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Comment Uh-huh (Score 1) 737

I know several airline pilots, they are told to fly even when they are very tired or when sick.

And how many of them are Germans working in the Eurozone? Just because Corporate America willingly puts profits ahead of people's lives, doesn't mean it's universal behavior.

Comment Racism (Score 1) 737

Greenwald is right. Had even one of his parents been of Middle Eastern origin, the state organs of security and the corporate media would be shouting "Terrorist!!". But since he's German (read: White), the 'T' word isn't even uttered, just mental illness.

Comment Truer words never spoken (Score 2) 1089

"The people who tend not to vote are young, they're lower income, they're skewed more heavily towards immigrant groups and minority groups. There's a reason why some folks try to keep them away from the polls."

This is the one downside to health care advances: the geriatric gentry like DICK Cheney will hang around far too long, doing out-sized damage to every facet of our existence.

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Microsoft Is Killing Off the Internet Explorer Brand 317

An anonymous reader writes: The Verge reports that Internet Explorer as we know it will be taking a back seat to Microsoft's new browser, Project Spartan, in Windows 10 and future projects. IE will still exist, and stick around for compatibility issues, but Project Spartan will be the default way users interact with the internet. Microsoft wants to distance itself with the negative connotations Internet Explorer has acquired through the years. They still haven't decided on an official name for Project Spartan, but it will probably have the company name in it.

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