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Just two things how she and her campaign did things...
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

CNN has a similar article about disappearing Louisiana coastline. One of the people interviewed has been shrimping for 54 years. His best comment, "It doesn't concern me.What is science? Science is an educated guess," Dotson says defiantly. "What if they guess wrong? There's just as much chance as them to be wrong as there is for them to be right."

Mind you, Louisiana is the top most uneducated state in the nation and this particular area of Louisiana, Cameron county, has the highest percentage of people who do not believe climate change has an effect on plants or animals. Not man-made climate change, but any climate change.

Another person in the article says he likes his AC and gas at reasonable prices so therefore, why, based on a prediction alone, should humans try to limit CO2 production?

The worst they showed is that Hillary was paid by banks to speak. We knew that already. We also know that corruption did not win HRC the nomination.

The big news organizations didn't publish on it? Yeah, I forgot only the little guys like Time or CNN ran with stories from it.

(/sarcasm) The big news organizations if anything failed to report clearly enough on the DNC e-mails. Too many bernie-bros who were convinced it proved the Clintons used their Benghazi military to crush Sanders, rather than "There was nothing much interesting in them."

As for not publishing the e-mails themselves, that's kind of the SOP. Wikileaks publishes everything down to social security numbers and GPS coordinates of informants in war zones, responsible news organizations attempt to hide private details like phone numbers. No shit they didn't publish the leaks directly, that would have been irresponsible.

This is what everybody wanted right? right!?

If by "everybody" you mean 46.1% of the popular vote (to Hillary's 48.2%), then sure.

New York City, perhaps, but the summary says the deal was passed for New York state. Buffalo has a median income of $66k and a median home price of $94k, which means a family making $125k is doing pretty well. And Buffalo is still in the state of New York.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/p...

Jill Stein and husband together: 302,258

http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/0...

It takes "at least $389,000 to make the club".

to head that team is Jared Kushner.

It's not like he has anything better to do.

When T proclaimed, "Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated", I could hear the sound of 100-million face-palms. Foreheads all over had finger marks the next day.

If you were born in the years immediately following WWII (1945-1950) (the baby boom years), you would be a teenager to early twenties during Woodstock, " the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation".

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/baby-boomer-generation-fast-facts/
Baby Boomers

Born 1946-1964 (Sometimes listed as 1943-1964)

Captcha: dulled

House Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, refused to endorse or defend Trump

Oh, really

But back to my central point, which you diverted me from. What I think you understand by "limited government" is not the objective of the wealthy backers of the Republicans: instead, their objective is a government that is hobbled and unable to perform its primary mission. Without sufficient funds, the government cannot collect taxes allowing people (primarily the wealthy) to cheat on their taxes. Without sufficient funds, the government cannot enforce laws designed to protect the environment, to protect employees, to protect the weaker members of society, etc..

Their idea of limited government is one that is incapable of anything except waging war and putting more money into the bank accounts of the wealthy.

If you ran a business where you knew with absolute certainty that, if you hired more people, you would make an additional profit of 6 times the cost of hiring those people, would you hire them? If so, why does the IRS not have sufficient inspectors?

Criminal penalties for a CEO

Yes, criminal and civil penalties. It happens all the time. Like these:

• Bernard Ebbers — and ultimate collapse of MCI
• Ever heard of Mr. Madoff?
• ... or Martha Stewart?
• Or this guy: "The former CEO of drug company Inyx Inc has been charged in connection with a fraud scheme".

Now you list the folks prosecuted for anything in relation to space-related disasters — such as the Challenger Shuttle explosion... Oh, wait — evidence is not really your thing, is it? You still owe me a list of successful predictions made by Climate Scientists — though, having exposed you as a bona-fide liar, I understand your reluctance to come back to that thread...

- Shoots and kills while screaming a regular democrat talking point: "I hate whites". - Swept under the rug by DNC-affiliated fake news sources (ex. CNN).

Oh, seriously fuck you. You're about as big a lar as ever crawled out of a pigs asshole. In case anyone is wondering how CN swept the story under the rug, here is the story:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/...

Tell me you liar, what is it like to have your stupid politically motivated lies exposed for the world to see?

I'm glad someone posts this offtopic shit, because I wouldn't have otherwise known about it.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thr...

Meanwhile, the fucking lie is this http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/...

