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"content": "Joe Biden, speaking about the military coup in Burma: “The people of Burma are making their wishes known, and the world is watching…”<br /><br />Really, Joe? When the people of a country make their wishes known, and the world is watching, what exactly, do you believe should happen?",
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"content": "Joe Biden, speaking about the military coup in Burma: “The people of Burma are making their wishes known, and the world is watching…”\n\nReally, Joe? When the people of a country make their wishes known, and the world is watching, what exactly, do you believe should happen?",
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"content": "My stomach turns as I think about the fact that so many Americans seem to think that fraud is ok as long as it doesn't reach some as-of-yet undesignated level of severity. Where is this line? Who designates its location? And how do we get Americans back to the realization that truth is truth and untruth is untruth? That sin has no level; it's simply sin, no matter how many people it affects?<br /><br />Before he resigned, AG Bill Barr said that there was not '\"enough voter fraud to change the result\" in the 2020 elections.<br /><br />Michigan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel said that the allegations of fraud did not \"establish any degree of fraud or a sufficient error rate that would undermine the certainty of the election results.\"<br /><br />Chris Wallace said that \"there is not evidence of fraud large enough to overturn election results.\"<br /><br />",
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"content": "My stomach turns as I think about the fact that so many Americans seem to think that fraud is ok as long as it doesn't reach some as-of-yet undesignated level of severity. Where is this line? Who designates its location? And how do we get Americans back to the realization that truth is truth and untruth is untruth? That sin has no level; it's simply sin, no matter how many people it affects?\n\nBefore he resigned, AG Bill Barr said that there was not '\"enough voter fraud to change the result\" in the 2020 elections.\n\nMichigan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel said that the allegations of fraud did not \"establish any degree of fraud or a sufficient error rate that would undermine the certainty of the election results.\"\n\nChris Wallace said that \"there is not evidence of fraud large enough to overturn election results.\"\n\n",
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"content": "\"Top Democrats warned President Trump of a 'constitutional crisis' if top Justice and FBI officials, who had expressed 'grave concerns' about the release, were fired in what they would consider a 'Saturday night massacre' echoing the Nixon era.\"<br /><br /><br />I have five things I want to say about this.<br /><br />1. We are already in a constitutional crisis. <br /><br />Best case scenario: We have people in the Justice Department and the FBI falsifying information in order to spy on American citizens. And not just any American citizens, but American citizens who support Donald J. Trump. Oh! And one other American citizen who is Donald J. Trump.<br /><br />Worst cast scenario: For the last year or so, we have been witnessing an attempted coup.<br /><br />2. If this is what it appears, it would be a constitutional crisis to NOT fire those who were involved. Not just the lowest people. Nor just the highest official. But every single person who has been involved in this sedition, this coup, needs to be fired and prosecuted. Not \"demoted.\" Not moved to a job in HR. Not allowed to retire. But fired, walked out of the building, and told that their personal items will be sent to their homes.''<br /><br />3. The President is the person in whom the executive power is vested. In other words, he's the head of the Executive Branch. He has the right to fire anyone in that branch, and in some cases, not just the right, but the duty. It has, in fact, a term which covers such a firing: \"executive dismissal.\"<br /><br />4. When did it become anything but insanity or extreme youth for people to declare that it is those who do wrong who are good and those who expose those wrongs who are bad? The release of the memo is not the problem. The yet undisputed facts of that memo, which outline the crimes that were committed by the top people in at least two executive departments, the FBI and Justice, is NOT what is ultimately causing the consequences.<br /><br />5. President Trump has said repeatedly that he has no plans to fire the special counselor. And despite what some will tell you, considering a firing is nowhere near firing somebody. At least not in American law. Religious law, yeah, some thoughts are sins. But in American law, he can think about anything he wants to think about.<br /><br />Whew! Now that I got that off my chest, I'm going to bed!<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-congress-memo-reaction-20180202-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-congress-memo-reaction-20180202-story.html</a>",
