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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).
Left and Right, let's unite! Put aside our differences and work together for Make America Great Again. Let's do it! We can do it.
Ebony and Ivory living in harmony? Awesome thoughts! Peace out.
Sounds like a great place to hide something in plain sight.
A soccer ball with a transmitter that isn't supposed to have one would stand out. However, a soccer ball that has a *different* transmitter than it came with would be much harder to identify.
Now that we know Putin stole the election from Hillary Clinton it goes without saying that she must be given the Democratic nomination again in 2020. All potential challengers need to step aside. If it weren't for the Russian meddling she would've clearly won so she has to run again.
Sadly, I wouldn't put it past them - I think they really ARE that stupid.
Most votes were not FOR Trump, but rather, AGAINST Hillary, and they refuse to believe that.
I'm not sure why this is being modded as funny.
Because you can't be serious!
HRC lost in 2008 to a first-term junior senator from Illinois with zero legislative accomplishments, she had no business running in 2016, and her subsequent health issues (she's taken to wearing a life-alert badge despite 24/7 security detail!).
That said, I would love to see HRC run again in 2020 - that would be hysterical! I bet her first stops this time around would be Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania!
Ken
Actually... most votes were for Hillary. She won the popular vote by some 3 million votes. Problem for her was: they were in the wrong states. But who's stupid, again?
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"Actually... most votes were for Hillary. She won the popular vote by some 3 million votes."
Actually, Hillary and Trump tied, with exactly zero votes each. All votes in a presidential election are for electors.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Traitors and asshats
Yeah, sure, 'traitors and asshats' that will actually protect the environment (you know, the air you breathe, the water you drink, and so on), not allow the destruction of animal species for no damned good reason, that won't destroy public education in favor of 'vouchers' that only benefit The Rich and leave The Poor and middle-class with shit schools and shit teachers, not sabotage the national economy with 'tax cuts' that only benefit The Rich and fuck over everyone else, not have a neo-nazi heading up the DoJ, not shit on the long-time allies of the U.S., not piss off the entire world with heavy-handed 'trade tariffs' instead of taking a more thoughtful and measured approach, not tearing apart families for having the almighty GALL to want to get their children away from violent regimes and violent drug cartels, not hand the Internet to greedy ISPs on a silver platter, fucking over the American consumer in the process, not appoint neo-nazis to the Supreme Court, helping drag us back socio-politically to the 1940's, and so on, and so on, and so on. Get your heads out of your asses and stop helping fuck over the country you live in, you mongoloids.
Now wait. You said that Obama "went on an apology tour" and then the proof you offered was a quote, not from Obama, but from Hannity?
I'm confused. I'm not willing to accept that you're that stupid, since you managed to hit both a PREVIEW button and a SUBMIT button. So are you just dishonest? Is that what this is?
Let me leave you with this quote from the President of the United States of America. Not a made-up quote, but an actual quote:
You are welcome on my lawn.