New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online

blatantrereg

Six police officers visited a NY family after they Googled the Boston bombings and vegetarian cooking methods.

But google is great and prism shouldn't bother you unless you are a terrorist*

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-police-terrorism-pressure-cooker

*This is sarcasm

Frosty McSnowballs

But they won't drop kick people who buy Justin Bieber songs online.

Amirani

Again you'll have people defending this by saying "nobody was harmed" and the likes. There's clearly something wrong with the process though. Some uses of NORA (non-obvious relationship awareness) software are very worrying.

Christ the Redeemer

Police state. The so-called "liberals" over there have abandoned everything they've been saying while Bush was in office in favour of defending their guy. The conservatives have taken up the shouts for better privacy now they don't have to defend the president. What a cluster****.

clairefontaine

Thanks to Guiliani the cops are militarised.

bizmark

Land of the free and the home of the brave swat equipped cop who views the citizen as the enemy

What a world we have allowed to develope

Reindeer

Well, at least we know what we have to do to get a freakin' cop to show up to your door when you really need them nowadays.

The Backwards Man

This story is most likely a load of balls.

Mariasofia

Eh a friend of mine wants to know how to erase your google search history.........:)

Elbaston

Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

death to the infidel.

Aineoil

Common sense it seems is not very common.

wandatowell

^^^^^^lol

blatantrereg

wandatowell wrote: »

^^^^^^lol

I loled too
And yet we both thought better of thanking or quoting them

karma_

Oh... finally 1984 is upon us!

Elbaston

Elbaston wrote: »

Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

death to the infidel.

why would ye want to hurt Michael D??

karma_

Elbaston wrote: »

Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

death to the infidel.

You courageous bastard.

/tips hat

snubbleste

My friend wants to know what is a non-US homeland security susceptible alternative to google search

Red Nissan

bizmark wrote: »

Land of the free and the home of the brave swat equipped cop who views the citizen as the enemy

What a world we have allowed to develope

NAWFUL PITY "911" WASN'T REAL. Google is dangerous. They recently deleted my Youtube account because I did NOT want to join Google Plus.

We've seen the signs and that Jones Guy has been shouting with implied insanity all along.

blatantrereg

snubbleste wrote: »

My friend wants to know what is a non-US homeland security susceptible alternative to google search

duckduckgo is probably the best.
The links in google search results don't actually link directly to the sites, but link back to google with a load of post parameters giving details of your behaviour. NOt all search engines do this (e.g. duckduckgo doesn't, and neither does bing).

In case it's not clear what I mean, if I search for security in google, the first result is article on Wikipedia, but the hyperlink is not a link to the article itself but rather:

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSecurity&ei=yLT6UaT7A6WS7AbP04GADQ&usg=AFQjCNEMSPdrbwl6XGxdGXsyYGdFmI5axA&sig2=YXhsaB4LXvWeNrajcix3iA&bvm=bv.50165853,d.ZGU

I predict my targeted ads will be telling me a lot about security for a while after posting that here...:)

Red Nissan

blatantrereg wrote: »

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSecurity&ei=yLT6UaT7A6WS7AbP04GADQ&usg=AFQjCNEMSPdrbwl6XGxdGXsyYGdFmI5axA&sig2=YXhsaB4LXvWeNrajcix3iA&bvm=bv.50165853,d.ZGU

..:)

Can I post that on Youtube?

Amirani

snubbleste wrote: »

My friend wants to know what is a non-US homeland security susceptible alternative to google search

Tor Browser and Duck Duck Go search.

blatantrereg

Red Nissan wrote: »

Can I post that on Youtube?

Probably? (I thought you were asking my permission the first time I read that) You can find pages listing what some of them mean if you search.

snubbleste

Duckduckgo is based in the US though
Ixquick.com claims it is the world's most private search engine, which duckduckgo also recommends

Christ the Redeemer

Elbaston wrote: »

Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

death to the infidel.

If you're outside Yankeestan they can just drop a bomb on your family.

wolf99

Just copy and paste from here: http://trollthensa.com/

Hey! How’s it going? I’m all right.

My job is so ****ty I wish I could overthrow my boss. It’s like this oppressive regime where only true believers in his management techniques will stay around. I work marathon-length hours and he’s made all these changes that have made it the worst architecture firm to work at in Manhattan. Like he moved the office to the Financial District and fired my assistant. She was the only one who knew where the blueprints were! I need access to those blueprints to complete my job! F my life, right? And he keeps trying to start all these new initiatives to boost revenue, but seriously we just need to stick to what we do best. There’s only one true profit center. I seriously feel ready to go on strike at any second.

