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Clinton Campaign Chair: 'The American People Can Handle The Truth' On UFOs (usatoday.com)

An anonymous reader writes: In what seems like an April Fools' Day prank story but is surprisingly real, Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta, says that he has convinced Hillary Clinton to declassify as many documents as possible related to Area 51 and UFOs. On the matter of alien visitation, Clinton has previously stated that "I think we may have been [visited already]. We don't know for sure." Meanwhile, Democratic rival Bernie Sanders has been dismissive of UFO talk. And on the other side of the isle, everyone surely already knows how likely Republican nominee Donald Trump feels about illegal aliens. "The U.S. government could do a much better job in answering the quite legitimate questions that people have about what's going on with unidentified aerial phenomena," said John Podesta, who was also a chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.

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  1. Well that would be refreshing by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ANY truth out of that campaign would be a breath of fresh air, so it might as well be about the lack of aliens. Which of course nobody who thinks there's hidden information will believe, so they might as well lie about that, too.

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    1. Re:Well that would be refreshing by The+Real+Dr+John · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Hillary and The Truth haven't been getting along for years, their differences are irreconcilable.

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    2. Re:Well that would be refreshing by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 2, Funny

      The truth depends upon what the meaning of "truth" is...

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    3. Re:Well that would be refreshing by ArmoredDragon · · Score: 0

      What if the truth is that Monica is an alien?

    4. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What they don't want to share is the human experimenting that also went on during the same time as alleged alien visitations.

    5. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 3, Funny

      What if the truth is that Monica is an alien?

      Slick Willy pales in comparison to James Tiberius Kirk.

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    6. Re:Well that would be refreshing by TimSSG · · Score: 2

      I think Hillary is trying for better than 90% positive rating from the conspiracy crowd. Tim S.

    7. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Many will recall that on July 8, 1947, witnesses claimed that an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico.
      This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force and the federal government.
      However, you may NOT know that in the month of March 1948, exactly nine months after that historic day, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., Hillary Rodham, John F. Kerry, William Jefferson Clinton, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, and Barbara Boxer were born.

      See what happens when aliens breed with sheep.. This piece of information may clear up a lot of things .

    8. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Narcocide · · Score: 2

      Except those are both metaphors. You fail at facts as well as vocabulary.

    9. Re:Well that would be refreshing by quantaman · · Score: 0

      ANY truth out of that campaign would be a breath of fresh air, so it might as well be about the lack of aliens. Which of course nobody who thinks there's hidden information will believe, so they might as well lie about that, too.

      Do you have some specific examples?

      It seems like everybody hates the Clintons and thinks they're some kind of ruthless Machiavellian schemers and I honestly don't get it.

      Sure she bends the truth sometimes, gets a little too cozy with lobbyists, etc. But that just makes her a politician with a 20+ year record of saying stuff that's dissected and recorded by the media.

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    10. Re:Well that would be refreshing by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 2

      Well, it would explain her mistaking a cigar for male genitalia!

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    11. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Except that, adjusting for the standard 1960s TV obfuscation about sexual activity, Kirk got more than just blowjobs...

    12. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bill Clinton did not have sex with that green bitch.

    13. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The HRC Derangement Syndrome is the outcome of the Right Wing Noise machine vilifying her since 1993 or so, when, as her first move in the DC Big Time, she damn near got a real health care bill past the entrenched power groups who didn't want it (insurance companies, and big pharma mostly).

      That scared them so much they've been smearing her ever since. Not that she hasn't caused some of own problems, like sniper fire in Bosnia, but mostly it's just an attempt to demonize her so GOP people will reflexively vote against her.

    14. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Both a fact and a truth can be displayed as metaphors. Just because something is a metaphor does not mean it is not a fact nor a truth. Should you want to know more please visit your local middle-school English class.

      Now, would you kindly stop being a Hillary.

    15. Re:Well that would be refreshing by dullertap · · Score: 1

      Except those are both similes. But on the bright side, you fail only at the classification of figures of speech.

    16. Re:Well that would be refreshing by ScentCone · · Score: 0

      "Bends" the truth? She completely fabricates all sorts of things about minor personal anecdotes and major policy and security-related matters. Her entire ability to be in political power is based on her willingness to have trashed the reputations of the women her husband abused. She's thrown subordinates and peers under the legal bus for decades. Her handling of her time as SoS was a debacle, in terms of judgement, but specifically showcased her willingness to lie about how she handled her official affairs. She didn't "bend" the truth about it, she outright lied, repeatedly, and is still doing so.

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    17. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Narcocide · · Score: 1, Troll

      Wrong. A simile would be "Hillary is like a cunt." F-

      Your English teacher would be ashamed.

    18. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      Except that neither of those are facts, they're both subjective statements; a.k.a. opinions.

    19. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Narcocide · · Score: 1

      Now, would you kindly stop being a Hillary.

      Ok, now THAT is a metaphor. GG

    20. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      Bill: "Ahh did not have sex with that green alien. Ahh couldn't find the hole. Not even sure it was female."

    21. Re:Well that would be refreshing by quantaman · · Score: 1

      "Bends" the truth? She completely fabricates all sorts of things about minor personal anecdotes and major policy and security-related matters.

      No examples here.

      Her entire ability to be in political power is based on her willingness to have trashed the reputations of the women her husband abused.

      A valid example only if she knew that the women were telling the truth, which I see no evidence of.

      She's thrown subordinates and peers under the legal bus for decades.

      Again insinuations with no actual examples. Also throwing people under the bus isn't lying.

      Her handling of her time as SoS was a debacle, in terms of judgement, but specifically showcased her willingness to lie about how she handled her official affairs.

      Bad judgment is a matter of opinion, I asked for examples of lies.

      What I read is more insinuation without any examples.

      She didn't "bend" the truth about it, she outright lied, repeatedly, and is still doing so.

      And yet you've somehow failed to list a single actual lie.

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    22. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How about any of the lies she's told about Bernie Sanders?

      Remember how she claimed that Bernie Sanders did nothing to help push health care reform in the 90s, and then people later pointed to pictures and televised speeches of both her and Bernie Sanders talking on that issue?

      Or the more recent thing where she tried to white-wash Bill's involvement in mass incarceration of black people?

      I mean for crying out loud, you've seen what she'll do in her lust for power to members of her own party! Even if you ignore Benghazi and the email scandals, you've still seen the lies she'll throw out against her opponents in her own party. How blind can you possibly be?!

    23. Re:Well that would be refreshing by quantaman · · Score: 2

      How about any of the lies she's told about Bernie Sanders?

      Remember how she claimed that Bernie Sanders did nothing to help push health care reform in the 90s, and then people later pointed to pictures and televised speeches of both her and Bernie Sanders talking on that issue?

      Possibly a lie, could also have been subjective opinion (ie she thought he didn't do enough) or she simply forgot.

      Or the more recent thing where she tried to white-wash Bill's involvement in mass incarceration of black people?

      White-washing does not equate lying.

      I mean for crying out loud, you've seen what she'll do in her lust for power to members of her own party!

      You mean run a primary campaign?

      Even if you ignore Benghazi and the email scandals

      I'm not ignoring them, I'm not aware of any lies there, certainly poor judgment and a potential crime with the email but I don't recall any deception involved.

      you've still seen the lies she'll throw out against her opponents in her own party. How blind can you possibly be?!

      Your post contained one specific example of something that might be a lie.

      Here, I'll help you out, there's a few in there, of course Sanders is more-or-less the same.

      Heck, just a couple days ago Sanders said “She [Hillary Clinton] has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, quote unquote, not qualified to be president." except Clinton didn't say that.

      So wouldn't that qualify as a lie?

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    24. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

      "What if the truth is that Monica is an alien?"

      So that's where the seminal receptacles are on her species!

    25. Re:Well that would be refreshing by ScentCone · · Score: 1

      No examples here.

      OK, so in order to remain a loyal Clinton follower and still look yourself in the mirror, you're deliberately staying uninformed. That's your choice. But please don't do anything important like voting, OK?

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    26. Re:Well that would be refreshing by quantaman · · Score: 1

      No examples here.

      OK, so in order to remain a loyal Clinton follower and still look yourself in the mirror, you're deliberately staying uninformed. That's your choice. But please don't do anything important like voting, OK?

      By most measures I'm actually quite well informed, well informed enough that when I accuse someone of lying I can generally bring up specific examples. Or when someone is BS'ing me by throwing out unspecific generalizations instead of facts I'm able to smell it.

      I'll happily admit Clinton is far from perfect but that's hardly disqualifying since all politicians have serious flaws. But this overall sentiment around her just looks like the results of a smear job.

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    27. Re:Well that would be refreshing by JWSmythe · · Score: 2

      If you're going to make up a conspiracy, at least try to make it somewhat factual. The estimated range for birth would have been Apr 17, 1948 to Apr 23, 1948. None of them were born then.


      Jun 22, 1933 - Dianne Feinstein
      Mar 26, 1940 - Nancy Pelosi
      Nov 11, 1940 - Barbara Boxer
      Dec 11, 1943 - John F. Kerry
      Aug 19, 1946 - William Jefferson Clinton
      Oct 26, 1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton
      Mar 31, 1948 - Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
      Nov 17, 1948 - Howard Dean
      Nov 23, 1950 - Charles E. Schumer

      You do have some legitimate choices to use.

      Apr 17, 1948 - Alice Harden - Teacher and politician.
      Apr 18, 1948 - Regis Wargnier - Director, producer, screenwriter
      Apr 19, 1948 - Stuard McLean - Radio personality and author
      Apr 19, 1948 - Rick Miller - Baseball player
      Apr 20, 1948 - Merlin Hay - Army colonel and politician (Scotland)
      Apr 20, 1948 - Remy Trudel - Teacher and politician
      Apr 21, 1948 - Gary Condit - politician
      Apr 22, 1948 - Bishop John Pritchard
      Apr 22, 1948 - Jancis Robinson - journalist
      Apr 22, 1948 - Larry Groce - radio host
      Apr 23, 1948 - Pascal Quignard - author and screenwriter
      Apr 23, 1948 - Serve Theriault - actor

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    28. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Obviously Gore gestated sooner than expected.
      And Howard Dean was just a very late bloomer. Pyoh

    29. Re:Well that would be refreshing by iserlohn · · Score: 1

      "But I still came..."

    30. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So basically you called her a Queen .. educate yourself on the word cunt. I know how you implied it but ironically it means entirely something else!! But I h8 the liar too

    31. Re:Well that would be refreshing by rtb61 · · Score: 1

      Well, the principle is just like all other employees are forced to accept. If they have serious flaws, they are fired and you try another one, based upon their history to to date lack of serious flaws. If in there very first session as an elected representative they demonstrate serious flaws, you try again with another individual. You keep repeating this election after election till the day you die. Nothing could be simpler.

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    32. Re:Well that would be refreshing by rtb61 · · Score: 0

      Lets be more logical about all this. Any crashed UFO are either going to be monkey puzzles to slow down the mud monkey self annihilation, all they will self destruct or they will be recovered. No accidental crash landings ever.

      Looking at it logically, any display would have to take into account the paranoid self destructive nature of most mud monkey societies and any visit would incorporate that understanding and based upon the age of this galaxy and our system, likely this initial visitation would have been repeated many times and due to the infrequency of that ascendancy from planetary species to galactic species would be quite a significant event.

      Want to keep mud monkeys calm (or likely any species going through that) throw them a party, of course kegs and buffalo wings would be out of the question but the other major party even, they sky show and fire works would be. Just going with the nominal numbers thing and the significance of the event in regards to rarity ie every million years of so. Something like 10,000 starships from the 1,000 worlds would put on a displays that tells their own history and it would last for quite some time and be global, say something like a month. The welcome to the galaxy party would be quite significant not only celebrating out accession but also their own lost in history, in terms of current living generations.

      Little warning, just one night you look up into the sky and first one star starts to move and then more and more as the display intensifies, an invitation to reach out to the rest of the galaxy. If it is earlier rather than latter, it would be a little worrying as it would be an indication we need a distraction to stop killing our selves. Any embassies or communications would logically be based around reaching other stars after we had gained some galactic confidence by achieving that ourselves.

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    33. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      I don't know about how your native language works, but in English the second one is not a simile, metaphor, allegory, opinion or anything of that kind.

