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US Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Google, Alleging It's a Monopoly In At Least One Field, Search
They're merely a monopoly in the no-potatoes field of... searching the internet for information.
The companies that obeyed the pressure of Social Justice Warriors may have to pay a heavy price for so doing.he Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers. The lawsuit marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. It could be an opening salvo ahead of other major government antitrust actions, given ongoing investigations of major tech companies including Apple, Amazon and Facebook at both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.
'Google is the gateway to the internet and a search advertising behemoth," U.S. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told reporters. "It has maintained its monopoly power through exclusionary practices that are harmful to competition." Antitrust cases in the technology industry have to move quickly, he said. Otherwise "we could lose the next wave of innovation." ... Google responded immediately via tweet: "Today's lawsuit by the Department of Justice is deeply flawed. People use Google because they choose to -- not because they’re forced to or because they can't find alternatives." The case was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. It alleges that Google uses billions of dollars collected from advertisers to pay phone manufacturers to ensure Google is the default search engine on browsers. Eleven states, all with Republican attorneys general, joined the federal government in the lawsuit.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: WarEagle82 at October 20, 2020 12:13 PM (+Kpte)
Boobs
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at October 20, 2020 12:13 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (CyB2R)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: common sense at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (UCCfH)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (hYcqw)
No press leaks, no sternly worded letters, no talk. Just action!
Posted by: PJ at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (qlTN9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Mostly Peaceful, Free WA, Buy Ammo at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (ZS2+d)
Try to find a "conservative" answer on Google, it's nearly impossible. Every form of research leads to some left-wing talking point.
Had Trump early on made a shot across the bow with the monopoly suit, I bet that wouldn't have been so blatant in their bias.
Posted by: Dig Dug at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (ANaCj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (gfru1)
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (v16oJ)
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I was reliably informed that tweeting is juvenile and unbecoming.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (hfvc1)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (9gDA7)
TIME TO PARTY!!!!!
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (9gDA7)
Someday, this meme will be beating a dead horse.
But today is not that day...lol!
Posted by: browndog at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Bosk at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (SWbVS)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at beautiful Chancre del Diablo ranch at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (cBZr8)
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (6yYEv)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (14CPW)
No press leaks, no sternly worded letters, no talk. Just action!
Posted by: PJ at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (qlTN9)
No #twoweeks either. Amazing how that works.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (hfvc1)
good luck with that
google will pay off the right people and this will go away
the law works differently at that level
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (iTXRQ)
The wheels of justices move slowly. The End.
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (BD0Jm)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (9gDA7)
Outrageous that @Twitter labeled Part 1 of the #ExposeGoogle investigation as "sensitive content"
Just wait till they see part 2.
TONIGHT
https://tinyurl.com/yxvt682s
(Part 1 video is right under this tweet if you haven't seen it yet)
Posted by: Tami at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (BRkq2)
I wanna be the doggie....
No! The top hat!
Posted by: Warai-otoko a
I always bought the railroads.
but then again, I sucked at monopoly.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (W2Pud)
Al Gore is quite pleased with how his offspring has grown.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (ch6++)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (OLiBJ)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (Vxu+H)
Posted by: Giraffe Fucker at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (vDy7B)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2020 12:19 PM (xfb67)
In the meantime, Michael Malice is calling Kamala "Joe Biden's therapy animal" and he wishes her a happy birthday. Heh.
https://tinyurl.com/yyjwp5ou
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey- You can't do that here! at October 20, 2020 12:19 PM (fQzH1)
Yes, but then they grind to a complete halt.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (v16oJ)
You are wise beyond your years.
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 20, 2020 12:19 PM (AiZBA)
I've yet to see anyone, at any hearing with these jackoffs that know what questions to ask or know when they're being fed a line of horseshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2020 12:19 PM (3H9h1)
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 20, 2020 12:16 PM (nUhF0)
Yes
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:19 PM (hfvc1)
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (OLiBJ)
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No, they won't. And they may not be exposed to it.
They're going to do anything - however blatant and unfair - to pull Joe over the line now. You can be sure a Biden Administration will tell the FTC to stand down.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 12:19 PM (hYcqw)
I'm old enough to remember when breaking up giant evil corporations was something the left supported.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
And I remember when I opposed it. Funny how a little incipient fascism changes your pov.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (9gDA7)
I wonder how forgiving Trump and his supporters will be should Trump win...
*ponders deeply while looking wistfully out the window*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (NWM+b)
Dems are ok with this.
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (BRkq2)
Here's hoping they do. And that the right thing will be done to return honest results.. It's not like we don't know that Goolag has been skewing search results for years for all types of subjects.
You can probably do a bias test right now to find evidence of their shenanigans, especially in political matters.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (k4dH2)
Though I'm sure if he did that it would have been litigated in court and Roberts would declare it a tax.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (8YFRI)
No coercion, no collusion with device sellers, bazillions of websites... sure. Everyone uses Google for their flawless market skills.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (hku12)
Because that is precisely what a predatory male feminist would do.
Posted by: Oschisms at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (BD0Jm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (Kpl3J)
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I'll put them next to those Ticketmaster free concert vouchers - check back soon as we add more events there are no events ever lolgfy, sucker.
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (xWWdO)
Posted by: Beartooth at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (6yYEv)
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ha! probably right, even if a joke.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey- You can't do that here! at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (fQzH1)
Posted by: Vic at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (qpX6U)
Al Gore is quite pleased with how his offspring has grown.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 20, 2020 12:18 PM (ch6++)
It's a real "love story" isn't it?
Posted by: browndog at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (BgMrQ)
Said from the discovery they found, the lawyers made sure their devices were not in meetings they had. They genuinely felt it was a form of wiretapping and Google was listening.
Posted by: Dig Dug at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ANaCj)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Proudly Offers Ace-Brand Sequined Messenger Bags! at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ADat4)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (9gDA7)
Ever try to fire a civil servant?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Standard Oil at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (HhXSr)
I hope my hippocampus is full of shit, because I'd like to see the US government declare war on all these sons of bitches.
WAR.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: I Have Questions at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (+v+zN)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ZLI7S)
No, but I'm willing to give it a go.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (xfb67)
...because we killed all the alternatives that weren't big enough to kill us first.
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (MkuC5)
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (xWWdO)
LOL I think I got a pair of those.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Someguy at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey- You can't do that here! at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (fQzH1)
Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (q177U)
Posted by: spindrift at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (5Xgtc)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (ZLI7S)
Ever try to fire a civil servant?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ZLI7S)
==========
My dad, as a department head in a major university, fired someone in his department who had tenure.
It pretty much ended my dad's administrative career, though he stuck around to return to his professorship afterwards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (NWM+b)
of 50 cents, to be used on their next purchase of a Google Product.
Grandma can have that operation now.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (HaL55)
Said from the discovery they found, the lawyers made sure their devices were not in meetings they had. They genuinely felt it was a form of wiretapping and Google was listening.
Posted by: Dig Dug at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ANaCj)
Any voice activated service be it alexa, siri, cortana, or whatever is ALWAYS listening.
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (W2Pud)
_________________
Can't do it, thanks to civil service "reforms" that basically made non-political-appointee government employees impossible to fire.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (k4dH2)
Might be hard to find lawyers who work on anti-trust too, since that seems to be a dormant part of law these days.
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (BRkq2)
***************
Yes.
It only took me five years!
But not before it was litigated in court because... I don't even know why.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ZLI7S)
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If firepower ain't working you're not using enough...
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (MkuC5)
Though I'm sure if he did that it would have been litigated in court and Roberts would declare it a tax.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (8YFRI)
So in other words, not a mistake.
The man got to DC, and discovered the swamp was deeper and wider than he ever imagined.
They say Ann Coulter is severely disappointed in Trump because the wall is... well, I don't know. Not built enough? Not high enough? Not wide enough?
Whatever, she seems to think he broke his campaign promise. As if Don Trump has been able to operate from the White House unimpeded by that massive forces aligned against him. If anything it's a miracle he's accomplished as much as he has.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (hku12)
Biden Offers Anyone Who Votes For Him A Seat On The Supreme Court
October 19th, 2020
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey- You can't do that here! at October 20, 2020 12:23 PM (fQzH1)
Yes, you turned off location reporting. We turned it back on for you.
Posted by: The NSA at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (xfb67)
Suits like this are not filed without there already being a lot of
background research finished. These suits are too big and too expensive
and too prominent to be left to chance. The DoJ has a darn near
air-tight case or they wouldn't have filed. It does not need to be said
that the investigation likely did not start in the Trump Administration.
My guess is that the Obamanites built a case, but kept it in their back pocket in case big tech broke with their political leanings and started showing signs of independence. "Nice business you've got here...shame if something happened to it".
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: TheHoser at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (IDjUx)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (i0wNm)
Except we already know even when we try not to use google, google still recieves data... so... tell me again?
Posted by: Inogame at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (+2xjH)
Posted by: simplemind at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (068aW)
Posted by: hogmartin at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (t+qrx)
I hear shares of @Google are up after the @JusticeATR case because the Fed plans to institute its emergence powers to keep $GOOG from crashing and talking down the entire market
- Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) October 20, 2020
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (dNzKv)
******
You know, this thing where we adhere to the rules while the left runs roughshod over the Constitution doesn't seem to be working out so well for us.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (8YFRI)
Alphabet of all the big tech companies is the one that could stand to be broken into a bazillion little pieces. Create more Zuckenbergs? Probably, but that's the advantage. Because all of these giant egos aren't going to discuss or share anything with the other pieces of the former giant entity. Die google, die horribly.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (W2Pud)
I read an article once about how they screwed that up so bad, it became largely unusable and they lost their ass on it.....or somesuch.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (9gDA7)
He was found in bed with several dead black boys and was immediately hired by the DNC as a consultant. Running for Congress in '22...
Posted by: Giraffe Fucker at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (vDy7B)
Suits like this are not filed without there already being a lot of
background research finished. These suits are too big and too expensive
and too prominent to be left to chance. The DoJ has a darn near
air-tight case or they wouldn't have filed. It does not need to be said
that the investigation likely did not start in the Trump Administration.
My guess is that the Obamanites built a case, but kept it in their back pocket in case big tech broke with their political leanings and started showing signs of independence. "Nice business you've got here...shame if something happened to it".
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (v16oJ)
If true, whoa, the irony.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (s2VJv)
After all, he is the best President Money can buy!
