Michael Yon: A Google Insider, Who I'm Calling a "Google Snowden," Is Set to Reveal The Extent of China's Penetration of Google, and Google's Algorithmic Interventions to Convince America That Patriotism Towards The United States is Racist and Evil

Achtung! Pay attention: tonight I talked for about an hour with a "Google Snowden" who will soon go public. A deep insider.
Fascinating stuff. I cannot say much now other than pay attention to what is coming out starting in a week or so from now.
Source said many interesting things about how Chinese are flooding into tech companies like Google, and some of the incredible techniques they can use to brainwash or at least mislead millions of people.
Take this as an example that I am making up based on our conversation. Again, I am making this up but it is based on our conversation:
A politician tweets saying we must protect our national interests.
Google, or whoever, immediately promotes all stories that translates, "must protect our national interests," to "nationalism," and then in almost real time rewrites the meaning of "nationalism" to include traits such as xenophobic, racist, and references Nazis as nationalists.
This happens so quickly and so comprehensively that most people never will notice that in the 30 seconds the curtain was closed, Google (or whoever) rewrote part of the dictionary, and history.
To state this more clearly: they can basically rewrite what you say, write, sing, wear, or hand gesture -- name it -- and they can rewrite that faster than we can make popcorn.
They can do this anonymously saying the algorithm is doing it when in reality they write the rules that make the rules.

I stole most of that, so give it a click.

Via Instapundit.

Sorry for this hit-and-run stuff, I'm writing that Pitch Meeting. Won't be ready tonight. Too much, too jumbled. It's also too long and so I'll have to take a look at cutting some stuff. I want it to be nice and TIGHT.

What's This Mean?

55 >>>I'm having trouble with the practical application of this here. Are they altering the text? If you search for someone's comment, is the implication that a misrepresentation of that comment is shown instead? Or that internally, the quote falls into the same bucket as Nazi quotes and offers those as follow-ups?

I don't know, to be honest. They might mean when you type in "national interest" into the search bar, it rewrites it as "xenophobia" and gives you search returns for that. And racism.

Thus anchoring in your mind that "national interest" and "racism" are synonyms.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 07:01 PM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: Insomniac at August 08, 2019 07:02 PM (NWiLs)

2 Sponge 2

Posted by: Basement Cat at August 08, 2019 07:03 PM (pPNCa)

3

Hither and Yon

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 08, 2019 07:03 PM (aKsyK)

4 a pitch meeting?

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 08, 2019 07:04 PM (thZ3G)

5 Yes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 08, 2019 07:04 PM (3H9h1)

6 Ooooh. Google alert about the Google alert!

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 07:04 PM (oFcdC)

7 I was promised a noodsicle

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:04 PM (786Ro)

8 Google's soyboy management have "Bitch Meetings".

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at August 08, 2019 07:05 PM (ykYG2)

9 I believe it. I know for a fact that a huge amount of opioids were coming in from China. People were buying them in bulk from Chinese drug companies and they'd literally mail them here in a box.

China is evil and we should've never had relations with them in any form.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 08, 2019 07:05 PM (j3npP)

10 Yep. Scary indeed.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:05 PM (2sCft)

11 Break up Google. No, I don't know exactly what will happen, but they're jerks and deserve it.

Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:05 PM (T6t7i)

12 I think I've seen this before.

The Manchurian Clickbait

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (786Ro)

13 I'm'a say this is gonna get as much traction as prosecuting the Deep State.

Not a damn thing will happen.

And Huawei will be in charge of our communication infrastructure.

Good Times Rouleau !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez; they are gaslighting us 24/365 at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (gfwfx)

14 I've always liked Michael Yon. His work is usually very good and insightful. A real rarity: he's an honest reporter.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (2sCft)

15 Fuck those fucking fuckers. Break them up, take away Android, and make them all unemployable.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (oVJmc)

16 Why do they control Android phone systems?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (rxqaT)

17 Goolag has been a PRC agent since they built a browser to Beijing specs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (uPyO8)

18 This > : |

is my shocked face.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 08, 2019 07:06 PM (3H9h1)

19 Terrifying how easy it is to corrupt and immoral population.

Posted by: IanDeal at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (vgGyZ)

20 google is evil and must be destroy. ASAP.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (k4dH2)

21 >>To state this more clearly: they can basically rewrite what you say, write, sing, wear, or hand gesture -- name it -- and they can rewrite that faster than we can make popcorn.
They can do this anonymously saying the algorithm is doing it when in reality they write the rules that make the rules.

WOW

Posted by: Sean Bean at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (bDqIh)

22 It's my guess that Google has the ability to identify this guy. After all, they've gotten very rich prying in to everyone's private life. I hope he has a good lawyer.

Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (T6t7i)

23 "...I'll have to take a look at cutting some stuff."...
ace

You may look at it but don't cut it.
We can do the skipping.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (w6992)

24 Michael Yon:

What the hell was the point of that? Giving them a week to find this guy and prevent the disclosure.

Posted by: t-bird at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (Y9zp1)

25 Will the number of times I've visited pron websites factor into this at all???

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (2sCft)

26 The gargle is.....unclean.

Posted by: Eromero at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (UUkQp)

27 Can y'all help me with some retarded math?

Yes, I am stupid with math. I confess. So help me.

On Jan 1, 2014, I had an account with $5,105 in it.

As of June 30, 2019 (i.e. exactly 5.5 years later), the account now has $5,656 in it.

Question: What has been the average annual interest earned on that account over the last 5.5 years?

HALP!

I know I know, I'll fail out of 8th grade math if I can't figure it out. But I almost DID fail out of 8th grade math, which explains a lot.

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (oFcdC)

28 >>>4 a pitch meeting?
Posted by: trapper's girl

yeah i'm going to do some parody posts referencing the Pitch Meeting videos, about the Russia Conspiracy Delusion. The one I'm working on is about the Steele Dossier.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (PbpT7)

29 Pseudo patriotism is evil. As dr samuel johnson eloquently said "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel!"

Posted by: raimondo at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (+mH+d)

30 This is one of the reasons I am not for regulating the internet. No need to give the government more power than it has.

Just break all these fuckers up. No companies in history have had it coming more. We've busted up companies for SO much less than this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (ts0Hl)

31 Yeah, I am sick of them blaming algorithms, as if algorithms build themselves.

I guess if the journalists covering tech, you know, learned to code, they might understand that PEOPLE code, so the code is fallible and potentially biased.

Posted by: Sean Bean at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (bDqIh)

32 FLT:

373 News Breaking LIVE
@NewsBreaking
BREAKING: President Trump confirms that Sue Gordon will be leaving her role on August 15th and announces that a new Acting Director of National Intelligence will be named shortly
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 06:56 PM (BqBId)

That's pretty damned interesting, especially when you read between the lines. Trump nominated Ratcliffe for the job, the Never Trump Senators killed Ratcliffe's nomination, they said that Trump should give the job to the #2 in command, who they liked - Sue Gordon.

So in response to them killing Ratcliffe's nomination, Trump just fired Sue Gordon. He's telling the Senate - okay, you don't like my pick? Then we won't have anyone in the job at all, how do you like that?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (Kpl3J)

33 I noticed some time back that google was preferentially selecting definitions for words that have a particularly left ideological slant.

Take fascism. It is largely about government control. Google equates it to nazism. *So every window licker says see, right here, the (top) definition says nazis, so leftists can't be fascists.

*Actual conversation.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (t6MX/)

34 Google needs to be burned to the ground. They are the enemy, and seem to be proud of it.

Posted by: rickl at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (sdi6R)

35 This can't be true because I searched google and it said nothing about it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -Eight Has No Home Here at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (A8W5E)

36 The pitch - you need to get the pitch guy to do it on YouTube though...tight tight tight!

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (32YRo)

37 Your interest was dog shit Zombie

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (rxqaT)

38 The internet began as an avenue of freedom. It's been acquired by the powers of totalitarianism and is quickly being used to oppress us. That includes the Western powers as well as the fucking Chinese, and a lot of the corporate types as well.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (oVJmc)

39 Google, or whoever, immediately promotes all stories that translates, "must protect our national interests," to "nationalism," and then in almost real time rewrites the meaning of "nationalism" to include traits such as xenophobic, racist, and references Nazis as nationalists.

I'm having trouble with the practical application of this here. Are they altering the text? If you search for someone's comment, is the implication that a misrepresentation of that comment is shown instead? Or that internally, the quote falls into the same bucket as Nazi quotes and offers those as follow-ups?

Posted by: hogmartin at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (t+qrx)

40 A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Posted by: IC at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (a0IVu)

41 Sources say...

Name the source. Until then, I'm skeptical.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (hGnX8)

42 31
Yeah, I am sick of them blaming algorithms, as if algorithms build themselves.

Not the algorithm. Skynet.

Posted by: Google at August 08, 2019 07:09 PM (T6t7i)

43 2020 is going to fulfill that ancient Chinese proverb about interesting times, isn't it?

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (XKZwp)

44 >>>373 News Breaking LIVE
@NewsBreaking
BREAKING: President Trump confirms that Sue Gordon will be leaving her role on August 15th and announces that a new Acting Director of National Intelligence will be named shortly
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit

yup, interesting stuff. I think you're right, he knows she's a Deep State apple and he wants her out of the barrel.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (PbpT7)

45 #twoweeks!

Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (nJSLa)

46 So in response to them killing Ratcliffe's
nomination, Trump just fired Sue Gordon. He's telling the Senate - okay,
you don't like my pick? Then we won't have anyone in the job at all,
how do you like that?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (Kpl3J)

Please another Mathew Whitaker. That guy was awesome. Saw him on Shannon Bream last night - lucky f'er - and was reminded how much of a funny badass he was in Congressional hearings.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (t6MX/)

47 I know it somewhere between 1.77% and 1.96%. So I guess exactly in the middle, 1.915%

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (oFcdC)

48 Fascinating stuff. I cannot say much now other than pay attention to what is coming out starting in a week or so from now.

