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  1. Is it so impossible that Podesta is a pervert? on Fake News Prompts Gunman To 'Self-Investigate' Pizza Parlor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    It is not as if there have never been sexual predators in DC.

    Wiener is clearly a pervert, and his wife was Hillary's top aid. Hillary's husband has admitted to hundreds of affairs, and disgraced himself while in office. Lots of sexual weirdos seem to surround Hillary.

    Has anybody looked at Podesta's emails from wikileaks? Even Podesta does not deny that those are his emails. Podesta is also a collector of perverted "art."

    If you look at the emails, it is very clear that they are using some kind of code. I do not know what the code means. But a lot of terms, including "pizza" are used out of place.

    I won't just to conclusions here. I am keeping an open mind. I would encourage others to do the same.

  2. MSM still primary source for fake news on Fake News Prompts Gunman To 'Self-Investigate' Pizza Parlor (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Is the mass media responsible for fabricating stories and inciting riots? Seems to me the media routinely fans the flames of racial division by releasing false information.

    Remember the Charlotte riots? The media first reported that Keith Scott was unarmed. This was a major factor that led to the riots. Turns out, Keith Scott was armed. Is this a case of media fabrications causing riots?

    In the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, the media first reported that Brown was on his knees with his hands up. Turns out, that was another media fabrication which also led to riots.

    In the Ahmed Mohamed clock incident, the media first reported that Ahmed was just building a clock, as a project for his electronics class, but the principal called the police because Ahmed was a Muslim. Turns out, that was another media fabrication. Ahmed used a clock that he bought at a department store, along with a briefcase and other props, to make a fake bomb. In a post-Columbine world, what should the principal have done? What if it had been a bomb? BTW: although he was richly rewarded for this stunt, Ahmed has been posting extremely anti-American rants: he called the 9/11 attacks self defence, he supports BLM, and much more.

    When George Michael Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, the media first posted photos of an 11 year old Trayvon. Months after the incident, some people still believed that Zimmerman attacked a small child, which was not the case. Trayvon was an athletic 5'11" and 160 lbs. and was beating the snot out of Zimmerman. Maybe Zimmerman was not justified in shooting Trayvon, but Trayvon was not an 11 year child, and the media tried to insinuate.

  3. It's not over: electors refuse to vote for Trump on China Chases Silicon Valley Talent Who Are Worried About Trump Presidency (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/why-i-will-not-cast-my-electoral-vote-for-donald-trump.html

    Florida GOP Elector: I Get 4,000 Harassing Emails from Hillary Supporters a Day
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/12/florida-gop-elector-get-4000-harassing-emails-hillary-supporters-day-video/

    Rogue electors brief Clinton camp on anti-Trump plan
    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/electoral-college-rogues-trump-clinton-232195

    Report: 15 Electors Will Refuse to Vote For Trump
    http://www.infowars.com/report-15-electors-will-refuse-to-vote-for-trump/

  4. Not fair to change rules after the game is over on Lawrence Lessig Calls For The Electoral College to Choose Clinton Over Trump (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What the leftists want is a system that is rigged so that they always win.

    Before the election, both dems and repubs wanted the electoral college.

    Why wasn't this professor making an issue of the electoral college *before* the election?

  5. What about all the fake news from MSM? on Crowdsourced Volunteers Search For Solutions To Fake News (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is the mass media responsible for fabricating stories and inciting riots? Seems to me the media routinely fans the flames of racial division by releasing false information.

    Remember the Charlotte riots? The media first reported that Keith Scott was unarmed. This was a major factor that led to the riots. Turns out, Keith Scott was armed. Is this a case of media fabrications causing riots?
    In the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, the media first reported that Brown was on his knees with his hands up. Turns out, that was another media fabrication which also led to riots.

    In the Ahmed Mohamed clock incident, the media first reported that Ahmed was just building a clock, as a project for his electronics class, but the principal called the police because Ahmed was a Muslim. Turns out, that was another media fabrication. Ahmed used a clock that he bought at a department store, along with a briefcase and other props, to make a fake bomb. In a post-Columbine world, what should the principal have done? What if it had been a bomb? BTW: although he was richly rewarded for this stunt, Ahmed has been posting extremely anti-American rants: he called the 9/11 attacks self defense, he supports BLM, and much more.

    When George Michael Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, the media first posted photos of an 11 year old Trayvon. Months after the incident, some people still believed that Zimmerman attacked a small child, which was not the case. Trayvon was an athletic 5'11" and 160 lbs. and was beating the snot out of Zimmerman. Maybe Zimmerman was not justified in shooting Trayvon, but Trayvon was not an 11 year child, and the media tried to insinuate.

  6. "Fake new crises" is fake news on Snopes.com Editor on Fake News: Social Media Is Not the Problem (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Extremely biased news sources, like CNN and MSNBC, are getting their asses kicked by internet sources like Infowars, and Breitbart.