Posted by: Googly at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: simplemind at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (068aW)
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"Alexa couldn't possibly be listening all the time, just when I say the word Alexa."
-Smart person
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (NWM+b)
were not in meetings they had. They genuinely felt it was a form of
wiretapping and Google was listening.
They probably "felt" that way because it's true.
Right, Bob?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: WOPR - Free Kyle Rittenhouse at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (euMt9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (NWM+b)
*sips tea and looks reflective*
Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (q177U)
I think they had to separate the function of Windows from Internet Explorer and allow for an easy way to select another browser as default.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Tami at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (iTXRQ)
Microsoft started spending lobbying money in D.C.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (euMt9)
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They took my $80 no problem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: Vic
And Brave for the browser.
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (gtatv)
Whatever, she seems to think he broke his campaign promise. As if Don Trump has been able to operate from the White House unimpeded by that massive forces aligned against him. If anything it's a miracle he's accomplished as much as he has.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (hku12)
400 miles of fence in less than 4 years isn't breaking his promise.
And she fucked Bill Maher, so......
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (9gDA7)
I think they had to separate the function of Windows from Internet Explorer and allow for an easy way to select another browser as default.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (dNzKv)
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"High fives all around, guys!"
-Clinton DOJ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:20 PM (NWM+b)
*sips tea and looks reflective*
Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (q177U)
*whips it out and goes to town*
Posted by: Jeffery Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (xfb67)
Whatever, she seems to think he broke his campaign promise.
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She's owned by Romney Inc. which is in bunker mode because Ukraine/biden and if it blows it takes their family too.
Posted by: simplemind at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (oLVwV)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (9gDA7)
background research finished. These suits are too big and too expensive
and too prominent to be left to chance. The DoJ has a darn near
air-tight case or they wouldn't have filed. It does not need to be said
that the investigation likely did not start in the Trump Administration.
My guess is that the Obamanites built a case, but kept it in their back pocket in case big tech broke with their political leanings and started showing signs of independence. "Nice business you've got here...shame if something happened to it".
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (v16oJ)
No, it shows that the DOJ can actually get things done, if it wants to.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (v2c9/)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (v16oJ)
No, it shows that the DOJ can actually get things done, if it wants to.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (NgKpN)
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And given time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: Inogame at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (+2xjH)
++++++++++
yeah, like when Zuckerberg went in front of Congress and told the bald-faced, provable lie that non-Facebook users aren't tracked and they don't collect on people who didn't agree to their terms of service?
There sure were a lot of consequences for that act of premeditated perjury. Oh, wait...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Josephistan at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (EzTeu)
****
The fuck is this skeletal cunt on about?
Trump has 400 something miles of wall built with more miles coming every day, sure it's not a cemented 100 foot high wall with 50 caliber guns mounted like we would have wanted, but it's the wall the border patrol asked for and would do the job.
Why do we have so many backstabbing "allies"?
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (iTXRQ)
some prog inflicted dogshit of doubtful constitutionality. Not that I'm
a special pleader for those shitheads...
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (y7DUB)
No, reality is markets tend towards monopoly and the erection of barriers to entrance by competitors. Breaking up the big corporations now and again is a good thing.
Posted by: WOPR - Free Kyle Rittenhouse at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Jeff Toobin, serious journalist at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (L4hUE)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (dNzKv)
Heh, try removing Edge from Windows 10. Literally can't be done.
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (W2Pud)
There was a dreadful incident with Bertie Wooster that has sent him into hiding.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (YRdK5)
Posted by: WOPR - Free Kyle Rittenhouse at October 20, 202
Wife uses google, against my wishes. Each time she clicks the top link, which says AD next to it.
I tell her to stop clicking those links because it generates revenue for google and google hates you and wants you to die.
She'll get there one day.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (BoFYZ)
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They took my $80 no problem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (NWM+b)
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Tried three different ones, one a debit. Even turned off the VPN. Oh well.
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (euMt9)
Posted by: Inogame at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM (+2xjH)
That's part of the problem. Their tentacles go everywhere, and are in everything. They've got so many companies that are used in some way by their competition. Of course, it doesn't help that people don't even say "search for" they say "google". It blows me away that in just 20 years they've gotten this far.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: Inogame at October 20, 2020 12:25 PM
But this case has nothing to do with that. This case is only about Google's search product. Which is like suing G.E. over a lightbulb monopoly, if there was much bigger shenanigans in their jet engine and medical equipment branches.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: Jim Jordan (R, @Jack's Lap) at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (bCLt0)
_________________
Can't do it, thanks to civil service "reforms" that basically made non-political-appointee government employees impossible to fire.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 20, 2020 12:24 PM (k4dH2)
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COULD easily do it, because PDT's party (supposedly), the "Republican" Party controlled the House and Senate, and could have rewritten the laws ASAP.
GOPe had to stall for 2 years and then have Ryan lead an intentional surrender of the House to get PDT impeached, and to make the excuse you are citing plausible.
Which GOPe did.
This whole clusterf-ck is 100% GOPe. And they have you so confused you are blaming the Dems/
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (BRkq2)
Of course, Google is politically active already, so maybe this couldn't hurt, but I don't know if I am in favor of antitrust action in general. Either we believe in the ability of the market to correct monopolistic practices, or we don't.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (qDSku)
Posted by: Jeffy Tubesteak at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (vDy7B)
She'll get there one day.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (9gDA7)
I suppose if there's one advantage, it's if the company she clicks is a POS, they get to pay a nickel.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (iTXRQ)
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They took my $80 no problem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (NWM+b)
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Tried three different ones, one a debit. Even turned off the VPN. Oh well.
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (euMt9)
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Well, that would be unfortunate. Good luck if you decide to continue to try. Maybe their system is a bit overwhelmed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (NWM+b)
Which is like suing G.E. over a lightbulb monopoly, WHICH ISNT TRUE, if there was much bigger shenanigans in their jet engine and medical equipment branches.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (OssQ4)
Ever try to fire a civil servant?
Posted by: JackStraw
__________________
My "ignorant" approach would have been to fire a huge swath of them, tie them up in court for several years, and if they won settlement checks, oh well. Worth it to get them out of your hair for at least a few years.
Trump's biggest fuck up has been personnel. Imagine if he had fired Comey on Day 1 and had Barr as AG instead of that idiot Sessions.
Posted by: Dig Dug at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (ANaCj)
Posted by: Romeo13
I'm not sure how we disagree.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Vic at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (mpXpK)
I have no idea how this works, but apparently DDG uses the Google algorithm or pipeline or whatever, so you're basically using Google when you use them.
However, DDG doesn't trace you wherever you go.
Allegedly.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (hku12)
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Josephus Tubesteak at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (vDy7B)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (3aLWR)
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Doing either one of those used to be illegal in the Texas of my youth.
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (MkuC5)
'Clippy'
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (iTXRQ)
And they took away 3D pipes screensaver
Posted by: Josephistan at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (EzTeu)
Posted by: Vic at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (mpXpK)
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You may not use Google, but Google sure as fuck uses you.
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:31 PM (22mNy)
Coulter is in one of Romney's blenders full of women.
Posted by: Zod at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (xK9An)
https://tinyurl.com/y5b6w3wf
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (WkPC9)
Move the EPA to Wyoming, the FBI to North Dakota, the Treasury to Kansas, the State Department to South Carolina...etc etc
The current crew will all run out the building and light themselves on fire in the parking lot - much hilarity shall ensue...
Posted by: Boswell at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (w2LAm)
I'm sure the enabled "Record Voice Input" setting was just a random mistake. If it can happen to Amazon Alexa, surely it can happen to Google Android. These things happen. Large corporations occasionally make a small, insignificant error. You can still trust them. I mean, Google started with the mission statement of "Don't Be Evil". Now, how can you question that?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (HhXSr)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ZLI7S)
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No, but I did eat a pine cone.
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (v0R5T)
I fucking quit, that's what.
You should have seen the shit people were asking me!?
Posted by: Jeeves at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (El9Kt)
In many cases, people don't have a choice at all.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (3aLWR)
Criterion is popular with libraries, so maybe your local library has already bought $200 worth of their DVDs. Libraries buy all the PBS DVDs that come out too.
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (bCLt0)
Google has enough pocket change to make everyone in the legislation branch rich beyond their dreams. That's one reason nothing has happened up to this point. That, and the fact that these idiots have no idea just how far reaching Alphabet Inc is. And how apropos is that name?
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (8B6Ng)
I mean you can't just take the word of someone sitting at home in front of a computer screen, in their pajamas, a half empty box of Kleenex in their hair palms and God knows what else laying around. Its disgraceful. We must have standards!
Posted by: Jeff Toobin, serious journalist at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (oLVwV)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Tired Hand Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (0dmP2)
Eat a giant bag of Dicks Chicago Tribune.
Posted by: An Observation at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (/cQqG)
Last I looked into this, DDG uses other search engines, but specifically not Google.
Posted by: spindrift at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (5Xgtc)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (o2MD2)
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I actually thought Sessions would be a great AG because he had been one before and his senate record was rock solid and he was an early supporter of Trump.
Trump must have thought the same. I think we've all had rude awakenings as to how stupid the GOP really is.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (v0R5T)
There are porcupines among us.
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (AiZBA)
The internet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (ZLI7S)
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I guess that vaunted Internet 3.0 from Silicon Valley could be the next step.
Except the privacy issue they found in the final episode will be real and even worse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (9gDA7)
Who was on the zoom call?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (3aLWR)
Because that is precisely what a predatory male feminist would do.
Posted by: Oschisms at October 20, 2020 12:21 PM (BD0Jm)
He probably thought it would be hot to have one of them play John Roberts and one to play Maizie Hirono.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (hfvc1)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (KJjn8)
Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (bCLt0)
The internet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (ZLI7S)
And Lucent.
They should be ashamed.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: TrumpedUP at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (jsNGa)
It used to be practically magic. You could google something like "gay potato cnn commentator" and Brian Stelter would be the number one result. Now you try googling for an article you know you read a year ago, but can only remember one pull quote. The first two pages of results are propaganda pieces from Vox and Salon and NYTimes.
I recently tried finding that one video of the crazy chick with glasses, dark hair, pixie cut calling Trump a fascist and gave up after ten minutes.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (i0wNm)
And she fucked Bill Maher, so......
