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A fiber optic breakthrough could beat 5G for rural internet access | Inverse
by jim bell 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

https://www.inverse.com/article/61909-a-fiber-optic-breakthrough-could-brin… This does not appear to have anything to do with my isotope-modified optical fiber. See. Daltonium.com/optical-fiber/But a different group, with Russian chemist Andrey Bulanov, are working on that project. Jim Bell

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Emma survives The Hazing - academia - [PEACE]
by Zigger the N.gger 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

I'm not sure what a degree in political science is, but it sounds better (in this day of inspiring public political debate) than a degree in liberal arts. Emma even posts a cheery picture of herself on graduation day, and clearly articulates a few non-snowflakey facts. I've Had Professors Who Educate, And Ones Who Indoctrinate. Here's What I Learned From Both... https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ive-had-professors-who-educate-and-ones… https://www.thecollegefix.com/ive-had-professors-who-educate-and-ones-who-i… ... The professors who tried to silence me taught me the importance of standing up for myself and for those who are voiceless in the face of unreason and unkindness. The professors who challenged my beliefs and encouraged me to work on articulating them in order to build a stronger argument gave me the tools I need to succeed in the decades to come. Like me, conservative students who have fought bias throughout their education can step into the real world having already faced adversity by surviving a campus where about 80 percent of your peers and nearly 100 percent of your professors disagree with your political views. While it is disappointing and disheartening that the once-great university system in America is so blatantly biased, and discourages differing viewpoints of students, there is hope in the strong level-headed and determined conservative students who are being shaped by this academic hazing into the future conservative leaders of America. -------- Under the powers that be, whitey is kept fighting whitey. With the Western neo Roman empire collapsing under it's fiat debt enslavement reaching "chaos fruition", war is a primary "out" for whitey against whitey in the great game of competition. Fortunately for the world, over the last 20 years modern Russia under Putin has, on a relative shoestring budget, resoundingly eclipsed the entire West (primarily USA and NATO), with (according to US brass) "eye watering" capabilities today, from mach 27 (holy shirt batman!) nuke tipped ICBMS, to mach 10, Mig 31 mounted (and also optionally nuke tipped) Kinzhals, the "mega tsunami" sub launched nukes, and plenty more besides, the Russian bear has a relative abundance of claws. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-you-say-you-want-russian-rev… ... Martyanov could not escape addressing the RAND Corporation, whose reason to exist is to relentlessly push for more money for the Pentagon – blaming Russia for “hybrid war” (an American invention) even as it moans about the U.S.’s incapacity of defeating Russia in each and every war game. RAND’s war games pitting the U.S. and allies against Russia and China invariably ended in a “catastrophe” for the “finest fighting force in the world.” https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/defense-disaster-russia-and-china-ar… ... The bear's claws are a very, very good thing. This little ole world we share, owes a collective debt of gratitude to Putin and our slavic Russkie bros. The forever bracketted legacy stream media, Federal reserve bank and corporate oligarchs, would be signing a multi century, perhaps multi millenia, death warrant for the planet, were they to launch World War 3 - and all just because of a few (hundreds of trillions of) fiats which have devalued! In the face of the agreement-incapable dying West, the flailing dragon of silliness called "fiat debt", and the historically evidenced nature of humans (WWI and WWII most recently), Russia is absolutely establishing an international stability which would be impossible without her: Russia’s Top General Warns World War 3 Is Coming in Chilling Prediction https://russia-insider.com/en/russias-top-general-warns-world-war-3-coming-… and is right to ongoingly prepare herself: Russia's 'Youth Army' Grows Rapidly, Approaches 600K Children Nationwide https://russia-insider.com/en/russias-youth-army-grows-rapidly-approaches-6… ... It is not the first time that the local school is engaged in Yunarmiya activities. In April this year, the school hosted a show organized by the military movement that included assembly and dissembling of automatic rifles, sport activities and historical lectures on state history. ... Officially, the age limit for enrollment in the movement is 11-17. However, also far younger children are involved in movement activities. Why train your children to handle rifles at 11, when you can start them much younger? Whitey is kept fighting whitey. One begins imagining rollercoasters of death, bars of soap, lampshades and "masturbation to death" machines... Rather than depression, let's create joyous moments: https://www.rt.com/russia/477289-balloon-austria-russia-santa-christmas/ or drink Lambrini and get fingered, Greta Thunberg style: https://www.rt.com/uk/477281-rosie-jones-greta-thunberg-joke/ In any case, have a laugh: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Frankie+Boyle

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Re: [liberationtech] UK academics set to launch 'virus' software for online ‘hate speech’ in time for 2020 election
by grarpamp 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