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    34. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That whooshing sound you hear overhead?

      It might be aliens!

    35. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Similies use like or as. Fail, but thanks for playing.

    36. Re:Well that would be refreshing by david_thornley · · Score: 1

      And, when you die, you realize you've elected a long string of losers, and failed to keep the more promising ones. Look, nobody's going to present you the candidates you want, and they all have flaws. Get involved in selecting them or lower your expectations.

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    37. Re:Well that would be refreshing by david_thornley · · Score: 1

      Last I looked at a fact-checking site, Clinton and Sanders and Kasich were being generally honest (as politicians go), while Trump's and Cruz's regard for the truth was arguably well below Goebbels'.

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    38. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Immerman · · Score: 1

      Except for two things: You're assuming any (or more specifically *all*) aliens visiting Earth would be completely immune to accidents, and that they are concerned about our well being in the first place. On the other hand - think drunken alien college students on a joy ride. That would also explain crop circles a lot better than some sort of cryptic communication attempt.

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    39. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Type44Q · · Score: 1

      And... the assburgers are strong with this one.

    40. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      She may or may not. The statement requires proof to be a fact and until you provide that information it is an opinion.

      Having said that, in my opinion you are correct.

    41. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      "as long as it looks good in lingerie."

    42. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Project blue beam
      Has began

    43. Re:Well that would be refreshing by JWSmythe · · Score: 1

      Not a woosh. I know it was a joke. It was horribly executed. That's why I gave some examples of what would work.

      And sadly, lots of people see stuff like that and believe it.

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    44. Re: Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, it doesn't mean something else. It means exatly as implied in this context. It does not matter what the root of the word was. That is not what it means today and nobody uses it as such, stupid cunt.

    45. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >> What if the truth is that Monica is an alien?
      > Slick Willy pales in comparison to James Tiberius Kirk.

      Kirk karaoke: "This one's for you, whatever you are..."

    46. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hillary is the Möbius band separating truth from falsehood.

    47. Re:Well that would be refreshing by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      A fact is that Hillary has a cunt.

      Cunt is a slang term used to describe a piece of female anatomy; namely the vagina. In which case, you are saying that it is an opinion that Hillary has a vagina. Somehow, I don't think this is an opinion. You never know though, maybe there is an actual reason for Bill's wandering.

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    48. Re:Well that would be refreshing by rtb61 · · Score: 1

      So what exactly are you referring to "when you die, you realise", what exactly are you meant to be realising after you are dead, how exactly would future politicians affect your deceased self and what political issues do you believe most affect the dead. So perhaps are you saying when you die you should haunt politicians who lied to you? Whilst I agree with your sentiment, some how I can no see the political worth of your concept. Lower my expectations, fuck off, more, better politicians, now and forever. Custodial sentences for politicians who substantively fail to adhere to the promises, equal to the term of office.

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  2. Whoa....! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 2

    It's just an aircraft test area. I am sure they are happy letting clowns claim mysterious UFOs with strange capabilities -- the more to scare the Rooskies with. Who, by the way, are the only ones who don't think those are real UFOs.

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    1. Re:Whoa....! by ArmoredDragon · · Score: 1

      Yeah there are people who have come forth and openly spoken about what actually went on there around the time period of the UFO conspiracy theories (i.e. Roswell.) I remember one dude even mentioned how they had to avoid Russian spy satellites, and decoy them by painting the image of an oddly shaped aircraft on the ground. I am curious if there is more to the Roswell story itself; if not a weather balloon, then probably some kind of experimental craft that went off course.

      I highly highly highly doubt we've ever been "visited" by ET though; if we had, I think at least one amateur astronomer would have spotted such a craft. Assuming that they had some kind of cloaking technology or anything else you can imagine to make themselves invisible, for what purpose would they go out of their way to make their presence a secret? And even then, why would they only make their presence known to some of us (i.e. the US government) and not all of us? If somebody from earth came to visit them, we likely wouldn't keep things a secret, even if they were primitive. I think that it would more likely end up like the movie Avatar if anything.

    2. Re:Whoa....! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What people refer to as Area51 is just Lockheed Martin's "Skunk works" test facility.
      It is not as big of a deal as people make it out to be.

      I worked at a similar facility, it is a lot of aircraft engineers and machinists doing R&D and developing stuff that is classified.

    3. Re:Whoa....! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Roswell Theory

      Something has always bothered me about the weather balloon thing.
      Let's say it was a balloon, why do you send a "Special Air-force Transport" from Carswell AFB, to the next state over, to pick up a weather balloon?
      Even government records say it was taken to Carswell. Why?
      What kind of balloon do you need to go to that much effort to retrieve?
      If it was that important why weren't you tracking it and following it to begin with?

      Lets look back and check some dates.
      In June 47 we were busy in the California dessert trying to break the sound barrier.
      Chuck Yeager's flight didn't happen until October of that year.
      If you wanted aerial photos of what was going on and not get caught, what do you use?
      You didn't have high altitude aircraft(like the U-2 or SR-71) let alone the range to make a flyover that will get you in and out of the U.S. air space.

      What was available were high altitude (weather) balloons. Who would notice?
      By the late 1930's the Russians had exceeded 60,000 and 70,000 feet(same altitude as a U-2 in the 50's) with their stratospheric balloon research before their air-force took over the program and militarized it. After that there are very few records. What records do exist are of the failures.
      our own Stratospheric balloon research programs didn't take off until around 1947.

      I checked some weather charts for typical Jet-stream patterns for the months of June and July.
      If you release a balloon off the California coast just north of LA it will track not only over Muroc lake, but Roswell New Mexico.
      From there the current would take it across Oklahoma, the Gulf states and out over the Atlantic.
      The final exit point might have been rather wide, but what was important was the Muroc Lake fly over.

      Back then electronics were heavier than people so they probably had a crew to run the camera equipment
      and to radio for pickup once they were over the Atlantic.
      Due to weight constraints the pressure vessel had to have been incredibly thin. Paper thin.
      The crew would need to be small to save weight as well.

      But something went wrong.
      The occupants described in the reports were not only small, but had odd colored skin.
      They asphyxiated.

      We had just emerged from a world war. Despite all of the posturing, no one wanted another.
      The cover up was because we got caught with out pants down.
      Who would believe that we didn't kill the crew. Maybe we did shoot them down.
      Somewhere out there are aerial photos of the Muroc lake bed taken in June of 1947 by a Russian made camera.

      Anyway, that's my theory.

    4. Re:Whoa....! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The book "Day After Roswell" by Philip Corso (interviews on YouTube), claims the Roswell crash was indeed aliens and that he saw the alien bodies while they were stored on a base he commanded. Corso was a whitehouse advisor to the president, and former commander of all the US nuclear missiles in Europe, so he had credibility.

    5. Re:Whoa....! by david_thornley · · Score: 1

      All I know about possible interstellar visitors is that they know a whole lot more about science and technology than we do. I'm not at all confident that we'd see stealth missions. I think it unlikely that aliens from other star systems post on Slashdot, but I can't rule the possibility out.

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    6. Re:Whoa....! by cooperaaaron · · Score: 1

      My thing is this: Why would I want any tech from aliens that seem to have vehicles that come across space, and don't land, but CRASH.....??? Can anyone answer that for me?

    7. Re:Whoa....! by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 1

      A black painted craft approaching earth in free fall would only be "visible" by the stars it occludes.
      So no, the likelihood that an amateur astronomer discovers an alien space craft is for any practical purpose: zero
      It does not even need to be painted black, depending on size you have to really look hard to see something and then again to identify it as a space craft.

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  3. the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    She is just trying to get votes. 50% of Americans believe we have been visited by extraterrestrials, that is a large voter base worth going after. It takes very little effort for her to make a campaign promise like this that she does not even need to keep. And, garners her potential votes that could tip the scale when it comes time for the election. Welcome to politics 101.

    1. Re:the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      She is just trying to get votes.

      I thought aliens weren't allowed to vote. Maybe she wants to grant them a moonbeam to citizenship.

    2. Re:the e.t. vote by king+neckbeard · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I think it's more likely about a good distraction. Get that conversation riled up to draw attention away from anything scandalous that would prevent her from getting elected.

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    3. Re:the e.t. vote by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 1

      Given that Sanders just got a Papal invite I'm guessing she decided to try something, anything.

    4. Re:the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Like the fact that her name has come up in the Panama papers?

      It was just released today that Hillary is tied up with the Panama papers that were released and it seems that there is a lot of foreign money flowing to her through Panamanian accounts.

    5. Re:the e.t. vote by Lotana · · Score: 1

      50% of Americans believe we have been visited by extraterrestrials

      My bullshit detector is going off. There is no way that could be true. Do you have any citations?

    6. Re:the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, you can find them in the University of You're A Faggot.

    7. Re:the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      as many documents as possible

      It's easy to keep 100%....

      Oh, it's not possible to release those documents about ET, that would be bad. Here's a list of janitorial supplies bought at Safeway though.

      captcha: cheats

    8. Re: the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Google on UFO sightings!they are out there for sure!

    9. Re:the e.t. vote by Burz · · Score: 1

      I think it's more likely about a good distraction. Get that conversation riled up to draw attention away from anything scandalous that would prevent her from getting elected.

      I gotta agree. The 1990s want their belief crazes (and stupid TV show and acid wash jeans) back.

    10. Re: the e.t. vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      40% of Americans can't find China on a map (Google the study) and you think it's implausible that 50% believe aliens visited?

      I'm not trying to be rude it's just that the bar is already low enough that many things are in the realm of possible these days.

    11. Re:the e.t. vote by Beezlebub33 · · Score: 1

      Huge numbers of americans are creationists (about a third). about a third cannot give an explanation for seasons (they think its because we are closer to the sun). Plenty of people believe in homeopathy, astrology (remember Reagan?), and lots of other BS.

      50% sounds about right. Also see this. It's different though, because it's a poll about whether they exist, not whether they have visited.

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  4. Not sure = No Roswell spacecraft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If we assume that Ms. Clinton's statements are accurate (yeah, I know!), the implication is that nothing that can be definitively proven to be of extraterrestrial origin has ever been found: not at Roswell, not anywhere.

    1. Re:Not sure = No Roswell spacecraft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Aliens stole my mailserver!

  5. I love his optimism by rmdingler · · Score: 2
    I am a weekly member of the church of the truth is out there from when flip phone users Mulder and Scully first aired.

    Yeah, it made me want that phone, and I can still remember people thinking that it was as cool as the Firebird popup headlights.

    But no. People can't handle the truth about Global Warming and cardboard pretenders to the Presidency... so no, alien life would be widely interpreted as the promised return to earth of someone's religious savior.

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    1. Re:I love his optimism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Extraterrestrial life will be the same as Snowden and the NSA. Hopefully within a few decades we'll see some animal on Europa or some shit, and it will be a big deal for week, but everyone will just play it off and say "No shit everyone who knows anything knew there had to be live in the universe" instead of "No shit everyone who knows anything knew the government was spying"
      Then life will go on as normal
      Eventually we'll have open contact with an intelligent species and they'll say "Everyone knew there was intelligent life" instead of "Everyone knew they were storing every phone call and email"
      And life will go on as normal, cause they're already here

    2. Re:I love his optimism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, global warming is obviously BS since we have completely carbon free alien reactors that we could be using instead.

    3. Re:I love his optimism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Until they come and steal all our water, like they did on Mars.

  6. Just what we need! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How did we ever do without a crazy Presidential candidate who has chosen to be surrounded by delusional people?

    Oh, wait. That doesn't narrow down any of the candidates, does it?

    1. Re:Just what we need! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How did we ever do without a crazy Presidential candidate who has chosen to be surrounded by delusional people?

      Oh, wait. That doesn't narrow down any of the candidates, does it?

      Nor the last half-dozen presidencies.

  7. Wait, what? by Opportunist · · Score: 1

    Are you high? This is a presidential campaign, the very LAST thing people can handle here or would possibly expect is any kind of truth!

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  8. WTF. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And on the other side of the isle

    So they were on an island when talking about this? Or do you perhaps mean AISLE?

    1. Re:WTF. by bmo · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, he was talking about the other side of the isle. Pen Island, to be exact, where they sell pens online through penisland.com

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  9. doesn't have a clue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wait until he hears that it is mainly cover for an unlawful human experimentation program...and that it was running when Bill was in office and they attacked US kids.

