Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, October 25, 2013

Dear NSA: Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do the Time

Which is just another way of saying that you have to balance the risk against the possible gains.


Nobody at either the NSA or the Bush or Obama Administrations gave a thought to asking this question about engaging in wiretapping our allies: "What happens if we are found out?"

From here

Nobody is going to get too upset if the NSA had figured out how to tap the phones of the Russian, Chinese, Iranian (etc.) leadership. Those countries are all, to some degree or another, adversaries or it is readily foreseeable that they will be adversaries some day.[1] But when you snoop on your friends, there can be hell to pay if you're found out.

The NSA was found out and now there will be hell to pay.

I get the feeling that the NSA is run by geeks with the emotional maturity of fifteen-year-old boys. A rational adult might have asked a few questions before tapping the cell phone of the German Chancellor.
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[1] Yes, I am aware that of virtually all major European powers since 1789, Russia is about the only one we haven't been at war with at one time or other. Yes, that includes France.


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