Mr.B wrote:You want us to watch a 14+ minute video of some knucklehead touting himself on YouTube?
You mean the incredibly smart developer that worked for Microsoft for years? -- Don't care honestly, if the subject matter doesn't interest you, don't watch you grumpy asshole.
Mr.B wrote:"You want us to watch a 14+ minute video of some knucklehead touting himself on YouTube?"
"You mean the incredibly smart developer that worked for Microsoft for years?" His T-shirt makes him smart?
"Don't care honestly, if the subject matter doesn't interest you, don't watch you grumpy asshole." Me either really; and I didn't watch it all; lost interest rather quickly.
Not that it's always the case, but all the cops need to do in order to charge scores of nonviolent, non-property destroying protesters with rioting or other felonies is have one or more of their own provocateurs do the violence or property destruction.
... President Donald Trump yesterday signed the repeal of online privacy rules that would have limited the ability of ISPs to share or sell customers' browsing history for advertising purposes, confirming action taken by the Senate and House. This was very much a partisan issue among elected officials. In a 50-48 vote, every Republican senator voted to kill privacy rules and every Democratic senator voted to preserve them. The House vote was 215-205, with 15 Republicans breaking ranks in order to support the privacy rules.
But ordinary Americans aren't split on the issue, according to a Huffington Post/YouGov survey that found 72 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of Democrats opposed the rollback.
"[E]ven identifying the bill as a GOP proposal isn’t enough to win it intra-party support," Huffington Post wrote. "Told that Republicans in Congress passed a bill to overturn the regulations that would ban the sharing of customers’ information, 72 percent of both Republicans and Democrats say the privacy rules should go into effect, with just 15 percent in each party believing the rules should be overturned." The rest answered, "not sure." ...
North Carolinians have a proud history of activism, and in recent years we have seen historic levels of peaceful protest in our parks, streets, and sidewalks. In response, some state lawmakers are now seeking to chill our First Amendment rights.
HB 249 would label many protests as "economic terrorism" and increase penalties for those arrested during protests that block sidewalks or streets. If the bill becomes law, a peaceful protester whose only crime was stepping foot on a roadway could face a felony charge. HB 249 could also force protesters to pay for the cost of law enforcement if the protest was deemed to be unlawful.
On Mon, April 24, 2017 6:24 pm, Rep. Chuck McGrady (R, my Rep.) wrote:
Chuck: While I want to hear the debate on the bill, I'm inclined to vote against it since it seems pretty ambiguous in terms of what we are making criminal and there are already other criminal laws that probably cover what is trying to be criminalized here.
Subject: RE: NO HB 249, peaceful protest is a right
From: "Rep. Pricey Harrison" (D, Guilford) <Pricey.Harrison@ncleg.net>
Date: Mon, April 24, 2017 7:26 pm
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You helped protect the First Amendment in North Carolina.
Yesterday state legislators considered a bill that could have criminalized peaceful protestors exercising their First Amendment rights by labeling them "economic terrorists." You took action, and we won.
Thanks to you the bill was narrowly defeated in committee, meaning there is no chance for it to become law this legislative session.
We know your voice made a difference. When "We The People" take action, we can protect civil liberties for all.
We've often discussed how Big Brother's tools and policies are far more likely to be used for things like repressing dissent, fighting the drug war, routine policing, personal grudges, political advantage and other things besides national security. Here's another one.
On Wednesday, 5/31/2017, US District Judge Hon. Robert W. Sweet denied a bid by the City of New York to dismiss key assault and battery, excessive force, and failure to train claims in Edrei, et al. v. City of NY, et al. 16 Civ. 1652 (RWS), a landmark federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of NY and NYPD officers who used an LRAD “sound cannon” against Black Lives Matter protesters, journalists, and bystanders in December of 2014.
Judge Sweet appears to be the first in the United States to issue a written decision in a case involving an LRAD use. Rejecting the City’s arguments that the LRAD is essentially a loud bullhorn that can be safely used as such without using “force”, Judge Sweet held that the use of “amplified sound can constitute force” and that “sound can be used as a force… and the kind which could be used excessively” by police in a manner that violates the United States Constitution. Judge Sweet explained that that “as a projector of powerfully amplified sound[, the LRAD] is no different than other tools in law enforcement’s arsenal that have the potential to be used either safely or harmfully” such as so-called “flash bang” and “stun” grenades, which can “result in comparable bodily injury if used improperly” – including if they are used without proper training....
Holy Shit, that's scary. A printer identifying itself and the time/date it printed a document! Merciful Mergatroyd. What's next, computers showing properties of files? Tracking where you've looked on the internets? Is there no end to the madness? Better not send the ransom note from a laser printer.
Exactly. You can lose your anonymity with criminal behavior OR, say, supporting Palestinian rights or printing blue flyers in a red state . . . or when revealing Russian manipulation of an election.
Maybe it's better not to use your own printer, write it on your own computer, drive your own car, use your own phone, or send stuff from your local PO if you're up to nefarious business. Isn't that what computers and printers in hotel lobbys are for? And if you use one of those, don't sign in with your room number or print your airline ticket while you're being nefarious or trying to exercise your free speech right without criticism.