    I wonder how many percentage points it would cost them???

  10. Big problem with Hillary Clinton: Communication. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1

    About one-tenth of the time, Hillary Clinton seems to me to say things that aren't logical, or don't make much sense.

  11. Truth is simple. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Area 51 was some Air Force cold war projects. Used some vaguely humanoid looking dummies for some radiation effects study and bombings. Some sketchy reports and leaks from confused lower level workers in the base gave rise to the rumors. Once the town and some of the businesses realized how lucrative it was, they stoked the flame.

    Face it, any fool can ask questions. Asking questions is not difficult. Answering it is difficult, and it is impossible to wake up someone pretending to be asleep.

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    1. Re: Truth is simple. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Not that I disagree, but that last line isn't true if you have a stun gun or taser.

    2. Re: Truth is simple. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or even just a pin or any sharp object will do the trick.

    3. Re:Truth is simple. by cooperaaaron · · Score: 1

      And what do you think about many of the other sightings in other areas, across the globe? Air Force projects too ?

    4. Re: Truth is simple. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      My stepfather was in the USAF stationed at Area 51 running security before, during, and after the incident. Even as he was heading off to Valhalla he maintained that in all honesty, he never saw or heard rumors of aliens or about any "leaks" just public hysteria fueled rumors.

    5. Re:Truth is simple. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The world is full of morons. You included.

  12. Yeah, probably by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    Clinton Campaign Chair: 'The American People Can Handle The Truth' On UFOs

    Handle the truth that, actually, it's a lot of fuss about nothing that was whipped up into a pop-culture thing for a while and still keeps a few radio hosts in business, but actually has no substance to it and never did? Yeah, they can probably handle that.

    Thing is, the ones who actually care at all won't (want to) believe it.

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    1. Re:Yeah, probably by Sique · · Score: 1
      Apparently, the American public can't handle the truth, that we had no extraterrestrial visitors up to now. So they always cook up some new story how we were visited, and whenever there is a real or perceived dark corner in the sequence of news reporting and press releases, a large part of the American public tries to squeeze some "E.T. is among us" in between.

      And as a cover up story for any aircraft and rocket experiments that happened at Area 51 and wherever else, it worked fine. If I as an official who was tasked with finding something that keeps the eyes off the real thing, I would have been amazed how well the most outlandish, actually most extraterrestrial story has worked.

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  13. Picking up the cook conspiracy vote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    who will then be sadly disappointed in more ways than one. It will drive them even harder and eventually lead to a new class of youtube videos.

  14. How about the secrets of the Clintons? by sethstorm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Instead of bothering with UFO's, why not deal with things like:
    * What was being discussed between Clinton and Goldman Sachs?
    * What role did her husband have with supporting a known rapist on a certain Caribbean island?
    * What is the truth in the matters of oddly convenient "suicides" like Vince Foster?
    * What is the truth in the matters of Benghazi, given that they wanted the Ambassador dead?

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    1. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Woldscum · · Score: 2

      John Podesta, Podesta Group and the Clinton Fund. Google that for some king of sleaze stuff.

      http://freebeacon.com/issues/p...

    2. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Tablizer · · Score: 1

      So trade tabloid bullshit for other tabloid bullshit?

      The representative was simply asked about UFO's by a reporter, and gave an answer. That's not the same as trying to make it a campaign issue.

    3. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by L.+J.+Beauregard · · Score: 1

      they wanted the Ambassador dead

      Citation needed.

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    4. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What's being discussed between Hillary and Goldman is of no importance. What is important is that she knows which side her bread is buttered on. Like Bush, McCain, Obama and Romney, and the other Clinton, she knows.

      The truth of the rest of this is that her political opponents have spent far more of your tax dollars investigating each one of these than was spent on Iran Contra or Watergate, and they haven't found anything, so there's probably nothing there. As in, zero evidence whatsoever of any wrong doing. I have no clue who you mean by the Caribbean rapist, so I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that's as baseless as the rest.

    5. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by h33t+l4x0r · · Score: 1

      She obviously has no incentive to talk about things that will hurt her. Right now it's a balancing act. Anything she says will lose points with some group and win points with another. That's why the UFO thing is kind of brilliant, because it locks in the tin foil hat vote without really losing anything anywhere else.

    6. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by houghi · · Score: 1

      Aliens.

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    7. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

      She won't grab the tinfoil vote that easily, she'll have to wrestle it away from Trump first, but it's still a clever idea.

      Trump has easily become the darling of the tinfoil crowd even though he's done little to court them - utterly denying global warming and supporting 9/11 pseudohistory are the only pro-tinfoil moves I can remember him making. Maybe they buy into his "maverick" image and therefore think he doesn't have ties to the illuminati/lizard people etc.

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    8. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by david_thornley · · Score: 1

      As far as that last goes, there have been, what is it, thirteen? Congressional investigations on Benghazi. Check those out if you like. Benghazi has been examined to death, without finding anything to pin on Clinton. I don't take anyone seriously who thinks Benghazi is worth attacking Clinton over.

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    9. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      For 30+ years, I have wondered about one of those topics. It didn't have an asterisk by it. I would like such information to be opened up.
      If she does 4 things wrong, and one thing right, let's not gripe about the one thing she did right. (But, by all means, yes, do keep pressing on with asking about the 4 wrongs you mention.)

    10. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by AF_Cheddar_Head · · Score: 1

      Are you saying being firmly in the "Birther" community doesn't count as tinfoil territory?

    11. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who the hell gave this list a "5"? It's all Foxnews-like speculation.

    12. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Your right this is just propaganda to keep people from asking the hard questions.

      Yea how about destroying digital data in an on going Federal Investigation. Something that if any Geek here did on their own here knows they would get 10 years for doing.

    13. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

      Good point, I forgot about that.

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    14. Re:How about the secrets of the Clintons? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Freebeacon is a spin-rag. Read with salt.

  15. Extra-Trumpestial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Trump is an Alien! I knew he had mind control!!

    1. Re:Extra-Trumpestial by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 3, Funny
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    2. Re:Extra-Trumpestial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No no no, you've got it all wrong.
      The alien is a shape shifter and sits on top of his head in disguise all day attached w/probes into his brain to control him. It's not a totally mutually beneficial arrangement.
      Their species ability to mimic long, fine protein strands is still experimental at best.

    3. Re:Extra-Trumpestial by Z80a · · Score: 1

      Trump thing is that people want to vote for the most destructive candidate to fuck the system due how corrupt and anti-population it is at the moment.
      That said, he's totally winning it when he reveals his plans to convert the moon into an anti immigration security system with potential to blow entire planets.

    4. Re:Extra-Trumpestial by GameboyRMH · · Score: 2

      It's a disturbingly plausible idea that Trump's hair is actually an alien brain parasite.

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    5. Re:Extra-Trumpestial by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      It's a disturbingly plausible idea that Trump's hair is actually an alien brain parasite.

      obviously it has tapped out its host's brain resources and this whole presidential campaign is some sort of plot to find a new host.

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  16. Anyone want to speculate by rsilvergun · · Score: 1

    on why she's bothering with this silliness? I wonder if it's to inject a sense of hope for the future back into American politics. Americans are still blitheringly optimistic but at the same time a large portion of the electorate seems to have given up on the idea of progress. At best their conservative ("don't change _anything_") and at worst regressive ("Back to the good old days"... that never really exists... especially if you weren't white and male). Remember when space was a thing? When science was going to give us a 10 hour work week? When disease was going to be a thing of the past? People aren't really working towards big goals anymore.

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    1. Re:Anyone want to speculate by thinkwaitfast · · Score: 1
      > on why she's bothering with this silliness?

      All the crazy people will vote for this sole reason. FWIW, Jimmy Carter said the same thing.

  17. Why would the USA get a visit rather than others? by dsmatthews9379 · · Score: 1

    What a maniacally egotistical nation, that thinks it is so special that aliens would visit them rather than contact the majority of humanity, which resides in Asia, first.

    I gather that Clinton and friends have crunched the numbers a believe that there is enough votes amongst those on the fringes of reality to risk making a fool of herself?

  18. Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by MegOnWheels · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I think there are three basic options and a fourth most likely one.
    1. 1 We are the first technologically intelligent species.
    2. 2 We are the last technologically intelligent species.
    3. 3 The universe is so dam big that the probability for any technologically intelligent lifeforms to ever come into contact is near zero.
    4. 4 It is a cover story for military aviation R&D.

    I personally go with the last option.

    1. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by eyenot · · Score: 1

      Well, OK, joining you out on your four various limbs of one tree, I can offer some conversational points to each:

      1 "Species" in this sense could be broad. You could be talking about a species that has already been star-hopping for some time, and it would still be this same species here on Earth. If to allow for that we would need to lend some discredit to theories of evolution from apes to humans, we could accept that the current state of research in that area is kind of messy and fumbling. We could even inject the possibility that some space-faring race could pull a little trick by seeding several different hominids with genetics that would lead their offspring to intellect and eventual dominance, which would have two benefits: to increase the chance of an intelligent hominid successfully taking hold, and to make it hard for the dominant hominid's descendant civilization to figure out exactly what happened. Not that any of this discounts this option, since it would still be the case, as long as this hypothetical spacefaring race were the first of its kind.

      2 This one's really intriguing. The universe is pretty old. We're always finding out new things that shift the margins of what we think we know about the time frame of formation and lifespan of stars and planets, and therefore what scenarios are possible. And this has been the case with galaxies, as well. I think the idea that we're the last intelligent race (in the galaxy? in the universe?) is really poignant.

      3 This is probably true. Well honestly I can't add much to this.

      4 Why military aviation, though? If there's no evidence of something weird, then there's no evidence. Not that this isn't a good most-probable point but I'd offer one even more likely:

      5 That it's a smokescreen for shifty geopolitics that the U.S. government wouldn't benefit from U.S. citizens paying too much attention to or forming strong opinions on.

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    2. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      4 It is a cover story for military aviation R&D.

      Bingo. USAF even admitted as much, back before they took this off their website.

      People really do see lights in the sky that seem to move in ways our aircraft can't. They're just projections. And please ignore the Chinese demonstrations of such tech. It's clearly not a militarized version of this.

      Whatever you do, don't look up "blue beam", it's clearly 100% infeasible. There's no plan to stage an alien invasion.... even though a presidential candidate in TFA is currently setting up the pitch. Plans may have changed, but the PSYOPS tech remains the same.

      Imagine getting blown back into the stone age... In a few short generations all the tech we have will be gone it will become like today's rumored legends of wizardry. Then those powerful few who secreted away tech and retained control of the skies can safely re-emerge, even more powerful than before. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. So, to become Gods, elites just need to reduce the relative tech level of the populace...

      Oh, come on, that's just a silly theory. There's no global effort to manufacture consent for population reduction on the grounds of climate / pollution fear-mongering. It's not like there's an Agenda 21 nor Agenda 2030 to dictate global policy that aligns with such (you haven't read them, have you? Of course not, you're a member of the slave class). Keep in mind that whites are less than 10% of the population of earth, and their birth rates are in decline. That means it's brown people who are the "population problem"... Nah, couldn't be. It goes against all liberal sensibilities to think that way. Of course bigger government can only lead to "social" benefits, never harm. Corruption is a fairy tale. Panama has no papers, and Emperors wear no clothes (in the Bohemian Grove).

      Beware of all claims of the existence of extraterrestrials. It could just be our secret space program. I wonder what they're hiding behind that projection covering the moon?

    3. Re: Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You left out number 5...which is the most logical to me....humans were put here on earth by "aliens". We are a big experiment
      , a culture growing in the petri dish. No reason to argue evolution theory when you were genetically designed.

    4. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Given the size of the universe, all starts, planets, etc... it is of *near certainty* that some form of life exists out there.
      Therefore, the *only* thing that keeps contact from being a given is:
      - physically being able to travel at near light speed, or beyond.
      - logically being able to communicate at light speed.
      The latter constrained by the window in time in which *both* have become highly sentient and able to communicate, or at least decode inbound, as such.
      For example, the earth human time window has only been about 100 years.
      Giving a radius of operations and expiry... 100 light years.
      In a 13+ billion [light] year universe, YES, odds are quite small.
      And odds are quite small that our 100 years will ever grow and jump beyond earth in the 10k-100m years till humans become irrelavant on earth.

