Interesting how the nation built on Liberty can lie so thoughtlessly.

I'll be using this one. It's bound to work!

*viral

Also.. cool bug looking thing. I'll allow it.

I'd have loved to have been the fictitious judge on that assault case.

>> ^Crosswords:

Being a professional profiler is easier than I thought. I'd figure it'd at least need a masters degree in criminal justice or psychology. As it turns out you just need a GED and a resting blood pressure level below 140/90 and the ability to make decisions based on who annoys you, and you too can be a professional profiler.


"Would you like to know more?"

Glen Greenwald on Rendition (which often results in torture). The president should not have the power to unilaterally render anyone foreign or domestic to another country for any reason.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/02/09/state_secrets

It is not the presidents place to strike down Habeas Corpus or reinstate it is left up to the SCOTUS to interpret whether the writ can be removed or not. How that relates to the consensus of the people I still don't understand.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2008/06/12/boumediene

Whether or not the Executive Branch actually abides by the writs of the constitution is another thing entirely. The branches can do whatever they wish until another branch or the people file complaint against them and the checks and balances actually take place.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/04/11/bagram

The above links and points are merely my interpretation of things evident during Obama's presidency they are wholly my opinion and therefore could be wrong. He inherited power and did not return it which is typical of any one holding the POTUS, and appears to be using that power (see any number of Greenwald's articles on Obama and Civil Liberties).

Everyone, all US citizens need to stop believing shit and actually use some critical thought. Belief without thorough review of evidence is faith, and faith is much more fallible than evidentiary claims. Even if those evidentiary claims are interpreted wrongly, which mine might be.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Obama went into office with the intention of ending torture, restoring Habeas Corpus, ending the patriot act, ending the war in Iraq and creating public health care system.

*promote

"Pollen... Pollen"

All I could think about was... No shit it's pollen, now shut the fuck up.

When was the last time the TSA actually caught a terrorist?

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/10/a_critical_essa.html

Got a video camera and are you arrogant? You're now a terrorist. Also, do they have any science to back any of their, bogus, claims? As with most security, even so called, Cyber Security, it's all probably a smoke screen to keep a bunch of people employed on that fat TSA budget.

Cartridge razors. They can get fucked. I shave with a lawn mower.

*wtf

*bugs

I'm thinking to my self, "What the fuck are you doing? Stop wailing and get the fuck out of there." Assuming there was any other place to go.

HAHAHA

>> ^bcglorf:

I have troubles cheering a guy who declares the better solution was never go at all. Gadhafi would currently be finishing off the genocide he promised to commit against the opposition if that advice were taken. I have issues with anyone calling that 'better'. Doubly so when the reason it is better is because stopping that genocide created more anti-western Arab sentiments than allowing it would have.

The road to hell is oft paved with good intention.
-Saint Bernard of Clairvaux,Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Sir Walter Scott, Søren Kierkegaard, and Karl Marx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_with_good_intentions

I think that the more important question here is why Libya? Why not Bahrain? Why not Yemen? Why not Syria? Why not any other number of countries where there is revolution?

The problem with becoming involved in Libya is that the risk of Blowback is much more dangerous than actually helping. Which is what the gentleman, former CIA analyst, is saying.

No, the better choice would be to stop all of the mass killings that are taking place everywhere, but that is unrealistic; meaning not the better choice. Indeed, the better choice is to leave well enough alone.