#Liang Xıng Qı

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (786Ro)

49 An illiterate foreigner throwing around Johnson quotes.

LOL.

And out of context, too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (ts0Hl)

50 2020 is going to fulfill that ancient Chinese proverb about interesting times, isn't it?
Posted by: pookysgirl at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (XKZwp)

The Calgon one?

Posted by: hogmartin at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (t+qrx)

51 @NewsBreaking
BREAKING: President Trump confirms that Sue Gordon will be leaving her role on August 15th and announces that a new Acting Director of National Intelligence will be named shortly
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit

++++
Some good news on a bleak grey day.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (2sCft)

52 40
A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Posted by: IC

What do you suggest?

Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (T6t7i)

53 ace, I LOVE the pitch meeting idea.

I think it could be animated at some point and uploaded to youtube.

Posted by: Max Power at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (q177U)

54 The First Commandment in Googles mission statement is Do No Evil. ISYN

Heh

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (MXQhq)

55 >>>I'm having trouble with the practical application of this here. Are they altering the text? If you search for someone's comment, is the implication that a misrepresentation of that comment is shown instead? Or that internally, the quote falls into the same bucket as Nazi quotes and offers those as follow-ups?

I don't know, to be honest. They might mean when you type in "national interest" into the search bar, it rewrites it as "xenophobia" and gives you search returns for that. And racism. Thus anchoring in your mind that "national interest" and "racism" are synonyms.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (PbpT7)

56 R = 1.9624%/year

Posted by: dagny at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (nRWPy)

57 sounds super, mister. tyvm.

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (thZ3G)

58 >>I'm having trouble with the practical application of this here. Are they altering the text? If you search for someone's comment, is the implication that a misrepresentation of that comment is shown instead?

No, they are changing the definitions of the words you use.

You say, "Look, there's a pretty kitty!" about a cat, then they redefine kitty to be solely used to refer to female anatomy to make you into a perv.

*Sorry, it's late, not the best example for the hord

Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (bDqIh)

59 But, Google is so damned useful!

Posted by: Stasi, Queens at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (8loGC)

60 He's telling the Senate - okay, you don't like my pick? Then we won't have anyone in the job at all, how do you like that?

Posted by: Tom Servo

I think he's setting up a recess appointment. It was never going to be Gordan - he probably told Mitch that and Mitch said okay but it can't be Radcliff, so Trump said fine - go off on August recess and - oops! Now what Mitchy?

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (32YRo)

61 2020 is going to fulfill that ancient Chinese proverb about interesting times, isn't it?
Posted by: pookysgirl at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (XKZwp)

The Calgon one?
Posted by: hogmartin at August 08, 2019 07:10 PM (t+qrx)
++++
Calgon take me away? How does that apply to 2020?

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (2sCft)

62 They "say" algorithms... but in reality it's a bunch of monkeys with a mouse and an banana.

Leftist monkeys of course. But monkeys nonetheless.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (3H9h1)

63 Question: What has been the average annual interest earned on that account over the last 5.5 years?
_______________

A little under 2%. Don't make me do the math.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (k4dH2)

64 I want it to be nice and TIGHT.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 07:01 PM

So tight that Roman Polanski would marry it...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (zBaqJ)

65
Can't wait for that pitch meeting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (M9ntN)

66 Pitch meeting guy keeps his sentences fairly brief most of the time. Doesn't squeeze too much into any one thought. Listen to his patter.

Posted by: ... at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (uEbPt)

67 Google published NO doodle for D-DAY or Flag Day.

Posted by: kallisto at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (7Llwi)

68 A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Yeah, but that's what they're supposed to do. Google, on the other hand...

Posted by: t-bird at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (QrTqV)

69 Sue Gordon sounds like the secret identity name of a superhero character.

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (786Ro)

70 Wasn't Yon the guy who got in trouble for theatrics or being nutso or doing something to somebody? He was big at the start of the wars a million years ago then disappeared only to show up again now. Maybe I should google.

Posted by: NCKate at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (lknvV)

71 Tom Fitton
@TomFitton
Methinks McCabe and Strzok lawsuits say more about their worries about indictments...

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (BqBId)

72 Forgot which talk show host a few days ago said Google is friendlier with China than the United States administration.

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (BbGew)

73
What do you suggest?

Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (T6t7i)

Economic hurt. Bring them to their knees.

Posted by: IC at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (a0IVu)

74 So tight that Roman Polanski would marry it...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Polanski would hit it, but the only thing he's married to is himself.

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (32YRo)

75 Google published NO doodle for D-DAY or Flag Day.

--

Independence Day was a baseball game.

Posted by: Moron Robbie -Eight Has No Home Here at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (A8W5E)

76 Fastest way to kneecap Google. State Department rules Google search algorithms are subject to ITAR regulations.

Google pays the treasury about $500B in fines and dozens go to jail.

And they can't do a fucking thing to stop it.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (7sbz0)

77
Google now must be considered a dangerous enemy entity working to overthrow the United States.

Take it over, burn the server farms, try and imprison the board of directors.

We do not need Google. In fact, removing them from daily life is akin to curing cancer.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (zBaqJ)

78 I don't know, to be honest. They might mean when
you type in "national interest" into the search bar, it rewrites it as
"xenophobia" and gives you search returns for that. And racism. Thus
anchoring in your mind that "national interest" and "racism" are
synonyms.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (PbpT7)

Orangemanbad says America first, nationalism good.

Search engine results: nationalism = nazis.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (t6MX/)

79 >>yup, interesting stuff. I think you're right, he knows she's a Deep State apple and he wants her out of the barrel.

IIRC, Sue Gordon was the one Brennan and others were suggesting in place of Trump's nominee.

It's almost like he smoked out who they wanted with a (possibly unserious nomination?) and then fired her, LOL.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (bDqIh)

80 This does seem obvious, but I figured it was home grown commies not chinks.

Posted by: dagny at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (nRWPy)

81 Hellooooooo nurse!

*SEIZE!!!*

Posted by: Insomniac at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (NWiLs)

82 Sue Gordon sounds like the secret identity name of a superhero character.
Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (786Ro)
*******
Of Course she is Commissioner Gordon's Daughter

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (BqBId)

83 Hey Google.
Take a look at what happened in the terminal in Dallas today when Captain Knight came home. Do you really think you and your commie buddies can beat that?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (axyOa)

84 I don't know, to be honest. They might mean when you type in "national interest" into the search bar, it rewrites it as "xenophobia" and gives you search returns for that. And racism. Thus anchoring in your mind that "national interest" and "racism" are synonyms.
Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (PbpT7)

That's the only way it really made sense to me. That a search for "national interest" returns the search results for the union of "national interest" and "racist xenophobe". Because if they're altering the actual text of what people have said, in a transcript or whatever, someone's going to catch on.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (t+qrx)

85 Like August 8 suddenly means HITLER and the OK sign means WHITE SUPREMACY and protecting our country's borders means RACISM!?!

Posted by: LASue at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (wMHPW)

86
A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Posted by: IC

What do you suggest?

A lot of what Trump is already doing.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 08, 2019 07:15 PM (oVJmc)

87 83 Hey Google.
Take a look at what happened in the terminal in Dallas today when Captain Knight came home. Do you really think you and your commie buddies can beat that?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (axyOa)

Yup. That there is America.

Posted by: IC at August 08, 2019 07:15 PM (a0IVu)

88
81 Hellooooooo nurse!

*SEIZE!!!*

Posted by: Insomniac

whoot!

Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 08, 2019 07:15 PM (d7Ww2)

89 Wasn't Sue Gordon Commissioner Gordon's daughter? Batgirl is now the DNI?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:15 PM (rxqaT)

90 >>>So tight that Roman Polanski would marry it...

hah

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:15 PM (PbpT7)

91 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (1XAal)

92 82 Sue Gordon sounds like the secret identity name of a superhero character.
Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (786Ro)
*******
Of Course she is Commissioner Gordon's Daughter
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:14 PM (BqBId)

Barbara Gordon. Yvonne Craig. Spectacular chest. Decent woman and sadly passed too young.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (zBaqJ)

93 A pitch meeting sounds like what happens when the catcher, skipper, and an occasional umpire troop out to the mound to warn/advise a hapless bullpen reliever of the consequences of hitting another batter (or serving up the third home run in a row).

Posted by: Basement Cat at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (pPNCa)

94 >>Google published NO doodle for D-DAY or Flag Day.

Google is not an American company (in terms of how they see themselves), despite where they are headquartered.

Don't expect an American sensibility of for them to focus on American history, American heroes, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (bDqIh)

95 66 Pitch meeting guy keeps his sentences fairly brief most of the time. Doesn't squeeze too much into any one thought. Listen to his patter.
Posted by: ... at August 08, 2019 07:12 PM (uEbPt)

in the suggestions thread, I tried to copy it. So did some others. Gotta simplify, which is difficult for a topic this complex.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (Kpl3J)

96 86

A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Posted by: IC

What do you suggest?

A lot of what Trump is already doing.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles

Yeah, that's kind of my point.

Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (T6t7i)

97 You know who else wanted to keep things tight?

Archie Bell and the Drells.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (ZLI7S)

98 I stole most of that, so give it a click.

Say what, now?