    5. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      3 and 4 together are strong statistically, but you completely missed out a statistically likely scenario where the military were doing R&D on alien technology. It doesn't sit well with me that an alien race can cross millions of light years and then crash (Don't even start with the self driving car bullshit).

    6. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by WaffleMonster · · Score: 1

      . It doesn't sit well with me that an alien race can cross millions of light years and then crash

      They were probably mass locked by earths gravity, engaged FSD too early and overheated.

    7. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >1 We are the first technologically intelligent species.
      >2 We are the last technologically intelligent species.
      Possibly. Possibly not. This one we won't know for a very long time.

      >3 The universe is so dam big that the probability for any technologically intelligent lifeforms to ever come into contact is near zero.
      Extremely unlikely. The universe is so big that a stupidly high number of scenarios have been playing out across its size.
      There IS absolutely intelligent species out there that have communicated, or will communicate soon if we are the first.

      >4 It is a cover story for military aviation R&D.
      Almost certainly.
      While I question the laws of physics every day, they hold up pretty well.
      There is some fringe stuff we simply don't have a clue about yet, but research on these areas is going pretty well.
      Within the next 50 years, we will know for sure if FTL is possible 100% definite confirmation or not.

      Time travel will likely come after that as we experiment with it. But its limitations, which seem to have been set out by quantum physics experiments, are most likely based on self-correcting Closed Timelike Curves.
      In other words, you already never went back in time to not kill your grandfather before you never did it. The ripples of time are instant and bubble instantly.
      The effects of you preventing your own time travel already don't happen. You simply don't time travel, at least, your attempt at time travel will never lead to a situation where it alters its own start. (or you could be your own grandfather!)

      We will likely figure out a lot more about the geometry of the universe around that point. How the universe works, the possibility of alternate universes right next to us in another phase / dimension.

      We probably still won't have figured out gravity!

    8. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      3 and 4 are not mutually exclusive. You also need to factor in time. Life may come and go in a mere instant when you're talking about ~ 14 billion years.

    9. Re: Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

      That's just moving the question to another species though. Where do these aliens come from? Same questions, etc.

    10. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      I think there are three basic options and a fourth most likely one.

      1. 1 We are the first technologically intelligent species.
      2. 2 We are the last technologically intelligent species.
      3. 3 The universe is so dam big that the probability for any technologically intelligent lifeforms to ever come into contact is near zero.
      4. 4 It is a cover story for military aviation R&D.

      I personally go with the last option.

      Another option; what we consider normal, even inevitable exploration is in fact specific to our terrestrial evolutionary pathway, and any "intelligentish" creations that might appear from another lineage do things differently; either they're not interested in visiting, or we don't recognize their visitations.
      and the possibly related hypothesis that any species that follows a parallel path to ours regarding physically traveling from point to point ends up almost literally dropping the ball when they get to the point of handling the energies that might allow them to accomplish such things, and blow themselves to smithereens one way or another.

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    11. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Then you realize that we are over 11 billion years older than other civilizations and that anti-gravity technologies dwarf anything we've ever understood.

      The arrogance of human beings will never cease to amaze me. If one thing for sure, the dominant species in the universe is much less arrogant than humans.

    12. Re:Alien UFOs and the laws of physics by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 1

      Your 3) makes 1) and 2) extremely implausible.

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  19. Panama Papers distraction by sethstorm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    John Podesta, who was also a chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and CEO of an organization implicated by the Panama Papers.

    UFO's are just a distraction compared to recent events.

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    1. Re:Panama Papers distraction by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1
  20. Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I don't expect much from the submitters and editors here, but it's kind of pathetic to see jabs like the "And on the other side of the isle, everyone surely already knows how likely Republican nominee Donald Trump feels about illegal aliens." one in the summary.

    Of course, "isle" should be "aisle", but that's not the editorial problem I'm referring to here.

    It's the unnecessary attack on Trump that just isn't needed or valuable here.

    There's absolutely nothing wrong with Trump's position on illegal aliens. Upholding America's immigration and citizenship laws is something that a great many Americans feel is extremely important.

    Even if left-leaning folks, like the submitter and perhaps the editors here, don't like Trump, they're going to have to accept that Trump is very likely going to be the next President of the United States of America.

    A majority of Americans do support him now, and will support him during the election, even if they can't publicly admit it at this time.

    In fact, by resorting to such pathetic jabs on such a constant basis, those on the left are actually driving more and more people to support Trump for President. These normal Americans are getting tired of leftists shitting all over American values and American laws. These normal Americans are getting tired of the disrespect that the left so often directs at them. These normal Americans are going to elect President Trump.

    1. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

      Of course, "isle" should be "aisle", but that's not the editorial problem I'm referring to here.

      It was obviously an obscure "Gilligan's Island" reference.

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    2. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's not a jab, it's a pun.

      Also, "A majority of Americans support Donald Trump" is about the least truthful thing that's been said in this election season, and that's saying something.

    3. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Troll

      [...] they're going to have to accept that Trump is very likely going to be the next President of the United States of America.

      If the Republicans can't accept a black man in the White House, what makes your think that the Democrats will accept a talking hairpiece in White House?

      These normal Americans are going to elect President Trump.

      As a moderate conservative, I can tell you that the rest of America aren't going to elect Donald Trump. In fact, the numbers are indicating that he will lose the election to Hillary by double digits and endanger the Republican majorities in Congress.

    4. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yep - his minimum is barely 128 electoral votes, max ~maybe~ 285 with a LOT of assumptions vs Clinton getting 410 max, 253 absolute minimum.

      Combine those extremes for averages for each, and not only is he most likely to LOSE, he will lose VERY badly.

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/04/heres-donald-trumps-worst-case-2016-map/

    5. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 1

      As a moderate conservative, I can tell you that the rest of America aren't going to elect Donald Trump. In fact, the numbers are indicating that he will lose the election to Hillary by double digits and endanger the Republican majorities in Congress.

      As a person who does statistics as his day job I call bullshit.

      The *best* you could say is that there is not enough information to make that claim. The information that we *do* have is one of a) Trump's support among democrats is higher than his support among republicans(*), or 2) 20% of democrats would defect to Trump in a general election.

      In previous elections, both Republicans and Democrats have gotten about 50% of the vote; hence, the dustup with Al Gore and George Bush in 2000.

      Getting over half the popular vote from Republicans when Cruz and Kasich are still running, and having 20% of Democrats admit that they will likely defect leads me to believe that Trump has a real chance.

      Of course, I'm only citing statistics.

      Your argument is good, too.

      (*) From a poll a couple of months ago, and the second from a January poll.

    6. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0

      Of course, I'm only citing statistics.

      The demographics don't favor the Republicans either.

      By combining presidential election exit polls with mortality rates per age group from the U.S. Census Bureau, I calculated that, of the 61 million who voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, about 2.75 million will be dead by the 2016 election. President Barack Obama's voters, of course, will have died too—about 2.3 million of the 66 million who voted for the president won't make it to 2016 either. That leaves a big gap in between, a difference of roughly 453,000 in favor of the Democrats.

      http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/the-gop-is-dying-off-literally-118035

    7. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You call bullshit? "Doing statistics" as a general tool in a part of your job does not make you any sort of expert. You neglected every element of sampling and design and simply made vacuous claims. Go away. Based on 2012 election results, Trump will lose in a landslide burial.

    8. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2

      Combine those extremes for averages for each, and not only is he most likely to LOSE, he will lose VERY badly.

      Somehow the Republican Party forgot that they needed to do better than Mitt Romney in 2012. Alienating every voting bloc in America to appeal to the party base is not a sound strategy.

    9. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by RoccamOccam · · Score: 2
      "Getting over half the popular vote from Republicans when Cruz and Kasich are still running..."

      Trump hasn't gotten over 50% of the votes in any state primary, so far. So, I don't see how he could have "over half the popular vote" in total. Cruz is the only candidate that has gotten over half the votes in any state.

    10. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by lgw · · Score: 0

      I don't expect much from the submitters and editors here, but it's kind of pathetic to see jabs like the "And on the other side of the isle, everyone surely already knows how likely Republican nominee Donald Trump feels about illegal aliens." one in the summary.

      What's pathetic is the joke itself. Here, try this one:

      Everyone surely already knows how Republican and Reform party governors such as Schwarzenegger and Ventura feel about illegal aliens.

      There, was that so hard?

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    11. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought it was about the Isle Of Lucy.

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    12. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're applying traditional political analysis to Trump, when it should be clear by now that his situation is very different from that of just about every candidate of the past 50 years, and perhaps much longer than that.

      It wasn't long ago that "the numbers" were indicating Trump wouldn't do well at all during the primaries. And what happened? He exceeded all initial expectations and polls to become the leader!

      He's the first candidate in a very long time to appeal to the silent majority who have traditionally just voted for the candidate they dislike the least. This time around they have a candidate that they like.

      Leftists, and even some weak rightists, have tried to stigmatize him, and to some extent the have succeeded. Many of these people who support Trump can't and won't do it publicly; they don't want to have to deal with fanatical leftists attacking them. But in the privacy of the voting booth, they will choose Trump, even if they don't disclose it or admit to it.

      Trump has massive grassroots support, well beyond anything we saw from Obama. Trump doesn't just appeal to those on the right, but he appeals to most centrists and even a good number of those who lean to the left.

      People like you will write him off now, but it's extremely likely that he will be the next President of the United States of America, even if your "numbers" incorrectly suggest otherwise.

    13. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by ScentCone · · Score: 1, Insightful

      If the Republicans can't accept a black man in the White House

      Really? Are you one of those people who still plays the race card in order to avoid dealing with the fact that half the country doesn't agree with the other half about some pretty serious philosophical matters, mostly when it comes to the nature of the relationship between the people and the government that works for them? Obama said he would, and has set out to change that relationship, and a lot of people don't like the way that was going to (and did) manifest itself (see the "Affordable" Care Act, etc). But no, you'd rather call them all racists. I don't give a damn what color he or anyone else is. Only what they say and do (or don't say, and don't do).

      Yes, Trump does present the risk of the house and/or senate changing hands - not a good thing at all.

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    14. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by quax · · Score: 0

      "These normal Americans ..."

      Normal as is in not so brown?

      Sorry AC, but Trump started as a joke and I dearly hope he doesn't turn the US into one.

    15. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      Are you one of those people who still plays the race card in order to avoid dealing with the fact that half the country doesn't agree with the other half about some pretty serious philosophical matters, mostly when it comes to the nature of the relationship between the people and the government that works for them?

      Nope. I'm one of those people who talk about race because that's America today. As a white male conservative in a minority-majority state (California), I have no problems living as minority among minorities. My neighbors are black, Latino, Indian and Asian. We're all one people. We're Americans.

      But no, you'd rather call them all racists.

      If it makes your feel better, you can call me an asshole. You won't hurt my feelings. I work in IT. ;)

    16. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No attack on Trump is unnecessary.

      "A majority of Americans do support him now, and will support him during the election,"

      You are in fantasy land.

    17. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      You have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

      This is what the Republican Party had to say about the 2012 election. Read it. Educate yourself.

      http://goproject.gop.com/rnc_growth_opportunity_book_2013.pdf

      And you demonstrate your ignorance every time you post, yet like the idiot you are, you just keep at it.

      I love trolling the trolls on Slashdot.

    18. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Trump has no widespread support - he fails outside of the southern states because his campaign is based on hatred, of a class and everything else. Economics actually decide the majority of votes, and Trump has no clear policy on anything to gain any new votes.

    19. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Fuck off faggot!

    20. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      You're applying traditional political analysis to Trump, when it should be clear by now that his situation is very different from that of just about every candidate of the past 50 years, and perhaps much longer than that.

      We need to look at the 1920's, especially if Donald Trump loses in double digits and takes the Republican Congress with him.

      But victory can be a fleeting thing. In 1928, Republicans won 270 seats in the House. They were on top of the world. Two years later, they narrowly lost their majority. Two years after that, in 1932, their caucus shrunk to 117 members and the number of Republican-held seats in the Senate fell to just 36. To borrow the title of a popular 1929 novel (which had nothing whatsoever to do with American politics): Goodbye to all that.

      http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/1928-congress-last-time-republicans-had-a-majority-this-huge-112913

    21. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Like you are so right;-)

    22. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Apparently Trump's campaign staff has mod-points.