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:27 PM (9gDA7)
Bingo, thats a war crime right there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (bCLt0)
Google has enough pocket change to make everyone in the legislation branch rich beyond their dreams. That's one reason nothing has happened up to this point. That, and the fact that these idiots have no idea just how far reaching Alphabet Inc is. And how apropos is that name?
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these are the opening shots of the civil war -
Lexington and Concord
no one knows how it will come out
Posted by: simplemind at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (L4hUE)
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I see where you are going with this.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (hfvc1)
It's the advertising that I think will sink them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (ZLI7S)
I believe this is true. The near-monopoly google has on online advertising, who can advertise, who can run ads, simply makes them the only game in town.
Posted by: Ann at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (NDO5Q)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:30 PM (NWM+b)
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That's what I'm thinking.
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (euMt9)
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I'm of two minds on this, I think Microsoft was so monopolistic they were begging to get assfucked by an anti-trust suit, but the actual suit that WAS brought to them was completely teh ghey.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: JROD at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: squid_hunt at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (Ectld)
Posted by: Tofer732 at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (rFkTI)
Eat a giant bag of Dicks Chicago Tribune.
Posted by: An Observation at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (/cQqG)
Way ahead of you.
Well, just one dick, but still. I'm on it.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM
Rumor has it he was looking at another screen that was showing the Hunter videos.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (8YFRI)
Yeah around 2007
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (hfvc1)
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Notice how CNN is almost always the first result of any search you do these days?
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (8YFRI)
Remember Obama's "three interlocked gears" symbol? I wonder now if they did that on purpose.
Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (BvZkh)
Posted by: spindrift at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (5Xgtc)
Posted by: Fox2! at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (qoKAm)
Posted by: Tofer732 at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (rFkTI)
#Two
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (9gDA7)
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (hfvc1)
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So... two weeks?
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: spindrift at October 20, 2020 12:36 PM (5Xgtc)
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Saving it for Spine 2000 because it's just that special.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (NWM+b)
Period.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (3aLWR)
I still use Google Maps, Shopping, image search, DNS, Calendar, Contacts, Translate, gmail. DDG for regular searches most of the time. To migrate off of gmail, I'd have to change about 300 online account usernames. That last time I did that, it took months. (As of right now, I have 365 online accounts, each with unique strong passwords.)
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (qpX6U)
>>Trump must have thought the same. I think we've all had rude awakenings as to how stupid the GOP really is.
Sessions, working with numerous state AG's who are listed on this case, started the anti-trust investigation that launched this suit back in the fall of 2018.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Innagaddadavida at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (hpbeA)
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The fuck is this skeletal cunt on about?
Trump has 400 something miles of wall built with more miles coming every day, sure it's not a cemented 100 foot high wall with 50 caliber guns mounted like we would have wanted, but it's the wall the border patrol asked for and would do the job.
Why do we have so many backstabbing "allies"?
Posted by: Two Weeks From Finding the Perfect Job as a Mud Wrestling Referee at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (8YFRI)
I'm really not sure what she's saying these days, because I don't tend to listen to her, but I guess six months or so ago she was saying something to the effect that he doesn't deserve to be re-elected because of the wall and immigration in general.
It's her #1 issue, I guess. And she's either a phony or she's like a female Ben Shapiro in that she's on the spectrum and can't see beyond her narrow focus.
Which means she's right a lot of the time, but I guess if you don't please her completely, she'll turn on you like a snake in the grass.
Which means, as of October 20, for all I know she's completely back on the Trump train.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:37 PM (hku12)
Who was on the zoom call?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (3aLWR)
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Masha Gessen. But he/she is indeterminate.
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (3aLWR)
They don't. Adsense is the defacto standard, everybody uses them. If not, the competion is owned by google. How many mapping companies does google own? The worst part is how amazon/fb/google work together.
People who don't think that they're being eves dropped on are not paying attention. Even as I type this, I'm half sure google is monitoring it in some way.
Good grief, they have AI that can tell who you are by how you type? Soon enough, google will be the government, and the government will be google. They make Standard Oil or Ma Bell of the last century look like a kids' lemonade stand.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (8B6Ng)
Related. Senator Josh Hawley in an editorial in the "NY Post" says that Big Tech must be reigned in:
It only took a massive censorship effort across multiple FANG platforms to hide Hunter Biden's laptop evidence in an illegal voting interference op to bring him to that conclusion, eh?
Better late than never, I suppose.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM
Search Bing Images for "triggered". First page.
If that's the chick I think you mean.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: creeper at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Tofer732 at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (rFkTI)
Yeah, I heard that too. Something about child rape. I will believe it when I see it. Or rather hear of it. Don't plan to watch it, if true.
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Zod at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (xK9An)
If you put Coulter in a blender the blades would miss her.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (hfvc1)
That would turn those states purple in a decade. No thanks.
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (22mNy)
'I'd like to speak to a Google Manager!'
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (El9Kt)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (i0wNm)
Who was on the zoom call?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (3aLWR)
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Masha Gessen. But he/she is indeterminate.
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (v0R5T
Eye Bleach!!!! Do not DDG this name.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (3aLWR)
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (hfvc1)
I think PDT understands that now. But the base still doesn't.
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (BRkq2)
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I used Dogpile. Feel my pain.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: Tofer732 at October 20, 2020 12:35 PM (rFkTI)
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The ratio of things people say will happen in 24-48 hours to things that actually happen in 24-48 is about 1000:1
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (3H9h1)
They started two weeks out. There are at least 4 more drops.
Minimum.
Posted by: simplemind at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (HBvJf)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (i0wNm)
You're doing porn wrong. Type: busty lesbians [enter]
Posted by: Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (sgtKg)
https://tinyurl.com/y5b6w3wf
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM (WkPC9)
The legistlative branch needs to stop talking and get out of the way. They are acting like a hedge. Class action lawsuits and We the People need to take care of these behemoths. All the talking and strongly worded letters are doing nothing but weakening our ability to get shit done.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 20, 2020 12:39 PM (sI15f)
At the Google extension store, Google used a security warning to Edge users to encouraged them to switch to Chrome.
Google vs. Microsoft is like BLM vs antifa, you don't pick a side, you just cheer.
Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum Being Tiresome at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (YwPJG)
to listen to her, but I guess six months or so ago she was saying
something to the effect that he doesn't deserve to be re-elected because
of the wall and immigration in general.
I like her snarky writing, but sometimes she comes across as just saying things to be outrageous. AFAIK, she hasn't said who she would prefer to Trump, or how that person would be elected. Without that, you're working to elect Biden.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (v16oJ)
attention. Even as I type this, I'm half sure google is monitoring it
in some way.
I usually go to EweTewb directly from here. YT will suggest lots of videos from the things I've typed about or subjects we've discussed here that have nothing to do with what I normally watch there.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (HaL55)
DuckDuckGo
uMatrix
AdGuard
And, optionally, add a VPN.
That's about as decent a gauntlet as you can readily implement from a desktop/smartphone setup.
Cumbersome? Can be at first. But once you use it for a while, it works really, really well.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (HhXSr)
Yep. Being the bottom sill of the Overton window may seem cool until you're there all the time. Then it just becomes tiresome. The acquaintances of Ayn Rand absolutists know this.
Posted by: Zod at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (xK9An)
Posted by: EveR at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (R0z7P)
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (qpX6U)
LOL
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3gzd6mq
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (nUhF0)
Explorer and allow for an easy way to select another browser as default.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 12:26 PM (dNzKv)
Actually it was the opposite. IE had been a separate application from Windows. The lawsuit was about bundling IE with Windows. Microsoft's solution was to embed IE in the operating system. It was a horrible decision because if IE broke, Windows broke, and it wasn't severable.
Posted by: WOPR - Free Kyle Rittenhouse at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Justsayin' at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (El9Kt)
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (v0R5T
Rachel Maddow's stunt double, yikes
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (k/TB6)
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Last I looked into this, DDG uses other search engines, but specifically not Google.
Posted by: spindrift at October 20, 2020 12:33 PM (5Xgtc)
Is that true? I could have sworn I heard specifically that they were riding on Google somehow.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (hku12)
Time for Apple to update their 1984 commercial
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (9zn8e)
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (o2MD2)
Here's hoping this case has some teeth.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM (bDqIh)
Google really earned their top position because they really can deliver better search results to their users, and users aren't locked in at all... it's trivial to try a search on Bing or any other competitor. So if they didn't use dirty tricks to get their top spot, and they aren't using dirty tricks to lock customers in, it's not really fair to use the power of government to hit them over their monopoly position.
On the other hand, I know that Google is abusing their top position to push a lefty prog agenda, and my desire for fairness and small government is not a suicide pact. I heard the quotes of people working for Google saying that they want to make sure that "this" would "never happen again" (where "this" was "the election of Donald Trump"). So I want Google smacked down hard by the government, and if "antitrust" is the best club for smacking Google, then so be it.
Posted by: mr_jack at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM (M59SC)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM (ukNFU)
'Clippy'
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (iTXRQ)
And they took away 3D pipes screensaver
Posted by: Josephistan
Those were mesmerizing, man...
Of course you can download it. It's pretty easy to find. Or just watch it on Youtube.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM (y18Bs)
I know you were promised there would be no math, but can anyone tell me
off the top of their head how many cups are in a liter of whiskey?
A liter is about a quart, and a bottle is 750 ml, so about 3 cups.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum Being Tiresome at October 20, 2020 12:40 PM (YwPJG)
It's more like choosing which Hindu clan do you want to win.
Posted by: WOPR - Free Kyle Rittenhouse at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (J70i0)
If they were, Google would have stopped that right quick-like.
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: creeper at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (XxJt1)
Depends how big the cup is. And you should really be using a glass anyways.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (TO9X0)
Posted by: Case at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (vSGuy)
attention. Even as I type this, I'm half sure google is monitoring it
in some way.
Google is the least of my concerns. The NSA is also listening and has been pretty much since day 1.
And they listen to everything.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (o2MD2)
That tiny shitweasel is just trying to be relevant. I would rather him stay away. We don't need the GOPe hitching their wagons to our train.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (sI15f)
They are NOT just American companies. They have to apply EU, China's, Russia's, Indonesia's, and every other countries laws.
And the simple fact is that its ONLY the US who has our standard of freedom of speech. The whole rest of the world WANTS censorship (just depends on who the censor is).
