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Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip, Logo Indicates (bloomberg.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin's gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings -- some of them only half in jest -- that the World Cup souvenir could be bugged. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham even tweeted, "I'd check the soccer ball for listening devices and never allow it in the White House." It turns out they weren't entirely wrong. From a report: Markings on the ball indicate that it contained a chip with a tiny antenna that transmits to nearby phones. But rather than a spy device, the chip is an advertised feature of the Adidas AG ball. Photographs from the news conference in Helsinki, where Putin handed the ball to Trump, show it bore a logo for a near-field communication tag. During manufacturing, the NFC chip is placed inside the ball under that logo, which resembles the icon for a WiFi signal, according to the Adidas website. The chip allows fans to access player videos, competitions and other content by bringing their mobile devices close to the ball. The feature is included in the 2018 FIFA World Cup match ball that's sold on the Adidas website for $165 (reduced to $83 in the past week).
Hey, look! Another unhinged lefty doing everything he can to make sure that left's miserable losses over the last several years continue apace. Thanks!
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
I know! People were so mad at the left last time that they lost by negative 3 million votes!
I think you aren't giving Pence a fair chance. He's a disgusting person, but I fucking swear, he's not a spoiled child like Trump. He'll merely push for evil things, not insane evil things. He's relatively oldschool. And he can be replaced with the 2020 election, unless Republicans really just can't do better. Or he can be replaced earlier, if he is just another criminal too. But there are actually good reasons to believe Pence is not a criminal the way Trump is. Pence is merely an anti-American asshole. Maybe you don't want an anti-American asshole as president, but as you've seen, we can do a lot worse.