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BBC News It seems the usual tin foil crowd are busy blogging up a storm over this and possible links to FEMA camps. I would be interested to hear from anyone with any medical training, on the likelihood of this becoming serious. Comments?
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This is the first COVID-19 'state' response, conspiracy theory freak out, that I'm aware of. https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/04/01/coronavirus-hospital-ship-train-engineer-arrested-for-derailing-train-near-usns-mercy/
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Bon appetit edit: just so everyone is clear, I (Dirty_habiT) split this thread from the meme's thread where this image was originally posted. It turned into a discussion and I saw fit to make it into it's own topic. Kilz Fillz made a response below saying the same thing.... so don't attack him or hump his leg for this thread rubbing you the right or wrong way.
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Am I the only one who thinks she's on to something here. Bush, Obama, and now Trump have all failed to protect America. Why haven't we done anything about 911 but bomb murder hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians? Why are we protecting the country that officially sponsored 911, and provided the manpower? Money, that's why. Skust...
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These are stories that interest me so I will be cross posting them here. Sources will mostly be other than large MSM due to nature of articles.
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And this is why you don't fuck around with trains. They can VERY easily kill you. I've heard stories of people walking between the trains in the yard and when they attach some up the line they bump into the trains. I dunno how true this is but the trains can apparently move side to side by a good amount. I know for a fact there is very little room in between trains in the yard so I could see someone getting squished this way. Another way trains are dangerous is if you're sitting on top of the walk way on a hopper, and you're smoking blunts/drinking 40s, talking about the successes you've had in life..... and they attach an engine to the train up the line s…
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https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/26/can-bernie-sanders-win-2020-election-president-089636
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https://theintercept.com/2014/09/25/managing-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb/ https://time.com/3482909/this-is-the-real-story-behind-kill-the-messenger/ https://www.thenation.com/article/new-york-times-wants-gary-webb-stay-dead/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb Relatively well known cover up, interesting story nonetheless
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Pretty interesting considering our current situation. I'm starting to think faze 1 was abandoned during the Soviet collapse, and Putin (former KGB) reinstated it during Obama's Presidency. On explanation on why Socialism is popular in Universities, and almost mainstream now. The word "Socialism" is now "politically incorrect" in NYC because people will be offended if you discuss without fully agreeing with it's provably false promise of uplifting the underprivileged.
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That time you realise that you live in a country filled with cunts
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Wondering if anyone has played with this before, its a method for gauging where you lean as far as main stream political ideology. The vertical Axis defines where you sit on the Totalitarian VS Libertarian spectrum , the horizontal axis defines where you stand on the economic spectrum (redistribution, vs private property rights). https://www.politicalcompass.org/test Not really accurate considering I'm an anarchist, and should fall somewhere outside of, or at least below libertarian: My wife answered some questions different than I would have but scored almost identical:
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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/cuba-found-to-be-the-most-sustainably-developed-country-in-the-world-new-research-finds?fbclid=IwAR23HOm7lpzuTrZ3x4sDZEyC2F9A_GA_fM0Dsj2gb0xr-S46ByJH17pWcsQ CUBA is the most sustainably developed country in the world, according to a new report launched today. The socialist island outperforms advanced capitalist countries including Britain and the United States, which has subjected Cuba to a punitive six-decades-long economic blockade. The Sustainable Development Index (SDI), designed by anthropologist and author Dr Jason Hickel, calculates its results by dividing a nation’s “human development” s…
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Police place GPS tracker on man's car, then charge him with theft when he removes it.