Posted by: Jonah, master ticklefighter at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (786Ro)

99 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (zBaqJ)
*******
Yes I was Infatuated with Batgirl

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (BqBId)

100 Goolag has been a PRC agent since they built a browser to Beijing specs.

Yet they won't adhere to our Constitution that guarantees freedom of speech.

Why are our elected officials allowing this to happen?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (HaL55)

101 i did a pitch meeting today in the thread about Hollywood Having an Original Idea (the Disney reboot thread).

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (PbpT7)

102 Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 06:56 PM (BqBId)

That's pretty damned interesting, especially when you read between the lines. Trump nominated Ratcliffe for the job, the Never Trump Senators killed Ratcliffe's nomination, they said that Trump should give the job to the #2 in command, who they liked - Sue Gordon.
...
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 08, 2019 07:08 PM (Kpl3J)

Heard that Collins was #1 senator against Radcliff.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (w6992)

103

Google is not an American company (in terms of how they see themselves), despite where they are headquartered.

Don't expect an American sensibility of for them to focus on American history, American heroes, etc.

And this is a major part of the problem.

Hold them responsible for espionage on the part of a foreign power and ban them from operating in the US.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (oVJmc)

104 You know...

after seeing the picture of that girl who denies knowing where the meth in her vagina came from?

I'm inclined to believe her.

Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (IVoO9)

105 Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (ZLI7S
*******
Cheap Trick ?

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (BqBId)

106 56
R = 1.9624%/year

Posted by: dagny at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (nRWPy)

That's the effective rate over 5.5 but if it were compounded, the rate would have been less, if that makes sense to you.

Posted by: dagny at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (nRWPy)

107
Will he release the actual algorithm?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 08, 2019 07:18 PM (M9ntN)

108 Just a bit under 1.9% daily or 1.92 yearly.

Posted by: t-bird at August 08, 2019 07:18 PM (CE5C/)

109 55I don't know, to be honest. They might mean when you type in "national interest" into the search bar, it rewrites it as "xenophobia" and gives you search returns for that. And racism. Thus anchoring in your mind that "national interest" and "racism" are synonyms.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (PbpT7)

I suspect it's much more insidious -- like deepfakes but with your own online docs.

For example, oh, you know that email you sent a few years back? Had a couple of choice words about Obama? Maybe that gets changed into something, er, "choicer".

Maybe that's not a big problem for private citizens and private communication, but imagine what that kind of power -- literally "rewriting" the past -- could have on past documents and things that people bring up as "evidence".

I was never particularly scared about going down the deepfake rabbit-hole because I figured we'd still have maybe 10 - 20 years until it got to the point of serious exploitation, and maybe I'd be old enough then not to care as much. But I have a bad feeling that maybe 2020 will be the year deepfakes change everything...

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at August 08, 2019 07:18 PM (q6jjE)

110 I think it would be funny if Ace did his pwn version of some Pitch Meetings.

Posted by: garrett at August 08, 2019 07:18 PM (IVoO9)

111 Unless Google has made massively unreported advances in AI technology, a human being programs the algorithm. And even then, someone programmed the AI.

There is no such thing as the computer did it. No, human beings wrote code which the computer ran. The computer has no agency. It has no volition. It cannot be reasoned with sorry sorry got distracted there.

The Holy Algorithm is not handed down from on high and it is very much not infallible.

The manipulation is so obvious it's infuriating. For example, look up nearly anything and the first several sites suggested will be Wikipedia. Ah, yes, that font of objective truth. Wikipedia. How many people do treat Wikipedia as authoritative, in no small part because, hey, it's the first site that comes up and everything you read on the Internet is true. Bon jour!

This is all going to end in blood.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 08, 2019 07:18 PM (GbPPJ)

112 See also my demonstrated conversation re: "fascism" @33.

Another example was the redefinition of gender to not mean or be equivalent to biological sex after aeons of it being exactly that.
It is a development of the last 8-10 years or so, facilitated by the ease of manipulation of the "unaware and compliant" and the historically ignorant millennials who think they invented everything.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (t6MX/)

113 >>Cheap Trick ?

No, Archie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7vm-k-AaA

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (ZLI7S)

114 First thought was put all these gargoyles in the poor house.

No, better yet, send them to China.

No, China will hail their communist brothers as heroes.

Resolution? Dungeons.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (w6992)

115 Every time in type in " I love women" the system changes it " I love BOOBS, firm setting up high, BOOBS".

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (IoIaQ)

116 Don't expect an American sensibility of for them to focus on American history, American heroes, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (bDqIh)

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If I set up a business in Russia I'd pander to their country and conceal my disdain for their people and culture.

These people are openly hostile.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (ts0Hl)

117 Google has helped and made China's barriers to the internet, they would love to be the one controlling speech here.

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (BbGew)

118 The manipulation is so obvious it's infuriating.

--

American scientists

American inventors

Posted by: Moron Robbie -Eight Has No Home Here at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (A8W5E)

119 You know who else wanted to keep things tight?

Archie Bell and the Drells.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (ZLI7S)

=+++
Paul Anka?

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (2sCft)

120 Chinese nationals working the US need to have their Visas pulled. Ditto Chinese students.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (SgjGX)

121 China can't possibly be that competent and devious. Look, here's a link to undercover footage from the FBI highlighting a massive coverup of Russian collusion.

youtube.com/watch?v=vprZhrFNL_U

Posted by: Fritz at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (kLDv+)

122 Sounds like...they're regulating content.

Which they weren't supposed to do, so that exemption of theirs, that goes away, right?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (oVJmc)

123 111 This is all going to end in blood.
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 08, 2019 07:18 PM (GbPPJ)

As I said upthread, Google is an internal enemy that presents a mortal danger to whatever is left of America as founded.

Destroy its entire infrastructure, try, convict and imprison the board of directors on down to whatever level "encourages les autres."

QED

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 08, 2019 07:20 PM (zBaqJ)

124 "Google, or whoever, immediately promotes all stories that translates,
"must protect our national interests," to "nationalism," and then in
almost real time rewrites the meaning of "nationalism" to include traits
such as xenophobic, racist, and references Nazis as nationalists."

I've been saying that here almost verbatim for almost 5 years.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (rnXGe)

125 47 I know it somewhere between 1.77% and 1.96%. So I guess exactly in the middle, 1.915%
Posted by: zombie

56 R = 1.9624%/year
Posted by: dagny

Wow, my off-the-cuff guess was pretty close! Thx.

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (oFcdC)

126
Hey Google.
Take a look at what happened in the terminal in Dallas today when Captain Knight came home. Do you really think you and your commie buddies can beat that?
Posted by: Diogenes

=====

Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai see things like that and say "Shit, this is a tough nut to crack."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (M9ntN)

127 "Sue Gordon sounds like the secret identity name of a superhero character."

It's what you do when you get sick eating those God awful fish stick he makes...

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (32YRo)

128 Skipper Lee brought a mountain of soul to Houston.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (w6992)

129 Mark Levin is flaying Obama for being an anti-Semitic Asshole. Nice.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (NoKAc)

130 Yeah, it was confusing. It could be interpreted as translating into another language. Americans read it in their native English but when it is translated into other languages, it takes on a new meaning and poisons the rest of the non-English speaking world against the USA.

Posted by: wodun at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (lFga6)

131 >>Hold them responsible for espionage on the part of a foreign power and ban them from operating in the US.

Like Peter Theil pointed out, Google refused an US military contract offer but accepted China military contract.

I always link to this, but if you haven't read it, it's interesting: "Google isn't what it seems" by Julian Assange based on a meeting with Eric Schmidt:

https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (bDqIh)

132 Forgot which talk show host a few days ago said Google is friendlier with China than the United States administration.

Goolag was extremely tight with TFG's administration. Their principals met in the WH almost monthly.

With PDT's administration? Not so much. I gotta find that link I keep hanging on to about that. BRB...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 08, 2019 07:22 PM (HaL55)

133 Why are our elected officials allowing this to happen?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 08, 2019 07:17 PM (HaL55)

Because, comrade, teh Gulag is 100% down with the struggle to defeat the Evil Empire and Darth Trump. Power to the Peoples!

Posted by: Old Blue at August 08, 2019 07:22 PM (VNmG1)

134 http://bit.ly/2MbsUO3
*******
Cheap Trick - She's Tight - YouTube

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:22 PM (BqBId)

135 >>Paul Anka?

Well, yea. Him too.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:22 PM (ZLI7S)

136 Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (IoIaQ)

I specially love boobs named Parker.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (+0VWg)

137 And they've bought our pols, too.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (oVJmc)

138 nice and TIGHT, lifted from poundcake?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (KP5rU)

139 >>>Wasn't Sue Gordon Commissioner Gordon's daughter?

no. look at her pic...later sue!

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (thZ3G)

140 I don't know if any of you follow Gordon Chang when he gets interviewed by John Batchelor, but Mr. Chang says that right now the PRC and the USA are in an existential struggle and in the future there will be one or the other, but not both.
Hong Kong is a big problem for the PRC, among all their other problems.
And then we've got problems of our own here in the USA.

Posted by: navybrat, another fine mess at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (w7KSn)

141 Tighter than my Spanx on a real humid day, ace.

Posted by: Trigglypuff, bigger and better at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (a4EWo)

142 1.86% annual interest.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (SgjGX)

143 127
"Sue Gordon sounds like the secret identity name of a superhero character."

They couldn't use Chinese Gordon. It's been taken.

Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (T6t7i)

144 Who wants to see a vicious dog fight?

I warn you, this is not for the faint of heart.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hyzyxh

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

145 A pitch meeting sounds like what happens when the
catcher, skipper, and an occasional umpire troop out to the mound to
warn/advise a hapless bullpen reliever of the consequences of hitting
another batter (or serving up the third home run in a row).

