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All that is happening now in the US has happened before in Europe. You need evidence? Just google "Putin far right funding" or "Putin Trolls". Here, let me give you a hand:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
http://www.businessinsider.de/...
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...

Putin is leading a full-scale propaganda war against the west, intended at undermining trust in our democarcies and our institutions.

Time to wake up, America.

This might also interest you in particular:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

All that is happening now in the US has happened before in Europe. You need evidence? Just google "Putin far right funding" or "Putin Trolls". Here, let me give you a hand:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
http://www.businessinsider.de/...
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...

Except it's not BS. I'm multilingual and follow some main online news publications of different European countries. What the US has witnessed now has been happening in Europe since Russia annexed Crimea. Russian government trolls are flooding discussion forums with pro-Putin and anti NATO / western propaganda, linking to phony stories on Russian news websites for "proof". They try to undermine trust in our democratic institutions spreading all kinds of wild conspiracy theories while accusing others of conspiracy theories when they are called out.
Russia is leading a full-scale propaganda war against the west, trying to change public opinion while funding far-right groups across Europe. They are basically trying to destabilize us. It's no joke:

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
http://www.businessinsider.de/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...

I guess Russia has recently extended its operations to the US and has been disturbingly successful. The weakest candidate - Trump - became president, and the Duma applauded and cheered:

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

For the life of me, I can't figure out why people are in denial about Russia's involvement in attacking our electoral process.

Sure, you can find Macedonian teenagers, and idiots in California who claim that "only conservatives fall for fake news" and that it "doesn't work with liberals" (...) but that's a side show.

Start here, and read it until you grasp what is going on:

Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say

The flood of "fake news" this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining faith in American democracy, say independent researchers who tracked the operation.

Russia's increasingly sophisticated propaganda machinery including thousands of botnets, teams of paid human "trolls," and networks of websites and social-media accounts echoed and amplified right-wing sites across the Internet as they portrayed Clinton as a criminal hiding potentially fatal health problems and preparing to hand control of the nation to a shadowy cabal of global financiers. The effort also sought to heighten the appearance of international tensions and promote fear of looming hostilities with nuclear-armed Russia.

Two teams of independent researchers found that the Russians exploited American-made technology platforms to attack U.S. democracy at a particularly vulnerable moment, as an insurgent candidate harnessed a wide range of grievances to claim the White House. The sophistication of the Russian tactics may complicate efforts by Facebook and Google to crack down on "fake news," as they have vowed to do after widespread complaints about the problem.

https://www.washingtonpost.com...

Then continue here:

A collection of articles on Russia influence operations in the United States:

The threat from Russia
22 Oct 2016

How to contain Vladimir Putins deadly, dysfunctional empire

FOUR years ago Mitt Romney, then a Republican candidate, said that Russia was Americas number-one geopolitical foe. Barack Obama, among others, mocked this hilarious gaffe: The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because the cold wars been over for 20 years, scoffed the president. How times change. With Russia hacking the American election, presiding over mass slaughter in Syria, annexing Crimea and talking casually about using nuclear weapons, Mr Romneys view has become conventional wisdom. Almost the only American to dissent from it is todays Republican nominee, Donald Trump.

http://www.economist.com/news/...

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Belching smoke through the Channel, Russian aircraft carrier so unreliable it sails with its own breakdown tug
22 Oct 2016

The ageing Russian aircraft carrier that sailed through the English Channel escorted by the Royal Navy has been plagued by years of technical problems and is accompanied everywhere by a tug in case it breaks down.

The plumbing is so bad on the 55,000 ton Admiral Kuznetsov that many of its toilets cannot be used, while it has had repeated problems with its power and a string of accidents, naval experts said.

The Soviet-era warship is leading a flotilla of eight naval vessels to the eastern Mediterranean, where its aircraft are expected to join a renewed assault on the rebel-held city of Aleppo.

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

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Yes, 17 intelligence agencies really did say Russia was behind hacking
21 Oct 2016

Donald Trump

"I am a proud lifelong fighter for womenâ(TM)s issues, because I firmly believe whatâ(TM)s good for women is good for America."
-- https://www.hillaryclinton.com...

