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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#122601: May 16th 2016 at 3:49:42 PM

Continuing from previous post: Oh God, it's a worse blunder than I thought.

But last August, a chagrined Christopher R. Sharpley, the CIA’s acting inspector general, alerted the Senate intelligence panel that his office’s copy of the report had vanished. According to sources familiar with Sharpley’s account, he explained it this way: When it received its disk, the inspector general’s office uploaded the contents onto its internal classified computer system and destroyed the disk in what Sharpley described as “the normal course of business.” Meanwhile someone in the IG office interpreted the Justice Department’s instructions not to open the file to mean it should be deleted from the server — so that both the original and the copy were gone.

At some point, it is not clear when, after being informed by CIA general counsel Caroline Krass that the Justice Department wanted all copies of the document preserved, officials in the inspector general’s office undertook a search to find its copy of the report. They discovered, “S***, we don’t have one,” said one of the sources briefed on Sharpley’s account.

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Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#122602: May 16th 2016 at 4:10:47 PM

[up][up] Both Lincoln and FDR had extraneous circumstances, with the former having to only deal with controlling half a nation... The other half was under the presidential control of Jefferson Davis as the Confederacy. FDR was able to pack the Supreme Court because he ignored Washington's unofficial precedent of two terms as president, which is why the 22nd Amendment exists. As for precedent in terms of members of the Supreme Court... the actual historical precedent is to have as many judges as there are circuit courts... which would mean we should have eleven Supreme Court Justices.

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Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#122603: May 16th 2016 at 4:45:26 PM

Crossposting from the racism thread:

Breitbart: Now engaging in overt anti-Semitism.

How long until they actually use "Hitler did nothing wrong" as a headline, I have no clue.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#122604: May 16th 2016 at 4:54:07 PM

aren't they the ones who accused Facebook of censoring them?

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#122605: May 16th 2016 at 5:01:50 PM

They're also the ones who claimed that that Ahmed Mohammed kid faked the entire clock thing.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#122606: May 16th 2016 at 5:12:26 PM

indeed old bean, they seem to be the Yankee version of the Daily Heil

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#122607: May 16th 2016 at 5:15:05 PM

Except a lot of people (including some of our buddies at Cracked, apparently) take them seriously.

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#122608: May 16th 2016 at 5:16:30 PM

Seriously, as in believing them, or seriously, as in understanding the enormous damage they can do with their stupidity?

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#122609: May 16th 2016 at 5:16:55 PM

Believing them, but the details of that are off topic.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#122610: May 16th 2016 at 5:17:10 PM

they've linked the Heil before (despite the comments yelling at them not to) and it as "a" news source... hopefully its recent behaviour will destroy any non fascist support it has left

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Aquaconda (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#122611: May 16th 2016 at 5:17:35 PM

Breitbart can just fuck off. I recall people losing their jobs over their slanderous garbage.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#122612: May 16th 2016 at 5:20:13 PM

Ironically Cracked made an entire article mocking the Daily Fail for plagiarizing one of their articles almost word for word.

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FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#122613: May 16th 2016 at 6:07:45 PM

oh I remember that one... I'll have to look it-DAMNIT ADRIC! you've got me going through Cracked's old articles!

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#122614: May 16th 2016 at 6:08:54 PM

All in a day's work, Fry my boy. Now respond to my PM that's related to this somewhat.

edited 16th May '16 6:09:13 PM by AdricDePsycho

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#122615: May 17th 2016 at 7:18:06 AM

So, in other "this fucking election" news (that isn't new at all, but I only recently found a news article from a reputable source on the topic), Clinton's campaign is engaging in some online astroturfing via the "Breaking Barriers" arm of her Correct the Record Super PAC, paying people to say nice things about her and criticize her opponents online.

Especially damning from that article is mention that the guy in charge of it, David Brock, used similar tactics to smear Bill and Hillary while Bill was President, and the fact that they're engaging in some Loophole Abuse by coordinating with the Super PAC... but it's legal because it's online-exclusive coordination. How the fuck that particular loophole got snuck into the Citizens United ruling is beyond me.

edited 17th May '16 7:21:35 AM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#122616: May 17th 2016 at 9:14:19 AM

Because Internet Law is very much in the infant stages.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#122617: May 17th 2016 at 9:16:03 AM

Why won't anyone pay me to make negative comments on Bernie and Trump?

Leviticus 19:34
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#122618: May 17th 2016 at 9:18:19 AM

Holy hell, does that guy in the article look plastic. Seriously, that is some Uncanny Valley right there, but with an actual person.

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#122619: May 17th 2016 at 9:32:53 AM

[up][up]Because they know you'll do it for free. You gotta stop handing out all those free samples, mate.tongue

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#122620: May 17th 2016 at 9:44:37 AM

[up][up]

I think it's mostly the hair. It's got that look of being over-sprayed or something.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#122621: May 17th 2016 at 9:53:11 AM

In some slightly funny news, Mike Webb, Republican candidate for Virginia's 8th congressional district, forgot to close out his porn search tabs when taking a screenshot to be shared with his followers on Facebook.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
flameboy21th The would-be novelist from California Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
The would-be novelist
#122622: May 17th 2016 at 9:54:44 AM

"Republican"

"Virginia"

lol

edited 17th May '16 9:55:55 AM by flameboy21th

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#122623: May 17th 2016 at 10:08:43 AM

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You forgot the best part - that post came (no pun intended) when he was posting about how savvy he is when it comes to being online.

But the part that always rankles me in cases like this is the blatant hypocrisy on display when it gets caught out. Rather than simply own up to it and say "Yeah, I watch porn. So?", public figures instead go with the "I'll pray for guidance!" or "This is the corruption of the world at work!", or some other infuriating thing.

This all makes me think of that one episode of Mission Hill, namely the speech at 17:49. Seriously, this should almost be required watching for people in this situation... and those that make fun of them for doing it (rather than making fun of their hypocrisy).

Andy: People, you mock this boy, but it's your fault he's here today. Your hypocrisy has made this boy a prisoner, terrified of his own sexuality. So much so that he'd rather send two relatively-innocent men to prison than admit he looks at pornography! He thinks his natural urges are filthy and perverted, and why? Because of your conspiracy of silence! Nobody dares admit the truth - that you're all just like him!

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#122624: May 17th 2016 at 11:08:34 AM

A bill that would let the families of those killed in the 9/11 attacks sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the terror plot passed the Senate unanimously bringing Congress closer to a showdown with the White House, which has threatened to veto the legislation.

It passed unanimously.

edited 17th May '16 11:09:06 AM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#122625: May 17th 2016 at 11:11:33 AM

It needs to still pass the House, mind you. And keep these majorities if it gets vetoed.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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