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Full story linked below. It seems pretty sketchy to me that the police would risk losing the conviction on someone like this due to sloppy police work. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/man-charged-with-theft-for-removing-police-gps-tracker-from-his-car/
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Normally, you'd have to read books about this subject before it actually starts to makes sense, but I'll attempt to summarize this complex topic as best I can. The short answer is that we acknowledge these services are 100% crucial (for most), and can't be done away with. There would be a need for private volunteers, private funding models, etc. With that said, we also think we could improve safety even further, and the lack of competition underwriting the technology, and tools for our current monopolized defense models are improvable. Basically a single entity (Federal Government) holds a monopoly on providing these services now, and it doesn't have to be th…
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My girlfriend had a car rental reservation for Hertz. Her bags got lost and upon arrival to the airport and she had to deal with that. Her reservation was at 11:30pm, because of the bag issue she didnt get to Hertz until after midnight, crossing into a new day. Her reservation got cancelled by Hertz because it is now the 24th and not the 23rd. They claim she should have called and made arrangements. They’re trying to charge her 3x the amount they were going to. Let’s get real, who among us would have called Hertz as your first priority when your bags are missing? I called Hertz, as did she, and while trying to convey to the rep that i know it’s not her fault, i…
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Did the CIA finally say ‘fuck working through a totem, let’s get one of our own guys in there’? — https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg from his Wikipedia: ...”After graduating from Harvard University and then from Pembroke College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship, Buttigieg worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.[4] From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant and deploying to Afghanistan in 2014.[5][6]...” *** attend Ivy League college then suddenly join military and work for an overseas consulting…
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No opinion on her politics one way or the other outside of my usual disdain for all politicians. That aside I like her personality more than any of the other candidates, probably most smashable Democrat celebrity. AOC looks good because she's young, but she also looks like she'd bite your pp if you requested a sandwich. Gabbard has massive milf appeal, knows how to surf, and would be down for dome with ice cubes in the mouth for your birthday just to be cool. No arguing, just just yoga, and healing crystals type wifey materiel. Chauvinistic assessments aside, we talk about the pitfalls of social media on 12oz but what about google. Looks like she …
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10 - 20 kiloton, radiation detected. SCS is a focal point of CHinese V US competition and is slated to be a sub bastion for the PRC. This could be an accident, but it also could be a world changing event. The religious should pray.
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Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/report-sacklers-using-fake-doctors-false-marketing-to-sell-oxycontin-in-china/ So.... get in trouble in USA, and move over to China and do the exact same thing. Get ready for a heroine epidemic over there as the "medical industry" gets people hooked on incredibly strong opiates..... like they did here.
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Gold. Pure gold. Back in May, three Indiana judges got into a fight. It was the crescendo of an incident brimming with colorful details: a gaggle of judges drinking the night before a judicial conference, a failed attempt to visit a strip club called the Red Garter, a brawl in the parking lot of an Indianapolis White Castle. The altercation apparently started sometime after 3 a.m., when one of the judges, Sabrina Bell, raised a middle finger at two men yelling from a passing SUV, and ended after one of those men shot two of the judges. In between, the three judges took a number of actions that "discredited the entire Indiana judiciary," according to …
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Chesa Boudin Wins San Francisco DA Race https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/12/chesa_boudin_san_francisco_district_attorney?fbclid=IwAR0TjE79CaoD_1mRtxFz8mY2T8TZ7a-Dz_AUl8Sdg2bBwzBR0zF6ag6bFG4 I haven't heard any mention of his position or judicial stance on 'taggers' or 'graffiti' or 'vandalism' yet. Son of Weather Underground parents. Cops hate him. Ending cash bail.
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Yaniris Deleon, an NYPD officer involved the scheme, leaves court on Thursday. A half-dozen NYPD employees, including a current Bronx cop, were busted by the feds for their alleged roles in a multimillion-dollar insurance fraud operation targeting car crash victims from “the hood,” officials said. Police Officer Yaniris Deleon was arrested in Manhattan Wednesday, along with five 911 operators — Makkah Shabazz, Kortnei Williams, Shakeema Foster, Latifah Abdul-Khaliq and Angela Meyers — for allegedly accepting bribes for confidential info on car crash victims, according to authorities. The alleged ringleader — Anthony Rose, aka Todd Chamb…
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... on social media anyway. What that does to their business, probably nothing. https://www.salon.com/2017/11/06/woman-fired-for-flipping-off-trump-says-conservative-colleagues-got-off-easy/
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From The Free Thought Project:
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/nyregion/ny-nj-election-results.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share “New Yorkers overwhelmingly backed a system of ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, rather than selecting only their top choice. The goal, supporters said, was to reduce runoff elections and minimize the risk of split votes: If no single candidate won a majority, the last-place finisher would be eliminated, and his or her votes would be redistributed to supporters’ second choices. The system will be used only in primary and special elections and will apply to elections for mayor, comptroller, public advocate…
