Right, if there's one thing I know about Hillary Clinton, it's that she doesn't want anything to do with positions of power. She's a super-humble, totally honest person if I've ever seen one. She's really a pawn of the DNC, and definitely not the other way around.
That's what Clinton and the DNC would like you to believe anyway. The problem isn't the source, the problem is the content. That and the fact that their systems were exposed at all.
But yeah, that's going to be the line, shoot the messenger. Blame Wikileaks, blame Russians, whatever it takes to distract from the actual content, the messages which show that the DNC was undermining the Sanders campaign as soon as they saw it as a potential threat to them pushing through the nominee they wanted. They show that the DNC engaged in a conspiracy to undermine the democratic process by not remaining neutral, by making sure that the person that they personally wanted to get nominated actually did get nominated, regardless of what other people wanted. They purposefully slanted the field in favor of their candidate. They violated their charter and are possibly liable for damages (join the lawsuit if you donated to Sanders). Past DNC chairs have also come out to say that this was completely unacceptable and should have been dealt with immediately, which of course was out of the question here since Wasserman-Schultz doesn't even try to pretend that she is anything but a Clinton surrogate.
That's great, but we must ask: what editing has been done here?
Well, apparently so much editing has taken place that no one at the DNC is alleging that there was any editing, and that the Clinton campaign and Obama both put pressure on Wasserman-Schultz to resign, which she finally did. Sounds like a bunch of fake emails, right?
This is a bunch of a bullshit spin, more of the same from the DNC and their loyalists. All of the attempts to deflect the story towards Russia, or Wikileaks, or whatever, basically amounts to "We would like to issue an apology: we apologize for getting caught." The DNC does not want to address the content of the emails, like you said, they would rather try to deflect the discussion and attack the messenger and go one acting like Hillary is the future of this country.
The line that we're going to hear repeated over and over during the convention in Philadelphia is that everyone needs to band together in order to defeat Trump. The problem with that narrative is that the DNC pushed through a nomination for a candidate who has serious problems with her ability to beat Trump, and they pushed out the candidate who consistently beat Trump in polls. If it was true that what they really want is to beat Trump then they should have nominated the better-performing candidate, not start themselves out with a handicap. Their goal is not and never has been to just beat Trump, their goal is to elect Clinton. They don't want the best candidate, they want Clinton.
The 1 program I put out here is more than you can show
Keep proving my point, buddy. You are the only one playing this game. Just because I choose to not show you anything I've done, and thereby reveal who I am, does not mean I have nothing to show for my work. Again, keep proving me right. Keep playing that 1-player game and shouting "victory!" Maybe one day someone will believe that you've won something.
You're sitting there playing a game of checkers, except you're moving the pieces for both sides, and halfway through the game you take a shit on the board, flip it over, and yell "victory!", and run around celebrating and talking about how great of a checkers player you are to anyone who will listen (which is only you, because no one else is even in the room). And you do it over, and over, and over, almost like it's the only way you know how to act. That sums up your history of Slashdot posts.
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
Seriously APK, just keep on fucking that chicken, man. All I do is say that you keep claiming victory in a game that you're the only one playing, and you respond by barfing out a bunch of your "achievements", as if anyone gives a flying fuck about what you're doing. In other words, you do exactly what I said you were going to do.
Here, let me try to illustrate. Recently I spent a few weeks traveling around Brazil, and I got engaged to my girlfriend. Do you fucking care about any of that? No? Then why do you assume that anyone gives a shit about you?
Here, let me drop this here again, so that again you can respond like an idiot and prove my point again. Maybe we can make it 4 times in one thread APK, what do you think?
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
OK, little Pavlov, it's your turn. Speak, boy!
I'm about to marry my girlfriend and you think I would rather be an old unloved has-been with the emotional maturity of a 12 year old. You're a funny guy, APK. As much as I've always wanted to be a hated spammer like yourself slowly wasting away, I think I'm fine just being me.
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
Over, and over, and over again. Go ahead, post again and prove me right yet again. Maybe you should link to a past argument we had as "evidence", even though it only shows me making fun of you. That should help your case.
I like how you link to a post from Feb. 25th in a thread that includes posts by me up to Mar. 8th (the last word, even). That's a seriously slow run I've got there, isn't it?
I think the lack of mods indicates that people have grown apathetic to APK. He used to be a serious nuisance, but the lack of his shit posts in threads lately indicates that the site managers (or others who have been contacted and made aware that he is using their names and reputations in his spam) mean that he has probably decided to find something else to do. I'm sure he'll be along eventually to pinch out a post or two, but you'll notice, for example, that instead of the direct links to his programs he's now linking you to search engine results on Bing or whatever, because of the Slashdot filters designed to remove his crap. He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing, but in general I think the 40+ spam posts by him in a single thread are a thing of the past.