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"content": "\"Top Democrats warned President Trump of a 'constitutional crisis' if top Justice and FBI officials, who had expressed 'grave concerns' about the release, were fired in what they would consider a 'Saturday night massacre' echoing the Nixon era.\"\n\n\nI have five things I want to say about this.\n\n1. We are already in a constitutional crisis. \n\nBest case scenario: We have people in the Justice Department and the FBI falsifying information in order to spy on American citizens. And not just any American citizens, but American citizens who support Donald J. Trump. Oh! And one other American citizen who is Donald J. Trump.\n\nWorst cast scenario: For the last year or so, we have been witnessing an attempted coup.\n\n2. If this is what it appears, it would be a constitutional crisis to NOT fire those who were involved. Not just the lowest people. Nor just the highest official. But every single person who has been involved in this sedition, this coup, needs to be fired and prosecuted. Not \"demoted.\" Not moved to a job in HR. Not allowed to retire. But fired, walked out of the building, and told that their personal items will be sent to their homes.''\n\n3. The President is the person in whom the executive power is vested. In other words, he's the head of the Executive Branch. He has the right to fire anyone in that branch, and in some cases, not just the right, but the duty. It has, in fact, a term which covers such a firing: \"executive dismissal.\"\n\n4. When did it become anything but insanity or extreme youth for people to declare that it is those who do wrong who are good and those who expose those wrongs who are bad? The release of the memo is not the problem. The yet undisputed facts of that memo, which outline the crimes that were committed by the top people in at least two executive departments, the FBI and Justice, is NOT what is ultimately causing the consequences.\n\n5. President Trump has said repeatedly that he has no plans to fire the special counselor. And despite what some will tell you, considering a firing is nowhere near firing somebody. At least not in American law. Religious law, yeah, some thoughts are sins. But in American law, he can think about anything he wants to think about.\n\nWhew! Now that I got that off my chest, I'm going to bed!\n\nhttp://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-congress-memo-reaction-20180202-story.html",
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"content": "Is there some valid reason — or even a logical one — that the press and virtually everyone else in this country insists on talking about “human trafficking” when the actual non-PC term is slavery?<br /><br />Does it make people feel better if they can pretend that their is no slavery in the United States? That could be why, since these same people have no problem calling slavery “slavery” when it’s by Boku Haram or ISIS. <br /><br />Are Americans really ignorant of the fact that the exact same circumstances are present here in America? All ages, all races, all genders are eligible for enslavement here.<br /><br />Once you’ve seen or experienced such a thing here, I would think that there is no way to pretend it’s anything but slavery, and it’s difficult for me to believe that no one speaks up about both its existence here or the fact that the very word is not spoken in this regard.<br /><br />Perhaps if we would call it what it is, we could start to liberate our own citizens and abolish the ongoing enslavement here. Or maybe that’s counter to the country’s agenda?<br /><br />This is not a rhetorical question. I’d like to hear what others think about it. If others do think about it.",
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"content": "Is there some valid reason — or even a logical one — that the press and virtually everyone else in this country insists on talking about “human trafficking” when the actual non-PC term is slavery?\n\nDoes it make people feel better if they can pretend that their is no slavery in the United States? That could be why, since these same people have no problem calling slavery “slavery” when it’s by Boku Haram or ISIS. \n\nAre Americans really ignorant of the fact that the exact same circumstances are present here in America? All ages, all races, all genders are eligible for enslavement here.\n\nOnce you’ve seen or experienced such a thing here, I would think that there is no way to pretend it’s anything but slavery, and it’s difficult for me to believe that no one speaks up about both its existence here or the fact that the very word is not spoken in this regard.\n\nPerhaps if we would call it what it is, we could start to liberate our own citizens and abolish the ongoing enslavement here. Or maybe that’s counter to the country’s agenda?\n\nThis is not a rhetorical question. I’d like to hear what others think about it. If others do think about it.",
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"content": "Not that anyone noticed, but it’s been rather crazy for the pat two years. So crazy, in fact, that I have, as of right now, ended my 2-year hiatus from Minds.<br /><br />The truth is, I was shocked nearly to death to find that it is still here and my account is intact!<br /><br />I feel like I’m home!",
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"content": "Not that anyone noticed, but it’s been rather crazy for the pat two years. So crazy, in fact, that I have, as of right now, ended my 2-year hiatus from Minds.\n\nThe truth is, I was shocked nearly to death to find that it is still here and my account is intact!\n\nI feel like I’m home!",