Then launches straight into propagating the mythical pay gap and the exceedingly misandrist "violence against women" bullshit.

Anything done to improve womens pay relative to mens that doesn't include making them do the same fucking work is a direct attack on men. I've yet to see any "violence against women" legislation or government funding that doesn't demonise, penalise or heavily disadvantage men.

On the 'white' front, Clinton gave anti-white racists speaking slots at the Democratic Convention - see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

You're welcome to challenge whether this is 'actively' demonising or not, but at no point did I ever see anything from Clinton that actually acknowledged let alone support white men.

I mean, a news outlet called "Telegraph"? I would never have thought of that before... Oh, wait...

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!!"

They are a fairly direct correspondence to free markets versus communism. We see equal opportunity being quashed in the name of equal outcomes.

Only because your choice of conceptualization requires you to be mislead that way. So you see things that aren't there, since you can't imagine them otherwise. The idea space is actually more complex than your views seem to encompass.

And numerous studies also reveal the inherent differences between the sexes, so force-fitting equality of outcome is an active step in sexism instead of letting people make their own choices.

Yes, yes, that's the windmill you're tilting against, thinking they're actual giants. They're windmills, Don Quixote. Not even alive! And they serve a useful purpose.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. You're seriously claiming that Western societies should import rape culture to teach them not to commit sexual assaults and rape?

Nope! I'm telling you that refugees deserve a chance to get out of it, so they aren't suffering from it.

I swear, it's like you have no idea how obvious you are.

I guess those 1,400 girls in Rotherham and the 1,200 women in Cologne can console themselves in doing their part.

Sadly, they are not alone, as sexual abuse scandals have rocked the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, Jehovah's Witnesses, various factions of Mormons, Penn State and more. Just last month, Operation Cross Country X picked up almost 100 minors, and over 200 traffickers. Internationally? The scope may be titanic.

All I can give you is commiseration, sorry.

The amount of liberal stupidity here is through the roof.

That's ok, no worse than the conservatives who seem to be intent on diving into the basement.

It's a finished basement, so it's concrete you know, concrete. It really hurts when you hit it.

Trump's childishness doesn't excuse the childishness coming out of feminists, and more broadly, to the diaper-wearing "social justice" movement.

That's ok, for me it's about taking the pretentiousness out of such claims. Lots of childishness to go around.

If this shocks you, I have only to remind you of Niven's 17th Law.

So a father is defending his son. And? Do you think there's a murder culture every time a mother defends her murdering son?

It may surprise you to learn that mothers are criticized all the time for defending their children, and yes, there are allegations of such cultures. Haven't you heard of them? Or you know, spoken of them yourself.

But enough of that, look at the defense the man chose to include. He'd have been a lot wiser to be more selective. Ah, such hubris on his part. When the sentence to others, was laughably lenient.

It could be it was consensual and hence statutory rape.

Way to look for excuses there. At least stick to the man having severe brain damage or something.

Yeah, it's still sick, but I don't see this as any evidence for "rape culture" of the hysterical nature demonstrated so profoundly by the Rolling Stones gang rape hoax that gained nationwide attention.

Is that supposed to bother me for some reason? I wasn't making that argument, I was pointing out that the world contains many facets to it. You can link o

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?

Only if you perceive it that way. If the "world" is a toroid, there are no poles.

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

And this is where your presumption comes in, as you are asserting in your argument that their interests do not lie there, a claim of a nature that has a long history of being invalid, with a variety of manifestations.

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.

What if the goal is to remove the impediments that create the false impression that their interests do not lie there?

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.

Npoe, modern feminism has a bad name because of the aforementioned desire to get it conceptualized as harmful.

It has a bad name because of the actions and words of feminists. 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. They cry for safe spaces and preferential treatment.

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.

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.

What happened to the story about Facebook censoring rightwing news? Where such a fuss was made that the Cons got a face to face with Zuck himself?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec...

More rightwingnut noisemaking bullshit. To paraphrase Trump, they whine & whine & whine until they get their way

Not cataracts, my apologies. AMT. A different (less well known) cause of blindness. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

Not cataracts, my apologies.

AMT. A different (less well known) cause of blindness.