Posted by: Basement Cat at August 08, 2019 07:16 PM (pPNCa)

Or to retrieve the ball and call for backup right before the pitcher charges the opposing team's dugout. (Amit Garett is kind of my hero now.)

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 08, 2019 07:25 PM (XKZwp)

146 If I set up a business in Russia I'd pander to their country and conceal my disdain for their people and culture.

These people are openly hostile.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:19 PM (ts0Hl)

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Disdain is the wrong word... the word I was looking for is hatred. I hate Russia. Those people treated my Jewish family like dogshit, and they murdered all of my Christian family, save for one boy.

But if I traveled there for work I'd show a little damn respect. The balls on these motherfuckers... it beggars belief.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:26 PM (ts0Hl)

147 37 Your interest was dog shit Zombie
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

Really? Most banks now give basically 0.01% interest on small checking accounts, and not much more than 1% or 1.5% of big CDs or saving accounts. So, really, nearly 2% seems pretty good to me. This isn't 1979, y'know!

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 07:26 PM (oFcdC)

148 144
Who wants to see a vicious dog fight?

I warn you, this is not for the faint of heart.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hyzyxh

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

Holy cow that was brutal.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:27 PM (t6MX/)

149 Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

Doggy dancing!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:27 PM (+0VWg)

150 Sue Gordon

Quick, Jim! Lawyer up!

Posted by: I'm Batman at August 08, 2019 07:27 PM (b0PgQ)

151 >>Goolag was extremely tight with TFG's administration. Their principals met in the WH almost monthly.

IIRC Obama hired a Google exec for IT/Tech advisor position for a while?

Also, Hillary's State department welcomed Google, which is when they decided they wanted to get into diplomacy, national security, etc.. Eric Schmidt then worked for Hillary's 2016 campaign.
Eric Schmidt also co-founded or financed(?) Crowdstrike.

The Perkins Coie lawyer who worked for Hillary's campaign, DNC, Obama for America, Google AND Crowdstrike: Marc Elias.

In a word, incestuous.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (bDqIh)

152 I saw Google Snowden open for Gogol Bordello at the Bolshoi in '06

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (786Ro)

153 Aaand right on que - MSNBC playing up McCabe suit on firing saying Trump plot involved...

Man, I hate those guys.

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (32YRo)

154 isn't goolag intertwined with our military?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (KP5rU)

155 >>>134 http://bit.ly/2MbsUO3
*******
Cheap Trick - She's Tight - YouTube

Oooh, Cheap Trick's She's Tight is TIGHT!

Posted by: Movie Executive Guy at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (PbpT7)

156 IoT is a horror show and we're co-starring in it real time.

Posted by: 13times at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (K3B2k)

157 144 Who wants to see a vicious dog fight?

I warn you, this is not for the faint of heart.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hyzyxh
Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

Better than a viscous dog fight.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (NWiLs)

158
First thought was put all these gargoyles in the poor house.

No, better yet, send them to China.

No, China will hail their communist brothers as heroes.

Resolution? Dungeons.
Posted by: Braenyard

======

Sending them to China is fine, even if they're hailed as heroes. They'll sicken of their workers' paradise soon enough.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 08, 2019 07:30 PM (M9ntN)

159 >>>I'm having trouble with the practical application of this
here. Are they altering the text? If you search for someone's comment,
is the implication that a misrepresentation of that comment is shown
instead? Or that internally, the quote falls into the same bucket as
Nazi quotes and offers those as follow-ups?

First you have to understand that "Artificial Intelligence / AI" does not exist and won't for probably 100 years. It's all pattern recognition that mimics AI somewhat convincingly due to commodity compute/RAM/storage costs being so cheap now. All pattern recognition is programmed by humans. It's trivial to program pattern recognition that outputs search suggestions (the autocomplete drop down, the first 10 pages of search results) to whatever narrative Big Tech wishes to suggest. Especially if one is only searching one word or common phrase. "Nationalism". "American Exceptionalism". "Westward Expansion".
Combine that with the total abandonment of any critical thinking skills being taught in school or American History and suddenly we wake up 20 years later and all white people are evil, especially white men, and that trend has accelerated dramatically with the rise of Google and social media programming the subconscious with their "suggestions".

The CIA invested heavily in learning about this with MKUltra in the 50's/60's they just lacked the technology Big Tech has placed in all of our pockets today. MKUltra wasn't some Clockwork Orange tie you to a chair and bombard you brainwashing, it was studying the simple power of suggestion.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 07:30 PM (rnXGe)

160 So what if a few peeple showed up to see that idiot Trump. When Presdent Obama was are leeder, millions showed up to see him and Micheal !!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Obamaboro, VT and proud of it !!!! at August 08, 2019 07:30 PM (qM84C)

161 sammy hagar will kick all your asses.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:30 PM (KP5rU)

162 JackStraw @ 144- That dogfight is gonna make me have nightmares.

Posted by: Eromero at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (UUkQp)

163 isn't goolag intertwined with our military?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (KP5rU)

They've refused to provide any services for the military. A lot of Silicon Valley companies are like that: they refuse to do work for the government because of their leftwing "principles". Meanwhile, they're helping the Chinese government oppress its people.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (SgjGX)

164 and Google's Algorithmic Interventions to Convince America That Patriotism Towards The United States is Racist and Evil

The Leftists have been convinced of that and preaching that and writing books and movies and plays and songs about that ... for a hell of a lot longer than Gurgle even existed.

"Blame America" is not a Gurgle thing. It's a commie, America-hating thing. It is the 80% of the reason any of Barky's voters voted for him.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (nmtEZ)

165 https://tinyurl.com/y3hyzyxh
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Awww... I can't view because Facebook banned me for trashing on the cucks

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (ts0Hl)

166 "Cheap Trick - She's Tight - YouTube"

But a cheap trick is never tight...um, so I'm told.

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (32YRo)

167 Google has a big presence in Northeast Oklahoma (Pryor, iirc.) Could the US Attorney of that district please step up and charge Pichai w sedition or something equally as nasty?

Posted by: Ever at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (kkVtg)

168 Who wants to see a vicious dog fight?

I warn you, this is not for the faint of heart.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hyzyxh
Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:24 PM (ZLI7S)

Better than a viscous dog fight.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 08, 2019 07:28 PM (NWiLs)

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The Viscount's dogs are fighting?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (kTF2Z)

169 Again, maybe this is tinfoil hat territory, but keep in mind what Dan Rather tried to do to GWB.

Say a "red flag" law passes. You've got a gmail account or a blog or something that Google has access to. Some paid troll like K1mberlin calls in a red flag on you, says he has evidence. Voila -- any google documents with some specified keywords now have key language changed. Proof positive? You can be disarmed.

Again, even typing this seems farfetched to me. But I say again, a major news media network has already attempted to fake documents to change an election. The fake tech and partisan animosity has only increased over the last 20 years. Maybe 2020 isn't the year to worry, but we will turn this corner at some point.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at August 08, 2019 07:32 PM (q6jjE)

170 163; Thanks, CA. Good to know.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:32 PM (KP5rU)

171 Sorry for this hit-and-run stuff, I'm writing that Pitch Meeting. Won't
be ready tonight. Too much, too jumbled. It's also too long and so I'll
have to take a look at cutting some stuff. I want it to be nice and
TIGHT.

Ace code: I've met a pretty, buxom blonde. Preparing my dungeon after I've drugged her during cocktails and my awesome cauliflower steaks.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:33 PM (ptqGC)

172 You've got a gmail account or a blog or something that Google has access to.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at August 08, 2019 07:32 PM (q6jjE)

I think I see your problem ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 08, 2019 07:33 PM (nmtEZ)

173 Elvis Presley passed away on 8/16, which is 8 days from today. He was born on Jan. 8, 1935, and we all know who was running Germany then.

I'm not saying it was Nazis done in the King, but...

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:33 PM (786Ro)

174 I googled "national interest" and just got results for the international affairs & history magazine of the same name

Posted by: josephistan at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (Izzlo)

175
they refuse to do work for the government because of their leftwing "principles". Meanwhile, they're helping the Chinese government oppress its people.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile

Also because of their leftwing principles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (aKsyK)

176 I don't want to see a dog fight anymore than I want to see a cop shoot a dog.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (rxqaT)

177 As I said upthread, Google is an internal enemy that presents a mortal danger to whatever is left of America as founded

Contrast Google's importation of foreign IT people with Thomas Jefferson's signing of legislation establishing West Point in 1802. Although Jefferson had his doubts about the need for a standing army, he agreed with Washington, Knox, and John Adams that America's reliance on foreign engineers and artillery experts was dangerous. USMA produced the bulk of the nation's civil engineers in the 50 years following its founding.

Posted by: Basement Cat at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (pPNCa)

178 #NEW on @OANN: Pres. Trump announces Joseph Maguire-the Director of the National Counter-terrorism Center-will be named Acting Director of National Intelligence on August 15th.

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (BqBId)

179 Both NBC and CBS Nightly News tonight both lead with the same story about crying children whose parents were arrested by ICE in Mississippi yesterday. Not similar stories about the historic ICE raids in MS yesterday, but near identical imagery of crying children who will be losing their parents.
That framing of the narrative by "competing" organizations is no coincidence.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (rnXGe)

180 Mighty Tight Woman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dag4SEcpKT8

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (w6992)

181 The Google "Snowden" might be the inevitable circumstance of Google's runaway SJW HR policies. After a while the "evil white males who enable the toxic masculinity" get sick of walking on ever changing eggshells and say fuck it, burn it all down.

I've theorized that nothing can stop Google except them tearing themselves apart from the inside.