Only way to break that, is to have separate companies, one for the US, others for different countries.
But that makes the whole economy of scale go away.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (NgKpN)
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You make a good point. Obviously. I mean there were no octopi on the zoom call right?
Posted by: Eichenwald at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (oLVwV)
ATT had to make their lines available to the others (Baby Bells?, I forget). I think there is an analogy with Google, where a variety pack of services are bundled. MSFT/Gates was stealing tech ideas but calling them free "aps" that just happened to be bundled with their OS. Start ups just got consumed by the Beast, with little or no compensation.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (Cus5s)
http://bitly.ws/ahVV
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin
Yes. (pulls down sweatpants)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (y18Bs)
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna
Robert Reich and the Lollipop Guild hardest hit
Posted by: x at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (0tE/i)
And they listen to everything.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (ZLI7S)
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Don't forget about me.
Posted by: Alexa at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (22mNy)
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He was wacking to a "gaming" scenario wherein the military was taking out PDT. Same as Bill Kristol.
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (BRkq2)
@Perpetualmaniac
The DOJ Anti-Trust thing dropped and as much as I'd love to give my analysis on twitter. . .
. . .I've got something so important coming up that will drop in the next 24 hours that I can't afford the time to do the analysis.
Yes, it's THAT important.
Stay tuned...
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (bDqIh)
Liberals Confused By Man Giving Money Without Government Forcing Him To
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: creeper at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (XxJt1)
Companies with a lot of cash, relatively few employees, and affecting large portions of the economy are not popular and so what support they get, they buy.
At a certain point, the pols figure why not get the milk directly from the cow rather than dribbles through donations. Googul as a regulated industry is a lot more controllable by pols than an independent company.
And, even if the DOJ drops the case, the AG's can still press it forward. Fakebook is probably next on the list.
Rich corporations and rich individuals always figure that they can control the pols and the system until they find out that money can buy you entrance to the game but not necessarily compliance and acceptance in the long run.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (OLiBJ)
Google lifted quite a few of their ideas, including weighting bold and underlined text, and some other things that don't sound fancy anymore but were critical search innovations.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (hfvc1)
*********
Coulter is an example of why I'm still single. The kind of prospective wife where even if I put up a, expensive classy and luxurious fence around our house, she would still bitterly complain because I got the color wrong.
I don't need that shit in my life.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: blaster at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (ZfRYq)
all of them
Posted by: DB- just DB. at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (sI15f)
Well if shitweasel brings votes to Trump it's just fucking dandy with me.
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: mr_jack
Take off and nuke them from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
- Corporal Hicks, Strategic NCO
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (vcOmj)
That tiny shitweasel is just trying to be relevant. I would rather him stay away. We don't need the GOPe hitching their wagons to our train.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (sI15f)
This this this this
Posted by: Ladyl at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:34 PM (i0wNm)
Unfortunately, my go-to Duck Duck Go seems to have decided to become involved. They've definitely changed for the worse in recent months.
Bing still seems to be untainted, they're just letting the real and simple algorithms control it.
Back in the 90's, there were a lot of search engines vying for power, and some had a lot of potential. The only reason google won out was speed, not results. And back in the days of no broadband that was big. When the big mergers post dot com bust happened, we lost all of the competition. Companies like Yahoo! shot themselves in the foot. Over and over.
Now, we've got one phone company again that owns the infrastructure by one means or another.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (Aashi)
Posted by: Eeyore at October 20, 2020 12:46 PM (7X3UV)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 20, 2020 12:46 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 20, 2020 12:46 PM (UUv9T)
And they listen to everything.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (ZLI7S)
The old true joke: the only part of the government that listens!
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:46 PM (BRkq2)
It's amazing that tech dodge still works.
Algorithm isn't magic. Coders create it. Coders modify it. Coders define it. There isn't some Regular Expression Box that walks the floor inserting code behind programmers' backs. People - very partisan hacktivists - write the algorithms with explicit orders to do what they do. The idea that management is at algorithm mercy and operate unawares of what the code is doing is preposterous and insulting.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 20, 2020 12:46 PM (HhXSr)
Three!
Posted by: Tootsie Pop Owl at October 20, 2020 12:46 PM (El9Kt)
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This is like saying you get to choose whether or not you want to use your local power company for electricity.
Posted by: Azathoth at October 20, 2020 12:47 PM (jblg6)
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (BRkq2)
If people don't realize this is probably true, and these people really are psychotic and unwell, I don't know what to tell you.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:47 PM (hfvc1)
Good grief, they have AI that can tell who you are by how you type? Soon enough, google will be the government, and the government will be google. They make Standard Oil or Ma Bell of the last century look like a kids' lemonade stand.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:38 PM (8B6Ng)
If you do a site search on google for a new hash a troll is using usually if the post is a half hour old it is likely to appear in the search results.
Half hour might be pushing it but I have done a hash search before and the only thread to come up is the current thread.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 20, 2020 12:47 PM (TO9X0)
***************
I am confused as to why whiskey would be limited to 1 liter.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 12:47 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:29 PM (BoFYZ)
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You know what else is up?!!
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (wQmIw)
They are NOT just American companies. They have to apply EU, China's, Russia's, Indonesia's, and every other countries laws.
The EU has the strongest privacy protections now, and we'll be implementing something similar, IMHO. I think that's necessary now.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Ladyl at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (TdMsT)
"How Is Chromium Edge Different From Chrome?
While Edge and Chrome are both based on the open source Chromium project, that doesn't mean the browsers are the same. Google adds a whole lot of stuff to Chromium before they release it as Chrome, including data-gathering mechanisms and the ability to sync between devices with your Google account.
Microsoft adds a lot of stuff on top of the basic Chromium code as well, but it also replace a large number of Chromium services with its own versions. Microsoft turns off some services. That's all under the hood though, so regular users are unlikely to notice most of the changes.
Things that you are likely to notice include more robust privacy settings that are laid out better and easier to understand than Chrome's privacy settings. Edge also seems to have less of an affect on system resources, specifically using less RAM, although your experience will vary depending on the sites you visit.
Edge defaults to the Bing search engine, while Chrome defaults to Google, but both browsers allow you to change that freely. Edge also points you toward a fairly sparse Edge Extension Library, but you're free to download extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge also provides better support for streaming media, including the ability to stream 4K content from Netflix, although that feature is only available if you're using Windows 10."
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (MkuC5)
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You know you can Google that, right?
:ducks:
:runs:
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 20, 2020 12:17 PM (y7DUB)
Agreed. Did Bill Gates get any less psycho because of the MS anti-trust lawsuit? Nope.
These monopolies exist largely because of tax and finance policies, and an anti-trust lawsuit will not change that.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (w+Ped)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 20, 2020 12:45 PM (Aashi)
A fifth of a gallon is .2 X 128 oz. = 25.6 oz or 3.2 eight ounch cups.
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (o2MD2)
Breaking out CDs of Redneck Rampage too.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:48 PM (22mNy)
YES! Exactly what I have observed over the past several years.
If you googled something like "hate Hilary!" you would get articles like "Why all the hate for Hilary? She is awesome."
Posted by: RM at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (U3LtS)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (El9Kt)
I doubt it considering Obama made google execs part of his administration, and Hillary at State helped them get into the national security/foreign policy business.
https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (bDqIh)
They are NOT just American companies. They have to apply EU, China's, Russia's, Indonesia's, and every other countries laws.
And the simple fact is that its ONLY the US who has our standard of
freedom of speech. The whole rest of the world WANTS censorship (just
depends on who the censor is).
Only way to break that, is to have separate companies, one for the US, others for different countries.
But that makes the whole economy of scale go away.
Funny how Goolag is so very happy to apply the ChiCom's censorship requests but ignore our freedom of speech rights. That right there is reason enough to burn, scatter and salt that company.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (HaL55)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxol4c47
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Josephistan
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Those were mesmerizing, man...
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM
Particularly with the Utah Teapot easter egg enabled.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (sI15f)
Quoted for truth and Toobin material
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (hfvc1)
Sorry this isn't a better story or anything. I'll try harder next time.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (t+qrx)
AT&T and the Baby Bells, aka the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) were always sharing because they were the same company. The suit forced AT&T to divest the RBOCs into separate companies and allowed companies like MCI and Sprint to even exist because they could not access the network.
AT&T prior to divesture was a goliath but it worked like something in the Soviet Union. They literally had no competition of any note so they could be as bloated and backward as they wanted cause where the hell are you gonna go?
Virtually all of the technology we use today, from the internet to cell phones and everything in between and surrounding it only happened because of divestiture.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (ZLI7S)
Very truthful. The lawsuit only cracks the surface of their malfeasance.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (9v1sv)
And they listen to everything.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (ZLI7S)
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Gilded Age II, now with comprehensive surveillance, fake science, and 24/7 propaganda
You mean like that?
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (BRkq2)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (HaL55)
It's worse than that. The China stuff is a trial run for implementation here.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (hfvc1)
THIS
Or worse, you google or bing something like "Obama Russia deals" and you get pages of "Trump is a Russian asset" articles instead and none that reference the thing you were looking for re: Obama.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: common sense at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (UCCfH)
So did my dad.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (ZLI7S)
Good. Break them. Destroy their company. Smash it to pieces and raffle it the hell off. No mercy, no half-measures.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (eXmcp)
Breaking out CDs of Redneck Rampage too.
Posted by: humphreyrobot
Doom, Quake, Half-Life. Ah, all the time wasted. Good times!
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (y18Bs)
She can't be both.
Posted by: JoeF. at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (HrMC1)
Crud. I'm gonna have to saddle my horse.
Posted by: creeper at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Menack at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (Q+ESV)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (El9Kt)
Google lifted quite a few of their ideas, including weighting bold and underlined text, and some other things that don't sound fancy anymore but were critical search innovations.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:44 PM (hfvc1)
Google stole pretty much everything. Altavista was great. I also like Webcrawler, Lycos, Hotbot, GoTo and even recently, Fetch. Google lifted a lot of things including (great but now defunct) cache function, as well as images, dates etc.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (8B6Ng)
Sorry this isn't a better story or anything. I'll try harder next time.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (t+qrx)
I found it fascinating
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (Q+ESV)
**
This is like saying you get to choose whether or not you want to use your local power company for electricity.
Posted by: Azathoth at October 20, 2020 12:47 PM (jblg6)
Or it's like saying your average ordinary big city mayor is a Democrat because people choose Democrats.
