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progressive_dad
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Comment #12339121
I feel as though I've been sent to sit in the corner with a dunce cap for daring to criticize a piece of journalism that equates releasing NSA spy tools on the black market with go…
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Comment #12338330
Point well taken. Imagining Edward Snowden as my playful pathetic little brachiocephalic puppy dog stinking up his pew and being swatted on the nose with NEWSPAPER just made me gig…
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Comment #12338304
Without any science behind it or having first hand access to the source for the tools used to identify such words/phrases/idioms you're just amateurishly putting lipstick on a pig.…
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Comment #12338063
That's steganography not cryptography and generally considered to be the red-headed bastard step child of actual intelligence work. Don't be ridiculous. Its some 4chan racist idiot…
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Comment #12337818
I mean, selling NSA tools on the black market in broken english is about as far from government whistleblowing as I can stretch my imagination. Absurdum is right.
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Comment #12337747
This article falsely equates selling NSA tools on the black market with government whistleblowing. Let's not get on a high horse about rhetoric in the comments?
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Comment #12337690
If you're Reuters and paid to gas-light the American people it is.
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Comment #12337592
Hitler gassed the jews, Saddam gassed the kurds, and one time Snowden farted in church. SAME THING tombert. SAME THING.
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Comment #12248514
Now I'm picturing martian sex tourism. Thanks.
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Comment #12248506
More like being a UN human rights peace keeper.
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Comment #12175351
What is this Amy Bouzaglo's kitchen?
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Comment #12103483
How about stating that the CIA will, despite being a civilian organization, adopt the oath of the UCMJ. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) 809.ART.90 (20), makes it clear …
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Comment #12087694
I don't know why you got down voted. You're absolutely right. Most everyone will tell you, "Its about maxing total compensation as much as you can to boost your overall earnings!" …
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Comment #12074539
I think I got the gist of OP's comment... Computer programmers make higher than the average salary. If you're barely making ends meet as a programmer your significant other is prob…
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Comment #12019569
The minute they try to lock you in a room the only appropriate response is to Bobby Hill your way out of there.
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Comment #12018750
When is lobbying appropriate in your view? Is it the responsibility of government to facilitate the opening of new markets, for instance? As with TTIP? How do you square a free mar…
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Comment #12018379
I believe the standard "party line" on housing costs would be something akin to Sweden. Purchasing a property for the explicit purpose of renting it is de-facto barred. Its not ill…
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Comment #12017508
Do you distinguish between truly competitive capitalism and modern acquisition based growth? I will admit I only know about these topics from exchanges with peers such as this and …
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Comment #11963734
They broke the mold when they made him.
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Comment #11963332
Several asked to be transferred to other departments. That's what prompted his demand to be the sole point of provisioning. He had final say over Finance, Analytics, internal repor…
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Comment #11963095
I stuck it out until he confiscated the personal laptop of an engineer who had permission to use it on network. After that I got permission to work from home for a month and used t…
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Comment #11962903
I think we've all seen a good engineer get fired because he's a pushover. You know who doesn't get fired? Story time: We had the most brilliant and insufferable devops engineer I'v…
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Comment #11949485
It works for FOIA
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Comment #11947237
My 8 year old son knows more about the Rift from watching his youtube buddies than I did. That's when I realized its gonna stick this time. He had a chance to use it at his summer …