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221  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: June 09, 2016, 04:50:06 PM



Liberal Journalist Visits Border And Is Surprised By What Residents Want









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222  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It on: June 09, 2016, 04:39:01 PM



LIVE!


https://youtu.be/PfWgin3JlAU


223  Other / Politics & Society / Re: McDonald’s Is Days From Opening Restaurant Run Entirely By Robots on: June 09, 2016, 02:46:34 PM
I don't think that's possible in early 20 years. Robots have way more cost than regular people. In my country Mcdonalds pay 1.3$ per hour to their workers. You can't compete with these prices with cost-ineffective robots.


How much do you pay for a regular 4-cylinder car in your country?

http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/here-are-ten-of-the-best-four-cylinder-cars-on-ebay-for-1683395101


224  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Europe, you reap what you sow... on: June 09, 2016, 01:19:25 PM



Jihad Documentary Cancelled For Fear Of Offending Muslims



Swedish state-run TV won’t air a new documentary about anti-Semitism and jihad in case it offends the ever growing Muslim population in Sweden.

“Watching the Moon at Night” is a new documentary largely funded by Swedish state broadcaster SVT and tries to tackle the looming questions of anti-Semitism among Muslims and its links to terrorism.

Though the television channel has largely funded the creation of the documentary they are now refusing to air it on Swedish television because critics say they fear a potential backlash from Muslims and the politically correct establishment, reports Danish national paper Berlingske.

Created by acclaimed Swedish film makers Joanna Helander and Bo Persson, “Watching the Moon at Night” has so far seen limited theatrical release in six countries, including numerous film festivals.

It has been described as a film that takes a long, hard and serious look at the methodology and origins of anti-Semitism and terrorism. The documentary proves that there is a link between terrorism and anti-Semitism and that Jews have often found themselves at the mercy of Islamic terrorists as was the case in Paris and Copenhagen.

The move to not show the film is usual for SVT, who almost always broadcast projects that they have financed. SVT declined to purchase the rights to show the film in Sweden, followed by two Swedish film festivals who also opted to drop the production.

Marianne Ahrne, former film consultant at the Swedish Film Institute who initially green-lit public funding for the documentary, stated that the production met with trouble from the very start. She claims that the funding was approved and then made subject to conditions saying that SVT put in “one formal obstacle after another”.

Director Bo Persson confirmed the claims of Ms. Ahrne, stating that it was the SVT project manager Lars Säfström in particular who was making obscure demands in order to secure the funding.

Mr. Persson said that Mr. Säfström wanted the documentary to be more anti-American and anti-Israeli saying: “He tried to influence the film’s content,” and that “for us it was totally unacceptable that he should interfere in the content”.

Axel Arnö, head of SVT’s documentary department, fired back at accusations made by the pair claiming that the documentary was dropped because it didn’t fit in with  their standards saying that the production was more of an essay than a piece of serious journalism meaning it was attempting to prove a point rather than document reality.

Several critics in the Swedish media blasted the comments from Ms. Arnö and SVT accusing them of bowing to political correctness. Erik Helmerson from the newspaper Dagens Nyheter wrote:

“Islamophobia is feared more than showing that terrorism is committed in the name of Islam. Therefore, I think that a film like ‘Watching the Moon at Night’ creates nervousness and unrest.”

SVT has been the subject of accusations of progressive left wing bias before after a handbook was leaked showing how journalists in the company are supposed to act to fit a progressive narrative.

The handbook encourages journalists to avoid words like “immigrants” and call migrants “people on the run”. One SVT journalist took the narrative so far that he was arrested for smuggling a migrant into Sweden earlier this year.


http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/09/sweden-tv-wont-air-jihad-film-due-political-correctness/



225  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Real Time Socialist Train Wreck (again) Happening Now in Venezuela on: June 09, 2016, 12:08:17 PM
I thought by now the situation would have improved. The Brent crude prices are hovering around $50 per barrel for the past few weeks, and the Venezuelan government must be getting quite good amounts of Forex now. Seems like the governing elite is diverting the money to tax havens, and planning to escape from the country.

Do keep in mind that there will be a lot of propaganda around this. The west will want to hold Venezuela up as an example of a failed socialist state

My thoughts exactly. I suspect also that there is a lot of resources and intelligence that has gone on behind the scenes to destabilise Venezeula (what with them holding the 2nd largest reserves of crude in the world right on the doorestep of the US, that great guzzler of the black gold).


(which is ironic because the west loves socialism).


