Monday July 1, 21:40 UTC One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful.
On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not permit any diplomatic "wheeling and dealing" over my case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions.
This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and neither is the extralegal penalty of exile. These are the old, bad tools of political aggression. Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come after me.
For decades the United States of America has been one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this right, laid out and voted for by the U.S. in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is now being rejected by the current government of my country. The Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person. Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.
In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised Ã" and it should be.
I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts taken by so many.
This finding could led to the development of a new phase in chemistry - very low temperature chemistry
We are led to believe that chemicals get to mix better when temperatures are applied, but from what I read from TFA, that quantum tunneling process, if we can harness it, could save us a lot of energy in the many laboratories / factories all around the world
TFA may be filled with references to genetic sequencing and names of various names of genetic-mutations, such as "TGF-B" (sorry,/. can not display "beta")
But at the base of it all, it was the love of the father for his daughter that led to the tireless search for answer, for almost a decade
All the talk about who has the fastest / most awesome computer in the world used to make sense --- there were a lot of problems which need huge computational power to help solve
They went from mere gigaflop to petaflop and now they are aiming all the way to break the exaflop barrier
Now, let me ask this --- is there really a case which justifice all the juice ?
From giga to peta, it's already a difference of 1,000 times
From peta to exa, another 1,000
Which means, when they finally break the exa-barrier, they already attain 1,000,000 (one million times) the crunching power of what they used to get, in the giga era
Do they really need the 1,000,000 fold of crunch to solve their problem, or has this been turning into another "pene" contest ?
The real question is - will the US Gov be prosecuted for their crimes ? At least these ones this guy Snowden made public
Buddy, the 1970's is long gone
The United States of America is no longer the United States of America of yesteryears
Our journalists no longer have the professional zeal as their peers back in the 70's
Our congress is filled with scoundrels that are as bad as the scoundrels in the White House
And most importantly, our judiciary system can no longer be as unbiased as before --- no judge would dare to rule against the man in the White House, no matter who he or she turns out to be
There are many peace loving islamic people and tarring them with the same brush as the extremists is just ignorant
You know what is the perfect example of ignorance ?
You !
After all the mayhems those ISLAMIC FUCKERS have done to the world - from Thailand to Nigeria to China to Russia to America to England - it's the POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ASSHOLES such as you are still insisting that "Islam is peaceful"
Fuck that !!!
If Islam is really that peaceful, there won't be so many extremists of that faith, creating so much troubles for the world we live in
While we are at it, can you tell me who are the suicide bombers ? The Christians ? The Buddhists ? or those ISLAMIC FUCKERS ??
You are so blinded by your STUPIDITY that you can't see the goddamn reality even if it hits you in the face !!
Is it too late for the NSA to spin this as just a huge misunderstanding?
As we all know, America is the home of the brave, we ARE SO BRAVE THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO FREELY give away all of our rights in an effort to stop terrorism
Is it too late for the NSA to spin this as just a huge misunderstanding?
Actually taking this into consideration, no, it's not too late.
Too many Americans are too fucking stupid to give enough of a shit for these revelations to cause real change.
Actually too many humans staying OUTSIDE of the United States of America are as fucking stupid as those who stay inside.
There ought to be a great opportunity for creative advertising agencies to formulate new worldwide massive round of spin campaign for the very cash-rich No Such Agency
... capitalism has one of the worst track records for resolving this: the shittiest jobs are often also the lowest paid, and who gets to do them is "decided" by race, gender, and economic status
If you ever studied Islam, you would know that they have a weird kind of "UTOPIAN IDEAL" whereby no matter who you are, everybody in the society must be equally oppressed
Even under that type of "UTOPIAN IDEAL" they still end up with giving the shittiest jobs to folks from the lowest societal rung
My point is, Capitalism is far from perfect, but it is not to be solely blamed for assigning shittiest jobs to those with no power to reject it --- we human, and the human society (no matter which) practices the same thing, be it from China or America or India, or Russia
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http://wikileaks.org/Statement-from-Edward-Snowden-in.html?snow
Monday July 1, 21:40 UTC
One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful.
On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not permit any diplomatic "wheeling and dealing" over my case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions.
This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and neither is the extralegal penalty of exile. These are the old, bad tools of political aggression. Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come after me.
For decades the United States of America has been one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this right, laid out and voted for by the U.S. in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is now being rejected by the current government of my country. The Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person. Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.
In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised Ã" and it should be.
I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts taken by so many.
Edward Joseph Snowden Monday 1st July 2013
This finding could led to the development of a new phase in chemistry - very low temperature chemistry
We are led to believe that chemicals get to mix better when temperatures are applied, but from what I read from TFA, that quantum tunneling process, if we can harness it, could save us a lot of energy in the many laboratories / factories all around the world
TFA may be filled with references to genetic sequencing and names of various names of genetic-mutations, such as "TGF-B" (sorry, /. can not display "beta")
But at the base of it all, it was the love of the father for his daughter that led to the tireless search for answer, for almost a decade
It's heartwarming, to say the least
Oops, sorry,
Should have used "tera" in place for "giga" ...
All the talk about who has the fastest / most awesome computer in the world used to make sense --- there were a lot of problems which need huge computational power to help solve
They went from mere gigaflop to petaflop and now they are aiming all the way to break the exaflop barrier
Now, let me ask this --- is there really a case which justifice all the juice ?
From giga to peta, it's already a difference of 1,000 times
From peta to exa, another 1,000
Which means, when they finally break the exa-barrier, they already attain 1,000,000 (one million times) the crunching power of what they used to get, in the giga era
Do they really need the 1,000,000 fold of crunch to solve their problem, or has this been turning into another "pene" contest ?
