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here, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...

I talked to her a little bit in July (autograph signing) and she seemed in really good shape then. I think the drugs did age her a lot more than she would have been otherwise (just look at pictures of her next to her mother) but physically she seemed just fine. I was really surprised to hear she had a heart attack, but that probably is a lingering effect of the drugs.

It almost makes you wan to not do coke to begin with!

Here you go...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

"A Wikileaks envoy today claims he personally received Clinton campaign emails in Washington D.C. after they were leaked by 'disgusted' whisteblowers - and not hacked by Russia.

Craig Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and a close associate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, told Dailymail.com that he flew to Washington, D.C. for a clandestine hand-off with one of the email sources in September.

'Neither of [the leaks] came from the Russians,' said Murray in an interview with Dailymail.com on Tuesday. 'The source had legal access to the information. The documents came from inside leaks, not hacks.' "

She won California by more than she "won" the country, 4.2 million votes to 2.8 million votes.

Outside of New York and California, Trump won by 3 million votes. Those two liberal states contributed more than twice her margin of "victory".

Daily Mail Story

Any attempt to eliminate the Electoral College and to elect the president by popular vote is a de facto attempt to concentrate political power in those two states even more so than it already is.

In fact, she won Cook County Illinois by nearly 1.1 million votes, and Los Angeles County California by nearly 1.3 million votes. Those two counties alone are 2.3 to 2.4 million of her 2.8 million vote "win", with the rest coming from either Manhattan or any two of Brooklyn, Queens, or Bronx.

Because the amount of vitamin D available in food sources is piss poor in general. The effective natural way to get it is to go on the sun. This has orders of magnitude more effect than diet.

Pretty much this. I'm gonna go into a "when I was a kid" thing now.

When I was a kid, we all got a lot of outside time, including the adults.

Then the sun and outdoors became our enemy. Relentlessly we were taught that even one sunburn could kill us http://www.dailymail.co.uk/hea...

Which of course is unmitigated bullshit.

But today, mothers, if they even allow their children to go outdoors, slather them in sunscreen because even if the child's skin turns pink, they are presumably killing the kid.

So now, we've raised a generation of people with Vitamin D deficiency.

Meanwhile, and considering how many people are alive who in earlier days spent a lot of time outdoors, and had a sunburn every year, you would think that Melanoma would have killed them all by now.

It isn't to ridicule melanoma, it sounds like a bad way do die. It's just that you don't take a creature like humans, who evolved in the outdoors, and turn them into cave critters and not have some repercussions.

A former British ambassador to Uzbekistan has some news on that too
"WikiLeaks figure says ‘disgusted’ Democrat leaked Clinton campaign emails" ( December 14, 2016)
http://www.washingtontimes.com...
"“The source had legal access to the information. The documents came from inside leaks, not hacks.”" (15 December 2016)
"EXCLUSIVE: Ex-British ambassador who is now a WikiLeaks operative claims Russia did NOT provide Clinton emails - they were handed over to him at a D.C. park by an intermediary for 'disgusted' Democratic whistleblowers"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...
All that fits in well with the "Julian Assange: 'A lot more material' coming on US elections" July 27, 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07...
'"Perhaps one day the source or sources will step forward and that might be an interesting moment some people may have egg on their faces."

The US is just seeing another domestic political Pentagon Papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Evidently, some Democrats decided Clinton's crap was too dirty NOT to reveal to the public...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Imagine that in a U.S. Presidential election, one of the candidates was so off the rails corrupt that one their own partisans decided to spill the beans on their activities...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Should we believe this...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Does this qualify as proof?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Don't look at this...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Here's some first-hand testimony to consider...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

This would seem to be proof that Russia had nothing to do with it.

"My money is still on a (non-Russian) pissed-off Bernie-backer as the real Wikileaks connection..." Ding ding ding, we have a winner!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

...here's the most likely answer...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

When you run an operation so corrupt and dirty that it pisses off your own people, you get outed...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/yelp-extortion/

http://nypost.com/2014/10/13/restaurant-fights-yelps-alleged-extortion/

https://www.facebook.com/YelpExtortion/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3046136/Is-Yelp-scared-bad-review-Company-defensive-filmmaker-nears-completion-documentary-exposing-website-s-extortion-small-businesses.html

And 126,000 other results on Google from a search for "Yelp extortion." Took all of 0.50 seconds.