    23. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You r up for a bad ride!

    24. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Look up Biggest loser on the net..check out who comes out;-)..it does says it all!

    25. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by AthanasiusKircher · · Score: 1

      It's the unnecessary attack on Trump that just isn't needed or valuable here.

      This isn't an attack. It was a joke -- a ban pun, but mildly amusing. I don't read this even as a criticism of Trump's position: it was just making a joke using a candidate's well-known views.

      I would suggest that it is you who are reading this as an "attack" or with malicious intent. If you are imagining a neutral statement of your candidate's position in the context of a stupid pun must be an "attack" -- well, maybe you should consider why you are so self-conscious and defensive. Maybe you're not as confident in you're candidate's superiority as you want to appear? Or maybe you're not really as confident in your support as you want to be?

    26. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by tchdab1 · · Score: 0

      >>There's absolutely nothing wrong with Trump's position on illegal aliens.

      I'm done here.

    27. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Mashiki · · Score: 1

      Nope. I'm one of those people who talk about race because that's America today. As a white male conservative in a minority-majority state (California), I have no problems living as minority among minorities. My neighbors are black, Latino, Indian and Asian. We're all one people. We're Americans.

      So which is it? You're one of those people who use the race card because "race is america today" or because you're all americans.

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    28. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      You're one of those people who use the race card because "race is america today" or because you're all americans.

      We're all Americans. We all have race problems. We all need to deal with it.

    29. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I suspect there is no contrast between an all American philosophy, while recognizing that Trump's version of market segmentation in politics is based on racism.

    30. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by narcc · · Score: 2

      Alienating every voting bloc in America

      They ... they're ... Oh my god...

    31. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

      They ... they're ... Oh my god...

      The 2016 election is going to be one hell of a chest buster. O_o

    32. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But it's not really a problem if he loses. Then he has an excuse to incite riots, which is what he wanted all along.

    33. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Plus1Entropy · · Score: 1

      Even if left-leaning folks, like the submitter and perhaps the editors here, don't like Trump, they're going to have to accept that Trump is very likely going to be the next President of the United States of America.

      You're delusional, Trump isn't even popular among Republicans, he's gotten an average of 35% of the vote across all primaries. His favorability rating among the general electorate is the lowest of any potential nominee in the last 9 Presidential elections.

      A majority of Americans do support him now, and will support him during the election, even if they can't publicly admit it at this time.

      I love this kind of argument: "The fact that the evidence doesn't support me shows that I'm right." If a majority of Americans support him, then who the hell are the people stopping them from publicly admitting it?

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    34. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Plus1Entropy · · Score: 1

      So you cite one single poll of 916 people made 3 months ago and base your entire argument on that.

      I'd say don't quit your day job, but...

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      Only crack the nuts that crack. You don't put the ones that don't crack in the sack.
    35. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Plus1Entropy · · Score: 1

      It wasn't long ago that "the numbers" were indicating Trump wouldn't do well at all during the primaries. And what happened? He exceeded all initial expectations and polls to become the leader!

      Trump has almost never exceeded his polls. In fact, he usually under performs them. What the analysts got wrong was that Trump supporters didn't peel away to other, more mainstream candidates. While his supporters are incredibly loyal he hasn't really managed to pick up any more, even as other candidates have dropped out. He's stuck at ~35%, it's both his floor and his ceiling.

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    36. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      35% is plenty enough to become president.

    37. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by hairyfeet · · Score: 1

      If Sanders gets it? It might be a fight...if Hillary gets it? Trump is gonna slaughter. Hillary is HATED by way too many to ever win, she has kissed too many corporate asses, said way too much stupid shit on camera (hell that "brought to heel" bit will be her Willie Horton among blacks when Trump starts spamming that vid) and is generally unliked by a good chunk of Americans.

      Frankly the only way you are gonna get president Hillary, even with her doing dumb pathetic pandering to young voters like this, is if the GOP pushed Cruz out instead of Trump. He is the only one even more unlikeable than she is and the simple fact that with as much blustering as Trump has done on camera he is still doing THIS well? Just shows how truly weak his opposition is.

      My personal guess is we are getting president Trump, people are tired of policies that go against common sense and being told they are racist or defective for daring to speak out against these policies. All the BLM ass showing at Trump rallies are doing him a HUGE favor as well as it just makes the other side look like thugs that can't handle having a debate and mark my words, what people say to these pollsters and what they vote? will be VERY different.

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    38. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      YOU'RE A FUCKING WHITE MALE

    39. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      B-b-b-b-but I've got black friends. I'm not racist! Really! ... idiot.

    40. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dear Schizophrenic self (the grandparent post's author, "Anonymous Coward"),
      I agree with the first paragraph. It was just meant to refer to "illegal aliens" joking on the less-well-known usage (person from foreign land) being the same word as the extra-terrestrial visitor. After quoting the democratic candidates, some mention of the republican side was also quite justified. As an anti-democrat myself, I really didn't see this as an unnecessary Trump jab.

    41. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Racism is a white people problem because white people are the ones causing the problem.

    42. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      As a child, this fool clearly decided negative attention was preferable to having personal hygiene or any friends.

      I was in Special Ed for eight years because I had an undiagnosed hearing lost. Negative attention and lack of friends came with the territory. That didn't change until I skipped high school, went to college and started my technical career.

      He's that smug little weasel that give IT workers a bad name.

      Eli the Computer Guy has a wonderful YouTube video as to why IT workers should be assholes. Once I accepted that I was an asshole, my IT job got easier and more enjoyable.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YaNGzplbE

    43. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh the irony here.

    44. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by cyber-vandal · · Score: 2

      Why is it a white people problem? I am no more responsible for all the assholes that happen to have the same skin pigmentation as me than all Muslims are responsible for the assholes that happen to share the same religion as them.

    45. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nope, not really. He can't get the electoral votes with that low a turnout among just Republicans - Democrats won't vote for him so that's ~20%.

    46. Re: Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I work in intelligence and marketing and my job is about being right in hard to predict circumstances.

      This election will be a close one because Mr. Trump knies people desires, fears and needs better than Hillary, and he has no morals and can lie effectively to the point where even saying contradictory things still gets him votes. He also will attack Hillary in ways you'll not have thought possible, and Hillary's will will be largely decided by the USA female vote saving America from the risks of a lawless ruthless dividing person.

      On the other hand, Hillary will be forced to adopt more firm stances and do some of the things this country needs that are a bit controversial and everyone avoided in the past.

      Also note that in the Americas continent, all woman rulers have done very badly, including Chile, Brasil, Argentina and Venezuela (Maduro is managed by Chaves sister, she likes in the presidential palace, Maduro does not).

      So I wish Hillary wisdom and strength to make a good president that can overcome some of the challenges that are dragging us all vs Asia.

    47. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      I don't expect much from the submitters and editors here, but it's kind of pathetic to see jabs like the "And on the other side of the isle, everyone surely already knows how likely Republican nominee Donald Trump feels about illegal aliens." one in the summary.

      Of course, "isle" should be "aisle", but that's not the editorial problem I'm referring to here.

      It's the unnecessary attack on Trump that just isn't needed or valuable here.

      There's absolutely nothing wrong with Trump's position on illegal aliens. Upholding America's immigration and citizenship laws is something that a great many Americans feel is extremely important.

      Even if left-leaning folks, like the submitter and perhaps the editors here, don't like Trump, they're going to have to accept that Trump is very likely going to be the next President of the United States of America.

      A majority of Americans do support him now, and will support him during the election, even if they can't publicly admit it at this time.

      In fact, by resorting to such pathetic jabs on such a constant basis, those on the left are actually driving more and more people to support Trump for President. These normal Americans are getting tired of leftists shitting all over American values and American laws. These normal Americans are getting tired of the disrespect that the left so often directs at them. These normal Americans are going to elect President Trump.

      Nothing wrong with Trump's position on illegal aliens? Would that include his position that the number of illegal immigrants in the United States is "30 million, it could be 34 million." (July 24th, 2015, MSNBC Morning Joe)? Or his position that he "denies that he was aware of the working conditions at the site in 1980 or that any of the demolition workers were undocumented immigrants ...said he had resisted efforts to settle the case out of court. ''It would be cheaper, but on principle I won't,'' he said. ''We did nothing wrong.''" http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06... which he settled in 1999 http://www.nydailynews.com/arc...? Or the position that it would be possible to have 11 million people deported?
      Frankly, I'd put more credence to the position that 70 years ago a bunch of joyriding Martian teens slammed their interplanetary scout craft into Roswell. That has at least a slight possibility of possibility.

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    48. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      These normal Americans are getting tired of leftists shitting all over American values and American laws. These normal Americans are getting tired of the disrespect that the left so often directs at them. These normal Americans are going to elect President Trump.

      And one more person demonstrating that he deserves to be shit upon.

    49. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      You have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

      This is what the Republican Party had to say about the 2012 election. Read it. Educate yourself.

      http://goproject.gop.com/rnc_growth_opportunity_book_2013.pdf

      And you demonstrate your ignorance every time you post, yet like the idiot you are, you just keep at it.

      I love trolling the trolls on Slashdot.

      it's not as if other republicans haven't noticed something odd...
      "Republicans have to stop buying into things that demonize the president. I mean, why aren't Republican leaders shouting out about all this birther nonsense and all these other things? They should speak out. This is the kind of intolerance that I've been talking about where these idiot presentations continue to be made and you don't see the senior leadership of the party say, 'No, that's wrong.' In fact, sometimes by not speaking out, they're encouraging it. And the base keeps buying the stuff. "And it's killing the base of the party. I mean, 26 percent favorability rating for the party right now. It ought to be telling them something. So, instead of attacking me or whoever speaks like I do, look in the mirror and realize, 'How are we going to win the next election?" -Colin Powell, 2013 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/po...
      "The GOP “still looks down on minorities,” Powell said. He slammed Sarah Palin‘s “shuck and jive” comments from last year about President Obama and criticized Republican’s use of the word “lazy” to describe the president. “Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?” he asked." -Colin Powell, 2015 http://www.mediaite.com/tv/col...
      "Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists," Col. Lawrence Wilkerson said Friday on MSNBC's "The Ed Show." "And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander in chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that’s despicable." https://www.washingtonpost.com...
      "The Republican Party and the conservatives have shown very little interest in black Americans and have actually done things to leave the impression among blacks that they are antagonistic to their interests. Even as someone who's labeled a conservative --I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration--I can say that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome." -Clarence Thomas 1987 http://reason.com/archives/198...
      "The party must follow Governor Bush's lead and reach out to minority communities and particularly the African-American community -- and not just during an election-year campaign," General Powell said pointedly. "It must be a sustained effort. It must be every day. It must be for real." He did not spare the party for its record on affirmative action. There was "cynicism in the black community," he said, because "some in our party miss no opportunity to roundly and loudly condemn affirmative action that helped a few thousands black kids get an education." But, he added, "hardly a whimper is heard from them over affirmative action for lobbyists who load our federal tax codes with preferences for special interests." -Colin Powell 2000

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    50. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      It wasn't long ago that "the numbers" were indicating Trump wouldn't do well at all during the primaries. And what happened? He exceeded all initial expectations and polls to become the leader!

      Trump has almost never exceeded his polls. In fact, he usually under performs them. What the analysts got wrong was that Trump supporters didn't peel away to other, more mainstream candidates. While his supporters are incredibly loyal he hasn't really managed to pick up any more, even as other candidates have dropped out. He's stuck at ~35%, it's both his floor and his ceiling.

      Underperform the polls? Hey, he underpaid the illegal alien Poles when he hired them for demolition in 1979!

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    51. Re:Why the jab at Trump in the summary? by Quirkz · · Score: 1

      I see a lot of hate for Trump, too. Personally, I see more of than than for Hillary, but it may depend a lot on your social circles, so I'm going to assume it's anecdotal. But I don't think you can call the election based on Hillary hate alone.

  21. Re:Big problem with Hillary Clinton: Communication by c · · Score: 1, Funny

    About one-tenth of the time, Hillary Clinton seems to me to say things that aren't logical, or don't make much sense.

    So, basically, she's the polar opposite of Trump?

