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Cryptocurrency: SEC Dictators, US Tricks, Cash, Econ Greta, Bakkt
by grarpamp 12 Oct '19

12 Oct '19

https://reddit.com/r/btc/comments/dgoix7/imagine_being_such_a_totalitarian_… https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-212 "Imagine being such a totalitarian dictator that you think you have the moral right to tell hundreds of millions of other human beings what they can and can’t sell without your permission. That’s the SEC." https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/10/08/the-us-government-tr… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-11/fed-to-start-buying-60b-… "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" https://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/dga44n/seen_in_scotland_people_someti… https://i.redd.it/cbwqylnj19r31.jpg https://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/delc64/forget_greta_this_girl_should_… https://bitcoinist.com/bakkt-bitcoin-futures-trading-up-3100-since-first-da…

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You can't cuck the Tuck - Shepard Smith leaves Fox
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Oct '19

12 Oct '19

Shepard Smith Out At Fox News https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shepard-smith-out-fox-news ... Word of Smith's departure comes two weeks after a "war of words" broke out between Smith and fox anchor Tucker Carlson, after Smith called Carlson and legal analyst Joe diGenova "repugnant" in a daytime analysis of their reporting on the Democratically manufactured Ukrainegate scandal. ... Napolitano concluded that Trump's actions regarding Ukraine constituted "a crime" during the day on Tuesday. diGenova had called Napolitano a "fool" for his analysis on that night, to which Smith returned fire the following evening, stating that diGenova was a "partisan guest" who was "repugnant" for attacking Napolitano. “Apparently our daytime host, who hosted Judge Napolitano, was watching last night and was outraged by what you said and quite ironically called you partisan,” Carlson replied. Later, Carlson took yet another shot at Smith to conclude the segment: “It doesn’t seem honest to me when a host, any host on any channel, including this one, pretends that the answer is obvious. That’s not news, is it? That’s opinion. Why do we find ourselves in a situation where people aren’t willing to admit that their passions are guiding their news coverage? Wouldn’t it be better if we just said out loud you know this is what I think? For example you will never hear me criticize Rachel Maddow. I never agree with anything she says. But she is straightforward, it’s her opinion. Why wouldn’t it be better if we were all that transparent about what’s driving our shows? It makes people cynical when you dress up news coverage, when you dress up partisanship as news coverage and pretend that your angry political opinions are news, you know, people tune out.” And now Smith is out. *** Fox said in a statement (via Forbes): NEW YORK - October 11, 2019 — FOX NEWS Channel’s (FNC) Shepard Smith will step down from his role as Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of the network’s breaking news unit and Anchor of Shepard Smith Reporting, announced Jay Wallace, President & Executive Editor of FOX News Media. This afternoon’s edition of Shepard Smith Reporting was Mr. Smith’s final show, during which he addressed his decision. A series of rotating anchors will host the 3PM/ET time slot until a new dayside news program is announced. ...

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Shysters thrive on preen, preaching and exaggeration.
by John Young 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Stallman is petty example of ego gone rogue, then claiming to be misunderstood, drag out whines to smoke the air, Trump a prime polluter, but many others in centers of power in homes to holy sees. Adulterers and politicians excel at this but are joined by a host of haughty abusers in all fields. Even on this pure-hearted list shysters thrive on prejudice, preen, preaching and exaggeration. Quite common for the famous, infamous,notorious, obessed, drunkard, dope addict, rich, talented, to presume sexual privileges and monetary profits from those who admire them, their work, performance, braggardy, promotion, self-advertising. Faithful, fans, subjects, citizens, voters, revolutionaries, diehards, warriors, slaves, why even SM followers, are seduced to be screwed by imaginary promises of shared glory and belonging to movements and beliefs of confidence artists, priests, Ponzis, prevaricators, presidents. From royalty to religion to banditry to warmaking to profiteering to, god help us, coding, abusive randiness goes with abusive success, earned or stolen or faked, all the last.

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Nuke Inertial Nav, Ring Gyro, GPS
by grarpamp 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/30254/this-isnt-a-sci-fi-prop-its-a-d… http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvv5/platfrm.html Build your own cruise missles.

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Is Joe Biden guilty of obstruction of justice?
by jim bell 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

I try to avoid posting "political" issues, or at least initiating them, but Joe Biden just called for Trump to be impeached because Trump called on Ukraine and China to investigate him, Joe Biden. I wonder why this doesn't qualify as "attempted obstruction of justice". Any facts concerning illegal or improper activity by Biden found by either Ukraine or China would likely eventually make their way back to America, and thus would likely (should they exist) result in the prosecution of Biden's son, Hunter. Joe Biden is trying either to threaten Trump, or to actually remove Trump as retaliation for this investigation. I'm not objecting to Joe Biden simply because he (hypothetically) said something merely wrong or otherwise objectionable. There was plenty Biden could have said in criticism, which wouldn't have constituted attempted obstruction of justice. But that's not what happened. He said he wants Trump removed from office, because Trump wants him and his son investigated for crimes. Jim Bell