Well... it didn't really involve a lot of choice, and it sure as hell doesn't anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (hku12)
She can't be both.
Posted by: JoeF. at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (HrMC1)
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Theory:
She's fine with Mexicans but has a deep hatred for Nicaraguans.
Discuss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (jsWA8)
Bannon seems to be in the Bannon business."
imo Bannon has been one of the best at exposing the CCP and getting back to American Standards .... including a basis in foundational Christian principles. The SDNY charges were an attack on an anti-globalist threat ... like they did on other Trump people, as I see it.
Maybe he has some nefarious ties, idk, but he has a pretty strong background ... military and finance and government. Seems like a very productive patriot from my view.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (hfvc1)
Posted by: creeper at October 20, 2020 12:53 PM (XxJt1)
Posted by: DaveA at October 20, 2020 12:53 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2020 12:53 PM (WkPC9)
They're both thought to beat their staff.
Posted by: Axeman at October 20, 2020 12:53 PM (Eicbe)
That makes sense.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:52 PM (El9Kt)
LOL
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 20, 2020 12:53 PM (Ez6QX)
Redundant, silly jokes about Jeffrey Toobin?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2020 12:53 PM (WkPC9)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (NWM+b)
And ace, I think "the pressure from SJWs" is coming ..... from inside the house (to use an expression whose origins or reference I'm not sure about).
There was just some new "insider" revelation this week about Farcebook execs, and their extreme authoritarian (and really, idiotic) political views.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (OTzUX)
I'm trying qwant.com. Duckduckgo became a copy of google. Sure, your identity might have been safe, but you got google's algorithms.
Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (Ypqc1)
just over 4 cups in a liter. Just don't ask me to do a 5th of liquor
as I don't know how much that is.
Two weeks from tonight it won't be enough. I personally hope to defile several pudding cups by 10:00pm. Or to use the vernacular to "Toobin" the aforementioned pudding cups.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: common sense at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (UCCfH)
that's a metric fifth
Posted by: BignJames at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (kfcYC)
And they listen to everything.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:43 PM (ZLI7S)
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Are THEY watching too?
Posted by: J. Zoomin' Toobin at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (Ed8Zd)
>>You mean like that?
I mean two of the earliest investors in google back when Page and Brin were grad students doing research into search technologies were the NSA and the CIA.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (ZLI7S)
*******
Meh, Bannon is a weird one, but I give props to him for being fired for Trump and STILL supporting him, whereas others who have been fired become CNN commentators and write books exposing Trump for being an alien body double spy for the Romulans.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (8YFRI)
She can't be both.
She's just a grifter. Always has been.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (H5knJ)
If you google "Trump Twitter", you get propaganda before getting Trump's twitter accounts.
Nothing new though because even years ago when The Drudge Report was an ally, you would always get The Drudge RETORT , a Lefty site, first.
Posted by: JoeF. at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (HrMC1)
>>You mean like that?
I mean two of the earliest investors in google back when Page and Brin were grad students doing research into search technologies were the NSA and the CIA.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (ZLI7S)
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This was a subplot in the last Jason Bourne movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (9Om/r)
I like that they just filed the sucker.
No press leaks, no sternly worded letters, no talk. Just action!
Posted by: PJ at October 20, 2020 12:14 PM (qlTN9)
Ah, someone at this DOJ listens to me!
Posted by: Tuco at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (DLzZd)
not that I rely on that.
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (Ed8Zd)
This is adorable.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (El9Kt)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxol4c47
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (i0wNm)
BWAHAHAHHA.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (w+Ped)
*************
C'mon son, use a more conservative alternative like Apple Maps and Apple Email and...
Well, shit.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (8YFRI)
If Baby Snark endorsed Trump, it means he's worried about the ol' gravy train.
I'm old enough to remember the time when he said that anybody who believed the government spied on Trump's campaign was a lunatic tribalist - after they admitted it.
He must not belieeeeve muh pollz!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (eXmcp)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (bDqIh)
The turn for the worse came over 10 years ago TBH. You could never find anything on say, Cash For Clunkers that wasn't positive.
Today, if you type in "Joe Biden De..." Nothing will autofill on Google, not even Joe Biden Democrat. Which seems obvious, but not to the idiots messing with the algorithm. Same with DDG. Even Joe Biden Demen..." won't autofill. But on Bing? As soon as you type the D, Dementia and Dementia Videos autofills. Not always at the top, but at least it's there.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (8B6Ng)
Obligatory: Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (H5knJ)
Yes, quite.
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (ZLI7S)
Mike Royko, famed Chicago newspaper columnist, had a long time running fight with ATT. Seems that ATT added a 1-800 extension to his number at the Sun Times, and thus Mike got many calls from befuddled ATT customers (that did not dial the 1-800 part) that thought he was the ATT helpline.
Mike fought with ATT for months over the issue with no avail. Finally, Mike began to fight back by pretending to be ATT customer service and giving outrageous and rude replies to service requests. He wrote up the hilarious encounters in his column.
Here is one such column
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yyakxsjq
Mike was MAGA even before PDT came down the escalator.
End result, Mike won, ATT changed their 1-800 number.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (OLiBJ)
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (8YFRI)
This is about me, right?
Posted by: Scaramucci at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (HrMC1)
I think Ann is more favorable about Trump now. She tweeted about how great one of his rallies was recently, after he had come back strong form the ChinaCovid. Ann is definitely pushing for Trump to win.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (Cus5s)
This is adorable.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (El9Kt)
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Remember how a day before the first debate we got a release of solid proof that Biden was in on the coup plan from the beginning and Chris Wallace...didn't mention it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:57 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (H5knJ)
******
She once was Bill Mahers Koch Holster. That automatically disqualifies her from having any say in anything whatsoever
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 20, 2020 12:57 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Sharkman at October 20, 2020 12:57 PM (BM2fS)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 12:57 PM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2020 12:57 PM (gS3OW)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (v16oJ)
************
Pep Johnson is right!
Posted by: The Townspeople from Blazing Saddles at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: jsg at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (kZ8fN)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (OTzUX)
Obligatory: Stop trying to make fetch happen.
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (v16oJ)
Gopher fan?
Posted by: hogmartin at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:50 PM (ZLI7S)
Bill Gates business as usual. He started as a thief he continues as a thief. These days he's working hard on population control. He's a soul thief.
and the Bells - "long distance" was very expensive.
My long distance bill then was greater than my HVAC bill is today. that was when a dollar was still worth fifty cents
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (9v1sv)
Altavista was the least amount of work and in terms of search they really were the Google of their day. Their treatment of operators and wildcards was spot on where most engines considered those "suggestions" at best.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (hfvc1)
297 Now, all the old guys will want the internet of their youths.
Breaking out CDs of Redneck Rampage too.
Posted by: humphreyrobot
Doom, Quake, Half-Life. Ah, all the time wasted. Good times!
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (y18Bs)
Carmageddon
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (k/TB6)
She once was Bill Mahers Koch Holster. That automatically disqualifies her from having any say in anything whatsoever
**
The fact that she's even friends with that little turd homunculus disqualifies her.
Posted by: Azathoth at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (jblg6)
Said from the discovery they found, the lawyers made sure their devices were not in meetings they had. They genuinely felt it was a form of wiretapping and Google was listening.
Posted by: Dig Dug at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ANaCj)
Any voice activated service be it alexa, siri, cortana, or whatever is ALWAYS listening.
Posted by: DR.WTF
They should have set up Alexa in the room and said all manner of fukked up wrong-rabbit-hole shit to give Google's 19,000 lawyers something useless to do.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (kfcYC)
When I type "Twitter (name)" the first result is always (name)'s Twitter feed. "Twitter Babylon Bee" gets me their feed, first result. Same with Twitter Trump.
I like Bing. Have for two years.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: spindrift at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (5Xgtc)
Seems like a good time to revisit this Joe Biden interview when he was asked about Hunter Biden...
https://tinyurl.com/yxqjqxna
Posted by: Tami at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (cF8AT)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxol4c47
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (i0wNm)
BWAHAHAHHA.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (w+Ped)
Well....
Im not sure what to make of that. It looks like she's telling Kamala Harris and her ilk to stop trying to lecture black people about what's good for them. But its not clear.
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (Ed8Zd)
Justice Department to File Long-Awaited Antitrust Suit Against Google
The Justice Department will file an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search-advertising that form the cornerstones of its vast conglomerate, according to senior Justice officials.
The long-anticipated case, expected to be filed in a Washington, D.C., federal court, will mark the most aggressive U.S. legal challenge to a company's dominance in the tech sector in more than two decades, with the potential to shake up Silicon Valley and beyond.
let them whine
that is all the left does these days
cry, stamp their feet and whine because they did not get their way
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (sfhL4)
**
The fact that she's even friends with that little turd homunculus disqualifies her.
Posted by: Azathoth at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (jblg6)
Yup.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Anachronda at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (KJjn8)
>>Mike fought with ATT for months over the issue with no avail. Finally, Mike began to fight back by pretending to be ATT customer service and giving outrageous and rude replies to service requests. He wrote up the hilarious encounters in his column.
I worked with and around AT&T for years just post divesture as the intertubes were starting to be laid. The bureaucracy within AT&T makes the federal government look like a well oiled machine.
I met some brilliant people there, particularly down at the Labs, but the bureaucracy made it next to impossible to get anything done. It was soul crushing.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (ZLI7S)
I don't deny that Google is good at what they do, or that they earned their dominance. Nor do I care.
Grind them under the boot until the hobnails come out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (eXmcp)
Posted by: Caliban at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (QE8X6)
This was a subplot in the last Jason Bourne movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (NWM+b)
But the fictional part is the founder decided to not actually be evil.
Posted by: blaster at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (ZfRYq)
If nothing changes, and everyone simply moves over to Bing or Duckduckgo, peachy. No problem. Otherwise, crush them. Break them into tiny little pieces that can never threaten the country, free speech, and normal commerce again.
Then do Amazon.
Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (gS3OW)
Respectfully, this is completely wrong. Google's results were magic compared with other search engines. AltaVista, AskJeeves, Yahoo and others were all trying to use webcrawler, metadata, hand-curated sites, webmaster-submitted sites, keyword proximity, etc.
If you used these engines to search for ANYTHING, you got two relevant results in the top ten, some random person's website where they talked about something related, a few pr0n results, and the rest were somewhat related, but not what you were looking for.