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    Log in or piss off.
  22. Re:Big problem with Hillary Clinton: Communication by JustNiz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Only 1/10th of the time? Dude you need to listen harder. Everything she says is bullshit.

  23. Hillary Clinton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hillary Clinton represents everything that is soulless and wrong about career politicians.

  24. how to build suspense by eyenot · · Score: 1

    I personally really, highly doubt that our government has anything revelatory or unprecedented to say about the fullest extent of their knowledge about visits by E.T.

    I'm not going to go all-out and say we've never been visited. Personally I've stuck most of my life with the ideal (while fully acknowledging it as idealistic) that until you know for sure one way or the other, most proposed limits to possible phenomena in the universe deserve a 50/50 consideration. That is, it's just as likely said phenomenon doesn't exist as it does.

    That being said, I've seen or experienced firsthand -- well outside of controlled or manipulable environments -- evidence of things such as "ghosts" and ESP, things that are supposed to be impossible in the constraints contemporary to our modern, scientific dogma.

    However, I've never seen one shred of evidence for the visitation of extraterrestrials on Earth. I know several people who swear up and down that they were visited, or that they have "missing time" surrounding events that they believe strongly suggest a visitation -- lights in the sky before "blacking out and disappearing for two days", etc. I'm not going to discredit those sorts of claims. But nothing I've seen or experienced has shifted me off of "my 50/50" regarding E.T.

    So if you said "the government has deep files with proof -- PROOF! -- of ghosts" or of any other thing that I'm no longer strictly 50/50 about, I'd say "man, I'd love to see that!" If we could take some arbitrary ratio like 90/10 regarding something like ghosts, I could say I 80% believe somebody else somewhere has had similar experiences and maybe even found a way to form concrete evidence out of them. But regarding E.T. I can't say I can lend even 1% of credence to claims that the government is hiding anything from us.

    More likely, the government knows fully well that either:

    A) there is no evidence of any E.T. visits to Earth since the foundation of the United States, or at least going back as far as 1920; ... or ...

    B) that there is "compelling, yet inconclusive" evidence for same.

    Either way, there's nothing to say that the government doesn't see something lucrative in allowing people to:

    1. believe what they want to believe without threat to those beliefs, no matter how deluded, far-out, or insane;

    2. believe specific things that benefit the government to have them believe.

    It's not impossible -- in fact it's somewhat likely -- that the U.S. government (whoever that is we're talking about, whatever agency, etc.) could actually *gain* something by having people believe that the U.S. government knows for sure that there has been an E.T. visit to Earth, even if the truth is that the U.S. government has no reason to believe that there ever has.

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    1. Re: how to build suspense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think you might be on the wrong site.

    2. Re:how to build suspense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Posting as reply because your post is actually good. Posting as AC because I am posting about aliens lol.

      Get any friend a bit tipsy and ask them if they have ever seen something in the sky they don't understand. Almost everyone has, if they about 25 or older. The most likely explanation is military, but it is odd that so many reputable people have seen crazy shit, often while standing next to others who see the same thing.

      The sky is, or was, riddled with UFOs. The UFOs are *probably* not aliens, or anything like that but... I mean, you have to wonder, right?

      What if the government has something that says "ok, this was definitely not military, definitely not foreign, definitely not understood", and points to a specific incident in the 50s or 60s or 70s. They have long range photos that leave something to be desired, and they have multiple radar contacts, maybe across more than one nation, confirming it. It's the MOST likely candidate for an alien contact....

      Then what? Even something as wild as that doesn't give us something to act on.

      The more broad conspiracy theories- that elites in our government are aware of and are in contact with some space opera aliens- doesn't jive with anything else going on. I mean, they are not strictly impossible, but the reason they are shit on so much and considered so fringe is that you have to go through a mile of wild assumptions to get there. No leaks over tens of thousands of people over generations? If that's your theory, then whatever is at the top would be an existential threat, and you wouldn't WANT to unravel it- no other force would compel so many for so long to keep a secret. It just breaks down because the world doesn't look like a world where aliens are pulling a whole lot of strings. The world is way too diverse in governments and beliefs to be controlled at that level.

  25. I'm all for Legal immagration by Bodhammer · · Score: 1

    Just as long as they come in through the front front door and not the ceiling or time portal. You know, legal, safe, and rare and all that...

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    "I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
  26. Whatever by khasim · · Score: 1

    Yeah, this PLANET might have already been visited by extra-terrestrial intelligences. But the odds are very, very slim.

    And even slimmer are the odds that we (as a species) were visited.

    And even slimmer still that our government has collected any information on.

    And even still slimmer that our government would manage to keep such a secret.

  27. Hilarious by bobo_1968 · · Score: 2

    This is an entertaining hail mary to try and distract from the various investigations, emails, and fundraising transcripts etc. "We'll be transparent, we promise! The American people *deserve* to know about UFO's." The meeting where some intern came up with this idea had to be followed by "It's so crazy it might just work!"

  28. Re:Big problem with Hillary Clinton: Communication by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Trump speaks in parables. The angry literalists (evangelists and leftists) can't understand that.

  29. Scully and Mulder by inode_buddha · · Score: 1

    Didn't agents Scully and Mulder work for the FBI? And didn't they want to believe? And isn't the FBI investigating Clinton? ....

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    1. Re: Scully and Mulder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes on tv,yes on tv,yes in real life. Reality is not as fun as tv....at least on movies people that commit treason get hanged.

  30. Wrong again by irving47 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    We can't handle the truth. Our society is getting DUMBER, not smarter. We can't handle the thought of beings from beyond arriving. There would be cults worshipping them, cults demonizing them (this ALREADY happens in certain major religions, claiming UFO's are the work of Satan.) And suicides and suicide cults and people wanting to marry them within an hour of meeting them.

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    1. Re:Wrong again by eyenot · · Score: 1

      (honestly, it's not like a certain amount of suicide wouldn't help the various governments of the world)

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    2. Re:Wrong again by cfalcon · · Score: 1

      I will only worship them if they have cool blue sex robots and spaceships that look totally wizard.

    3. Re:Wrong again by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      I will only worship them if they have cool blue sex robots

      I'm holding out for warm pink.

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      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    4. Re:Wrong again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not to mention 'Reality' TV shows with contestants competing to date them!

    5. Re:Wrong again by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      We can't handle the truth. Our society is getting DUMBER, not smarter. We can't handle the thought of beings from beyond arriving. There would be cults worshipping them, cults demonizing them (this ALREADY happens in certain major religions, claiming UFO's are the work of Satan.) And suicides and suicide cults and people wanting to marry them within an hour of meeting them.

      ufos the work of satan, how dumb. obviously they are the work of God. Ezekiel saw a wheel a rolling and all that.

      --
      Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.
    6. Re:Wrong again by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 1

      Considering that "Satan" is just a fallen Angel, and actually has a name which is "Lucifer" (which in turn is in modern times wrong translated as "light bearer" and not at what it actually means: "Light Bringer" or in Greek: Prometheus) everything Satan does is done in the name of God. Obviously.

      Or as someone said, "only people who fear their own god need to invent something like a devil which they fear even more".

      --
      Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
    7. Re:Wrong again by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      Considering that "Satan" is just a fallen Angel, and actually has a name which is "Lucifer" (which in turn is in modern times wrong translated as "light bearer" and not at what it actually means: "Light Bringer" or in Greek: Prometheus) everything Satan does is done in the name of God. Obviously.

      Or as someone said, "only people who fear their own god need to invent something like a devil which they fear even more".

      My light saber is named Lucy, (not really, but i think if i had one it would be).

      --
      Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.
    8. Re:Wrong again by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      Considering that "Satan" is just a fallen Angel, and actually has a name which is "Lucifer" (which in turn is in modern times wrong translated as "light bearer" and not at what it actually means: "Light Bringer" or in Greek: Prometheus) everything Satan does is done in the name of God. Obviously.

      Or as someone said, "only people who fear their own god need to invent something like a devil which they fear even more".

      The Catholics have an official Manichaean Heresy, i.e. the belief that the universe is in a state of war between Good/God and Evil; it's a clear violation of monotheism to consider that there's some sort of credible opponent to the One and Only Creator, an opponent with comparable powers of creation, miracles, etc. who can operate independently from the Divine Plan
      Which excommunicates a lot of makers of bad movies.
      Hebraically, Satan was just a symbol of one side of God; in the Old Testament, angels don't even have independent free will, being solely God's messengers, so the whole concept of a fallen or rebellions angel belongs to that newfangled Christianity thing.

      --
      Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.
    9. Re:Wrong again by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      We can't handle the truth. Our society is getting DUMBER, not smarter. We can't handle the thought of beings from beyond arriving. There would be cults worshipping them, cults demonizing them (this ALREADY happens in certain major religions, claiming UFO's are the work of Satan.) And suicides and suicide cults and people wanting to marry them within an hour of meeting them.

      Most of us can't handle the concept of sentient beings living on the other side of the ocean, who do not speak English.

      --
      Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.
  31. As possible by scorp1us · · Score: 1

    Why not release it all? "as spossible" just allows for restrictions. Even if we release everything up to 1996, that's still 20-year old tech. Ok, 1986, - year old tech... All the juicy alien stuff was super to happen before then.

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    Slashdot's rate-of-post filter: Preventing you from posting too many great ideas at once.
  32. It's an alien plot!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Once we elect their queen to see the classified documents, it will be too late! Then the Lizardfolk of Gliese 674 b will rule the Earth with an iron fist.

  33. Hillary Talks To Dead People BTW by Sam36 · · Score: 1
  34. Playing with Google Rank by bussdriver · · Score: 5, Insightful

    MOST LIKELY, he noticed just like I did, that googling his name puts UFO ranked higher. So he is trying to influence his google ranking to have recent UFO related results attached to his name rather than Panama.

    I remember Bill Clinton's Chief of staff over a decade ago talking about how he looked into UFOs early into Bill's years in office and Bill told him to see if he could find anything. In the interview I remember him saying he found nothing but also felt like he was getting the run around by the system. This is either still a thing for him or it is a tactic being employed again.

    1. Re:Playing with Google Rank by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Expect shenanigans from Google.
      It's a subsidiary of Alphabet now, and Larry Page is closely involved with Hillary.

    2. Re:Playing with Google Rank by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      UFO is a great cover story for any military ops they want to remain secret. If they let the cat out of the bag that all the Area 51 stuff was simply military ops, it will be less effective to use that as a cover story in the future. So, they protect it. Boy who cried wolf and all that.

    3. Re:Playing with Google Rank by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's a subtle hint to the extremes of the party to give them a reason to be excited to vote, which they might not otherwise do.

  35. I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speeches by bpechter · · Score: 1

    Aren't there more important things that are not being exposed. How about speeches to Wall St. and Clinton Foundation donations. Also, what about the running of the private email server. Let's get a priority here as to stuff that gets classified over political whims and stuff that they sweep under the rug with disinformation.

    I'm a political moderate seeing both sides delivering more bull to the press to avoid discussing real hard issues and choices.

  36. They'll do anything by epyT-R · · Score: 1

    They'll do anything to shift focus away from their lack of honest governance on things that actually matter.

  37. Buzz Aldrin has been talking about monoliths by Beeftopia · · Score: 1

    I heard Buzz Aldrin (one of the few people to have walked on the moon) on DC news radio the other day talking about moon monoliths. I thought he was talking about Earth's moon, but some googling shows he's talking about a monolith on one of Mars' moons, if that's what he was referring to. He explicitly talked about off-world life forms - aliens - as well.

    So that's interesting - Hillary talking about extraterrestrial life, as well as Aldrin talking about it, around the same time.

    I do think there's extraterrestrial life (Stephen Hawking has said trying to contact extraterrestrial life is a bad idea), but conventional wisdom says it's impossible for it to have found us, as our understanding of physics and engineering says it would not be possible to traverse interstellar and intergalactic distances in reasonable timeframes.

    1. Re:Buzz Aldrin has been talking about monoliths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I heard Buzz Aldrin....

      I'm afraid dear old Buzz has gone gaga long time ago, my friend.

    2. Re:Buzz Aldrin has been talking about monoliths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Our understanding of physics and engineering changed quite a bit in just the last 100 years.

    3. Re:Buzz Aldrin has been talking about monoliths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I do think there's extraterrestrial life...but conventional wisdom says it's impossible for it to have found us, as our understanding of physics and engineering says it would not be possible to traverse interstellar and intergalactic distances in reasonable timeframes.

