AT&T will use the new net non-neutrality rules to ensure the new internet-only production company's content can't be viewed by AT&T's customers. And they'll likely conspire with other top tier ISPs to do the same -- the big boys gotta stick together.

The average individual can't afford enough lawyer time to undertake their own legitimate DNA-supported get-out-of-jail procedure because the justice system isn't one bit concerned about justice after a successful conviction. Some would argue the justice system isn't concerned with justice pre-conviction, either. Hence the need for the Innocence Project.

There's a free market for commodities such as your panties, but the idea that US based broadband internet services exist in a free market it laughable.

That's a delightfully naive essay supporting Big Business. In the real world, Big Business pays "creative" lawyers to write one-sided contracts embedded with anti-consumer bomb shells and land mines. Now it's easy to say people should read the 30 page contract, but, even if we did, how many of us are savvy enough to understand legalese written by an expensive team of lawyers that don't work for us? Top that all off with slick advertising campaigns trying to convince us that BigCorp provides the best service, best price, is more honest than the competition, and loves God, hotdogs and apple pie. Big Business stacks the deck against consumers at every opportunity. Opaque, one-sided contracts are designed to keep us split up and individual with insufficient resources to level the playing field. In this particular case, maybe I reject AT&T - Verizon, T-Mobile, etc are no better, so what's my choice if I don't want to sign the contract?

A closed source algorithm or implementation is all about profit. I've no problem with sentencing algorithms so long as the inputs, outputs and all the bits in the middle can be discussed. A black box with opaque inputs and outputs can't be rationally discussed or evaluated except by blowhards with preconceived notions of "justice".

Ajit Pai called the rules "heavy handed" and said their implementation was "all about politics."

Well, no shit. And to imply that Ajit Pai's move is neither "heavy handed" nor "all about politics" is also bullshit. Calling Obama era BS for what it is (though I liked it) doesn't mean the Trump era isn't pulling their own similar BS (that I don't like). Of course, the only thing the Trump administration seems to be capable of is reversing Obama era rules. They've no actual thoughts for themselves beyond reversing the Kenyan Muslim's work. Idiots.

I won't be surprised when Trump trades something big and valuable to the Russians in exchange for Snowden. Making an extreme example of Snowden is likely on Trump's "First 100 Days" list.

If it works, why not teddy bears, blankets and warm milk?

Christian missionary expansion didn't end hundreds of years ago. As few as 50 years ago missionaries were forcing Alaskan Native children out of the villages and into boarding schools to erase native culture. The missionaries banned communicating in Native languages. They may not have outright killed to enforce their rules and beliefs, but they weren't gentle about it. I wouldn't be surprised if the practice continues in some areas of the world to this day.

Beyond killing, en-mass or singly, they can throw you in jail, arrest and jail you, seize your possessions, real property, bank accounts, etc. Government agents can do that pretty much without fear of retribution or harm to their career on the flimsiest circumstance. Might you get out jail without an indictment or conviction? Or your property back? Perhaps, eventually, but there's likely to be a heavy cost.

In other news, the DOJ/FBIs' insistence that Apple can, but won't, unlock the phone or do some magic that allows them to access the phone's content is also marketing. They're trying to make us sheep believe they need access to all our secrets to keep us safe. I'm not buying their pitch that OMG terrorists, mass shooters, criminals or other element can or will destroy our country if the Feds can't access everyone's devices and accounts.

I love the idea of updating the Constitution to bring it up to our times. But the problems we privacy minded people have with the current interpretation and execution of Constitutional power will only be amplified by the current group of knuckleheads in control of this country.

Real or not, red muercury is used to lure rubes into ISIS' ranks as the superweapon for wiping out the superpowers. Without a superweapon on their side, the ISIS rubes know they're looking at a serious butt kicking when the sleeping giant tires of their games - and nobody wants to be on the losing side. ISIS leadership knows this, too, and has fabricated the red mercury story and how close they are to acquiring it to keep membership and morale up. I could also be completely full of shit.

Plenty of commercial places have the simple equipment and supplies needed to re-shrink wrap inventory. I'd never trust a 'wrapped box as factory-fresh.

Bzzzt! Wrong!! Law enforcement only works two ways: 1) authority earns the respect of the people and people and people willingly cooperate or 2) authority abuses people.