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Re: Amodei defends his office's response to a 'vulgar' phone call from a student

dantynan — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:46:49 -0000

Amodei: First Amendment, dude, look it up. It comes right before the only one you really care about.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Let me translate that for you. As a representative of government, you're not allowed to limit the free speech of any American citizen, provided that speech is not defamatory or an incitement to violence.

Calling a school to complain about that student, in the hopes that he would be disciplined, counts as a violation of that amendment. I hope the ACLU fries your ass in court.

Re: Comey takes page from Trump by turning to Twitter to attack enemies

dantynan — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:45:27 -0000

The author here undermines his own argument by repeating claims from the infamous 'memo' that have been refuted by numerous reports -- namely that the FISA court was in fact informed that the Steele Dossier was opposition research, that multiple FISA court judges (4 of them) signed off on the surveillance order, and that the dossier was but one of many pieces of evidence used to justify surveillance of Carter Page, who was in regular contact with known Russian spies in 2013 and identified himself as a consultant to the Kremlin. In other words, the feds SHOULD have been spying on him, given his connections to the Trump presidential campaign.

Comey looks good in comparison to you, fella. You're just another partisan hack, trying to attack the messenger.

Re: Something About This Russia Story Stinks

dantynan — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:50:19 -0000

Well Matt, the difference here is that four well regarded private security firms (Crowdstrike, FireEye, Fidelis, and SecureWorks) all independently examined the evidence and reached the same conclusion the CIA/FBI and 15 other federal agencies reached -- and they did it before the feds weighed in. That did not happen with WMDs. Their evidence for Russian hacking groups hacking the DNC and Podesta is about as strong as that kind of thing usually gets -- no smoking gun, just a lot of bullet fragments and shell casings, along with a familiar MO.

So no, this is not another Judith Miller moment.

Re: Verizon reportedly plans to bid $3 billion for Yahoo internet assets

dantynan — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:22:53 -0000

"Yahoo boasts about 1 million users, but a group of rivals such as Google, Facebook and Twitter have captured a growing share of digital advertising."

You mean billion (with a b), I believe. ;-\

Re: How Can We Make You Happy Today, Peter Thiel?

dantynan — Thu, 26 May 2016 13:50:13 -0000

And that is the point of Bryan's piece, which I think is a terrific piece of satire. Thanks for clearly stating what so many commenters here have obviously missed.

Re: Michelle Fields Reduced to Political Pawn as All Sides Involved in Sordid Situation Share Blame

dantynan — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:18:05 -0000

Good story, save that you missed the bit where Trump supporters harassed Fields mercilessly on social media and drove her from her home. (I can see something similar happening in the comments here.) Search the Twitter hashtag #arrestmichellefields if you don't believe any of that.

http://theslot.jezebel.com/...

I really doubt that would have happened had this incident occurred with Bernie Sanders' or Hillary's campaign manager. More likely that manager would have been fired or forced to publicly apologize. Because that was the decent thing to do.

Re: Every NBA Team’s Best Center in History

dantynan — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:06:32 -0000

Ewing was a washout. Couldn't carry a milk bucket, let alone the Knicks. Thoroughly overrated. The right choice is Willis Reed.

Re: A tale of two bikes: A very pretty Faraday Porteur and a story that's not so pretty

dantynan — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:14:48 -0000

Thanks for the shoutout. But to be accurate, Crowdfund Insider broke the story; I picked it up from there and added info from Agency 2.0.

http://www.crowdfundinsider...

Re: Man Who Set Up Pizzeria GoFundMe Says Reporter Targeting Them

dantynan — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:35:50 -0000

This report is entirely inaccurate, if anyone is interested in accuracy.

I never asked GoFundMe for any personal information. Certainly not bank account information. I didn't ask for names of donors. I posted the questions I did ask them on my Twitter feed last night. Mostly just to corroborate two things Jones told me.

I never asked Jones if this was a publicity stunt for The Blaze during our interview. I quoted him fairly and accurately here:

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/...

You can play the persecuted victims all you want, but the truth is far more boring.

Re: Starbucks and USA Today to Finally Eradicate Racism

dantynan — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:36:39 -0000

Why the bitter tone? If you were going for funny, you missed.

Admittedly the Race Together campaign sounds well intended but lame. However, this piece comes off as being sarcastic about racism itself. Probably not what you intended, yes?

Re: Does Sony Really Deserve to Be Labeled a Coward?

dantynan — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:45:57 -0000

To answer the question posed in your headline: Yes.