You've lost me there though  Huh


That is why socialism is a failure. No conspiracy. That exchange between you two is proof enough. Bad management of resources. Lack of vision. No nimble economical flexibility (centralized by bureaucrats who will never be on long lines to get food for their families and their connected friends), etc, etc.

People love to control other people. If small towns out in the country are probably living life as usual were too unimportant for the bureaucrats, they had to fend for themselves from the beginning. Now, because they knew how to grow their own food, because they could not afford cars, expensive flat TV etc. They are suffering less that people in Caracas who have been fed a whole slew of lies by their corrupted socialist propagandists.

Surprisingly, a lie is not a good source of protein and carbs. That is why they are starving now.







226  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It on: June 09, 2016, 11:40:20 AM
Well I think if even they manage to do some sort of more decentralized web, the same scenario will repeat because it is in our nature... There will always be big fishes in the ocean and small ones that got eaten by them. It's how the universe work if you think about it. Don't get me wrong here - I support the idea, but I don't think such a thing will ever be achieved  Sad


You forget the other part of the equation of the universe: you shall always adapt, change your geometry, or die. That is why bitcoin exists now, ethereum next, etc, etc...

227  Other / Politics & Society / Re: McDonald’s Is Days From Opening Restaurant Run Entirely By Robots on: June 09, 2016, 11:36:25 AM
Food dispensed by robots, brought to you by Carl's Jr!

(If you got the reference, keep it to yourself!)  Cheesy Cheesy


https://youtu.be/wW-4LU79qbU


228  Other / Politics & Society / Highway Cops Uses Device To Seize Money Used During The "Commission Of A Crime" on: June 09, 2016, 11:33:04 AM



You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture. 

That's where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime.

Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards.

It's called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and state police began using 16 of them last month. 

Here's how it works. If a trooper suspects you may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan any cards you have and seize the money. 

"We're gonna look for different factors in the way that you're acting,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent said. “We're gonna look for if there's a difference in your story. If there's someway that we can prove that you're falsifying information to us about your business."

Troopers insist this isn't just about seizing cash. 

"I know that a lot of people are just going to focus on the seizing money. That's a very small thing that' s happening now. The largest part that we have found ... the biggest benefit has been the identity theft," Vincent said.

"If you can prove can prove that you have a legitimate reason to have that money it will be given back to you. And we've done that in the past," Vincent said about any money seized.

State Sen. Kyle Loveless, R-Oklahoma City, said that removes due process and the belief that a suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty. He said we've already seen cases in Oklahoma where police are abusing the system.

"We've seen single mom's stuff be taken, a cancer survivor his drugs taken, we saw a Christian band being taken. We've seen innocent people's stuff being taken. We've seen where the money goes and how it's been misspent," Loveless said.

Loveless plans to introduce legislation next session that would require a conviction before any assets could be seized.

"If I had to err on the side of one side versus the other, I would err on the side of the Constitution,” Loveless said. “And I think that's what we need to do."

News 9 obtained a copy of the contract with the state.

It shows the state is paying ERAD Group Inc., $5,000 for the software and scanners, then 7.7 percent of all the cash the highway patrol seizes. 




http://www.news9.com/story/32168555/ohp-uses-new-device-to-seize-money-used-during-the-commission-of-a-crime



229  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: June 09, 2016, 03:22:47 AM





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230  Other / Politics & Society / Who can decode the message? Bizarre Opening Ceremony For Gotthard Base Tunnel on: June 09, 2016, 02:34:45 AM


[...]
Angela Merkel, Matteo Renzi and François Hollande joined Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann for the opening ceremony and a ride in first class through the tunnel.

Part 1
https://youtu.be/JVw_mPvYcDM

Part 2
https://youtu.be/K1Xg7lYuYus


http://darkhorsenews.com/bizarre-opening-ceremony-for-gotthard-base-tunnel-in-switzerland/



231  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is Hillary Clinton Trustworthy? on: June 08, 2016, 06:05:11 PM



CNN Depicts 'History-Making' Hillary Clinton As Glowing 'Golden God'







    CNN used some very noticeable video editing to transfigure Hillary Clinton on Wednesday’s New Day. Correspondent Jeff Zeleny ran footage from the Democratic presidential candidate’s victory speech on Tuesday night that transformed Mrs. Clinton into a glowing figure. He hyped how Mrs. Clinton was “savoring a triumph in her long Democratic primary fight — exactly eight years after extinguishing her first trailblazing campaign.”