The real question is - will the US Gov be prosecuted for their crimes ? At least these ones this guy Snowden made public
Buddy, the 1970's is long gone
The United States of America is no longer the United States of America of yesteryears
Our journalists no longer have the professional zeal as their peers back in the 70's
Our congress is filled with scoundrels that are as bad as the scoundrels in the White House
And most importantly, our judiciary system can no longer be as unbiased as before --- no judge would dare to rule against the man in the White House, no matter who he or she turns out to be
And our court system is no longer unb
Snowden a traitor ??
What about the government of the United States which has violated the Constitutions of the United States ???
Snowden is reportedly heading for Moscow, as we speak
http://slashdot.org/submission/2747589/us-pressuring-hong-kong-to-arrest-snowden-while-snowden-has-flown-to-moscow
Are you going to change your tune now, buddy ?
BBC is reporting that Moscow may NOT be the final destination for Snowden
BBC is speculating that Snowden is heading to either Ecuador or Cuba
Am I right ??
http://slashdot.org/submission/2747589/us-pressuring-hong-kong-to-arrest-snowden-while-snowden-has-flown-to-moscow
When the backbone is compromised, you're pretty much fucked unless you run strong encryption everywhere and obfuscate who you are talking to
1. How strong must those strong encryption be ?
NSA has their hands on the latest and greatest gadgets, including quantum computers, which can, theoretically, decrypt anything
2. Unless we have our own secured backbone trunks, there is no way we can successfully "obfuscate" our presence online, even TOR can be broken
Some of those AV companies are Chinese.
Care to list out the name of the AV companies which are owned and/or operated by the CHINESE ??
I am interested in factual information, not fear mongering !!
'keeping gamblers loyal to Caesars was not all that different from keeping onetime Obama voters from straying to Mitt Romney.'
The day the computer AI become totally unpredictable is the day we human kiss our ass goodbye
There are many peace loving islamic people and tarring them with the same brush as the extremists is just ignorant
You know what is the perfect example of ignorance ?
You !
After all the mayhems those ISLAMIC FUCKERS have done to the world - from Thailand to Nigeria to China to Russia to America to England - it's the POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ASSHOLES such as you are still insisting that "Islam is peaceful"
Fuck that !!!
If Islam is really that peaceful, there won't be so many extremists of that faith, creating so much troubles for the world we live in
While we are at it, can you tell me who are the suicide bombers ? The Christians ? The Buddhists ? or those ISLAMIC FUCKERS ??
You are so blinded by your STUPIDITY that you can't see the goddamn reality even if it hits you in the face !!
Attempts to be humorous is one thing, totally off-topic, is another
And this ain't first time a perfectly kosher thread turns into a farce
Look at yourselves. Go on, look at you. People of the United States, you've been had. Hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Run amuck
If it were people of Turkey or people of any banana republic, I can't fault them, not even a bit, for human beings are very easily bamboozled
However, for the Americans - I am one of them - THERE IS NO EXCUSE !!
The founding fathers had repeatedly reminded us, in their writings, of the dangers of letting the government runs amok
The founding fathers had even outlined what could went wrong, and what did went wrong in their time, and what they had done to rectify the wrongs
So many of our ancestors sacrificed so much in their struggle to regain their liberties, and yet, look at us
Are we even fit to call ourselves "AMERICANS" ??
We have failed
We have failed to uphold the spirit of America
We have failed the founding fathers
And more importantly, we have failed our children, and their children, in giving away our country and our liberties to the scoundrels
Ammonium Perchlorate is a very powerful oxidizer - and has been extensively used to make solid rocket propellant
Since Mars has so much perchlorates around why don't we turn Mars into planet-wide base for building solid rocket fuel ??
Without pioneering folks like Jack Kilby, you think we have electronic computers ?
Without hardware providers such as Intel which transformed CPU into affordable commodity items, you think we get $399 iPhone/iPad ?
And by the way, what kind of "innovation" FB has brought to the world ?
As long as the NZ government prefers to be a lap dog to Uncle Sam, you can switch to "Gigamail" or "zentagigantamail" also they can tap your emails
Is it too late for the NSA to spin this as just a huge misunderstanding?
As we all know, America is the home of the brave, we ARE SO BRAVE THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO FREELY give away all of our rights in an effort to stop terrorism
FTFY
Because informed voters are extremely dangerous
Think again !!
Voters, whether they are of the "informed" group, or otherwise, most of them can not comprehend that much anyway
I was listening to BBC's world service just yesterday and they had a BRITISH PROFESSOR spinning his yarn for NSA
If a PROFESSOR can say things like that, you think Joe Six Pack can think otherwise ?
Is it too late for the NSA to spin this as just a huge misunderstanding?
Actually taking this into consideration, no, it's not too late.
Too many Americans are too fucking stupid to give enough of a shit for these revelations to cause real change.
Actually too many humans staying OUTSIDE of the United States of America are as fucking stupid as those who stay inside.
There ought to be a great opportunity for creative advertising agencies to formulate new worldwide massive round of spin campaign for the very cash-rich No Such Agency
Black Hole: Vote for me to be your black hole and I promise to suck! A lot!
Interviewer: Pretty much like any other candidate I've interviewed!
Whoa ... hold your horses !!
Those who want us to vote for them so they can stay in the White House *never* promise us that they sux
If you ever studied Islam, you would know that they have a weird kind of "UTOPIAN IDEAL" whereby no matter who you are, everybody in the society must be equally oppressed
Even under that type of "UTOPIAN IDEAL" they still end up with giving the shittiest jobs to folks from the lowest societal rung
My point is, Capitalism is far from perfect, but it is not to be solely blamed for assigning shittiest jobs to those with no power to reject it --- we human, and the human society (no matter which) practices the same thing, be it from China or America or India, or Russia