Then again, maybe people are just saving their mod points for him. And I have 15 too, too bad I already posted.
There's a false equivalence if I've ever seen one. If that's your premise, and your premise is false, then the rest of your post doesn't matter.
Ads are not the same as money. Ads are also malware distribution vectors, privacy invaders, resource hogs, a waste of screen space, etc. Money is none of those things. If ad distributors wanted to actually take responsibility and clean up their industry, fine, we would be having a different conversation. But they have proven for decades that they don't want to do those things, so this is the conversation we're having.
APK has nothing to do with it, there are several ways to manage a hosts file without requiring you to use a spammer's software to block ads. A quick search shows a program called HostsMan, for example. There's a small list of hosts managers here (including the one I mentioned, but that list doesn't include the software written by a notorious spammer), and another list here (also with a notable exclusion).
Even if you want a program to help you manage your hosts file, you still don't need to stoop to the level of a spammer, there are spam-free hosts file alternatives also (which should not be a surprise).
Police training was not the problem here, as I've pointed out many times, with evidence.
I understand that's your opinion, you've made that clear. That doesn't make it any more correct, but at least you believe in something.
And why would I want to go to the US?
We have over 800,000 Canadian immigrants living here, I guess they know something you don't. You have just over 250,000 Americans living there. That seems weird, you guys have only around 11% of the population that we have, but we have 3 times as many of you living here than you have of us. Wonder why that is. Is it because you guys have restrictive immigration policies? What, do you hate immigrants or something? That can't be right, around 20% of your population is immigrants and only about 12% of ours is (even though our immigrant population is larger than your total population). Is it because people don't bother living in America Lite when they could live in America?
Global warming is going to make it less livable as it makes Canada more livable.
Thanks to the older generation for that one, also. What can't the now-retired screw up when they put their minds to it? In a couple decades they'll be dead and they won't be able to vote any more, and we'll clean up their mess and get back to it. Sadly, I don't think you're going to be able to see us rise from their ashes, but best of luck with your health issues.
We may have to build a wall...
Yes, your impressive compliment of 29 warships, 64 attack aircraft, and 181 tanks should fare nicely when you decide to get aggressive. Maybe you're better off with your "apologize first" doctrine and leaving the hard work to us, as is your tradition. Don't worry though, we all know that war does not determine who is right, only who is left.
In the meantime, feel free to STFU regarding US domestic issues.
You have presented NO evidence to refute my claim that the world is a better place without thugs like him.
You have correctly identified the argument that I am not attempting to refute, so well done. I'm talking about police training and behavior, and due process, not whether or not any one person was a model citizen.
Except if you're a stupid American like you
Right, because for some reason America has a higher proportion of stupid people than anywhere else. We're a country of immigrants, and for some reason it's only the stupid people who keep showing up, right? That's why we're the only superpower left. That's why we have the largest economy in the world and why our companies produce products and services which set the standard. Every country with a private space program, raise your hand. Not so fast, Canada, maybe before you think about something like a space program you should consider whether or not you want a head of state that doesn't want to live in your country.
Out of curiosity, what other nationalities do you have a problem with? Would you say that you hate "most" or "many" people based on where they're from?
And yes, these two candidates are representative of what is wrong with America.
I think that's the single most intelligent thing I've heard you say.
The fact that this is the best you can produce
... and then you immediately slide backward. You think those people are nominated because they're "the best we can produce", huh? You think that's why Hillary is up there? Which one of us is stupid?
The whole world is laughing at you over Donald Trump.
Yes, the rest of the rational world is laughing WITH us at Trump. Everyone sees what is going on, except the people that managed to propel him to where he is. Those people don't understand the problems with this country and don't understand Trump's motivation, they just like what he says. He managed to get 13.3 million people to vote for him in the primary. That's 4.1% of our population, but don't let things like that stop you from assuming he represents everyone, or even half the country for that matter. Not even his own party wants him there, but really, don't let reality get in the way of your hate. Trump didn't even get over half the votes in the Republican primary, more people voted for Kasich, Cruz, and Rubio combined than Trump (and that leaves out the other 50 or whatever candidates like Jeb! and Carly). Clinton also got more votes than Trump (by 2.5 million), and over 12 million people (like me!) voted for Sanders. Over 27 million people voted for a Democratic candidate, but you're going to sit there and act like Trump represents the United States. Like an idiot. Again, which one of us is stupid?
The mere fact that this election has unfolded as it has shows that the majority of Americans will vote for shit
Hey Barb, what, specifically, has the majority of Americans voted for? The majority of Americans DOESN'T EVEN FUCKING VOTE. Why do you think that is, because they feel like some candidate represents what they believe so much that they aren't going to bother to vote for them?
what the corporations want, the corporations get.
