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1) the guy was arrested. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/...
2) the police were not doing their job separating the group allowing violence to happen. when that happens people take the law into their own hands
3) that doesn't answer the question, how many nazi's you think were there and how many in the us
4) how is Kekistan any different than Charley Chaplin in The dictator?
5) many sported the US flag, does that mean the US flag is a symbol of nazis?

They can change their minds yes, but you missed the earlier part of the article:

That being said, fair use may protect some fan creations from being an infringement, but that is handled on a case-by-case basis, looking at the facts of the actual work.

Did you ever hear about the 'artist' who put together a gallery of screenshots of different peoples Instagram photos? He's been in court previously for claims of copyright infringement wrt using someone elses work as the basis for his... and he won.

The law on this (and precedent)... is interesting, and not quite as clear cut as most thing.

The "CIO" who hired a musician majored in Russian and had a Master in Business.
On even more news, they've both "retired"....
http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/1...

Indeed, we all know this argument. In fact, Apple shamelessly sold the same iPhone for three years. The 6, the 6S, the 7 were basically the same brick with minor internal tweaks. And the iPhone 8 doesn't look much different. I am seeing a whole lot of people still using phones like iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S5, which makes sense since they still work fine for most uses.

I don't know what keeps this bubble going. 6 in 10 Americans don't have $500 in savings. I guess it's all those carrier installment plans or contracts that allow consumers to have the most recent smartphone for a modest monthly fee. People will buy anything with anyone credit offers.

From http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/1...

A new startup called Bodega launched Wednesday and has already apologized in the face of mounting outrage.
Folks weren't happy that Bodega appeared to be taking aim at mom-and-pop shops run by hardworking immigrants, while simultaneously misappropriating immigrant culture and celebrating gentrification.
"Despite our best intentions and our admiration for traditional bodegas, we clearly hit a nerve this morning," Bodega wrote in a Medium post. "And we apologize to anyone we've offended. Rather than disrespect to traditional corner stores -- or worse yet, a threat -- we intended only admiration."

And https://blog.bodega.ai/so-abou...

Yes, clearly. The name Bodega sparked a wave of criticism on social media far beyond what we ever imagined. When we first came up with the idea to call the company Bodega we recognized that there was a risk of it being interpreted as misappropriation. We did some homework—speaking to New Yorkers, branding people, and even running some survey work asking about the name and any potential offense it might cause. But it’s clear that we may not have been asking the right questions of the right people.

Way to go there!

The reason it is longer in Europe is due to them wanting a "high level of consumer protection." There are certainly times when US law could take a lesson from others. This would likely be one of them.,

Yes but since this happened in the US, what do you expect Apple to do? Their warranty is covered under US laws.

Two-year contracts are now pretty much the de facto standard, and tend to define consumer expectation.

No they used to be the standard length of service. They are not anymore. While you can get a 2yr contract, there are more options and some cases, no annual contracts.

Every auto manufacturer could limit the factory warranty on every car sold in the US to one year regardless of consumer expectation or loan lengths, if they wanted to be a greedy dick about it.

And what you are advocating is that regardless of what the auto warranty says, my bank loan overrides the warranty even though the manufacturer never agreed to the terms. My 7 year car loan automatically forces my auto manufacturer to warranty my car for 7 years.

?Third party terms or product demand have far less to do with my argument than the bullshit claim that Apple makes a durable product. If they do, then prove it with a decent warranty that conforms to consumer expectations.

By your argument, any company that has made a "durable" product must offer unlimited lifetime warranties. A decent warranty for most electronics is 1 year and limited.

As autonomous cars get better and better, we'll see more and more accidents attributed to driver inattention -- the better the car is at driving, the less the human is going to pay attention to the car or the road, and by the time the car tells the driver "Oh hey, I don't know how to handle this situation, you take over!", the driver won't have enough situational awareness to get out of the situation.

Though the flip side is that as the cars get better at driving, the overall accident rate will decrease.

The same problem already exists with airplane pilots , and it can be even worse where the autopilot compensates for some building condition (like icing), and by the time it gives up control to the pilot, the plane may already be in a bad state and the pilot has little time to figure out why.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/0...

"Some recipients' use of their TANF benefits were called into question after media reports found the cards were being swiped at ATMs in strip clubs, liquor stores and casinos. Some recipients were also accessing their benefits out of state, including in Las Vegas casinos, at shops in Hawaii and on cruise ships, according to the reports."

