON THE INTERNET", for example. Patenting is probably more broken than copyright. Most countries don't even allow the idea of patenting a business method or algorithm, but oh the US does... morons.
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2012-03-16, 17:16 | Link #20210 |
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George Clooney released after Sudan embassy arrest
What caught my interests was a video of Clooney's trip to the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. Be warn, the video contains images that are graphically disturbing.
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2012-03-16, 18:47 | Link #20211 |
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Whether this happens or not.... the idea of the Westboro Baptist "church" and adultery.com sponsoring the Limbaugh radio show would be amusing...
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/1...imbaughs-show/
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2012-03-16, 19:09 | Link #20212 | |
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2012-03-16, 19:30 | Link #20213 |
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One of the people responsible for the Kony 2012 viral video just got caught releasing his Invisible Children all over San Diego.
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2012-03-16, 19:54 | Link #20214 | |
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US warns North Korea satellite launch could scrap nuclear, food deals
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2012-03-16, 23:42 | Link #20216 | |
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The Chinese official stance is "worried". Interesting because it is a level higher than "concerned".
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2012-03-16, 23:51 | Link #20217 | |
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2012-03-17, 00:05 | Link #20219 | |
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