What a load of slashdot this one has. The headlines are pure bullshit and the article does NOT show any proof of ANYTHING.
From TFA:
U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government orchestrated the hacks and disclosure of Democratic emails during the election in order to support Republican President Donald Trump and discredit his Democratic foe, Hillary Clinton. Russia has denied the allegations.
While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.
Trump went out of his way to mention -- in a letter he knew would be at the top of the news cycle -- that Comey told him three (count 'em, three!) times he wasn't under investigation. We'll be hearing that repeated by Trump surrogates ad nauseum in the days to come.
Trump is afraid. He's getting rid of Comey on a flimsy pretense of mishandling his Clinton e-mail testimony, but his real concern is that he may not be personally under investigation at present, but he might be in the future.
[Comey] said Huma had sent her husbands hundreds of thousands of Clinton's emails, and they had to use "electronic wizadry" to get it down to 6000 to review (there is audio/video of him saying this).
You misheard. He said "hundreds and thousands" not "hundreds of thousands."
Not when you consider all of Europe. Russia has a murder rate about twice that of America. Ukraine also a higher murder rate. When you look at the entire continent, Europe "wins".
Europe is not a continent, and Russia is not part of Europe.
The issue is not whether you can regulate what someone says with their own money, it's how much money they can spend doing it during an election. The Citizens United decision unshackled the wealthy from any financial restrictions on influencing elections with their capital.
If you're a multimillionaire, and I'm an average American with modest capital, then unrestricted spending on political speech makes your megaphone is many thousands of times louder than mine. Do you think that's good for democracy?
A quantum leap is hardly noteworthy. Literally that is the smallest possible motion, used in physics for the smallest leaps within an atom.
True, but a quantum leap can occur over an energy-boundary that classical physics would claim can't be overcome. I think that's why the metaphor is applied frequently to an unexpected advance in various fields outside of quantum mechanics.
For non-USians, can we get an explanation of who the libtards are?
Since you asked... "libtard" is a portmanteau of "liberal" and "retard." It is a pejorative term wielded by unimaginative non-liberals during an argument they are losing.
Except in this case, where the GP was confused as to which side of the argument they were railing against.
I get you, but keep in mind that negotiating != striking.
Many unions and their management counterparts succeed at negotiating new contracts without the union going on strike, or the management initiating a lockout.
Mentioning the word "strike" in the headline is just clickbait.
Trump voters deserve what they get. Their "analysis" of current issues proves it time and time again. Getting fucked couldn't happen to a better group of morons. Schadenfreude is rich.
Alas, Trump voters are nowhere near the only ones getting fucked.
Net Neutrality was overreach, that instead of helping the people who wanted it, made sure it was harder than ever to compete agains the big ISP's like Comcast.
we just elected a president who's doing everything he can to stack the courts with folks friendly to these kind of laws. That's not hyperbole, it was one of his campaign promises.
Where is your evidence? Citations, please.
One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected. -- Donald Trump, 2016-02-26
This may not be about "stacking the courts" but Trump's intentions regarding libel laws was stated clearly during the campaign.
So every company needs to officially warn their investors about global warming, rising tides, and ocean acidification?
If those things can materially affect the profitability of the company, then yes. And especially if the company knows that it is contributing to them, thus making itself vulnerable to legislative or liability consequences.
I can create all the email account I want for my company... the Government has no constitutional power to complain.
The witch hunt to file some sort of criminal complaint because I dare to talk about climate change or deny climate change.. is simply that.
Except that Exxon Mobil is not a private company. Its stock is sold in various currencies on numerous exchanges around the world.
The executives of a publicly-traded company have a legal fiduciary responsibility to inform shareholders of potential risks to the company's profitability. Trying to bury their own evidence that their products contribute to climate change arguably is a violation of that responsibility. Hence the investigation by the AGs.
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Dammit, at least try to stay with the lingo!
Woooshh! Trump invents the lingo.
In Soviet Russia, lingo invents Trump!
What a load of slashdot this one has. The headlines are pure bullshit and the article does NOT show any proof of ANYTHING.
From TFA:
U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government orchestrated the hacks and disclosure of Democratic emails during the election in order to support Republican President Donald Trump and discredit his Democratic foe, Hillary Clinton. Russia has denied the allegations.
I fully expect that the Republicans are betraying us too. Maybe they are smarter about how they conspire. Or maybe they just haven't been hacked yet.
Or maybe the Russians wanted Trump, not Hillary, to be elected.
An exceprt from Trump's letter to Comey:
While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgement of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.
