"The communist dictator didn't really want to team up with that big, powerful communist nation making friendly overtures to them. They were forced to by those mean, nasty Americans, in self-defense!"
He "installed a forbidden internet connection" in the FUCKING PENTAGON? Excuse me? Either he had his very own cat6 ran through the building just for him, in secret (fucking impossible) or he tethered his fucking smartphone (big fucking deal.) Talk about a tempest in a teapot.
The fact that you can use the phrase "objective journalism" with a straight fucking face after an election where CNN political reporters were openly shitposting against Trump on their twitter feeds - twitter feeds with their actual names and faces and jobs listed right in the profile - speaks volumes. Sad, depressing, volumes. A talk show on MSNBC mentioned the "end zone dances on Twitter" and the "back-slapping" that political beat reporters were doing, and you're going to sit here and fucking tell me about objective journalism?
I've got a Journalism degree from Eastern Michigan. I know what objective journalism is. And this election fucking buried it six feet deep.
Ah yes, the Washington Post, perhaps the most virulent and rabid anti-Trump publication, eclipsing even CNN in the vitriol and shameless bias it displayed in its coverage.
I'm fucking sick of this narrativr being pushed on Slashdot. Your first clue that it's politically motivated should have been President Obama using his presidential podium to bitch about it. Your latest should have been how quickly China latched onto the bandwagon. Those with longer memories might recall that China has enforced internet censorship using this exact rationale before; "anti-social misinformation." But "fake news" is much more succinct - it implies that "real news" can only come from "real news sources." Coincidentally this endless propaganda blitz only started after it was revealed how much election info people got from their friends on Facebook. It's yet another media attempt to solidify - nay reclaim - their oligarchal status as outlets that people trusted implicitly. One need look no further than their current behavior - where they are issuing hysterical semons about Trump being "the least transparent President in history" because he didn't inform the media before stepping out for a fucking steak dinner - to see the depths of their panic. After a campaign season where they dropped the last pretenses of objectivity and did their level best to destroy Trump - only to see him win the Presidency - they know their former sainted and respected status as Messengers From Olympus is no more. They can shriek and rage and stomp their feet all they want but nothing will change this. Trump uses Twitter to speak to the masses directly, which underscores the point: they are not just no longer trusted, but no longer needed.
No number of propaganda articles will change that.
I'd use FreePAVE instead; nicer UI (no damn trees) a search feature that actually works, SQLite database, XSalsa20 instead of AES, yadda yadda. But mainly the search thing.
No, sand wouldn't work just as well. Commercial aircraft are big and heavy enough that their tires would just compress the sand underneath it, accomplishing little. Plus, the purpose-built technology is probably designed to do minimal damage to the aircraft as well, which is a significant benefit.
"Lone gunman?" "Lone hero?" Who ever said anything about that? This is a strawman, and a poor one. Resistance of possible tyranny or foreign military invasion has never, ever been predicated on a "lone gunman," which is why the Second Amendment specifically mentions "militia."
As for Pinochet, the arms confiscations and gun control policies implemented by his vicious and dictatorial regime are one of the most oft-cited examples of how gun control and tyranny go hand-in-hand. Please educate yourself before you deign to lecture others.
And what possible difference would it make if we did? Do you have any idea what you're chances are against a modern, mechanized army?
Police are needed to maintain a police state. And no matter how many police you have, they are always greatly outnumbered by the people, which is why it is vital for police in a police state to have automatic weapons and for the oppressed people to have nothing but their limp dicks.
An armed populace makes enforcement of a police state impossible by default.
Don't you think if he was going to do it he would have?
Apparently you haven't noticedhisconstantattempts to do just that. Which would make you either uninformed or willfully ignorant. As a college-educated NRA member, I am neither. Please remember this the next time you deign to talk down to us.
Nah now you clowns are kicking around in upgraded Su-27s trying to milk more life out of a dated airframe while you wait for the PAK-FA to get engines worth a sorry fuck. But just like the shit engines in the MiG-25, you STILL can't make a jet engine the equal of ours and so the PAK sits on the ground, lost and forlorn, while our own F-35s are already in service and droppin bombs.
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"Research" is a pretty strong word for links from Politico: https://www.google.com/amp/s/a...
And the WashPo and New York Times: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry... (NYT again:) http://m.washingtontimes.com/n...
I find it instructive that "shadowbanning," a tactic already in use by Twitter and Reddit, has been adopted by a Communist dictatorship.
Time for a re-evaluation.
After losing an election following six months of sneering, elitist, classist "mockery," clearly the answer is to... double down.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Gee look what I found!
Pfff. Until they make an autonomous vehicle that can answer a Trolley Problem, drivers aren't going anywhere.
"The communist dictator didn't really want to team up with that big, powerful communist nation making friendly overtures to them. They were forced to by those mean, nasty Americans, in self-defense!"
How much shit can you people swallow?
I remember being told the dollar was a dead letter ten years ago, when the euro was going strong. So much for that. Call me back in ten years.
Because a communist dictatorship's own self-surveys are 100% trustworthy!