Posted by: kbdabear at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (qAR6u)

182
I don't know if any of you follow Gordon Chang when he gets interviewed
by John Batchelor, but Mr. Chang says that right now the PRC and the USA
are in an existential struggle and in the future there will be one or
the other, but not both.

Hong Kong is a big problem for the PRC, among all their other problems.

And then we've got problems of our own here in the USA.

Posted by: navybrat, another fine mess at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (w7KSn)

And half the country is rooting for China. Seriously, look at the tariff wars, even libs in the know (financial types) realize the fight is at hand and needed. But who is educating the masses? Why would the left not just go with their normal, "if it is against Trump that is my position" tact?

Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (n13/j)

183 They've refused to provide any services for the military. A lot of Silicon Valley companies are like that: they refuse to do work for the government because of their leftwing "principles". Meanwhile, they're helping the Chinese government oppress its people.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (SgjGX)

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Also in a lot of civilian stuff. A lot of it is handled by smaller players. And of course the Prince of Darkness Peter Thiel and Palantir.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (ts0Hl)

184 My husband is back in town. I'm so tired of telling him what's going on in the US. He doesn't have time to watch the news, and half the stuff I tell him he doesn't believe.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (ptqGC)

185 You've got a gmail account or a blog or something that Google has access to.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at August 08, 2019 07:32 PM (q6jjE)

Yes, and what I send on it are things to do with prayer. I don't like Gulag, but if they want to read the prayer requests-fine. Google could use some old time religion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (+0VWg)

186 If Google were a country we would have declared war on it years ago.

Posted by: MAGA at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (fjfAy)

187 $500.00, a lot of banks will charge you to keep it.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (w6992)

188 Sue should have known her days were numbered when Rosenstein tweeted she was the perfect candidate and Don Jr replied w a version of lolgf.

Posted by: Ever at August 08, 2019 07:36 PM (kkVtg)

189 OT:

Shouldn't we get one (1) free "shot while resisting arrest" of them for every x times we get called Nazis. It's only fair.

Posted by: DaveA at August 08, 2019 07:36 PM (FhXTo)

190 172 I think I see your problem ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 08, 2019 07:33 PM (nmtEZ)

ha ha, quite! But seriously, how many people have either google or facebook and run seriously day-to-day business and/or major private communication on it?

The point is not, Are they going to take down the president? The point is, can they intimidate intermediate-level players and/or low-hanging fruit? Look at how bad Twitter has got just in the past year after they successful deplatforming of Alex Jones and guys like Gavin McInnes.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at August 08, 2019 07:36 PM (q6jjE)

191 My husband is back in town. I'm so tired of telling him what's going on in the US. He doesn't have time to watch the news, and half the stuff I tell him he doesn't believe.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (ptqGC)

I still can't believe the 8/8 guy was true.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 08, 2019 07:36 PM (GbPPJ)

192 176
I don't want to see a dog fight anymore than I want to see a cop shoot a dog.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (rxqaT)

This is more of a doggie dance off. Pretty funny.

Posted by: Old Blue at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (VNmG1)

193 Yes, and what I send on it are things to do with prayer. I don't like Gulag, but if they want to read the prayer requests-fine. Google could use some old time religion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (+0VWg)

Preach it sister.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (w6992)

194 So can Google access my comments at AoSHQ, and tie them back to my real life persona?? Yep, using my gmail.com address. Check! Yep, my last name is in my e-mail address. Check!

As the Chinese say: Ho Lee Fuk. Sum Ting Wong.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (2sCft)

195 Whatever happened to that declassification that was supposed to happen last week that Gorka? said was going to occur.

Posted by: MAGA at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (fjfAy)

196 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Maguire

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (BqBId)

197 ''It's my guess that Google has the ability to identify this guy. After all, they've gotten very rich prying in to everyone's private life. I hope he has a good lawyer''

I hope he has a good body guard.

Posted by: Tuna at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (jm1YL)

198 yet R's still use Google. At what point is there nothing left to say?

Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM (n13/j)

199 Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (rxqaT)

It's safe for family viewing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:38 PM (+0VWg)

200 @realDonaldTrump

I am pleased to inform you that the Honorable Joseph Maguire, current Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will be named Acting Director of National Intelligence, effective August 15th. Admiral Maguire has a long and distinguished....

Almost like he had it planned.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:38 PM (ZLI7S)

201 176 I don't want to see a dog fight anymore than I want to see a cop shoot a dog.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:34 PM (rxqaT)

Then don't watch this.

https://youtu.be/WbDOA7ZPJHY

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:38 PM (t6MX/)

202 We dance just as good as we walk.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 08, 2019 07:38 PM (sGotD)

203 Found it. It's old and from ZH (yeah, I know) but it outlines how much TFG was in bed with FANG.

https://tinyurl.com/y395ujf8

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (HaL55)

204 Hey everybody, again.

Ace, sorry to thread jack but do you or anyone else know of a Metallica 'best of' or greatest hits compilation? Interesting there doesn't appear to have ever been one.

(My young nephew has found my guitar and been playing their hits lately. Now I want to hear more of them. The only Metallica album I have is And Justice For All.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (L2ZTs)

205 8/8 Former FBI tin foil hat wearer is real

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (BbGew)

206 They've refused to provide any services for the military. A lot of Silicon Valley companies are like that: they refuse to do work for the government because of their leftwing "principles". Meanwhile, they're helping the Chinese government oppress its people.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (SgjGX)

Hah-vard and the ivies have been pulling that shit for decades - kicking military recruiters off campus and the like, but not shy about taking federal dollars by the buttload. And our courts (and here is the problem) came out saying that just because Hah-vahd hates the US military and kicked them off campus, the US government cannot stop federal dollars from flowing to that despicable, piece of shit, leftist shithole.

Behind most ongoing problems in society you'll find retarded court decisions that go above and beyond the judiciary's purview.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (nmtEZ)

207 If the Big Tech companies are that complicit with the Chi-Coms then arrest a couple FANG CEO's and/or board members and charge them with Sedition. Then announce that the Gubmint will be seeking the Death Penalty. You will see some algorithm changes real quick then!

Posted by: Jack Chite at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (LLUXC)

208 104
You know...

after seeing the picture of that girl who denies knowing where the meth in her vagina came from?

I'm inclined to believe her.

you'd be surprised by the things you can pick up from a public toilet

Posted by: Anachronda at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (sGtp+)

209 56 R = 1.9624%/year
Posted by: dagny at August 08, 2019 07:11 PM (nRWPy)
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dagney brings the math skills!

Posted by: Weasl at August 08, 2019 07:40 PM (MVjcR)

210 >> I don't want to see a dog fight anymore than I want to see a cop shoot a dog.

You know I was kidding, right?

I don't want to see a dog fight either.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:40 PM (ZLI7S)

211 dagny, not dagnEy.

Posted by: Weasl at August 08, 2019 07:40 PM (MVjcR)

212 195
Whatever happened to that declassification that was supposed to happen last week that Gorka? said was going to occur.

#twoweeks

Posted by: Anachronda at August 08, 2019 07:40 PM (sGtp+)

213 Your husband is back and you're commenting here Jane? Ugh....

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (rxqaT)

214 I still can't believe the 8/8 guy was true.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 08, 2019 07:36 PM (GbPPJ)

I sent that to D'oh while he was on bidness in Indiana. He said, "No way that's real."

Tonight he grudgingly admitted it was real. I think as a former lib, he's still in denial that the side he was once on is actually evil.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (ptqGC)

215 69 Sue Gordon sounds like the secret identity name of a superhero character.

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (786Ro)

It's tough when your dad's the commissioner.

Signed.

Sue

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (TeyX1)

216 8/8 Former FBI tin foil hat wearer is real
Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (BbGew)

I know, my brain just nopes out though.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (GbPPJ)

217 JackStraw.
That was a fun video.

Posted by: Drc at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (vbaSG)

218 Google needs to be broken up into at least 100 pieces.
Make them all so small they'll never be able to control anything ever again.

I'm not kidding.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (L2ZTs)

219 If Google were a country we would have declared war on it years ago.

Posted by: MAGA at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (fjfAy)

Doubtful. Mexico has been committing clear acts of war against us for decades and we have done nothing. China has gotten help harming us from the left side of the American government - illegally and underhandedly. Iran has done all sorts of shit and we don't do dick about them ... other than have a guy in office who sends them pallets of hard cash in the middle of the night.

Yeah ... We haven't been known for acting in our own interests for a long, long time.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (nmtEZ)

220
Source said many interesting things about how Chinese are flooding into tech companies like Google, ..

It's been an Open Secret, since the very-late-80's at least, that when a company department (and, if small enough, a company) goes 50%+1 Chinese (implicitly H1B, but not always), it will stay that way until the company ends. Many people, a properly diverse group, will be interviewed, but no one else will ever be hired.

I've seen this, and know many people who have also seen it. I almost got pushed out of a job once; within 3 weeks of starting, I received 6 "new hire announcement" e-mails (as per company culture) of 6 new SW Engineers ... every one of them H1B Chinese ... the new SW Manager was also H1B Chinese. The probability of these 6 people being the best of the interviewed group defies the odds. They were good, but not better than average

The Bright Spot in All This: Within a year the SW Manager was walked out, for insufficient job performance. The subsequent hires were ... diverse.

Posted by: Arbalest at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (FlRtG)

221 Glucklich Hitlertag, everyone!

Posted by: Insomniac at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (NWiLs)

222 Your husband is back and you're commenting here Jane? Ugh....

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (rxqaT)

Jeebus. We just finished dinner, I just loaded the dishwasher, and he's going through mail.

