SteveGrabowski
Diamond Member
- Oct 20, 2014
- 9,347
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The rewards cards need to go, that's bullshit that we all subsidize these credit card companies and their ridiculous swipe fees they charge businesses.
SteveGrabowski
Diamond Member
- Oct 20, 2014
- 9,347
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He's an educated man, he believes in global warming. See the seawall he petitioned for permission to build at his golf course in Scotland with the application explicitly citing sea level rise from global warming as the reason. He just doesn't give a fuck about it except where it impacts him directly.
IronWing
No Lifer
- Jul 20, 2001
- 73,537
- 35,235
- 136
Now you're crossing the line. I stole those rewards from poor people fair and square.
MomentsofSanity
Lifer
- Jan 25, 2011
- 17,164
- 9,683
- 146
Hey how you guys south of us liking your new interest rates? Bet they go well with the DOGE cheques, Tariff checks.....
nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
- 63,405
- 19,785
- 136
I did see something interesting, one of my credit cards offered me a reduced rate of 9% APR for the next however-many months (nine, maybe?), I was assuming this was to entice me to consider carrying a balance on it. One of my others just sent me a letter stating that unless I contact them, they plan to reduce my credit limit (fine by me, they're the ones that kept increasing it unasked, and I don't need that much available credit).
trenchfoot
Lifer
- Aug 5, 2000
- 16,081
- 8,680
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I like the way they describe Trump's cabinet of clowns so eloquently:
www.facebook.com
1 Mio. Aufrufe · 62.032 Reaktionen | Trump's never-ending list of goons has turned the government into a "moronocracy" | ITH 43 | The Daily Beast
Trump's never-ending list of goons has turned the government into a "moronocracy" | ITH 43
www.facebook.com
biostud
Lifer
- Feb 27, 2003
- 20,147
- 7,273
- 136
So much winning:
www.bbc.com
Trade deal: India and EU announce FTA amid Trump tariff tensions
The long-awaited deal comes as both Delhi and Brussels contend with economic and geopolitical pressure from the US.
www.bbc.com
RnR_au
Platinum Member
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2,883
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Yes.
At least by GDP.
Poland, Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltics and Ukraine alone exceeds Russian GDP by 33%.
And if war starts, do you think the French, Germans and the English would sit on their hands?
Norway and Denmark have 67 F35s operational today. Denmark, Finland and Poland have another 112 on order in total. I don't believe Russian air defenses are hard counters to these aircraft as shown by Israel when they bombed Iran in 2025.
K1052
Elite Member
- Aug 21, 2003
- 53,690
- 48,300
- 136
Europe needs a tactical option to supplant the US B61-12. Variable yield up to 50kt. Otherwise they are fairly set as far as strategic weapons go between the British and the French.
JTsyo
Lifer
- Nov 18, 2007
- 12,063
- 1,157
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Trump is the living embodiment of the saying "Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and leave no doubt." No surprise that those he picks would be just as foolish especially since after his first term options are lean.I like the way they describe Trump's cabinet of clowns so eloquently:
1 Mio. Aufrufe · 62.032 Reaktionen | Trump's never-ending list of goons has turned the government into a "moronocracy" | ITH 43 | The Daily Beast
Trump's never-ending list of goons has turned the government into a "moronocracy" | ITH 43
MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
- 26,443
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UNCjigga
Lifer
- Dec 12, 2000
- 25,690
- 10,417
- 136
This headline is hilarious:
Trump heads to Iowa hoping to refocus attention from shootings to the economy
Trump heads to Iowa hoping to refocus attention from shootings to the economy
KMFJD
Lifer
- Aug 11, 2005
- 33,677
- 54,087
- 136
this sounds bad
shanakaanslemperera.substack.com
lol
The Chinese operators did not need to hack individual phones, which would have been noisy and detectable. They did not need to intercept communications in transit, which would have required breaking encryption. They hacked the wiretap system itself. Once inside the CALEA infrastructure at AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, they had access to everything the FBI had access to: call metadata showing who contacted whom and when, geolocation data derived from cell tower triangulation, the actual content of unencrypted calls and texts, and most devastatingly, the database of active surveillance requests. They could see whom the United States government was watching. They could see if they themselves were being watched.The vulnerability was not a bug in the architecture. It was the architecture.
THE INVERTED PANOPTICON
Beijing Weaponized the West’s Own Wiretap Infrastructure to Execute the Greatest Intelligence Coup Since Cambridge Five
shanakaanslemperera.substack.com
lol
The Chinese operators did not need to hack individual phones, which would have been noisy and detectable. They did not need to intercept communications in transit, which would have required breaking encryption. They hacked the wiretap system itself. Once inside the CALEA infrastructure at AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, they had access to everything the FBI had access to: call metadata showing who contacted whom and when, geolocation data derived from cell tower triangulation, the actual content of unencrypted calls and texts, and most devastatingly, the database of active surveillance requests. They could see whom the United States government was watching. They could see if they themselves were being watched.The vulnerability was not a bug in the architecture. It was the architecture.
