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Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

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Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

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post #78

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Trump had 2,284,967 more votes than Harris. 77,302,580 people voted for him. That's not a huge majority of people.

It is not even a majority. It was just a plurality.

People who didn't vote are effectively votes for whoever wins. All the non-voters need to be counted towards Trump's victory number. It's a huge majority.

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

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post #68
post #50

> The House and Senate Armed Services committees have long had an interest in ensuring that unfiltered news went to the troops who are fighting for our country and deserved to read the truth, not propaganda. In the late 1980s Congress was alarmed at attempts of military personnel to “suppress unfavorable news” of the Iran-Contra affair and other issues. Congress mandated that Stars and Stripes be editorially independ…

One would expect that system would learn and change, and we wouldn't have trump fucking up half of global economy so beautifully on his morning whims just to get rich as a side business of being potus (or reverse, probably). Something tells me that after this dark period is over, there won't be many lessons learned and things changed for the better in the system. 'Great system' not being so great after all (which it…

I don't know why you are down voted. Tons of bots in here it's ridiculous.

None of this is normal.

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

#103
post #29

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See if you can find the US in these rankings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

just a note: the RSF World Press Freedom Index is not based on hard data or sound statistics, it's based on a few questionnaires sent to journalists picked by RSF itself. How many it's unclear, but it was ~150[0] some years ago, of which 50 in France[1] to monitor 180 countries. It's worth as a generic "are we doing better than last year?" but I wouldn't consider ranking to be particularly meaningful. [0] https://web…

Lol like look at the state of the us? Seems surprisingly accurate to me

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

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Paradoxically they are so stupid they thought they are actually helping Orban not realizing Europeans consider them idiots.

Vance is far shrewder than many of the surrounding idiots. My guess is that he went because someone like Trump thought it a good idea, and kissing arse is Vance’s current strategy.

Have you listened to that guy say anything about anything? He's about as shrewd as a turnip or any invertebrate

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

#106
post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One would expect that system would learn and change, and we wouldn't have trump fucking up half of global economy so beautifully on his morning whims just to get rich as a side business of being potus (or reverse, probably). Something tells me that after this dark period is over, there won't be many lessons learned and things changed for the better in the system. 'Great system' not being so great after all (which it…

I don't know why you are down voted. Tons of bots in here it's ridiculous. None of this is normal.

the level of bot at HN has shot through the roof in the last 24 months.

reddit at least puts speedbumps up

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

#107
post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not even a majority. It was just a plurality.

People who didn't vote are effectively votes for whoever wins. All the non-voters need to be counted towards Trump's victory number. It's a huge majority.

I voted for Harris but I live in North Dakota, so because of the electoral college, my vote didn't count. I'll be voting 3rd party for all presidential elections from now on

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

#108
post #50

> The House and Senate Armed Services committees have long had an interest in ensuring that unfiltered news went to the troops who are fighting for our country and deserved to read the truth, not propaganda. In the late 1980s Congress was alarmed at attempts of military personnel to “suppress unfavorable news” of the Iran-Contra affair and other issues. Congress mandated that Stars and Stripes be editorially independ…

It's interesting. Ministers of justice in the Netherlands stopped handing out pardons when they realised it lost them votes.

Not a lot of bleeding hearts over here for criminals lol.

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

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post #61
post #29

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See if you can find the US in these rankings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

LIES from the Radical Left Lunatics from reporters without borders! Also, total Losers! USA is #1 in not Supressing the Speech that Really Matters!

You did a good job of walking the line here. A tiny bit less over the top and I'd have not been convinced it was satire.

Re: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me

#110
post #61
post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See if you can find the US in these rankings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

LIES from the Radical Left Lunatics from reporters without borders! Also, total Losers! USA is #1 in not Supressing the Speech that Really Matters!

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