Random Announcements
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If A&E kept him off the air, that might have been the final straw to drive Texas into secession.
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I believe it was a conspiracy to drive ratings. A&E execs can't have been surprised by his musings in his outside voice.
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Disagree. Ratings were, and will continue to be, excellent. A&E execs knew what he believes, (he's never tried to cover it up) they just didn't think he'd say it in the wrong place- i.e., a magazine that liberals read. After all, up until now the family has been spectacular at matching message to audience. I think the fact that this will end up proving Andy Warhol's adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity is just lucky. I think this was a massive miscalculation by A&E, not a successfully calculated ploy.
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I struggle accepting that they're that dumb. (If it were a principled stand, they wouldn't have rescinded the suspension. That leaves stupidity.)
The net of this will be a growth in their audience I'm guessing. We'll see.
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I understand that feeling.
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@RP:
I haven't been connected lately, so I just read this thread and wanted to send along my best wishes to you, Paula. My dad passed away on the 23rd and we just had the funeral this morning in NY. It's been a tough week, but the support I got from family and friends really made a difference. I hope you are feeling the love and that it helps. Happy New Year. Rich
Next time you're in town let's meet up. Been awhile. Take care man and my condolences for your father.
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My wife went to "run a quick errand." I do not expect to see her again for at least three hours.
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Hemi is awesome. Look at what he included in the TW traveling pants package:
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Here's a FANTASTIC HOT OFF THE PRESS (at a conference in Germany) 1 hour long video that looks at the technological power/classified access the NSA have. This is first time exposed stuff.
Leave @ioerror's (speaker) political bullshit at the door, ignore his general recommendations and what he's upset about. Do listen to the actual world in which we live.
Having worked in Information Security for quite a few years, a lot of this, up until now was seen as maybe theoretically possible and informed some design practices, but the scope and methods are just amazing. The conference the talk is given to are the leading hackers in the world, all of them were surprised at how far NSA's reach goes. The speaker is legit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum
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Our favorite lemon!!!!
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Yeah that COC video had me in a terrible mood last night. Greenwald's keynote is also worth watching and Der Spiegel's reporting on this worth reading.
It's tragic that the internet's promise of individual empowerment and connection is being perverted into tighter surveillance on citizens than would ever have been possible without it. And worse, that the sheeple don't seem to give a rip.
