Your own government doing this is much more dangerous than any other government ..

It's not a pissin contest.
Let me deal with my own govt, you deal with yours.
Europeans are much too reliant on products storing data on US servers which can easily be seized.
We just "hand" our privates over, which is why the proposal actually makes sense.

I think the closest thing I have seen to an actual science fiction movie in the last 30 yeas is "Deep Impact".

Try The Big Lebowski, it's like, you know, friendly too.

This is an intentional political change.

Same movement visible here in NL, though something like Hartz not (yet?) implemented. Sucks if you're handicapped or layed off when 10+years before retirement.

This is from a guy that raised 4 kids. Yes I enjoyed my kids, but if I was able to go back in time and kick my teenage self in the nuts 30 times to keep me from ever having children, I would do it in a heartbeat. .

Oh please, your *wife* raised 5 kids

Imagine if Jesus had hooked Genghis up with his breakthrough water-walking technology. Khan could have taken over the entire world.
100% of the earth's population would be related to him,

No.

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"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)

Putin is doing his best to bring it back.

Yes; though we do not know this is action or reaction; I suspect the latter.
Of course, China will win.

I totally agree. What kind of an idiot gives their passowrd to an administrator?

admin: hand over your pass.
idiot: Nay!
admin: sudo hand over your pass.
idiot: 1-2-3-4-5
admin: 1-2-3-4-5? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard of in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!