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

Insurance companies profit margins are 6%, which is pathetic. Government workers are afficiandos of pocketing inordinate sums of money for nothing. You've bought into the deception.

when the attacker controls a rogue WiFi access point

Why? It would seem, the technique can be used with a perfectly passive radio-receiver, which would not be (mis)taken for an access point at all.

BTW, are you covering your mouth, when you talk outside? Your words can be deciphered from far away by a lip-reading expert (or software). Supposedly, only 30-40% of English language can be "read" over the speaker's lips alone. That may be true for human lip-readers, but there is software, that claims 93.4% success rate. The attack described in TFA has only 68% accuracy... For now...

When is this weasel Assange going to release info on his dictator benefactor Putin?

Perhaps Russian documents are really harder to pull. Remember Russian secret services went back to typewriter in fear of leaks.

So cancelling orders (his apparent "crime" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fin...) is now illegal in USA. Wonder what the market impact of that will be.

Also why did UK allow the extradition. He wasn't in USA and quite possibly didn't break any laws where he was; this looks like USA doing the usual thing of trying to make it's own laws global.

Mainly because at the start of the year it was excessively over-valued. A correction was due.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fin...

But it's ok, keep blaming someone else for your own lack of financial planning.

...the human ability to bullshit, and to obfuscate that bullshit, is evolutionary: there's a direct and obvious competitive advantage to anyone who can do so.

To detect it would take massive heuristics capable of dealing with vagueness and uncertainty, and coming to conclusions that are at best only probable; I suspect that any such algorithm would ITSELF be vulnerable to confirmation bias, just like a person.

What happened to MS's Tay? She turned into a nazi sex robot within 24 hours. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec...

Having such a system boil it down to a shorthand "this article is rated as 4 our of 5 stars of truthiness!" is not only absurdly reductionist, it ultimately adds another 'gameable' for those looking to take advantage of lazy people who just want someone to tell them what to think.

Sorry, evaluating "truth" in statements - like "I do not have a private email server" or "OK I have a private email server, but I didn't use it for official emails" or "well I used it for official emails but nothing secret" or "OK, yes, I used it for secret emails but nothing really secret"* - is something you as a human ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THE OLD-FASHIONED HARD WAY.

*I'm sorry, were you thinking of another candidate whose statements need constant validation? Does it matter which I'm talking about? Or did my use of that example ALONE color your valuation of my words? Do I lose a truthy-star in your estimation?

Sure, they saved some money when they stiffed Russia for their gas bill, but not enough to be able to spend on frivolous things.

Considering how much money the Russian puppet Yanukovych stole from Ukraine before he fled into the arms of Russia, and how much Russia owes Ukraine for the damage it is causing by its invasion and support of the terrorists in East Ukraine, Russia is the one who is spending money on frivolous things it can't afford.

Since we now know how much money Russia is spending to support the terrorists in Ukraine, as well as its plans to try and destabilize Ukraine, it's no wonder you think Ukraine is poor for wanting to be out from under the thumb of Russian corruption.

Then again, with the continuing stream of dead Russian soldiers leaving Ukraine, Putin is having to dig deep to pay out death benefits to the families. Speaking of digging deep, how about all those unmarked graves of dead Russian soldiers sprinkled about Ukraine? How much to you think that's costing Putin?

How much would you bet that any work done to develop this is paid for by U.S. tax dollars so that it can all be funneled back to some big defense contractor?

Considering the theft Putin is perpetrating in Crimea by stealing people's property and businesses, perhaps you should be asking how many of your rubles are going into Putin's pockets and the pockets of his oligarch friends?

According to the Telegraph, which being a strongly Tory paper is hardly pro-EU, their estimate as of a month ago was that the vote exclusion affects 3 million Brits. So my apologies for getting it wrong, it should be 3 million but I'll admit that I expect this has a large margin of error but not large enough to drop it to 700k and almost certainly enough to call into question the referendum result.

So if the story I linked is true and they do scrap the exclusion how about a rematch after we all get to vote? If it is only 700k of us who are affected and support for Brexit has remained constant since the referendum what have you got to lose?

Maybe you should check those stats...

http://www.independent.co.uk/l...
http://bgr.com/2016/10/03/ipho...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/m...
http://www.express.co.uk/life-...

