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Anthony Levandowski Pardoned

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Post by adolph »

mlazos wrote: post #700
dgellow wrote: post #667

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You don’t remember the NSA director lying under oath in front of the Congress about the exact crimes Snowden revealed?

Yes that’s what I’m talking about when I said the committees were lied to. I’m sure they would’ve been interested to hear from someone working at the lower levels that the NSA director lied.

The absence of prosecution or any act of accountability in response to that allegation might lead one to believe that there was never any interest in hearing from the “lower levels.” (Or that the allegations were not true.) What makes you “sure” of the opposite?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clapper

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Post by VikingCoder »

paul7986 wrote: post #925
VikingCoder wrote: post #894

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I'm confused how you can watch the actions of human people, and ascribe the outcomes to "karma."

Definition of Karma .. which im sure you may already know... "Karma means action, work, or deed. The term also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual: good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to…

I guess you're here defending Levandowski's actions. Because you did. Even though they're indefensible.

Re: Anthony Levandowski Pardoned

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Post by adolph »

ganoushoreilly wrote: post #927
dgellow wrote: post #696

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> then fled there before moving on to Russia That’s just a lie. He was in a plane on his way to Ecuador when the US cancelled his passport, resulting in him being blocked in the Russian airport for a while. At some point the situation created such a mess for the airport that Russia accepted to let him enter the country. All of this has been documented at length, and anyone on this forum is likely old enough to rememb…

So you're saying he was never in China? He literally fled to Hong Kong first. So again, what did I state that was a lie? I didn't say he wanted to be there, but he clearly wanted to be in Hong Kong, then move on... and ended up in Russia? Again, what part of this is false? Did you know him? I did, he's a fucking tool. The information leaked was piecemeal. Take the bible, leak random pages and one will say live a joyo…

> Take the bible, leak random pages and one will say live a joyous life, love each other.. where a different page might tell you to sacrifice your only child. Unless you've been privy to all of the information at the right scale, you've been sold a piece, a piece that paints a narrative.

This line of argument seems more in line with Scientologist’s protection of “Zenu” stories thru cooyright than “the Bible,” which has substantially available to read since Gutenberg. If only the security apparatus was more like Jesus than Mr. Hubbard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu

Re: Anthony Levandowski Pardoned

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Post by spacemanmatt »

apexalpha wrote: post #98
spacemanmatt wrote: post #87

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The white supremacy sign is a white power sign because white supremacists use it to signal each other. It is called a "dog whistle" because people like you cannot hear it accurately.

You really think people now use "OK", a sign used for years, to signal they are racist? I think you're the butt of the joke here...

Counterpoint: You really think people who spent 4 years proving how racist they could be just randomly decided to all prank us all with the "ok" sign?

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Post by simonh »

radlad wrote: post #906
simonh wrote: post #891

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That's a perfectly reasonable take especially on the federal/state separation which was novel, but is it really not possible there was some back-rationalisation going on? The British system was very familiar, and while it had potential flaws visible to them at the time they were known familiar flaws. I find it doubtful that someone coming up with an entirely novel and unfamiliar system would have got anywhere at all,…

> That's a perfectly reasonable take especially on the federal/state separation which was novel, but is it really not possible there was some back-rationalisation going on? Isn't this true of your own original post?

What is it that you think I'm back-rationalising?

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Post by Udik »

pygy_ wrote: post #916
Udik wrote: post #687

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Trolling, at least in its original meaning, is not "spreading misinformation". It's saying things for the sake of provoking anger in other people that you despise or you just don't connect emotionally with. So it makes perfect sense to me for rightwing trolls to excite anger and confusion in leftwing people by appropriating a completely innocuous gesture and using it as a provocation. It doesn't really have to mean a…

So the goal is to troll anti-racists. That makes it an anti-anti-racist symbol. I'll let you factor out the double negative.

If you troll pro-life people, are you pro-death?

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Post by alxndr »

kidproquo wrote: post #919
kjakm wrote: post #340

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As a foreigner Presidential pardons + the appointment (and life terms) of Supreme Court judges baffle me. How can a country that claims to be a leader in democracy have these two wildly abused bugs? Edit: fixed use of election instead of appointment

As a foreigner, gerrymandering[0] baffles me. Someone please explain how this makes sense? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering

Growth hacking.

Re: Anthony Levandowski Pardoned

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Post by paul7986 »

VikingCoder wrote: post #943
paul7986 wrote: post #925

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Definition of Karma .. which im sure you may already know... "Karma means action, work, or deed. The term also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual: good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to…

I guess you're here defending Levandowski's actions. Because you did. Even though they're indefensible.

They both are no good and Google blasted him legally and his name in the media yet Google does the same thing this guy did and gets away with it? The pardon is their karma.

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Post by emn13 »

war1025 wrote: post #831
emn13 wrote: post #806

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Texas is only slightly smaller. But perhaps splitting both in 3 (or whatever) would be a good start. Or split any state that has more than 4% of the nations population (that would include FL and NY). Practical hacks like that might mitigate the imbalance, but really - the senate needs proportional representation too. It's OK that small states are slightly over-represented, but the current state of affairs is pretty c…

The House is supposed to represent the interests of the people. The Senate is supposed to represent the interests of the states. Each state is supposed to be an equal member of the union, which is why they each get equal voice in the senate. Up until the early 1900s senators were appointed by state governments rather than being popularly elected. It's sort of fallen out of fashion to identify strongly as a member of…

The intent is all fine and good, but that doesn't excuse legislative influence that is so disproportionate to population. In general I'm a a little skeptical that "intent" matters at all; what matters is practical political power no matter how you label it - but even if we were to constrain ourselves to the notion of representing states, not people: they can represent their states just fine even if the number of senators varies by state. The idea that all states are equal should be dropped.
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