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"content": "<br />So I read this article and felt compelled to leave a comment on Jim Acosta's statement: \"I mean, honestly, it felt like we weren’t in America anymore. I don’t know how to put it any more plainly than that. Americans should not be treating their fellow Americans in this way. \"<br /><br />And here is my comment on that statement:<br /><br /><br />Strangely, I have been thinking the same thing about the way Mr. Acosta treats his fellow Americans. <br /><br />It is rather amusing to hear yet another yellow journalist who believes that the 1st Amendment is meant to protect only the press. (And I use that term loosely.) So many of these pseudo-journalists get upset when others -- particularly the Deplorables -- exercise our 1st Amendment rights.<br /><br />And that's all he's complaining about: the fact that he didn't like the freedom of expression exercised by the great unwashed.<br /><br />Did anyone spray paint his car because he had the name of his presidential choice on the bumper? <br /><br />Did someone snatch a hat off his head and spit in his face? <br /><br />Did someone report a fake crime and then give a description of him, wearing a hat denoting his presidential candidate? <br /><br />Did the police lead him into a violent mob and then watch for 90 minutes while he was pelted by various items?<br /><br />No. No. No. And no. Those things happened to non-reporters, just regular citizens, who have the same rights as reporters -- and in the same measure -- because of their choice of candidates.<br /><br />Pick up your pacifier and go home, Mr. Acosta. Go home and think about your role in fanning the flames with your slanted \"news\" and heckling of the man you so hate. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/01/acosta-on-facing-cnn-sucks-chant-at-trump-rally-it-felt-like-we-werent-in-america-anymore/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/01/acosta-on-facing-cnn-sucks-chant-at-trump-rally-it-felt-like-we-werent-in-america-anymore/</a>",
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"content": "\nSo I read this article and felt compelled to leave a comment on Jim Acosta's statement: \"I mean, honestly, it felt like we weren’t in America anymore. I don’t know how to put it any more plainly than that. Americans should not be treating their fellow Americans in this way. \"\n\nAnd here is my comment on that statement:\n\n\nStrangely, I have been thinking the same thing about the way Mr. Acosta treats his fellow Americans. \n\nIt is rather amusing to hear yet another yellow journalist who believes that the 1st Amendment is meant to protect only the press. (And I use that term loosely.) So many of these pseudo-journalists get upset when others -- particularly the Deplorables -- exercise our 1st Amendment rights.\n\nAnd that's all he's complaining about: the fact that he didn't like the freedom of expression exercised by the great unwashed.\n\nDid anyone spray paint his car because he had the name of his presidential choice on the bumper? \n\nDid someone snatch a hat off his head and spit in his face? \n\nDid someone report a fake crime and then give a description of him, wearing a hat denoting his presidential candidate? \n\nDid the police lead him into a violent mob and then watch for 90 minutes while he was pelted by various items?\n\nNo. No. No. And no. Those things happened to non-reporters, just regular citizens, who have the same rights as reporters -- and in the same measure -- because of their choice of candidates.\n\nPick up your pacifier and go home, Mr. Acosta. Go home and think about your role in fanning the flames with your slanted \"news\" and heckling of the man you so hate. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/08/01/acosta-on-facing-cnn-sucks-chant-at-trump-rally-it-felt-like-we-werent-in-america-anymore/",
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"content": "I would really like opinions here. Please leave at least a \"yes\" or \"no.\"<br /><br />Given all that has happened with the \"intelligence community,\" (see below if you need a refresher) do you believe President Trump was right or wrong to say he believed Putin?<br /><br /><br /><br />For those who would like a refresher:<br /><br />* the fact that during the election season, \"50 top GOP national security officials\" signed an open letter to the NYT saying that if elected, Trump would be \"the most reckless president in American history\"; <br /><br />* the bogus \"Russia dossier\";<br /><br />* Peter Strzok heading up both Clinton email case and Trump campaign \"Russian collusion\" case, all the while texting more than 50,000 texts to Lisa Page (on FBI phones and on FBI time), many of them denigrating -- and worse -- President Trump, and several of which seemed to imply a coup;<br /><br />* the spying on American citizens before, during, and after former DNI James Clapper swore under oath;<br /><br />* the [separate] unmasking and naming of American citizens, which even Acting FBI Director McCabe said is a crime and which targeted Trump campaign workers by the then-National Security Advisor Susan Rice (by her own admission) and suspected having been done by then-CIA Director John Brennan and then-UN Ambassador Samantha Power;<br /><br />* the unconstitutional spying on a few targeted journalists which included the case of James Rosen whose parents' phone was tapped;<br /><br />* the discord emanating from former FBI director James Comey;<br /><br />* then-Deputy Director of the FBI / Acting Director of the FBI leaking information to the media and lying (or \"lack of candor\");<br /><br />* the entire Michael Flynn debacle, which started out with Judge Rudolph Contreras presiding, until he inexplicably recused himself after accepting Flynn's guilty plea. \"Rudy\" was the same FISA judge who was a friend of Strozk and about whom Page and Strozk texted meeting with secretly; and<br /><br />* Manafort's inexplicable solitary confinement after Judge Ellis pointed out to the Special Prosecutor that she could see no relation between Manafort's alleged crime and the Special Prosecutor's mission, and then going on to say, “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud. You really care about getting information Mr. Manafort can give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump and lead to his prosecution or impeachment.\"<br /><br /><br /> I could go on and on, believe me, but I wanted to lay out some of the issues which might have been forgotten and that could impact your answers here.<br />",