    In response, some left wing extremist associate professor created a list of "fake news" sites. By "fake news" she means anything that is not left wing biased.

  7. Translation: leftist snowflakes get to censor on Twitter Says It's Cracking Down on Hate Speech (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    So leftists get to censor anything that is not in line with their political agenda.

  8. Yeah, and all the US celebs will leave the US on China Threatens To Cut Sales of iPhones and US Cars if 'Naive' Trump Pursues Trade War (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Just more silly scare mongering from Trump haters. Trump will not impose a 45% tariff, and China will not stop all trade with the US.

    And there will be no 30 foot wall, and Trump's tax plan won't happen either.

    Just more pointless posturing.

  9. IMO: cost & standards matter most. on Pro Video Editor Says MacBook Pro Beats Out Superior Spec'd Windows Machines In Real-World (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I am surprised that nobody has mentioned cost until now.

    The fact that windows is the standard in business, and government, is another huge factor. Uprooting your windows infrastructure, and replace it with apple would be a huge endeavor. Everybody would have to retrained, you would have to buy all new applications, and so on.

  10. Re:Of course on FBI: Review of New Emails Doesn't Change Conclusion on Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Hillary did plenty wrong.

    1) Used a private email server for classified government business.
    2) lied about it.
    3) destroyed evidence which was under subpoena aka obstruction of justice.

    General Cartright is facing facing five years for similar security violations.

  11. Re:Probably the right thing to do on Ecuador Acknowledges Limiting Julian Assange's Web Access (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Dems love censoring true information about the Clintons almost as much as they like making unsubstantiated allegations against Trump.

  12. Re:Unruly house guest on Ecuador Acknowledges Limiting Julian Assange's Web Access (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Why is this "unruly?"

    Until Assange started exposing Hillary, there was no problem.

  13. > What other PC operating system supports as many hardware devices

    I don't think that is the standard definition of being "open."

    I think that is the standard definition of being "standard."

  14. Re:Trespassing to get the story. on Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Seems trifling. Harmless trespassing may be not technically be legal, but it is no BFD.

  15. Re:Ummmm, read the ENTIRE story on Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    > please show me where in the constitution it says journalists are immune from prosecution

    Straw man much? Nobody said that.

    > also show me where it defines what a journalist is, and how a journalist is different from any other citizen

    Show me where there is any evidence that she was acting in any capacity other than to report what was going on?

  16. Re:She's not charged for being a journalist on Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    > She filmed herself trespassing on private property

    Let's suppose she did. Is that worth 45 years in prison?

    How great a crime is it to just trespass?

  17. Re:Get it MFers? on Journalists Face Jail Time After Reporting on North Dakota Pipeline Protest (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny thing: it was Repub HQ that was fire bombed.

  18. Have heard this is to shut down Assange on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not sure how that works.

  19. Foreign Entrepreneurs == Staffing Companies on White House Is Planning To Let More Foreign Entrepreneurs Work In the US (recode.net) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mostly Indians who hire only Indian visa workers. They call themselves "technology companies" and brag about all the jobs they create.

  20. Re:Some of us do give an F. on New FreeBSD 11.0 Release Candidate Tested By Phoronix (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem angry. Did somebody say something to upset you?

  21. Why not? It works for big agriculture on Suicide Squad Fans Petition To Shut Down Rotten Tomatoes Over Negative Reviews (variety.com) · · Score: 2

    You are legally not allowed to criticize food. Food felony laws - Oprah Winfrey was sued for expressing her disgust about hamburger.

    Food libel laws, and ag-gag laws, gotta love them.

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

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ag-gag

  22. Fit over a Semi? Or under an overpass? on China Builds 'Elevated Bus' That Drives Over Cars (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Can it make a 90 degree turn?

  23. It worked for Montgomery Burns on Peter Thiel Is Interested In Harvesting The Blood Of The Young (gawker.com) · · Score: 1

    Remember? He got Bart's blood, and became super energetic. Then he gave the Simpson's a "big ugly head" as a thank you.

  24. Re:Why I don't go to movie theaters anymore... on Movie Studios 'Take Down' Popular KAT Mirror · · Score: 1

    I think you made your point.

    But, not going to movies does not mean that you have download torrents.

    You can rent movies from Amazon, or Google Play, or there is always Redbox.

    If you wait six months after a movie is released, you can watch at home for practically nothing.

  25. Re:Margins on Samsung Beat Apple In Smartphone Shipments, Profit Surges To 2-Year High (thehindu.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    In the 1990s, Apple made high margins on their PCs, and almost went bankrupt.

    Businesses preferred the much less expensive Windows boxes. So windows became the standard.

    Once you control the standard, everybody else is an also-ran.

    If Android because the dominate standard in smart phones, Apple is in serious trouble. I think Apple makes about 60% of their revenue, and 80% of their profits from iPhones. If iPhone sales slip, it might be 1997 all over again.