So, please elucidate how CNN has "swept this under the rug.

Anything that requires precision is already metric. Chemistry, engineering, etc.

Only since 1999 after the Mars Climate Orbiter fiasco. The conversion started in the 70's from what I remember, but there was resistance from most big businesses as too costly and time consuming. Thus we now have dual labels/signs as well as two sets of wrenches, socket tool sets, etc....

I guess it will take a couple more of these types of losses to convince Congress to fully convert to metric and ignore big businesses whining.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/1...

The suit cost $23 to make in Brooklyn. Making it in China and shipping it to Paraggio's office cost a mere $10

Manufacturing in America "makes me look like a bad business person," Paraggio told CNNMoney. She went with the Brooklyn option anyway. Surely, she thought, customers would prefer to see the "Made in the USA" label

"No one cares about Made in the USA," says Paraggio, who recently ordered some suits from China for the first time after Daymond John of Shark Tank gave her frank advice to get real about the bottom line. So she placed the order. And cried

In survey after survey, Americans say they prefer to buy "Made in the USA" products. But when it comes to actually spending, their choices tell a different story.
"Consumers are all for Made in America until they have to pay for it," says Greg Portell, partner at consulting firm A.T. Kearney who specializing in advising retailers.

Obama did to right.

The Obama administration regularly faked the visitor's logs, by editing out anyone they didn't want to admit was meeting with the President or White House staff. Or just not bothering to record hundreds of guests. Or by recording the names of people that didn't actually show up, but were cleared to do so. Or by holding meetings 'off site' so they wouldn't show up in the logs.

In other words, the Obama Administration's policy was to distribute flat out falsehoods, rather than transparency. Hiding everything isn't better, but don't dare pretend "Obama did it right".

Firstly, tax returns are not presidential records. Secondly, from the summary, which starts with a negative tone but includes a few tidbits at the end:

"the removed disclosures, salaries and appointments would be integrated into WhiteHouse.gov in the coming months"

Which part of the sentence "The Trump Administration will not disclose logs of those who visit the White House complex" were you having difficulty understanding? There was a press conference. Spicer said clearly and distinctly "we will not release this information."

here's a different cite, if you don't like the first one. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/...

If the GOP was dumb enough to try a coup d'etat by Constitution, they would find out that they don't run as much as they think. There is a reason why they lost the popular vote.

GOP won (by popular vote) 3/4th of state governerships.

Nope. Governorships are not allocated proportionally. Check out the raw numbers, you'll find it is a lot lower.

GOP won (by popular vote) 3/4ths of state legislatures.

Again, nope. Check out the raw numbers, it's heavily warped gerrymandering and voter discrimination. You'll have to do some work, but try the ones that have lost in court. Like North Carolina. Who also tried such a coup d'etat as already mentioned. It failed. Badly.

GOP won (by popular vote) the majority in the Congress.

Nope!

63,173,815 61,776,554 in 2016.
40,081,282 35,624,357 in 2014.
58,228,253 59,645,531 in 2012
44,827,441 38,980,192 in 2010
52,249,491 65,237,840 in 2008

Notice a pattern to it? Not quite what you think. They're still behind 2 million from 8 years ago.

GOP won (by popular vote) the majority in Senate.

Oh, you don't know how the Senate works do you? The Math works out in favor of the Democrats. By 23 million.

GOP won (via the electoral college) the Presidency.

Yes, exactly, relying on the electoral college shows where the GOP is failing.

Every election Democrats lost in 2016 except the Presidential election, was lost in a popular vote.

Oh my, you want to play that card? Turns out, that actually, when you look at the history, you're wrong. Check out the effects of gerrymandering.

Add in the illegal voter discrimination, the unlawful districts in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Texas, Alabama, and Florida, and the loss in their Arizona lawsuit, and it's not looking good for the GOP.

Yeah, I know you don't want to admit it, but the GOP can't afford a coup d'etat. They aren't winning. They don't have a wide swell of popular support. Frankly, they're lucky they didn't lose the popular vote for the House this time, if that had happened, they'd have really looked bad, the disproportionate representation is bad enough, but not quite

Utterly ridiculous you say?

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04...

If it's all so simple then why doesn't Trump just release his taxes like almost every other president does? How do you even know he pays $38 million?

http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/l...

