Gawker had it coming. They refused to take down a sex tape on their server after a judge ordered them to.
It's adorable that you think Peter Thiel's lawsuit against Gawker had anything to do with a tape of a sad has-been having depressing sex with the coke-whore wife of his friend as a radio stunt.
Say, how's your blood, anyway? Would you like to make a few bucks?
No, but you cannot say it was because Trump was more popular than Hillary, or "less dislikable". More Americans voted for Hillary for president because they could see that Donald Trump was garbage that would bring disgrace to the country, as he has.
From my perspective, I pay for YouTube Red and get Google Play Music as a free bonus.
Same for me, in reverse. I listen to a lot of music on various platforms and Google Play is worth it at 9.95/mo. When I found out I got YouTube Red for free, it just made it that much better. And it started with the free trial (I forget if it was 3 or 6 months) I got when I got a Nexus phone and Project Fi.
The only thing I have to remember is that not everyone has YouTube Red. I write a music blog and the easiest way to post music is by posting a YouTube video. I try to remind myself that most of my readers will have to sit through an advertisement.
If the media is 60:40 in favour of one side, it looks like one side is ahead. If it's 70:30 it looks like one side is more ahead. If it's 94:06 it starts to look dubious.
So, if 94% of the media says today is Saturday, do you throw away your calendars?
You're buying into the "there is no such thing as truth" mindhack, which is how Donald Trump got elected in the first place. Once you can get people to believe nothing is true, then you can get them to do anything. It is the ultimate "Listen and Believe".
It's just that RICO is for very particular types of racketeering oriented criminal conspiracies, as opposed to a hostile foreign government running a criminal conspiracy aimed at psychological warfare to alter the US political system more to their liking.
I'm just spitballing here, but those new charges of money-laundering against Manafort that Mueller announced today might complete the puzzle.
Someone profited here. And by profited, I mean had their pockets lined. It's a lot to take in. What a mess.
The Russians in this case don't look like they were running a criminal conspiracy to make money, but instead to run psyops and disinformation to mess with our operation of governance by directly trying to manipulate the electorate towards their desired end,
Who's to say they couldn't do both? If you're buying stolen social security numbers and personal information in order to set up fake accounts in the US, why not make use of that credit history and banking info too?
This indictment just lays the groundwork for conspiracy charges. I doubt the DOJ thinks that jit's going to take any of these Russians into custody, but now a criminal conspiracy has been established.
RICO is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, because goddamn Congress likes acronyms like your great-aunt likes porcelain cats.
Congress passed it in 1970 to address organized crime. It was specifically designed to help with some of the difficulty that prosecutors traditionally had in cracking big organized crime rings — mafia families, drug trafficking organizations, that sort of thing.
What sort of problems?
The stuff that crime bosses did was already illegal. But it could be very hard to attack the whole enterprise instead of one act after another. You could take down some mook for one street assault, but you couldn't take down the mook's boss's boss. You had to nibble at the edges, and meanwhile the crime family or drug ring or whatever kept making money.
RICO was designed as a way to describe, legally, the whole criminal enterprise based on some of its acts, go after people who supported it, and take its assets.
Comrade Soros pays me $6700/month, plus full benefits, health care and a 401k. Three weeks' paid vacation and a company car. Free executive membership at Costco. I started at a lower rate, but I got a nice bump when I was promoted to Senior Shill. I also now have a key to the administrative staff bathroom, which of course is unisex.
And, I get a bonus check whenever I can trigger an Anonymous Coward on Slashdot. You alone have made my boat payment for this month.
This is an American who just plead guilty to helping the Russians with the identity fraud part of the conspiracy. He is now cooperating with the Mueller investigation.
When you say "no American involved", you should have said, "yet". Now we learn of the Americans involved.
Try again.. I just heard the presser for these charges. They where actively supporting BOTH sides
No, go read the actual indictment. It's very clear that the charges indicate help for Donald Trump only.
Read this section of the indictment:
"“included supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J Trump... and disparaging Hillary Clinton,”
It goes on to say that during the primaries, the indicted Russians sought to give support to Trump and disparage his GOP opponents (Cruz, et al). Here is a direct link to the indictment:
Slashdot Mirror
I don't know how they're done where you are, but in the Unted States, Constitutional amendments aren't enacted by plebescite.
