Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Politics, plain and simple (Score 4, Insightful) 116

There is more at play here than just people afraid of actual scientific data ever being generated in regards to climate change. Remember that most of the GOP is strongly anti-science in virtually every aspect - and even more so when it is science funded by the federal government. The GOP will be spending untold millions the next couple years to try to uncover loose change like this to try to slow down science as much as possible. This first hearing alone likely cost the taxpayer more than the total sum of the wasteful spending.
United Kingdom

GCHQ Does Not Breach Human Rights, Judges Rule 81

An anonymous reader writes The current system of UK intelligence collection does not currently breach the European Convention of Human Rights, a panel of judges has ruled. A case claiming various systems of interception by GCHQ constituted a breach had been brought by Amnesty, Privacy International and others. It followed revelations by the former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden about UK and US surveillance practices. But the judges said questions remained about GCHQ's previous activities. Some of the organisations who brought the case, including Amnesty UK and Privacy International, say they intend to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights.

Comment Re:If the Racism Industrial Complex wants credibil (Score 1) 27

Well it appeared that you started off by trying to offer up a conspiracy theory where the Lawnchair Administration intentionally set up for these guys to be killed so that they could declare martial law and unleash a New World Order upon us. Then in the end you were trying to claim that this is somehow exactly the same as features that are not part of the Health Insurance Industry Bailout Act of 2010. Along the way you included an irrelevant quote.

The only truth in your statement is that you shared two whackjob conspiracy theories that previously had no meaningful connection, and you maintained that status quite beautifully.

At least your most recent bit on the Communist Manifesto included some truth to it. Too bad I can't say the entirety of it was truthful.

Comment Re:If the Racism Industrial Complex wants credibil (Score 1) 27

That statement was so far off the deep end that I don't even know where to begin to reply to it. I could point out that it wandered so far as to quite nearly end up arguing both side of the argument that it started out trying to partake in, but that is sufficiently apparent on its own.

Comment Re:"Working hours: Get a life" at economist.com (Score -1, Troll) 545

Not this fucking shit again. Hours spent in the workplace != hours spent actually working.

Have you ever met a fucking wop? They might get in at 7:30 in the morning and go home at 8 in the evening, but they'll take a dozen 15 minute smoke breaks plus a three hour lunch. And spend two hours on personal phone calls.

Comment Re:Why have a grand jury? (Score 1) 27

Kind of hard not to return an indictment when you only have one side of a case presented to you.

Which is probably part of why on the federal level in 2010, only 11 out of 162,000 did not. A phrase that has seen an increase in use recently regarding US grand juries is " a prosecutor could persuade a grand jury to ""indict a ham sandwich". For better, worse, or neither though this is how we do it in this country. Being as the supreme court of the US is supposed to be the final arbiter of constitutionality, you could argue that the DA in Ferguson committed an unconstitutional act by acting counter to the statement of the supreme court in regards to presenting a case to a grand jury.

Comment As a parent... (Score 1) 39

The thing that power wheels toys really need is remote controls. When your kids are learning to drive them the kids are too capable of getting them stuck on dumb stuff and not capable enough of getting them back out. A remote control - especially one that could put the thing into reverse - would be a huge benefit.

Slashdot Top Deals

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. -- Plato

Working...