Trump went out of his way to mention -- in a letter he knew would be at the top of the news cycle -- that Comey told him three (count 'em, three!) times he wasn't under investigation. We'll be hearing that repeated by Trump surrogates ad nauseum in the days to come.
Trump is afraid. He's getting rid of Comey on a flimsy pretense of mishandling his Clinton e-mail testimony, but his real concern is that he may not be personally under investigation at present, but he might be in the future.
[Comey] said Huma had sent her husbands hundreds of thousands of Clinton's emails, and they had to use "electronic wizadry" to get it down to 6000 to review (there is audio/video of him saying this).
You misheard. He said "hundreds and thousands" not "hundreds of thousands."
Alas, slashdotted. Somebody please post again when it recovers.
Odd timing? Perhaps. But maybe -- just maybe -- Trump is a lot better at campaigning than he is at governing.
CNN and FoxNews both have the story.
Haven't checked NetCraft yet.
It's okay. Obama told me the Russians weren't a threat.
Actually, that was Trump
Relax. Trump will build a firewall around the US, and make Russia pay for it.
Or not.
Not when you consider all of Europe. Russia has a murder rate about twice that of America. Ukraine also a higher murder rate. When you look at the entire continent, Europe "wins".
Europe is not a continent, and Russia is not part of Europe.
The issue is not whether you can regulate what someone says with their own money, it's how much money they can spend doing it during an election. The Citizens United decision unshackled the wealthy from any financial restrictions on influencing elections with their capital.
If you're a multimillionaire, and I'm an average American with modest capital, then unrestricted spending on political speech makes your megaphone is many thousands of times louder than mine. Do you think that's good for democracy?
You are a partially literate idiot.
Homicide rate vs total homicides.
Europe has more homicides [than the USA].
Nope. Whether you count homicide rate or total homicides, USA wins.
A quantum leap is hardly noteworthy. Literally that is the smallest possible motion, used in physics for the smallest leaps within an atom.
True, but a quantum leap can occur over an energy-boundary that classical physics would claim can't be overcome. I think that's why the metaphor is applied frequently to an unexpected advance in various fields outside of quantum mechanics.
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
I was gonna bet on "Never gonna give you up..."
+5 funny
For non-USians, can we get an explanation of who the libtards are?
Since you asked ... "libtard" is a portmanteau of "liberal" and "retard." It is a pejorative term wielded by unimaginative non-liberals during an argument they are losing.
Except in this case, where the GP was confused as to which side of the argument they were railing against.
They are negotiating. Its called a strike.
I get you, but keep in mind that negotiating != striking.
Many unions and their management counterparts succeed at negotiating new contracts without the union going on strike, or the management initiating a lockout.
Mentioning the word "strike" in the headline is just clickbait.
Trump voters deserve what they get. Their "analysis" of current issues proves it time and time again. Getting fucked couldn't happen to a better group of morons. Schadenfreude is rich.
Alas, Trump voters are nowhere near the only ones getting fucked.
Net Neutrality was overreach, that instead of helping the people who wanted it, made sure it was harder than ever to compete agains the big ISP's like Comcast.
Are you on crack? Net Neutrality helped to kill the Comcast-Time Warner merger.
Stopping Comcast and Time Warner from merging into a super-company makes it easier, not harder, to compete against them.
Mod parent up. Kudos to the kid for finding this, but it's just a measurement-calibration issue, not news.
"Dems in charge" for the last eight years?
Dems had the White House and both houses of Congress from 2009 to 2011. After that, not so much.
we just elected a president who's doing everything he can to stack the courts with folks friendly to these kind of laws. That's not hyperbole, it was one of his campaign promises.
Where is your evidence? Citations, please.
One of the things I'm going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we're certainly leading. I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected.
-- Donald Trump, 2016-02-26
This may not be about "stacking the courts" but Trump's intentions regarding libel laws was stated clearly during the campaign.
So every company needs to officially warn their investors about global warming, rising tides, and ocean acidification?
If those things can materially affect the profitability of the company, then yes. And especially if the company knows that it is contributing to them, thus making itself vulnerable to legislative or liability consequences.
Moron.... private company != Government
I can create all the email account I want for my company ... the Government has no constitutional power to complain.
The witch hunt to file some sort of criminal complaint because I dare to talk about climate change or deny climate change.. is simply that.
Except that Exxon Mobil is not a private company. Its stock is sold in various currencies on numerous exchanges around the world.
The executives of a publicly-traded company have a legal fiduciary responsibility to inform shareholders of potential risks to the company's profitability. Trying to bury their own evidence that their products contribute to climate change arguably is a violation of that responsibility. Hence the investigation by the AGs.
Fair enough. I was just being pithy. There are several non-STEM categories in the treaty:
https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/do...