Not to mention someone attached their name to the leaks and claims it was not Russia. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

With that heuristic, how about the part where Wikileaks hasn't released any documents that were proven to be fake?

I see they've recently put up a response to this: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/12/russian-bear-uses-keyboard/

There are other sources claiming Craig picked up the emails in a park in DC and that the main motive was how Bernie Sanders was thoroughly shafted in the primaries. I'd prefer a better source than the Daily Mail, but that's who interviewed him: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4034038/Ex-British-ambassador-WikiLeaks-operative-claims-Russia-did-NOT-provide-Clinton-emails-handed-D-C-park-intermediary-disgusted-Democratic-insiders.html

Unfortunately, almost all of the people who fought in WWII are gone now, or they'd tell you the most appropriate way to deal with Nazis: You blow their shit up until you get their attention, then you give them a choice of being good citizens

I wouldn't count on that.

Apparently the people who fought WWII aren't any more enthusiastic about having their countries handed out from underneath their feet than the alt-right are.

This guy bought out a movie theater to scalp the tickets but nobody wanted them: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new... I don't feel bad for him.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world they are aware of countdown traffic lights, which provide a much simpler solution to this problem.

And... they're off!

Hillary campaign bus involved in deadly crash.

And of course, CNN falsly admits it aired pornography for 30 minutes on thanksgiving.

Synopsis of previous link: 1) A Twitter user in the Boston area reported that CNN was airing hardcore pornography for 30 minutes through local provider RCN. 2) Picked up by The Independent, a leading left-of-center newspaper based in the United Kingdom. 3) Subsequently many other media outlets including Variety magazine, the U.K. Daily Mail, the New York Post, Esquire magazine and Mashable, &c. 4) Eventually, CNN actually confirmed that it did air “inappropriate content” and was seeking an “explanation” from RCN.

Of course, nothing of the sort happened.

Mainstream media has a bit of a credibility problem, yah?

Right wing gutter rag Daily Mail in the UK reports (complete with copious photographic coverage) that Kim Jong Un fed his uncle to pack of hungry dogs: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Alt-right news source Breitbart reports same (also complete with photographs of one of the canine perpetrators): http://www.breitbart.com/blog/...

The main stream press also reported this.

Summary of the previous two links:
1) This story appears as satirical post on a Chinese social media network.
2) The story appears in Wen Wei Po, a Hong Kong tabloid with a reputation for sensationalism.
3) The Singaporean Straits Times re-reports the story in english. At this point it seems to make the transition form satire to news.
4) The Western press (left, right and alt-rigth) jumps on board and reports story as fact (often complete with photographs of canine perpetrators).

It seems to me the alt-right press isn't any more professional than the mainstream media. I can believe that N-Korean state henchmen would sic dogs on a prisoner but 120 dogs? Kim himself and no less than 300 senior officials supervising? Really? One senior official supervising something is bad enough, 300 supervising the same event? There is something wrong with journalism in general regardless of political leaning.

As sympathetic as I am to calling it a "wacko conspiracy theory" it seems to me that this stuff is correctly called "fake news" because the fakery occurs at the level of the news.

* The sites aren't fake. They are real websites after all. That's too general.

* They aren't a fake New York Times (or whatever) site along the lines of a fraudulent banking site designed to steal your password. That's too specific.

* The news can't be "incorrect" or "wrong" if there was never any attempt to be correct. Fake medicine isn't medicine which was made badly, it's the wrong thing entirely. Likewise fake news takes the form of news but is not even an attempt to provide timely and accurate information.

Note that there is some intent implied by "fake" which is not present in "incorrect" or "wrong". Something can be wrong by accident. A broken Rolex watch which ticks off 59 seconds per minute because a part wore out is incorrect or wrong while a fake (e.g. counterfeit) Rolex watch doesn't happen by accident or act of nature. There is effort being put into the creation of this "fake news". Like that fake medicine it is designed to match the form without serving the function in order to make money...