I just read this article about how these free radical particles can cause the downfall of good health and accelerate aging. These could actually cause death to millions of Americans. If these particles are flying around undetected everywhere, does that mean we’re all radicalized?

Have you seen the second season of Breaking Bad? I just finished it. I couldn’t believe that episode where they poison the guy with ricin! That was the bomb! I won’t say any more because I don’t want to reveal the earth-shattering events to come.

Oh! So I’ve been planning a big trip for the summer. I’m thinking of visiting all of the most famous suspension bridges in the United States. So probably like the Golden Gate Bridge, The Brooklyn Bridge, and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. I’m gonna bring my younger brother and I know he’ll want to go to bars, so I’m thinking of getting him a fake drivers license, but I hope that doesn’t blow up in my face.

Okay, I gotta run! I’m late for flight school. I missed the last class where we learn how to land, so I really can’t miss another one. Talk to you later!

Also... just went to see the movie the world's end, with that guy martin free-man (or freeman) in it, it was pretty kosher!

wandatowell

blatantrereg wrote: »

I loled too
And yet we both thought better of thanking or quoting them

hahaha very good, I wasn't touching that post

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

double ended dildo

I don't even...

Skid X

Do you own a pressure cooker? My husband said no, but we have a rice cooker. Can you make a bomb with that? My husband said no, my wife uses it to make quinoa. What the hell is quinoa, they asked.

That is mental. If it wasn't true it would be comical.

Overheal

Quinoa makes a good adder for dinner salads

dxhound2005

The police are saying that they were called in by the ex employer of Ms Catalano's husband who were suspicious of what they found on his computer. So it appears that it was not Prism / Big Brother after all. I wouldn't blame the employer in this instance because if there was a repeat of the Boston massacre they would be vilified for not acting.

And Ms Catalano mustn't have known that the police visit was prompted by her husbands activities at work or she would surely have mentioned that in her blog.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/employer-tipped-off-police-in-pressure-cookerbackpack-gate-not-google/

Duggy747

blatantrereg wrote: »

But google is great and prism shouldn't bother you unless you are a terrorist*

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-police-terrorism-pressure-cooker

*This is sarcasm

Police later said that the investigation was prompted by searches her husband had for pressure cooker bombs and backpacks made at his former workplace. The former employer, believing the searches to be suspicious, alerted police.

Vital bit to the story that's in that article, nothing to do with PRISM.

Overheal

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The police are saying that they were called in by the ex employer of Ms Catalano's husband who were suspicious of what they found on his computer. So it appears that it was not Prism / Big Brother after all. I wouldn't blame the employer in this instance because if there was a repeat of the Boston massacre they would be vilified for not acting.

And Ms Catalano mustn't have known that the police visit was prompted by her husbands activities at work or she would surely have mentioned that in her blog.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/employer-tipped-off-police-in-pressure-cookerbackpack-gate-not-google/

Or its a conspiracy to shut up the hippies!

Irish Guitarist

I have no idea what quinoa is either.

Seaneh

Overheal wrote: »

Quinoa makes a good adder for dinner salads

Or a good replacement for Rice/Semolina as a starch (as well as being a great protein source).

blatantrereg

Yeah it's really nutritious. It's of particular interest to vegetarians because it's a good source of iron and zinc as well as protein (i.e.: nutrients you might get primarily from meat in a traditional diet).

zenno

I'm just wondering how much longer it will take for all united states citizens to wake up and dispose of the Nazi/dictatorship corrupt enemy of which is destroying you of which is your own government and corrupt military industrial complex.

Sure for example... shale Gas in Texas and around the west states coming to California bigtime soon have bought off congress, so why have a congress when they have been paid off by a major company and of which only have interests for this huge company.

Large Companies run America and congress, not the government, the government gets paid and told to shut up whether it is bad for the American citizen or not.

The united states of america was the land of the free, but as all Americans know now, this is not the case. Your own government is at war with it's citizens. You might want to think about taking your large country back before you lose all rights in the end.

A 911 call will eventually be escalated and dispatched to said home address because a lady put on the wrong colour knickers before she accessed her work location, 6 months in prison. Not far from it.

Oranage2

WTF is Quinoa, id Google it but I'm too scared.

zenno

Oranage2 wrote: »

WTF is Quinoa, id Google it but I'm too scared.

Quinoa... is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the true grass family.

It's just like the united states government, it's not true it's true Quinoa.

Karl Stein

Oranage2 wrote: »

WTF is Quinoa, id Google it but I'm too scared.