Yeah, and it's a hell of a fight to try to get that changed. You know what? I have an idea. Instead of trying to change it, let's sit online and post idiotic comments. The problem will work itself out I'm sure.
In 50 years, you've turned the world's premiere example of a democratic society into another banana republic
Fuck, that was my fault? Goddamn it, I thought the "greatest generation" decided to inject money into every fucking place imaginable, especially politics, and caused the problems we have now. I didn't realize it was my fault. Fuck, I'm so glad that I have you to lay all of t
I didn't realize I needed to spell it out for you, my mistake. You're talking about how the US is full of "thugs" (you've used that word repeatedly), how many criminals we have, how we love guns, etc. You seem to imply that this kind of "thug culture" is a reason why the police were right in shooting Sterling. I bring up Castile to highlight an example of a black guy who legally owns a gun, is not a thug, and is not a danger to the police but the cop still just murders him anyway. So, is "thug culture" really the only problem in the US, like you want to believe, or is there also a problem with the police behavior? If you think these 2 events are unrelated then you're not paying attention.
Sterling was a thug, he got his Darwin, end of story.
Fuck, OK, enough, I get it, armed niggers deserve death. You've made your point.
As for the "black people scare me" - they don't. Ask my neighbors.
You're one of those people, huh? Have you had a discussion with all of your black friends about the things you talk about online?
You're projecting because black people scare USA residents, and you think that people in other countries should feel the same. Like I said, stupid Americans.
No, fuckwit, it's because you keep referring to these people as "thugs". I realize that "nigger" isn't socially acceptable anymore, I'm glad you've got a new term. You're scared of Americans, that much is obvious.
As for "dumb American", seriously go fuck yourself. Seriously. I mean that. I want to you actually have sexual intercourse with yourself. Right now, just bend over and jam that fist right in. You know fuck-all about me, but you're going to judge me? Yeah, armed black guys in the US are thugs, we're stupid, and you're just the fucking cream of Canada's crop, aren't you? Fuck you and all of your personal insults.
And you're proving it to the world with your current presidential election.
Great fucking example. 2 candidates who are each disliked by a majority of Americans are somehow representative of all of us. Yeah, you're showing yourself to be a real braniac.
Oh, ok. So all of the blanket generalizations that you're making about my country apply to a single situation. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess you'll find a way to rationalize your argument somehow.
There was no "maybe he has a gun on him" question.
Right, the only question was "is it absolutely necessary to shoot him." Obviously you and I don't agree on that point, because this country is full of "thugs" or however you want to phrase your word for "black people who scare me." The police go into any situation scared of armed black people. Castile is a perfect example. They shoot first, and get acquitted later. Sterling is another example. They *could have* subdued him, but it was easier to just shoot the black guy. Resisting arrest while armed is not a crime that is punishable by death.
So, when you try to confabulate what I'm saying, with sufficient video proof that there is no question that it was a good shoot
Haha, which one of us is trolling? "My opinion is fact, therefore you're a troll." OK, honey.
You're a phony through and through.
While I understand that you know everything about me, I hope you'll excuse me if I don't give your opinion of me any weight at all.
Oh, yeah, I guess I read that wrong. When you said "you've got twice as many people with criminal records as the entire population of Canada", you meant "your murder rate is a little under 3x that of Canada". It was an honest mistake, hopefully you understand my confusion.
When someone continues to resists arrest and they're known to be armed, they deserve to collect their Darwin. Plain and simple.
Right, and that's exactly what always happens in this country, isn't it? Like Philando Castile, just another black guy who was known to be armed and resisting arrest, right? No problem with the police here, just a bunch of armed niggers. Whoa, shit, wait no I meant "thugs". Yeah, that's it. "Thugs".
You're not here to have any decent sort of conversation, you're just a troll. So, again, go fuck yourself. I'll leave you to work on finding yet another update to your sig that somehow points out that you're transgender.
I just have a wireless keyboard and mouse, and yeah I'll either have the keyboard on my lap, or have it on the coffee table and just lean forward if I need to type. I rarely type on the thing though, the vast majority of use for that keyboard is search terms for whatever media is being watched. I actually prefer to play my games on my other computer, even though I was making the point that I could play on the HTPC. If I do play games on the HTPC I usually just sit on the floor with my back against the couch and have the keyboard on the coffee table, but I play games on that rarely enough that I haven't really looked for a better setup. I also have some wireless Xbox 360 controllers that are hooked up to the HTPC, I can use those for whatever games support them, especially NES/SNES emulators or the like.