* ...which is why fake news is not parody either. The point of parody is to, well, parody or satirize something, not specifically to generate profit.

Not that these are perfectly strict categories. "Timely and accurate information" is a pretty good definition of "news" but I bet someone will nitpick it (probably without adding much to the conversation). Of course most commercial real/fake/parody news websites are trying to make money. Still, it seems to me that "fake news" is the correct term for content which is designed to take the form of real news without serving the same function, just like a fake pill or a fake poodle.

Every assertion you have made is lacking the critical thinking 'Why?'

Why is a 97% cash based economy "just ridiculous?"

What is ridiculous and why is it bad?

It's bad because it facilitates corruption on multiple levels. Go to a store to buy something and inevitably the question pops up of whether you want a bill. The vendor offers you a discount if you pay cash and don't ask for a bill because that way he evades sales tax on that transaction. Most people would gladly pay cash and take the discount. With a card swipe the vendor has no choice but to account for the transaction and pay the tax on it. Multiply this across every store in the market, add gas stations, hospitals, basically anywhere money changes hands in cash and imagine the scale of tax evasion. Many people feel a sense of unfairness at the prospect of their income tax being deducted at source (@marginal 30%) when traders and business owners are getting by paying only a fraction of what they're supposed to.

Why should people not be allowed to purchase specific items with cash? Who decides that and why?

The majority of those paying cash aren't doing so just for the pleasure of it. They're doing it for a very specific purpose - to evade taxes. If the indirect tax net is broadened by discouraging these "off the books" transactions the government would be able (in theory at least) to rationalise direct taxes for the middle class who currently bear a good share of the income tax burden. Consider that over 50% of total tax revenues come from direct taxes (i.e. income tax) which are paid by less than 5% of the population. Note: this isn't the top 5% either.

Why is India an "annoying neighbor?" Why does that matter? Why is that relevant to what they do within their borders with their own currency system?

Okay, I'll count this one as a reading comprehension fail. My point was that India has an annoying neighbour that actively counterfeits Indian currency.

Why does it matter if people "can't be bothered to use the banking system?"

It matters because the promotion of a shadow economy has several drawbacks including rising tax rates, constraints on public sector spending and making econometric figures unreliable

Why is the banking system better? What does it provide that cash does not to the people that prefer cash?

How about security from theft and opportunities to earn interest?

Why do you believe interests rates dropping would be a good thing for people that can't take advantage of it?

It doesnt matter what I believe. The fact is lower interest rates are a significant factor in promoting and sustaining overall economic growth and economic growth leads to reduction in poverty levels

Why do you think that interest rates dropping would naturally lead to better infrastructure?

Not interest rates but increased tax revenues means more public funds available for infrastructure projects.

Why should someone that has cash let other people make money off of their work?

Oh I don't know - maybe because they benefit from public services like roads, sanitation and public healthcare?

Your post is

You mean besides it getting worse? How's that threat to democracy working out for you guys? And it's a trend? And it's a trend that continues to be constant or increasing. FYI you can find the actual poll data very easily.

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Twitter says it doesn't tolerate "hateful conduct". That's pretty vague.

I think US borders should be guarded so that people can only come here legally. Does Twitter consider that statement hateful?

Does Twitter consider showing pictures of the US flag on Cinco de Mayo hateful? These Americans were called "Racist a–holes” for flying the American flag in the US on Cinco de Mayo at a school. At the school,

officials had banned the practice to avoid violence threatened by Hispanic students celebrating Cinco de Mayo. The controversy developed in 2010, when school officials ordered students not to wear U.S. flag-themed shirts on the Mexican holiday. The ban has been upheld by a federal appeals court.

Does a picture of someone wearing a Trump hat "interrupt ... operations"?

If you say the words "he", "she", "him" and "her", are you being hateful because those words make gay people feel "marginalized"?

