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• On the post: As Beijing Continues To Creep Into Hong Kong, Internet Censorship Begins

  

  kag ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2021 @ 02:23pm

  Re: Hong Kong is China

  Maybe we should work on returning lands to the byzantines next

• On the post: Trump's Support Of Cops Pays Off: Multiple Police Officers Under Investigation For Illegal Invasion Of The Capitol Building

  

  kag ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2021 @ 08:46am

  Re:

  No, democrats hold 20th century traditional soviet values

• On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: Yelp Attempts To Tackle Racism On Its Platform (2020)

  

  kag ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2021 @ 05:02pm

  SJW

  All it takes anymore is a single employee not wearing a mask, and SJWs will flood yelp with negative reviews. They have never even been to the place in question, but will feel the need to sentence it with one star. Any reports of racism from the business, real or imagined will also see the same fate. I have never heard of racists flagging businesses, other than left wing ones.

• On the post: Facebook & Twitter Try To Limit The Spread Of Sketchy NY Post Story; Leading To Ridiculous Trumpist Meltdown

  

  kag ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2020 @ 01:18pm

  Analysis

  I read the rid analysis, and it wasn't convincing that the story is false, nor did it cause me to question the story any more than when I first read it. But I had some doubts about the original story. But it seemed more credible than the recent Atlantic story citing anonymous sources about something Trump said. That story was not censored, and that is the hypocrisy that people are claiming about.

• On the post: The TikTok 'Deal' Was A Grift From The Start: Accomplishes None Of The Stated Goals; Just Helps Trump & Friends

  

  kag ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2020 @ 09:13am

  Re: Re:

  1. There certainly is a left wing slant.
  2. Solyndra and the Restructuring of GM are examples. Solyndra is clearly graft bilking taxpayers out of millions, and the restructuring of Gm was unconstitutional bypassing bankruptcy court and picking winners and losers.
  3. Its crazy to believe that this nation was founded on slavery and became successful because of it. Its success was built on the preservation of private property, which was unusual at the time for all citizens.

• On the post: Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Seems Skeptical That Baltimore's Aerial Surveillance System Violates The Fourth Amendment

  

  kag ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2020 @ 12:31pm

  Police

  If the city could afford to put a police officer on every corner, how would that be much different?

• On the post: The Government Has Been Binging On Classification. Senators Say It's Time To Start Purging.

  

  kag ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2020 @ 12:47pm

  Conspiracy?

  Wow, amazing to read all of the conspiracy theories in this post. It's quite simple, if someone is unsure and overclassifies, noone blinks an eye. If you underclassify, you face weeks or months of nightmarish critiques. Most of this is not really cut and dry as the rules are vague. It would be impossible to define every scenario in a classification guide.

• On the post: Law Enforcement Training: People Saying 'I Can't Breathe' Are Just Suffering From 'Excited Delirium'

  

  kag ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2020 @ 12:03pm

  Re: Special means they wear helmets in the sandbox during recess

  Sure, when a guy is flailing around and trying to reach for a gun, the cops will just call in a sociologist to evaluate his mental condition.

• On the post: Hungary's Government Using Pandemic Emergency Powers To Silence Critics

  

  kag ( profile ), 19 May, 2020 @ 11:08am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  No, it's brussels piling up the powder kegs. it's almost as they believe countries have no sovereignty and must follow their orders. Hungary is not imposing anything on anyone.

• On the post: Bizarre: Democrats In Congress Agree To Give Trump More Of The Spying Powers He Complains Were Abused Against Him

  

  kag ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2020 @ 05:45am

  Re: Re:

  I agree, Obama was called out. But it was done so in a matter of fact way: "Holder claiming that the statute effectively "forced" him into declaring Rosen a co-conspirator is ridiculous. The statute compels him not to seize Rosen's records. Holder is admitting that the DOJ lied to the court here and trying to blame the statute for that lie. That's astounding." Compare it to the rhetoric used against Trump: "concerned about an out of control Trump administration, abusing the powers of government to target his enemies and critics" and " it appears that the Republican party is quickly positioning itself as the party of chilling effects and silencing a free press. This is shameful behavior and should be called out as such. "

• On the post: Why Tech Might Actually Be The Solution To Capitalism's Addiction Problem

  

  kag ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2020 @ 11:19am

  While peoples data might be valuable to others, to many, it has little value to them. People knowingly use an app like Waze for a benefit while giving away something they don't care about: their location to advertisers.