There are many in the government whose goal is to expand the number of people using their services, so they can justify increases in their budgets & staff.

That is but a small part of the big picture. The voters allow business to decide who gets on the ballot when they vote for the ones with the biggest campaign fundage, then whine about lack of choices. The government exists to serve, but people, in their tribal "wisdom" choose to remain ignorant as to who it serves.

When an EU country has a wall to keep poorer people out, it's civilised and advanced, not racist like when the US just talks about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/0...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/...

[Warning: Expressing this thought in Europe may be illegal, depending on your current location. Local residents will cheer and defend your censorship.]

For comparison, check that Mexico just had the largest earthquake in a century. Weather is not climate, and you can always find patterns and 'signs' in random sequences of events.

True, but sometimes there is a plausible mechanism to explain or even predict the changes. For hurricanes it is the ocean temperature, which is currently significantly higher than the historic average, and this is known to intensify hurricanes. I am not aware of anybody sane that disputes these two facts.

If you want you can try to argue that this change does not represent climate change, although the (large-scale) ocean temperature doesn't change so easily, so you'll have to explain away multiple years of above-average temperatures. Go ahead, this should be entertaining.

For comparison, check that Mexico just had the largest earthquake in a century.
Weather is not climate, and you can always find patterns and 'signs' in random sequences of events.

The Act was designed to improve border control by imposing criminal penalties for racketeering, alien smuggling and the use or creation of fraudulent immigration-related documents and increasing interior enforcement by agencies charged with monitoring visa applications and visa abusers.

So in other words, the law was supposed to "impose criminal penalties" for a host of things which were already illegal, and requiring more spending by more agencies, while providing very little additional funding?

That definitely sounds like Congress waving its hands.

Even with illegal immigration, there are laws that have to be followed before anyone is deported, and each deportation conducted by ICE cost taxpayers an average of $10,854 in fiscal 2016.

The agency literally runs out of money deporting people. Effectively, there a limited number of "tickets" out of country, and the Executive gets to decide how to prioritize the passengers.

Yes he fucking did, you lying piece of shit. "Schmidt had recused himself of portions of Apple's board meetings when conflicts of interest or anything Google-related arose. But Jobs said Schmidt would have to leave much larger portions of the meetings after Google announced last month that it would enter the operating system sphere." http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/0...

At least according to the president who has rose colored glasses that protected his vision.

Of course all lives matter. Ducking FUH. Maybe if cops were shooting white people as indiscriminately as black people there might be a reason to say "all lives matter".

And we're surprised by these findings???

Kids are bloody expensive. Having kids ties you down (time/space/money-wise).

I suspect this trend will continue for another few decades.

A CNN study came to the conclusion that it costs an average of $233k to raise a kid to the age of 18.

Yes, you too can lose weight on the Twinkie diet!

This should be as successful as their Road Straddling Bus".

"a calorie is a calorie"

Yes, "Calories In, Calories Out" dictates your weight. If you consume less than your BMR you lose weight, and vice versa. This has been proven time and time again.

But that doesn't make it healthy. If you want to actually be healthy and control your weight you need to consume good calories in reasonable amounts. This is REALLY well established science.

Also HFCS(55) isn't really any worse than sugar, they're almost identically chemically. HFCS55 (the most common form) is 55% fructose and 42% glucose. I think the remainder is galactose. Sugar is about 50/50.

I am not worried about anyone trying to sell me stuff I don't want.

If the targeted ads reveal sensitive information about you, such as being pregnant, or even having a bad case of hemorrhoids, then there is cause to be concerned.

I am not worried about my employer, insurance company or spouse finding out my browsing history, opinions or habits.

So you don't care about possibly being passed up for advancement because who you voiced political support for. You're not concerned about the insurance cartel's placing you in a high-risk category or preemptively canceling your policy because you may develop a sudden and intense interest in certain types of diseases.

I am mildly worried that my government will use my online behaviour against me.

No offense intended, but perhaps you lack imagination. poor humor on facebook can brand you a felon.

I am very worried that companies will use my behaviour to tint or change my world view by more precisely manipulating and tailoring my news feeds, search hits, education resources etc in order to achieve political or economic interests.

I am terrified by the thought that this manipulation will inevitably be performed by ever smarter algorithms which have extremely egoistic target functions.

There is every reason to expect this. Witness the destruction of Youtube as a free speech platform, the manipulation of search results for the purpose of 'inclusiveness', and Facebook's prior 'experiments' in manipulating users with selective news articles.

