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[XSI]

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More news on the NSA and their spying, specifically, some internal mechanics on what they're doing.

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Huge link, explaining the details on the NSA's main core list. They provide multiple links to related articles on other websites.

A list of 8 milion Americans who will be interred into prison camps in the event of martial law being declared...From 2008.
Nobody is really sure how big it is now, but with all the spying going on, it is likely to be bigger.

Main Core is the code name of a database maintained since the 1980s by the federal government of the United States. Main Core contains personal and financial data of millions of U.S. citizens believed to be threats to national security. The data, which comes from the NSA, FBI, CIA, and other sources, is collected and stored without warrants or court orders.

“There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. The database can identify and locate perceived ‘enemies of the state’ almost instantaneously.”

Government insider:

“this is bigger than you can imagine, bigger than anyone can imagine. This administration is collecting names of sources, whistle blowers and their families, names of media sources and everybody they talk to and have talked to, and they already have a huge list. If you’re not working for MSNBC or CNN, you’re probably on that list. If you are a website owner with a brisk readership and a conservative bent, you’re on that list. It’s a political dissident list, not an enemy threat list,” he stated.

 

[Nunu]

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XSI, do you visit a news site that isn't anti-govornment / corperation propaganda?

I mean a place called end of the american dream seems like the kind of place where they start with a conclusion and then work to justify it. That's right, they are just like fox news.

 

[XSI]

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XSI, do you visit a news site that isn't anti-govornment / corperation propaganda?

I mean a place called end of the american dream seems like the kind of place where they start with a conclusion and then work to justify it. That's right, they are just like fox news.

Of course I do.
Personally I get my news from a local website(Nu.nl) for local/national news and from CNN for international news.
It just happens that a lot of people link me interesting articles, and then I paste them here for people to form their own opinions about them. Most of the people linking me these things do seem to read all websites related to anti-government stuff, so I can understand where you're coming from.

And of course, nobody reports it when a system(Be it government, capitalism, or really anything else) works as intended. That's not news, that's just how it's supposed to be. Most minor issues with a system are ignored by most media because they tend to not matter a whole lot. So it falls to sites like that to point it out, even if they pretend it's the end of the system while doing so.

Also, here's some more news

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[MrMe]

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"And he later told friends he felt bad because he 'felt as if he had killed Jason', the court heard."

'felt as if he had killed Jason'


Gee I wonder why he'd feel that way, might have something to do with the fact he did kill his friend.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Well, that's just fucking awesome. Much as I publicly state that I hate hackers... what the fuck?

 

[Mind Flayer]

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Just read that another racecar driver died tonight, or last night now for those in EST, as it's past midnight. Jason Leffler, he was driving a Sprint car at the Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey. He was 37 years old.

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Every time I hear of a racecar driver dying in a wreck on the track, it reminds me of

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, which claimed the life of Ayrton Senna, who was arguably one of the best if not The best F1 driver of all time, imo at least.

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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I mean no disrespect toward anyone (fans, drivers, etc.) associated with racing, but I personally never got it, especially open-cockpit cars. I mean, if you're going that fast on the ground and you hit anything you're in serious trouble...

 

[Mind Flayer]

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Well when you think about it really though you're in trouble no matter what kind of car you wreck in. Dale Earnhardt Sr wrecked at the Daytona 500 back in like 2001 I think, died pretty much on impact when he hit the wall and they have closed top cars. Racing is exhilarating though, and it can make a person very rich very fast, which is probably what draws people to actually race, at least I would think that's what draws them to it anyway. Everyone has their reasons for liking/disliking it though and I respect that. I personally love racing myself, of all kinds really, but F1 and the Nascar are my favorites, though I lean more towards F1 because they don't just take left turns all day and that makes it a more exciting race.

But hell the Bugatti Veyron can can make it upwards to 250+ mph which is faster than pretty much any car in the racing sports that I know of anyway, and that's for sale for the public to buy and drive, though granted you gotta have 1.5+ million dollars to afford one.

 

[OAMP]

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Deaths used to be pretty common, but sense Sr's crash safety has improved dramatically. Instead of a death every other year or so, the rate is now at a serious injury every 5 years or so. For the drivers too, at least, they know what they're getting into. That's why while I'm sad for Lefler's death, though he wasn't one of my favorites, I'm more concerned about the other two people he ran into that died.

