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Interesting that China's strict gun control laws actually add a sort of "forbidden fruit" allure for Chinese-American immigrants who suddenly have access to them - and also interesting that Asian-Americans have the lowest rate of gun ownership. Both of those things make sense, but I had never really thought about either of them.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."I wonder whether the "traditional" Chinese view of investments is a factor - My desire to own a select-fire HK416A5 is tied in to the issue that it is very unlikely I will ever be able to own a home in my current region of residence without incurring significant amounts of debt.
Today in poorly reasoned talking points we've seen a lot here lately: GOP Congressman: Russian Hackers ‘Merely Did What The Media Should’ve Done’
The Republican congressman appeared on MSNBC with Hallie Jackson on Thursday to deny that Russia hacked into U.S. government servers in an attempt to tip the election for Donald Trump, despite the fact that both the FBI and CIA agree it happened.
“There’s no suggestion that Russia hacked into our voting systems or anything like that,” Franks said Thursday. “If Russia succeeded in giving the American people information that was accurate, then they merely did what the media should’ve done.”
Franks’ comments echo similar sentiments voiced by President-elect Trump, who has called the intelligence community’s reports “ridiculous.”
“I don’t believe they interfered. That became a laughing point, not a talking point, a laughing point. Any time I do something, they say ‘oh, Russia interfered,’” he told Time magazine earlier this month. “It could be Russia. And it could be China. And it could be some guy in his home in New Jersey.”
Trump said Wednesday that it was “time to move on” from the Russian hacking investigation altogether.
But President Barack Obama is taking the mounting evidence brought against Russia seriously. He sanctioned Russian officials Thursday over the election meddling, which involved hacking into and leaking emails from Democratic operatives.
“All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions,” the president said in a statement.
That is, unless you’re a member of the media ― in which case you should start taking notes, according to Franks.
Happy New Year, guys, members of your government are now openly recommending media figures commit cyber crimes.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot![]()
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... Does he not realize that governments and their intelligence agencies tend to have a lot more resources to perform cyberwarfare than even the largest news media outlet today could ever hope to have?
Except that the kind of dirt he's asking for isn't likely to be something a news outlet could acquire without a whistleblower coming to them... at which point it's much less about the outlet's ability and much more about the whistleblower's courage.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.I'd still rather deal with Trump supporters than Bernieor Buster types.
New Survey coming this weekend!
They're both awful but in different (though not too different) ways.
Anyone who is still upset about the Trump win but didn't vote for HRC can go fuck themselves, IMHO. Actually, they did. Too bad they also helped fuck over the rest of us too.
edited 31st Dec '16 11:28:57 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised"If it was the RNC that that was getting hacked by the Russians to aid the Dems, they'd be squealing like little piggies about it. "
but you see, the RNC are entitled to squeal and whinne because is the republican party, the demn have to acept it.
And Im not kidding here, the RNC have pretty much enter into this mentality: im good therefore I win which provee that Im good, therefore everything I can do is correct if I win, all while Dems should just acept defeat and be quiet.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
x3 Based on this reddit post
Krieger 22 posted, they may just be the same people.
Sigh... Sounds extremely familiar, doesn't it?
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That's a classic Social Darwinist rationalization. It's also circular logic. But then, I wouldn't expect anything else from a Republican these days...
At this point I'm half expecting the Lincoln Memorial statue or Mount Rushmore's faces to start shedding tears of blood.
Edit:
So Trump apparently wrote his own victory speech. Not sure if this was mentioned already in this thread. Anywhoo, this immediately came to mind:
edited 1st Jan '17 8:03:25 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprised

I'm sorry, what principles?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.