The last three examples are extreme, but they illustrate my point. Twitter has to be careful not to ban political statements because they don't agree with the statements. They should ban statements only if the author is trying to incite violence.

Thanks for repeating the Marxist talking points that are now prevalent throughout the West. Yes, the US has acted roughly to counter the Soviet actions. But no, Ernesto "Che" Guevara did not fight to end poverty, he fought because he was a psychopath who loved torture and murder. Fidel Castro was a fraud whose sex-drive was so strong it made him seek power so he could get all the women he wanted (women respond to fame and power). Everything else is a cover story for gullible fools who don't know the truth.

Fidel Castro had his own private island, a luxury yacht, $88 million stolen from the Cuban people, and a harem of mistresses. But he told you that he lived on $25 dollars a day and you believed him:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Che Guevara had his office sited so he could watch executions because he was a psychopath. He didn't join the Communist Socialists to advance the 'Revolution', he joined as it gave him a license to murder the people he was claiming to be helping.
The Truth about Che Guevara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The Truth about Fidel Castro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Does it never occur to you that perhaps it is you who doesn't know the TRUE history of these evil people? that perhaps you only know the widely-disseminated disinformation and propaganda of the Marxist-sympathizing mainstream media and actually believe the Marxist's false narratives - which fools you into advancing their evil agenda, which is not about helping people, it is about CONTROL by the 'elites' (sociopathic Collectivist leadership).

I hope you take time to learn the truth. That way you can start to see through the lies you've been told your whole life.

State's servers were also unsecured and unencrypted, plus they were continually hacked.

Excuse #23,563:

1) Can you name a time the email server for an Original Classification Authority has been hacked? SoS is right up there with the director of the CIA and the director of the FBI in terms of security and classified information.

2) It's a joke after all the whining that Russia is behind the hacks of the DNC and Podesta's emails. The FSK managed to hack both within a matter of weeks, yet they left Hillary's unsecured server alone, for years, because her server was secure, because reasons.

Once Republicans found out about her private email they would have turned that into a scandal regardless.

Back to square one - why hand them a scandal. And why hand them a scandal they could legitimately send you to prison for. Why do yourself what you lambasted Bush for doing, just two years previously...unless you're a trainwreck of political incompetence and corruption.

• "Our Constitution is being shredded. We know about the secret wiretaps, the secret military tribunals, the secret White House email accounts,â Clinton said. "It's a stunning record of secrecy and corruption, of cronyism run amok. It is everything our founders were afraid of, everything our Constitution was designed to prevent."

A brazen fool.

That's not how the federal government sees it.

Tell that to the sailor who recently reported to prison, for taking pics on his unsecured, unauthorized cell phone. Hillary didn't get off because she didn't do anything wrong, she got off because she is Hillary Clinton.

and some phone call talking points which were temporarily classified, but were not well marked.

Bogus excuse #30,895. And in this case, the sophistry behind the falsehood is much worse than the lie that she didn't send anything that was marked classified. Because this information was born classified. Think about it for two seconds: if the U.S. ambassador to India sends an email to the SoS about India's nuclear weapons program and the state of hostilities with Pakistan, is that information not classified until it is so marked? Of course not, because it's inherently classified, as Hillary knew full as one of the top security officials in the government, who had special training on how to handle this information. Exposing it on an unsecured server was not part of said training.

There's no evidence of any intentional wrongdoing, or substantive breech.

More sophistry. Intent is irrelevant. An actual breech is irrelevant. What matters is mishandling classified information, which Hillary indisputably did with her unauthorized, unsecured email server. Why anyone bothers to claim otherwise at this point is beyond me, after Mr. Saucier has served his first month in prison. When the very same DOJ that said Hillary 'did nothing wrong' gave him hard time, for far less exposure of classified evidence, where the same DOJ admits he had no intent to distribute.

Assange doesn't have the funds and probably also not the influence.
In any case, the whole "russians are hacking us" is mostly paranoia.

"Mostly" is being generous.

Assange took the unprecedented step to say specifically "it was not the Russians". He has stated that they never reveal their sources, so to go that far (eliminating Russia gives information about the actual source) he probably felt the fear-mongering was a prelude to a declaration of war, or at least minor hostility.

