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Sep. 29th, 2011
You know what? I call bullshit.
Sep. 29th, 2011 12:44 pmMassachusetts man planned to blow up Pentagon and Capitol Building.
I call bullshit. Oh, I'm sure the Feds have plenty of things to point at.
1) He's got a physics degree. Because that's really helpful in using C4 and guiding remote control planes.
2) He's been in trouble with the law before. For a misdemeanor vandalism charge when he was in high school.
4) He had 25 pounds of C4. Which the feds conveniently provided him with. And only a small amount of was real. But you know, it's okay, you can make this shit with a physics degree.
4a) He also had grenades and AK-47s. Also provided by the feds. Also, non-functional.
5) He planned to load five pounds of C4 in each of three remote control planes, to use on the Pentagon and the Capitol building. Okay, I wouldn't want to be Johnny-on-the-spot when that much C4 goes off, but let's be realistic here. 15 pounds of C4 is not going to take out the Pentagon.
Now, I don't doubt that this chuckle-head got it in his brain to strike a blow for... whatever. But this guy wouldn't have been a threat to anyone (and that's actually a quote from a law enforcement agent on this dude) because the only way he got his hands on anything resembling a weapon is through the Feds giving it to him, so they could then turn around and arrest his ass.
But hey, the feds get to look good. It's another blow against home-grown terrorism, and we get to throw paranoid stares at people with the 'wrong' skin color or funny names again. Woo! MISSION FUCKING ACCOMPLISHED!
I call bullshit. Oh, I'm sure the Feds have plenty of things to point at.
1) He's got a physics degree. Because that's really helpful in using C4 and guiding remote control planes.
2) He's been in trouble with the law before. For a misdemeanor vandalism charge when he was in high school.
4) He had 25 pounds of C4. Which the feds conveniently provided him with. And only a small amount of was real. But you know, it's okay, you can make this shit with a physics degree.
4a) He also had grenades and AK-47s. Also provided by the feds. Also, non-functional.
5) He planned to load five pounds of C4 in each of three remote control planes, to use on the Pentagon and the Capitol building. Okay, I wouldn't want to be Johnny-on-the-spot when that much C4 goes off, but let's be realistic here. 15 pounds of C4 is not going to take out the Pentagon.
Now, I don't doubt that this chuckle-head got it in his brain to strike a blow for... whatever. But this guy wouldn't have been a threat to anyone (and that's actually a quote from a law enforcement agent on this dude) because the only way he got his hands on anything resembling a weapon is through the Feds giving it to him, so they could then turn around and arrest his ass.
But hey, the feds get to look good. It's another blow against home-grown terrorism, and we get to throw paranoid stares at people with the 'wrong' skin color or funny names again. Woo! MISSION FUCKING ACCOMPLISHED!
Goddamnit, mouse. Work right
Sep. 29th, 2011 02:11 pmOkay, bought a new computer mouse. Cheap-ass one ($10), so that might be the problem now, but when I use the scroll wheel, most of the time, it scrolls smoothly, but every once in a wheel, when scrolling up or down a web-page, it 'jumps'.
And I've checked the settings, and they seem to be fine, and it doesn't need a new driver, so... I don't know. Maybe I just have to break the fucking thing in.
And I've checked the settings, and they seem to be fine, and it doesn't need a new driver, so... I don't know. Maybe I just have to break the fucking thing in.