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"content": "I would really like opinions here. Please leave at least a \"yes\" or \"no.\"\n\nGiven all that has happened with the \"intelligence community,\" (see below if you need a refresher) do you believe President Trump was right or wrong to say he believed Putin?\n\n\n\nFor those who would like a refresher:\n\n* the fact that during the election season, \"50 top GOP national security officials\" signed an open letter to the NYT saying that if elected, Trump would be \"the most reckless president in American history\"; \n\n* the bogus \"Russia dossier\";\n\n* Peter Strzok heading up both Clinton email case and Trump campaign \"Russian collusion\" case, all the while texting more than 50,000 texts to Lisa Page (on FBI phones and on FBI time), many of them denigrating -- and worse -- President Trump, and several of which seemed to imply a coup;\n\n* the spying on American citizens before, during, and after former DNI James Clapper swore under oath;\n\n* the [separate] unmasking and naming of American citizens, which even Acting FBI Director McCabe said is a crime and which targeted Trump campaign workers by the then-National Security Advisor Susan Rice (by her own admission) and suspected having been done by then-CIA Director John Brennan and then-UN Ambassador Samantha Power;\n\n* the unconstitutional spying on a few targeted journalists which included the case of James Rosen whose parents' phone was tapped;\n\n* the discord emanating from former FBI director James Comey;\n\n* then-Deputy Director of the FBI / Acting Director of the FBI leaking information to the media and lying (or \"lack of candor\");\n\n* the entire Michael Flynn debacle, which started out with Judge Rudolph Contreras presiding, until he inexplicably recused himself after accepting Flynn's guilty plea. \"Rudy\" was the same FISA judge who was a friend of Strozk and about whom Page and Strozk texted meeting with secretly; and\n\n* Manafort's inexplicable solitary confinement after Judge Ellis pointed out to the Special Prosecutor that she could see no relation between Manafort's alleged crime and the Special Prosecutor's mission, and then going on to say, “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud. You really care about getting information Mr. Manafort can give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump and lead to his prosecution or impeachment.\"\n\n\n I could go on and on, believe me, but I wanted to lay out some of the issues which might have been forgotten and that could impact your answers here.\n",
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"content": "If you are prone to high blood pressure, Don’t read this until you’ve taken your medication.<br /><br />\" Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.\"<br /><br /><SNIP><br /><br />\"Judicial Watch separately uncovered that Lerner was under significant pressure from both Democrats in Congress and the Obama DOJ and FBI to prosecute and jail the groups the IRS was already improperly targeting. In discussing pressure from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat-Rhode Island) to prosecute these “political groups,” Lerner admitted, “it is ALL about 501(c)(4) orgs and political activity.”<br /><br />\"The April 30, 2013 meeting came just under two weeks prior to Lerner’s admission during an ABA meeting that the IRS had “inappropriately” targeted conservative groups. In her May 2013 answer to a planted question, in which she admitted to the “absolutely incorrect, insensitive, and inappropriate” targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups, Lerner suggested the IRS targeting occurred due to an “uptick” in 501 (c)(4) applications to the IRS but in actuality, there had been a decrease in such applications in 2010.\"<br /><br /><SNIP><br /><br />“'The Obama IRS scandal is bipartisan – McCain and Democrats who wanted to regulate political speech lost at the Supreme Court, so they sought to use the IRS to harass innocent Americans,' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. 'The Obama IRS scandal is not over – as Judicial Watch continues to uncover smoking gun documents that raise questions about how the Obama administration weaponized the IRS, the FEC, FBI, and DOJ to target the First Amendment rights of Americans.'”<br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-irs-documents-revealing-mccains-subcommittee-staff-director-urged-irs-to-engage-in-financially-ruinous-targeting/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-irs-documents-revealing-mccains-subcommittee-staff-director-urged-irs-to-engage-in-financially-ruinous-targeting/</a>",