(And to be fair, it sure looked, at the time, that America was ginning up for a fight with Russia.)

And as for Clinton wanting to kill him, she specifically asked in a meeting "can't we just drone this guy", apparently was not joking, and as a result of the meeting the aides sent her a list of "legal and non-legal strategies" for dealing with assange.

But then again, this could be fake news. Hillary doesn't remember joking about Assange, and Snopes has the "drone strike" claim listed as "unproven".

(Note: The "legal and extra-legal" link is to a copy of the actual memo sent to Hillary.)

I almost forgot. Here is one example of the death threats Trump supporters have been handing out since his not-yet-verified election, not to mention a woman who took a picture with herself and Hillary Clinton after the election has been receiving death threats from Trump supporters.

And while we're on the topic of death threats, you conveniently forgot Trump supporters did the exact same thing during the primary.

But please, let's hear how it's only Hillary's supporters who are sending out death threats. After all, when it comes to Trump and his supporters, facts don't matter.

Unwanted pussy grabbing is not rape, it's sexual assault. All oranges are fruit but not all fruit are oranges.
To call all unwanted sexual gestures "rape" is to reduce the severity of the term and numb people to it.
Additionally, she let him. Just because YOU may not like sexual behavior doesn't mean no one does.

Show me a political candidate who kept their promises. The promises the public wanted them to keep.
This doesn't justify his actions, but it doesn't justify more condemnation than you would give to others.

People deflect the allegation that James Alefantis, the pizzagate guy, is a friend of the Clinton's by stating he is just some donor.
If that is a valid deflection, then stating that the KKK's endorsement of Trump does not mean he is a racist, is also valid.
However, since this is an exercise in finger pointing, I will mention a couple things that are true with evidence to back them up.
Hillary was very definitely, by her own repeated statements, friends with and mentored by Robert Byrd, a KKK member.
Additionally, Bill very definitely flew on Jeffrey Epstein's jet and visited his sex island on numerous occasions.

Elites in the white house... yes. Sadly that has always been the case.
It didn't start being a bad thing with Trump.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

Yes, chemical weapons were found. Almost all were US-made. There was no active chemical weapon program at the time of the invasion, though there was activity to look like one because it strengthened Saddam internally.

Feel free to prove me wrong with cites and facts.

Here are charts of A-level performance (national exams taken in the UK at the end of 12th grade) which have shown steady and significant improvements since the 1960s.

What you conveniently forget to mention is that there is a continuous and pervasive media discussion in the UK about whether A-level grades have been inflated over the past few decades. There are some studies suggesting inflation anywhere from two to three complete grade levels, but that may be media exaggeration. However, even more rigorous studies seem to indicate a decline in standards over the decades, even if things have been somewhat constant for the past 15 years or so. Even the first report you link starts out by talking about how A-level grades didn't increase as much as previously in 2012 due to adjustments made to try to hold standards constant.

And frankly, I'd be absolutely shocked if there weren't at least SOME decline. Back when A-levels were first introduced in the 60s, most people taking them were headed for elite colleges. The number of participants has increased something like 8-fold since that time. If the UK somehow managed to improve teaching THAT MUCH over the past 50 years while simultaneously increasing the number of students who previously wouldn't have even considered college to take the exam... well, it would be the greatest educational miracle in the history of the world!

Bottom line is that I don't think we can draw any conclusions about "kids overall" from such stats. Standards may have changed over time. More kids take the exam, which are pooled from different demographic groups. If I had to guess, I'd assume that UK kids are probably somewhat better off in terms of "book material" than their forebears, though independent assessments of reasoning skills (i.e., non-curricular tests similar to IQ tests), etc. seem to show mild declines.

Take from that what you will... but I wouldn't just look at those graphs and assume, "Oh, everybody's so much smarter!!"

Blah blah. There's a clear distinction between equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome.

Which has nothing to do with your conceptualization of either. You really don't have to think of them as having poles.