Up next are turing-test capable bots that will be used to drive consensus. The efficiency in which new mantras infest the various echo chambers makes me wonder the extent in which this is already utilized.

How about Sonia K.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/opinions/holocaust-survivor-trump-charlottesville-sonia-k-opinion/index.html

Or, MIchael Bornstein

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/holocaust-survivor-charlottesville-white-supremacists-are-finding-another-voice-n792461

Or, Alfred Munzer

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/dc-holocaust-survivor-responds-to-trumps-remarks-on-charlottesville/464692365

Or, Jack Rosenthal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-holocaust-survivor-noticed-a-detail-in-charlottesville-you-might-have-missed_us_59a09bf8e4b05710aa5c3feb

Or, Erika Gold

http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/holocaust-survivor-responds-to-president-trumps-nazi-comments

To the GP poster:
First: don't ever listen to creimer when it comes to food & nutrition - the last time he ate a fruit was about 40 years ago. Since then, it's power bars and other sugar-and-fat laden processed bullshit that he's deluded himself into thinking are "health" foods.

Second: to your original question - avocados *are* nutritious, though not "magically" so. They're high in monounsaturated fats, relatively low in carbs (most of their carbs are in the form of fiber) & protein, and they have a fairly high vitamin content (especially the fat-soluble vitamins (A,D,E,K) and various vitamin B's) as well. They're an excellent source of "healthy" fats, but nothing you get in them can't be found elsewhere.

The reason they're such a big deal these days has more to do with pop culture than nutrition.

Recently, and Australian millionaire made headlines for telling millennials to "lay off the avocado toast" if they want to save money (source), and this got the typical millennial twitter meme/hashtag treatment - think of it as a latter day "let them eat cake" moment.

Further, the millennial set *is* (or seems to be) extremely fond of avocados, apparently "because California," and "because fancy." Until recently, they've been an unusual food in the US outside of Mexican cuisine, so millennials seem to be using them as a status symbol and a form of culinary protest against the proletarian palates of their parents. But, they're typically costly because they need to be imported to most places in the US, and they spoil relatively quickly, so they have to be picked & shipped quickly.

In short, Amazon & Whole Foods are doing their damnedest to win over the 20-something set by making avocados cheap and easily obtainable, which to millennials, means that Amazon is giving a big middle finger to the 1%'ers by allowing scrappy Antifa protestors to eat like the super rich.

Avocados aren't a bad food, but they're more pop culture phenomenon than they are legitimate dietary staple these days. The only thing they're lacking at this point is a Dan Quayle figure to mangle the spelling of the fruit as "A-V-O-C-A-D-O-E-S," which will forever immortalize them in internet meme history.

No, companies and startups need to start to learn how large companies develop products.

We don't come up with an idea and then make 100,000 of them.

We make 1. Work it until it breaks.

Figure out what went wrong.

Then we make 100. And we break all of them again.

Along the way we figure out our certifications, tooling, suppliers, quality control, end pricing, and all the other issues Kickstarters run into.

I want a crowdsourcing/funding site that stages the release of money to follow the proper way to release a product.

• Build 50 prototypes. Send it to 'developers'. Garner feedback.
• Build 500 prototypes. Send it to 'early adopters'. Garner feedback.
• Repeat until there's a shippable.

Round 1 buyers will want it enough they'll pay the premium. Take pre-orders for the final conceptualized product from the beginning. Don't release those funds until it's ready for an actual pre-order.

Hell put them in a mutual fund and turn it into a 'savings' account for people that can't seem to save money. A majority of Americans don't have $500 in savings but I would bet more would if you add in failed crowd funding campaigns. If the campaign fails you just have money in a mutual fund or savings account; surprise you have something more than nothing.

You ofter no links to prove our absurd assertions, and the very last shooter to attack people was a die hard Sanders supporter with the Republican he shot just learning to walk again. What an asshole you must be in real life to ignore violence like that against anyone!

The story you linked was from 2014. If you spend a lot of money designing something and only produce a few vehicles, you are never going to achieve an economy of scale required to be cost competitive. There are a lot more recent stories showing successful implementation of fuel cells. Here is a story from a few months ago that is more relevant. http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/1... https://www.usatoday.com/story... The U.S. Army has begun testing an extreme off-road version of the Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The military and General Motors collaborated to develop the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 fuel cell electric truck, which could pave the way for a stealthy new mode of military transportation. Although its tricked-out design is conceptual and would likely not grace the final product, the Colorado ZH2 boasts a silent hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that could give American soldiers an edge in war zones. The Army is testing the vehicle for noise, detectability, torque, fuel economy and water vapor discharge. It was developed, assembled and tested at GM sites in Michigan in cooperation with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). The hydrogen fuel cell on board powers an electric motor that drives the vehicle, building on fuel-cell expertise GM has cultivated for years.