Google was f*cking magic in comparison. The top one or two results were EXACTLY what you were looking for, and the remaining results were highly relevant. Zero pr0n results for non-pr0n searches.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (i0wNm)
Posted by: DR.WTF
They should have set up Alexa in the room and said all manner of fukked up wrong-rabbit-hole shit to give Google's 19,000 lawyers something useless to do.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA 1977 at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (kfcYC)
Ive never turned that feature on but I doubt that matters too much. Maybe it helps limit their access somewhat?
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (sfhL4)
We seriously need to delete that part of the Constitution that says, "...except for bidnesses..." If you operate a business that's usable here, you should abide by our Constitution. Every. Single. Word. Of. It. Always and at all times with no exclusions or exceptions.
That means our data belongs to us, our speech will not be censored and all transactions are private and require our expressed written consent to be used otherwise by anyone else under immutable penalty of law.
And I still want a pony.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (HaL55)
Oh no, they're paying off Republicans, too, such as Jim Jordan and the Senator from Utah, where google has a huge server farm.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (bDqIh)
I'll admit I never use Google anymore. Haven't for a very long time.
My browsers are set to DuckDuckGo as a default search engine.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2020 01:02 PM (sfhL4)
Republicans, they say, are balking at spending more of the people's money. Imagine that.
Had enough of Fox yet?
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2020 01:02 PM (VpIIl)
You always notify the boss if you have a problem doing something BEFORE you actually take the job.
The Senate Republicans have a problem with endemic corruption by ways of insider trading (cough Burr among others), non profit institutes like McCain's taking foreign money, and placing their family members throughout the lobbying and corporate communities with make work jobs. Many of them are perfectly willing to collaborate with Dems and destroy the country if they can personally make a buck. In that way, they are more contemptible than Dems.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2020 01:02 PM (OLiBJ)
I'll admit I never use Google anymore. Haven't for a very long time.
My browsers are set to DuckDuckGo as a default search engine.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2020 01:02 PM (sfhL4)
^^^^^^This.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (w+Ped)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (KJjn
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It's not nothing.
I don't think it's huge, but it is a small inroad to a demographic that tends to vote heavily Democratic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (OLiBJ)
LOL
Reads like a Seinfeld episode
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (nUhF0)
They knew from their beginning they would be evil.
THEY KNEW
Posted by: torabora at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (Y274z)
It's unclear. But (1) she's interacting with professional retard and race hustler Elie Mystal; and (2) 50 percent of her tweet consists of shouting heads and clapping hands. So I'm voting batshit crazy.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Caliban at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (QE8X6)
If he had any honor he would have already offed hisself. But if he had any honor he wouldn't have been beating his meat there in the first place.
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (o2MD2)
Try to find a "conservative" answer on Google, it's nearly impossible. Every form of research leads to some left-wing talking point.
Had Trump early on made a shot across the bow with the monopoly suit, I bet that wouldn't have been so blatant in their bias.
Posted by: Dig Dug at October 20, 2020 12:15 PM (ANaCj)
worse than ever now too
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (sfhL4)
Posted by: Caliban at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (QE8X6)
Imagine how the others on the call feel today. This is probably their first day of therapy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (YqDXo)
This is adorable.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (El9Kt)
Rudy did a video interview with Daily Caller yesterday.
He's probably doing one today.
He said he's going to dribble out info for the next ten days increasing the Biden Crime Family's pucker factor exponentially.
Plans on causing them to expose themselves more and more on the way to the tenth day. Then, KABOOM.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (9v1sv)
Maybe. It's also possible he's not as smart as he thinks he is. And with age comes wisdom. He just hadn't experienced enough life and human nature to grasp the biggest of pictures.
So, he may have flaws beyond establishing a brand. And those flaws should undermine the brand he has established.
But I quit following him four years ago. If he brings people over to oppose the Marxists/Fascists on the rise, then I'll take it. Won't make me follow him though. Damaged goods and he missed what could not be missed.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (HhXSr)
This was a subplot in the last Jason Bourne movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (NWM+b)
But the fictional part is the founder decided to not actually be evil.
Posted by: blaster at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (ZfRYq)
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"I just can't be this bad anymore!"
-Stuff the real Google guy would never, ever say
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (NWM+b)
"do other search engines use Google's infrastructure?"
Guess how many hits on that phrase?
Zero that actually address anything close to that question.
Which leads me to believe that Google is suppressing that question and answer, because of course Google's infrastructure is used by all other internet search engines.
I rest my case, your Honor.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 20, 2020 01:04 PM (BM2fS)
126 Googles search monopoly is only half of the problem. There's the ad service monopoly, the youtube video monopoly, and the many pies that Alphabet has its fingers in.
Posted by: Josephistan at October 20, 2020 12:28 PM (EzTeu)
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The FTC approved all that.
I'm 100% certain that will be Google's defense.
Posted by: MAGA (I got rabies for Trump) at October 20, 2020 01:04 PM (RuRW2)
- A 4 oz. tuna steak, seared hard in salted butter and still mostly raw
- A glass of iced tea
- A banana
Status: Awesome.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 01:04 PM (hYcqw)
I think Ann is more favorable about Trump now. She tweeted about how great one of his rallies was recently, after he had come back strong form the ChinaCovid. Ann is definitely pushing for Trump to win.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (Cus5s)
That doesn't surprise me, that she'd be back on board.
Whatever agenda she has, I don't think she has the least bit of difficulty reversing course. She'd probably tell you she didn't change direction, but everyone else did.
Which is why I think she might be at least a little Spectrumy.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 20, 2020 01:04 PM (hku12)
And she was also funny as hell. Calling Katie Couric the "affable Eva Braun of morning TV" was incisive, accurate, hilarious and devastating. And this was well *before* Couric did her hit on Palin.
She got a lot less funny and interesting around Romney's run in 2011 and never really recovered.
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (hfvc1)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
WTF are we doing to ouselves?
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (9Svya)
..........
DISCREDITED
DEBUNKED
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: 40 Miles North at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (uWF4x)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (9Svya)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
WTF are we doing to ouselves?
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (9Svya)
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Isn't moving to Montana a cry for help to begin with?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (NWM+b)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (an7Mv)
Seems like a good time to revisit this Joe Biden interview when he was asked about Hunter Biden...
https://tinyurl.com/yxqjqxna
Posted by: Tami at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (cF8AT)
He's actually worse at lying now than he was in 1988 when he got busted for all of the Neil Kinnock plagiarism and his lies about his law school/undergrad "achievements."
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (Ed8Zd)
Or nah?
Because surrendering that tech "for the greater good" didn't work out like they thought. Not that leaving it the fed's hands would have been "better" but I assure you it would have been so poorly managed as to not make a difference today.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (3H9h1)
"Today's lawsuit by the Department of Justice is deeply flawed. People use Fentanyl because they choose to - not because they're forced to or because they can't find alternatives."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (63Dwl)
Also, in the highly unlikely event that this is anything more than failure theater, and they actually DO break up this Monstercorp...
...I look forward to tweeting "Learn to mine coal" at their sanctimonious Commie engineers, and having @SimpleJack be too afraid to censor it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (eXmcp)
***********
Never trust people whose politics wildly swing from one extreme to the other on a Trump tweet.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (8YFRI)
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (Q+ESV)
Posted by: Azathoth at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (jblg6)
Yup.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2020 01:00 PM (9Om/r)
Laura Ingraham used to date Bathtub Boy.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (y7DUB)
Bannon seems to be in the Bannon business.
Posted by: Bladders! Bladders Full Of Hot gp! at October 20, 2020 12:41 PM (qpX6U)
Steve Bannon is Trump Nationalist America First largest asset. Trump doesn't get elected or re-elected without him. Jared got rid of him, which is common because Jared is a anti-white Marxist.
Getting rid of Bannon was a terrible mistake by Trump. He is blessed that Bannon is loyal and is still fighting the good fight that won in 2016. Bannon is the brains.
If you want open borders, pandering to minorities that hate you, infinity immigration, moar wymyn's programs, moar criminal justice reform, moar anti-white programs, and taking care of billionaires and multinational corporations by FED bailing them out, then Jared is the brains.
Posted by: DEBUNKED at October 20, 2020 01:06 PM (w8GHb)
Put a drop or two of Avocado Oil in there next time. Lets you get the heat a lot higher.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (9Svya)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (9Svya)
If not, get busy.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (t+qrx)
Im not sure what to make of that. It looks like she's telling Kamala Harris and her ilk to stop trying to lecture black people about what's good for them. But its not clear.
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (Ed8Zd)
I don't care - one dictionary for everyone.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (w+Ped)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (O+I8R)
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy and Happy in Pudding or Moving to Greenland at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (8YFRI)
There is a much better case that they have too much power with 90% of browsers using their engine, and a hand in over half of smart phone OS.
Posted by: goodluckduck at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (JPoGb)
Posted by: bonhomme
Proof Google are faggots.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (FE+I8)
Posted by: Menack at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (9Svya)
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Huh. Never heard of that before. Will try it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (hYcqw)
I'll admit I never use Google anymore. Haven't for a very long time.
My browsers are set to DuckDuckGo as a default search engine.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 20, 2020 01:02 PM (sfhL4)
^^^^^^This.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 01:03 PM (w+Ped)
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DuckDuckGo uses Bing.
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (MkuC5)
You try getting all of that floss into those little boxes!
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (9Svya)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (NWM+b)
Not if you want to be a dental floss tycoon.
Posted by: Tami at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:22 PM (ZLI7S)
There's really no trick to it!
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (819Go)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
WTF are we doing to ouselves?
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (9Svya)
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How many drug and alcohol deaths. How many heart disease. How many diabetes.
Posted by: fixerupper at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (8XRCm)
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C'mon son, use a more conservative alternative like Apple Maps and Apple Email and...
Well, shit.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Either Dipping Slappy an
You have no idea. If you use google maps, they do indeed have you by the balls. If you're using an android smart phone, I can't help you.
Here's a story (one of a dozen) I conveyed here over a year ago. I was at a convention in Las Vegas. I was trying to find my way from one venue to a restaurant people were meeting up at. I tried firing up Apple Maps, but it was having problems finding my location in the casino.
