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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Chuck Hagel Confirmed By Senate As Obama's Secretary Of Defense
Jack Lew Wins 19-5 Senate Committee Vote for Treasury Post
Speaker John Boehner: Let Senate get 'off their ass' this time
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL): Lil Wayne Ain't No Tupac
Governor Chris Christie takes Obamacare Medicaid expansion
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edited 9th Jul '13 7:51:37 PM by deviantbraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Anti-McConnell group apologizes for racist tweet directed at senator's wife
A politician mentioning Lil Wayne and Tupac is really politics? Slow news day? XD
Anyway, from Politico as well: Kelly wins special election to replace Jackson Jr.
The money that Bloomberg is throwing around is not being mentioned by many? Heh, okay.
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!![]()
Poor form, Progress KY. We actually want to oust McConnell. Spouting racist conspiracy theories, pissing off minorities, and generally being jackasses isn't a good way to energize the progressive vote.
There's talk of trade sanctions
Well, considering that USA is the country that hacks them the most...
I heard an NPR news story on that subject. They interviewed someone who was a US government electronic security specialist (or something like that). He/his team found a hole in a major US company's security and told them about it. Apparently, the hacking department had been looking for such a hole and was not happy that it had been closed. Now there are standing orders that any holes they find are to be reported to the hacking department and only told to the company after it has been cleared.
As for your question, some companies have started putting "booby-trapped" files in their systems. It is not the company's fault that you computer just reformatted itself because you opened an illegally obtained file.
Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!GAO: Obamacare will increase deficit if cost-cutting steps stop
John Kerry: 'In America you have a right to be stupid — if you want to be'
edited 26th Feb '13 9:40:58 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Senator Reid: Sequester should go forward unless GOP gives ground on taxes
Yeah, it probably will. So far the only plans the Republicans are okay with are to blindly cut even more stuff than the sequester would. It's like trying to treat a cut on your finger by slicing it off with a hacksaw, then taking off the neighboring ones too just to be thorough.
edited 27th Feb '13 1:31:19 AM by Pykrete
The sequester will ignore the defense spending and focus more on social programs.
By the way, we already have armed guards arresting students
at schools. Reasons include throwing a paper plane and not wearing a belt.
edited 27th Feb '13 5:23:20 AM by Sledgesaul
According to one of my coworkers just now, it's only a matter of time before Obamanation denies life-saving medication to gun owners For the Evulz. He's apparently also upset that there's talk of denying guns to people with a history of mental illness. Though personally I'm more concerned about the gun owners with mental illnesses that aren't getting treatment.
... Because people diagnosed with depression, paranoia, schizophrenia, addiction, psychosis, etc., have Second Amendment rights, too? What the fuck?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Well, of course. That's the basic premise: Thou Shalt Not Take Away The Right To Have A Gun For Any Reason Whatsoever Or No Reason At All. Any violation of that rule leads inexorably to tyranny.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

- There's an entire genre of international porn based on barely-legal girls who appear illegally underage. Obviously, this can get people into messy legal trouble. Columbian-born Lupe Fuentes
gained international notoriety when her porn videos very nearly got a Puerto Rican man sentenced to 20 years for possessing child porn. What made the case notable was that it absolutely embarrassed the over-zealous prosecutor who, despite easily available proof online and on-file with the US Federal Government that Lupe Fuentes was indeed already of age, she stubbornly insisted that the actress couldn't possibly be older than 13-14, based on the sworn testimony of several expert witnesses who relied on the Tanner Scale. The defendant was overruled in the presentation of proof-of-age evidence and was only saved when Lupe Fuentes actually travelled from her then-residence in Columbia to personally appeared in court with documentation to prove that she was indeed already 19 years old when said videos were made.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.