You don't put people in jail over civil suits.

In the case of Davino Watson, ICE held him for three years for deportation despite the fact that he is a U.S. citizen. They also denied him access to a lawyer claiming that this was a civil matter, not a criminal one.

When agents finally learned the truth and released him, he sued. An appeals court just denied his meagre $82,500 judgement stating that the statute of limitations had expired WHILE HE WAS STILL IN CUSTODY.

What they did wasn't criminal.

They don't put many executives in jail for criminal acts. How many Sony executives went to jail for using root kits on their audio CDs? Answer:0

How many Wall Street bankers went to jail after causing the 2007 financial meltdown? Answer:35 Compare that with over 1000 bankers jailed after the savings & loan crisis.

The bottom line is that money buys justice in the United States.

Huh? There's nothing wrong with using violence to get peace. Antifa and ISIS are good. CNN said so.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/...

This is the FBI, fer crissakes! The guys who were deeply, deeply penetrated by the Chinese military intelligence during the Clinton/Bush administrations (and are probably still in control). And then there is this: https://www.wired.com/2016/02/... http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/... http://fortune.com/2016/02/09/...

Did they include the Facebook Live Torture case as a hate crime?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/...

Black on white crime is hateful too.

This has already happened in Brazil

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/...

Even kids know that.

The facts don't matter, especially not to the media.

There are many fact checking websites which provide unbiased data regarding the truthfulness of our political leaders. Let's examine a few. Keep in mind that they are comparing 8 years of Obama's presidency to 100+ days of Trump.

A search of Snopes.com articles concerning Barack Obama (329) vs Donald Trump (865).

Politifact.com summary of Barack Obama vs Donald Trump. The two graphs are very informative.

FactCheck.org summary of Obama's Whoppers vs Trump's Whoppers.

While none of these sites gave Barack Obama a free ride, FactCheck.org declared Donald Trump the King of Whoppers. I think that Burger King has a trademark infringement case here.

If you dismiss these sites as biased, or blame the mainstream media for twisting the facts, then the problem is probably you. You have let the semantic web tailor an experience that feeds you all of the misinformation (alternative facts) that aligns with your world view. As such, changing your paradigm would be uncomfortable, so you double-down on all of the stories that have been proven false (Pizzagate, Seth Rich's murder, etc...). If these stories rile you up, then the objective is met. The whole point is to stir up the crazies.

As such, you need to continually verify that you are not being brainwashed by either the right or the left. You need to wait-out sensational stories until they are fully vetted. You need to focus on facts, not bluster on with opinions.

Trump is working under the worst conditions a president has ever had. The media is all out against him from the get go, biased to hell. The left refuses to even acknowledged he won and is an impediment to progress at every turn.

Your "liberals" are NOT IN POWER. Please get at least that one thing straight. Republicans control the House and Senate, case closed. Trump's failures to date are on them, not some "liberal" media.

That's Trump's own Party, supposed to be his friends, and they could care less about some "media... all out against him from the get go". They regularly bash this "biased" media of yours.

Yet even John McCain gives the thumbs-down to Trump. Why? Chiefly, because Trump picks fights with leaders of his own Party. Nevermind whatever views or causes he may or may not have, bottom-line Trump can't behave like a grown-up. That makes for great TV, and maybe it makes some people feel good ("Yeah! You tell 'em Trump!") but it doesn't get anything done.

Trump supporters need to stop asking whether they love the way-so-awesome tough shit he says and tweets, and instead ask whether they'd trust him enough, honest to God, to pay cash to buy a used car from him. Seriously. Be honest. Would you buy a used car from that man? It's the greatest, let me tell you, and don't believe those lies from the liberals at the CarFax - they're losers, this ride has never been in no accident, never been totaled, that puddle of oil is from something else, believe me.

Nope. Exactly what I said was going to happen happened: http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/1...

Interesting article, though if the case for DDT is as overwhelming as it suggest, it suggests that environmentalists are much more better at propaganda than the major industry of chemical production. So, I checked two things quoted, about Ecuador reintroducing DDT and 2.5 million cases of malaria after Sri Lanka abandoned DDT. I found the first for Ecuador easily, it is a modest figure and seems to be sound. Not so for Sri Lanka, and other sources give a fraction of that figure, e.g. http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09... . This does not leave me with confidence that it is not another anti environmental rant.

