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Ex-NSA chief: Groups calling for transparency and hackers are terrorists
He then goes on to call these same groups on par with Al-Qaeda and "twentysomethings who haven’t talked to the opposite sex in five or six years"
He then went on to say they'll try for their own version of 9/11 and makes a hysterical soccer mom sound like a rational stoic. These are the people who were in charge of the NSA?
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FEMA buying whole stacks of emergency food, not through the usual buying channels.
This has raised concerns in alternative media. Bonus points because they asked if shipping can begin within 24 hours and expressed interest in their entire stock
According to the FBI, that makes FEMA a potential terrorist organisation
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He then goes on to call these same groups on par with Al-Qaeda and "twentysomethings who haven’t talked to the opposite sex in five or six years"
He then went on to say they'll try for their own version of 9/11 and makes a hysterical soccer mom sound like a rational stoic. These are the people who were in charge of the NSA?
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FEMA buying whole stacks of emergency food, not through the usual buying channels.
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This has raised concerns in alternative media. Bonus points because they asked if shipping can begin within 24 hours and expressed interest in their entire stock
According to the FBI, that makes FEMA a potential terrorist organisation
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Biased news articles time
As Switzerland is restricting asylum seekers while their application is processed(Which still makes them one of the most generous countries to asylum seekers), something which was supported by 80% of the voters, the opponents and media still call it 'controversial changes' while they have close to no support. The other source calls it 'apartheid-like' and pretends Switzerland is preparing to put clearly visible tags on everyone not born there.
Even with the changes, they're still giving more to asylum seekers than the rest of Europe
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Edit: Man buys woman drink, woman drunk drives and kills two
Man charged
Biased news articles time
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As Switzerland is restricting asylum seekers while their application is processed(Which still makes them one of the most generous countries to asylum seekers), something which was supported by 80% of the voters, the opponents and media still call it 'controversial changes' while they have close to no support. The other source calls it 'apartheid-like' and pretends Switzerland is preparing to put clearly visible tags on everyone not born there.
Even with the changes, they're still giving more to asylum seekers than the rest of Europe
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Edit: Man buys woman drink, woman drunk drives and kills two
Man charged
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Just to clarify for the folks at home that don't read the article:
Basically, he knew she was drunk and was attempting to get her drunker and that's not ok according to this Texas law. Which I'm pretty ok with. The bar cut her off, he shouldn't have done that for her and he bought her like another ten drinks.
Just to clarify for the folks at home that don't read the article:
Basically, he knew she was drunk and was attempting to get her drunker and that's not ok according to this Texas law. Which I'm pretty ok with. The bar cut her off, he shouldn't have done that for her and he bought her like another ten drinks.
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Yeah, he is not charged with the drunk driving or anything, just with giving her drinks while she was already drunk(Unless my reading is bad today). I probably should have clarified that a bit instead of just copy pasting the link and such.
Yeah, he is not charged with the drunk driving or anything, just with giving her drinks while she was already drunk(Unless my reading is bad today). I probably should have clarified that a bit instead of just copy pasting the link and such.
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Also for those not reading the article, the woman was charged as well with manslaughter. 38 years in prison.
Also for those not reading the article, the woman was charged as well with manslaughter. 38 years in prison.
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Granted, the bar should have done something to stop him. Bar's I've worked at, if for some reason a person is able to stay after being cut off (we usually just kick them out), anyone who gets that person a drink is then cut off and kicked out.
Granted, the bar should have done something to stop him. Bar's I've worked at, if for some reason a person is able to stay after being cut off (we usually just kick them out), anyone who gets that person a drink is then cut off and kicked out.
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Former NSA chief: US likely to sieze more surveilance powers after the next terror attack
And he tries to make it out like it's a good thing, and
He essentially said criticism is bad, and that while the NSA spies on everyone and collects all your data, he's totally sure and completely honest when he says they won't look.
...Yeah, I think I'm not going to believe that
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And he tries to make it out like it's a good thing, and
He essentially said criticism is bad, and that while the NSA spies on everyone and collects all your data, he's totally sure and completely honest when he says they won't look.
...Yeah, I think I'm not going to believe that
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Yeah, we do that too.
In other news...
Yeah, we do that too.
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Maybe he was referring to a pill, like a magic-cure all of wisdom. I mean to be fair, getting pills and suppositories mixed up is pretty easy for someone with their head up their ass.
Maybe he was referring to a pill, like a magic-cure all of wisdom. I mean to be fair, getting pills and suppositories mixed up is pretty easy for someone with their head up their ass.
