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Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by undefined0 » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:35 PM UTC

drfuchs wrote: post #12

brohee wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAIK he was never really under suspicion. But being possibly paranoid he thought he was, and he didn't trust Belize justice system (and is possibly right about that).

Of course he was a suspect. He'd had an escalating battle with his neighbor, who coincidentally turned up shot to death. http://gizmodo.com/5959812/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder

It was hinted in an interview that it was his girlfriend rather than him (the same one who tried to shoot McAfee in the head). I cannot remember where I found the interview, it was somewhere on YouTube. Does anyone have a link to that?

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by sp332 » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:39 PM UTC

brohee wrote: post #20

drfuchs wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An actual quote reported by an actual journalist who was actually there at the time and actually heard from the lips of "Marco Vidal, the head of Belize’s Gang Suppression Unit": McAfee is a “prime suspect” in Faull’s death. http://www.wired.com/2012/11/threatlevel_1112_mcafee/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20315415 > Raphael Martinez of Belize's Ministry of National Security said no charges had been filed in the case and Mr McAfee was simply "a person of interest". > "It's too early in the investigation," he told the Associated Press. "To say he is a suspect would be a bold statement." And in 2015 "not a person of interest anymore". If they had anything tangible, why wasn't h…

He says the government was harassing him for bribes, shot his favorite dog, and burned his house down. Since he's already out of the country and out of their hair, they might not want to drag all that back up.

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by adultSwim » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:39 PM UTC

Already enough megalomaniacs in politics...

Still, I would probably vote for anyone who isn't a warmonger (tragically, doesn't seem like either major party will nominate someone who fits this criterion)

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by grkvlt » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:40 PM UTC

nnq wrote: post #15

...should I feel guilty for fantasizing an apocalyptic WW3 scenario with the USA lead by MacAfee and Russia led by Putin? the world would turn to ashes, but boy it would be fun to watch :)

"Some men just want to watch the world burn...", I guess?

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by sp332 » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:40 PM UTC

nerdy wrote: post #8

Wait, THIS John McAfee? [NSFW, Rated "R"] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpRvaQsGIY8

He did an AMA recently https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/3hr9f0/i_am_john_mc... and an interview with Uses This a while back https://usesthis.com/interviews/john.mcafee/

Edit: To clarify, the Uses This interview was done while he was being threatened in Belize. That's why it's all paranoid.

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by smrtinsert » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:43 PM UTC

John McAffee, Wrong on Security, Wrong on Ashley Madison, Wrong for President.

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by chuckgreenman » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 1:56 PM UTC

I am legitimately confused, this is a prank right? right?

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by bdg » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:02 PM UTC

nnq wrote: post #15

...should I feel guilty for fantasizing an apocalyptic WW3 scenario with the USA lead by MacAfee and Russia led by Putin? the world would turn to ashes, but boy it would be fun to watch :)

"Don't blame me -- I voted for Trump"

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by mindcrime » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:10 PM UTC

I could get behind McAfee. I think I agree with him on his views on privacy and surveillance at least. I just need to know more about where he stands on foreign policy, taxation, and a few other things.

But I still think he'd have been better off pursuing the nomination of an established (albeit "3rd party") party than starting a new party from scratch this late in the game. That is, unless his ideology truly is completely different from that of any existing party.

Re: John McAfee for President

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Post by adventured » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:11 PM UTC

csmattryder wrote: post #3

See, if McAfee says the right things, I think he'd end up doing well - as well as a fringe/joke candidate could do. He's pro-gun and quite anti-government. If Trump can do it, why not McAfee? And the scrolling seems off or hijacked in some way, on the "How to Vote" page, it's the digital equivalent of having your breaks cut.

The Trump phenomenon is built on three decades of national, tabloid level fame. His name and image recognition is the primary reason he's out in front of the other mostly bland or non-recognizable candidates (not to mention the obvious anti-establishment thing going on that has been much discussed).

McAfee can't do what Trump is doing, because he's not actually famous on any meaningful scale. Relatively few Americans know who he is or would recognize him. They also would be unlikely to automatically associate the name with the anti-virus product, "McAfee" means nothing to most of the population. Practically anyone in the US born between 1940 and 2000 knows who Donald Trump is.