This doesn't seem to have been reported anywhere other than the Telegraph and the Intercept.

And Donald Trump wins the Other Brother Darl award.

Not according to every single UN report on the subject, up to and including just days ago, but by all means, keep being a dictator's internet propagandist.

FYI, since you're late to the party, there no longer is anything called "Al-Nusra". The name changed to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham when they broke from al-Qaeda.

The reason for this is that India provides FREE ELECTRICITY to farmers, giving them no incentive whatsoever to conserve.

Just between us Chachalacas, one might think, just possibly, mayb kinda sorta.....

They have too many fucking people!

But don't worry, there is no problem at all, because Godwin is always wrong.

That's the thing, Earth can accomodate an infinity of people. Removing enough Oxygen to make water to hand to a few billion people forever is just about the smartest idea ever.

But here is the thing. does India or any other country have the right to remove huge amounts of Oxygen from the atmosphere?

The women's safety prize is a good idea, but India's male attitude toward women is the real problem. In a country where rape is caused by unclothed or scantily clad mannequins inciting lust in males, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new..., firearms might be a better thing for women to carry.

The West has been placing devices in Russia for years.
"Russian 'spy rock' was genuine, former chief of staff admits"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
"... accepted that Britain did indeed plant a "spy rock" despite attempts by the then-prime minister to dismiss the story and denials of improper conduct by the Foreign Office."
Britain admits 'fake rock' plot to spy on Russians
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
A lot of spy devices are distance sensitive. So a good idea of the inner device location is needed and the location for a collection or helper device.
By altering the GPS, measurements for device placement by spies gets tricky. Any more power than needed a device risks detection. Not enough and signal is too week to get out of secure area.
Readers might recall the ANGRYNEIGHBOR, SURLYSPAWN, VAGRANT, DROPMIRE, SURLYSPAWN and the note about TAWDRYYARD and gps.
Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox (December 29, 2013)
http://www.spiegel.de/internat...
A hired spy with local time limited access placing a device is then 10 feet out? 100ft ? Pacing the building with funny walk might be off limits or get seen on gait analysis from CCTV. Past sketches, plans or details might have altered with upgrades or have come from double agents sent to West with amazing stories of fiction about layout.
So expecting gps to work well at all times was needed to get fine tuning of device to outside support device by spy.

Many studies have indicated that people are happier when they feel well-off compared to others as opposed to being well-off in an absolute sense.

https://sciencehouse.wordpress...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
http://livingeconomics.org/art...
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-mo...
http://content.time.com/time/h...

It's a bit distressing to learn that we get a kick from schadenfreude, but there it is.

He wants to ban all Muslims from entering the US. If that's not an "agenda that is against equality", then what is?

For women, apparently Google's your friend:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wom...

When you endorse a candidate you bind yourself to them warts and all. Don't like it? Rescind it and tell people you regret it... such as..
http://rarehistoricalphotos.co...

That "material support" argument was made at Bradly Manning's trial and was not allowed, so legally that isn't going to cut it. I'm not sure that is or should be the final word, but there it is.

As to that "making videos and speeches" line .... I assume you're referring to Anwar al-Awlaki? If so you considerably understate his role. Were the propagandists of the Soviet Communists, Italian Fascists, and German National Socialists unconnected to their crimes and aggression? al-Awlaki was more than just a propagandist, he was a recruiter, operational planner, and more.

Anwar al-Awlaki: Drone kills US-born preacher who inspired lone wolf terrorists

One official said Awlaki was involved in the printer bomb packages found at East Midlands airport last year.

The Yemeni outfit had developed bombs that contained no metal and were so hard to detect that police missed the material on first inspection.

To distract police, Awlaki put a copy of Great Expectations in the packages. His finger prints were found on the book.

yeah, because london is such a cheap place to live in, you have to be extra wealthy to be able to afford an iphone. maybe you're also living in a reality distortion field, only of the "i'm such a poor victim, why do you call me racist scum"-variety?

Right. Maybe the statistics are racist as well. 12.4% of London residents are Muslim, with some areas at nearly 50%. 28% of London residents live in poverty.