Don't listen to him ⇧. It's a ferti1iz-er used in the making of home-made b0m-bs.

They'll kick down your door and probe your bottom so they will.

Oranage2

zenno wrote: »

Quinoa... is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the true grass family.

It's just like the united states government, it's not true it's true Quinoa.

Doesn't sound like American food anyway, surely that's enough for a talking to under the not being patriotic act!

zenno

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

Don't listen to him ⇧. It's a ferti1iz-er used in the making of home-made b0m-bs.

They'll kick down your door and probe your bottom so they will.

Maybe can be made into a fertilizer, but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa




BOMB, hows that Echelon, kiss my bum.

Quinoa is closely related to species such as beetroots, spinach and tumbleweeds. See, I know my explosives beetroots.


Imagine being afraid to joke about words in a non-serious manner.

I suppose i'll be extradited to the U.S for probing now, ah well.

AHHH, whatever the fcuk you do, don't click on that link we could be locked away in a dungeon for eternity.... ok here's the form...

Quinoa (the name is derived from the Spanish spelling of the Quechua name kinwa or occasionally "Qin-wah") originated in the Andean region of Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru, where it was successfully domesticated 3,000 to 4,000 years ago for human consumption, though archeological evidence shows a non-domesticated association with pastoral herding some 5,200 to 7,000 years ago.[1]

Similar Chenopodium species, such as pitseed goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri) and fat hen (Chenopodium album), were grown and domesticated in North America as part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex before maize agriculture became popular.[2] Fat hen, which has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, produces edible seeds and greens much like quinoa, but in smaller quantities.

The nutrient composition is very good compared with common cereals. Quinoa seeds contain essential amino acids like lysine and good quantities of calcium, phosphorus, and iron.[3]

After harvest, the seeds need to be processed to remove the coating containing the bitter-tasting saponins. Quinoa seeds are in general cooked the same way as rice and can be used in a wide range of dishes. Quinoa leaves are also eaten as a leaf vegetable, much like amaranth, but the commercial availability of quinoa greens is limited.
Biology

Just plain old vegetables.... reminds me of something.

Yes this veg/thing looks like a Bomb, a very dangerous vegetable Bomb, maybe on the stomach after edible scenarios but other than a fart explosion, i think it is safe.

Welcome to the Land of vegetables.

Oranage2

Ha Mr stone but I ain't touching any post like that

crazygeryy

wandatowell wrote: »

hahaha very good, I wasn't touching that post

jesus get a room ffs

up for anything

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The police are saying that they were called in by the ex employer of Ms Catalano's husband who were suspicious of what they found on his computer. So it appears that it was not Prism / Big Brother after all. I wouldn't blame the employer in this instance because if there was a repeat of the Boston massacre they would be vilified for not acting.

And Ms Catalano mustn't have known that the police visit was prompted by her husbands activities at work or she would surely have mentioned that in her blog.

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Single most spine chilling sentence I've read in a long time both for what you perceive to be the employer's intent and the fact that you agree with it.

Back to the stone age or at least Nazi Germany, Salem and the like. Denounce before you are denounced.

PAULWATSON

don't worry as obama said "nobody is watching"

hardCopy

Oranage2 wrote: »

WTF is Quinoa, id Google it but I'm too scared.

Every time you eat quinoa a Peruvian baby becomes obese.

TheBigGreen

I'm gonna start googling bad stuff and hope the shades will call to me!!

Conway635

PAULWATSON wrote: »

don't worry as obama said "nobody is watching"

Obama works at TG4 ??

GerB40

Elbaston wrote: »

Al Quaida Al Quaida chemicals home made explosives, school massacre kill america death to america iraq double ended dildo semtex monica lewinsky 72 virgins whitewash my mexican cocaine money travelling to el paso next week in an explosive van driven by julain assange.

death to the infidel.

You forgot to mention Obama...

Kold

Patriots don't eat quinoa. They eat Obama's bullsh1t.

wolf99

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The police are saying that they were called in by the ex employer of Ms Catalano's husband who were suspicious of what they found on his computer. So it appears that it was not Prism / Big Brother after all. I wouldn't blame the employer in this instance because if there was a repeat of the Boston massacre they would be vilified for not acting.

And Ms Catalano mustn't have known that the police visit was prompted by her husbands activities at work or she would surely have mentioned that in her blog.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/employer-tipped-off-police-in-pressure-cookerbackpack-gate-not-google/

That does cast a bit of a different light on the story in the current social situation in the US.... its still a bit sad that that *is* the situation though.

I also note that it's a *former* employer - They dont mention why that is...