...Trump just went full Nazi on a press conference: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08...

The left is much more efficient, preferring to shoot their political opponents.

This IS regular police work.

Yes, the police regularly seek overbroad and general warrants, in order to conduct fishing expeditions and draw a large net.

This is not news.

This is NOT a politically motivated investigation at all, but a criminal inquiry into actual crimes.

Yet we don't believe that. I wonder why.

We already have people charged in these cases and the DOJ is doing it's job like it should.

Are they now? We've already documented that the DOJ doesn't always do its job like it should. Has there been an investigation to certify that the DOJ is not misbehaving? Have the numerous complaints made about the handling of the protests been examined?

Your implication that this is a politically motivated investigation is not really valid given the evidence we have. This is not an issue of free speech, but an investigation into obvious crimes.

The crimes aren't obvious, but instead exaggerated hysteria meant to incite panic and outrage while ignoring reality. I've seen worse damage after a sports team loses.

Of course you might think that destruction of property, inciting riots, assault and conspiracy to commit these things should be allowed under the 1st Amendment, but you'd be totally wrong.

Perhaps not. The 1st amendment is rather limited in scope. They are, however, allowed, even required, under the principles of this country. Said rights, of course, being expressed in a variety of forms, and explicitly so in several state constitutions. And given that the US Constitution contains the 10th Amendment, it can hardly be said to be exhaustive in listing the rights of the people.

Given that this sentiment is long-standing, one can hardly expect it to be excluded. But I suspect that you, would instead mindlessly prefer to declare an allegiance to the law, over the rightful. That is sad.

I understand your confusion though, given the last administration's failure to deal with these kinds of crimes for obvious political reasons.

Yes, they were impeded from stopping the Bundy Ranch rioters, and the Malfeur occupiers, because it would have looked bad politically. On the other hand, they were also smart enough to recognize that.

Trump's a dumbass though, and will likely pull a Chicago Seven prosecution.

Apparently he's never cracked a history book to learn the value of conciliation.

He had a chance, he's had numerous chances. He keeps blowing them. Trumpcare. Muslim Ban. The recent events in Virginia.

Are his advisers incompetent, or does he just not listen? Perhaps both.

According to this calculator http://money.cnn.com/calculato... I'd have to make 250% of what I currently do if I wanted to live in Silicon Valley.

Same here. Per that calculator I'd have to make 252% of my current income to live in Sunnyvale, and that's an underestimate, because I live in a low-cost, rural area of my state and I had to pick a more expensive region. I'd estimate that cost of living is about 20% lower where I actually live than the location I selected.

I don't know where he lives but there seems to be lots of areas where a modest income will afford you a comfortable if not luxurious life. I have the (mis)-fortune to live in a part of the USA that is rather downtrodden economically. The upside is that my salary goes a helluva long ways. According to this calculator http://money.cnn.com/calculato... I'd have to make 250% of what I currently do if I wanted to live in Silicon Valley. The hard part seems to be in finding a relatively inexpensive to live area with enough job prospects to keep you employed.

send or receive classified materials over an unclassified network,

You mean like when he did exactly that: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/...

And no, just because this info originally came from a public news article doesn't allow an official from the government to then disclose it.

Are you telling me that cell phones are NOT the cause??? color me shocked

Nope, Nazis lost that right 70 years ago when they started a war that killed 50 million people. Six million of which were deliberately murdered for the crime of not being them.

No doubt you'll piss and moan when the Nazis at that rally lose their jobs, get kicked out of the apartment, etc. Yet when people are harassed off the net, or receive death threats there's nothing but deafening silence from you.

I don't know if CNN counts as 'neoliberal,' but I just searched for "CNN google memo," and the first link that came up was this one, which says, "his opinion seems to be that women are underrepresented in tech because of psychological differences between women and men, not because of bias."

A search for "msnbc google manifesto" came up with this as the first search,, which says, "[Damore] claims to explain why more women aren't in engineering positions, chalking up the disparity to "biological" differences, including generalizations that women don't tend to handle stress well and are more neurotic."

That's not an exhaustive search, but I think it shows there is at least some nuance in media coverage.

Just like how Obama didn't call the BLM protester who killed 5 cops in Dallas a terrorist.