We love each other, but we're not young and frisky.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (ptqGC)

223 204; steve, no greatest hits. garage inc. was their best work. jmo.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (KP5rU)

224 Whatever happened to that declassification that was supposed to happen last week that Gorka? said was going to occur.
Posted by: MAGA at August 08, 2019 07:37 PM

#TwoWeeks, tick-tock, etc

So much of what passes for news these days - including from conservative sources - isn't a story of what did happen or what is happening, it's what might happen, may happen, could potentially happen, blah blah.

Posted by: Hands at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (786Ro)

225 I want to get a little boat, but the stupid river next to the farm has too many shallows/rapids to make it worthwhile.

Posted by: Weasl at August 08, 2019 07:43 PM (MVjcR)

226 chavez, thanks.
I did just order Metallica's black album, which as I understand it will get me in some trouble here :-) ...

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:43 PM (L2ZTs)

227 I think Yon wasn't the nutso one, you might be thinking of Max Boot who was running a similarly military-themed blog at the time.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at August 08, 2019 07:44 PM (ykYG2)

228 I'm not doing well with "e's" this evening.

Posted by: Weasel at August 08, 2019 07:44 PM (MVjcR)

229
Almost like he had it planned.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:38 PM (ZLI7S)

That's Vice Adm. Maguire, former Seal, to you. I like him so far, and there NY connection.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:44 PM (t6MX/)

230 Almost like he had it planned.

Posted by: JackStraw

Yup

Posted by: Boswell at August 08, 2019 07:44 PM (32YRo)

231 Yeah ... We haven't been known for acting in our own interests for a long, long time.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 08, 2019 07:42 PM (nmtEZ)

But Google is not foreign. They are American and have been mocking normals and patriots for a couple decades now. Most people still use them, that is a fact.

Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:44 PM (n13/j)

232 Hey everybody, again.

Ace, sorry to thread jack but do you or anyone else know of a
Metallica 'best of' or greatest hits compilation? Interesting there
doesn't appear to have ever been one.

(My young nephew has found my guitar and been playing their hits
lately. Now I want to hear more of them. The only Metallica album I have
is And Justice For All.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (L2ZTs)

Inform him that anything after master of puppets is fag shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 08, 2019 07:45 PM (9Om/r)

233 Palette cleanser from all the Chinese stuff.

https://youtu.be/pH5chbvhUpI

Diana Bastet.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:45 PM (SgjGX)

234
I think hamstringing China's economy should be the economic objective, not fair trade, of which the Chinese government has no real concept, and no intention of permitting.

China has put us on notice if we choose to see it, with various quasi acts of war. Massive security breaches, IP theft, numerous subversion and disruption ops, purchasing influence. It's very telling that the public figures screeching nonsense about Russia, a country with an economy the size of Italy's, have nothing to say about China, a country with an economy bigger than ours. Both hostile powers, but money = power.

We don't need them. We never did. Imports of cheap Chinese crap benefit a small subset of the population that profit from it, at a massive cost in US jobs and incomes.

We did just fine without them, and will again.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 08, 2019 07:45 PM (kmgSn)

235 sammy hagar is still pissed.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:45 PM (KP5rU)

236 Berserker, I knew I'd piss somebody off... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:46 PM (L2ZTs)

237 >>>dagny, not dagnEy.

Weasel, not Weasl

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 08, 2019 07:46 PM (thZ3G)

238 My comment calling Peter Thiel the Prince of Darkness isn't fair... I have the deepest respect for the man. He's the only person Big Tech seems to fear. And I know why. He's meaner than a junkyard dog, harder than a coffin nail, and colder than a pimp's heart.

That's what I meant.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:46 PM (ts0Hl)

239 I'm backing the first Pinochet or Franco that comes forward.

This culture is not sustainable.

Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at August 08, 2019 07:46 PM (dsz+/)

240 That old belief FBI guys were the smartest top notch guys is so long gone it's not funny. To me now their swamp creatures more concerned with their own position.

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2019 07:47 PM (BbGew)

241 237 >>>dagny, not dagnEy.

Weasel, not Weasl
Posted by: trapper's girl at August 08, 2019 07:46 PM (thZ3G)
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My shit's all retarded tonight. Retardeder than usual.

Posted by: Weasel at August 08, 2019 07:47 PM (MVjcR)

242 213 Your husband is back and you're commenting here Jane? Ugh....

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:41 PM (rxqaT)

He's on a no sugar diet.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 08, 2019 07:47 PM (w6992)

243 I think this is something we all knew without actually knowing. Google is a monster in our midst, hiding in plain sight. We -- our leaders -- are sadly (for now, at least) clueless as to the total scope of the subversion.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at August 08, 2019 07:47 PM (H8QX8)

244 Google is American and I am a ballerina...

Posted by: navybrat, another fine mess at August 08, 2019 07:48 PM (w7KSn)

245 (My young nephew has found my guitar and been
playing their hits lately. Now I want to hear more of them. The only
Metallica album I have is And Justice For All.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:39 PM (L2ZTs)

You'd be fine with any one of Master of Puppets, Kill em All, of Ride the Lightning.

Master is probably best intro for noobs.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:48 PM (t6MX/)

246 Browns just went through the Redskins like poop through a goose.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:48 PM (ZLI7S)

247 navybrat, ooo! Pics! ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:48 PM (L2ZTs)

248 232; berserker, pretty much everything post cliff. i did like garage inc. the rest of their stuff after m.o.p. was just lars gaying the fuck out of everything. the cowardly lion never stood a chance.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:48 PM (KP5rU)

249 The Mil blogger Michael Yon came a bit unglued - I think he suffered greatly from PTSD by the end of his last embed tour.

I hope he's got it all together now and that this article is produced by the same guy - because I trust him and his work.

Posted by: 13times at August 08, 2019 07:49 PM (K3B2k)

250 Jane Shirley made her husband his favorite dinner right? What was it?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 08, 2019 07:49 PM (rxqaT)

251 flounder, thanks.

Interesting Metallica has such a good fan base here, as they seemed to have been at least somewhat SJW/anti-war early in their career. Just 1980s marketing I guess?

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:49 PM (L2ZTs)

252 qdpsteve, did you get your mail?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2019 07:49 PM (Xogdd)

253 Yes, and what I send on it are things to do with prayer. I don't like Gulag, but if they want to read the prayer requests-fine. Google could use some old time religion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:35 PM (+0VWg)

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Your faith is prima facie evidence of mental illness.

RED FLAG.

Posted by: Google at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (ts0Hl)

254 Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai see things like that and say "Shit, this is a tough nut to crack."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 08, 2019 07:21 PM (M9ntN)

A simple suggestion, repeated over and over and over and over and over will brainwash a person who is not aware that its deliberateley happening.
Google knows everything about you. If you use their browser they know every site you've ever visited. Hell, even if you don't use chrome every web site has Google ad-tracking API's that will install a Google tracker cookie in whatever browser you do use. It's trivial for them to use that to tailor your search results, suggestions, etc. Have an Android phone in your pocket? Google knows everywhere you've ever been with the GPS tracking constantly phoning home. Every call and text ever made. Every contact in your address book cross-referenced with every contact in their phones and everywhere they've ever visited (physically and virtually). Same with Facebook. Install their app and you consent for all that data to be given to them. Don't install their app? Tough shit your phone came with it pre-installed and there's no way to remove it.

Since the early 90's your "Deep State" has been in bed with Google because they understood the potential of their search engine and the other tech on their drawing board. They invested in it. This isn't speculation, its all public record. Google may as well be a front company for CIA/NSA/NRO at this point. You don't get the special treatment that Google has been given over the years otherwise. Immunity from anti-trust, etc.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (rnXGe)

255 >>>Retardeder than usual.

noe biggy!

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (thZ3G)

256 The Chinese do not innovate, just copy

Or has that changed?

Posted by: Yo! at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (1XAal)

257 Because the Redskins are a goose

Posted by: Skip at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (BbGew)

258 Ben, I got it today! Thanks for responding!!

The hats are magnificent and so is the bonus! I'm gonna be slappin' my mama around real soon. :-)

Thanks again, so much. I owe you, Bluebell, Weasel and Jewells big.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (L2ZTs)

259 This is interesting. Our son just told us that China also appears to have its disinformation tentacles pretty deep into YouTube.

Posted by: Caliban at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (QE8X6)

260 I have a cheroot in one hand and a quart of Valurite in the other- Wanna fight?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (Xogdd)

261 We don't need them. We never did. Imports of cheap
Chinese crap benefit a small subset of the population that profit from
it, at a massive cost in US jobs and incomes.

We did just fine without them, and will again.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 08, 2019 07:45 PM (kmgSn)

I agree about cheap Chinese crap. But how to convince the populace? Something about being penny wise and pound foolish. In the end, it can't be tariffs (though they are likely needed to stop cheating). People need to realize buying quality from their own country is better than buying crap from an adversary. Maybe it can't be taught, this is a free country and something is off. At present, the disposable society still rules.

Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (n13/j)

262 the heart and soul of metallica died with cliff burton in that bus. he was metallica. end of story.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (KP5rU)

263 chavez, I was reading recently that Burton had a REALLY horrible death, basically the tour bus landed on top of him (!).

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (L2ZTs)

264 263; das, steve.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:52 PM (KP5rU)

265 a vicious dog fight?

Can't pull that spin move on the hardwood.

Posted by: DaveA at August 08, 2019 07:52 PM (FhXTo)

266
I have a cheroot in one hand and a quart of Valurite in the other- Wanna fight?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (Xogdd)

Imma thinking of what goodies I can bring you from Gawja.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:52 PM (ptqGC)

267 @220
Which begs the question, If foreign actors can infiltrate, ostensibly, American companies, then of what use is the Intelligence Community?

What exactly are they doing?

Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 08, 2019 07:52 PM (ZMcTT)

268 go to an estate sale or flee market. If it says made in China, it doesn't sell. It is throw away, worhless.

Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:53 PM (n13/j)

269 Posted by: Caliban at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (QE8X6)

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We own YouTube.

Posted by: Google at August 08, 2019 07:53 PM (ts0Hl)

270 >>>195 Whatever happened to that declassification that was supposed to happen last week that Gorka? said was going to occur.

it did not happen. I think John Solomon said his source said that, and Joe DiGenova got more specific and said last wednesday (or was it the wednesday before?).

They're obviously wrong. I don't know if they're completely wrong or just partially wrong.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:53 PM (PbpT7)

271 Ben Carson on Martha McCallum's show.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 08, 2019 07:53 PM (ptqGC)

272 Nood Kung Fu

Posted by: G marks the spot at August 08, 2019 07:54 PM (507Eg)

273 Concerning the answer to 55 as posted I also wonder if they are doing it individually, meaning what they are altering is only for that person as they go thru their daily internet or if they change it internet wide.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 08, 2019 07:54 PM (r+sAi)

274 ace, I love your stuff lately, but it seems sometimes like you need a break from politics.

I would love if you would post more about your favorite (or if you prefer, most hated) albums, movies, whatever. You're great on pop culture. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:54 PM (L2ZTs)

275 Weasel @ 225-The rapids is what it's all about! Get a whitewater kayak or a solo whitewater canoe and get in that water, dude. Added benefit is the gub loss thing.

Posted by: Eromero at August 08, 2019 07:54 PM (UUkQp)

276 Jane, you can send me D'oh boy a day early so we can go hog hunting!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 08, 2019 07:55 PM (Xogdd)

277 263
chavez, I was reading recently that Burton had a REALLY horrible death, basically the tour bus landed on top of him (!).

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (L2ZTs)

Burton won the selection of bunks with an ace of spades, thereby getting the first choice of bunk.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at August 08, 2019 07:55 PM (t6MX/)

278 If you wanted to weaken a nation's military, convincing the younger generation to adopt tranny stuff and pot legalization would certainly be helpful. Just asking questions.

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 08, 2019 07:55 PM (5slmI)

279 It's been a good while since I read Michael Yon. Probably back to my Black Five days.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 08, 2019 07:55 PM (rSkAB)

280 Weasel: thanks for the care package! I got it yesterday! Please thank Bluebell for me as well!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:55 PM (L2ZTs)

281 the heart and soul of metallica died with cliff burton in that bus. he was metallica. end of story.

Posted by: chavez the hugo

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I've worked with a lot of musicians in my time. And I'm gonna be brutally honest here.

It's stunning how many of them are skilled... and completely unimaginative.

After awhile, it becomes clear why the frontman of the band is the frontman.

There are very few Ian Andersons, Freddie Mercurys, or Jon Andersons in the world. The people with a crazy vision (and can pull it off!) are hard to find.

Posted by: RKae at August 08, 2019 07:55 PM (9xVyT)

282
Well, Google did build our next generation web search and information deposit system for all citizens.

Latest version includes direct integration with the nation's street cameras, with facial recognition. So when you break a law or say something wrong and the cameras catch you, the resulting transaction is debited directly to your account!

I wonder where the corresponding credit goes?

Good news is that it will be version 2.0 for America, as version 1.0 (and subsequent bug fixes) was and is being tested in China.

It is already denying many Chinese access to trains or planes because their official "rating" has dropped too much.

Nice to know America will get the new and improved version!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 08, 2019 07:56 PM (sy5kK)

283 They're obviously wrong. I don't know if they're completely wrong or just partially wrong.

Posted by: ace at August 08, 2019 07:53 PM (PbpT7)

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Solomon intimated that they decided declassification "couldn't" happen until a new DNI was seated for reasons that make no sense to anyone.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 08, 2019 07:56 PM (ts0Hl)

284 most roadways, overpasses, bridges, and shit are reinforced with shitty, chinese steel. don't ask me how i know. those fuckers cheat on everything. their steel chemical analysis sheets are all the same. copied from an american sample that passed tech.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 08, 2019 07:56 PM (KP5rU)

285 RKae, the problem with people who have crazy visions is that they're also usually just crazy.

It's tricky to be someone who has a crazy great vision, yet not so crazy that you self-destruct trying to bring it to the public.

And then there are those with a crazy vision to get it to the public, then go crazy afterwards. See: Kurt Cobain, etc.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:57 PM (L2ZTs)

286 >>it did not happen. I think John Solomon said his source said that, and Joe DiGenova got more specific and said last wednesday (or was it the wednesday before?).

Judicial Watch got the Ohr 302s today. From what Tom Fitton has already released it seems like a pretty big deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:57 PM (ZLI7S)

287
Aaand right on que - MSNBC playing up McCabe suit on firing saying Trump plot involved...

Man, I hate those guys.
Posted by: Boswell

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We knew this. And when the indictment hits, the narrative switches to RETALIATION.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 08, 2019 07:57 PM (M9ntN)

288 Interesting Metallica has such a good fan base here,
as they seemed to have been at least somewhat SJW/anti-war early in
their career. Just 1980s marketing I guess?

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:49 PM (L2ZTs)

Man, thats not how I remembered it. Metal heads from that era would have nuked Iran by pushing the button with their dicks , flicked beer bottle caps at the TV and giggled their silly asses to sleep. I was one of them. Metal musicians were the rebirth of THOR in all his fucking glory. There may have been a few outliers, but for the vast majority there was NOOOO SJW shit. Metallica started down that road after they sold out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 08, 2019 07:57 PM (9Om/r)

289 Google Be Evil

Posted by: Joe Schmuck at August 08, 2019 07:57 PM (LLUXC)

290 They've refused to provide any services for the
military. A lot of Silicon Valley companies are like that: they refuse
to do work for the government because of their leftwing "principles".
Meanwhile, they're helping the Chinese government oppress its people.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 08, 2019 07:31 PM (SgjGX)

Buuullshit. The US Gov't gave Moffitt Field to Google something like 20 years ago for their jet fleet. Just gave it to them. Only in 2014 did they start paying anything. NASA has been giving them free/discounted jet fuel the entire time. For nothing in return you think?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 07:58 PM (rnXGe)

291 Now let's shift over to a more sophisticated high-level investment question:

I have self-evolved philosophy for what to "do" with my money that I later learned is essentially the same principle as the "Kelly Criteria," an ultra-sophisticated mathematical formula for betting in any scenario with multiple unknowns. Basically, it boils down to, the more confident you are on a bet, and the greater its reward, the greater amount you risk. However, if it has a big possible reward and you are NOT confident about it, then you bet a small amount. And if you are confident about it, but it has a SMALL reward, then again you don't bet so much. Etc.

Anyway, when it comes to banking/investing, the big dividing line is: guaranteed/insured accounts vs. risky no-guarantees accounts.

If you want something with the highest level of confidence, you put your dough in an FDIC-insured account. Even if the bank fails, you still don't lose anything. (Unless the government collapses and we enter colander face-mask time, which actually is part of the calculations in the modern world). The downside for this insurance is that you get shit interest. Nearly zero, these days.

If you want something with the highest level of potential reward, you put it in a "High Yield" investment account, which can (if you're lucky or smart) get you HUGE levels of returns. The downside, if the stock market (or whatever) tanks, you not only get shit interest, you can lose some or even all of your principle! So: huge risk.

The "Kelly Criteria" is to spread out your dough into a series of high confidence and high risk accounts, such that you get SOME good interest, while also getting SOME security from disaster.

The question is: What percentages do you assign to each category?

Me, I'm pretty conservative, so I want at last HALF my money in guaranteed insured accounts where I run zero risk of losing them.

Then I out about one fourth of my money into verty rock-solid type account with decent interest, which nonetheless are not technically FDIC insured. But they're with super-reputable companies that have been around for many many decades/centuries.

And then the final one fourth I spread out in an ever-escalting array of "riskier" accounts, which have an ever-escalating array of potential sky-high returns.

And every now and then I review the whole situation, and it some account consistently does badly, I close it down and shift the money to the account that consistently does the best.

How do you guys do it? Any suggestions/recommendations?

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 07:58 PM (oFcdC)

292 Berserker, didn't Master Of Puppets have a majorly anti-war cover? And then there's And Justice For All. (When I first bought it I was a lot more liberal/stupid.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 07:59 PM (L2ZTs)

293 IP infringement. You lie!

https://youtu.be/Km5XQxRrQvw?t=42

Posted by: Jian Yang owns Erlich's house at August 08, 2019 07:59 PM (786Ro)

294 "55 >>>I'm having trouble with the practical application of this
here. Are they altering the text? If you search for someone's comment,
is the implication that a misrepresentation of that comment is shown
instead? Or that internally, the quote falls into the same bucket as
Nazi quotes and offers those as follow-ups?"

I can speak to this to some extent.

When you search something, what you get is a very sophisticated set of associations in the results - ads, specific media stories related to what you searched for (as judged by Google), search results, autofill, etc. Some results are hidden.

Want to may, say... pineapple look bad? Easy. Before pineapple is even typed out completely, start throwing out autofill suggestions. "Pinepple facist". "Why is pineapple racist". "Pineapple boned my wife and killed my dog".

Then when you search for it, say, "Did you mean to search for "Pineapple hitler?". Display image search results that happen to have pineapples with famous evil people. Manson, Hitler, whatever. Include pics of PDT eating pineapples.

Suggest news articles from Huffpo, Vox, etc, about how Pineapples are the new in-thing among fascists.

