Naked is as Naked does.
(via donnieharoldharris) and if you become naked….
Naked is as Naked does.
There is a renewed need for : ” A basic Law about Basic Laws.”
The 4 most basic rights of all man.Leading one to become a Neiche Superman .
The Time of the Doctor
Unfortunately the show was a convoluted mess without emotional weight. Just a drag! One good moment, Amelia Pond saying goodbye to Raggedy Man!
So, why am I so disappointed:
1. Lots of teasers with our favorite villains without any payoff! The Silence, the Angels, the Cybermen, the Daleks made…
Federal judge rules that TSA, FBI can detain and arrest you for carrying Arabic flashcards
Back in 2009, a college kid named Nicholas George was arrested by the TSA in Philly as he attempted to board his plane. Their excuse? He was learning Arabic in school, and had brought along flashcards to study on the trip.
His interested in Arabic stemmed from a desired career in — you guessed it — counter-terrorism. So needless to say, the cards included “phrases like ‘bomb,’ ‘terrorist,’ ‘explosion,’ and ‘to target.’” Seeing right through this transparent terrorist plot, the TSA pounced!
Here’s an actual conversation that occurred in the process of his arrest:
TSA AGENT: Do you know who did 9/11?
GEORGE: Osama bin Laden.
TSA AGENT: Do you know what language he spoke?
GEORGE: Arabic.
TSA AGENT: Do you see why these cards are suspicious?
The lesson, of course, is that we should never speak or study the language of anyone who ever did or planned terrible things. German students, be silent! From now on, I know I’ll be ommunicating-cay exclusively-ay in-ay ig-Pay atin-Lay, e-thay ue-tray anguage-lay of-ay innocence-ay.
But seriously, this is an appalling example of the TSA’s true function: security theater. The agents certainly may have meant well, but their entire operation has been shown time and again to be simply incapable of doing anything but violating our rights. Indeed, “Airports are effectively rights-free zones”:
Security officers have enormous power over you as a passenger. You have limited rights to refuse a search. Your possessions can be confiscated. You cannot make jokes, or wear clothing, that airport security does not approve of. You cannot travel anonymously. (Remember when we would mock Soviet-style “show me your papers” societies? That we’ve become inured to the very practice is a harm.)
Unfortunately, when George attempted to sue the agents responsible for his arrest, the story becomes more appalling still: The judge “ruled that ‘George’s factual allegations do not establish that [the TSA and FBI agents] violated a Fourth Amendment right.’”
The problem, of course, is what an incredibly vague standard such a ruling creates. If studying a language used by terrorists (and also, you know, some 420 million other people) is enough to warrant questioning and arrest, what could reading a book about Islam justify? It’s not just the Fourth Amendment which is in danger here; it’s also the First.
Federal judge rules that TSA, FBI can detain and arrest you for carrying Arabic flashcards
Stanford Study: It Is Trivially Easy to Identify People With NSA Metadata
When the NSA’s bulk collection of every single American’s phone records was disclosed this past summer, defenders of the program argued it was not invasive surveillance because it’s only metadata (who you called, when, and for how long) and doesn’t include the identity of the callers or the content of the conversation. “There are no names, there’s no content in that database,” Obama said in June.
A new study at Stanford University has just ripped that argument to shreds.
Stanford computer scientists Jonathon Mayer and Patrick Mutchler found that it is “trivially” easy to determine the identity of callers if all you have is metadata.
More than a quarter of the 5,000 random phone numbers they attempted to match with names were matched through Facebook, Yelp, and Google Places alone.
Stanford Study: It Is Trivially Easy to Identify People With NSA Metadata
Why You Shouldn’t Succumb to Defeatism About the Affordable Care Act
Whatever happened to American can-do optimism? Even before the Affordable Care Act covers its first beneficiary, the nattering nabobs of negativism are out in full force.
“Tens of millions more Americans will lose their coverage and find that new ObamaCare plans have higher premiums,…
Why You Shouldn’t Succumb to Defeatism About the Affordable Care Act
On the theory that it might marginally reduce the risk of a terrorist attack, Bush tortured some and held others in indefinite detention. On the same theory, Obama kills from afar with drones. He’s killed thousands of ‘militants’ and hundreds of innocents by most estimates. None of them got any due process.
Conor Friedersdorf, on the difference (and lack there-of) between George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s failings. (via hipsterlibertarian)
Do people with radical ideas have an unusual tendency to be very uncomfortable with radical ideas that come from *other* people?
No unless they are phobic about something re-stimulated by the other Idealist.
Donnie Harold Harris 