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What is your point? That they (either Russia or the Soviet Union) engage/d in propaganda? My comment was that we see Soviet propaganda for what it is, so how do you think you're co…

Name examples aside from Bourne, because that is pretty much the only example.

Your link and comment has absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote.

Stomach churning torture, abuse and mass murder of humans in the Phoenix Program, Abu Ghraib, MKUltra; overthrows of democratic governments; support of terrorist death squads; help…

For future reference, and for anyone interested, not only do (ICANN accredited) have to provide a transfer authcode within 5 days of being requested, it's also possible to transfer…

When you accept immediately people automatically think their offer was too high and the name (or whatever item) must not be worth it. Next time ask for 20-50% more than they offer.…

As I follow it, you're the one arguing it definitely didn't happen, based on one discredited witness, when there's evidence going back decades of abuse by political, military and i…

You mean the Establishment allowed its own police to investigate crimes by members of the Establishment and it turned out that accusers against the Establishment are the real bad o…

Yeah, sorry, it's a fair enough way of phrasing it, I just thought the implication of it was funny.

> There is a difference between a critique and censorship. I don't say otherwise, or even refer to "critique" or "censorship" in my post, so what are you talking about? > The perso…

I don't know who you were hoping to kid here, other than yourself, but grandly stating someone should "just spare us" their opinion you don't happen to agree with is obviously not …

> I just realized that both happened mere blocks of my residence at the time. So you didn't notice they happened blocks away from you when they happened?

Another textbook "free speech" hypocrite lecturing what someone with a different opinion should do instead of exercising their free speech. Consistent with the fact we all know tha…

Funny how so many "free speech" advocates like yourself cry that people with different opinions should not express those opinions. Edit: hilarious this is being so heavily downvote…

1. Middle-people are a technical requirement. That's the point. 2. What happens if I send BTC without paying the middle-people a fee? If the recipient doesn't typically receive it …

Why am I paying fees if there's no middle-person?

> I don't understand cryptocurrencies. People buy cryptocurrencies and hope the price rises and they can dump it back into the USD it has always been valued in, before everyone els…

Is this a government project though? I don't know anything about it other than their site, but it states that it was supported "in 2019" by PrototypeFund ("a project of the Open Kn…

From the regime which oversaw the deaths of thousands of people in 'care homes' by moving Covid-19 infected hospital patients into care homes, reducing testing in care homes as the…

I'm not sure what pinning it on the transition means, but it's suggesting that it seems to be an opportunistic time for controversial actions; the outgoing regime doesn't care and/…

The last time the White House transitioned from Republican to Democrat we had this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)

The only good thing about hcaptcha - what's better than one page of images? - is it doesn't seem to care what you click, but then neither does Google if you're using Chrome.

> About 20 years ago I was coming across a website called something like filthyrichguy.com (I can't remember the exact name). Possibly the Rich Jerk. I don't know how much money th…

From your link: "Governments that have criticised AI include those of Israel, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China, Vietnam, Russia, Chile and the United States". What's the…

Unfortunately if/when people do speak out or rise up about abuses of/from authority they are countered by bootlickers, or people who genuinely believe 'it could never happen here'.…