Given the manifesto has no standing in law, no, you do not vote for the manifesto. You vote for your MP.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

re 'There's about 0 overlap between civilian nuclear reactors and submarine power plants."
The UK has has 3 historic nuclear issues to think about.
In the very early days it trusted the USA to share atomic work as an equal. The UK never got anything back and had to start its own expensive work.
Tube Alloys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... "The United States terminated cooperation after the war ended."
That was a huge issue that shaped the UK's thinking on ever trusting the US again for generations.
"The cost for a new nuclear submarine power plant" would be in buying US turnkey stock or a shared US platform again.
The second issue is Scotland and the one site the UK really needs to work on its subs. With the EU, calls for Scotland to alter its role in the UK again, having a new site in England is now more vital.
"Britain will lose nuclear capability for 20 years if Scotland votes for independence" (24 Oct 2012)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
A new site for fuel, modern sub repair and work within England would be a new cost.
As for the overlap, recall the origins of the materials, Capenhurst Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Sellafield, Chapelcross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..., the use of the Magnox reactors. Recall how long Calder Hall was kept running for military plutonium? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Tritium from Chapelcross. Dual-purpose sites, with electric power production.
The history of the UK's thinking on power production and its military needs is very easy to find.
So now the new reactors are been considered. What new weapon designs would be needed to replace Trident?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
" One othe the public options considered was: ...the UK would need to develop effective warheads for cruise missiles, which would necessitate the construction of two additional submarines to "fill the gap" between the expiration of the current fleet and the launch of an alternative cruise missile-based system in approximately 2040."

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

You are making numerous assumptions based on incomplete information.

Who declared you God that you have the authority to judge bad Laws?

You are viewing everything you mentioned as "evil" without stopping to consider that _every_ side has _both_ a Pro and a Con. i.e. You are assuming every slave was mistreated. If you'd watch The Butler you'd actually understand not every servant was mistreated.

What are you also completely missing is that while there is a time and a place for civil disobedience those times are extremely rare.

Lastly you are ignorant about mass consciousness and its development. Why do "bad" laws even get passed in the first place??? There was slavery and segregation at one time because most people at that time were too spiritually immature to understand a higher perspective. Very few people's soul (pun intended) life purpose is to bring about enlightenment. The majority of people purpose is not to be a political activist -- their role is to be Artists, Scientists; they change the world by changing them self which is the first step in changing the world.

AGW (aka Chicken Little) activist cause. You guys play that card too often. When somebody reminds folks that the predictions for warming have been amazingly WRONG over an amazing number of predictions, for decades, your response cannot POSSIBLY be to pretend to honestly claim ignorance of all those predictions - not when they are the very predictions you people used in those previous years!

For those who are actually curious and lack the skills to Google for yourself, try starting here

When was that prediction made? Did they predict an entirely ice free arctic, or just one that is ice free in summer? Did they predict the entire arctic would be ice free, or just the central basin? (If they predicted the central basin would be ice free by 2016 then that was a good prediction; it's not that far wrong; give it a couple of years.)

It was widely reported in the news at the time, and you can still find some of them up. Here are some details.. Apparently that scientist was still making predictions this year. Note: other scientists disagreed with them.

iPhone 7 exploded in transit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple...

iPhone 6 exploded in user's pocket:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

Elon had already done so...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec...

That article includes the wonderfully tautologous statement that we may live in a computer simulation run by our descendants.

Elon had already done so...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec...

I don't know.

But you _can_ copyright it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cul...

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press...

Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities.

From the group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the State Department, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent; 36 chains contained Secret information at the time; and eight contained Confidential information, which is the lowest level of classification. Separate from those, about 2,000 additional e-mails were “up-classified” to make them Confidential; the information in those had not been classified at the time the e-mails were sent.

That is 110 counts of Felony mishandling of classified information.

With respect to the thousands of e-mails we found that were not among those produced to State, agencies have concluded that three of those were classified at the time they were sent or received, one at the Secret level and two at the Confidential level. There were no additional Top Secret e-mails found. Finally, none of those we found have since been “up-classified.”

There are three more counts.

Now, as to the government issued cell phone, she was offered a Blackberry like every other government employee, she chose instead to have her own Blackberry, so how did she exactly avoid the "poor excuse" for a cell phone?

http://www.politico.com/story/...

