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Thug street brutality

mardi 15 août 2017 à 02:00

Searching blacks for walking on the street is military occupation lite, and often thugs escalate it to sexual molestation, sometimes even torture.

RAF Veteran war warning

mardi 15 août 2017 à 02:00

"In 1939, I didn't hear war coming. Now its thundering approach can’t be ignored."

Multinational tax loopholes

mardi 15 août 2017 à 02:00

US corporations generally pay between 13 and 19 percent federal tax, compared with the nominal 35% rate.

Many of the largest "US" corporations pay no federal tax.

Forensic analysis of leaked DNC files

mardi 15 août 2017 à 02:00

Forensic researchers claim that analysis of some of the metadata of DNC leak files shows that the files were copied first onto a USB memory, not obtained by cracking the DNC server externally.

Please don't refer to breaking security as "hacking"; the proper name for that is "hacking".

They also claim that some of the leaked files had been pasted into a template with some Russian characteristics, to make it appear that the leak was committed by Russians.

Wikileaks announced last year that received this material through an internal leak — it was not obtained by cracking.

I don't follow what the article says about Forensicator's special access to the metadata of the files, and I don't see convincing evidence that we can rely on the statements attributed to him. But I also don't see any convincing proof that Russia was involved in these leaks (though I wouldn't put it past Putin).

There are so many suspicious ties between the troll and Russia that an investigation is clearly called for; but I don't see proof that the troll is guilty of criminal plotting with Russia in what has been revealed to the public. Meanwhile, other crimes such as obstruction of justice must be investigated too.

Neonicotinoid pesticides

mardi 15 août 2017 à 02:00

Neonicotinoid pesticides make queen bees substantially less likely to start a colony.