4. 'Doing the needful'
Try to avoid using the phrase "do the needful." It went out of style decades ago, about the time the British left.
Using it today indicates you are a dinosaur, a dinosaur with bad grammar.
You may use the phrase humorously, to poke fun at such archaic speech, or other dinosaurs.
“Will you do the needful?”
“Of course, and I’ll send you a telegram to let you know it's done too.”

I've lived in the UK I don't remember the brits ever using that expression.

Does community college have a tuition bubble too? If not, I was under the impression that the path was like this (source:

1. Get a job that needs a high school diploma.
2. Use that to put yourself through a 2-year community college.
3. Get a job that needs 2 years of college.
4. Use that and your transferred community college credits at an in-state college and finish your degree.

> How do we know the election itself wasn't hacked?

Every liberal stood up and told us that this was completely impossible. They mocked Trump for implying otherwise.

CNN: No, the 2016 presidential election can't be hacked.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/...

And then:

CNN: Where's the outrage over Russia's hack of the 2016 election?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/...

"Waaaaah our candidate lost waaaaaah burn down cars and break windows and redefine 'hacking' to mean 'expose the shady shit our candidate said' waaaah"

> How do we know the election itself wasn't hacked?

Every liberal stood up and told us that this was completely impossible. They mocked Trump for implying otherwise.

CNN: No, the 2016 presidential election can't be hacked.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/...

And then:

CNN: Where's the outrage over Russia's hack of the 2016 election?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/...

"Waaaaah our candidate lost waaaaaah burn down cars and break windows and redefine 'hacking' to mean 'expose the shady shit our candidate said' waaaah"

The coral reefs are only the START. Trump has been in office for 3 months and has already caused the total extinction of the human race! And he hasn't even broken out the nukes yet!

This is part of a bigger problem. See http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/1... It's possible to *BUY* lists of rape victims, HIV sufferers, police officers, etc, etc. This data shouldn't be available in the first place.

The problem is that this data is sometimes used to determine whether you get a loand or a job, etc, etc. It's bad enough that you can be denied a loan or a job for something irrelavant. What's horrifying is that these lists often have major errors http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/0... which may play a part in denying you loans or jobs.

This is part of a bigger problem. See http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/1... It's possible to *BUY* lists of rape victims, HIV sufferers, police officers, etc, etc. This data shouldn't be available in the first place.

The problem is that this data is sometimes used to determine whether you get a loand or a job, etc, etc. It's bad enough that you can be denied a loan or a job for something irrelavant. What's horrifying is that these lists often have major errors http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/0... which may play a part in denying you loans or jobs.

I'll give people the benefit of doubt, but it sounds like a whole ton of commenters here are going on with guesswork.

First of all, no, it's not easy in any way shape or form to create a rogue touch ID reader that would "send signals" allowing the iPhone 7 to be unlocked.
It'd already be plenty hard for someone to open up a phone and replace it surreptiously, let alone coming up with new hardware that would be compatible.

Do you guys even know how the TouchID reader works? Well, neither do I of course... it's proprietary. But here's an overview:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12...
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09...
https://support.apple.com/en-u...

Basically, it works like a very specific and proprietary camera/microscope. It detects fine detailed fingerprint information, converts it into code and sends it to the SoC to be processed via software.
Nothing is processed on the button itself, and even if it was, you wouldn't be able to easily figure out what it did - or it'd be unsecure by definition.

But again, the hardware is very proprietary. You'd probably need insider knowledge of production to even come close to making something that would work like it, and it'd be expensive as hell to reproduce one. The companies that makes these things have secretive processes that not only would be incredibly hard to figure out, it'd be outright impossible to reproduce without proper technologies.

Do people even realize how much easier it'd be to just chop up someone's finger and bypass the whole thing anyways?

Even if you couldn't go to such extremes, it'd be easier for hackers and malicious actors to try to reproduce an entire detailed human finger complete with ridges, pores and whatnot (at it's current stage) than creating some rogue device that could bypass the security enclave somehow.
And you cannot retrieve information from previous fingerprints used for authentication because they are encrypted in the phone storage, not in the reader.

The only likely scenario where Touch ID could be used to steal fingerprints, depending a lot on how it works, would be to use an original unit modified to store readouts, and then creating new hardware that would send those into the system. But that's quite unlikely... if not outright impossible. Again, it depends on how exactly the reader works. Note though how no one every did anything like this, because it just doesn't make sense. iPhones will always have easier vulnerabilities to explore to retrieve data.