If the console price is what you need to add to the price of a PC to make a "gaming" PC (for whatever that means to you) then it is not the same price as console gaming.
You completely missed the point, didn't you? The point is that you are going to have a PC in your house anyway, unless you're one of the old people who doesn't own a computer. Since you already have a PC regardless of whether or not you use it to play games, you don't need to factor the cost of that PC into your gaming cost, because the gaming cost is only the extra money spent to turn your regular PC into a gaming PC.
They don't regularly work well with TVs for displays as they are seldom set up for using one (and TVs seldom for being connected to PCs).
What do "regularly" and "seldom" mean? I have a TV that's about 12 years old sitting in my living room, connected to a PC that's about 2 years old. It's not even a smart TV either, it was years before those came out en masse. It has a basic HDMI port, and I made sure when I was building that computer to also get a video card with HDMI out (any modern video card will support HDMI out). It works with no problems, and these 2 pieces of technology are separated by 10 years.
which if you knew anything about women you would know that is almost never a popular idea to have a loud gaming PC in the living room
Sweet, awesome generalization you've got there. My fiancee encourages me to play on the TV PC instead of my personal PC so she can watch. If you're talking about the noise of the actual system, I built it specifically to be almost silent. You cannot hear it while it's on, because it has several 120mm low-speed fans and CPU and GPU coolers that are specifically for low-noise. It has SSD drives, so there's no extra noise there. The only time you can ever hear the actual system is if you put a DVD in and hear it spin up, that's it. The PC in the living room is not a problem, it's the entire entertainment system in the living room. It's not the problem, it's the solution.
In conclusion, none of your points are valid, you're making up problems which don't actually exist or have trivial solutions for anyone with a couple brain cells to rub together.
Awesome, we have major problems with police training and behavior and you want to get everyone to just not break the law. That's the Canadian solution, isn't it? How about if we also got cops to stop breaking the law? How about if we had a little bit of accountability for when police fuck up? Naw, just get 320 million people to hold hands and sing.
You guys just love your thug life.
I'm going to say something, and I just want to make a note that I really mean it from the heart: go fuck yourself.
That's why you've got twice as many people with criminal records as the entire population of Canada
You're an idiot. The reason why the US has an incarcerated population larger than the rest of the world does not mean that we behave differently. It means we have fucked up laws which punish people harshly for trivial shit. Thank the for-profit prison industry for that, and keep your smug bullshit to yourself.
I'll note that you've now derailed the original conversation.
Which part of the process of taking something from someone else are you having a hard time understanding? If you've got 3 people and you want to take an object from someone else's pocket, what do you do? Should we have a brainstorming session to figure out ideas? Here, I'll start: person 1 uses both hands to secure the guy's left arm. Person 2 uses both hands to secure the guy's right arm. I'll let you come up with some options for person 3.
Actually, you know what? Fuck it, this is a stupid exercise. Let's just simplify the whole fucking thing and come up with some new guidelines for police training that actually reflect what they do now, that way there's no reason to try and make any changes. Let's just "streamline" the officer interaction experience.
1. Police officer approaches someone (anyone, a suspect, someone not suspected of anything, a child, soldier, old person, whoever the fuck, it doesn't matter, approach anyone and everyone regardless of a reason). 2. Immediately escalate the situation. Order them to do something (it doesn't matter what, just immediately start barking orders at them; they need to understand from the outset that you have authority, and they need to shut the fuck up and kiss their own ass if that's what you tell them to do; if they complain about "they have rights" or some bullshit just fucking taze them). 3. Whenever they refuse an order or in any way question your authority, shoot them in the face.
There you go, some clear and simple guidelines for how police should interact with people, so that we don't need to get into stupid fucking arguments about "but how the fuck were the 3 cops supposed to disarm the guy? There were only fucking 3 of them!" No need for police to try and understand any situation around them, no need for them to treat others like they're actually fucking people instead of just a shitbag who needs to submit to authority, and no need to try to figure out how you and your 2 friends are going to get something out of someone's pocket or otherwise de-escalate a situation instead of just spraying bullets.
If you have a set of Apple ID credentials, and someone steals credentials from another site and then notices they also work on the Apple service, wouldn't you call that a compromised set of Apple ID credentials?
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Right, if there's one thing I know about Hillary Clinton, it's that she doesn't want anything to do with positions of power. She's a super-humble, totally honest person if I've ever seen one. She's really a pawn of the DNC, and definitely not the other way around.
The problem with the emails is their source.
That's what Clinton and the DNC would like you to believe anyway. The problem isn't the source, the problem is the content. That and the fact that their systems were exposed at all.
