I do think Oswald was the fall man and was killed to keep him quiet. I don't know who called the hit though.

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This seems like an obvious set up to provoke Israel into attacking them. The report said they were reporting directly from the boat and had video footage. This appears to me to be designed for propaganda purposes, thus I don't sympathize with the palestinians trying to break Israel's blockade.

sogni_belli

The organizers don't deny that one of the purposes for these aid flotillas is to raise awareness and provoke a response. But, again, to my original question. I just want to know why Israel bans cement. I'm curious.

This seems like an obvious set up to provoke Israel into attacking them. The report said they were reporting directly from the boat and had video footage. This appears to me to be designed for propaganda purposes, thus I don't sympathize with the palestinians trying to break Israel's blockade.

The bands you mentioned, other than Creed IMO, are better than most out today.btaylor2404

What's the point of nirvana coming back without kurt cobain? I don't understand this "replace the frontman" thing, anyone can play an instrument, the singer(s) is/are what usually give them their sound.XilePrincess

I worry about not having enough money to afford my compulsive spending habits. Other than that my biggest worry is pumping the wrong amount of water or flour into a 1 ton mixer of cookie dough. Cuz my company isn't too excited about having 2000 pounds of worthless cookie dough.

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Is that phone thing with all phones or just cell phones?

Pirate700

Is that phone thing with all phones or just cell phones?

[QUOTE="Plzhelpmelearn"]There could be an infinite number of scenarios in which a govt may want to abuse that power. Imagine being in china or iran and the govt being able to find and stop your vehicle when they see fit. It would make it a lot easier for them to get ahold of people I'd imagine

MrGeezer

In all fairness though, I think it would just be easier to wait for the person to make a phone call (or remotely use their phone as a spy recorder), and then grab them when they're in the shower or on the sofa.

To be fair, I still don't see how Onstar significantly adds any kind of lack of security beyond what most people are already carrying around in their phones.

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If the gov't wanted to they could easily kill everyone on planet earth in a few minutes. I think they (or at least some of them) are much more interested in controlling people, which makes me interested in giving them as little control over every aspect of my life as possible. The less control and power they have, the less they can abuse, in my eyes anyway.

Pirate700

But again, hardly anyone does stuff for "no reason". There's "no reason" to misuse this technology NOW, so there's no reason for anyone to misuse it. However, it's equally wrong to dismiss people's concerns as irrational. If there ever IS a reason to misuse it, it'll be VERY convenient if this kind of technology has become a feature of every single car on the road.

Right now, it's possible to remotely activate peoples' cell phones and use them to secretly transmit peoples' conversations. How often is that actually DONE, though? I'd wager not often. But that scares me a hell of a lot more than Onstar, and I actually have a cell phone. Cell phones scare me a lot more. Because I can certainly imagine more of a REASON to secretly use people's phones as spying devices, than I can imagine a REASON for the government to use Onstar in order to shut down your car.

Concern about this level of control is absolutely warranted, but I think that Onstar is small potatoes. No one does stuff for no reason, so WHY would Onstar be used to shut down your car? What does anyone actually have to gain from doing that?

Hope you were wearing your facial covering today because your vehicle has been deactivated. GOOD LUCK!!!