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"content": "If you are prone to high blood pressure, Don’t read this until you’ve taken your medication.\n\n\" Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner was appointed by President Trump as Special Counsel for the United States Office of Special Counsel.\"\n\n<SNIP>\n\n\"Judicial Watch separately uncovered that Lerner was under significant pressure from both Democrats in Congress and the Obama DOJ and FBI to prosecute and jail the groups the IRS was already improperly targeting. In discussing pressure from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat-Rhode Island) to prosecute these “political groups,” Lerner admitted, “it is ALL about 501(c)(4) orgs and political activity.”\n\n\"The April 30, 2013 meeting came just under two weeks prior to Lerner’s admission during an ABA meeting that the IRS had “inappropriately” targeted conservative groups. In her May 2013 answer to a planted question, in which she admitted to the “absolutely incorrect, insensitive, and inappropriate” targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups, Lerner suggested the IRS targeting occurred due to an “uptick” in 501 (c)(4) applications to the IRS but in actuality, there had been a decrease in such applications in 2010.\"\n\n<SNIP>\n\n“'The Obama IRS scandal is bipartisan – McCain and Democrats who wanted to regulate political speech lost at the Supreme Court, so they sought to use the IRS to harass innocent Americans,' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. 'The Obama IRS scandal is not over – as Judicial Watch continues to uncover smoking gun documents that raise questions about how the Obama administration weaponized the IRS, the FEC, FBI, and DOJ to target the First Amendment rights of Americans.'”\n\n\nhttps://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-irs-documents-revealing-mccains-subcommittee-staff-director-urged-irs-to-engage-in-financially-ruinous-targeting/",
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"content": "<br />Pathetic and funny at the same time.<br /><br />\"The former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau had shared the images on Twitter, mistakenly believing they were taken during Donald Trump's presidency.<br /><br />\"The former officials doubled down on their criticisms of Trump's immigration policies, and said the 2014 photos showed unaccompanied children the government had been attempting to place with family members.\"<br /><br /><SNIP><br /><br />\"The images, which were first published by the Associated Press in 2014, resurfaced over the weekend for reasons that remain unclear, and quickly prompted viral outrage on Twitter. One particularly disturbing image showed two children sleeping on mattresses on the floor inside what appeared to be a cage.<br /><br />\"A number of prominent liberals — and even a former Obama administration official — shared the photos in outrage, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents.<br /><br />\"Jon Favreau, who worked as a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, tweeted, 'This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible.'\"<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/migrant-children-in-cages-2014-photos-explained-2018-5\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.businessinsider.com/migrant-children-in-cages-2014-photos-explained-2018-5</a>",
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"content": "\nPathetic and funny at the same time.\n\n\"The former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau had shared the images on Twitter, mistakenly believing they were taken during Donald Trump's presidency.\n\n\"The former officials doubled down on their criticisms of Trump's immigration policies, and said the 2014 photos showed unaccompanied children the government had been attempting to place with family members.\"\n\n<SNIP>\n\n\"The images, which were first published by the Associated Press in 2014, resurfaced over the weekend for reasons that remain unclear, and quickly prompted viral outrage on Twitter. One particularly disturbing image showed two children sleeping on mattresses on the floor inside what appeared to be a cage.\n\n\"A number of prominent liberals — and even a former Obama administration official — shared the photos in outrage, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents.\n\n\"Jon Favreau, who worked as a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, tweeted, 'This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible.'\"\n\n\n\nhttp://www.businessinsider.com/migrant-children-in-cages-2014-photos-explained-2018-5",
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"content": "<br />How is it that Google can find ANYONE to use their services anymore? Between their privacy violations -- until busted, I suppose -- their giving personal information of its users to the government without so much as a warrant, their constant politicization of their company over the last decade, and now the defamation of virtually half of the possible clients in their home state...<br /><br />Where is your backbone, American users of technology? Why does your foot no longer go down? Find Google alternatives. You know, entities which don't denigrate you personally, which don't sell you down the river, which don't decide that \"DON'T BE EVIL\" is not a suitable motto for their company.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vbq38d/google-is-listing-nazism-as-the-first-ideology-of-the-california-republican-party\" target=\"_blank\">https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vbq38d/google-is-listing-nazism-as-the-first-ideology-of-the-california-republican-party</a>",
