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The Charlie Foxtrot continues
by bob2356   Posted 48 minutes ago
Amazing. Nothing like knowing what you are talking about. This is just plain embarrassing for trump and the idiots that gave him a standing ovation....

The tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative tech torpedoed by corporations
by BayAreaObserver in #IT   Posted 1 hour ago
The rise and fall of FireWire—IEEE 1394, an interface standard boasting high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer—is one of the most tragic tales in the history of computer technology....

Is the swamp drained yet?
by joeyjojojunior   6 comments, latest 1 hour ago
It's nice that Trump signed an executive order on ethics and then almost immediately made it useless. Is there anyone left that believes Trump is different than the typical...

Proposed Rhode Island bill sees highway surveillance cams ticketing uninsured motorists
by BayAreaObserver in #TrafficCameras   Posted 1 hour ago
The $120 fines would be split evenly between contractor and the state. A Rhode Island legislative committee has approved a bill that would greatly expand the surveillance state through the...

CARRIER SHOOTS 632 EMPLOYEES IN THE FACE TO SHIP JOBS TO SLAVES IN MEXICO WHILE TRUMPSHEIMER DROOLS DESULTORILY
by APOCALYPSEFUCK_is_ADORABLE   6 comments, latest 1 hour ago
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Preemptive strike against North Korea not an option - former Defense Secretary William Perry
by BayAreaObserver in #NorthKorea   Posted 1 hour ago
Days after the death of an American student who had been detained under the guise of having committed crimes against the regime, DW asks Perry for his take on the...

The Democrats Need a New Message
by BayAreaObserver in #Politics   124 comments, latest 1 hour ago
How low do you have to sink to lose an election in this country? Republicans have been trying to answer that question for years. But they've been unable to find...

Patrick is off to Europe
by Patrick   64 comments, latest 2 hours ago
Going to spend some of the money I saved by renting all this time and take a month long trip to Europe. First going to work on my Irish Gaelic...

The north pole is going down hard
by iwog in #politics   49 comments, latest 4 hours ago
We're past the normal ice cap minimum date, yet the north polar ice cap continues to melt. What's happening now is unbelievable and smashes all the global warming models to...

Deniers,want to play I spy? You're getting warmer!
by HEY YOU   Posted 4 hours ago
…They really take off and get out of control more frequently than in the past… We know that… pest outbreaks have been caused by climate change, because there hasn’t...

Americans Tolerate Inequality Because They Over-Estimate Their Odds of Coming Out on Top
by BayAreaObserver in #UpwardMobility   9 comments, latest 5 hours ago
Americans are generally thought to view the economic system as fair and see wealth as a reward for ability and effort, while Europeans tend to believe that the economic system...

Cyber attack hits hundreds of banks for hundreds of millions of dollars
by tovarichpeter   5 comments, latest 5 hours ago
A group of Russians, Chinese and Europeans was able to siphon off around $300 million in one of the world's largest bank robberies, the report said. The money was...

Wage growth vs Housing prices growth
by Heraclitusstudent   6 comments, latest 5 hours ago
Built on preventing access:...

Guns don't kill people, COPS KILL PEOPLE!
by HEY YOU   Posted 5 hours ago
Global Warming will kill all cops & their families. How's those cowboy attitudes & guns going to protect & serve your family? Mother Nature's bite is deadly. She will kill...

Trump wants to cut F-35/military expenses, defense contractors stock plummet
by Dan8267 in #politics   14 comments, latest 5 hours ago
Heard this on NPR this morning, but can't find a link there, so Bloomberg... Defense stocks plunged as President-elect Donald Trump took aim at another high-profile military program: Lockheed...

Record number of homicides last month in Mexico
by sagacious1   26 comments, latest 6 hours ago
Mexico has very strict gun laws, so how does one explain this escalating violent phenomenon? Some suggest Trumps agenda is contributing the increase of Mexico's violence. The thinking is: An...

Didn't know snowflakeism was contagious.
by HEY YOU   Posted 7 hours ago
"You cannot comment here because the post author has banned you." HEY YOU is banned by: curious2 Straw Man I'm being double teamed. 2 children against a critical thinker...

ARLP blows away earnings, makes iwog gloriously rich
by iwog in #investing   204 comments, latest 7 hours ago
#investing

Senate Medical Insurance Reform Bill
by curious2 in #Politics   6 comments, latest 7 hours ago
Overview of the Discussion Draft of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1628 #Politics #Investing

Washington's Dangerous Middle East Agenda
by BayAreaObserver in #ForeignPolicy   4 comments, latest 7 hours ago
t’s clear at this point that the recent visit of US President Trump to Saudi Arabia and Israel was about setting events into motion in order to fundamentally alter the...