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Comment: Re:What about the Tea Party Movement? (Score 1) 543

by yarbo (#38411486) Attached to: Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester"
I currently enjoy the tax cuts too, but that doesn't make them good for the country.

I'm sorry, in my haste I should have re-written my statement as amend the constitution to reverse the effects of the Citizens United ruling.

I'm not sure how you think a civilian is going to end up with military secrets to give to the Taliban, but they should not be held indefinitely without a trial. If there is evidence of them breaking the law, then hold a trial. The procedures we already had in place were sufficient. 9/11 could have been prevented based on what we already knew and could legally act on. A veto would force the authors to amend and resubmit without the objectionable provision.

By being at Occupy Oakland, I have put my life in danger. Scott Olsen could easily have been killed, instead he had to have brain surgery and talks with a stutter, for example.

I have two jobs, for the record.

Comment: Re:What about the Tea Party Movement? (Score 1) 543

by yarbo (#38390944) Attached to: Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester"
Reinstate Glass-Steagal act, repeal the Citizens United verdict and eliminate the Bush era tax cuts and veto NDAA and see if you still have over a million protesters. Some local groups will stick around, particularly the universities, but as a national movement, it'll be all but over.
I don't think it's unreasonable to link OWS and the Middle East. Protesters marched in Tahrir square on behalf of Oakland.
Disclosure: I live in Oakland and have spent a lot of time with Occupy Oakland and Occupy SF and I've camped at Occupy Oakland.

Comment: Re:Recent experiences in the U.S. and Canada (Score 1) 544

by yarbo (#37684782) Attached to: Illegal To Take a Photo In a Shopping Center?
Where do you live? I live in Oakland and spend a lot of time in SF and it's pretty easy going. I take the bus and the BART and go to restaurants and 9/10 or so, it's fine. I'm barefoot at work now, and no one cares. I worked the census barefoot. I get more crap from my friends than from businesses.
When I was in Chicago, everyone seemed to care though.

Comment: Re:Palaces? (Score 1) 290

by yarbo (#35306292) Attached to: Secrets of a Memory Champion
When I started social dancing, I realized that I would forget a girl's name before the end of the song. I realized that I just wasn't listening in any meaningful sense. I started just dwelling on the name for a few seconds when meeting a person and after a few months of dancing my memory got to be very good. I could go to a dance in a city I've never been to and easily learn 20 names in a night. It's one of the most important acquired skills that I've ever learned. When I met my ex girlfriend's family extended family, they joked that I didn't need to learn all of their names. When I left, I said bye to all 8 people that I met that night by name. I've got a couple other experiences learning 6-8 names in the time it takes to introduce that many people. I still screw up names all the time though, I just find it's when I'm not mindful when I'm hearing them.

Comment: Re:Message from Facebook (Score 1) 459

by yarbo (#34902842) Attached to: Facebook Opens Up Home Addresses and Phone Numbers
I did this on a massive scale. I was associated with a venue and got an approval to run an event on September 11th. I advertised it with big posters with the WTC on fire and whatnot. There were horribly annoying videos in the Facebook event and a list of acts that was pretty offensive. I let a group known for getting kicked out of places have an hour of time at the show and told them they could have a pinata full of spiders at the event. I checked my friend count before I sent out invites, then sent out invites to every single person on my friends list, which was between 900 and 1000 and not a single person defriended me.

I request a weekend in Havana with Phil Silvers!

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