He "installed a forbidden internet connection" in the FUCKING PENTAGON? Excuse me? Either he had his very own cat6 ran through the building just for him, in secret (fucking impossible) or he tethered his fucking smartphone (big fucking deal.) Talk about a tempest in a teapot.
Excuse me, but "clean coal" is Obama's ballywick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The fact that you can use the phrase "objective journalism" with a straight fucking face after an election where CNN political reporters were openly shitposting against Trump on their twitter feeds - twitter feeds with their actual names and faces and jobs listed right in the profile - speaks volumes. Sad, depressing, volumes. A talk show on MSNBC mentioned the "end zone dances on Twitter" and the "back-slapping" that political beat reporters were doing, and you're going to sit here and fucking tell me about objective journalism?
I've got a Journalism degree from Eastern Michigan. I know what objective journalism is. And this election fucking buried it six feet deep.
Ah yes, the Washington Post, perhaps the most virulent and rabid anti-Trump publication, eclipsing even CNN in the vitriol and shameless bias it displayed in its coverage.
The prosecution fucking rests.
"Fake news galvanized US president-elect Donald Trump's supporters, and sullied his enemies"
And the last pretense of objectivity flies right out the fucking window. It's "news for nerds" not "politically motivated lies."
Yeah, moving climate science to the climate science agency is exactly what Hitler did, too!
Lighten up bru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Now sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
BREAKING NEWS: ONLY NASA IS ALLOWED TO USE DATA FROM NASA SATELLITES! NOBODY ELSE CAN HAVE THAT DATA! IS IS FORBIDDEN, AS DECREED BY PROPHECY!
Or maybe it's a complete load of horseshit, and maybe, just fucking maybe, our space agency should actually be concerned with going to space again.
I'm fucking sick of this narrativr being pushed on Slashdot. Your first clue that it's politically motivated should have been President Obama using his presidential podium to bitch about it. Your latest should have been how quickly China latched onto the bandwagon. Those with longer memories might recall that China has enforced internet censorship using this exact rationale before; "anti-social misinformation." But "fake news" is much more succinct - it implies that "real news" can only come from "real news sources." Coincidentally this endless propaganda blitz only started after it was revealed how much election info people got from their friends on Facebook. It's yet another media attempt to solidify - nay reclaim - their oligarchal status as outlets that people trusted implicitly. One need look no further than their current behavior - where they are issuing hysterical semons about Trump being "the least transparent President in history" because he didn't inform the media before stepping out for a fucking steak dinner - to see the depths of their panic. After a campaign season where they dropped the last pretenses of objectivity and did their level best to destroy Trump - only to see him win the Presidency - they know their former sainted and respected status as Messengers From Olympus is no more. They can shriek and rage and stomp their feet all they want but nothing will change this. Trump uses Twitter to speak to the masses directly, which underscores the point: they are not just no longer trusted, but no longer needed.
No number of propaganda articles will change that.
Democracy at work: any two idiots outvote a genius. In an environment where geniuses are rare.)
The alternative is philosopher kings and Noble Lies. Read Plato's "The Republic" if you think that is any better.
I'd use FreePAVE instead; nicer UI (no damn trees) a search feature that actually works, SQLite database, XSalsa20 instead of AES, yadda yadda. But mainly the search thing.
No, sand wouldn't work just as well. Commercial aircraft are big and heavy enough that their tires would just compress the sand underneath it, accomplishing little. Plus, the purpose-built technology is probably designed to do minimal damage to the aircraft as well, which is a significant benefit.
I have friends and family in the military. They agree with me. Fuck you, pal.
"Lone gunman?" "Lone hero?" Who ever said anything about that? This is a strawman, and a poor one. Resistance of possible tyranny or foreign military invasion has never, ever been predicated on a "lone gunman," which is why the Second Amendment specifically mentions "militia."
As for Pinochet, the arms confiscations and gun control policies implemented by his vicious and dictatorial regime are one of the most oft-cited examples of how gun control and tyranny go hand-in-hand. Please educate yourself before you deign to lecture others.
And what possible difference would it make if we did? Do you have any idea what you're chances are against a modern, mechanized army?
Police are needed to maintain a police state. And no matter how many police you have, they are always greatly outnumbered by the people, which is why it is vital for police in a police state to have automatic weapons and for the oppressed people to have nothing but their limp dicks.
An armed populace makes enforcement of a police state impossible by default.
Don't you think if he was going to do it he would have?
Apparently you haven't noticed his constant attempts to do just that. Which would make you either uninformed or willfully ignorant. As a college-educated NRA member, I am neither. Please remember this the next time you deign to talk down to us.
If you listen closely you can hear mdsolar screaming.
Nah now you clowns are kicking around in upgraded Su-27s trying to milk more life out of a dated airframe while you wait for the PAK-FA to get engines worth a sorry fuck. But just like the shit engines in the MiG-25, you STILL can't make a jet engine the equal of ours and so the PAK sits on the ground, lost and forlorn, while our own F-35s are already in service and droppin bombs.