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    You should vote for "insert candidate here" and here's why

    Everyone goes on and on bashing the "other side" of the political system and no reasonable effort is ever made to talk a candidate up in these forums and more broadly in the media. Everyone is laser beam focused on trying to tear the "other side" down that there is little to no discussion around...
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    Fast and Furious was merely a pretext for imposing stricter gun laws

    Link I guess the NYPost has gone full tin foil hat now huh? When a government is this hell bent on getting the people to voluntarily relinquish their arms, what in God's name are they preparing for us?
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    IG: Some Emails on Clinton's Server Were Beyond Top Secret

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ig-emails-clintons-server-top-secret-36381492 Updated Info 1/24/16 So she was transporting the highest level of intelligence across an unsecured server but I'm sure we need to just ignore this. It's just Right Wing psycho babble right? If this woman...
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    Corporate Taxation Tied to Burden

    Rather than go into some long diatribe, I'll make it short and sweet. Should a corporation's tax rate be increased by the tax burden its employment base creates? Example, McDonald's earned $5.586B USD for 2013. It's employees cost taxpayers 1.2B in public assistance. Should McDonald's tax on...
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    Louis Vuitton lawsuit against Danish artist Nadia Plesner

    http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/BeautySecrets/story?id=4839919&page=1 Lois Vuitton is suing an artist for depicting a "likeness" of one of their handbags on here shirts being sold to raise money for charity...
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    Hate, Vitriol, and just General Snottiness

    Perusing my post history may or may not indicate that I have a pretty big hangup with the state of our government. If not, I've basically come to the conclusion that our government is so far out of our control at this point that there really is no reeling it back in unless an individual were to...
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    Where is the Wealth?

    http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html I came across the above article while trying to find income distribution numbers and felt the data was worth sharing. I haven't read the article itself because the title seemed to indicate an agenda. I went through all...
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    Lower Marion School Off the Hook

    http://www.tgdaily.com/security-brief/51155-school-that-spied-with-student-webcams-wont-face-charges I just don't freaking get this. They spied on students remotely but there is no proof of criminal intent? Is it not illegal for me to come and snoop around your home? As much as I hate...
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    Server 2003 IP Traffic Logs

    So, I had a huge spike in network traffic last Friday that lasted nearly an hour and don't know where the hell it came from. I was at 40% network utilization with a teamed pair of 100 mbps nics so 80 mbps sustained traffic. Obviously this is too much to be coming over a broadband connection so I...
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    Obama Declares State of Emergency for H1N1

    Linkage So, Obama has declared that the H1N1 "Pandemic" constitutes a "National Emergency" and has signed a declaration of the same. This should open doors to local health officials to take appropriate steps to respond to a growing number of reported cases of H1N1. While most will see it as...
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    Part I: Healthcare System Problem Identification

    So, after reading through numerous HC reform threads, what is abundantly clear is that there seems to be no rational approach to solving our healthcare crisis being pursued or the approaches being taken are missing key points so lets start with the first thing you need to do to solve a problem...
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    Death of the Middle Class and how YOU are Causing it.

    Thanks for the edit Cogman, venting with no thought to grammar on my part. Didn't expect to go on as long as I did. I once foolishly believed that reading/discussing politics on a board such as Anandtech would lead to doing so with individuals with a "greater than the average Joe"...
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    Think the economy is on it's way to recovery?

    Bloomburg Link Take it for what it is. Personally I see this as a warning to those going all in right now that caution may be prudent, but it could be they're trying to free capital for investment elsewhere. Who knows, tis a strange trend is all.
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    President Pivots on Taxing Benefits

    Link Just some more of the typical Washington campaign rhetoric come to light. What better way to increase taxes on those making less than $250,000 than to increase what they have to claim as income. That way the douchebags who say "He said no income tax increases" can maintain their...
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    Freaking Wiretapping Program

    Source And yet, even with abuse of the system staring us all in the face, there will be plenty of botards here to continue to defend the program cause it protects us from the government's boogeyman of the week. Just remember people, all they have to do is say you're a terrorist and you no...
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    Tie Taxes to GDP

    Everyone always talks about our "regressive" tax system but does it really work that way? Does not your contribution to GDP indicate your "ownership" in our country/economy and therefore your vesting in that ownership is your responsibility as far as providing services to maintain the current...
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    376.59 MPG Automobile

    Linky OK, wtf? There are plenty of folks that run around screaming the evils of big oil and accusations of them suppressing technology that would have led to much greater fuel efficiency many years ago. After reading this, how do you effectively refute them? I understand that amenities...
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    AIG will freeze some pay to former execs

    Oh, this is ever so sweet. I'm sure that all the excesses won't be ferreted out, but to see that some substantial action is being taken makes my stress levels come down just a notch over this bailout crap. Even if only the top 2% earners responsible for this fiasco are pounded in the wallet, it...
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    How AIG's Collapse Began a Global Run on the Banks

    I'm very curious to hear what our local finance guys have to contribute to this. By this author's statements, we've yet to see the worst and we really don't know how deep the rabbit hole goes. This crisis is global not as a result of other economies dependence upon the US economy as some say...
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    Why Can't We Create a Credit Fund?