None of which was false.
My fans...I love 'em. Think of the time he put into this.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is one of the most overrated of the celebrity twitter "philosophers". He's what a dumb person thinks a smart person sounds like.
It's adorable that you think Peter Thiel's lawsuit against Gawker had anything to do with a tape of a sad has-been having depressing sex with the coke-whore wife of his friend as a radio stunt.
Say, how's your blood, anyway? Would you like to make a few bucks?
No, but you cannot say it was because Trump was more popular than Hillary, or "less dislikable". More Americans voted for Hillary for president because they could see that Donald Trump was garbage that would bring disgrace to the country, as he has.
I'm sorry, Mr Thiel, you can't sue Slashdot because they ain't got shit.
Plus, in LA there are more teenage boys whose blood Thiel can drink.
Same for me, in reverse. I listen to a lot of music on various platforms and Google Play is worth it at 9.95/mo. When I found out I got YouTube Red for free, it just made it that much better. And it started with the free trial (I forget if it was 3 or 6 months) I got when I got a Nexus phone and Project Fi.
The only thing I have to remember is that not everyone has YouTube Red. I write a music blog and the easiest way to post music is by posting a YouTube video. I try to remind myself that most of my readers will have to sit through an advertisement.
Hillary got 3 million more votes, Hal.
Trump was chosen for his soft lips.
I wonder the same thing about Apple posts, or cryptocurrency. I mean, isn't once a week enough?
Of course they had no influence on the election. They're dated after the election.
So, if 94% of the media says today is Saturday, do you throw away your calendars?
You're buying into the "there is no such thing as truth" mindhack, which is how Donald Trump got elected in the first place. Once you can get people to believe nothing is true, then you can get them to do anything. It is the ultimate "Listen and Believe".
How much worse could it be with aliens?
Here's a joke:
So, the aliens land on the White House lawn and say, "Take us to your leader".
They are brought to Vladimir Putin.
[I see you there laughing. Even mi and APK cracked a smile. Don't deny it.]
No you would't fear alien life or no you wouldn't welcome it? This is one of those cases where Betterridge is ambiguous.
I'm just spitballing here, but those new charges of money-laundering against Manafort that Mueller announced today might complete the puzzle.
Someone profited here. And by profited, I mean had their pockets lined. It's a lot to take in. What a mess.
Who's to say they couldn't do both? If you're buying stolen social security numbers and personal information in order to set up fake accounts in the US, why not make use of that credit history and banking info too?
This indictment just lays the groundwork for conspiracy charges. I doubt the DOJ thinks that jit's going to take any of these Russians into custody, but now a criminal conspiracy has been established.
All publicity is good publicity.
It's like a hall of mirrors up in here!
From your link:
Yes, it's RICO
Comrade Soros pays me $6700/month, plus full benefits, health care and a 401k. Three weeks' paid vacation and a company car. Free executive membership at Costco. I started at a lower rate, but I got a nice bump when I was promoted to Senior Shill. I also now have a key to the administrative staff bathroom, which of course is unisex.
And, I get a bonus check whenever I can trigger an Anonymous Coward on Slashdot. You alone have made my boat payment for this month.
Putin can't have witnesses. I'm betting we're about to see some dead Russians.
If you were one of the 13 indicted Russians, would you be more afraid of the US Department of Justice or Vladimir Putin?
News is still breaking today. This came out like ten minutes ago:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news...
This is an American who just plead guilty to helping the Russians with the identity fraud part of the conspiracy. He is now cooperating with the Mueller investigation.
When you say "no American involved", you should have said, "yet". Now we learn of the Americans involved.
Don't try to flatter me.
No, go read the actual indictment. It's very clear that the charges indicate help for Donald Trump only.
Read this section of the indictment:
It goes on to say that during the primaries, the indicted Russians sought to give support to Trump and disparage his GOP opponents (Cruz, et al). Here is a direct link to the indictment:
https://www.justice.gov/file/1...