    Zeleny touted the achievement for the former secretary of state:

    JEFF ZELENY (voice-over): Hillary Clinton’s history-making moment.

    [CNN Graphic: “Hillary Clinton Wins Big In California”]

    SEC. HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE: The first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee for President of the United States– (audience cheers and applauds)

    ZELENY: Savoring a triumph in her long Democratic primary fight — exactly eight years after extinguishing her first trailblazing campaign.

    On Wednesday, WMAL host Chris Plante (who has presented at the MRC’s annual Dishonors Awards) used his radio show, website, and Facebook page to spotlight how CNN’s morning show turned Mrs. Clinton into a “golden god.” Plante’s website labeled the odd video modification a “propaganda trainwreck.”



http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2016/06/08/cnn-depicts-history-making-hillary-clinton-glowing-golden-god



232  Other / Politics & Society / Re: BERNIE SANDERS, WEIRDO IN CHIEF on: June 08, 2016, 04:08:15 PM






233  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: June 08, 2016, 03:44:24 PM
The illegal criminals, are problematic. Not until trump talked about it, no other republicans dared talked about it, fearing of losing the hispanic vote.

I agree! I have legal Mexican friends though who understand what he's saying and will vote for him.



HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes









On Tuesday Donald Trump closed the door on the Republican nomination for President by winning all five of the remaining primaries — New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico and California. Trump won the last 16 Republican contests.

Trump has 1,536 delegates and counting.

The Republican Party started the year with 17 bona fide candidates for President.  This was more candidates than any major party in history.

Trump has more wins than any other Republican or Democrat candidate in this year’s race with 36. He also has more primary wins with 33 and leads all candidates in percent of overall wins and in percent of primary wins.

Trump surpassed the number of delegates needed to win the Republican nomination for President a couple weeks ago.

This may be more delegates than any other Republican candidate and a higher percentage of delegates than any Republican or Democrat candidate in the race.

Trump received 13,406,108 votes to date in the elections according to www.thegreenpapers.com.

As a result Trump has more votes than any candidate in Republican history.

Trump shattered the previous record by 1.4 million votes — and that was with 17 candidates in the race

George W. Bush had 12 million votes in 2000.  The Republican Party also set a party record this year in pre-convention state election turnout with over 28 million votes to date which is 139% of the record high voter turnout in 2008.  This increase in votes can be attributed to Donald Trump.

Trump won a higher percentage of votes than any candidate ever when considering the number of contenders in the race. He also has the highest percent of delegates when considering the competition than any candidate ever.

Trump may also be the first candidate in the modern era to have funded his campaign by himself during the primary season.

Although his results are much more impressive, he only spent a quarter the amount of money as Democrats Clinton and Sanders. He proved to be the real capitalist in the primary while Clinton and Sanders proved to be the socialists freely spending other people’s money.

Trump’s accomplishments will now go down in history. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton pulled out the win with more delegates than socialist Sanders. However, nearly a quarter of her delegates came from controversial ‘super delegates’. Her road to the Democratic nomination was far less impressive and may also go down in history because she may be under indictment before the November election.


http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/


234  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Real Time Socialist Train Wreck (again) Happening Now in Venezuela on: June 08, 2016, 01:40:34 PM


States Of Undress - Venezuela









235  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Europe, you reap what you sow... on: June 08, 2016, 12:46:03 PM



REPORT: Migrants Burn Down Asylum Centre After Not Receiving Ramadan Wake Up Call








Fire department spokesmen described the 5,000-sq-ft exhibition hall, normally used for storage for exhibitors, as a “total loss”





A massive fire at Düsseldorf’s major international trade fair grounds yesterday has been followed by reports that the blaze was set deliberately by migrants who were angry because of Ramadan.

Officially, some 160 migrants were resident at hall 18 of the Messe Düsseldorf conference centre, but it was a facility plagued by racial conflict which had seen violence spark before. Düsseldorf’s Express newspaper reports these conflicts were not between European German staff and their guests, but between the predominantly Arab residents, and a minority of Afghans who sided with the security staff running the facility — who were mainly Iranian.

According to the testimony of “several burly Moroccan refugees” which the paper had spoken to even as the hall burnt down, the Iranians employed by the German state to look after other migrants from around the world had “deliberately” not woken the Arabs up in time for their Ramadan breakfast following a long run dispute.

Just three weeks ago there had been another, much smaller fire at the exhibition centre as a migrant set fire to his mattress in protest against the accommodation.