It's not a presumption, it's a reflection of reality. The arrogantly presumptuous are the ones who want to deny reality and force-fit the world into their presumed idea of what should be.

Yes, yes, you'll proclaim you're the one with the greater connection to reality, which doesn't make you seem at all arrogant, so you can completely avoid thinking about the presumptions you're continually making.

This is very important for you. Very much so.

You presume the impression is false. Women can make up their own mind. Gender studies reveal that differences between interests in the sexes are innate that go beyond any kind of social construct.

You presume that there are no false impressions, and that people are not influenced by outside effects. Numerous studies reveal the existence of a multitude of factors that influence life choices, even irrespective of gender.

It has a bad name because of the actions and words of feminists.

Nope, it has a bad name because it's important for its opponents that it has a bad name. It's not new. It's standard practice.

They beat up Western society over a mythical rape culture while condemning those who speak out against importing Muslims from societies with actual rape culture problems.

Ah, now you're still confused about that. Really, no matter how many times you rant about it as if it were some intent to foster those attitudes, the whole point is to get the refugees into a position where they can be influenced for the better. Has no one ever been able to set you straight, or will you keep on screaming about it in obtuse hysteria for a few more years?

They cry for safe spaces and preferential treatment.

I just don't know if it's a joke.

I really don't.

I actually do think he's that unable to handle criticism. It reminds me of the past.

They've created a culture where a man can be tried for sexually assaulting a woman while video evidence shows what was claimed was clearly impossible.

Yes, yes, and we have a world where a father complains that his son was punished excessively for 20 minutes of action, where a man got a suspended sentence for raping his 12-year old daughter, well, we could trade dueling stories for a long while.

They've created a culture where the female star of The Big Bang Theory felt fine figuratively giving her fans the finger when they complained after she cut her hair, but fell over herself backpedaling after the media made a big ruckus when she said didn't identify as a feminist, because, you know, she didn't really face inequality, and that, *gasp*, she likes cooking for her husband.

I know, how terrible. Thank god the feministas set her straight.

A celebrity comment's is considered meaningful? What a world! What is it shaped like?

Here since you are too stupid to bother looking up for yourself.

She never claimed she was poisoned, NYT made it up. She never claimed Trump got questions early, he was mad about her interview before, NYT made it up.

Sorry you are so stupid you believe the NYT even after their quoted source says they lied about what she said. You are here complaining about fake news, while promoting news you KNOW to be fake as real. Its fascinating to me that you would try and refute an easily debunked lie (takes 5 seconds).

The source isn't some unrecorded statement from Megyn Kelly, the source is her book. Are you claiming that the NYT broke into her publisher are re-wrote her book?

Here since you are too stupid to bother looking up for yourself.

She never claimed she was poisoned, NYT made it up. She never claimed Trump got questions early, he was mad about her interview before, NYT made it up.

Sorry you are so stupid you believe the NYT even after their quoted source says they lied about what she said. You are here complaining about fake news, while promoting news you KNOW to be fake as real. Its fascinating to me that you would try and refute an easily debunked lie (takes 5 seconds).

Merkel kissing up to Obama's wanting "creating places where people can say, this is reliable" . Along with the media reporting fake news about fake news. CBS quoting a study from Buzzfeed, fucking Buzzfeed. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fa... .

Obama and Merkel are a bit too close http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix...

The cost increase is because it's more expensive to install the suicide nets in American factories:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

The UK has been doing "creative accounting" to lie about the amounts they are putting into defense.
 

Wow, well its in the Daily Mail so it must be true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

its all true!

The UK has been doing "creative accounting" to lie about the amounts they are putting into defense.

At the same time, China is massively increasing their defense spending with both official numbers, and much larger unofficial numbers...

He wasn't looking well the last tine he was arrested for...

Interesting. The lad looks a little like this fellow from Nagasaki http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com...

Could be a coincidence of course. The only thing close I could think of would be meth issues.

He wasn't looking well the last tine he was arrested for... wait for it... stealing once again to try to get material for a new reactor.