It's always good to note though that fingerprint sensors should NEVER be used as the sole authentication method if you have sensitive information inside the phone. Because, like I said, it's a matter of finding a way to make a very detailed reproduction of your finger. With 3D print technology and camera technology always improving, it'll be doable at some point in time.
It was already done for the iPhone 6, though not something that just anyone could do:
http://www.cultofmac.com/29688...

Apple is already facing a class action lawsuit regarding the so called Error 53, related to iPhone 6 bricking the phone if the Touch ID was replaced, so it really doesn't look good for them to repeat the whole deal for the iPhone 7.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016...
Australia's consumer protection agency also just filled a lawsuit:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/...

And you know, the company has backtracked because the very same excuses some commenters are making here were not enoug

I'll give people the benefit of doubt, but it sounds like a whole ton of commenters here are going on with guesswork.

First of all, no, it's not easy in any way shape or form to create a rogue touch ID reader that would "send signals" allowing the iPhone 7 to be unlocked.
It'd already be plenty hard for someone to open up a phone and replace it surreptiously, let alone coming up with new hardware that would be compatible.

Do you guys even know how the TouchID reader works? Well, neither do I of course... it's proprietary. But here's an overview:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12...
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09...
https://support.apple.com/en-u...

Basically, it works like a very specific and proprietary camera/microscope. It detects fine detailed fingerprint information, converts it into code and sends it to the SoC to be processed via software.
Nothing is processed on the button itself, and even if it was, you wouldn't be able to easily figure out what it did - or it'd be unsecure by definition.

But again, the hardware is very proprietary. You'd probably need insider knowledge of production to even come close to making something that would work like it, and it'd be expensive as hell to reproduce one. The companies that makes these things have secretive processes that not only would be incredibly hard to figure out, it'd be outright impossible to reproduce without proper technologies.

Do people even realize how much easier it'd be to just chop up someone's finger and bypass the whole thing anyways?

Even if you couldn't go to such extremes, it'd be easier for hackers and malicious actors to try to reproduce an entire detailed human finger complete with ridges, pores and whatnot (at it's current stage) than creating some rogue device that could bypass the security enclave somehow.
And you cannot retrieve information from previous fingerprints used for authentication because they are encrypted in the phone storage, not in the reader.

The only likely scenario where Touch ID could be used to steal fingerprints, depending a lot on how it works, would be to use an original unit modified to store readouts, and then creating new hardware that would send those into the system. But that's quite unlikely... if not outright impossible. Again, it depends on how exactly the reader works. Note though how no one every did anything like this, because it just doesn't make sense. iPhones will always have easier vulnerabilities to explore to retrieve data.

It's always good to note though that fingerprint sensors should NEVER be used as the sole authentication method if you have sensitive information inside the phone. Because, like I said, it's a matter of finding a way to make a very detailed reproduction of your finger. With 3D print technology and camera technology always improving, it'll be doable at some point in time.
It was already done for the iPhone 6, though not something that just anyone could do:
http://www.cultofmac.com/29688...

Apple is already facing a class action lawsuit regarding the so called Error 53, related to iPhone 6 bricking the phone if the Touch ID was replaced, so it really doesn't look good for them to repeat the whole deal for the iPhone 7.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016...
Australia's consumer protection agency also just filled a lawsuit:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/...

And you know, the company has backtracked because the very same excuses some commenters are making here were not enoug

I noticed this in the mainstream media. Suddenly every branch of government in the executive branch is now "The Trump Administration". Well, at least when it can be reported in a negative light. US Customs and Border Protection, which is part of Homeland Security, requested the information. We might as well just rename every single part of the Executive branch "The Trump Administration" to make the cost of printing letterheads and business cards much cheaper (you know, bulk discount).

For instance, take a look at this article about Fast and Furious: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/27/...
CNN reported that the ATF did this, and not "The Obama Administration".

I just find the incessant and obviously biased reporting annoying.

Who would you have the US turn them in to? You can't just put them in a dump, or burn them
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/17/...

AC for what obvious reasons?

That's odd. I thought that if your college application included a bio about being a minority abused child who evacuated refugees from Syria using your own homemade soapbox racer, the Ivy League schools would be fighting over you.

