That is often the problem with political fanatics; they are often easily fooled by their own predispositions. In any case (and no matter your political leanings), this kind of crap doesn't belong on Gizmodo. If want politics with my gadgets, I can head on over to The Huffington Post or The Blaze.
K.I.S.S.
While I am a conservative, I am anything but thin skinned and do not tow the party line on many subjects including abortion. And I don't know one single person, Christian or otherwise, that believes that the world is only a few thousand years old, including a good friend who is a Christian pastor. The headline in question, as well as the other article that I referred to are in no way "teaching the controversy."
The greater point is that this type of grandstanding (on either side of the fence) is retarded and has no place on Gizmodo.
Jesus, I have a serious problem with your headline. Your position that Iris is bigoted and racist simply because it does not believe what you believe is unnecessarily inflammatory. I'm not going to address the anti-abortion part since they are entitled to their opinion and you are entitled to disagree.
I have respect for you as a writer (dare I say journalist) but is this really the road you want Gizmodo to travel down? Some posts have been so overly editorial in nature (the recent rant admonishing us to not use a case on our cell phones comes to mind) that it appears Giz is more interested in page views and click throughs than the quality of the content.
I'm no blogger and I certainly don't know what it takes to run a successful website, but as a faithful reader/ customer I think it's time for you and Gizmodo to take some inventory.
I too saw no evidence of abuse or unnecessary force. Obviously I wasn't there, but it could have been a lot worse in a high tension situation like that.
To the larger question: Yes, there are asshole cops and yes they sometimes abuse their power. I'm not defending the actions of the officer(s) that deleted the files but there does not appear to be any evidence that they were trying to cover anything up, at least not at this juncture.
Being an audio geek and part time sound engineer, I was watching the Koenigsegg video thinking to myself "Hmm, what kind of mics they're using? I wonder what kind of recording console.. HOLY SHIT THERE ARE FLAMES SHOOTING OUT THE BACK OF THE CAR!!"
PS: The Civic Hybrid is a total piece of shit.
Slightly off the point but still relevant: The reality of small claims court is that most of the judges (who are often not actually judges, but "commissioners") are either new to the bench, demoted from other higher courts, or are judges from other courts that are being forced to handle a small claims calendar. In many cases, their rulings are not based in actual law and can be overturned if appealed to a higher court where the judges actually know what the hell they are doing.
You can almost bet that Honda will appeal this case and I'm pretty sure they will win. I'm not defending them, but many of their points are valid.
I was with AT&T for several years in the 90's when they were pretty much the only game in town. The service was acceptable considering the technology at the time, but when I was no longer able to get cell service in my house or at work I had to make a change. I've been with Sprint now for 12 years and have been as happy or happier than any of my friends on the other networks. And for everyone who thinks that Verizon's network is better, you do know that Sprint and Verizon phones roam on each others networks, right? If there's a Verizon tower nearby, I'm (theoretically)getting the same signal as a Verizon customer, so why would I pay more for Big Red and get ramrodded with their overpriced devices and limited data plans? Yes, there are differences in the 4G network deployments but until this technology is as pervasive as 3G I'm not going to worry about it.
It'll just help them Rock You Like A Hurricane....better.
RIM could have avoided all of this crap if they would have bought WebOS when they had the chance.
The use of a taser/ stun gun over two unleashed lap dogs is fucking ridiculous no matter how you look at it. At a time where our state and federal governments are beyond broke, paying some asshole on a power trip to make sure everyone's dogs are on leashes is a joke.
There are certainly situations that warrant the use of force, but this ain't one of them.
How do you figure? A "Ranger" or other law enforcement officer is required by law to tell a detainee why they are being detained, and by all witness accounts she did not. Also, there is a big difference if Mr. Hesterberg was walking "lap dogs" versus a larger or more potentially dangerous breed such as a German Shepard, Rottweiler, etc.
The Ranger was a douche and had no right to do what she did under these circumstances.
This retardedly myopic post is obviously about one thing and one thing only: inciting people to comment.
Tell ya what Jamie, I'll go without a case if you pay my deductible every time my phone is damaged. Even with Gorilla glass, I've had two broken Galaxy S2s in 4 months. I'm not the clumsy type, but shit happens when you have kids who grab everything within reach.
So until someone comes up with an indestructible phone that I actually want to use, I'll continue using a case thankyouverymuch.
Can you run it in reverse until it disappears?
They're called boobs, Ed....
As for me, I prefer cougars...
Damn, we can't get EITHER U2 to retire...
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