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Listening now. Looking forward to this. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-joe-rogan-experience/id360084272#episodeGuid=d26fc0ef555843278b2eaf1c43144fcb edit: don't know if this Is where this should go, but here it is, ha. double edit: or if anyone really cares
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-x-37b-americas-amazing-space-plane-russia-china-fear-19968 A mysterious space plane has spent more than 670 days above Earth, hurtling along an orbital path that includes some of the world’s most volatile hotspots. Known the X-37B, the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned mini-shuttle whizzes along an average of two hundred miles above the surface of the Earth. Exactly what it’s doing up there is bit of a mystery. *** LB yeah, real mysterious lol *** The space plane that would eventually become the X-37B was originally conceived of by NASA in 1999. …
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Cliff notes: Astros hired an analyst who excelled in “money-ball”. Analyst rose through the ranks of organization to position of Assistant GM in five years. Under his guidance, team went from perpetual 100 loss seasons to a World Series victory and another World Series appearance. During the locker room celebration after win that granted them second World Series appearance in three years he yelled how happy he was about a ‘buy low’ trade in which he acquired leagues best closer. Don’t forget, he’s a money-ball guy. Female reporters in the locker room took offense to his celebration because this closing pitcher was accused of domestic violence in 2018. In retur…
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This shit is absolute comedy. It obviously isn’t going to go anywhere, but it’s hilarious that this man had to propose this because of a Massachusetts law where citizens can propose bills through their legislators, and is now getting scores of emails and voicemails containing what i can only imagine is the word, “BIIIIIIIITTTCCCHHHHH!!!” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/23/why-lawmaker-floated-bill-penalize-use-profane-word-that-rhymes-with-witch/%3foutputType=amp
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Yearslong Russian collusion investigation - no results Yearslong classified email deletion investigation - no results Fucking A+ use of our taxes. Brilliant distractions that got drug out over a full presidential term. Almost gotta admire it.
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Thousands to launch tea-party protest against govt. spending Tens of thousands of conservative activists are preparing to descend on the nation's capital Saturday for a rowdy tea-party style protest, event planners say. About 30,000 have signed up on the event's website to attend the march and rally and oppose what they call excessive government spending, says Adam Brandon, spokesman for FreedomWorks, a group that supports lower taxes and less government. Former House majority leader, Republican Dick Armey, is the organization's chairman. More may show, Brandon says, and at least 450 tour buses will bring protesters from around the country. Both the U…
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2019/09/17/federal-court-cops-accused-of-stealing-over-225000-have-legal-immunity/#7f46b7d15a85 Forbes magazine article on civil asset forfeiture and police accountability: You no longer have any rights to your own belongings.
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Excuse my ignorance..... How does anyone other than politicians benefit from districts being divvied up like this? What is a single argument in favor of gerrymandering? .
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/09/08/report-antonio-brown-got-advice-from-social-media-consultants-to-speed-up-release/amp/ Pittsburgh Steelers WR was traded to the Oakland Raiders. He didn't want to go there but it's out of the control of the players in this situation. The last few months around him have been a media circus. Incredible amount of off season drama finalizing in him requesting the team release him via Instagram post. The team releases him and the New England Pats signed him within hours (tampering anyone?). So- it's come out that he hired a social media consulting firm to help him with th…
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What the actual fuck
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I figured we’d have some sort of thread for random news stories. Ones that may not be worthy of starting entirely new topics, but still worthy of posting and talking about. I’ll kick it off with this one i just saw.. https://www.newsweek.com/alabama-man-who-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery-set-freed-1456905
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They come into your cell and hold you down, one of them forces a tube into your nose and down your throat which is extremely painful, then as they hold you down they squeeze a food mixture of some sort into your stomach. Your nose and throat will bleed, remain sore. Bottom line, you are not allowed to turn down meals. They do the same thing with water too. The criminals considered this a "medical necessity" yet it's illegal for any doctor licensed in the U.S. to take part in forced feeding, or any other medical procedure against a sane person's will for that matter. I consider this a form of government sanctioned torture, and pure disrespect to the idea that individuals …
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Why are politicians and the majority of Americans so against Illegal Immigrants? They pay taxes and cannot recive the benefits outside of a public school education. I read in a TIME article that they contribute like 15 BILLION dollars to Medicare and the retirement programs which they take out 0 dollars from. Companies like Walmart and Kmart make billions of these same people yet they fail to fight for them. Time for new laws: If you're an upstanding illegal immigrant and you contribute to this nation, its military or local communities you shoudl be elgible to recieve a SS number and apply for citizenship. Many of the same people who oppose illgial immigra…
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