As well, the fact that she failed to turn over official records, that were improperly stored and destroyed breaks the records retention laws that were clarified after she left office, but were always assumed to cover email as well as paper.

https://www.archives.gov/about...

You can choose to believe that she did nothing wrong, but fact is, she committed many felonies, and concealed evidence of them by running her own server. We will never know what she did or didn't do for Benghazi, but we do know that she destroyed emails related to it. It is rather hard to run an investigation when the party is destroying evidence the whole time.

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

It is quite clear that there are many emails not delivered to the investigation. and in fact, there were several emails requesting additional security before the attack that were ignored, that would have been sent to Clinton, but none were in her email dump. In fact, other countries had already closed their embassies at that time, so it isn't like no one knew there were issues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

But, I wasn't even speaking about Benghazi, you bring tha

Please cite your long list of examples of these toys being used in such a dangerous way

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-drone-near-miss-lax-20160318-story.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2014/07/08/two-drones-nearly-collide-with-nypd-helicopter-operators-arrested/#1294615f1db8
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/09/travel/unmanned-drone-danger/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/dec/23/champion-skier-marcel-hirscher-has-near-miss-as-drone-falls-out-of-sky
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30369701
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/europe/uk-drone-near-miss/index.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/faa-reports-more-aircraft-drone-near-misses-1417025519
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/29/ny-bound-pilot-swerves-to-avoid-collission-with-drone.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3251543/Drone-owners-forced-register-devices-tracking-database-four-near-misses-aircraft-past-month-alone.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12180261/Number-of-near-misses-involving-drones-and-aircraft-quadruples-in-one-year.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-37042796
http://gothamist.com/2016/09/20/man_maybe_arrested_drone_crash.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/us/white-house-drone.html?_r=0
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/05/25/drone-crashes-hits-2-people-during-marblehead-parade/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/22/world/drug-drone-crashes-us-mexico-border/index.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/drone-crashes-stands-u-s-open-article-1.2348324
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/07/02/drone-crashes-in-brighton-mans-backyard/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/07/drone-crashes-into-yellowstone-hot-spring/13721055/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/drone-crash-university-kentucky-football-game-could-land-student-hot-water/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/drone-crashes-empire-state-building-man-arrested/story?id=36729221

Yes -- even in the womens' races.

Trying to organize scientist into a vast, disciplined conspiracy is laughable

Remember CRU emails controversy?

The third shocking revelation of these documents is the ruthless way in which these academics have been determined to silence any expert questioning of the findings they have arrived at by such dubious methods â" not just by refusing to disclose their basic data but by discrediting and freezing out any scientific journal which dares to publish their critics' work. It seems they are prepared to stop at nothing to stifle scientific debate in this way, not least by ensuring that no dissenting research should find its way into the pages of IPCC reports.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html

So I have your assurance that they are scientists and scientists don't engage in conspiracy. And then I have the actual evidence form their own emails.

Oh, but the university investigated itself and assured us that the investigation found nothing wrong so everything is okay.

The above quote talked about "freezing out". Read for yourself. Someone submitted a paper that questioned climate change. Michael Mann's reaction? Get "the community" organized in shunning this journal.

I think that the community should, as Mike H has previously suggested in this eventuality,
      terminate its involvement with this journal at all levels--reviewing, editing, and
      submitting, and leave it to wither way into oblivion and disrepute,
      Thanks,
      mike

http://di2.nu/foia/foia2011/mail/0255.txt

But surely all "the community" are "obstreperous free thinkers" and didn't cooperate; they were cheering for this brave attempt to publish a paper that does not agree with consensus. Maybe you can find me an email from the "climategate" archive where someone, anyone at all, pushed back against Michael Mann's idea?

One would think the usual response of academics over a bad paper would be to send a letter to the editor, or write an article detailing why the paper is bad, but Michael Mann's first reaction was to destroy the journal publishing the paper. He was only one person but did anyone push back? Did "the community" follow his lead?

Note, I do believe that Michael Mann truly believed he was right and the paper was wrong. But he was acting like a publicity man and not like a scientist who cares foremost about truth.

"Wink and a nod?" You like whispering to the Russian President that he'll have ?