> https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-019-09516-z > https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13888 > https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14149 Yet another twisted attempt to scrub the internet of diversity, more feature creep to making everything a Prior Restraint, including whatever you liberating for or against... Now with this, not only are they again outright censoring so that content is gone, not even a free speech zone, but this time disgustingly before speech is even made through an appearance, with corps trying to game looking good about censoring via this algo... But now you get to mark yourself to them and all their datawhoring social scoring "partners" as people who are opting in to Read Freely. You know you won't score well there either. Nice job... The letters you so virulently wish for are being written against you. One also must consider general harmlessness of speech ignorable in general by walking away, vs costly legal and time assaults launched by rabid anti-speech against companies, and people for voicing even the most boring opinions these days... sanitized, homogenized, lifeless... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY If you don't want to buy the ticket to the show, then subscribe this algo plugin to your browser instead. Use the site's constrained-to-algo API to rage hammer all the content ratings down to "protect" other algo browser users like yourself, slide your virus slider to 0, and go outside. At least that way those who opt out of subscribing to the algo plugin will have nice diverse view and discourse by default, such as was before this insane internet censorship craze went viral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_restraint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

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Drone Spy Squadrons over USA an Alien Mystery
by grarpamp 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/us/drones-FAA-colorado-nebraska.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alone-in-a-crowded-milky-way/

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Putin's illusions about the West - [PEACE]
by Zigger the N.gger 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

Thankfully, Putin and by implication Russia, have few illusions about the nature of the Western cabal. As Poland attempts to pin the entire beginning of WWII on Russia (seriously! - alleging the 23 Aug 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), Putin, ever patient as he is the face of the alternative to endless diplomacy with agreement-incapable Western idiots, reminds the world (amongst other things) of the 1938 Munich Agreement. Putin: “Let them read historical documents so that they can see that the Munich Agreement was signed in 1938: the leaders of key European countries – France and the United Kingdom – signed an agreement with Hitler to divide Czechoslovakia.” I would add, let them look in the hypocrisy mirror of NATO's destruction of Yugoslavia. Da West got some chickens comin home... Putin Reminds The West: Those Who Ignore History Are Doomed To Repeat It https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-reminds-west-those-who-ignore-… https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/01/01/putin-reminds-west-those-… PS: Careful with articles or anything from The Strategic Culture Foundation, they tend towards revisionist neo-"liberal" "progressivism". Nothing against progressivism per se, but be extraordinarily careful with throwing out the baby with the bathwater, and avoid cliche ignorance tropes like ignoring the "constitutional" Federal Reserve Bank - hint: it's not.

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Re: Best Ayn Rand Quotes
by Ryan Carboni 02 Jan '20

02 Jan '20

Ayn Rand was the most dangerous thing to ever come out of the Soviet Union. If her ideas were to be adopted, this country would collapse within less than five years. Heinlein was better: "Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level." vs... whatever Rand meant by this: "The army of a free country has a great responsibility: the right to use force, but not as an instrument of compulsion and brute conquest — as the armies of other countries have done in their histories — only as an instrument of a free nation's self-defense, which means: the defense of a man's individual rights. The principle of using force only in retaliation against those who initiate its use, is the principle of subordinating might to right. The highest integrity and sense of honor are required for such a task. No other army in the world has achieved it. You have. "

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Best Ayn Rand Quotes
by Punk-Stasi 2.0 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

"Something called "the military-industrial complex" — which is a myth or worse — is being blamed for all of this country's troubles." "the United States of America is the greatest, the noblest and, in its original founding principles, the only moral country in the history of the world" http://fare.tunes.org/liberty/library/pwni.html one can't make that stuff up...

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Forbes: AWS Officially Launched Its Quantum Computing Service
by jim bell 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Forbes: AWS Officially Launched Its Quantum Computing Service. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ilkerkoksal/2020/12/30/aws-officially-launched…

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The media should do a followup interview of popsicle man
by Ryan Carboni 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

https://nypost.com/2015/12/06/reporter-accused-of-taking-popsicle-from-cali… The British tabloid reporter who was dubbed “Popsicle guy” after he left the San Bernardino shooter’s home with an orange object causing speculation he had taken a frozen treat from the apartment, defended himself Sunday. Toby Harnden, who works for The Sunday Times of London, explained he was just helping the landlord with a screwdriver before he was labeled the “iced lolly” bandit Friday. “The FBI made clear they no longer saw it as a crime scene, and Doyle Miller, 81, did not have the strength to remove the boards,” Harnden wrote of the elderly landlord in Sunday’s paper. “So I took an orange screwdriver from him and did it myself.” Also, the FBI lied. There are probably several hundred Al Qaeda operatives in the US under the direction of the US government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack Comey has said that although the investigation has shown that the couple was radicalized and possibly inspired by foreign terrorist organizations, there is no indication that they were directed by such a group or part of a broader cell or network.