Yeah, or something.

Zero? Under "Everything", it's the first 3 links. Under "Stories", it's the first 4 links.

As long as the substance is safe for the body, I'm on board. It would alo be fantastic for windshields. I'm always getting pelted with stones on the highway. Did you know that have self-repairing cement? http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/...

Calling those judges SJW diminishes the power of the insult

It is not an insult — the judiciary has no say in who is allowed to cross the border. None. Zilch — it is entirely up to the Executive branch. At least, that's what we were told, when Elian Gonzalez was sent back to Cuba — in defiance of wishes of his mother, who gave up her life to get him out of there. A court refused to grant Elian a reprieve, deferring to the President, who wanted to send the boy back:

"in no context is the executive branch entitled to more deference than in the context of foreign affairs"

To suddenly switch for the exact opposite opinion requires utter disregard for the actual law and earlier precedents, however recent. The explanation, that the judges' motivation is some kind of "higher" justice — such as "Social" justice — is the most reasonable one...

And, before you ask, they were talking about Federal Executive branch — not that of any of the member States (suck it up, California). It was only in 2012, that Supreme Court Justice Kennedy wrote for the court's majority against Arizona:

The Government of the United States has broad, undoubted power over the subject of immigration and the status of aliens. This authority rests, in part, on the National Government’s constitutional power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” U. S. Const., Art. I, 8, cl. 4, and its inherent power as sovereign to control and conduct relations with foreign nations.

Once back home in London, I begin to feel uncomfortable and unsure about my VIP status.

The Baja Web site assures that getting rid of the microchip is a simple and harmless procedure, something like removing a splinter.

But the two doctors I consult in London's Harley Street disagree. Getting the microchip became serious business.

Hard to find

General practitioner Dr. Stuart Sanders referred me to consultant plastic surgeon Lena Andersson as soon as he realized he could not feel the microchip.

It was buried so deep inside my upper arm that Andersson sent me off for an X-ray, and even that did not help the doctors.

Although the microchip was visible on the X-ray, it was impossible to pinpoint the exact location in my arm as it was nowhere near the point of insertion.

Finding it involved surgery at the clinic and a severe dose of post-Baja regret. One night out in Barcelona has permanently seared into my upper left arm.

While splayed out on an operating table -- once again anaesthetized -- Andersson removed the chip using a high-tech sensor X-ray and two monitors to guide her to it.

The missing microchip was finally located -- more than a centimeter away from where it was inserted.

Andersson later explained that it was so difficult to remove because it was so small and soft.

"It is very soft. I understand why we had a problem finding it. You couldn't feel it and I couldn't feel it. The smaller they are, the more difficult they are to get out."

So, now I have a small microchip the size of a large piece of Basmati rice in a specimen jar as a souvenir -- I also have eight-millimeter scar on my upper left arm.

Um, like, you mean like the same Ford that took a cozy hayride to Washington a few years back, with Chrysler and GM, to, like, ask the government for taxpayer money to pay for their mistakes, because they all were "too big to fail" . . . ? You mean, like, that Ford?

Ford didn't take any bail out money. They had by chance taken out some very substantial loans shortly before the crash. They literally used the Ford Oval as collateral but as a result they didn't need to take a penny of tax payer money.

Tesla doesn't need to overtake Ford in sales . . . they just need to wait for Ford to bankrupt themselves again.

Since Ford has never been bankrupt you could be waiting a very long time for that.

And maybe . . . just maybe . . . the folks paying taxes won't be willing to pick up the tab this time around.

Maybe but the tax payers would be stupid not to. If GM failed the effects wouldn't be limited to just GM. The supply chain for all the car companies is interconnected and the supply base is much larger than GM itself. Supplier to GM also supply Ford and Toyota and the rest. GM going under would take a good chunk of the supply chain with them and then other car companies would follow. The CEO of Toyota even said outright that Toyota didn't want GM to fail because it would hurt them badly. GM failing would have been catastrophic for the US economy.

Um, like, you mean like the same Ford that took a cozy hayride to Washington a few years back, with Chrysler and GM, to, like, ask the government for taxpayer money to pay for their mistakes, because they all were "too big to fail" . . . ? You mean, like, that Ford?

Ford didn't take any bail out money. They had by chance taken out some very substantial loans shortly before the crash. They literally used the Ford Oval as collateral but as a result they didn't need to take a penny of tax payer money.

