Skype videos should store data streams locally and have the data re-synced when reposting

Skype videos should store data streams locally and have the data re-synced when reposting.

Just because a live interview or speech has choppy/crappy audio and video does not mean the reposting should.

I trust this is obvious (clearly it should be for one-way speeches but the idea applies just as well to two-way communications.. just merge the two sources) and will become the norm going forward.

Thank you.

A Complete Civics Course In One Page

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/edward-snowden-nsa-ruling_n_4455290.html

and for posterity, this includes the following post:

Former government contractor Edward Snowden praised a federal judge's ruling against the National Security Agency's phone surveillance programs on Monday, applauding the judge for bringing the issue "to the light of day."

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled Monday that the agency's phone surveillance program was likely in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects individuals against "unreasonable" searches and seizures.

In a statement distributed by journalist Glenn Greenwald and published in the New York Times, Snowden predicted Leon's ruling would be "the first of many" against the controversial surveillance practices.

..... (the rest of the post is probably still available)

but this is the special sauce... in the contextual links down below the post....

U.S. will not seek death penalty for Snowden, attorney general says ...

LMFAO

THERE, KIDS, IS YOUR EDUCATION. THE REST IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE, BUT THIS IS THE WORLD THAT YOU INHABIT. WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED HERE ARE FACTS. THE REST IS UP FOR INTERPRETATION.

On "Drones" and Immigration

Perhaps the advancement of drone technology will end the debate regarding illegal immigration.

I would be in favor of that.

To be clear, this would mean the end of the tacit acceptance of illegal immigration. At a certain point, it may mean the end of immigration as an accepted part of American life (to a great degree, at least as the default position).

To begin the discussion, what would be the absolute worst degree of overcrowding that would/should (which may or may not be very different answers) be accepted? Carrying capacity is a legitimate thing, no? If not CC, quality of life has its own population related boundaries, no?

Starting from the other extreme, one could simply argue that if it's not needed for purposes of labor or "diversity", it's not needed, and if it's not needed, it's not wanted, and that, by itself, could be sufficient.

Unintended Consequences

A wonderful thing about a free economy is the unintended, unforeseeable consequences.

Amazon's leadership in the drone delivery service will give them an incredible competitive edge...... in the near term.

In the longer term, the technological advances they will help to bring about could unravel the overall competitive edge of their entire business model.

Both aspects of that would be wonderful.

Term Limits (Paradoxically)

Term limits are (perhaps paradoxically) among the most important cornerstones of a free society.

The mentality that craves for the opportunity to retain a single human being in a position of immense power in perpetuity, specifically in *the* position of *most* power, is an ugly, sad, pathetic mindset indeed - assuming it manifests itself, as it inevitably does, in a moment where one's preferred choice is the expected recipient.

As an ideal, it is a fundamentally unamerican one.

I'd explain why, but I tend to take more of a musician's approach in such situations. As long as you like my song, you can interpret it any way you like.