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Yes, yes, you want to make them out to be terrorists so you can dismiss and ignore them further.

"Oh, but that's different!" No, it really isn't.

Ok, tell us what isn't different about the actual response by Obama versus Trump. Compare and contrast.

Both BLM and the Nazis need to go...they're both breeding violent, hate-filled people.

All evidence indicates that Micah Xavier Johnson had mental health issues that long predated the formation of BLM, with no substantial connection to the movement.

That's why those lawsuits keep losing.

So those guys displaying swastikas, giving Nazi salutes, chanting "blood and soil", one wearing a t-shirt that said "Nazi" on it... Those guys weren't Nazis?

Well that's a good question now isn't it? Because the person who put this thing together(UTR) goes by the name of Jason Kessler. Who right up until November 2016, was an avowed leftist, democrat supporter, proud obama supporter, and so on. We'll use the SLPC's own database on that. And he suddenly established a new organization called "Unity & Security For America" in January of 2017. Now one can't forget either that he was working for CNN at one point.

Now you can ask what does this have to do with anything. Well it's starting to smell a lot like "bird dogging" something that democrats did several times during the RNC primaries, and during the 2016 presidential race. This is right out of the playbooks of Scott Foval and Bob Creamer, who were pushed out of the DNC when it came to light that they had been paying protesters to be violent at rallies. The most famous case of this was the near-riot in Chicago.

Now go read these two articles here and this article here. Then ask yourself why this organization's event(UTR) was announced on the facebook page of the Traditionalist Workers Party. Sounds very right-wing to me, doesn't it comrade. That's the same organization with ties to Yvette Felarca(of By Any Means Necessary or BAMN fame), who was arrested in relation to starting a riot....in California. I'll let you guess which one.

And now, we go off to the races. I'll say, there's a chance, a possibility that a devout democrat that deep could flip and support Trump. I've met them, the other stuff just doesn't seem to match up on the other hand. Especially the announcements.

Yes, it's annoying when your kids question you all the time, and I feel for teachers who have to deal with everyone else's kids... but maybe we ought to stop with the Santa and Tooth Fairy and all the other 'cute and harmless' lies we tell kids.

Instead, we ought to be asking them what they think, and why, and then show them where they've made errors... so when they come up against something new, they have a fighting chance of figuring it out without someone holding their hand the whole time.

The best experience I ever had in school was a teacher mocking me for being afraid to be wrong, which is really the fork in the road where you either try to figure something out or just shut down and stick with your initial belief. We need more of that for our kids.

Damore's essay was a fascinating peek into the sociology of lies.

The vast, vast majority of discussion about this(*) fell into two categories:

1) He said *that* shocking thing! (Countered with "He didn't say that")
2) He wrote prejudiced opinions not based in fact (Countered with "He cited references for each position he took")

Note the pattern here: the vast majority of discussion can be described as "make something up, then complain about it".

It's a complete surprise to me how *much* dishonesty arose over this incident. I suppose it's partly due to MSM wanting to drive clicks to their sites: Gizmodo published the essay with the references removed, bolstering item #2, and CNN headlined that Damore argues women aren't suited for tech jobs for "biological" reasons, which ginned up a lot of outrage on item #1.

There were a handful of lessor discussions in the same mould(**).

It's fascinating because this is one example where anyone can drill down to the exact truth in moments - the published news reports are available, the words he used are available for comparison, everything everyone said is now part of the written record.

Despite all this - despite the truth being so easy to determine - the vast majority of discussion of every aspect of this incident has been based on lies and attempts to correct them.

We can find the truth quite easily. How, in the face of Gizmodo and CNN, can the average person do that?

Maybe it's time we stopped worrying about what people think, and examine how they *come* to the beliefs they have.

Having a higher quality stream of truth would be a good first step.

(*) You can verify this for yourself: check the commentary for any of Slashdot's recent articles about Damore's essay (such as this one). The rule holds true for other social media channels.

(**) Including: the citations he used were from institutions with clear bias, the citations he used didn't confirm his point, he claims to be a PhD but isn't (an ad-hominem attack unrelated to his point), he's not allowed to cite scientific studies because he's not himself a scientist (wtf?), he can't sue Google because CA is an "at will" state (difference between "fired for no reason" and "fired for the *wrong* reason).

And then of course there is this from CNN about mailing a baby today

Here's where I heard it:

In an email to staff, Pichai explained that questions from employees had been leaked and that, in some cases, specific employees' identities were revealed, exposing them to harassment and threats.