But yeah, that's going to be the line, shoot the messenger. Blame Wikileaks, blame Russians, whatever it takes to distract from the actual content, the messages which show that the DNC was undermining the Sanders campaign as soon as they saw it as a potential threat to them pushing through the nominee they wanted. They show that the DNC engaged in a conspiracy to undermine the democratic process by not remaining neutral, by making sure that the person that they personally wanted to get nominated actually did get nominated, regardless of what other people wanted. They purposefully slanted the field in favor of their candidate. They violated their charter and are possibly liable for damages (join the lawsuit if you donated to Sanders). Past DNC chairs have also come out to say that this was completely unacceptable and should have been dealt with immediately, which of course was out of the question here since Wasserman-Schultz doesn't even try to pretend that she is anything but a Clinton surrogate.
That's great, but we must ask: what editing has been done here?
Well, apparently so much editing has taken place that no one at the DNC is alleging that there was any editing, and that the Clinton campaign and Obama both put pressure on Wasserman-Schultz to resign, which she finally did. Sounds like a bunch of fake emails, right?
This is a bunch of a bullshit spin, more of the same from the DNC and their loyalists. All of the attempts to deflect the story towards Russia, or Wikileaks, or whatever, basically amounts to "We would like to issue an apology: we apologize for getting caught." The DNC does not want to address the content of the emails, like you said, they would rather try to deflect the discussion and attack the messenger and go one acting like Hillary is the future of this country.
The line that we're going to hear repeated over and over during the convention in Philadelphia is that everyone needs to band together in order to defeat Trump. The problem with that narrative is that the DNC pushed through a nomination for a candidate who has serious problems with her ability to beat Trump, and they pushed out the candidate who consistently beat Trump in polls. If it was true that what they really want is to beat Trump then they should have nominated the better-performing candidate, not start themselves out with a handicap. Their goal is not and never has been to just beat Trump, their goal is to elect Clinton. They don't want the best candidate, they want Clinton.
The 1 program I put out here is more than you can show
Keep proving my point, buddy. You are the only one playing this game. Just because I choose to not show you anything I've done, and thereby reveal who I am, does not mean I have nothing to show for my work. Again, keep proving me right. Keep playing that 1-player game and shouting "victory!" Maybe one day someone will believe that you've won something.
You're sitting there playing a game of checkers, except you're moving the pieces for both sides, and halfway through the game you take a shit on the board, flip it over, and yell "victory!", and run around celebrating and talking about how great of a checkers player you are to anyone who will listen (which is only you, because no one else is even in the room). And you do it over, and over, and over, almost like it's the only way you know how to act. That sums up your history of Slashdot posts.
How about me?
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
Seriously APK, just keep on fucking that chicken, man. All I do is say that you keep claiming victory in a game that you're the only one playing, and you respond by barfing out a bunch of your "achievements", as if anyone gives a flying fuck about what you're doing. In other words, you do exactly what I said you were going to do.
Here, let me try to illustrate. Recently I spent a few weeks traveling around Brazil, and I got engaged to my girlfriend. Do you fucking care about any of that? No? Then why do you assume that anyone gives a shit about you?
Here, let me drop this here again, so that again you can respond like an idiot and prove my point again. Maybe we can make it 4 times in one thread APK, what do you think?
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
OK, little Pavlov, it's your turn. Speak, boy!
I'm about to marry my girlfriend and you think I would rather be an old unloved has-been with the emotional maturity of a 12 year old. You're a funny guy, APK. As much as I've always wanted to be a hated spammer like yourself slowly wasting away, I think I'm fine just being me.
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
Over, and over, and over again. Go ahead, post again and prove me right yet again. Maybe you should link to a past argument we had as "evidence", even though it only shows me making fun of you. That should help your case.
Did you see the latest case of cops who found a thug out living the thug life, just thugging away and needed to get shot like a thug? I'm glad that guy's off the streets, who knows what thug stuff he gets up to in his thug time. I need to send those cops some flowers and congratulate them on the fact that police in this country have no problems with their training or behavior.
There will be no "rise up from the ashes" after global warming in a couple of decades.
We'll see.
Anyway, hope your generation enjoyed the last few decades of the 20th century, I'm sure all that consumption was a blast.
Ever hear of "good fences make good neighbors"?
Therefore, vote Trump? No thanks.
It has a major benefit though: it's not developed by a known spammer/troll.
which he RAN from
I like how you link to a post from Feb. 25th in a thread that includes posts by me up to Mar. 8th (the last word, even). That's a seriously slow run I've got there, isn't it?
I'll just quote myself.
He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing
Thanks for proving me right.