 

[XSI]

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More on Syria for those who care

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Obama authorises weapon shipments to the rebels

Edit courtesy of one of my friends quoting the anti-terrorism laws.

Spoiler

H. R. 1540—266
SEC. 1022. MILITARY CUSTODY FOR FOREIGN AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS.
(a) CUSTODY
PENDING
DISPOSITION
UNDER
LAW OF
WAR
.—
(1) IN GENERAL
.—Except as provided in paragraph (4), the
Armed Forces of the United States shall hold a person described
in paragraph (2) who is captured in the course of hostilities
authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force
(Public Law 107–40) in military custody pending disposition
under the law of war.
(2) COVERED PERSONS
.—The requirement in paragraph (1)
shall apply to any person whose detention is authorized under
section 1021 who is determined—
(A) to be a member of, or part of, al-Qaeda or an
associated force that acts in coordination with or pursuant
to the direction of al-Qaeda

This means if Obama sends weapons to the rebels, which are known to trade with Al-Qaeda, he's is to be immediately detained according to his own laws.

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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Well when you think about it really though you're in trouble no matter what kind of car you wreck in. Dale Earnhardt Sr wrecked at the Daytona 500 back in like 2001 I think, died pretty much on impact when he hit the wall and they have closed top cars. Racing is exhilarating though, and it can make a person very rich very fast, which is probably what draws people to actually race, at least I would think that's what draws them to it anyway. Everyone has their reasons for liking/disliking it though and I respect that. I personally love racing myself, of all kinds really, but F1 and the Nascar are my favorites, though I lean more towards F1 because they don't just take left turns all day and that makes it a more exciting race.

But hell the Bugatti Veyron can can make it upwards to 250+ mph which is faster than pretty much any car in the racing sports that I know of anyway, and that's for sale for the public to buy and drive, though granted you gotta have 1.5+ million dollars to afford one.

I feel the need for speed in the air. I'd much rather be going 250+ in an airframe; but that's just me. ^.^

 

[XSI]

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Sorry for all the linkspam lately, but this one is amusing and I felt like posting it

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[Serifyn]

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Google seeks to scrub Web of child porn

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This is relevant to us, let me explain.

Lolicon is banned on this forum and for good reason, it is technically illegal in many countries including USA, for people who don't remember, the previous forum this community created was taken down and deleted because Lolicon there was not sufficiently policed; because of this, the admins and mods go out of their way to eradicate lolicon and shota whenever they see it.

However, due to the fact that the majority of the Hentai content comes from Japan and Japan has incredibly lax laws (if any at all) on art depicting underaged persons, alot of the unrelated hentai content rubs elbows with lolicon even if it isn't the main focus on the content.

There are plenty of titles out there which lightly touch upon Loli and Shota, it generally isn't a problem as long as nobody mentions it and therefore the community can remain collectively ignorant and thus somewhat innocent.

However, Google is a tech giant capable of searching for terms, situations and pictures regarding anything which relates to child porn; depending on their own definition; Lolicon and Shota may fall under that Catagory once Google has a system fully functional to identify and eradicate the content.

In the article, Google mentions that it will target distributors and outlets.

It will help law enforcement, Web companies and advocates find and remove the images, as well as prosecute the people who posted them, Google says.

Believe it or not; people have varying opinions about actual child porn, i'm not sure anyone is dumb enough to actually admit that they like real child porn on a public forum, but Lolicon is a different yet similar issue, there are MANY people who publicly state that they enjoy Lolicon and to many people, admitting you enjoy lolicon is just as bad as admitting you enjoy real child porn, they make no attempt to distinguish between the two.

What direction Google intends to take with Lolicon is yet to be seen, but if they choose to lump it all together with real child porn in attempt to find real child porn easier, it potentially endangers forum communities like this one and also potentially anyone who has Loli on their computer at all, even if it is incidental.

We all have our own opinions on Loli, you can't enjoy Hentai at all without at least knowing what Loli is and even potentially bumping into it accidentally, most people agree that it is harmless, but individual opinions don't matter when a governing body has already decided the legality of it themselves in court.

I'd be interested in hearing the opinions of other people regarding this, please don't post with your opinion about Loli and Shota and about how harmless you think they are and how they should be made completely legal, address the article directly and tell me whether you think this is anything we should potentially be concerned about.

