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Comment Re:We put 8 protesters in jail for life (Score 1) 161

Do you think American taxpayers ever felt violated when a US President elected an Open Border Czar allowed millions of immigrants to pour over a “border” for four years..as they’re stopped and questioned for the “crime” of wanting to enter their own fucking country properly and legally with their Rights intact?

No. Protestors should not be locked up for life. But I can think of a few Democrat voters who should recognize the concept of Cause and Effect.

The exemption and illegalities surrounding the 4th Amendment and our border, have existed since the 19th Century. So drop the nonsense about “this” administration. Citizen voters should have addressed this problem over a century ago. Plenty of citizens were ironically being stopped and questioned while an Open Border Czar reigned stu-preme.

Comment Re:it is his right on his device (Score 1) 161

isn't there an important document which argues agaisnt that?

Once you're here. Coming in or leaving, not so much.

And how exactly do you think your retort comes across to the average American citizen who watched a US President legally elect an Open Border Czar who ensured the American southern border wasn’t one for damn near four years?

Do you think that whole idea of bending over the citizen taxpayer at the border and fucking them with an unlubed copy of the 4th Amendment on 30-grit sandpaper is one of those lessons they only teach at Learing centers?

Comment Re:Wipe your devices BEFORE You travel. (Score 1) 161

..The issue here, is that he intentionally destroyed the data when it as in the hands of a government agent, which you only do if there is some reason to destroy it. If you back up and wipe a device beforehand, that's just sensible data hygiene. If you wipe the device in the hands of law enforcement..

I don’t wish ill will upon anyone crossing the American zone of UnConstitutional Wrongs, but I DO hope you see how many holes your theoretical protection has here.

IF you’re ever stopped and questioned at the border, you would be handing your pre-wiped and highly hygienic device to law enforcement. Which you only did because you DID find a reason to destroy your information (albeit temporarily) before your “criminal” data could be “discovered” at the border. They consider their unconstitutional behavior necessary for national security and don’t like it when you claim otherwise.

All I can say is good luck with that tactic. When the other 99% of border crossers don’t take that measure, know your actions will be questioned for more than just hygiene. I wish I could say your behavior was more normalized.

Comment Re:Slippery Slope (Score 1) 161

I agree the current branches of government should pay close attention to the US Constitution, but in the case of border searches, the 4th Amendment exception was established long ago, not recently.

Voters should have paid more attention to violators of the Bill of Rights. Because violations without proper punishment was established long ago. Voters fucked up by not threatening to remove (by democratic process) every violator of the US Constitution long ago.

Voters still hold the power to remove and replace elected Representatives. Especially when they forgot what being a Representative means.

Citizens have a REAL problem with this when Bills of Rights for Thee and Not Me bullshit is being thrown in their face too. Watching someone like Fauci plead the 5th while you’re a “criminal” getting locked up at the border for the “crime” of recognizing your own inalienable (allegedly) Right, is a real punch to the fucking gut that should be answered at the voting booth.

Comment Re:Slippery Slope (Score 1) 161

Customs agents do not need probable cause or a warrant to initiate a routine seizure and basic search of your electronic devices at a U.S. port of entry. Almost any seizure while under the border search exception is basically considered justified. So if you delete your phone, burn your wallet, tear up your love letter to your EX, flush your drugs, etc. The border agents can view that as "Destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure"

Don't like it? Write your legislature to reverse the long-held ruling.

What exactly needs to be reversed when my elected Representatives need a fucking history lesson/job refresher regarding the Bill of Rights, specifically the 4th and 5th Amendments?

The American Citizen should be legislating that alright. By threatening to vote every motherfucker out of office who dares to forget THAT long-held rule over 200 years old.

Comment Re:Innocent until proven guilty? (Score 2) 161

But even calling it "evidence" sets up the bias. Destroying data for possible crime is a way to put it, but then that seems like minority report.

Destroying something law enforcement believes is evidence in that moment is literally Obstruction of Justice, and destroying evidence is literally a crime specifically for that reason. There really isn't much grey area here.

The grey area you’re looking for, was addressed about two hundred fucking years ago. When we ratified the 4th Amendment.

That is not “evidence” until you have a fucking legal reason for it to be.

Comment Re:Innocent until proven guilty? (Score 1) 161

You're confused. He tricked the border agents into destroying the information on his phone before they could examine it. That was the crime.

Perhaps the proper response to being accused of said “crime” is ”Uh, exactly what information are you accusing me of making you destroy before verifying it ever existed in the first place?”

