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Comment Re:And what exactly did we expect? (Score 1) 1141

-I had unprotected sex, I should go get a clothes hanger stuck in me in some back alley, and die of an infection if it doesn't work

No, you should go pay for your own abortion, or put the kid up for adoption.

-I had kids I can't support, they should be forced to live a life of squalor and misery for my mistake

No, you should put them up for adoption, or have your friends and family help you out, or figure out how to support your kids.

-I'm an addict, I should continue to spiral downwards until I die in the streets

I'm kind of with you on this one, I'm fine with paying for rehab for those who can't pay for it themselves, at least until it becomes clear that it's not helping and they're just going in and out of it, at which point it's probably better for them and society that they die as quickly as possible.

-I made shitty choices and now I'm poor, I should be forced to turn to crime to avoid starvation

Or you could just figure out how to get out of the situation you put yourself in, using any of a myriad of available options.

-I have a $25,000/year job but can't afford my mortgage, the government should watch the entire economy go down in flames rather than help me out

The economy isn't going to go down in flames if you can't pay your mortgage.

-I'm a bank and I've made a catastrophic series of worthless investment, the government should stand aside while others suffer horribly for my actions. Meanwhile I'll retire in luxury, since I've already collected millions in bonuses

If what the bank[er] did was legal then, yes you get to go retire in luxury while hopefully the loopholes that allowed you to do something so catastrophically stupid are closed.

Comment Re:Thanks a lot, Jackass (Score 1) 1090

Reading comprehension is your friend here.

There are left/right-wingers, moderates, and centrists.

left wing + left moderate + centrist + right moderate + right wing = pentachotomy.

And if you really want to take what the GP said to the extreme:

left wing + left moderate + left centrist + centrist + right centrist + right moderate + right wing = heptachotomy.

So while you're correct that there's nothing in what he said between moderate and extreme, there are definitely more than three things to choose from. In reality it's probably more like this:

left wing + moderate left wing + left moderate + left centrist + centrist + right centrist + right moderate + moderate right wing + right wing

Comment Re:No fly list is a dumb idea (Score 1) 300

As a citizen of the USA I have the right to travel across the country freely. In a car, on foot, on a bus, etc. The government places no restrictions upon that travel when I am a passenger. As a passenger, or on foot, I and kill thousands of people at one time. Still the government places no restrictions on me.

The only time restrictions are placed on me is when I board a plane.

I would argue that the passenger of a plane offers no more threat than a guy walking down a street in manhattan, both can kill thousands at once. If that is so then why placemore restrictions on the passenger of the plane?

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Secret Service Runs At "Six Sixes" Availability 248

PCM2 writes "ABC News is reporting that the US Secret Service is in dire need of server upgrades. 'Currently, 42 mission-oriented applications run on a 1980s IBM mainframe with a 68 percent performance reliability rating,' says one leaked memo. That finding was the result of an NSA study commissioned by the Secret Service to evaluate the severity of their computer problems. Curiously, upgrades to the Service's computers are being championed by Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who says he's had 'concern for a while' about the issue."

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