There's no need for a conspiracy theory. All industries in China's economy are controlled by the government. The only question is the degree to which this control is exerted.

You can only have a military-industrial complex in a country where the two aren't both arms of the government. An iron triangle can't exist when only one actor is involved.

Right. Those independent folks just want to be left alone to make their way. No help needed from the government.

Do you have paved roads leading to and from town? Many of those roads were paid for by folks not in your town or county. Electricity? You might want to thank those meddling bastards-- especially this one. Postal service without a drive to an actual city? Phones? Hospitals? The list goes on.

You're not independent. Like so many others, you're tired of government "help" only to the extent that you dislike the help they offer.

This scheme has no chance of success. No self-respecting Apple user would allow anything in their backdoor that didn't come dressed in a turtleneck and jeans.

Really? Are you sure about that?

While that is true for 2010, in years prior it was not. In terms of individual numbers, Republicans are far in the lead in terms of overall insurance industry contributions. In other words, your crooks seem to be far more effective than my crooks.

You likely are suffering from atrial fibrillation. It is most often an electrical problem with the heart and can be controlled (typically) with antiarrhythmic medication. Sometimes, as it was in my case, it can be indicative of a more serious heart problem (in my case 2 of my three major arteries were fully blocked). You need to see a cardiologist as soon as possible. This may not be, but could be, something life-threatening.

You seem a little down; perhaps your humors are imbalanced. A good leeching should fix that right up!

You are correct, but the GP talked about corporations which are creations of law (passed by our government) and not of simple association like the simple business you describe. These laws specifically give advantages to corporations and other legal entities which would not exist outside the law (again, passed by and enforced through our government). The greatest of these is, of course, the limitation on pass-through liability for acts of the corporation to its shareholders/owners. Nowhere in the Constitution is the right to create such entities explicitly given to the government, yet many folks seem to think their existence is just fine with them as is the shield from liability afforded to their owners (which is contrary to our legal notions of personhood and legal responsibility). I'm fine with unlimited corporate contributions to political candidates so long as the government does not provide a protected status to corporations. Feel free to form business associations. but understand that each of the members of these associations will be fully, personally liable for all actions and debts of the association. What's that? Without protection from liability there will be no corporations? Fine by me. Until that point, entities whose existence is solely a matter of law should realize that the law can constrain as well as benefit them.

It put the fear of God into the Pakistanis.

Reminds me of a trip home from I weekend I spent in Mexico

That's why I voted for Cthulhu. Why vote for the lesser evil?

Opera is like a family grocery store that decided to make money rather than stand on principle. Greed is greed and that "everyone else is doing it" doesn't excuse them. I don't pretend that it's not their right to make this choice, but please stop pretending that it's not a choice.

Now, can someone direct me to a site showing how to setup this Encryption Garner Exemption software so that it will notify people of data breaches?

Or do we just need /. to hire an editor?

The problem is, ss soon as we get a 100% effective missile shield, enemies will find a way to deliver nuclear armaments. It wouldn't even be that hard. They can just park a ship off a Manhattan and light one off if they wanted to.

That's when we deploy the sharks!