Suppress or omit positive pineapple search results. Hide any and all image search results of trendy Dems with pineapples. Whitewash any old pro-pineapple articles from MSM outlets.

Now go to Youtube, because we also own them, remember, and suspend or demonetize accounts promoting pineapple-positive viewpoints. Hide pro-pinepple comments. Remove upvotes from pro-pineapple videos and remove downvotes from anti-pineapple videos.

Hit up your buddies at Twitter, coordinate with them to shadowban pro-pineapple posts. Remove blue checkmarks from offenders; hide pro-pineapple tweets even when they're made by someone a person is following. Banhammer people. Un-trend pro-pineapple hashtags and artifically trend #pineappleHitler. Allow bluechecks to make death threats as long as they're directed at pro-pineapple victims.

Do the same thing you did with Twitter on FB.

Hit up your buddies at Cloudflare and yank services from pro-pineapple sites, while allowing other customers to post videos of themselves sawing people in half alive and selling children in slave markets - as long as they're also anti-pineapple.

See how easy that was? How powerful this is? And it takes only hours, as soon as marching orders go out. It's especially effective in conjunction with MSM participation; all they have to do is some half-assed report on the new "fascist pineapple outrage", and people will google it up and bam, there you go.

Posted by: lurker (the other one... spelled with a P) at August 08, 2019 07:59 PM (eAshZ)

295 >>I'm having trouble with the practical application of this >>here. Are they altering the text? If you search for >>someone's comment, is the implication that a >>misrepresentation of that comment is shown instead? >>Or that internally, the quote falls into the same bucket >>as Nazi quotes and offers those as follow-ups?

My interpretation - Google can mostly manipulate the conversation by controlling search results. Nobody looks past the first page anyway. Further, all sorts of algorithms in one place or another automatically provide options to read next.... so you're reading the story about the politician discussing "protecting our national interests" and your personal search results are rewritten on the fly to provide a dozen results that only discuss "protecting our national interests" in the context of it being some type of racist dog-whistle. So all of the "what to read next" links are just like that. If, on the other hand, you were reading about leftist politician making the same comment, the search results are all rewritten to other stories about how "protecting our national interests" is vital, inclusive, and patriotic.

Posted by: oclemon at August 08, 2019 07:59 PM (QaGLx)

296 Reposting willowed comment #291 in NOOD.

Posted by: zombie at August 08, 2019 08:02 PM (oFcdC)

297 Is it possible to design a 100% bias-free search engine?

I mean, I don't see how it's possible to put EVERY result for a specific phrase or topic on your screen when you request it.

Maybe the solution is search engines that can be customized by users themselves. You want conservative perspectives, choose these settings; you want liberal perspectives, choose these others.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 08:02 PM (L2ZTs)

298 But Google is not foreign. They are American and
have been mocking normals and patriots for a couple decades now. Most
people still use them, that is a fact.

Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:44 PM (n13/j)

NSA/CIA along with the Pentagon were all original seed investors for Google.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 08:02 PM (rnXGe)

299 Brian, I'd bet there's a lot of NSA/CIA ops inside of Google, both that the company knows about and that they don't.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 08:03 PM (L2ZTs)

300 I agree about cheap Chinese crap. But how to convince the populace? Something about being penny wise and pound foolish. In the end, it can't be tariffs (though they are likely needed to stop cheating). People need to realize buying quality from their own country is better than buying crap from an adversary. Maybe it can't be taught, this is a free country and something is off. At present, the disposable society still rules.
Posted by: Quint at August 08, 2019 07:51 PM (n13/j)

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The conventional wisdom is that tariffs are bad altogether, and cause overall contraction of economic output. The Smoot-Hawley tariff act from the early days of the Great Depression is usually cited early in the discussion, for its devastating effect in extending the economic slowdown. There is some revisionist thinking on that, but the central fact is that the anti-tariff arguments assume free unrestricted markets, and we absolutely have nothing resembling that with the Chinese, and never will.

One side point in passing - it's interesting that a nation with a bug up its collective ass about the British forcing them to allow opium imports in the 19th century, would be happy to allow manufacture in China of the "super-opium" fentanyl and its massive shipment to the United States. It's a tyrannical government. They could turn off the spigot tomorrow. Shipping us deadly opiods is clearly Chinese government policy.

Fuck them, seriously.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 08, 2019 08:03 PM (kmgSn)

301 "297
Is it possible to design a 100% bias-free search engine?"

A great search engine learns from user behavior, in aggregate and/or from your own past usage.

But it is a short skip and a hop from "make the search engine better" to "swing elections, demonize people, and facilitate death camps". The methods are the same.

What google is doing here is sitting there like Winston and tossing non-PC stuff down the memory hole, on an unimaginable scale.

Fuck, just look at the Great Photobucket Purge. You don't really think that was about bandwidth, do you?

Posted by: lurker (the other one... spelled with a P) at August 08, 2019 08:04 PM (eAshZ)

302 It took a long time for China to penetrate/dominate US markets.

It's going to take a long time to wring them out.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 08:04 PM (L2ZTs)

303 259
This is interesting. Our son just told us that China also appears to have its disinformation tentacles pretty deep into YouTube.

Posted by: Caliban at August 08, 2019 07:50 PM (QE8X6)

Google owns YouTube. Bought it for $1.65 billion in 2006.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 08:05 PM (rnXGe)

304 I specially love boobs named Parker.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 08, 2019 07:23 PM (+0VW

I meant BOOBS as slang for female breasts not as a self diagnosis of less than rational cognitive ability.

But you do you Boo.

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at August 08, 2019 08:06 PM (Aa1qS)

305 Browns just went through the Redskins like poop through a goose.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 08, 2019 07:48 PM (ZLI7S)

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So... a month ending in 'ber' then huh?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 08, 2019 08:06 PM (flINI)

306 302 It took a long time for China to penetrate/dominate US markets.

It's going to take a long time to wring them out.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 08:04 PM (L2ZTs)

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Under Trump, it's happening pretty fast.

We don't need them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 08, 2019 08:07 PM (kmgSn)

307 How much Chinese $$$ went into the production of The Hunters, he wondered...

Posted by: Richard MCEnroe at August 08, 2019 08:08 PM (Z+ic4)

308 299
Brian, I'd bet there's a lot of NSA/CIA ops inside of Google, both that the company knows about and that they don't.

Posted by: qdpsteve at August 08, 2019 08:03 PM (L2ZTs)

google IS cia/nsa. Always has been.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 08, 2019 08:09 PM (rnXGe)

309 No wonder when I search google, 20 minutes later I want to search it again.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at August 08, 2019 08:10 PM (l0HIT)

310 ACE: High level explanation of #55
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While the internal working of Google search are a very, very tightly held secret, I am confident that it uses a combination of a graph database (a database that is used to tie things to each other*) and feeds actual user feedback back into the AI to build associations in order to best guess what you MEAN when you search for something.

A practical example.

Google the word "tool". What do you get? I bet it was a band. I bet ALL of the top hits were a band.

Now. Google "tools". What do you get now? Even remotely similar?

As you can see, the actual WORD(S) you use in a search are really just TOKENS that represent an intent and are mapped to a result. Google image search "squirt" and you're not going to get a green and yellow can... and knowing you guys, that's not what you were looking for anyway.

SO. If Google takes a phrase (phrases are the most abstract tokens and thus require the most "interpretation") like "national interest" and basically points that TOKEN at the TOKEN for "white nationalist" Google then serves you results in a way that not only shows you bullshit but leads YOU TO BELIEVE that this definition is the prevailing one.

Get it?

Posted by: Moron Pundit at August 08, 2019 08:23 PM (qgUJH)

311 It's my guess that Google has the ability to identify this guy. After all, they've gotten very rich prying in to everyone's private life. I hope he has a good lawyer.
Posted by: pep at August 08, 2019 07:07 PM (T6t7i)

They hardly would want to give his lawyer discovery rights in their records.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 08, 2019 08:40 PM (FTPn0)

312
68 A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Yeah, but that's what they're supposed to do. Google, on the other hand...
Posted by: t-bird at August 08, 2019 07:13 PM (QrTqV)

The roots of a substantial number of Google employees, notably higher up, are not in this country or culture. There is no good reason why they should be empowered to alter our culture according to their alien norms.

Bust it up. Now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 08, 2019 09:41 PM (dPMBY)

313 no time to read all the posts, but if Google is bending to the will of a foreign government, shouldn't it be required to register under the FARA act? You, know Foreign Agent Registration Act or something like that?

Anyone working for The Pres listening here?

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at August 08, 2019 09:56 PM (ZqRa6)

314 A world of hurt needs to land on China - hard, fast and furious. Rat bastards.

Posted by: IC

What do you suggest?

For starters, how about recognizing Taiwan's independence?

Posted by: Ocassional Commenter at August 08, 2019 10:08 PM (Ezw/y)

315 "Google, or whoever, immediately promotes all stories that translates, "must protect our national interests," to "nationalism," and then in almost real time rewrites the meaning of "nationalism" to include traits such as xenophobic, racist, and references Nazis as nationalists."

Damn! I noticed this (I'm AR about words & definitions) over the last year or so when "nationalism" became a news-word. I had saved the definition from Merriam a couple years back and damned if it didn't change to some PC-bullshit thing.

I could not figure out what was going on.

Posted by: DrDean at August 08, 2019 10:24 PM (zkimx)

316 I'm quite interested in whether Taiwanese and HK G**gle workers are forced to keep their heads down and parrot the official Chinese government line or else get fired.

Posted by: PG at August 09, 2019 04:07 AM (X3wqJ)

317 Me rikes GOOGA................. AhReksa love me wrong time.

Posted by: saf at August 09, 2019 06:29 AM (5IHGB)

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