My need to carry a personal communications device, doesn’t mean you get to be fucking lazy and assume the 4th Amendment means nothing.

Comment Are they still Rights, or are they Wrongs now? (Score 1) 161

"Obstructing federal law enforcement is a serious matter that has serious repercussions,"

And violating an individuals 4th Amendment Right comes with what now, an extra gold star on a border guards weekly report?

A spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the agency had the authority to search the electronic devices of anyone entering or leaving the United States, regardless of citizenship, to enforce laws addressing terrorism, child exploitation, drug- and human-smuggling, visa fraud and national security threats.

A spokeswoman, needs a fucking lesson on the Bill of Rights. Either enforce them, or prove why you need to get rid of them. Hate the bullshit exception list, because you can hang any cannot-confirm-or-deny lie under the excuse of "national security".

No. It doesn't matter who is in the White House. Hell, the last autopen in charge elected an Open Border Czar as a reminder of how delusional America can get with that whole "national security" excuse. Now we're violating Rights over "visa fraud". Either enforce it, or prove why you need to get rid of it.

WHY is some component of the Bill of Rights being tossed in front of SCOTUS to debate every fucking month? Are the "winners" of those arguments looking forward to never debating Freedoms ever again? The fuck does the Bill of Rights even mean anymore? If you could afford to spend a million dollars defending yourself every time your Rights were violated, do you think you would win every time, or would it take a billion dollars to do that now? What IS the price of something that came with every intention to be inalienable?

Comment Re:Quite the opposite (Score 1) 228

I am not a fan of video screens in a car, other than for GPS. I might feel differently if I had control over what gets displayed and if I could disable all the spying that the associated electronics are doing. But mostly, just "no" - I don't need that shit in my car.

If you’re not a fan and don’t need that shit, there’s always the fuse box.

Which in all seriousness makes me wonder; how hard IS it to own a modern vehicle in which you disable the infotainment system?

Is it even possible? Does the car still function 100% as a car? Did I disable safety features my insurance company will sue me over?

I agree with GPS assistance. Other than that, we need transport more than we need to be infotained. The screen junkies pretending to not drive drunkenly distracted every time, have other priorities behind the wheel. Which we should probably sue the ever-living-shit out of when they cause harm, hopefully resulting in a trillion dollar class-action settlement to remove the screens and bring back simple buttons and driver accountability.

Comment Are YOU sure UAW was right? (Score 1) 228

Couple more points?

More than $50K?

Are YOU sure you’re not going to continue to be told by the consumer to eat a bag of dicks with that fiscal arrogance? Because right now we have our sales-lot-rotting choice of models, colors, trims, and even multiple years of new cars to choose from.** Because the fucking stealerships can’t seem to get a clue.

You’re supposed to SELL the cars. You decided to run museums dedicated to the idiotic argument of “but the CEO makes 300x more than me.” instead.

Congratulations, UAW workers. You got your raise. And you might be the last generation of American auto workers because of it.

** - Oh, and recalls. How could I forget that cool new dogshit quality option being checked off, every time. At $50K-plus, stealerships can expect to serve dick-eating sauce on the menu at the sales luncheon. Again.

Comment Address the Addiction already. (Score 4, Insightful) 40

Great. So we've finally realized that addictive behavior creates shitty outcomes. Or we've at least remembered why we should have remembered that long ago. Now tell me what we're going to DO about the zombie horde of junkies in total denial.

You can tell a 3-pack a day smoker that smoking is bad for them. They could even agree with you. Does FUCK ALL when they no longer give a shit about that fact because addiction.

Even worse when we're battling a society desperately trying to normalize their addictions before anyone really starts calling them out for that shit. If you see an iPad junkie toddler screaming about no WiFi, check the iPad junkie parent for the root cause.

Comment Are you a Representative, or just a Politician? (Score 2) 92

Not specific to data centers, but too often legislators ignore the will of the people who voted them in. We could use more of this type of accountability.

A Representative, will often say they are. And know their actions will back up their duly assigned responsibility of representing a constituency.

A Politician, won't have to say much. Their lies will tell all, because their selfish actions will prove they represent themselves, not a constituency.

There's little need for term limits if voters were smart enough to differentiate between the two. We have elections every four years to enable the constituency to replace Politicians with Representatives. Of course, this also assumes other factors (such as gerrymandering drawn by race and allowing truly anonymous voting) aren't corruptly warping the results and outcome of democratic elections. As we're finding a bit too often now.

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