I think the lack of mods indicates that people have grown apathetic to APK. He used to be a serious nuisance, but the lack of his shit posts in threads lately indicates that the site managers (or others who have been contacted and made aware that he is using their names and reputations in his spam) mean that he has probably decided to find something else to do. I'm sure he'll be along eventually to pinch out a post or two, but you'll notice, for example, that instead of the direct links to his programs he's now linking you to search engine results on Bing or whatever, because of the Slashdot filters designed to remove his crap. He'll still post some spam and claim victory in a game where he's the only one playing, but in general I think the 40+ spam posts by him in a single thread are a thing of the past.
Then again, maybe people are just saving their mod points for him. And I have 15 too, too bad I already posted.
if ads == money
There's a false equivalence if I've ever seen one. If that's your premise, and your premise is false, then the rest of your post doesn't matter.
Ads are not the same as money. Ads are also malware distribution vectors, privacy invaders, resource hogs, a waste of screen space, etc. Money is none of those things. If ad distributors wanted to actually take responsibility and clean up their industry, fine, we would be having a different conversation. But they have proven for decades that they don't want to do those things, so this is the conversation we're having.
APK has nothing to do with it, there are several ways to manage a hosts file without requiring you to use a spammer's software to block ads. A quick search shows a program called HostsMan, for example. There's a small list of hosts managers here (including the one I mentioned, but that list doesn't include the software written by a notorious spammer), and another list here (also with a notable exclusion).
Even if you want a program to help you manage your hosts file, you still don't need to stoop to the level of a spammer, there are spam-free hosts file alternatives also (which should not be a surprise).
Police training was not the problem here, as I've pointed out many times, with evidence.
I understand that's your opinion, you've made that clear. That doesn't make it any more correct, but at least you believe in something.
And why would I want to go to the US?
We have over 800,000 Canadian immigrants living here, I guess they know something you don't. You have just over 250,000 Americans living there. That seems weird, you guys have only around 11% of the population that we have, but we have 3 times as many of you living here than you have of us. Wonder why that is. Is it because you guys have restrictive immigration policies? What, do you hate immigrants or something? That can't be right, around 20% of your population is immigrants and only about 12% of ours is (even though our immigrant population is larger than your total population). Is it because people don't bother living in America Lite when they could live in America?
Global warming is going to make it less livable as it makes Canada more livable.
Thanks to the older generation for that one, also. What can't the now-retired screw up when they put their minds to it? In a couple decades they'll be dead and they won't be able to vote any more, and we'll clean up their mess and get back to it. Sadly, I don't think you're going to be able to see us rise from their ashes, but best of luck with your health issues.
We may have to build a wall ...
Yes, your impressive compliment of 29 warships, 64 attack aircraft, and 181 tanks should fare nicely when you decide to get aggressive. Maybe you're better off with your "apologize first" doctrine and leaving the hard work to us, as is your tradition. Don't worry though, we all know that war does not determine who is right, only who is left.
In the meantime, feel free to STFU regarding US domestic issues.
You have presented NO evidence to refute my claim that the world is a better place without thugs like him.
You have correctly identified the argument that I am not attempting to refute, so well done. I'm talking about police training and behavior, and due process, not whether or not any one person was a model citizen.
Except if you're a stupid American like you
Right, because for some reason America has a higher proportion of stupid people than anywhere else. We're a country of immigrants, and for some reason it's only the stupid people who keep showing up, right? That's why we're the only superpower left. That's why we have the largest economy in the world and why our companies produce products and services which set the standard. Every country with a private space program, raise your hand. Not so fast, Canada, maybe before you think about something like a space program you should consider whether or not you want a head of state that doesn't want to live in your country.
Out of curiosity, what other nationalities do you have a problem with? Would you say that you hate "most" or "many" people based on where they're from?
And yes, these two candidates are representative of what is wrong with America.
I think that's the single most intelligent thing I've heard you say.
The fact that this is the best you can produce
... and then you immediately slide backward. You think those people are nominated because they're "the best we can produce", huh? You think that's why Hillary is up there? Which one of us is stupid?
The whole world is laughing at you over Donald Trump.
Yes, the rest of the rational world is laughing WITH us at Trump. Everyone sees what is going on, except the people that managed to propel him to where he is. Those people don't understand the problems with this country and don't understand Trump's motivation, they just like what he says. He managed to get 13.3 million people to vote for him in the primary. That's 4.1% of our population, but don't let things like that stop you from assuming he represents everyone, or even half the country for that matter. Not even his own party wants him there, but really, don't let reality get in the way of your hate. Trump didn't even get over half the votes in the Republican primary, more people voted for Kasich, Cruz, and Rubio combined than Trump (and that leaves out the other 50 or whatever candidates like Jeb! and Carly). Clinton also got more votes than Trump (by 2.5 million), and over 12 million people (like me!) voted for Sanders. Over 27 million people voted for a Democratic candidate, but you're going to sit there and act like Trump represents the United States. Like an idiot. Again, which one of us is stupid?