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Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment against Bush the 2nd
by Ryan Carboni 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

These should really be ten, but overcharging is normal nowadays. Article XX is surprising, never heard of that before. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Representative_Kucinich_announced_his_intent… ARTICLE I.—CREATING A SECRET PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TO MANUFACTURE A FALSE CASE FOR WAR AGAINST IRAQ ARTICLE II.—FALSELY, SYSTEMATICALLY, AND WITH CRIMINAL INTENT CONFLATING THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 WITH MISREPRESENTATION OF IRAQ AS AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT AS PART OF A FRAUDULENT JUSTIFICATION FOR A WAR OF AGGRESSION. ARTICLE III.—MISLEADING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO BELIEVE IRAQ POSSESSED WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, SO AS TO MANUFACTURE A FALSE CASE FOR WAR ARTICLE IV.—MISLEADING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO BELIEVE IRAQ POSED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES ARTICLE V.—ILLEGALLY MISSPENDING FUNDS TO SECRETLY BEGIN A WAR OF AGGRESSION ARTICLE VI.—INVADING IRAQ IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF H.J. RES. 114. (A) INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH ARTICLE I, II, III, IV AND V. ARTICLE VII.—INVADING IRAQ ABSENT A DECLARATION OF WAR ARTICLE VIII.—INVADING IRAQ, A SOVEREIGN NATION, IN VIOLATION OF THE UN CHARTER AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE IX.—FAILING TO PROVIDE TROOPS WITH BODY ARMOR AND VEHICLE ARMOR ARTICLE X.—FALSIFYING ACCOUNTS OF U.S. TROOP DEATHS AND INJURIES FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES ARTICLE XI.—ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT U.S. MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ ARTICLE XII.—INITIATING A WAR AGAINST IRAQ FOR CONTROL OF THAT NATION’S NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE XIII.—CREATING A SECRET TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP ENERGY AND MILITARY POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO IRAQ AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARTICLE XIV.—MISPRISION OF A FELONY, MISUSE AND EXPOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN THE MATTER OF VALERIE PLAME WILSON, CLANDESTINE AGENT OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ARTICLE XV.—PROVIDING IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION FOR CRIMINAL CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ ARTICLE XVI.—RECKLESS MISSPENDING AND WASTE OF US TAX DOLLARS IN CONNECTION WITH IRAQ CONTRACTORS ARTICLE XVII.—ILLEGAL DETENTION: DETAINING INDEFINITELY AND WITHOUT CHARGE PERSONS BOTH U.S. CITIZENS AND FOREIGN CAPTIVES ARTICLE XVIII.—TORTURE: SECRETLY AUTHORIZING, AND ENCOURAGING THE USE OF TORTURE AGAINST CAPTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND OTHER PLACES, AS A MATTER OF OFFICIAL POLICY ARTICLE XIX.—RENDITION: KIDNAPPING PEOPLE AND TAKING THEM AGAINST THEIR WILL TO ‘‘BLACK SITES’’ LOCATED IN OTHER NATIONS, INCLUDING NATIONS KNOWN TO PRACTICE TORTURE ARTICLE XX.—IMPRISONING CHILDREN ARTICLE XXI.—MISLEADING CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THREATS FROM IRAN, AND SUPPORTING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN IRAN, WITH THE GOAL OF OVERTHROWING THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT ARTICLE XXII—CREATING SECRET LAWS ARTICLE XXIII—VIOLATION OF THE POSSE COMITATUS ACT ARTICLE XXIV.—SPYING ON AMERICAN CITIZENS, WITHOUT A COURT-ORDERED WARRANT, IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT ARTICLE XXV.—DIRECTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TO CREATE AN ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL DATABASE OF THE PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND EMAILS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ARTICLE XXVI.—ANNOUNCING THE INTENT TO VIOLATE LAWS WITH SIGNING STATEMENTS, AND VIOLATING THOSE LAWS ARTICLE XXVII.—FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS AND INSTRUCTING FORMER EMPLOYEES NOT TO COMPLY ARTICLE XXVIII.—TAMPERING WITH FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, CORRUPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ARTICLE XXIX.—CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 ARTICLE XXX.—MISLEADING CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY MEDICARE ARTICLE XXXI.—KATRINA: FAILURE TO PLAN FOR THE PREDICTED DISASTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA, FAILURE TO RESPOND TO A CIVIL EMERGENCY ARTICLE XXXII.—MISLEADING CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SYSTEMATICALLY UNDERMINING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ARTICLE XXXIII.—REPEATEDLY IGNORED AND FAILED TO RESPOND TO HIGH LEVEL INTELLIGENCE WARNINGS OF PLANNED TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE US, PRIOR TO 911 ARTICLE XXXIV.—OBSTRUCTION OF INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ARTICLE XXXV.—ENDANGERING THE HEALTH OF 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS

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