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  • MSNBC hires Lisa Page

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    HoraceH
    There is a future in TDS. People like Kathy Griffin calculate it and bank on it, while people like Lisa Page fall into it more accidentally.
  • June Wedding

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    markM
    Happy anniversary!
  • Beware these VPNs

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    KlausK
    Ax, the way I understand it is that first of all there are all kinds of loopholes due to required interoperability with 2G network, and secondly, you could still do a "man-in-the-middle" attack and just use the authentication replies from the base station. You can easily find "a DIY IMSI catcher for $300" tutorials on the internet. Or, for that matter, you could just listen passively to the cellular traffic. Yes, it's encrypted, but so is https.
  • For Brenda & Mik

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    brendaB
    Cats, how awful and frustrating for you. Yes, I think George and Mik have a good hunch about this. You've been dealing with this for so long, and you deserve better. You deserve relief, and you deserve your lifestyle back. I'm still thinking you should come to Minnesooooooota and be seen at Mayo. Diagnostics is their best feature. You could use that yet to really make your life better. Sending you .
  • Got an upset stomach worrying about COVID-19?

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    LuFins DadL
    @George-K I posted that in another thread somewhere. Such a small sample, though, and no control. It’s worth a larger look, though.
  • No evidence of Russian collusion known by August 2017

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    George KG
    On June 3, Rosenstein testified: “I did not suggest or hint at secretly recording President Trump,” denied suggesting 25th Amendment be invoked. https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1269425730624139264 James Baker testified that Page and McCabe told him that Rosenstein wanted to wiretap the President. He goes on to say that they took that seriously. [image: EZ3n-HbXgAIhVHj?format=jpg&name=large] And Rosenstein was part of the 25th Amendment discussion: [image: EZ3n-HcXYAI95rk?format=jpg&name=large] Maybe Sidney Powell will be available for him in a little while.
  • Taiwan’s exemplary management of COVID-19

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    taiwan_girlT
    @Jolly I agree. Those are big benefits. And, as the article mentions (and seems somewhat opposite to the US), if you DONT wear a mask outside, there is a lot of pressure to do so. It is "cooler and hip" to wear a mask rather than the other way around. Re: Singapore - they have developed their own "homemade" contact trace app they are trying to get people to use. It seems that they did a lot of the right things. Possible part of it is that the population density is much higher. The whole country is basically a city.
  • Now Canada too

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    AxtremusA
    @Jolly said in Now Canada too: I'm sure Trudeau has a lot of experience kneeling. Well, yeah, Justin Trudeau was raised a Roman Catholic and kneeling is common in various Catholic rites.
  • Estimate of epidemiological cost of protests

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    AxtremusA
    @89th Thank for explaining. If nothing else, it prompted me to look up lemming to see where the meme might come from.
  • If you’re looking for safe online courses...

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    89th8
    Their conclusion that all of these deaths were because of racism, speaks volumes.
  • Resigned

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    JollyJ
    @Aqua-Letifer said in Resigned: And they had plenty of other officers behind them to take up the slack while one or two took care of him. It's my understanding that when there's an accident and the police are present, their first duty is to act as a first responder until someone more medically qualified arrives. Is this not the case? No. The mission is paramount. EMS personnel were in the immediate vicinity and they were called. Riot and crowd control work is not normal police work.
  • June 6

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    jon-nycJ
    Sounds like it was the Covid angle not the dwindling numbers of survivors. Hopefully we have a few more years of veterans there. Remember Harry Patch was still going to commemorative events at ~110
  • Amazon has been taken over

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    KincaidK
    The wokeness! It burns!
  • Former Colorado Governor guilty of ethics violations.

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    jon-nycJ
    Even in Italy?
  • Cops are evil vs. gun control.

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    JollyJ
    @taiwan_girl said in Cops are evil vs. gun control.: @Jolly UK Iceland Norway Ireland New Zealand Japan (though most do, so technically not correct) I know that some cops carry in the UK and in Ireland. Especially the response teams. New Zealand cops carry their guns in their cars. As does Norway. I don't have a clue about Iceland and Japan.
  • NOT a Babylon Bee Article

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    jon-nycJ
    @Aqua-Letifer said in NOT a Babylon Bee Article: @Mik said in NOT a Babylon Bee Article: I would submit that our response to protests has been far more permissive than that of either China or Russia. And it's far more permissive than America in decades past. True on both fronts.
  • I have an email/domain question

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    George KG
    @George-K said in I have an email/domain question: @Klaus, do you use Thunderbird for mail? What are the advantages. (George, who hated giving up Eudora) Bump for Klaus.
  • Question for George

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    George KG
    @Aqua-Letifer you're right. I started doing audiobooks in the late 1990s. It's amazing how horrible some of them were. We are (heh) decades beyond that.
  • Most and least racist countries

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    Aqua LetiferA
    Which also makes India's score even funnier.
  • US has a shitload of cases

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    jon-nycJ
    @jon-nyc said in US has a shitload of cases: @jon-nyc said in US has a shitload of cases: @jon-nyc said in US has a shitload of cases: 1,305,544 up 1.9%. Deaths 78,618 up 2.2% 1,345,307 up up 1.5%. Deaths 80,239 up 1% 1,366,350 up 1.6%. Deaths 82,105 up 2.3% 1,413,012 up 1.7%. Deaths 85,581 up 2.1% 1,439,434 up 1.9%. Deaths 87,204 up 1.9%. 1,464,057 up up 1.7%. Deaths 88,473 up 1.5% 1,486,375 up 22,318 or 1.5%. Deaths 89,549 up 1076 or 1.2%. 1,504,386 up 18,011 or 1.2%. Deaths 90,194 up 645 or 0.72 1,524,107 up 19,721 or 1.3%. Deaths 91,661 up 1467 or 1.6% 1,548,646 up 24,539 or 1.6%. Deaths 93,163 up 1502 or 1.6%. 1,573,742 up 25,096 or 1.6%. Deaths 94,566 up 1403 or 1.5%. 1,596,633 up 22,891 or 1.5%. Deaths 95,847 up 1281 or 1.4%. 1,618,471 up 21,838 or 1.4%. Deaths 96,875 up 1028 or 1.1%. One week later: 1,765,723. Daily average increase: 21,036 Compound Daily Growth Rate: 1.25% One week later: 1,925,356 Daily average increase: 22,804, 8% higher than last week. Compound Daily Growth Rate (total cases) 1.24% (To be clear, the daily average this week is 8% greater than the daily average of last week [22807/21036]. The compound daily growth rate is the growth rate of total cases, so growth off the ~1.9MM base)