 

[ToxicShock]

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I don't like seeing anyone get hurt. Porn involving a child is despicable.

I will not hesitate to say that I love shota. Because I often feel (as many others) that pornography is supposed to place the viewer mentally in the scene as a character. And as someone who is extremely submissive and often into non-consensual or what at least borders it, I enjoy the avatar of someone at their most innocent and powerless. I'm thrilled by the kind of vulnerability that it presents. Now, as I am also an adult, that means that the actual fixation in my mind includes no children. It is a dominant female taking advantage of her position over me as I am nearly helpless to stop it.

But when the cops come knocking on my door, and I tell them, "No, you don't understand officer, I'm not into little girls, that's a little boy on my screen," doesn't exactly make me the shining beacon of community I present myself as in my daily life.

 

[Host]

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for people who don't remember, the previous forum this community created was taken down and deleted because Lolicon there was not sufficiently policed;

...Nnnnoo, the previous forum was left willingly because we bought this one. ...Actually, it might have been taken down for that reason, but it would have been a long time after ULMF stopped having anything to do with it. The first forum was deleted, because someone complained about, if I'm remembering correctly, Adult material, which was in-general against the rules of that forum. Furthermore they had complained because of personal reasons that were unrelated to the fact that there was adult content... and even further than that, they were a supporter of loli.

People don't seem to remember that we had the LAS until this forum, and the only reason we stopped having it was because of legal concerns. This forum might ban loli or shota, yes. But not because it's our desire to - only because the admins are being pussyfooted, for fairly understandable reasons. Oh, I imagine some people here once had a loli kill their mother, and now have a deep and irrational hatred for it, but in the majority we were - at last consensus, and should still be - of a neutral feeling towards the fetish.

 

[Scarlet_Periwinkle]

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but in the majority we were - at last consensus, and should still be - of a neutral feeling towards the fetish.

I don't think you can generalize that either way. My suspicion would be this place has a higher than average acceptance for that kinda stuff, but I don't know if it would be fair to say most. All I can say for sure though is that I personally don't care for it.

 

[daemonhany]

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I don't if you guys are aware of the protests in brazil. here is a link about it
hxxp ://ww.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/americas/thousands-gather-for-protests-in-brazils-largest-cities.html?_r=0

Here, those gatherings are in protest for a 0,20 cent raize on bus-fare, raising in my town's fare to 3,05 BRL, our minimun wage is about 600 BRL, so a 1 bus ride to work or school would cost 122 BRL, more than 20% of a minimun wage worker, the people who need the most of public transportation.

And a video explaining more of brazil problems
hxxp ://ww.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPT6vatLHY

 

[XSI]

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I was about to post about Brazil, but it seems I've been beaten to it.

So here's a CNN article on it as extra source

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And because otherwise this post would just be a link to something already posted, here's a robot that runs like a cat

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[Obsidious]

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I don't if you guys are aware of the protests in brazil. here is a link about it
hxxp ://ww.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/americas/thousands-gather-for-protests-in-brazils-largest-cities.html?_r=0

Here, those gatherings are in protest for a 0,20 cent raize on bus-fare, raising in my town's fare to 3,05 BRL, our minimun wage is about 600 BRL, so a 1 bus ride to work or school would cost 122 BRL, more than 20% of a minimun wage worker, the people who need the most of public transportation.

And a video explaining more of brazil problems
hxxp ://ww.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPT6vatLHY

So, in your opinion, is this really about the bus fare? Or about the soccer world cup? Or are people just fed up in general? Was there a "last straw" that people you know keep mentioning?

 

[daemonhany]

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So, in your opinion, is this really about the bus fare? Or about the soccer world cup? Or are people just fed up in general? Was there a "last straw" that people you know keep mentioning?

Indeed, one of our mottos is "it is not about 20 cents" there is a general insadisfaction with the way our congress and politicians chose do rule this country, just so you can get a picture, the overall cost os this cup is about 30 billion dollars and if you combine the cost of the last 4 soccer world cups it goes around 25 billion, sorry but i can't find the source for this numbers, but as a brasilian i know the extent of the corruption in this country and the mané garrincha stadium started with a 700 million dolar budget, and was completed at a cost of 1,5 billion so it may very well cost us 30 billion after all to make our home presentable to the world, but if we had fought sooner to lessen the extent of corruption it may have cost us less.

I have much more to say about this but i have to go, maybe another time.