Tesla doesn't need to overtake Ford in sales . . . they just need to wait for Ford to bankrupt themselves again.

Since Ford has never been bankrupt you could be waiting a very long time for that.

And maybe . . . just maybe . . . the folks paying taxes won't be willing to pick up the tab this time around.

Maybe but the tax payers would be stupid not to. If GM failed the effects wouldn't be limited to just GM. The supply chain for all the car companies is interconnected and the supply base is much larger than GM itself. Supplier to GM also supply Ford and Toyota and the rest. GM going under would take a good chunk of the supply chain with them and then other car companies would follow. The CEO of Toyota even said outright that Toyota didn't want GM to fail because it would hurt them badly. GM failing would have been catastrophic for the US economy.

I underwent firearms training in a US state that also permitted, according to statue law, deadly force to prevent a variety of felonies in addition to severe bodily harm to us or someone else. We were advised in class that any such use of deadly force by us, mere citizens, would most likely result in a homicide conviction. Statute law is one thing, case law and jury outcomes are another. Heck, in some US states you can be found guilty of homicide for using deadly force to protect yourself from death or grievous bodily harm if a jury (making a judgement after the fact and not in the heat of the moment) determines that you had the opportunity to flee and did not avail yourself of that opportunity - sometimes even if you are in your own home. So-called "castle doctrine" and "stand your ground" laws address these in some US states, but not all.

The police are generally not under any such limitations. There was a case in Maryland (when I resided there) where an officer used deadly force against an unarmed, naked man, and that was thought to be be ok because the officer, standing in the doorway of his cruiser, was able to determine that the use of deadly force was necessary to protect himself from that extreme threat. I was under no illusion as to what result I could expect in court if, as a homeowner, I used deadly force against an unarmed, naked intruder in my home. I would be laughed all the way to jail if I claimed I had reasonable (not bare) fear of death or grievous bodily harm from the unarmed, naked guy.

I don't think allowing drones to pack deadly force is a good idea at all, not for private citizens and especially not for the police. The militarization of police in the US is already a big problem, and his (robot-deployed lethal force) is a line that we (our society) is crossing, and it is not a good one. The use of the police robot armed with explosives to kill the guy in Texas http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/09/opinions/dallas-robot-questions-singer/ was the first foray across this line, and others will probably follow. Not good at all, in my opinion.

Another step towards making subjects out of citizens.

...deeply implicated in Trump and Brexit elections.

Innuendo and conjecture unsupported by verifiable facts.

FACT: RT exists and has a pro-Russia - and therefore anti-Hillary - bias.

FACT: RT has a website where they sometimes post their biased US coverage which often ends up on facebook and twitter where innocent American eyes might see it.

FACT: Lying on the internet is completely equivalent to - if not actually worse than - hacking into government vote-counting machines or computers in swing states on election day and adding thousands of votes for Trump.

FACT: No American news organizations have any institutional biases of their own; agenda-driven, factually-deficient journalism is a complete unknown in the US; and Americans would never, ever, EVER meddle in anyone else's elections.

CONCLUSION: Russia hacked the election, Trump is Putin's puppet, and we must neutralize him immediately by any means necessary before he causes the annihilation of all life on earth.

QED

Holly shit, somebody *asked* 4Combinator to get rid of Peter Thiel? That is like Kristallnacht #2! It's lucky we have such erudites as Tim Allen (former star of "Home Improvement," a 90s sitcom) to keep us vigilant.

I was being generous. To the left.

One of Y-Combinator's partners cut ties because of Thiel. Not mentioned in the quote below, is that they "asked" Y-Combinator to let him go, else they would cut ties.

On Monday, Project Include, an organization aimed at increasing diversity in Silicon Valley, said it was cutting ties with Y Combinator because of its continued connection to Thiel.

"Thiel's actions are in direct conflict with our values at Project Include," read a post from Ellen Pao, who cofounded Project Include. "Giving more power to someone whose ascension and behavior strike fear into so many people is unacceptable. His attacks on black, Mexican, Asian, Muslim and Jewish people, on women, and on others are more than just political speech; fueled by hate and encouraging violence, they make each of us feel unsafe."

Those people on the Left, the ones who voted Democrat and riot when a conservative speaker is on campus - you're the people who keep pointing out similarities between Trump and Nazi Germany.

