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TechDirt reports
[...] The past few USPTO directors had been cut from the "more patents is always a good thing" mold, whereas Lee actually recognized that bad patents harmed innovation. And even though the last time the Patent Office got concerned about bad patents it allowed the patent approval backlog to fill up, under Lee the backlog has reached its lowest point in a decade.[paywall]
[...] For all the craziness going on in the government right now, having competent leadership at the USPTO would be one less thing to worry about. But... now it's being reported that Lee has suddenly resigned and sent a goodbye email to staff. That's bad news on the patent front.
Of course, it may be ages before any new director is appointed. As I type this, of the 559 key positions requiring Senate confirmation, Trump hasn't even named a nominee for 431 of them. [...] Adding the new USPTO director to that pile may mean no new USPTO director for.... who the hell knows how long.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Wednesday June 07 2017, @04:31PM (4 children)
Even if NATO were not attacked, Trump is alienating our allies. Spilling their secrets. Throwing them under the bus.
You should have said when NATO is attacked. Or maybe even when the US is directly attacked.
Steps:
1. Put a country's administration into internal chaos
2. Make the country bitterly divided. Ensure that for every factual story, whether favorable or unfavorable, that there are other news sources with the opposite story. Repeat until people no longer know what to believe.
3. Get the government to be running on auto pilot unstaffed.
4. Attack
5. Profit
As for step 5, I remember a scenario I heard months ago when the nuclear football guy had a selfie with one of Trump's rich guests.
1. Launch missiles timed for when Trump and party are at Mar a Lago.
2. A rich guest (an agent) poses for selfie with the nuclear football guy.
3. Stab football guy in the neck
4. Temporarily disable nuclear football or make it temporarily inaccessible, such as throwing it on the roof.
5. Missiles land while people are attempting to access the nuclear football
6. Win at the game everyone thought was unwinnable
But hey, it would make fabulous after dinner entertainment, and after all, that's what is important. Higher prices could be charged for membership.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday June 07 2017, @06:22PM (3 children)
That bitterly divided bit? Don't blame that on Trump. It's been both parties, for the past 20 years, and more. Ask yourself, "When and why did the term "RINO" come into existence?" I can't say that one party is more guilty than the other, but I can most definitely say that MSM has been fanning the flames, and throwing fuel on the fire. MSM actually LIKES all the divisiveness. And, don't try to make excuses for the Democrats. All that Antifa, and resistance bullshit? Fek.
Any patriotic American with liberal views should shrug his shoulders, admit that their president isn't to their liking, and wait four years to try for a "better" president.
And, FFS, don't offer up anyone related to Clinton. Clinton is the REASON Trump won the presidency. The right offered a bunch of establishment yes-men, and the left offered a positively evil establishment yes-woman. Once again, the court fool was preferable to any of the offerings.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 07 2017, @07:03PM (1 child)
What's your point?
Because that sounds like an indictment of one party --- a wing of one party decided that cooperation to get shit done made you a traitor. There is no equivalent of that term for the other party.
Is this one of those cases where you so brainwashed to believe your thesis that you think citing facts that contradict it still proves it?
Seems to be a common form of cognitive dissonance hereabouts.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday June 07 2017, @07:45PM
You're not listening, so it sounds like an indictment of one party, to you.
How 'bout that DNC hack? Hillary and Wasserman-Schultz were "feeling the Bern", so they threw him under the bus. Dirty politics, and divisive as all hell.
The whole point is, politics are dirty, neither party even attempts to stay clean, and the more divided the nation is, the happier both parties are.
Antifa? WTF does that even mean? Anti-fascist, right? And, again, WTF does it mean? The left thinks that Trump and his followers are all fascists, right? Well, fuck me running - the god-damned court fool isn't even SMART ENOUGH to be a fascist. He doesn't have the motivation, he lacks the imagination - Trump is just a damned fool. A damned fool with lots of money, but still a fool. He really doesn't have a clue how government works, and this story helps to prove that he a clueless fool.
And, the left thinks he's a FASCIST?!?!?!
Actually, the lefties who actually weild power don't think that Trump is a fascist. Those few are smart enough to understand that trump is an impotent fool. It's all the rest of you, the members of the flock, who believe all that stupidity about Trump and fascism. The sheeple are told that Trump is a fascist, and that he must be deposed, and all the good little sheep go out and demonstrate. And, the nation is divided.
"you so brainwashed to believe your thesis that you think citing facts that contradict it still proves it?"
You're about as smart as Trump, aren't you? I cited a single example of the divisiveness that both parties love so much. In and of itself, that example would be almost meaningless - but it is an EXAMPLE. Try to keep up, alright?
(Score: 4, Informative) by NewNic on Wednesday June 07 2017, @07:19PM
Republicans invented it? [wikipedia.org]
"In 1993, former Marine and future California Republican Assembly President Celeste Greig distributed buttons featuring a red slash over the word RINO to express opposition to Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan.[1] The term came into widespread usage during subsequent election cycles."
So what was your point?
No, any patriotic American would read the first amendment and realize that they have an absolute right to air their opinions:
"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. "
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory