Newburgh Entrapment

Seems to be as straightforward a case of entrapment as you're going to find.

One should only go into government with eyes wide open as to the likely result - the destruction of the ability to think clearly, and the corruption of one's soul to its very core in favor of acquiescence to state power in all its forms.

You will not be the same on the way out as you were on the way in, and while that is often the case, it is rarely more disgustingly, nauseatingly, unamericanly so.

Tony Dungy's a loser and a coward.

Fact.

Many arrests are unnecessary.

Cops are largely useless  (strike, replace with unnecessary so as to avoid being unnecessarily offensive to the good ones who do exist) and tend to cause more problems than they solve for various reasons. One of the most common situations that result in cops violating rights and abusing citizens occurs during arrests.

Many of these arrests are unnecessary. Simply "serve papers" with a recorded video, certainly for all situations that would likely result in an immediate release after the arrest.

Arrests as escalation for those who fail to appear is inevitable, but that process should only be used as a last resort (in situations involving non-violent offenses, or other situations where a serving of papers will suffice). Once the benefit is established for appearing in court, most will tend to appear as requested.

There will always be situations where goons with uniforms force will be required but they should be minimized as much as possible. Those who have yet to prove themselves capable of dealing with stressful situations without overreacting should have their hands tied behind their backs whenever possible. They are servants. Employees. They should be treated as such, viewed and treated with skepticism, and be forced to justify any increase in granted powers.

if an anarchist believes in militias

is he really an anarchist?

no decent video

of a plane hitting the Pentagon. is there a plausible explanation for this?

i saw at least one person claim that "by showing the available videos, you expose your security weaknesses". i would never again trust the judgment of anyone who makes such a laughably ridiculous and stupid statement.

i would, however, be interested in hiring them if i needed a lackey who was willing to say (and believe) the dumbest things, and would do so in a way that would benefit me, either via profit or by protecting me from negative repercussions from my actions.

Inalienable

Education and the good you've done for others.

I feel so stupid.

I just now realized that the majority of technical/programming advice is exactly the same as financial advice.

Should this make me more compassionate towards those who continue to value financial advisors (at least as far as the mass media variety are concerned)?

(in case the comparison isn't obvious, it lies in the inherent variability and the essentially random nature of the two disciplines. one's advice will (may) apply in a certain percentage of cases, but those cases may or may not constitute a majority of cases that will be experienced by potential absorbers of the advice. the more confidently the completely arbitrary opinion is presented, the more successful the business venture (the business of advice peddling) will be, regardless of the inherent "accuracy" of the advice. in other words, it's all self-fulfilling bullshite.)

the two are the

exact

same

thing.

save for the details of course.

Maybe you CAN "retrain" authoritarian-inclined authority figures.

Perhaps focusing on the "as long as the citizens with whom you are interacting are doing nothing wrong (and in some cases, even if they are), you are their bitch, their employee, and their protectorate, and you shall mind your tone.

I don't watch Univision, mostly because I'm a racist.

I also find myself avoiding movies involving significant roles for Eddie Griffin (I had a wonderful "exception example" for Griffin at the ready, namely his appearance in the Nutty Professor, but it turns out that that was actually Chappelle. c'est la vie) and Kevin Hart... again, because I am a racist.

To prove my racist bonafides, I think Key & Peele are, in the vast majority of cases, awkwardly unfunny... although I will admit an occasional chuckle, potentially at personal expense (via the disapproval of my racist brethren).