      Well, I'd say it's their understanding of physics and engineering that really matters with respect to them finding us.

      - T

  38. Re:I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speec by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

    How about speeches to Wall St. and Clinton Foundation donations. Also, what about the running of the private email server.

    What about Donald Trump's tax records?

    http://static2.politico.com/dims4/default/739614e/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F04%2Ff7%2Ff20a98ff4804bd684ea9f53e250b%2Fwuc160406-1160.jpg

  39. Good point. I was thinking of years ago. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1

    Probably a very good point. I haven't listened to her in a long time. I understand she has gotten worse.

  40. Don't tell Donald Trump! by fragMasterFlash · · Score: 1

    Can you imagine the wall Donald Trump would want built if he believed extra terrestrials were real? I'd kind of like to hear him explain how he would get them to pay for the construction costs.

    1. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by PPH · · Score: 1

      Walls? We're going to need a ceiling as well.

      --
      Have gnu, will travel.
    2. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by Livius · · Score: 1

      Donald Trump would want built if he believed extra terrestrials were real?

      Just ask yourself:

      Does Trump's hair resemble anything from this planet?

    3. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by fox171171 · · Score: 1

      Can you imagine the wall Donald Trump would want built if he believed extra terrestrials were real?

      We'll have to tell Freeman Dyson that he isn't getting a sphere named after him after all.

    4. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

      Trump also promises to get the aliens to pay for the Dyson sphere. Just one problem: what are we going to do with that giant pile of xygrax skins?

    5. Re: Don't tell Donald Trump! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Haha..look up Loser.com ;-) it s says it all !

    6. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by jittles · · Score: 1

      Donald Trump would want built if he believed extra terrestrials were real?

      Just ask yourself:

      Does Trump's hair resemble anything from this planet?

      Everyone knows that Trump's hair is one of his horcruxes. Once you introduce dark magic into the equation, who can really say what his hair piece really is (besides a horcrux, obviously)?

    7. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Trump also promises to get the aliens to pay for the Dyson sphere. Just one problem: what are we going to do with that giant pile of xygrax skins?

      Give them to the Vogon construction team?

    8. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      Donald Trump would want built if he believed extra terrestrials were real?

      Just ask yourself:

      Does Trump's hair resemble anything from this planet?

      He seems to be some sort of giant sentient candy corn stuck into the neck of a humanoid body,

      --
      Star Trek transporters are just 3d printers.
    9. Re:Don't tell Donald Trump! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > Does Trump's hair resemble anything from this planet?

      Yes! Many different kinds of plants and animals!

      https://www.google.com/search?q=trump%27s+hair+looks+like&tbm=isch

  41. The Idiot Vote... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anything to get a vote. What next?

    1. Re:The Idiot Vote... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      GOP has had the Idiot Vote tied up since at least Reagan.

      How else do you get so many people to vote against their own interests for almost 40 years?

      "Imagine how dumb the average American is. Then remember that half are dumber than that." - George Carlin

  42. Hillary by ChristopherCelaya · · Score: 1

    I think Hillary is the least bad option this season, but what is it with her and classified information? Do we really want her to reveal the "truth," which likely has nothing to do with aliens and everything to do with our own experimental military technology?

  43. Re:Why would the USA get a visit rather than other by PPH · · Score: 1

    Why even humans?

    So long. And thanks for all the fish.

    --
    Have gnu, will travel.
  44. The truth? by PPH · · Score: 1
    --
    Have gnu, will travel.
  45. What's the point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, that'll help... After the Area51 documents are open and everyone can see, that it has nothing to do with aliens whatsoever, the conspiracy crowd will just say, that the documents are fake. The same shit happened every time, government documents about UFOs were declassified. Not that I expect anything coming from this voter-catching bullshit.

  46. How is this not a conflict of interest? by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Instead of bothering with UFO's, why not deal with things like:
    * What was being discussed between Clinton and Goldman Sachs?
    * What role did her husband have with supporting a known rapist on a certain Caribbean island?
    * What is the truth in the matters of oddly convenient "suicides" like Vince Foster?
    * What is the truth in the matters of Benghazi, given that they wanted the Ambassador dead?

    Adding to your list, I have a question: how is this not a conflict of interest?

    The campaign chair of someone running for president convinces the secretary of state to declassify documents in order to boost the campaign?

    How is this not a conflict of interest?

    Should the Secretary of State make declassification decisions based on the state of her campaign?

    Beyond conflict of interest, how is this not outright illegal?

    1. Re:How is this not a conflict of interest? by kenai_alpenglow · · Score: 1

      Since when does legal vs illegal become of any importance to the clintons?

  47. Hilary's UFOs vs Ron Paul would be fun by raymorris · · Score: 1

    If she's going off into UFOs and magic pyramids now, I'd LOVE to hear her debate Ron Paul, perhaps in Haight Ashbury.

  48. Selective truth by Livius · · Score: 1

    Everything about UFOs was already released.

    It's a cheap way to sound like she believes in transparency when, of course, she doesn't.

  49. Dennis Kucinich LIVES AGAIN!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When you can't deal with reality turn to fantasy to win an election. What a nut job.

  50. Squirrel! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Podesta is taking a leaf from Trump's book: bury bad news under an outrageous and palpably nonsensical story.
    In Trump's case he starts cracking menstruation jokes after a bad debate or primary loss, in Podesta's case, he's trying to distract attention from his involvement with Sberbank who are currently under the spotlight thanks to the Panama papers.

    Fortunately for Trump, Podesta (and Hillary) the American public has the attention span of a stoner goldfish.

  51. ANYTHING to distract by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    from today's typical friday 5pm State Department document drop on Hillary. By releasing thousands of pages on friday, MONTHS after they were demanded and after the east coast evening news shows are going on the air, they can count on the press who are sympathetic to her already (90%+ of US journalists self-identify as Democrats or left-leaning independents, and the union that includes journalists are funding her campaign) not reporting on any of it. For the few fake journalists who need a Clinton story for the weekend, we are offered this UFO nonsense by longtime Clinton consigliere Podesta. It's far more entertaining than some state department doc dump, so that's the excuse used for covering it and ignoring the actual serious stuff that goes to how government works and whether it is even accountable to the citizens anymore.

    Remember: the Clintons already did the White House stuff and while there Hillary used the residence to hide legal documents being sought by the courts until after the statute of limitations ran out. The Clintons have NEVER been about "openness" and had there been ANY UFO stuff to release they certainly could have done it then if they had been so inclined. For that matter, the Democrats had total control of the US Government during the first part of the Obama administration with such huge majorities in both the House and Senate that they were able to ram-through Obamacare without any Republicans.

  52. Eleven Million People. by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 1

    The first estimate I saw on Google for the cost to deport someone was about $28k. There are eleven million illegal immigrants in the US. That's slightly less than the population of Ohio, the seventh largest state. What's your plan to deal with that?

    Conservatives are generally not fond of increasing taxes, increased government intrusion, or "big government", so your plan should probably avoid any of those things. I'm personally not a huge fan of having lots of police around whose job is to hassle anyone with the wrong skin color, and definitely not so enamored of the idea that I want a lot more of it.

    The problem with Trump's "position" is that it's just posturing. You can't even argue with his position because even he doesn't know what he's saying. He's just playing upon the sympathies of racists, and not letting himself get trapped into making any campaign promises which he won't be able to keep. The Republican party also knows that this is a lost cause, which is why their platform makes no mention of deportation, and never will. Eventually some form of amnesty will be necessary, and fortunately for both parties, none of this nonsense will apply to the second generation. Personally I'm hoping that the citizens of this country will one day stop being racist jerks, but it seems deeply embedded into our culture -- more's the pity.

    --
    Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
    1. Re:Eleven Million People. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > The first estimate I saw on Google for the cost to deport someone was about $28k. There are eleven million illegal immigrants in the US. That's slightly less than the population of Ohio, the seventh largest state. What's your plan to deal with that?

      Deport in bulk, save money. It's obviously possible.

    2. Re:Eleven Million People. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Meh. Each illegal alien costs way more than $28k in lifetime social benefits, so deporting them will save $ in the long run. 11M is about 3% of the population; in the 1950s President Eisenhower removed 3M illegal aliens - about 2% of the population at the time. So history shows it can be done, it just takes someone who gets things done.

    3. Re:Eleven Million People. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm always curious what these "lifetime benefits" are that illegal immigrant come over to abuse. They don't get social security; they aren't eligible for welfare or unemployment benefits. They don't get medicare or medicaid (although they do get the "benefit" that hospitals are required to provide emergency care without regard for ability to pay). Meanwhile, they pay (at least) sales and gasoline taxes. They pay property taxes, either directly or through their landlord. Those working on fake social security numbers have income and social security taxes withheld, even if they can't file a return or get a refund. But I, admittedly, don't really know very much about government benefits available just for showing up without a tax identification number.

    4. Re:Eleven Million People. by Rockoon · · Score: 1

      The first estimate I saw on Google for the cost to deport someone was about $28k. There are eleven million illegal immigrants in the US. That's slightly less than the population of Ohio, the seventh largest state. What's your plan to deal with that?

      Whats my plan? Well we can start by lowering that cost because $28K/deportation is just plain stupid, and anyone who doesnt immediately notice that $28K/deportation is too much (such as you) is part of the problem which is why part two of the plan deals specifically with fucking morons.

      --
      "His name was James Damore."
    5. Re:Eleven Million People. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But anything less than 28K is racist!

    6. Re:Eleven Million People. by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 1

      Great plan. Love the attention to detail there. "It should be cheaper!" Because why? Cops and immigration officials are free? Because civil liberties are not worth paying attention to, especially for brown people? And what sort of figure would make that acceptable? How many billion dollars of new taxes are you okay with?

      --
      Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
    7. Re:Eleven Million People. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Fool. It would be scenes like this, several hundred thousand times over, and perhaps more.

      Also, I'm not clear on how part two of the plan addresses people like you getting laid.

      - T

  53. Re:I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speec by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    >I'm a political moderate seeing both sides delivering more bull to the press to avoid discussing real hard issues and choices.

    Welcome to the real world or grown ups, Skippy. Get used to it: even a cursory ready of human history shows it was always like this.

  54. Re:I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speec by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What about your tax returns?

    Who cares about Trump's tax returns? They're a private matter between Trump and the IRS. All they'd really show is that he's an amazingly successful business man with far more real-world experience in running successful enterprises than any other candidate left, which everyone already knows.

  55. Do all Democrats have no memory? by SuperKendall · · Score: 2, Informative

    If the Republicans can't accept a black man in the White House

    Says the person who apparently can't remember it was only recently Ben Carson dropped out, a widely respected candidate who was surgeon... and oh by the way happened to be black.

    It never boggles the mind how someone intelligent enough to type can confuse being against a persons ideal rather than the color of his or her skin. But these days all democrats can see is color or gender, ideas being utterly incomprehensible to them. To you Democrats it is all appearance now, never about deeds or substance any longer. And in the end isn't that the worst possible kind of racism? I would take some southern hick any day over your modern progressive racism...

    --
    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
    1. Re:Do all Democrats have no memory? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      Says the person who apparently can't remember it was only recently Ben Carson dropped out, a widely respected candidate who was surgeon... and oh by the way happened to be black.

      I would have loved to vote for Ben Carson but he dropped out after Super Tuesday.

      It never boggles the mind how someone intelligent enough to type can confuse being against a persons ideal rather than the color of his or her skin

      I voted for Barack Obama because he had better VP pick then John McCain did in 2008. I would have voted for McCain if he had picked Joe Lieberman as he originally planned. Unfortunately, the party leadership told the "maverick" to pick someone else who less qualified, and, worse, mostly for gender rather than her ideal. That boggles my mind.

    2. Re:Do all Democrats have no memory? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Lieberman would have been a bad pick. He was Al Gore's worst mistake in the 2000 election, where he made a bunch of bad mistakes. The guy is just a straight up scoundrel.

    3. Re:Do all Democrats have no memory? by Burz · · Score: 1

      I think the Supreme Court would beg to differ. And that's just one of many examples.

      Hey, remember when Obama was first elected and the RNC immediately found a black politician and made him head of the party? Those were fun days...

