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Comment Re:Muslims? (Score 1) 880

I am not an apologist for any group. But can ask what we call it when the US Gov't (CIA especially) pulls off a coup or destabilizes a country fostering civil war.

I ask that as a serious question because if it is state sanctioned it appears as acceptable. If not state sanctioned then it is terrorism.

Remember the US Constitution clearly has avenues to redress the government up to and including overthrowing it. But if you choose to overthrow the government you'll likely spend a lot of time in jail or be dead.

Comment Re:Enlightening... (Score 2) 772

And the population runs around screaming "wait until shit hits the fan". Well shit has been hitting the fan for years but as the above comment shows, the formula to diffuse it works, so people keep running around saying "wait until shit hits the fan"

While the person to reveal the torture sits in jail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiriakou

Comment Out of control (Score 2) 772

In case no one has noticed it seems everything is out of control theses days. War, spying, bankers and the economy, human rights and the list goes on.

As Leonard Cohen says in his song The Future:
Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul

It seems that everything we ever used to benchmark human progress has slipped away.

Comment ZTE Open C (Score 1) 132

I have a ZTE Open C and while I'd say Forefox OS 1.3 is not yet ready for prime time the basics work. I believe 2.0 will be a significant step up. I picked this phone up to use while my Galaxy Nexus was repaired. Worked fine for basic stuff. Phone, maps, websbrowsing.

Maybe the reviewr has too high expectations for this level of phone.

Comment When the push is on (Score 1) 427

I'd guess this means the company has met its apex in development or econimic health. Or both.

I bought a Google Nexus Galaxy and Google has said they will not put out Android 4.4 for this model. Too old they say. But they will shove other crap down my throat.

Something will emerget in time to push Google aside. Firefox OS? Ubuntu? something from Asia?

MS is basically history, Apple shows signs of cracking... Google is up after Apple.

Comment No surprise here (Score 4, Interesting) 188

Lets see... Judith Miller of the NY Times... and don't forget the NY Times also delayed publishing the story of ATT illegal wiretaps until after the 2008 elections. So many more....

The days of Watergate are over. Now media is a manipulative source claiming to be guardians of freedom.

Epic Fail

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