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Hipster Idealists Lose Faith in Silicon Valley. Occupy Silicon Valley?

Big Tech is becoming the enemy of the people for a lot of the people who hate Big Oil, Big Banks and in fact Big Anything.
From the standpoint of a lot of people on the left and some on the libertarian right, the transformation of tech into an information-industrial complex with deep ties to the state is a deep disappointment.

The Economist‘s always insightful Adrian Wooldridge predicted a “peasants’ revolt against the sovereigns of cyberspace,” an Occupy Silicon Valley, for our new year, and already there have been rumblings. Protesters in San Francisco have blocked and in some cases vandalized buses meant to shuttle techies from their pricey digs in chic Bay Area neighborhoods to the campuses where they work. It may seem an odd place to make a stand—but it’s a service that has enabled an influx of new tech-employed residents to push and price out the old guard.

These flare-ups are exposing a rising discontent with Silicon Valley. One of the defining characteristics of many tech giants is their “cool” factor, so much so that cultivating that kind of culture has become one of the most important lures for attracting new talent. That these same companies would suck the soul out of the Bay Area, as some worry they are doing, feels like a weird and painful betrayal—both to the techies who like to think of themselves as benign and progressives, and to the hipster left who thought that this corporate wave would be different.



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[Rogerdodger]

Is this another FBI CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION of a congressional investigation?

Person heading IRS investigation - an Obama donor...

Barbara Bosserman's leadership raises all sorts of questions about the investigation's fairness. Investigations revealed that she has been a loyal financial backer of the DNC since 2004 and has donated multiple times personally to President Obama's two campaigns. Her personal donation total reaches $6,750 to both the party and President Obama.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 08 January 2014 - 10:31 PM.

[Rogerdodger]

What's In Your USB Card?

NSA RADIO PATHWAY TO CRACK COMPUTERS

"The NSA has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to conduct surveillance on those machines and can also create a digital highway for launching cyberattacks.
The technology, which the agency has used since at least 2008, relies on a covert channel of radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted surreptitiously into the computers.

There is no evidence that the N.S.A. has implanted its software or used its radio frequency technology inside the United States."

Edited by Rogerdodger, 15 January 2014 - 02:30 PM.

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New High Security Phone 'Is NSA PROOF'...

(Probably has an NSA chip already inside!)

"Dubbed the Blackphone, its sleek all-black case and touchscreen makes it look like it fell out of the pocket of James Bond’s blazer. The Android-based device uses an operating system named PrivatOS that promises highly secure privacy protection that would make the NSA wince. The yet-to-be-priced phone can transfer encrypted files and features a video chat option."

Edited by Rogerdodger, 15 January 2014 - 02:38 PM.

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Andrew Napolitano - Recording the Cops

Violating the constitution. Cops have a right to privacy in public?

[Rogerdodger]

I thought they said they just collect numbers looking for a match. (wink wink)

But if you are going to violate the 4th amendment, do it big time and make it look "normal".

NSA COLLECTS 200 MILLION TEXT MESSAGES PER DAY
'UNTARGETED' GLOBAL SWEEP


But, of course, if it's for "security" you can even sexually molest little children with immunity.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 16 January 2014 - 08:20 PM.

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Obama didn't know...

I keep hearing that.

Is that an echo?

"President Obama has repeatedly claimed ignorance on scandals plaguing his administration."

His policies are really making him mad when he finally hears about them.

1. Healthcare.gov
2. IRS
3. AP Phone Records Scandal
4. Fast and Furious
5. Petraus Investigation

Edited by Rogerdodger, 17 January 2014 - 10:00 AM.

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Forget about the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution.

Official admits 'minor' abuses of NSA database...

Feinstein: Get used to database...

REPORT: Lawmakers who oversee surveillance programs receive millions from intel companies...

Is it this Mrs. Feinstein who says: "Get Used To It!" but gets millions from intel companies?


Maybe the judges are at the trough too:
Spy court says NSA exceeded bounds, but judges approved all data requests anyway

Edited by Rogerdodger, 19 January 2014 - 09:38 PM.

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This will be quickly swept under the rug. Too much easy money at stake:

Privacy Board: NSA telephone records program illegal
Moreover, the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board said it's been largely useless in thwarting terrorism.
"We have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation," the board wrote in the report released Thursday.

(It sure didn't prevent the Boston marathon bombings or the Benghazi terrorist attack, even though in both instances, there was intelligence warning of the attacks! But..."What difference, at this point, does it make?")


Patriot Act author: Obama’s intel czar should be prosecuted
Sensenbrenner claims that the NSA is overstepping the law and violating the Constitution.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 25 January 2014 - 11:08 AM.

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Ever wonder who has your Congressman (or Supreme Court Justice) by the gonads...Ok, besides the IRS?

Feds: NSA 'Probably' Spies on Members of Congress...

Won't Say if Obama Phone Data Collected...

Has Wiretapping Violated Attorney-Client Privilege?

JUDGE PREDICTS RETURN OF INTERNMENT CAMPS
Justice Antonin Scalia predicts that the Supreme Court will eventually authorize another a wartime abuse of civil rights such as the internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II.
"You are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again," Scalia told the University of Hawaii law school while discussing Korematsu v. United States, the ruling in which the court gave its imprimatur to the internment camps.

Scenes from a militarized America: Iowa family 'terrorized'...
Authorities destroy cameras to prevent account of raid...

REPORT: Increase in criminal tax prosecutions under Obama...

See:
http://www.mmacycles...bruary-3,-2014/

Edited by Rogerdodger, 04 February 2014 - 09:45 PM.