    4. Re: Do all Democrats have no memory? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I voted for Obama because he is black.

      I'm voting for Trump because he isn't.

  56. That is a unique campaign promise by speedlaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vote for Hillary and learn the truth about UFOs ! Now, I have seen it all. Also, I don't trust her to actually tell me.

    1. Re:That is a unique campaign promise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just Ask Bill about area 51, he signed a waiver to bypass EPA restrictions to burn waste in open pits...people died from it. 8 more years of lies coming up!

  57. Re:I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speec by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    real world OF grown ups...

    oops

  58. John Podesta? Putin's man in DC? by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not exaggeration. John Podesta is literally (not figuratively) a registered lobbyist for Vladamir Putin's bank, as shown by the recently released Panama Papers:

    Russia’s biggest bank uses The Podesta Group as its lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO is Tony Podesta, one of the best-connected Democratic machers in the country. He founded the firm in 1998 with his brother John, formerly chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, then counselor to President Barack Obama, Mr. Podesta is the very definition of a Democratic insider. Outsiders engage the Podestas and their well-connected lobbying firm to improve their image and get access to Democratic bigwigs.

    Which is exactly what Sberbank, Russia’s biggest financial institution, did this spring. As reported at the end of March, the Podesta Group registered with the U.S. Government as a lobbyist for Sberbank, as required by law, naming three Podesta Group staffers: Tony Podesta plus Stephen Rademaker and David Adams, the last two former assistant secretaries of state. It should be noted that Tony Podesta is a big-money bundler for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign while his brother John is the chairman of that campaign, the chief architect of her plans to take the White House this November.

    Sberbank (Savings Bank in Russian) engaged the Podesta Group to help its public image—leading Moscow financial institutions not exactly being known for their propriety and wholesomeness—and specifically to help lift some of the pain of sanctions placed on Russia in the aftermath of the Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine, which has caused real pain to the country’s hard-hit financial sector.

    It’s hardly surprising that Sberbank sought the help of Democratic insiders like the Podesta Group to aid them in this difficult hour, since they clearly understand how American politics work. The question is why the Podesta Group took Sberbank’s money. That financial institution isn’t exactly hiding in the shadows—it’s the biggest bank in Russia, and its reputation leaves a lot to be desired. Nobody acquainted with Russian finance was surprised that Sberbank wound up in the Panama Papers.

    Though Sberbank has its origins in the nineteenth century, it was functionally reborn after the Soviet collapse, and it the 1990s it grew to be the dominant bank in the country, today controlling nearly 30 percent of Russia’s aggregate banking assets and employing a quarter-million people. The majority stockholder in Sberbank is Russia’s Central Bank. In other words, Sberbank is functionally an arm of the Kremlin, although it’s ostensibly a private institution.

    And yes, he's Hillary Clinton's campaign manager. no conflict of interest there...

    --
    Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)

    http://www.lawrenceperson.com/

    1. Re:John Podesta? Putin's man in DC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You do not ged it: Pod esta y pod esa... ie: because of this one and because of the other one. Pod eso. Just use Spanish like a boy without frontal teeth. It is in Quino s Mafalda. Why the reference I do not know but it is clear the word orginated in that cartoon and it was world famous and real wonderful (though now I suspect the Charlie Brown like children were actually midgets, adults who did not grow but remained body proportionate). Mafalda was an internationalist with worries about the Ulster and political spice at five, but fact is the cartoon would bend you in laughter sometimes. So maybe it is not Putin s man in DC but some midget placed somewhere else! Go figure... (sic).

  59. Attempted distraction by pz · · Score: 2

    Is this stunt anything other than an attempt to distract the press and public from the damaging combination of Bill Clinton's recent ugly interaction with the African-American movement of the moment (which is a dig on the current crop of youngsters with their millisecond attention span and utter ignorance of history; while in office Bill Clinton was called America's first Black President, that's how close he was to the black vote), and the ties with dirty money that the Clintons have that are being revealed in the Panama Papers?

    I mean, seriously, UFOs? Is that anything other than a Hail Mary pass?

    --

    Put my fist through my alarm clock with its ding-dong death inside my ear. - The Blackjacks.
  60. Re:I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speec by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

    What about your tax returns?

    I'm not running for POTUS.

    They're a private matter between Trump and the IRS.

    Hillary disagrees.

    https://www.hillaryclinton.com/tax-returns/

    All they'd really show is that he's an amazingly successful business man with far more real-world experience in running successful enterprises than any other candidate left, which everyone already knows.

    If that was so, why didn't Mitt Romney released his tax returns in 2012. I'm still curious as to how he got $100M into an IRA account.

  61. Aliens help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    We need another smart force to help us save this world ! I m sure they have much more skills on doing so then us..

  62. you a foo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    She has to ask how to charge her iPad and wants to run the US military.

    Commander in Queef, no.

    1. Re:you a foo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      She has to ask how to charge her iPad and wants to run the US military.

      Commander in Queef, no.

      Also, by her own admission, she was too lazy to carry (and figure out) two, Two, (OMG!) TWO devices with her.

      Also, if she had thousands of emails about doing all that yoga, why is she still wearing all those "pants suits"? Huh? Huh? Oh no baby.

      Oh the Subtlety.

  63. The truth? You can't have the truth! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    While you are at it, why not talk about how Clinton (billy bob) signed into law a waiver of any liability from open burn pits at area 51? People died from the fumes, and the government got away with it. 8 years of more of the same coming up!

  64. H1-B by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The pantsuit Panderer strikes again. Well IT people will have plenty of free time to peruse the meaningless documents given that she's taken millions of dollars from Tata and Infosys.

  65. Re: Big problem with Hillary Clinton: Communicatio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Oh, I thought he was running for President, but it turns out he's actually running for Messiah. What a relief.

  66. The REAL truth about UFOs by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    They fly, and we don't know what they are. Otherwise they'd be UOs or FOs or even just Os.

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  67. Area 51 UFO sighted by WaffleMonster · · Score: 1

    http://www.core-sound.com/jeck...
    (Disc microphone)

    I have no doubt at all hundreds of people can actually witness a real UFO from another world and nobody would care or believe it. It would drown under the noise of Venus, aircraft sightings, weather, flares, hoaxes and accounts of those not exactly operating on all thrusters.

    Most of the UFO stories Area 51 included are nonsense but there were always a few interesting jems..

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

  68. UFO == Unidentified Flying Object by xiando · · Score: 1

    UFOs exist and there are plenty of them - depending on your ability to identify flying objects. Is it flying? Yes? Can you identify it? No? Then it's the UFO. I served at several military airports and I've seen plenty.
    br>The declassification time for military aircraft is typically 10-20 years. There will obviously be a whole lot of UFOs flying around...

    1. Re:UFO == Unidentified Flying Object by gzuckier · · Score: 1

      UFOs exist and there are plenty of them - depending on your ability to identify flying objects. Is it flying? Yes? Can you identify it? No? Then it's the UFO. I served at several military airports and I've seen plenty. br>The declassification time for military aircraft is typically 10-20 years. There will obviously be a whole lot of UFOs flying around...

      hell, to most people most bird species are UFOs.

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  69. That we know of... by denzacar · · Score: 1

    Depends on your definition of "is".

    Also, definitions of "green", "bitch", "sex", "have" and "avocado".

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  70. Re:Why the jab at Sanders in the summary? by Richard+Kirk · · Score: 1

    Reporter Daymond Steer told Cameron that "Bernie had no interest in the UFO question and gave me a flippant response." His 'flippant response' is not reported so we cannot judge for ourselves. I would have been tempted to say in his place something like "Oh, grow up. I can't release secret documents that don't exist. If I don't release them, you say I am hiding them. There are much more important issues, and I will not be distracted by this". I expect Bernie was a little smarter and a bit less knee-jerky than that; but he can't win and be sensible on this issue, and he opted for sensible. If that is being 'dismissive', we could do with a bit more.

  71. Who cares if ET has visited us? by ndogg · · Score: 1

    I don't give a flying fuck if ET has visited us, unless they want to help us figure our shit out. Short of that, they're welcome to visit, buy some trinkets, experience our culture, and find out how easy earth girls are. I'll just be trying to make sure the servers are working when they try to buy something online, and they're welcome to send me an email if it's not, and then I'll just submit a change ticket to fix the issue, and then they'll send another email after the fix has been implemented because now something else broke, and I'll have to submit another change ticket to fix that too, and then they'll get food poisoning at Chipotle's, and refuse to come back after all of that, and give 1 star reviews on Yelp for earth.

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  72. Sounds like project blue beam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The infamous NASA Blue Beam Project has four different steps in order to implement the new age religion with the antichrist at its head. We must remember that the new age religion is the very foundation for the new world government, without which religion the dictatorship of the new world order is completely impossible. I'll repeat that: Without a universal belief in the new age religion, the success of the new world order will be impossible! That is why the Blue Beam Project is so important to them, but has been so well hidden until now.

  73. Re:How dare you give me what I want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not surprisingly, this article - which is only about a candidate for president possibly releasing information Americans have wanted for decades - brings out the ugliest side of people. But only because of who it is.

    Years of being told that Hillary lies by overwhelmingly old, white guys that have "traditional" ideas about women's roles in society, pays off in the comments we see here.

    By the way, I AM an old, white guy - in Texas no less.

    I can post a hundred links to serious, national security lies told by the past three presidents so please enlighten the internet as to the lies she's told. We've been hearing about all the illegal things she's done for almost thirty years without one, single conviction of guilt.
    Does she have just really good lawyers? Every time?
    For decades?
    Or maybe people think the media is on her side - in which case I can point to decades of the liberal news media accusing her of more things than the right has.
    At some point you'd think people with just a little intelligence would have to consider the horrifying possibility that she hasn't been convicted of any of these "lies" because she's not actually guilty.
    But that would go against so many years of real hate that people who can't stand her just won't give it up.
    It's strange that someone who's never done anything to them should get so much hate while politicians that have genuinely made their lives worse over and over again not only don't get their hate but keep getting their votes.
    The problem is that they're afraid. Afraid to do the work of verifying things before believing them - much less repeating them with no proof.
    They don't dare. If they did they might find out that the lies have been coming from their own lips.
    It's not like it's hard either. All you have to do is take any of the things she's been accused of and verify if it's true or not with a non-partisan source. There's plenty of those if you free yourself from the echo chamber of right and left websites, blogs and news sources. But it's scary too. You're likely to find out that the sources you've been trusting have been lying to you as much as those you've been taught are your enemies. Enemies! We're all Americans. Or have you people forgotten that? Can't you see that people are manipulating you by convincing you that everything is us vs them.

    If anyone bothers to reply here I expect they'll try and turn it around. Say that anyone defending her should prove her innocence.
    Well that's not the way America is supposed to work. The one that accuses someone of lying has the responsibility of proving it. You know: "innocent until proven guilty".
    If that sounds familiar it's because that's the principle our justice system is based on. That's good enough for me.

    Just wait...indictment coming up. I just hope it sticks...Bill should be in jail too. While you were on cloud nine:

    1.Benghazi

    2.Misuse of classified information.

    3.taking gifts I guess is just a clerical error.

    4.just google it..."the truth is out there".

    Have a good foggy time!

  74. At last by gzuckier · · Score: 1

    We will learn how they plan to save their dying planet by giving us anal probes. With this information, we will be able to harness our colonic resources to end AGW.

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  75. Re:I'd rather they come clean about Wall St. speec by gzuckier · · Score: 1

    Aren't there more important things that are not being exposed. How about speeches to Wall St. and Clinton Foundation donations. Also, what about the running of the private email server. Let's get a priority here as to stuff that gets classified over political whims and stuff that they sweep under the rug with disinformation.

    I'm a political moderate seeing both sides delivering more bull to the press to avoid discussing real hard issues and choices.

    "speeches to Wall St. and Clinton Foundation donations" aren't a problem without some sort of quid for that quo. And the private email server? Really? After the State Dept official server is shown to have been hacked, and the FBI server is shown to have been hacked, but there is no evidence that Clinton's server was ever hacked, you'd think she'd get a pat on the back.
    but you're right, "both sides delivering more bull to the press to avoid discussing real hard issues and choices". It's always been that way. Most voters don't have the resources to cogitate on hard issues and choices.

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  76. Clickbait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just a clickbait-ish sales pitch