The USA has no problem stealing from their own citizens in their own country, its hardly a surprise that they have no problem stealing from citizens of other countrys who are also overseas.

To be fair, having seen the video of the US Diplomat (April Glaspie) saying to the Iraqis (actual Saddam IIRC); '[W]e have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait' you can read that deliberately obtuse statement either way. The subtlety of the language may have been lost in translation, but I would certainly not argue with someone who suggested that it ment that the US would not intervene in an Iraqi prosecution of a border skirmish with Kuwait. Likewise , I'm sure the diplomats were oh the view that had told the Iraqis that the US had not yet formulated their view on the merits of the Iraqi border claims.

To be fair, having seen the video of the US Diplomat (April Glaspie) saying to the Iraqis (actual Saddam IIRC); '[W]e have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait' you can read that deliberately obtuse statement either way. The subtlety of the language may have been lost in translation, but I would certainly not argue with someone who suggested that it meant that the US would not intervene in an Iraqi prosecution of a border skirmish with Kuwait. Likewise , I'm sure the diplomats were oh the view that had told the Iraqis that the US had not yet formulated their view on the merits of the Iraqi border claims.

I'd hit the button for anything political or religious in nature. Just because I can.

The UK has had 'free speech zones' for decades, its called 'Hyde Park Speaker's Corner'.

No, it didn't. It meant that the guns had been properly tested.

Its not just fans, they also make pretty good heatsinks. A lot of those heatsinks are pure copper. So Zalman must get through quite a lot of the stuff and it isn't cheap.

For example, I used to have a dual CPU machine with two large Zalman pure copper heatsinks, the sort that are really big and have fins in a fan-out arrangement. In total there was about half a kilo of copper hanging off of that motherboard. They didn't even need fans on them, just the case fan was enough.

Manufacturing this shit must involve having a lot of copper stock.

Well its Korea so it'll involve having a big meeting with everyone; the people at the top can't make a decision without consulting with everyone all the way down to the janitors.

Then they will all get very very VERY drunk.

The UK has already banned any information which might be useful to a terrorist. Literally, thats what the law says.

For many many people being Muslim is NOT a choice; they are born into it. When they reach an age where they are rational enough to be able to decide whether they really want to be Muslim or not they are faced with the option of leaving Islam and being an apostate. The Koran specifies the death sentence for this 'crime'.

So no, unless you are a convert theres no real choice there.

Jury nullification might not be illegal but it'll get you into a lot of trouble in the USA.

So basically, if it gives the judge an erection you are in big trouble.

I've used Linux since the kernel versions started with a 0.

If you haven't had any problems you aren't trying hard enough.

The USA government is really no better than an organised crime syndicate. They steal cash from ordinary citizens in the guise of 'war on drugs' ("you have $400 in cash? Thats OBVIOUSLY drug money").

A warrant in that environment is worth NOTHING in terms of real legitimacy. It may make it legal but when your government is a bunch of robber-barons legality does not create legitimacy.

I think its mostly from cars. They pull someone over, intimidate them into letting them search the car, find cash and declare it drug money.