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"content": "\nHow is it that Google can find ANYONE to use their services anymore? Between their privacy violations -- until busted, I suppose -- their giving personal information of its users to the government without so much as a warrant, their constant politicization of their company over the last decade, and now the defamation of virtually half of the possible clients in their home state...\n\nWhere is your backbone, American users of technology? Why does your foot no longer go down? Find Google alternatives. You know, entities which don't denigrate you personally, which don't sell you down the river, which don't decide that \"DON'T BE EVIL\" is not a suitable motto for their company.\n\n\n\nhttps://news.vice.com/en_us/article/vbq38d/google-is-listing-nazism-as-the-first-ideology-of-the-california-republican-party",
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"content": "The article has it all wrong. The refusal of the UN to recognize the capital of Israel as being Jerusalem, is really not a \"humiliating blow for Donald Trump,\" who is the President of the sovereign nation called the United States. It's at the very least. an embarrassing vote for the UN, who is clearly both ignorant of that fact and believes that the capital of a country is subject to approval by them\"<br /><br />I do sincerely hope that this will trigger our exit from that totalitarian organization. Yes, the one where the US pays more than $3 BILLION a year, which is more than all of the other member nations combined. Yes, that's more than $3 billion of our money, <br /><br />Add to that the fact that our headquarters, from which they issue the fiats which disadvantage us so, is American land which they use due to a treaty which we signed and, by the way, we had to wrangle like crazy just to have them agree to acknowledge federal, state, and local laws. Well, MOST of those laws, anyway. <br /><br />I think it's high time the US consider UNExit.<br /><br />And I believe many of the diplomats who go to those meetings would agree. Many of them complain about how difficult it is to get visas from us, and Russia has long advocated their getting out of town. There have been a plethora of suggestions as to where they should move, most from the member countries themselves, with suggestions regarding relocation of the UN including Dubai, St. Petersburg, Montreal, Nairobi, and even Jerusalem.<br /><br />Whenever such proposals come up, the conclusion reached has to do with the fact that the move would necessitate the United States pulling out and taking with it the lion's share of the money the UN gets.<br /><br />And until we can do all we need to do in order to leave that shameful organization which goes against nearly every founding concept of the US, we should start reassigning capitals of whatever countries we unilaterally decide to change. <br /><br /><br />We could start with the homeland of Secretary-General António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, a socialist from Portugal. Let's refuse to recognize Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and instead assign Madeira as their capital. They can outfit their new UN buildings with the fine linens for next to nothing there.<br /><br />Then we can deny that Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. That city sounds like the name of a prescription drug. We can recognize their new capital of Shymkent, mostly because it's fun to say. <br /><br />And Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Egyptian Secretary-Geeral, would surely have no objection to his country's capital being moved to the Sudanese city of Khartoum. <br /><br />Anyway, when we're through reassigning capital cities, we can start changing names of countries. What's up with all those \"Republic of\" names? Why would we recognize such names, which obviously advertise one of our two major political parties but not th other.<br /><br />Let's get started!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/un-jerusalem-trump-vote-result-decision-general-assembly-null-void-a8123106.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/un-jerusalem-trump-vote-result-decision-general-assembly-null-void-a8123106.html</a>",
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"content": "The article has it all wrong. The refusal of the UN to recognize the capital of Israel as being Jerusalem, is really not a \"humiliating blow for Donald Trump,\" who is the President of the sovereign nation called the United States. It's at the very least. an embarrassing vote for the UN, who is clearly both ignorant of that fact and believes that the capital of a country is subject to approval by them\"\n\nI do sincerely hope that this will trigger our exit from that totalitarian organization. Yes, the one where the US pays more than $3 BILLION a year, which is more than all of the other member nations combined. Yes, that's more than $3 billion of our money, \n\nAdd to that the fact that our headquarters, from which they issue the fiats which disadvantage us so, is American land which they use due to a treaty which we signed and, by the way, we had to wrangle like crazy just to have them agree to acknowledge federal, state, and local laws. Well, MOST of those laws, anyway. \n\nI think it's high time the US consider UNExit.\n\nAnd I believe many of the diplomats who go to those meetings would agree. Many of them complain about how difficult it is to get visas from us, and Russia has long advocated their getting out of town. There have been a plethora of suggestions as to where they should move, most from the member countries themselves, with suggestions regarding relocation of the UN including Dubai, St. Petersburg, Montreal, Nairobi, and even Jerusalem.