The mere fact that this election has unfolded as it has shows that the majority of Americans will vote for shit
Hey Barb, what, specifically, has the majority of Americans voted for? The majority of Americans DOESN'T EVEN FUCKING VOTE. Why do you think that is, because they feel like some candidate represents what they believe so much that they aren't going to bother to vote for them?
what the corporations want, the corporations get.
Yeah, and it's a hell of a fight to try to get that changed. You know what? I have an idea. Instead of trying to change it, let's sit online and post idiotic comments. The problem will work itself out I'm sure.
In 50 years, you've turned the world's premiere example of a democratic society into another banana republic
Fuck, that was my fault? Goddamn it, I thought the "greatest generation" decided to inject money into every fucking place imaginable, especially politics, and caused the problems we have now. I didn't realize it was my fault. Fuck, I'm so glad that I have you to lay all of t
You keep bringing up Castile - why?
I didn't realize I needed to spell it out for you, my mistake. You're talking about how the US is full of "thugs" (you've used that word repeatedly), how many criminals we have, how we love guns, etc. You seem to imply that this kind of "thug culture" is a reason why the police were right in shooting Sterling. I bring up Castile to highlight an example of a black guy who legally owns a gun, is not a thug, and is not a danger to the police but the cop still just murders him anyway. So, is "thug culture" really the only problem in the US, like you want to believe, or is there also a problem with the police behavior? If you think these 2 events are unrelated then you're not paying attention.
Sterling was a thug, he got his Darwin, end of story.
Fuck, OK, enough, I get it, armed niggers deserve death. You've made your point.
As for the "black people scare me" - they don't. Ask my neighbors.
You're one of those people, huh? Have you had a discussion with all of your black friends about the things you talk about online?
You're projecting because black people scare USA residents, and you think that people in other countries should feel the same. Like I said, stupid Americans.
No, fuckwit, it's because you keep referring to these people as "thugs". I realize that "nigger" isn't socially acceptable anymore, I'm glad you've got a new term. You're scared of Americans, that much is obvious.
As for "dumb American", seriously go fuck yourself. Seriously. I mean that. I want to you actually have sexual intercourse with yourself. Right now, just bend over and jam that fist right in. You know fuck-all about me, but you're going to judge me? Yeah, armed black guys in the US are thugs, we're stupid, and you're just the fucking cream of Canada's crop, aren't you? Fuck you and all of your personal insults.
And you're proving it to the world with your current presidential election.
Great fucking example. 2 candidates who are each disliked by a majority of Americans are somehow representative of all of us. Yeah, you're showing yourself to be a real braniac.
I only commented on Sterling.
Oh, ok. So all of the blanket generalizations that you're making about my country apply to a single situation. I'm not sure how that works, but I guess you'll find a way to rationalize your argument somehow.
There was no "maybe he has a gun on him" question.
Right, the only question was "is it absolutely necessary to shoot him." Obviously you and I don't agree on that point, because this country is full of "thugs" or however you want to phrase your word for "black people who scare me." The police go into any situation scared of armed black people. Castile is a perfect example. They shoot first, and get acquitted later. Sterling is another example. They *could have* subdued him, but it was easier to just shoot the black guy. Resisting arrest while armed is not a crime that is punishable by death.
So, when you try to confabulate what I'm saying, with sufficient video proof that there is no question that it was a good shoot
Haha, which one of us is trolling? "My opinion is fact, therefore you're a troll." OK, honey.
You're a phony through and through.
While I understand that you know everything about me, I hope you'll excuse me if I don't give your opinion of me any weight at all.
Oh, yeah, I guess I read that wrong. When you said "you've got twice as many people with criminal records as the entire population of Canada", you meant "your murder rate is a little under 3x that of Canada". It was an honest mistake, hopefully you understand my confusion.
When someone continues to resists arrest and they're known to be armed, they deserve to collect their Darwin. Plain and simple.
Right, and that's exactly what always happens in this country, isn't it? Like Philando Castile, just another black guy who was known to be armed and resisting arrest, right? No problem with the police here, just a bunch of armed niggers. Whoa, shit, wait no I meant "thugs". Yeah, that's it. "Thugs".
You're not here to have any decent sort of conversation, you're just a troll. So, again, go fuck yourself. I'll leave you to work on finding yet another update to your sig that somehow points out that you're transgender.
I just have a wireless keyboard and mouse, and yeah I'll either have the keyboard on my lap, or have it on the coffee table and just lean forward if I need to type. I rarely type on the thing though, the vast majority of use for that keyboard is search terms for whatever media is being watched. I actually prefer to play my games on my other computer, even though I was making the point that I could play on the HTPC. If I do play games on the HTPC I usually just sit on the floor with my back against the couch and have the keyboard on the coffee table, but I play games on that rarely enough that I haven't really looked for a better setup. I also have some wireless Xbox 360 controllers that are hooked up to the HTPC, I can use those for whatever games support them, especially NES/SNES emulators or the like.