This was a bald bluff and Sony swallowed it. Or perhaps the studio knows there's even more dirt yet to be spilled and is hoping to keep it under wraps. Or maybe Sony hopes to somehow write this off the books and save some money. But in any case, the appropriate response was to either say "screw you" or to release the film immediately online. Either would have earned the company praise instead of the scorn it so richly deserves.

Re: Why the Uber exec’s ‘opposition researcher’ idea is actually pretty good

dantynan — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:30:48 -0000

The clear implication of Emil's comments, which he has yet to deny, is that he wants to use this information to intimidate journalists who serve up negative coverage of his company and/or enact revenge against them, thus intimidating other journalists. In what possible way is that positive?

Journalists (and I'm one) have an obligation to disclose possible ethical conflicts and do our best to not let them color our coverage. Not all of us do that very well. Still no reason to run a smear campaign. Companies like Uber serve the public in a very direct way; they may also become "public" in the IPO sense. They are fair game for journos to explore and report on; that's part of our charter. But journalist's private lives are not. Period, full stop. To suggest otherwise is strange and disturbing.

cheers

Re: The SF Bay Guardian is printing its last issue

dantynan — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:27:17 -0000

Stunning. And yet inevitable. Will the last progressive newspaper please empty the recycling bins on your way out?

Re: Rogers: ISIL 'one place ticket away' from U.S.

dantynan — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:25:32 -0000

Hmm. Have you considered hiring a copy editor? What exactly is a "place ticket"?

Re: Is ‘cord-cutting’ happening faster than we thought?

dantynan — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:46:26 -0000

I say yes, it is. and even faster among younger people who never had a cord to begin with -- the figures I've seen are more than double cord cutters.

cheers

Re: Yahoo is going to set up YouTube rival

dantynan — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:44:30 -0000

ok, here's the actual story, which you apparently just lifted w/o any attribution.

http://recode.net/2014/03/2...

Re: Yahoo is going to set up YouTube rival

dantynan — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:33:21 -0000

sources?

Re: Remembering Pat McGovern

dantynan — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:33:40 -0000

I remember the annual Christmas handshake, with Uncle Pat visiting every cubicle and having some factoid on hand about every single person he met. Later I learned that he got briefed in the car outside before he met with everyone; still, an astounding feat of memory.

Re: How Veronica Mars Fans Ruined the Movie Reboot for Everyone Else

dantynan — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:52:04 -0000

it was like a really good episode of veronica mars, only longer. and that's just fine by me. I say reboot the whole series.

Re: In Wake of Self-Plagiarism, ESPN Drops Rick Reilly Column

dantynan — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:37:54 -0000

Umm, isn't "self plagiarism" kind of an oxymoron? Plagiarism is stealing the work of others. What you're describing is more of a senior moment.

Reilly probably didn't sit there and copy and paste from one window to another; he probably just rewrote the same sentences without thinking about it and thought to himself 'damn, that flowed really easily.'

Happens when you're in this business a long time, writing about the same old shite. trust me.

Re: Why Obama’s ‘Between Two Ferns’ Appearance Was a Good Idea

dantynan — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:02:52 -0000

yep. totally agree. smart move by POTUS and his team.

what is wrong with the president dipping into popular culture? if the 85-year-old queen of england can jump out of a helicopter with james bond, there are no limits any more.

Re: Lisa Belkin leaves The Huffington Post for Yahoo | Capital New York

dantynan — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:02:14 -0000

what am I, chopped liver?

Re: Cassidy: Time for reinvention and goodbye

dantynan — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:47:20 -0000

always been a fan of your writing. good luck in the new venture.

Re: Why TIME Was Right to Name Pope Francis ‘Person of the Year’

dantynan — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:03:21 -0000

If you're not Catholic, the Pope is just a dude in a funny hat.

World Catholic population: 1.2 billion

World Internet population: 2.4 billion

Snowden's revelations affect twice as many people as anything the Vatican decrees.

Now if the current pontiff actually did intend to reform the church, allow women to be priests, embrace its homosexual brethren, and publicly pursue all the child abusers that the church has sheltered for centuries, then maybe he'd be worth considering in the same conversation as Snowden. But he doesn't. As it is, Time punted this one, big time.

Re: Retailers tracking customers via Wi-Fi suggests that privacy really is dead

dantynan — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:57:14 -0000

not new, and not limited to wifi signals. bluetooth is also used, so are cameras. stores have been deploying these for years. so far, they seem to only gather and want data in the aggregate -- in some cases, that is the only type of data they can collect, due to legal agreements with the companies that build the tracking technology. but that isn't always going to be the case.

http://www.itworld.com/it-m...

cheers