\n\nWhenever such proposals come up, the conclusion reached has to do with the fact that the move would necessitate the United States pulling out and taking with it the lion's share of the money the UN gets.\n\nAnd until we can do all we need to do in order to leave that shameful organization which goes against nearly every founding concept of the US, we should start reassigning capitals of whatever countries we unilaterally decide to change. \n\n\nWe could start with the homeland of Secretary-General António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, a socialist from Portugal. Let's refuse to recognize Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and instead assign Madeira as their capital. They can outfit their new UN buildings with the fine linens for next to nothing there.\n\nThen we can deny that Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. That city sounds like the name of a prescription drug. We can recognize their new capital of Shymkent, mostly because it's fun to say. \n\nAnd Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Egyptian Secretary-Geeral, would surely have no objection to his country's capital being moved to the Sudanese city of Khartoum. \n\nAnyway, when we're through reassigning capital cities, we can start changing names of countries. What's up with all those \"Republic of\" names? Why would we recognize such names, which obviously advertise one of our two major political parties but not th other.\n\nLet's get started!\n\n\n\nhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/un-jerusalem-trump-vote-result-decision-general-assembly-null-void-a8123106.html",
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"content": "How on earth has threatening to call ICE on people who were speaking Spanish in a restaurant \"racist\" and that nebulous term \"hate speech\"? (Not to mention a bit illogical, first saying, \"I pay for their welfare,\" without bothering to think about the fact that they are working, whatever language they're using.)<br /><br />Stupid. Yes. Rude? Yes. Illogical? Oh, yeah. But racist? Our language dies a little more, day by day.<br /><br />What are your thoughts on this incident?<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/white-man-rants-spanish-speaking-workers-fresh-kitchen-article-1.3993056\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/white-man-rants-spanish-speaking-workers-fresh-kitchen-article-1.3993056</a>",
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"content": "How on earth has threatening to call ICE on people who were speaking Spanish in a restaurant \"racist\" and that nebulous term \"hate speech\"? (Not to mention a bit illogical, first saying, \"I pay for their welfare,\" without bothering to think about the fact that they are working, whatever language they're using.)\n\nStupid. Yes. Rude? Yes. Illogical? Oh, yeah. But racist? Our language dies a little more, day by day.\n\nWhat are your thoughts on this incident?\n\nhttp://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/white-man-rants-spanish-speaking-workers-fresh-kitchen-article-1.3993056",
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"content": "I'm a little amazed that CBS got the headline to this story closer to the truth than usual, when they wrote \"some criminal illegal immigrants.\" He was talking specifically about MS-13 gang members. The context is not at all in the story; it's in the accompanying video which CBS apparently forgot to check before posting it.<br /><br />President Trump called on a California sheriff named Margaret, who spoke about the fact that before the insane state, some sheriffs had found a workable solution, but that once the law forbidding them to work with ICE, things became unworkable.<br /><br />So, that sheriff said, \"There can be an MS-13 gang member that I know about, if they don't reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about them.\"<br /><br />And the President, responding DIRECTLY to the sheriff, SPECIFICALLY about her MS-13 concern.<br /><br />Does the mainstream media now have a ban on the term \"MS-13\"? Or are they uniformly trying to make it look like the President of the United States is calling random people \"animals\"?<br /><br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hosts-california-sanctuary-state-roundtable-live-updates/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hosts-california-sanctuary-state-roundtable-live-updates/</a>",
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"content": "I'm a little amazed that CBS got the headline to this story closer to the truth than usual, when they wrote \"some criminal illegal immigrants.\" He was talking specifically about MS-13 gang members. The context is not at all in the story; it's in the accompanying video which CBS apparently forgot to check before posting it.\n\nPresident Trump called on a California sheriff named Margaret, who spoke about the fact that before the insane state, some sheriffs had found a workable solution, but that once the law forbidding them to work with ICE, things became unworkable.\n\nSo, that sheriff said, \"There can be an MS-13 gang member that I know about, if they don't reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about them.\"\n\nAnd the President, responding DIRECTLY to the sheriff, SPECIFICALLY about her MS-13 concern.\n\nDoes the mainstream media now have a ban on the term \"MS-13\"? Or are they uniformly trying to make it look like the President of the United States is calling random people \"animals\"?\n\n\nhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hosts-california-sanctuary-state-roundtable-live-updates/",
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