Physicist Hal Lewis; Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara: "It is of course, the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave. It is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life as a physicist. Anyone who has the faintest doubt that this is so should force himself to read the ClimateGate documents, which lay it bare. (Montford's book organizes the facts very well.) I don't believe that any real physicist, nay scientist, can read that stuff without revulsion. I would almost make that revulsion a definition of the word scientist." http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/n...

So Obama should have been investigated by his own FBI over this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

They've already given Hillary & her crew a pass for multiple rather explicit criminal acts, why not investigate the otherside based on hearsay, who knows what you might find?

This is getting as bad as the birthers. Which Trump says Clinton started, the gaslighting asshole.

Clinton did start it. Even far-left magazines and newspapers who aren't in the tank for Clinton can trace how Clinton ops in 2008, told investigative reporters that they should look into it. And many actually did, going as far as sending investigative teams to look into it. It was one of her campaign strategies.

None of these links say anything about Clinton starting anything of the sort.

This is getting as bad as the birthers. Which Trump says Clinton started, the gaslighting asshole.

Clinton did start it. Even far-left magazines and newspapers who aren't in the tank for Clinton can trace how Clinton ops in 2008, told investigative reporters that they should look into it. And many actually did, going as far as sending investigative teams to look into it. It was one of her campaign strategies.

I don't think many people would disagree with you that it's a hellhole but things like this make it easier for people to understand. It's not easy to comprehend what it's like to live in a true, card carrying hell hole.

There are a few hints available.

Revealed: the gas chamber horror of North Korea's gulag

In the remote north-eastern corner of North Korea, close to the border of Russia and China, is Haengyong. Hidden away in the mountains, this remote town is home to Camp 22 - North Korea's largest concentration camp, where thousands of men, women and children accused of political crimes are held. Now, it is claimed, it is also where thousands die each year and where prison guards stamp on the necks of babies born to prisoners to kill them. . . .

Witnesses have described watching entire families being put in glass chambers and gassed. They are left to an agonising death while scientists take notes. The allegations offer the most shocking glimpse so far of Kim Jong-il's North Korean regime.

Kwon Hyuk, who has changed his name, was the former military attaché at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing. He was also the chief of management at Camp 22. In the BBC's This World documentary, to be broadcast tonight, Hyuk claims he now wants the world to know what is happening.

'I witnessed a whole family being tested on suffocating gas and dying in the gas chamber,' he said. 'The parents, son and and a daughter. The parents were vomiting and dying, but till the very last moment they tried to save kids by doing mouth-to-mouth breathing.'

Hyuk has drawn detailed diagrams of the gas chamber he saw. He said: 'The glass chamber is sealed airtight. It is 3.5 metres wide, 3m long and 2.2m high_ [There] is the injection tube going through the unit. Normally, a family sticks together and individual prisoners stand separately around the corners. Scientists observe the entire process from above, through the glass.'

He explains how he had believed this treatment was justified. 'At the time I felt that they thoroughly deserved such a death. Because all of us were led to believe that all the bad things that were happening to North Korea were their fault; that we were poor, divided and not making progress as a country.

'It would be a total lie for me to say I feel sympathetic about the children dying such a painful death. Under the society and the regime I was in at the time, I only felt that they were the enemies. So I felt no sympathy or pity for them at all.'

His testimony is backed up by Soon Ok-lee, who was imprisoned for seven years. 'An officer ordered me to select 50 healthy female prisoners,' she said. 'One of the guards handed me a basket full of soaked cabbage, told me not to eat it but to give it to the 50 women. I gave them out and heard a scream from those who had eaten them. They were all screaming and vomiting blood. All who ate the cabbage leaves started violently vomiting blood and screaming with pain. It was hell. In less than 20 minutes they were quite dead.'

Kim curses defectors’ families for three generations

North Korea has ordered the “unconditional punishment” of three generations of the family of anyone escaping from the country and given border guards orders to shoot suspected fugitives on sight.

Inside a North Korean prison camp: satellite analysis reveals prison life and death

Not much is known about Camp 25, but one thing is sure – the innocuous name given to this North Korean political prison camp does no justice to the human suffering that goes on within.