Posts by georgezilla 168 posts • joined 23 May 2011
Antifa has become a term to scare the weak minded, petty, fearful and hateful in America.
A target for those people
Usually the old and the ignorant.
And mostly Republican/Conservative and the Cult of Truimp1.
It's just "red meat" to feed the animals.
And then to distract from the ineptness and incompetence that is the President of the U.S..
I don't think that I have ever looked for a program ( app ) any other way then thru the "start menu".
And I haven't had any desktop icons of them either in years.
But then I don't have a lot of useless crap on my computers either.
Not using the "start menu" ...
Huh, imagine that.
" ... hoping for a satisfying conclusion to 42 years of cinema trips. ... "
But that's the problem. You go see a movie with expectations. YOUR expectations.
And when they are not met .....
" ... stamp our feet like petulant toddlers ... "
I saw it today. My reaction? .......................
I will be renting the DVD to see it again. Yes I will be.
Hell I may even buy a copy.
Did I have expectations?
Why yes. Yes I did.
I expected to see a movie. Expectation met.
I expected to see a Star Wars movie. Expectation met.
I expected to be entertained. Expectation met.
It cost me $30 plus effing US. Expectation met. ( Goodies from the concession stand included ).
If you expected more, then I'm sorry ( actually no I'm effing not ). But it was you that was disappointed, and not the movies fault.
Your expectations.
Your disappointment.
Own it.
" ... Ubiquitous Weapon for Mass Distraction and Destruction and Disruptive Creation ... "
Ummmmm.......
Wouldn't that be a close descriptive approximation of the current President of the United States of America?
.... raises the question of what exactly the point is of Multipass?
Mir?
Unity?
And now Multipass?
Because it's not ours!
And we know how well the first two worked out ( discontinued ).
I guess when you don't remember history ( that you have repeated several times ) ......
Oh well.
that these people don't understand?
1) If the Cops and Feds can " break" it, then so can just about anybody else.
2) that if anyone can break it, then it's not "strong".
Oh wait ....
I forgot it says .....
Senators.
Well that enplanes it.
They don't know jack shit about jack shit.
" ... inspite of Trump ... "
That is the key phrase. And at least he hasn't broken it. Yet.
" ... those migrant caravans ... "
Caravans. Now that's a tricky word.
Yes there are a number of people in them. But the vast majority are not actually trying to "come" ( and the majority of them are trying to come legally ). But are being aided by a large number of people trying to help them with food, water and safety. A number that ebbs and flows. And simply disappears when it gets here. And the horde ( thousands ) becomes a mere few hundred.
So words caravan and horde are mostly used to keep the Cult of Trump, the frightened and the racist pumped up. So that the xenophobia can be kept high. And the distractions can hide, cover the rest of the shit that's going on.
" ... so they will undoubtedly have non-Chinese components. ... "
Components that the U.S. has absolutely no control over. None, Zero. Zip. Nota.
And they can't keep code that was, is developed by American citizens, companies out of it.
Because it is not "put" into Linux by them. The code that is written by U.S. sources is simply written and released into the wild. And is then either put in by someone else or not. Which again the U.S. has no control over.
So China will continue to be free to use any "non-Chinese components".
" ... and obviously the impeachment will fail ... "
Actually no it won't.
And you assertion that it will fail is flawed for one of the fallowing reasons .......
1) You haven't been paying attention.
2) That you belong to the Cult of Trump.
3) That you don't understand how the process works.
Impeachment is the House of Representatives finding facts ( and at this point, legally they are facts ) and indicting ( impeaching ) him.
Which to anyone paying attention is clearly going to happen.
So yes he will be Impeached ( at least that's my impression ).
Then we move to the Senate. Where he will be tried in front of the Chief Just of the Supreme Court of the United States.To be judged by the members of the Senate. And the Senate will vote to remove him or not. Which in my opinion they will not.
And they will not remove him simply because of party. And not in any way based on facts, evidence, testamony or the laws of the United States.
So yes he WILL be impeached. Just like Clinton was impeached.
But SCO didn't, doesn't own Unix.
I spent way, way to many hours at Groklaw.
And anything that they did own that might be in Linux, they put their themselves. All under the GPL. And then gave away, sold their version of Linux ( as United Linux and SCO Linux. Both of which I used to own copies of. ).
And Google did ask Sun if it was okay to use Java. And Sun ( the CEO ) said yes. So in theory, Goolge had permission to use it.
Larry is just a greedy, arrogant, egomaniac who thinks that his money makes him special.
So a folding desktop.
One with a larger footprint on the desk.
A way, way smaller screen ( until you plug it into a "desktop" monitor. ).
Then you need to add a keyboard and mouse ( unless you keep it open. Yes, yes, a second monitor and all that. )
So it's a desktop?
Just in a different form factor?
It's portable?
And is much, much easier for someone to steal.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
" ... what kind of inane blathering is that? ... "
This kind ....
" ... Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ...
The keyword .............. CONGRESS.
You know, the part of the U.S. Government that actually is charged with making laws?
" ... Important note: Trump beat Hillary. ... "
Donald J. Trump Republican 62,980,160
Hillary R. Clinton Democratic 65,845,063
So let's do some math here .............
Ummmmm .............
Okay .....
That's a difference of 2,864,903 votes for ...........
OH GOD NO!! Hillary Clinton!!! WTF? Clinton actually won?
Isn't the person that who gets the most votes SUPPOSED to win?
So no, actually he didn't.
EFF the E.C..
Oh, and by the way 8.810.884 more Americans voted AGAINST Trump, then voted for Trump.
So .................................. ?
You mean "leftist" ideas like ...
Not locking up children in cages, indifferently?
Sane gun laws ( NO! We NO NOT WANT TO TAKE YOU GUNS AWAY! )? ( The VAST majority of Americans back universal background checks and a ban on military type weapons )
Not going bankrupt because of catastrophic illness.
Help for those with mental health issues?
And you know, other "social" ( socialists? ) issues?
" ... there's nobody in the democrats line up who stands a chance against him ... "
Do you know that of the top 4 Democrats, the polls show that all of them lead him by at least 7%? At least two of them by double digits ( 20% )? You mean THOSE Democrats?
Pop-ups are not there so you CAN opt-in.
They are there to annoy you so much that you just click on the "x" in the corner to make it just go the eff away.
At which time they take that action as "opting-in", instead of the .....
"NO I DON'T FUCKING WANT TO OPT-IN!"
... action that it actually is.
" .. left's identitarian politics ... "
See here's where people show who it actually it is that uses "identity" in their politics
As an example, being "left" ....
I see two ADULTS, in a loving, caring, committed relationship that want to get married. And I say, sure why not?
And on the "right", the question asked is are they "gay" or "lesbian"? Fallowed by all kinds of BS as to why they shouldn't be afforded the same opportunity.
The same question that was asked about "race". One was a person of color ( other then white ) and the other was a person of color ( white ).
Who was/is it that is actually writing laws based on "identity"? To keep someone from marrying? To keep someones vote from counting? The northern border of the U.S. is just as, if not more so, porous as the southern one, but the problem is with the southern one because of "identity".
So just who is it practicing "identitarian politics"? Not me, the "leftie" I really don't give a shit "what/who" they are. But you do. I'm not "identifying" them. you are.
" ... unable to understand any point of view ... "
Sorry. I actually do understand your point of view. And I defend your right to have and express it. I just think that it's a effed up point of view. And I have the right to call it and you out on it.
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