• On the post: Bizarre: Democrats In Congress Agree To Give Trump More Of The Spying Powers He Complains Were Abused Against Him

  

  kag ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2020 @ 11:16am

  While there are many examples of the Obama Administration abusing the powers of government (IRS, FISA, NSA, AP/Rosen), specifically, how did Trump use the government to target people? And no, filing lawsuits and complaining on twitter don't count. For someone who claims this site to be non-partisan, the language used certainly seems partisan.

• On the post: Cable Sector Likely To Freak Out At New Service That Streamlines Streaming TV Password Sharing

  

  kag ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2020 @ 07:28am

  Streaming

  This is a bad idea. All that it will do is cause the companies to lock down content and prevent things like family password sharing. Streaming is not like cable. With cable I had to pay $100/mo even if I only watched one channel. Now I just subscribe to the streaming service that has content that I want to watch, and when I am done with it I move on to another one with good content. Why do you feel that you have to have access to everything for nothing? When people stop paying altogether, then companies will no longer find it worthwhile to create new content. I like it that now there is competition to create content that will make people want to subscribe. With cable, it was a race to the bottom to fill airtime with crap, because you were paying for channels whether you wanted them or not.

• On the post: Why Is Fox News Acting As State Media, Announcing Trump's Lawsuits Before They're Filed And Failing To Point Out How Frivolous They Are?

  

  kag ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2020 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re:

  Yeah like this one wher they reported on how much ice cream trump gets at dinner https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/trump-time-magazine-ice-cream/index.html

• On the post: Donald Trump And Charles Harder Continue Their Assault On The 1st Amendment, Suing The Washington Post

  

  kag ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2020 @ 09:02am

  Re: Sure?

  It says quite a bit when this echo chamber nominated this idiotic comment as "Insightful"

• On the post: Donald Trump And Charles Harder Continue Their Assault On The 1st Amendment, Suing The Washington Post

  

  kag ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2020 @ 07:38am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I have seen "trumptard" countless times on this site in the past day

• On the post: Donald Trump And Charles Harder Continue Their Assault On The 1st Amendment, Suing The Washington Post

  

  kag ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2020 @ 06:20am

  Re: Re:

  But while you do cover abuses by the other side, the language is far different. Just to check, I looked back at your stories about James Rosen. Nowhere does it call that an attack on the first amendment. And I would say that leveraging the DOJ against a reporter is far more chilling than filing a nuisance lawsuit in an open court which is going to get thrown out. these lawsuits are statements, futile ones, but statements showing displeasure at dishonest, but maybe correct within the letter of the law reporting. Also, your claim that the mueller report shows a link between trump and russia is false too. If I wait for the wind to blow over a garbage can, does that show a link between me and the wind? hardly. Whether you want to admit it or not, you are very partisan.

• On the post: Turns Out Most People Still Don't Hate 'Big Internet' As Much As Politicians And The Media Want Them To

  

  kag ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2020 @ 05:59am

  Re: Re:

  I think you proved his point, these surveys are about as random as a roll of the dice, despite the media telling us that they are accurate. They aren't accurate, they are designed to tell people how they should think.

• On the post: Turns Out Most People Still Don't Hate 'Big Internet' As Much As Politicians And The Media Want Them To

  

  kag ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2020 @ 06:01am

  Tech

  Nobody has to use facebook, instagram, or google. If you dont like it, don't use it. As for progressive politicians, we are forced to pay for their programs and corruption whether we like it or not. That is the real problem.

• On the post: ACLU Sues ICE Over Its Deliberately-Broken Immigrant 'Risk Assessment' Software

  

  kag ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2020 @ 05:56am

  Illegal

  So if illegals can't bother to follow the rules for entry into the country, why should anyone assume that they would return for a court hearing? I wouldn't count on it.

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