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by rrggrr 10y ago
This feels state-sponsored, perhaps a product of Russia. Catching my attention: * Emphasis on disparaging Clinton is interesting as current Admin policy is decidedly (and effectively) counter to Russian interests. * Referring to Intel commu
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by rrggrr 10y ago
> Free movement of EU-citizens is a core obligation in the EU. Until its not. The EU would be delighted to look the other way if it means keeping the Union together. Yes, it may be that immigration reforms have to be extended throughout,
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by rrggrr 10y ago
No. This was a protest vote and I seriously doubt the actual consequences are what the majority of voters actually want. A move by the Royal Family now would secure their position for a hundred years to come and keep the Kingdom together.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Ya'all misunderstand. the problem - and OP's post theory - is the leadership vacuum that exists is one that threatens the United Kingdom. This is why you keep a constitutional monarchy around, a safeguard for times like this. If I
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by rrggrr 10y ago
If 1940's Germany or 1970's Soviets had wanted to decapitate British leadership they could have done little better than this. It would be nice if the Queen were to exercise Royal Perogative - quickly - and order Britain to honor i
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Okay. For those down voters this... for those of us without the time, skills and money for expensive solutions or free solutions a Reasonably Priced appliance would really, really be great. That market is pretty much everyone with an inte
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Turn this into a small appliance I don't have to manage and take my money. Send me alerts via Slack and ask me to confirm suggested corrective actions.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
I'm no fan of Trump and I think its thankfully unlikely he'll be the US President. But if he is President there is this quote from Trump that suggests he has more self-awareness and emotional intelligence than his carefully crafte
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Quite the opposite. Firstly, despotic regimes are by their nature control driven, one common characteristic of which is an inability to act without central directives from leadership. Iraq is a classic case. Despotic regimes persist for the
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Despite three major armed conflicts fought between nuclear powers by proxy, none thankfully have resulted in nuclear war. Deterrence works. What doesn't work, and a flaw that is growing exponentially with nuclear proliferation is failu
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Gower's thesis ignores the rent-seeking, grabbing hand of government. Yes, many government policies are defensible, if not desirable, when framed for the common good, common ideals, common values, etc. But we know that many policies on
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by rrggrr 10y ago
No joke. The 2008 Great Lakes protection compac provides the Great Lakes States authority over the water and neighboring states have no say in it. The Colorado river compac deal similarly with Mexico and several states. And, just like the G
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Its pretty clear everything going in and out is not controlled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Palestinian_rocket_at...
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Yes, and Nevada and California make the same complaint of Colorado. Cities and states inland of the US Great Lakes make the same complaint. Water rights are disputed globally, and that doesn't make Palestine the equivalent of Tibet. In
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Discouraging. Demolishing Larung Gar was likely on China's to-do list, but was probably moved-up in response to Obama's meet with the Dali Lama last week. China's real motivation in Tibet is water, arable land and secondarily
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Those aged 65 and up control most of the investment capital in the United States. This is not a risk-taking demographic regardless if the capital is family money or managed money. It is a demographic that wants to preserve capital in exchan
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by rrggrr 10y ago
This is the worst systemic abuse of police authority in contravention of the constitution - ever. Innocent accused will have to spend money in attorney's fees, lost work, lost interest, opportunity costs ... to retrieve their proper
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Thank you!
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by rrggrr 10y ago
We use Xero.com. Its considerably "less shitty" than QB was for us. But I still struggle to wrap my head around basic accounting concepts and therefore require a bookkeeper.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
After reading The Human Factor by Ishmael Jones, I can't help but think this is a boondoggle misdirecting the Agency from human intelligence gathering. I hope I'm wrong.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
My 77 year old father forced himself to learn Twitter. Why? Financial news. My journalist friends live on Twitter. Why? Breaking political news. People I follow in national security circles... on twitter. After a certain number (age or user
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by rrggrr 10y ago
This is not for beginners. Without simple examples and example datasets the concepts remain laregely inaccessible to a real beginner.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
You are being paranoid. There are over 13,000 FBI agents but probably 5x that number are needed to deal with organized crime, white collar crime, national security threats, public corruption, background investigations and other cases within
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Field offices don't have unlimited budgets. If it turns out this raid was unjustified - and it certainly appears to be - its not going to reflect positively on the people who caused it.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Here's an investigative tool the CFAA & the FBI needs... if a company like Patterson Dental spins up an investigative raid with a baseless complaint, the Bureau should be able to charge them with a crime. One almost hopes the FBI
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Sanity check: This was 9 hours per day exposure equivalency for their entire lifetime. Consume or use almost anything at the same cycle over your lifetime and one can expect blow back.
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Study: 9 hours a day of cell use likely causes cancer in rats
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by rrggrr 10y ago
Combine this with the unprecedented excess reserves held by US Banks on deposit with the US Fed and you have an economic atrocity. Money's movement through the US economy, in the form of investments that create jobs and opportunity, is
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by rrggrr 10y ago
If the data they're collecting isn't being used in an active investigation then its probably subject to FOIA requests. So, perhaps the effort to keep it under wraps is to avoid a flood of FOIA requests for the data.
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by rrggrr 10y ago
The excess funds Microsft and others are holding offshore needs to be repatriated. There is too much dollar liquidity offshore helping US competition, and too little at home where the liquidity is needed. The Fed is also needlessly maintain

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