Radiators? That takes me back to grade school.

Yeah, the North East US is a throwback in heating, radiators and heating oil. Oh boy!

From the article "Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details":

U.S. Customs and Border Protection media spokeswoman Jenny Burke said that due to privacy laws, "the department is prohibited from discussing specific cases."

They're taking the piss...

Man, I don't even recall the last time I saw a water radiator in a house. Still see a lot of electric ones, but haven't seen a water one in decades.

Edit: Yeah, and wtf is with that border story? How !the shit did US customs get that information. Fucking Harper and co. selling out the country! Jesus these assholes can't be gone too soon.

Quboid wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 11:40:
From the article "Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details":

U.S. Customs and Border Protection media spokeswoman Jenny Burke said that due to privacy laws, "the department is prohibited from discussing specific cases."

They're taking the piss...

The Land of the Pure and Healthy....oh the sweet irony!

This comment was edited on Nov 30, 2013, 14:33.

Damn, Blue...when it rains, it pours.

nin wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 12:22:
Damn, Blue...when it rains, it pours.

eh... it rained yesterday here in socal, but it was more of a light drizzle and now it's sunny and 65.

Quboid wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 11:40:
From the article "Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details":

U.S. Customs and Border Protection media spokeswoman Jenny Burke said that due to privacy laws, "the department is prohibited from discussing specific cases."

They're taking the piss...

Yeah, they completely violate her privacy, then cite privacy laws as an excuse not to discuss. It doesn't get more hypocritical.

America: home of the free, land of the snooping.

Quboid wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 11:40:
From the article "Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details":

U.S. Customs and Border Protection media spokeswoman Jenny Burke said that due to privacy laws, "the department is prohibited from discussing specific cases."

They're taking the piss...

I was just going to quote that. Apparently those privacy laws aren't in effect when you go snooping through someone's medical records? Especially when said someone isn't an American citizen, so how the fuck did you get access to their records to begin with?

US Government grills medical providers about HIPAA; ignores HIPAA itself.
US Government grills every single legitimate buyer about software piracy; pirates software itself.

The pattern is becoming nicely clear.

Cutter wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 12:02:
Man, I don't even recall the last time I saw a water radiator in a house. Still see a lot of electric ones, but haven't seen a water one in decades.

Which is so weird, because it's by far the best system for heating.

nin wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 12:22:
Damn, Blue...when it rains, it pours.

I saw your post about the James Bond set on sale. How do you come up with this stuff? Did you invent the first brain-internet interface and are simply constantly surfing all your waking hours?

In the NE, they're still pretty rife. I can't remember a house I lived in or visited that didn't have a radiator system, whether it was the old fashioned tall ones that were typically placed right in front of a window, or the baseboard ones.

jdreyer wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 13:37:

nin wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 12:22:
Damn, Blue...when it rains, it pours.

I saw your post about the James Bond set on sale. How do you come up with this stuff? Did you invent the first brain-internet interface and are simply constantly surfing all your waking hours?

I'm at an extreme night owl...some weekends I don't go the bed until 5 in the morning.

jdreyer wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 13:38:
In the NE, they're still pretty rife. I can't remember a house I lived in or visited that didn't have a radiator system, whether it was the old fashioned tall ones that were typically placed right in front of a window, or the baseboard ones.

It's all about the age of the house. Out here in the West everything except the older of houses - anything built immediately post-WW2 or older - has forced air of some kind. And I'm thankful for it; forced air plus dirt cheap natural gas has been a very good combination.

Here you go Blue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoJ4I0NJR0

Creston wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 13:32:

Quboid wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 11:40:
From the article "Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details":

U.S. Customs and Border Protection media spokeswoman Jenny Burke said that due to privacy laws, "the department is prohibited from discussing specific cases."

They're taking the piss...

I was just going to quote that. Apparently those privacy laws aren't in effect when you go snooping through someone's medical records? Especially when said someone isn't an American citizen, so how the fuck did you get access to their records to begin with?

US Government grills medical providers about HIPAA; ignores HIPAA itself.
US Government grills every single legitimate buyer about software piracy; pirates software itself.

The pattern is becoming nicely clear.

That pattern has been clear for decades, at least to people who live outside the states, been pretty much the US foreign policy since the 60s.

Foreign policy, yes. It hasn't been internal policy until the last decade or so.

Guys, take your pointy tin foil hats off. How did they get the information that she had mental health issues? They googled her. You can to - look up her name: Ellen Richardson.

Or maybe you prefer to believe that the NSA hacked into Canada's healthcare database and then turned the info over to customs.

Also: I hear that there never was a Soviet Union, much less a fall of the eastern block. It's a lie perpetrated by evil capitalists meant to discredit the virtues of communism.

The real story here is how stupid some people can be by spewing info like that all over the internet and then be surprised that the government can in fact use public search engines. And then there is the fact that apparently no one else uses a search engine - they just take it for granted that some reporter is not trying to slant the story.

mixma242 wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 17:44:
Guys, take your pointy tin foil hats off.

How did you know my hat is pointy? How could you know that?! You're one of them aren't you?!

mixma242 wrote on Nov 30, 2013, 17:44:
Guys, take your pointy tin foil hats off. How did they get the information that she had mental health issues? They googled her. You can to - look up her name: Ellen Richardson.

Or maybe you prefer to believe that the NSA hacked into Canada's healthcare database and then turned the info over to customs.

Also: I hear that there never was a Soviet Union, much less a fall of the eastern block. It's a lie perpetrated by evil capitalists meant to discredit the virtues of communism.

The real story here is how stupid some people can be by spewing info like that all over the internet and then be surprised that the government can in fact use public search engines. And then there is the fact that apparently no one else uses a search engine - they just take it for granted that some reporter is not trying to slant the story.

No, the NSA didn't hack into Canada, Harper invited them in. Or have you been in a cave the past few weeks because it's been all over the news. People used to talk about tinfoil hats when we said the government was spying on them. Well who was right all along?