    OK, so over and over I'm hearing that we have no choice but to pass the bailout plan to save our economy or it will be depression part 2. Why, rather than buying bad debt, can we not pass a 700 billion credit bill rather than a bailout bill. Rather than straddling the taxpayer with the toxic...
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    Comcast Finally Comes Clean on Acceptable Use

    As many of you have seen, Comcast has been under a lot of scrutiny for their questionable network management policies and alleged unjustified termination of customers who use too much bandwidth. They recently sent the following email to customers to finally state what amount of bandwidth is too...
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    P182SE Protective Film

    Anyone here have issue removing the protective film from an Antec P182SE? I cannot get this junk off of here and could really use some helpful advice. I'm about to scream!
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    News photographer detained at oil spill

    Linky Oh fricken boy. We must detain and interrogate anyone taking pictures of chemical plants now to be sure they aren't compromising security. Little by little the boogeyman is winning. We must sacrifice liberty to attain security. PUKE! I can't wait to see the typical defenders come in...
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    Iran Missile Test a Fraud

    Link To Drudge A bunch of fuss over old technology. Just shows what lengths both sides are willing to go in this confrontation to antagonize the other. I'm convinced at this point that Washington is itching to pull the trigger and wholeheartedly believe the Iranians are doing everything they...
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    Bailouts To Continue

    Link to NYTimes Why, oh freaking why does this come back on us? I didn't make a poor lending decision. I didn't borrow more than I could afford. So why in the name of all that is capitalist do I have to pay these freaking people's bills? How can this BS even be considered? Does it not fly in...
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    Anyone Seen 3870/4870 Crossfire?

    Just wondering if anyone here has come across any write ups on the new hybrid crossfire from ATI. Specifically I'd like to know what improvement you'd get combining a 3870 with a 4870 over just a 4870.
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    DHS via Customs Now Has The Right to Seize and Copy All Your Digital Media

    Yahoo News Link All right now, WTF? I disagreed with the BS that they could view your files when crossing the border yet folks don't seem to care as people may be smuggling in kiddie porn. Now they're straight up taking your PC and inspecting it without cause, direction, or oversight. I am...
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    Hezbollah Poised to Strike?

    Source The big glaring red flag in this is the statement that these "attacks" will be backed by Iran. Is this propaganda to get the war drums rolling again or is this a credible threat? You decide.
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    This June 5th

    So, I came across a site proposing a "run on the banks" this June 5th. The general premise is to get as many people as possible to withdraw all their money from their bank. In my mind, I can't see this having any affect whatsoever even if an inordinate amount of people complied. Anyone here have...
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    750 GB External $130 AR

    HDD Link Not sure what brand HDD is in this, but for $130 after $10 rebate ya cant hardly go wrong. Never dealt with these guys on rebates before so tread lightly there I suppose, but even at $140, it's still a pretty good deal. Blu Ray Link Pioneer BDC-202BK How long till BD-RW...
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    McCain/Rumsfeld In November?

    So, in watching some Frontline specials and seeing how Cheney and Rumsfeld have been in The Whitehouse for over 50 years, would it stand to reason that Rumsfeld would be the logical VP running mate for McCain? If that's the case, do we get a "copy cat" administration of Bush Jr. if McCain gets...
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    Nuke Inventory Ordered

    Link Is anyone else bothered by the fact that he feels it necessary to give 60 days to account for all our nukes. With them being such high value items with dire consequences upon loss, I would expect we should be able to provide an accurate inventory within hours. slinks away...
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    The Holocaust Happened To People Like Us

    YouTube Link YouTube Link2 Has anyone here seen these ads yet? All I can say is WTF? Is this a warning or a "softening up" of the young minds watching that crap network? There's a big part of me that's glad to see this as I truly believe we're heading in this direction, but part of me...
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    Fox News Republican Debate

    Anyone else watching this? Rudy, Romney is beating the drum of the "Iranian threat." Dr. Paul "settled" Fox's accusation of being a 9/11 conspiracy theorist and requested to answer the actual issue being debated. Nice! It would also seem that Ronny R. is the "God" of the republican...
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    Man Arrested After Reporting Pot Theft

    Link Wow, how dumb do you have to be? Anyone want to guess as to why he would report this. I'm guessing he'd have bigger problems if he went back without the money he should have made on the transaction of that much dope. So, do we get to foot the bill for him to rot in jail for a while or...
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    Who Will Be in Control If Another 9/11 Were to Happen

    Full article here. OK, so I've proven that I'm a nut who believes that the current administration has no intentions of giving up their offices, but here's an article from someone who would call me a nut and they point out the fatal flaws of the current directive. My point is, what would...
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    Political Poll

    I think the poll is pretty straight forward. I ask the question based on a number of responses I've seen lately stating that people won't vote for someone simply because of their party affiliation regardless of their voting record or accomplishments. I personally feel that's silly and will be...
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    Haliburton Detention Centers

    Why in the world do we need these "emergency immigration centers?" What kind of immigration emergency are we really likely to have? I wont post any links as a quick google search on Haliburton Detention Centers will get you all the information you need. I'd just like a couple of the reasonable...
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    The Growing Loss of Personal Freedom

    I posted this in response to an article on DailyTech about XRay scanners in airports. As with most other privacy related regulations, the typical response tends to be, "I'm not doing anything wrong, so why should I care." With the Patriot Act and other laws actually being passed, I wonder why it...
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    500 Gb External HDD $154.11 AR W Google Checkout

    Buy.com has an IOmega 500 Gb External USB 2.0 hard drive for 154.11 after $50 MIR and $10 discount for using Google Checkout. Linky