He ended up being hospitalized for bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia, and had been on medication for schizophrenia ever since. His mother was also schizophrenic. He led an interesting life...
   

And yet the folks committing violent acts and mayhem in American cities are leftists.

I assume you're talking about the anti-Trump protests, yes? So far, they seem to be relatively peaceful. A quick summary from the linked article:

1. Nearly 2,000 protesters gathered in downtown Chicago chanting "Not my president" and "F*** Trump" outside Trump International Hotel & Tower. Police said they arrested five people mostly for obstructing traffic and criminal trespass.
2. In New York, thousands of protesters could be heard chanting and banging drums as they marched past Rockefeller Center up Sixth Avenue... At least 65 people were arrested, NBC New York reported, quoting police. Most of the arrests appeared to be for disorderly conduct.
3. More than 100 people shut down a major highway through downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night NBC Los Angeles reported. As of midnight local time (3 a.m. ET Thursday), 13 people were arrested.
4. Police said more than 7,000 people mobilized in Oakland, California, where tear gas and flash-bang grenades were deployed. Bottles, rocks and firecrackers were thrown at officers, reported NBC Bay Area. Thirty people were arrested on charges including vandalism and unlawful assembly, and three officers were hurt.

NBC's article mentions many other protests, but the above were the ones I could find where arrests were reported.

I haven't seen the KKK, the Neo Nazis, or the Skinheads doing this for the last 8 years whilst Obama has been President.

You're not serious, are you? Come on -- must I really demonstrate that the Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazis and skinheads are violent, regardless of who sits in the Oval Office? Fine. Here are recent examples of violence related to these groups:

1. At a June 26th 2016 Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, CA, Six Klan members were arrested after using a flagpole to stab protesters.
2. On June 8th, 2014, Jerad Miller and his wife Amanda killed two police officers and left a swastika on one of their victims.
3. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., founder of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, killed 3 at a Jewish community center in April of 2014, including a 14-year-old boy.

And that list above isn't comprehensive, nor does it cover incidents beyond the last two years. A complete list a violence associated with the Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazis and skinheads within the last 8 years would likely fill volumes, but I assume I've made my point.

Perhaps the real problem is... the left!

You're welcome to think what you like, but if you'd dare to take just a minute to step outside of the Fox News conservative echo chamber, you might discover that folks on the left are not nearly as bad as you've been told.

Is Samsung being unfairly further beat up here because of the laser of media attention on it now?

Yes.

What do the objective facts say.

The public i don't think is privy to much in the way of real stats.
But anecdotally...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

http://www.phonearena.com/news...

http://www.windowscentral.com/...

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobile...

From which we can objectively say that other phones catch fire too.

And I wouldn't worry about the J5 too much... it looks like a cut down version of the S5. Hardly cutting edge or pushing any boundaries. It came out in June 2015. So 18 months... one handset. People are definitely just attaching it to the samsung hype.

Think again: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...
People have predictable passwords, your character set is typically limited to ~64 characters out of 256.

To know whether a password is cracked, you can check various methods: does it include untypable characters, is the data returned structured (you could expect e.g. a signature matching known database formats) does it have a high degree of randomness and after that, does the password work.

In your example you have a high degree of semicolons, so your structure is password semicolon. Even if I knew nothing about how your program stores passwords (which is trivial to find out even in closed source software), there is a non random pattern.

Sell the Peshmerga real weapons and Iraq won't touch them.

We already have special forces...I'm sorry, "advisors"....embedded with the Peshmerga in Iraq/Syria, so we probably aren't too far away from arming them if we haven't already. There's even photos of special forces fighting with Kurds in Syria (if you need proof besides the beards that they are special forces, in the second picture the soldier in the back is carrying an FN SCAR which is only issued in special forces in the US military).

e're seeing it now with the new MacBook 'Pro' that nobody likes.

But which for some reason, people are ordering in record numbers .

You miss the part where Donna Brazile was the person who fed Clinton at least two questions, right down to the information on the person who was going to be asking the question? Guess so. It's only been all over the media for the last week, and only picked up steam after CNN canned her and the boss of CNN publicly came out to blast her.