So, I fired up google maps, and it took me by walking directions to the restaurant. Awesome! Ok, so I'm standing, talking to this guy, and buy him a beer at the bar. I paid cash BTW, so no tracing of what I was buying possible. This was a brand of beer from my neck of the woods (CA) and I hadn't had it for years, totally forgot about it. So, for about 2 minutes, the conversation is about the beer, and the location it's brewed at. After that, we go our merry ways.
About 2 hours later, I'm walking back to my room, and the map software starts talking to me. I'd forgotten to turn it off. So, I turn it off. Later back in the room, I fire up my Instagram account to share a couple of photos, and the first thing I see is an ad. For that beer. That very fucking beer. Lagunitas IPA. In fact, that damn beer ad was served up everywhere.
Now tell me, since I'd never seen an ad for that beer (or any beer TBH) until just then, what are the chances it was entirely a coincidence? I've never seen another ad for that or any other beer after that. A year and a half later.
Fucking google was listening into the conversation because I forgot to turn it off, and the app allows access to photos, camera, mic and probably contacts (I've since removed it). The AI heard the keywords "Beer, Lagunitas, IPA, searched the ad database, found it and served it up.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (8B6Ng)
Google Earth was literally built by the CIA.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (ZLI7S)
Any oil with a high heat point will work for you.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (9Svya)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (i0wNm)
Google's search monopoly is less harmful than the advertising monopoly, as we saw earlier this year.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (ZGrMX)
Think about that next time you use the internet. Also, realize they sell that data to others including foreign actors and our government.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (VpIIl)
That's a suspicious thing to guarantee.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (i0wNm)
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garrett is...well, he's different in some ways.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (NWM+b)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
WTF are we doing to ouselves?
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:05 PM (9Svya)
IF..if it was even covids.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (9Om/r)
I'm just saying that we should probably get rid of the Rivers, Lakes and all water impoundments.
For. The. Children.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (9Svya)
Posted by: SaltyDonnie at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (i6shs)
Three!
Posted by: Tootsie Pop Owl
Cups?
Posted by: BillyBob Swigger DA 1977 at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (kfcYC)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (Y274z)
"It looks like there aren't any great matches for your search."
Posted by: Zod at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (xK9An)
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (O+I8R)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
WTF are we doing to ouselves?
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That was one thing I found curious when I was out in Yellowstone last month. In South Dakota and Wyoming there weren't any signs forcing you to wear masks and most people went maskless. But in West Yellowstone, MT where I was staying the mask edict was in full effect.
Posted by: Augustine at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (BDZWU)
THIS
Or worse, you google or bing something like "Obama Russia deals" and you get pages of "Trump is a Russian asset" articles instead and none that reference the thing you were looking for re: Obama.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2020 12:51 PM (bDqIh)
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Now add in the closed ecosystems of facebook and twitter.
Doesn't matter how much someone comments or how solid a case they make, it's not coming up on a search result.
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (euMt9)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxol4c47
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (i0wNm)
BWAHAHAHHA.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 12:55 PM (w+Ped)
Well....
Im not sure what to make of that. It looks like she's telling Kamala Harris and her ilk to stop trying to lecture black people about what's good for them. But its not clear.
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 12:59 PM (Ed8Zd)
I'm sick of this word police 'Oh, the Horror' of forbidden words.
There ought to be a list of every forbidden words posted and read aloud so many times that they have the value of a gnat.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (9v1sv)
Video files (all the modern formats, anyway) contain discrete video and audio tracks (and subtitles, if applicable, and sometimes other embedded media like posters). When put together in the normal form, the file is "multiplexed" or, in industry parlance, "muxed."
Interestingly, though, if you split it all out and have discrete files for the video track, the audio track, the subtitle track, etc., it is not called "simplexed" like it should be. Instead, the components are "demultiplexed" or "demuxed."
The standard assumption is multiplexed structure, so the opposite is not simplexed but rather it is undone multiplex.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (hYcqw)
Posted by: klaftern at October 20, 2020 01:10 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it
NTTAWWT
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (nUhF0)
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 01:08 PM (8B6Ng)
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I had the same experience except with a new light fixture my son installed in his house. The next day.... ads for that very fixture. On MY phone.
Way way creepy.
Posted by: fixerupper at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (xWWdO)
Bozeman area has been the hotspot for Covids in MT.
Also, Liberal California Buttfucker Central.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (9Svya)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)
Any oil with a high heat point will work for you.
Posted by: garrett
Clarified butter. Higher smoke point than olive oil.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (FE+I8)
that, in a nutshell, is why I didn't get a smartphone until I could get one that ran Linux.
Pinephone is still kind of beta-test mode, but I'm fairly certain that it's not reporting my every word to Higher Authority, at least.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at October 20, 2020 01:12 PM (Dm2AW)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 01:01 PM (i0wNm)
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Yep it was magic indeed. Like holy shit these fuckers can read my mind magic. Which was cool at the time but should have been a harbinger.
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 01:12 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: Marlon Brando at October 20, 2020 01:12 PM (9Svya)
Posted by: hogmartin at October 20, 2020 01:12 PM (t+qrx)
What you mean "we," paleface? I never voted to shut down the economy and turn people into little Hitler kommissars over wearing an ID10T mask for a bad flu season, especially one that was released as a biological warfare weapon by our enemies, the ChiComs.
That was done to us by our control-freak "betters."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Joe Biden killed my career at October 20, 2020 01:12 PM (HaL55)
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How big are your cups??? Little tea cups or BigGulp sized cups.
It makes a difference.
Posted by: fixerupper at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (8XRCm)
Millenials will have NO idea how to get anywhere.
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (9v1sv)
Posted by: Geoffrey Tubin at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (Izcq8)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:54 PM (ZLI7S)
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Should you explain where Data Zuckerberg got FB from
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (45uKF)
Posted by: vmom 2020 - Grow Up and Vote for Trump by Eddie Scarry at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (nUhF0)
Which would be fine if they didn't abuse their position to prevent access to information. They are basically redefining truth.
Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (ZS2+d)
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Had his guts ripped out when he tried to take a potato peel away from the Empress of Blandings.
It was pretty gruesome.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (VpIIl)
Meh. There's something inherently weird about a middle aged cracker lady who needs to use "nignogs" on a public Twitter account that identifies her as an institution's Soviet-style political officer for diversity and inclusion.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: An Observation at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (/cQqG)
Posted by: Jeff Tubin at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (3H9h1)
Posted by: Moron Robbie spikes football - I said 10,000 COVID deaths, tops, back in May at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (euMt9)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (9v1sv)
The best part about about ghee isn't the high smoke point, it's the drinkability.
Goes down smooth, and never fills you up.
Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (eXmcp)
Also, Liberal California Buttfucker Central.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (9Svya)
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I stopped at Bozeman on the way home to see the Museum of the Rockies. Found out later a lot of people started calling it Boze Angeles because of all the California natives, lol.
Posted by: Augustine at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (BDZWU)
Posted by: pep at October 20, 2020 12:56 PM (v16oJ)
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Pep Johnson is right!
Posted by: The Townspeople from Blazing Saddles at October 20, 2020 12:58 PM (8YFRI)
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You'd do it for Randolph Scott!!
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (wQmIw)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:07 PM (9Svya)
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Huh. Never heard of that before. Will try it.
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Agree with garrett. Avocado Oil has a very high smoke point. As does Grapeseed Oil. You can get both at the store, although they aren't going to be as cheap as a bottle of Wesson.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (O+I8R)
Meh. There's something inherently weird about a middle aged cracker lady who needs to use "nignogs" on a public Twitter account that identifies her as an institution's Soviet-style political officer for diversity and inclusion.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (H5knJ)
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Also, they made the rules. We're just happy to see them enforced on those who made them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, levelling Metropolis to save it at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (NWM+b)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
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That ratio is similar to my county. And still a good 1/3 of the people are still wearing masks.
Posted by: Asshoes at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (22mNy)
Posted by: mr_jack at October 20, 2020 12:42 PM (M59SC)
Google search is a shadow of its former self. I used to use it for tech and programming research when it was just starting out, before "just google it" became a phrase. It has been loaded with so much cruft and ad-supported intermediaries I no longer mind the alternatives.
Posted by: Persona Non Grata at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (w+Ped)
Goes down smooth, and never fills you up.
Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (eXmcp)
+++++++++++
I once knew a lady who walked into her doctor's office eating ghee with a spoon, right out of the jar. At least she had some mental stability issues. What's your excuse, Jonah?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (hYcqw)
at a Delaware computer shop where he dropped off laptops that included
details of his international business deals.
Last week a New York Post report claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop
was abandoned at the computer shop in April 2019 for months and was
found to contain e-mails that purportedly implicate Joe Biden in his
son's international business dealings during his time as Vice President.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (an7Mv)
That's almost exactly what AT&T's CEO twitted in 1974 when Ma Bell was on the chopping block.
Posted by: Scott1M at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (umAvK)
- A 4 oz. tuna steak, seared hard in salted butter and still mostly raw
- A glass of iced tea
- A banana
Status: Awesome.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
It's nice that you don't feel the need to worry about parasites.
Posted by: buzzkill pep at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (v16oJ)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (syk5t)
Posted by: clutch cargo
This reminds me how i became an owner of a gimp.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 01:16 PM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: buzzkill pep at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (v16oJ)
+++++++++++
It's *very* good tuna.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 20, 2020 01:16 PM (hYcqw)
*******
BOOM! Rudy Giuliani Announces New Documents to Be Released Wednesday Will Show Financial Crimes and Personal Crimes by Biden Family (VIDEO)
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 20, 2020 01:16 PM (45uKF)
1 ounce to a shot.
32 shots to a fifth.
16 shots to a liter?
8 ounces to a cup.
2 cups?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2020 01:16 PM (FE+I8)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (O+I8R)
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Aldi usually has a good price for Grapeseed oil. Avocado oil last I checked was around $6.75.
Posted by: Augustine at October 20, 2020 01:16 PM (BDZWU)
off foul sock
Posted by: fixerupper at October 20, 2020 01:16 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (syk5t)
How big are your cups??? Little tea cups or BigGulp sized cups.
It makes a difference.
Posted by: fixerupper at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (8XRCm)
I was beatin' off to her cups.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)
120k+ pop.
5 Dead with Covids
...over 8 Months.
And I'll bet at least one of them had a compromised immune system after getting hit by a car.
Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (8DRUP)
Posted by: humphreyrobot
You could have just traded two pinheads for a gimp.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (FE+I8)
If google doesn't return porn results what good was it?
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (Y274z)
ITS FUNNY CAUSE ONLY NOW IS JEFFREY TOOBIN REALIZING THAT EVERYTHING HE EVER DID IN FRONT OF HIS WEB CAM WHETHER HE THOUGH IT WAS ON OR NOT WAS RECORDED BY THE GOGGLES
Posted by: Ben Rothliesbergergler at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (Izcq8)
Posted by: buzzkill pep at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (v16oJ)
I have read that parasites are less of a problem in deep water fish like tuna. But I still like my meat cooked.
Posted by: Xipe Totec-MAGAfauna at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (syk5t)
THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT
I shit you not
It's like that movie Vanilla Sky.
Weird stuff
Posted by: torabora at October 20, 2020 01:18 PM (Y274z)
Andrii Derkach posted to Facebook on Friday to say there is a 'second laptop' involving evidence of corruption and connected to the Bidens, The Daily Beast reported.
After suspending his account Facebook told the site in a statement: 'We removed this account and this Page for violating our policy against the use of our platform by people engaged in election-focused influence operations.'
Posted by: andycanuck at October 20, 2020 01:18 PM (an7Mv)
"It looks like there aren't any great matches for your search."
Posted by: Zod at October 20, 2020 01:09 PM (xK9An)
Top Hit on DDG is a wiki for the anime My Hero Academia.
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: blaster at October 20, 2020 01:18 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 20, 2020 01:18 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: Bill Gates at October 20, 2020 01:18 PM (8DRUP)
The internet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 12:32 PM
Not even approximately true. The Internet started as a kind of an academic jerkoff, and when a bunch of people decided that they wanted to jerkoff bad enough to violate the ToS of the old ArpaNet backbone to sell to end users, the Internet as we know it was born.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 20, 2020 01:18 PM (qDSku)
https://gab.com/threesevens/posts/
105067186967246522
Posted by: DEBUNKED at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (w8GHb)
There's a reason I've never been on facebook.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (ZLI7S)
It's nice that you don't feel the need to worry about parasites.
Posted by: buzzkill pep at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (v16oJ)
-------
No need. I ate a heap of raw tuna that JM brought me just last night. If I die, so be it.
RELATED: One of my fondest fantasies includes a whole, live bluefin, a large knife, and a pipeful of PCP.
I want to know the unbridled joy of the shark. Just a rush of raw adrenaline as I dive, naked, into its flank and raven my way through its pulsing flesh.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (eXmcp)
Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (O2PCU)
I got news for ya - its always listening.
While visiting family, someone offhandedly mentioned that something she saw was so funny "it should be on America's Funniest Home Videos". I haven't said those words, or even thought of that show in 20 years. Yet 2 hours later the Google App on my Android presented me with stories on AFHV. I never opened any Maps or other Google App.
It. Always. Listens.
Posted by: SaltyDonnie at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (i6shs)
Posted by: fixerupper at October 20, 2020 01:11 PM (8XRCm)
Yep, and I thought big brother was bad. Thing is, even if YOU don't use google, somebody you know does. Every $#%& app on the android system - even a freaking carpenter's level asks for access to: Camera, Mic, Videos, Camera Roll and Contacts. Most people don't bother to read, so they click "Ok".
So now, if fixerupper Jr. has an android phone, they see fixerupper sr. \ 123-555-1234 \ fixeruppersr@fixer.com and know where to find you to serve up the ad for something Jr. bought, or you 2 talked about. Sadly, almost everyone I know is on gmail, so I just make sure to correspond with them using a throw away address and knowing everything said is public.
Posted by: clutch cargo at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Caliban at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (QE8X6)
Posted by: stumck at October 20, 2020 01:20 PM (+OZts)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (eXmcp)
REMOVE MASK
Posted by: Zod at October 20, 2020 01:20 PM (xK9An)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2020 01:20 PM (FE+I8)
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (syk5t)
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16.9 fl oz
Posted by: Augustine at October 20, 2020 01:20 PM (BDZWU)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2020 01:20 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (ZLI7S)
**********
DARPA-Lifelog https://bit.ly/3dJNOPB
Posted by: Ghost Of Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg at October 20, 2020 01:20 PM (45uKF)
Posted by: MAGA (I got rabies for Trump) at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM (RuRW2)
Absolutely true. The internet started as ARPAnet. I know because I worked on it.
It only became possible to build what we now know as the internet because of divestiture which opened up the network in ways AT&T would not allow.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM (Dm2AW)
Posted by: Gilded at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM (BRkq2)
Millenials will have NO idea how to get anywhere.
Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2020 01:13 PM (Ed8Zd)
Screenshots. If you have a plan or route in mind Bing or Google maps, if you drill down (sorry), expose many more smaller/alternate route roads.
I make my own exit route maps like flash card pictures,
Each flash pic a detail of the immediate area so that I can drive and view at the same time.
When I reach the edge of the map, flip to the next one.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM (9v1sv)
You'd do it for Randolph Scott!!
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 20, 2020 01:14 PM (wQmIw)
I'd do it to a light pole.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Bannon video clip. Also, crew member of Biden's charter jet has tested positive for COVID. There will be no debate.
https://gab.com/threesevens/posts/
105067186967246522
Posted by: DEBUNKED at October 20, 2020 01:19 PM (w8GHb)
I'm immune....git sleepy Joe in here stat. The moderator can wear a haz mat suit and full respirator.
Lets get it on.
Posted by: President Richard Punch at October 20, 2020 01:22 PM (Izcq8)
Posted by: humphreyrobot
You could have just traded two pinheads for a gimp.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2020 01:17 PM (FE+I
.........
What can I get for my two-headed baby in a jar?
Posted by: wth at October 20, 2020 01:24 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: buzzkill pep at October 20, 2020 01:15 PM (v16oJ)
California is already full of parasites.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 20, 2020 01:25 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Broken clock gets one right at October 20, 2020 01:25 PM (BBWrU)
VERY carefully!
*rim shot
Posted by: stumck
Very gooood. Don't double dribble.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 01:26 PM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at October 20, 2020 01:26 PM (pB6Gt)
Leave Jeffrey Toobin out of this.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 20, 2020 01:30 PM (YqDXo)
It only became possible to build what we now know as the internet because of divestiture which opened up the network in ways AT&T would not allow.
Not true at all. AT&T's breakup gave us the Unix Wars, not the Internet.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2020 01:31 PM (ZGrMX)
here is first thing I see
Justice dept says trump's denial of rape accusation was an official act.
also,
Did Kamal H call Joe a racist during the Dem. debate?
Posted by: Glenn John at October 20, 2020 01:34 PM (LilNs)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:34 PM (ZLI7S)
Using it is entirely optional. What's the end game? How do you stop it from being a search monopoly?
Posted by: lorien1973 at October 20, 2020 01:41 PM (SpKeo)
Posted by: lorien1973 at October 20, 2020 01:41 PM (SpKeo)
Break it up.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 20, 2020 01:45 PM (a1kRQ)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxol4c47
Posted by: bonhomme at October 20, 2020 12:49 PM (i0wNm)
Ppffffttttt HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Awesome.
Fuck these people.
Posted by: Robert at October 20, 2020 01:54 PM (mSzhe)
Posted by: Kamala! 2021!! at October 20, 2020 01:55 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2020 01:21 PM
I understand your point, but it just is not true. The way we use the Internet has nothing at all to do with the AT&T divestiture. The fact that it took decades to get from voice grade lines to ISDN and then DSL is a related to the AT&T monopoly, but there's nothing about the infrastructure or the access modes that has anything to do with the divestiture.
I suppose you could claim that DSL came about as a result of the divestiture, but that still leaves wireless and cable modem access which doesn't. So, at best you could claim that the forced divestiture was the best thing that could have happened to AT&T to make their Internet work, but that's about it.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 20, 2020 02:00 PM (qDSku)
What choice, Google? I can use other search engines, but you're still in the background collecting all my information.
Also, the listening in is absolutely true. The mic records your phone calls. My mom and I had a conversation about a very specific relatively unknown diabetes treatment (a work thing) and sure enough, I started getting ads on instagram about that very same specific treatment.
Posted by: soulpile at October 20, 2020 02:09 PM (rwZk1)
Posted by: Thirdtwin at October 20, 2020 02:21 PM (MMJ/U)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at October 20, 2020 01:45 PM (a1kRQ)
And this prevents people from typing "google.com" instead of "google2.com" how exactly?
Posted by: lorien1973 at October 20, 2020 02:29 PM (SpKeo)
Posted by: Kenny The G from AZ at October 20, 2020 02:38 PM (tSosf)
Funny that the day after they say they won't go after these companies Twitter openly comes out as a publisher, saying all tending stories will come with added context, but as long as they pay off Senators who are in safe states that's totally cool.
Posted by: Rbastid at October 20, 2020 03:45 PM (Vo8YG)
Google: " People use Google because they choose to -- not because they're forced to or because they can't find alternatives."
Let's see what "choice" means to GOOG:
... the Complaint alleges that Google has unlawfully maintained monopolies in search and search advertising by:
Entering into exclusivity agreements that forbid preinstallation of any competing search service.
Entering into tying and other arrangements that force preinstallation of its search applications in prime locations on mobile devices and make them undeletable, regardless of consumer preference.
Entering into long-term agreements with Apple that require Google to be the default -- and de facto exclusive -- general search engine on Apple's popular Safari browser and other Apple search tools.
Generally using monopoly profits to buy preferential treatment for its search engine on devices, web browsers, and other search access points, creating a continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization.
[Google is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware ... Google is owned by Alphabet Inc., a publicly traded company incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware ...]
Posted by: Don't expect GOOG to address this directly at October 20, 2020 04:02 PM (BBWrU)
They deliberately make it difficult to make an keep a choice.
Posted by: stv at October 20, 2020 05:22 PM (yBUFr)
These companies were structured, in part, on the consumer benefit model. They and their lawyers knew that network effects (Reed's Law, Beckstrom's Law, Metcalfe's Law) should produce natural monopolies. Charging for the service would expose them to antitrust liability and would slow the increase in market share and the building of the network. So "giving away the product" was born.
The Antitrust Division must attach this in two ways. The product is not the search engine, it's the users' data. And network effects lead inexorably to natural monopolies.
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