I see even 4 factions...
- Dems: The ones who are screwing hard with the betrayals to help the ICE
- Trumpists: The ones who follow Trump and are noticeable a strong force.
- Reps: A faction that is getting taken over by Trump and his goons, some of them only consider an above average president, but just that and even some of them didn´t like his way to do the things
- Neutrals: being tired of democrats and republican antics, waiting to see if someone has balls and make a new brand party
nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
- 63,405
- 19,785
- 136
Sort of merits a thread to itself, not really an outcome of Great Leader's second term, you know?this sounds bad
View attachment 137456
THE INVERTED PANOPTICON
Beijing Weaponized the West’s Own Wiretap Infrastructure to Execute the Greatest Intelligence Coup Since Cambridge Five
lol
The Chinese operators did not need to hack individual phones, which would have been noisy and detectable. They did not need to intercept communications in transit, which would have required breaking encryption. They hacked the wiretap system itself. Once inside the CALEA infrastructure at AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, they had access to everything the FBI had access to: call metadata showing who contacted whom and when, geolocation data derived from cell tower triangulation, the actual content of unencrypted calls and texts, and most devastatingly, the database of active surveillance requests. They could see whom the United States government was watching. They could see if they themselves were being watched.The vulnerability was not a bug in the architecture. It was the architecture.
I'm not shocked, especially given we already knew this was 100% a real possibility.
MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
- 26,443
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the Chinese probably need a three translator system to transcribe Trump's communication.
First Translator: Gibberish to English
Second Translator: WTF to making some sense of it
Third Translator: Some sensical ramblings to Mandarin/Cantonese
MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
- 26,443
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- 136
another one bites the dust. When will Kid Rock be invited to play?
sandorski
No Lifer
- Oct 10, 1999
- 70,856
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- 126
US Gov exceptions were the Trojan Horse.
this sounds bad
View attachment 137456
THE INVERTED PANOPTICON
Beijing Weaponized the West’s Own Wiretap Infrastructure to Execute the Greatest Intelligence Coup Since Cambridge Five
lol
The Chinese operators did not need to hack individual phones, which would have been noisy and detectable. They did not need to intercept communications in transit, which would have required breaking encryption. They hacked the wiretap system itself. Once inside the CALEA infrastructure at AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, they had access to everything the FBI had access to: call metadata showing who contacted whom and when, geolocation data derived from cell tower triangulation, the actual content of unencrypted calls and texts, and most devastatingly, the database of active surveillance requests. They could see whom the United States government was watching. They could see if they themselves were being watched.The vulnerability was not a bug in the architecture. It was the architecture.
MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
- 26,443
- 24,658
- 136
this should be a no brainer.
www.theguardian.com
‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults
Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts
UNCjigga
Lifer
- Dec 12, 2000
- 25,690
- 10,417
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We warned our higher ups about this back in 2006/2007 (when CALEA was first expanded to include encrypted VoIP and digital traffic with additional backdoors in future 4G networks.) We told them to fight back and not implement the expansion without a court order.this sounds bad
View attachment 137456
THE INVERTED PANOPTICON
Beijing Weaponized the West’s Own Wiretap Infrastructure to Execute the Greatest Intelligence Coup Since Cambridge Five
lol
The Chinese operators did not need to hack individual phones, which would have been noisy and detectable. They did not need to intercept communications in transit, which would have required breaking encryption. They hacked the wiretap system itself. Once inside the CALEA infrastructure at AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies, they had access to everything the FBI had access to: call metadata showing who contacted whom and when, geolocation data derived from cell tower triangulation, the actual content of unencrypted calls and texts, and most devastatingly, the database of active surveillance requests. They could see whom the United States government was watching. They could see if they themselves were being watched.The vulnerability was not a bug in the architecture. It was the architecture.
CALEA expansion should have never been implemented without specific Congressional authorization in the first place, but the Bush Administration found a way around that with “expedited rulemaking” and Obama’s FCC and NSA did nothing to stop it.
In hindsight, all the finger-pointing at Huawei is pretty hilarious when the same government let the Chinese right in.
hal2kilo
Lifer
- Feb 24, 2009
- 26,483
- 12,608
- 136
Oh, this is just the start.
Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony based on Abraham Lincoln from the Kennedy Center, with the award-winning composer writing to the board of the arts institution that its values conflict with the work.
“Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony,” Glass wrote in the letter, which was shared with CNN. “Therefore, I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership.”
MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
- 26,443
- 24,658
- 136
NIce! Love to see it! May all of Europe keep this going!
Basically France is moving all its governmental videoconferencing to their own software and ditching Microsoft Teams and anything else they would use.
Basically France is moving all its governmental videoconferencing to their own software and ditching Microsoft Teams and anything else they would use.
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