Under Islamic tradition, during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar the faithful enter a fast between sunrise and sunset in commemoration of Muhammed. In practice this means sleeping-in leaves the Muslim without food until sunset around half-past-nine at night.

The migrants who witnessed the fire being set, some of which even proudly recorded the moment on their mobile phones said the blaze was started “because we just want to get out of here”, away from their Iranian guards.

Breitbart London reported on the fire as it happened yesterday, with reports of as many as 280 migrants being evacuated from the site, which lies directly next to Düsseldorf’s international airport. Approximately 30 migrants were treated for smoke inhalation, and one of the 70 fire-fighters who turned out to tackle the arson blaze was hospitalised due to heat exhaustion.

There were initially two arrests of migrants that were found at the scene boasting about setting the fire, but this number later rose to six. The men arrested are reported to have been citizens of Morocco, Algeria, Syria and Iraq.


While migrants are commonly employed as security, staff, and translators in migrant camps across Germany, a move which helps the authorities with breaking down language barriers with their hundreds of thousands of guests, it brings a whole set of problems. As migrants import sectarian and racial conflict, placing one group of migrants in a position of power and authority over others has led to widespread abuses and violence.

Breitbart London has reported on the problem of migrant guards, who often lack basic qualifications and any sort of oversight by government agencies as they are employed and run by private contractors. One under-addressed expression of this problem is the attacks and discrimination against Christian refugees by Turkish heritage and Arab migrant guards.

Severe beatings are the order of the day for many Christian migrants in the care of the German state, who have given uniforms and authority to the exact people they fled the Middle East from in the first place. The hospital report of one Christian who was beaten near to death by “Turkish and Arab descent” guards read: “Skull contusion, monocular hematoma right stump chest trauma, blunt abdominal trauma history.

“Patient was today beaten by four security people since a massive headache and pain in the abdomen patient was brought to the A&E”.

Another Christian said: “[the guards] accused me of insulting Islam, beat me to the ground, and kicked me in the face”. A German priest witnessed security guards who caught two Iranians reading the bible in their migrant accommodation. He recalled: “The guards ran into the room shouting ‘the Bible is haram!’, pushed them both against the wall, while punching and kicking them”.

The priest lamented of the situation: “My impression is that now anyone who has a particular muscle circumference and speaks Arabic, will be hired”.



http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/08/migrants-burnt-international-exhibition-centre-ground-didnt-get-ramadan-breakfast/



236  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It on: June 08, 2016, 12:25:52 PM
It would be cool if they figured out a way to make it work but I definitely wouldn't want to hold terabytes of data on my computer just to be able to have a decentralized web. Right now the big companies do all the hosting on their servers and the user doesn't feel any strain.



“The web is already decentralized,” Mr. Berners-Lee said. “The problem is the dominance of one search engine, one big social network, one Twitter for microblogging. We don’t have a technology problem, we have a social problem.”



It think this is natural, it's just survival of the fittest. I've tried a number of search engines over the years but I always go back to Google simply because it displays the most accurate results. People will always converge to one social network because everyone wants maximum exposure, it's no fun hanging out on a forum with only 10 users around.


When you begin a thousand-mile walk, the first step is the most important one.


237  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: June 08, 2016, 12:20:52 PM








1541!

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238  Other / Politics & Society / Re: BERNIE SANDERS, WEIRDO IN CHIEF on: June 08, 2016, 03:27:11 AM





239  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It on: June 08, 2016, 03:07:04 AM
Hell yes! Finally God has spoken!

The article doesn't so much about what platform they're building, or are they still in the research stage? I'm sure they have already taken a look at IPFS and the like, but I'm not so sure he's aware of the cryptocurrency movement trying to decentralize the web and storage with platforms like Storj.

Inviting him here at bitcointalk might be a good idea and could spark intelligent and insightful discussions amount forum members. Does he have a twitter account? Wh not drop him a tweet.


I do not use twitter but the bitcointalk brainbugs should try to contact him.


Satoshi? Are you listening?


240  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Up Like Trump on: June 08, 2016, 02:58:46 AM
Good news for you all... According to PPP (happens to be a Democrat-affiliated pollster), Trump is leading Hitlery by 1 point in Florida (45% vs 44%). And most importantly, there is no gender gap. Trump and Clinton are tied among the women voters, with 38% each, while Trump is leading among the male voters by 1%. Gary Johnson still eating up a lot of Republican vote.  

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_FL_607161.pdf

Hitlery leading Trump by 7% in Connecticut.








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