If the console price is what you need to add to the price of a PC to make a "gaming" PC (for whatever that means to you) then it is not the same price as console gaming.
You completely missed the point, didn't you? The point is that you are going to have a PC in your house anyway, unless you're one of the old people who doesn't own a computer. Since you already have a PC regardless of whether or not you use it to play games, you don't need to factor the cost of that PC into your gaming cost, because the gaming cost is only the extra money spent to turn your regular PC into a gaming PC.
They don't regularly work well with TVs for displays as they are seldom set up for using one (and TVs seldom for being connected to PCs).
What do "regularly" and "seldom" mean? I have a TV that's about 12 years old sitting in my living room, connected to a PC that's about 2 years old. It's not even a smart TV either, it was years before those came out en masse. It has a basic HDMI port, and I made sure when I was building that computer to also get a video card with HDMI out (any modern video card will support HDMI out). It works with no problems, and these 2 pieces of technology are separated by 10 years.
which if you knew anything about women you would know that is almost never a popular idea to have a loud gaming PC in the living room
Sweet, awesome generalization you've got there. My fiancee encourages me to play on the TV PC instead of my personal PC so she can watch. If you're talking about the noise of the actual system, I built it specifically to be almost silent. You cannot hear it while it's on, because it has several 120mm low-speed fans and CPU and GPU coolers that are specifically for low-noise. It has SSD drives, so there's no extra noise there. The only time you can ever hear the actual system is if you put a DVD in and hear it spin up, that's it. The PC in the living room is not a problem, it's the entire entertainment system in the living room. It's not the problem, it's the solution.
In conclusion, none of your points are valid, you're making up problems which don't actually exist or have trivial solutions for anyone with a couple brain cells to rub together.
Awesome, we have major problems with police training and behavior and you want to get everyone to just not break the law. That's the Canadian solution, isn't it? How about if we also got cops to stop breaking the law? How about if we had a little bit of accountability for when police fuck up? Naw, just get 320 million people to hold hands and sing.
You guys just love your thug life.
I'm going to say something, and I just want to make a note that I really mean it from the heart: go fuck yourself.
That's why you've got twice as many people with criminal records as the entire population of Canada
You're an idiot. The reason why the US has an incarcerated population larger than the rest of the world does not mean that we behave differently. It means we have fucked up laws which punish people harshly for trivial shit. Thank the for-profit prison industry for that, and keep your smug bullshit to yourself.
I'll note that you've now derailed the original conversation.
Which part of the process of taking something from someone else are you having a hard time understanding? If you've got 3 people and you want to take an object from someone else's pocket, what do you do? Should we have a brainstorming session to figure out ideas? Here, I'll start: person 1 uses both hands to secure the guy's left arm. Person 2 uses both hands to secure the guy's right arm. I'll let you come up with some options for person 3.
Actually, you know what? Fuck it, this is a stupid exercise. Let's just simplify the whole fucking thing and come up with some new guidelines for police training that actually reflect what they do now, that way there's no reason to try and make any changes. Let's just "streamline" the officer interaction experience.
1. Police officer approaches someone (anyone, a suspect, someone not suspected of anything, a child, soldier, old person, whoever the fuck, it doesn't matter, approach anyone and everyone regardless of a reason).
2. Immediately escalate the situation. Order them to do something (it doesn't matter what, just immediately start barking orders at them; they need to understand from the outset that you have authority, and they need to shut the fuck up and kiss their own ass if that's what you tell them to do; if they complain about "they have rights" or some bullshit just fucking taze them).
3. Whenever they refuse an order or in any way question your authority, shoot them in the face.
There you go, some clear and simple guidelines for how police should interact with people, so that we don't need to get into stupid fucking arguments about "but how the fuck were the 3 cops supposed to disarm the guy? There were only fucking 3 of them!" No need for police to try and understand any situation around them, no need for them to treat others like they're actually fucking people instead of just a shitbag who needs to submit to authority, and no need to try to figure out how you and your 2 friends are going to get something out of someone's pocket or otherwise de-escalate a situation instead of just spraying bullets.
Well, I make six figures using Windows and Linux machines, so obviously you and I are a fantastic set of data points.
If you have a set of Apple ID credentials, and someone steals credentials from another site and then notices they also work on the Apple service, wouldn't you call that a compromised set of Apple ID credentials?
Do you have any proof? Screenshots, internet archive, etc? Anything at all?