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peak snowflake - Sweden Abolishes Ancient History Classes - then backs down after backlash
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Surprising. Really surprising. Never, ever, thought Sweden would back down on cucking! The Swedish Board of Education has backed down from a plan to erase teaching of the country’s ancient history and replace it with “postmodernism” classes after a huge backlash. Welp, wonders never cease! May be there's hope for the white wimp yet. Sweden Backs Down From Abolishing Ancient History Classes After Huge Backlash https://www.zerohedge.com/political/sweden-backs-down-abolishing-ancient-hi… Skolverket initially announced a plan to abolish teaching of history prior to 1700, including ancient Greece, the Swedish Great Power era in the 17th century, Rome, and the dark ages. The classes were set to be replaced by a greater focus on “postmodernism” and the post war 20th century era. However, the board was forced to back down after acknowledging there was “a lack of support for our suggestion.” The original proposal was widely denounced, including by Professor of History Dick Harrison, who labeled the idea “intellectual suicide and f**king sick.” One wonders what kind of state a country is in that it would try to abolish teaching of its own history. Back in 2017, “cultural journalist” Kristina Lindquist said that Sweden is so xenophobic, it doesn’t even deserve to celebrate its own national day and that “nationalism should be wiped out.” The next year, Sweden appointed https://www.infowars.com/sweden-appoints-muslim-migrant-head-of-national-he… a Pakistani Muslim migrant as the head of its national heritage board, with the individual admitting that he had not “read anything about cultural heritage.” https://www.youtube.com/embed/iERLyAxddVE Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, https://summit.news/2019/10/09/sweden-backs-down-from-abolishing-ancient-hi…

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Re: Richard Stallman Gets SJW'd
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

I shall attach your note below. It is sufficiently clear. On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 10:49:48PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > I appreciate your wish to support me, but the way you are doing it > will lead people to think that I have said something racist and/or > sexist. That is not true. > > I would not say such things, since they go counter to my views. > I oppose bigotry. > > If people accuse me of "sexism" or "racism", those are false > accusations, based on distortions. Please do not validate > the false accusations against me. > > Would you please attach a note that I say I did not say anything > sexist, and people can see from stallman.org that I disapprove > of gender bias. > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) > Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) > >

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LWN.net discussion -- "Richard Stallman and the GNU project"
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> To: rms(a)gnu.org Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:58:04 +1100 Subject: LWN.net discussion -- "Richard Stallman and the GNU project" Some comments from myself: > I think he probably shouldn't hit on women at all until he fixes > a couple of things about himself. Context doesn't matter. I also > don't believe anyone ever told him that since it's a pretty cruel > thing to say. So this part of the conversation has descended into "which phrases are appropriate (or not) for a man to ask a woman on a date, whilst each are at a technical conference". Well that's all fine and dandy to have some "recommended behaviour and conversation" lists for ya conferences. So exactly WHY is it appropriate for the mob to metaphorically crucify someone for a list that doesn't exist, for a code of conduct which does not yet exist, and for which no agreement/ consent/ contract to can possibly have existed before, when such list/ code/ contract existed even less than it could exist now? Retroactive laws are supposed to be illegal. But every now and then a government brings one in, most often (always?) to dastardly intent - for example jailing an up and coming politician (e.g. Pauline Hanson), on a retroactive law created AFTER then --alleged-- infraction, to stop her momentum so she would not get elected. Oh, and eventually (after at least 11 weeks of jail), she was cleared by a higher court. > Doesn't it follow that people should be free to call for RMS to > be removed from positions of leadership, and that any objection > to such calls ignores their freedom of speech? How can their > words cause any harm to him? Of course. I made no call to censor anyone. People are free to voice any objection they so choose. The warning is to those who exercise free speech in a way which those of soft and sensitive ("snowflake") emotions might find confronting - do not put much trust or expectation (for the support of free speech at least) into those who do not uphold the right to free speech; same for other rights... > How can their words cause any harm to [RMS]? Is this a serious question? >> If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. > > You certainly fell for something. Sit down and get out of the way > of those standing up. So you say. Quote something I actually said and try responding, rather than waving an imperial straw hand to the crowd. > My point was that such values, regardless of their merit, are > off-topic with regards to the GNU project. In general I very much support the positions you have put forward and I appreciate your efforts to be clear. You are of course free to assume a certain definition for "the values of the GNU project", as are each. Full web page as at 20191011 16:56 https://lwn.net/Articles/801482/ Richard Stallman and the GNU project [Posted October 7, 2019 by corbet] ... ~158KiB

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Is the US more moral than North Korea?
by Ryan Carboni 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3031514/kim… North Korea recruits young foreign women to be celebrities and they end up murdering an influential man. In the US, young foreign women are recruited to be models and they end being murdered by an influential man. Based on this limited set of information, yes, North Korea is more moral than the US. There are procedural changes that could be done, monthly stories on scams preying on young women in the news media, organizations or such that directly deal with foreign workers, etc. There could even be a cottage industry, with think tanks proposing ideas for new bureaucracies to protect and oversee marginalized groups... Still, no bureaucrat directly rationalizes "how can I be cruel to someone today", but the cruellest decisions are the result of bureaucrats not actually meeting the people they authorize various actions towards. It is not unthinkable a small army of bureaucrats in Malaysia thought this would yield something: >Another time, one of them told me that if I didn’t plead guilty, North Korea would bomb my home country. I didn’t know whether to believe it or not.

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FOIPA: NROL-39 and other Creepy Funsies
by grarpamp 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

https://twitter.com/palewire/status/1181611182882353152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21202600

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