You don't see the similarities?

Sanctuary cities do not exist and nobody on the Progressive left talks about the need for them. Right?

Actually, they don't exist, especially not in the form that the Regressive right insists on falsely portraying them. They're pretty much just a straw-man where the right makes up false claims about lawlessness and crime in order to whip up a frenzy of hysteria.

Instead, what they are, is municipalities deciding that the Federal Government needs to be accountable, and forced to behave in a manner compliant with the law, by a policy of adherence to the strictures of law informing them that the cities won't knuckle under to their capriciousness. Not new, but a lingering problem for a supposed agency enforcing the law.

Of course, I'm old enough to remember when Janet Reno was demonized for returning Elian Gonzalez to his father. The mishandling of policies on Cuba is bad enough, but apparently we're supposed to decide parental rights on a whim?

So it's hypocrisy too. Even ignoring the other protests against the federal goverment, the silence on the failures of the immigration system is very telling.

Oh, I guess you are just another AC who's full of shit. Brave enough to hide in anonymity while claiming that I am being watched, as if you are a threat.

You're confused again, there's no threat to being judged, you're merely being observed, and recognized, for what your public behavior happens to be. It's called responsibility. You should recognize that as a natural consequence of communication. You spea

Sure, CNN doesn't want to talk about climate change.

That's why they run stories like this. To appease their big sponsors and parent corporation.

Right.

If I can replicate the experience to a good approximation in my house why would I bother going to a theater and paying a lot of money? Big screen? Got it. Popcorn? Check. Dark room? No problem. Good sound? Probably better than most theaters. What is he really offering me that I don't already have? Give me something more if you want me to make the extra effort to go to a theater.

Oh please, you're ridiculous. Theaters offer many valuable features you simply cannot easily get at home. Here's a few:

* teenagers using cellphones
* screaming kids (esp. in R-rated movies)
* people talking about the movie
* people talking *to* the movie
* arguments between patrons
* patrons shooting each other

Going to a movie at a theater isn't about technical specs, it's about the people there, who you get to have a shared viewing experience with. That's what's so special about going to a theater, and why you can't replicate it at home. At home, it's just a dry, inhuman experience with only you there alone, or maybe 1 or 2 other people. At a theater, you have a whole room full of wonderful people to share that experience with, along with all the other great things that come with being around other humans, including the talking, screaming kids, use of cellphones with bright screens, and shootings.

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What's the matter, Google too hard for you?

Your point about education in practice not being uniform is well-taken. Ironically, you then brought up water. Sadly, Flint is less of an aberration than we would hope. More than 17 million Americans have unsafe lead in the water.

Fortunately, it appears Gorsuch is also very critical of Kelo. According to CNN, in an email to a couple of friends at the time, Gorsuch praised Thomas' rather scathing dissent (interestingly, Scalia joined only in O'Connor's dissent, not Thomas').

It's interesting that Trump nominated Gorsuch. Trump seems to think Kelo was a "great" (or maybe "beautiful" or maybe just "pussy grabbing worthy" - I don't recall his exact words) decision. I'd guess that Trump wasn't aware of Gorsuch's views on Kelo before nominating him.

Change requires citizen buy-in.

Women's vote, civil rights, end to the Vietnam war..

... were all done by way of citizen activism.

Today, citizens want the jobs their parents had.

Sander's proposal to reign in greed would not have prevailed over Trump's promises of bringing jobs back to America.

Trump was elected on a single issue, - jobs - predominantly by undereducated rustbelt white women.

Don't fool yourself. Trump ran on racial anxiety, not economic insecurity.
Yeah the talking heads who don't want to upset the racist snowflakes by calling them racist say it was economic anxiety.
But the numbers say otherwise - during the republican primaries Trump voters averaged $72K/yr income.
That's $16K above the median national income.
He lost the $50K and under vote 53/41 in the general election too.

It easy to say bernie would have won, but he never had to run against trump and despite exaggerated portrayals of the DNC email leaks, clinton never took off the kid-gloves during the primary.

So your best defense of NASA's budget is that we also waste money on other things that are even stupider?

Depends if you think it needs defending. Think of what you get for your money from NASA compared to the F-35. You want to talk about wasting money? How about a billion dollars for 62 miles of wall/fence. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03...