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#1361
Can you say police state?
fbi seeking developers for app to monitor facebook and twitter
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...osts-sparking/
fbi seeking developers for app to monitor facebook and twitter
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...osts-sparking/
30k drones is ridiculous. Sure if they want to try something new and put one in each state or major city, go ahead. Fagbook monitoring apps? So what? I'm not one of those daily updated girls that say EVERYTHING they could possibly get out.
I have nothing to hide and I really don't think I'd give any reason to be watched, however, I feel this is not why this is all slowly happening. I feel its for a much more serious reason than "monitoring the bad guys".
But I wont get into that. This thread is already on massive overload.
#1362
The skit is fabricated and not original to A&C.
Here is some interesting reading: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
Here is some interesting reading: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
Trying to ridicule Obama over metrics established in the Clinton and Bush administrations derived from metrics that have origins in Reagan or earlier seems a bit iffy to me.
#1364
i just feel that the government has no place stickin their nose there
after that is the purpose of the fourth amendment
of course they wouldn't violate that if facebook decides to cooperate
thats why i posted this
i have heard several sources over the years talking about a police state comin to the US
i can actually see it now
#1367
During the Garfield-Hancock campaign of 1880, he [Calvin Coolidge] asked his father for a penny to buy candy. John Coolidge refused, explaining that if the Democrats should be elected, hard times could be expected. After Garfield won, Calvin reminded his father that the Republicans had stayed in power. He got the penny.
#1369
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...home_multiline
You guys don't want a police state? Well, I hate to break it to you, but Santorum is leading the charge for a police state.
Santorum's full on scary. He's virtually quoting things from fascist propaganda verbatim now.
You guys don't want a police state? Well, I hate to break it to you, but Santorum is leading the charge for a police state.
Santorum's full on scary. He's virtually quoting things from fascist propaganda verbatim now.
#1371
Ugh Brainy, this whole election blows.
Gingrich is giving almost as big of whoppers as Santorum, we've got an Obama clone in Romney, and Paul's the only good candidate D or R.
And yet, looking at election results, it's pretty clear that the Republican machine is full-on anti-Paul (See earlier discussions about Kochs, Republican high-ups, etc. being against him), which sucks for us.
Seriously, my jaw ------- dropped when I found out Paul had not been allocated a single delegate from Iowa. Not a single delegate.
Gingrich is giving almost as big of whoppers as Santorum, we've got an Obama clone in Romney, and Paul's the only good candidate D or R.
And yet, looking at election results, it's pretty clear that the Republican machine is full-on anti-Paul (See earlier discussions about Kochs, Republican high-ups, etc. being against him), which sucks for us.
Seriously, my jaw ------- dropped when I found out Paul had not been allocated a single delegate from Iowa. Not a single delegate.
#1374
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I was expecting something more like a bunch of trolls from the WSJ/NYT comments sections being exposed as employees of various interest groups. I am making the distinction between voluntary disclosure of their company affiliation and pretending to just be another "Joe Shmoe" commenting on an article.
#1375
I may try to find time to read the whole article, but if that's the worst example, I am unmoved. Frankly, if someone talked crap about the company or the CEO (or our executives in general), I would be the first to "stand up" for them.
I was expecting something more like a bunch of trolls from the WSJ/NYT comments sections being exposed as employees of various interest groups. I am making the distinction between voluntary disclosure of their company affiliation and pretending to just be another "Joe Shmoe" commenting on an article.
I was expecting something more like a bunch of trolls from the WSJ/NYT comments sections being exposed as employees of various interest groups. I am making the distinction between voluntary disclosure of their company affiliation and pretending to just be another "Joe Shmoe" commenting on an article.
But yes, the WSJ/NYT/etc. articles are full of astroturfers too. It's ------- disgusting. Even Slashdot (SLASHDOT!) and Fark are known to have paid professional astroturfers, which is mindboggling.
Hell, an astroturfer was caught on Wikipedia abusing fracking webcomic edits recently. It's nuts.
#1378
http://www.berthoudrecorder.com/2012...r-old-veteran/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-are-all-real/
Yeah, the "climate warming is a myth" morons need to take a long walk off of a short pier.
http://www.desmogblog.com/fake-scien...ances-free-tax
Yeah, this is getting entertaining.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-are-all-real/
Yeah, the "climate warming is a myth" morons need to take a long walk off of a short pier.
http://www.desmogblog.com/fake-scien...ances-free-tax
Yeah, this is getting entertaining.
#1379
im no expert on "global warming" by any means
but to say "It is all our fault" is a bunch of BS in my eyes
after all we had once a big ice age
and a little ice age from 1500-1800
i mean c'mon
im not saying that we aren't contributing
like i said im no expert
but what i just said shows that earth warms up and cools down all by itself
seeing as how we have never really been able to study it before
and this is not a controlled experiment
and there are politics involved
i cant take this sort of thing seriously
especially since this can clearly be used as an excuse for a carbon tax
something which has been discussed world wide
but to say "It is all our fault" is a bunch of BS in my eyes
after all we had once a big ice age
and a little ice age from 1500-1800
i mean c'mon
im not saying that we aren't contributing
like i said im no expert
but what i just said shows that earth warms up and cools down all by itself
seeing as how we have never really been able to study it before
and this is not a controlled experiment
and there are politics involved
i cant take this sort of thing seriously
especially since this can clearly be used as an excuse for a carbon tax
something which has been discussed world wide
#1380
Bailout for greece!!
To the tune of something like $280 billion - by the EU and IMF.
Legal terms of the bailout: 1 out of 5 government employees must be fired. Federal minimum wage must be decreased by 20%.
Someone in either the EU or IMF is a ------- genious... Slash government employment AND minimum wage, why didn't WE think of that?
Oh, nevermind. We're too damn retarded to accept a lower wage represented by a lower number.
Holy ----, i've got it! - the quicker our money is inflated, the lower our real wages become. If only we could do it without increasing minimum wage!! Greenspan, start printin' them dollar bills!!
To the tune of something like $280 billion - by the EU and IMF.
Legal terms of the bailout: 1 out of 5 government employees must be fired. Federal minimum wage must be decreased by 20%.
Someone in either the EU or IMF is a ------- genious... Slash government employment AND minimum wage, why didn't WE think of that?
Oh, nevermind. We're too damn retarded to accept a lower wage represented by a lower number.
Holy ----, i've got it! - the quicker our money is inflated, the lower our real wages become. If only we could do it without increasing minimum wage!! Greenspan, start printin' them dollar bills!!