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CIA Director revealed as having been the 'next target' from assasinated whistleblower journalist
For those not aware, Hastings died in a car bombing after reporting to his wife that he had a huge story on corruption and breaching rights in government. He claimed to be followed as well prior to dying in what was quickly named an 'accident' of him driving against a tree, despite camera footage showing his car exploding before even touching said tree.
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For those not aware, Hastings died in a car bombing after reporting to his wife that he had a huge story on corruption and breaching rights in government. He claimed to be followed as well prior to dying in what was quickly named an 'accident' of him driving against a tree, despite camera footage showing his car exploding before even touching said tree.
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Egyptian military tries to clear out the pro-Morsi camps, 50 casualties reported
Egypt is a mess, possible civil war incoming
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Study finds BBC is biased
In short, they represented viewpoints from left-wing think tanks as truth and facts(Without mentioning their political orientation), while warning for most right-wing think tanks as being possibly biased
Egyptian military tries to clear out the pro-Morsi camps, 50 casualties reported
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Egypt is a mess, possible civil war incoming
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In short, they represented viewpoints from left-wing think tanks as truth and facts(Without mentioning their political orientation), while warning for most right-wing think tanks as being possibly biased
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DHS wants armoured vehicles for use against occupy and other protests.
The only reason they need such a vehicle is if they assume they need to go against a large group of violent people.
This is either them preparing for a lot of bad stuff going to happen soon(tm), or them being incredibly paranoid of normal citizens and peaceful protests.
Either way, not good.
DHS wants armoured vehicles for use against occupy and other protests.
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The only reason they need such a vehicle is if they assume they need to go against a large group of violent people.
This is either them preparing for a lot of bad stuff going to happen soon(tm), or them being incredibly paranoid of normal citizens and peaceful protests.
Either way, not good.
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Hunh, when Canada got that for OPP TRU teams and RCMP ERT teams, they were pretty specific about it being for counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, drug raids, etc. etc.
So you know, the kind of people that are almost guaranteed to be violent.
Hunh, when Canada got that for OPP TRU teams and RCMP ERT teams, they were pretty specific about it being for counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, drug raids, etc. etc.
So you know, the kind of people that are almost guaranteed to be violent.
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Well technically our police have already had armored vehicles for a long time now, for the same reasons Sinful just mentioned. At least the larger police departments have had them as far back as the 80's. Armored vehicles are also very useful for disaster relief since they are made to travel through things normal vehicles can't.
Well technically our police have already had armored vehicles for a long time now, for the same reasons Sinful just mentioned. At least the larger police departments have had them as far back as the 80's. Armored vehicles are also very useful for disaster relief since they are made to travel through things normal vehicles can't.
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Aye, earthquakes and floods do leave a lot of destruction those kind of vehicles can move through easily. Certainly a useful asset for police departments to have. What DHS wants em for, not so much.
Aye, earthquakes and floods do leave a lot of destruction those kind of vehicles can move through easily. Certainly a useful asset for police departments to have. What DHS wants em for, not so much.
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One of those groups listed on the form is a known white supremacist group, I don't agree with including occupy as a possible domestic terror group though. The article is rather heavily slanted as well so it's difficult for me to take either side.
One of those groups listed on the form is a known white supremacist group, I don't agree with including occupy as a possible domestic terror group though. The article is rather heavily slanted as well so it's difficult for me to take either side.
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Yeah, even as someone who probably agrees more or less with motherjones' politics, I would not trust it as a legit news source in a lot of cases
I have no doubt that the facts are more or less there, but they're known for cherry picking what they want to talk about to slant it their way. I mean, I'm pretty sure they don't even deny it.
Yeah, even as someone who probably agrees more or less with motherjones' politics, I would not trust it as a legit news source in a lot of cases
I have no doubt that the facts are more or less there, but they're known for cherry picking what they want to talk about to slant it their way. I mean, I'm pretty sure they don't even deny it.
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I'm not taking sides either, but if they wanted the things for disaster preparedness, they probably would have flat out said that was why they wanted them. So I'm pretty sure they're planning to use them against people
And every news source is biased to some degree, because they're all made by humans, and what is 'unbiased' to a human is just in line with their own views.
A bit old news, but a recent report on it
News report by RussiaToday
German gold seems to be missing from the US federal reserve
I'm not taking sides either, but if they wanted the things for disaster preparedness, they probably would have flat out said that was why they wanted them. So I'm pretty sure they're planning to use them against people
And every news source is biased to some degree, because they're all made by humans, and what is 'unbiased' to a human is just in line with their own views.
A bit old news, but a recent report on it
News report by RussiaToday
German gold seems to be missing from the US federal reserve
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