tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post5042063572959991106..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: The Context of Bitten SoundTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-50476015400712015842016-08-02T08:54:31.753-04:002016-08-02T08:54:31.753-04:00Some people voted for Wallace in the state primari...Some people voted for Wallace in the state primaries just to screw up the Democrats.thefederalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514099991587503764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-86824303910767234782016-08-01T05:20:17.820-04:002016-08-01T05:20:17.820-04:00In 1972, there were three candidates: Nixon, McGov...In 1972, there were three candidates: Nixon, McGovern, and George Wallace. Some people voted for Wallace because they did not like the other choices available.Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13664196206401718521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-57015813184416360062016-07-29T16:12:42.336-04:002016-07-29T16:12:42.336-04:00Russia has most of a century of practice at cultiv...Russia has most of a century of practice at cultivating "useful idiots", but that doesn't mean the useful idiots are actually a front <i>for</i> Russia. That would be sloppy—"keep your fingerprints off it" is both literally and figuratively a basic rule of that kind of thing—and would involve committing resources that don't need to be committed. They're quite happy to do it without a formal relationship, why bother with the liabilities inherent to having a formal relationship?Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-7503193980188939022016-07-29T12:04:35.205-04:002016-07-29T12:04:35.205-04:00From the security-type guys I've spoken to, it...From the security-type guys I've spoken to, it's pretty much common knowledge that they're involved-- they'd have to have a really good reason to NOT support that kind of thing, and nobody's been able to find one. <br /><br />No evidence, of course. It's spy junk. But "oh, we're not supported by Russia!" was good enough to dismiss it... until now. :D Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-40680192320770751292016-07-29T01:12:20.470-04:002016-07-29T01:12:20.470-04:00People who think it's a front for the Russians...People who think it's a front for the Russians apparently don't know "useful idiot" is a translation of a Russian phrase, полезные дураки (<i>polezniye duraki</i>).Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-74963556645855946232016-07-29T01:10:40.058-04:002016-07-29T01:10:40.058-04:00It's also mostly undone if they share it. Know...It's also mostly <i>un</i>done if they share it. Knowing what your enemy knows is almost as good as him not knowing it in the first place.Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-85580730681001222692016-07-29T01:06:34.488-04:002016-07-29T01:06:34.488-04:00I'd heard the 'Wikileaks is a front for th...I'd heard the 'Wikileaks is a front for the Russians' before (1-3 years) this current kerfluffle:<br /><br />https://20committee.com/2015/08/31/wikileaks-is-a-front-for-russian-intelligence/<br /><br />https://20committee.com/2013/07/06/wikileaks-snowden-and-the-belarus-connection/Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754098327755621483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-28719203321963283812016-07-29T00:23:56.794-04:002016-07-29T00:23:56.794-04:00Nah, it's just that no one seemed much concern...Nah, it's just that no one seemed much concerned when it came to earlier Wikileaks. It all depends on whose ox was gored. But this time there was a rush to taint the wikis with the Russian brush, which is now being repeated as if it were a fact. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-44896432743807043142016-07-29T00:08:48.301-04:002016-07-29T00:08:48.301-04:00It was good enough last time. It was good enough last time. Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-27705997471412760512016-07-28T23:48:33.129-04:002016-07-28T23:48:33.129-04:00It seems odd to just say WikiLeaks denies getting ...It seems odd to just say WikiLeaks denies getting the emails from Russia as if that settles the matter: do people usually admit to being in cahoots with Russian intelligence?Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103271603381411226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-92083005411024391932016-07-28T22:41:04.242-04:002016-07-28T22:41:04.242-04:00Even if Trump weren't joking-- seriously, it&#...Even if Trump weren't joking-- seriously, it's treason to hope they'd find 'em and share 'em?<br /><br />If (Hey, I have no evidence!) they have them, then the damage is already done...duh....Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-27669978658070634512016-07-28T20:01:22.685-04:002016-07-28T20:01:22.685-04:00This was clearly a Trumpian attempt at humor...
A...<i>This was clearly a Trumpian attempt at humor...</i><br /><br />And that's exactly the problem.<br /><br />If we are to say that we have a choice between a fool and a crook in this election (and I would amend that statement to a choice between <i>two</i> crooks in this election), then we do not want that fool jesting about national security and privacy rights, especially when that fool would have the ability to compromise national security and privacy rights if he was elected president.<br /><br />I'll leave you to joke-telling. Unlike Mr. Trump, you're actually good at telling them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-13866515132259229822016-07-28T17:25:33.330-04:002016-07-28T17:25:33.330-04:00Nixon/McGovern is the first election of which I wa...Nixon/McGovern is the first election of which I was aware - I was 12, I think. I remember watching a Nixon speech on TV, and being really impressed - until my older brother walked through the room, watched for a few seconds, and said something to the effect that Nixon was a lying crook. <br /><br />My older brother was politically astute. <br /><br />This election is way worse, seems to me. By comparison, McGovern come off a sage, and Nixon a piker. Joseph Moorehttps://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-39728007716435604632016-07-28T11:12:33.255-04:002016-07-28T11:12:33.255-04:00Off topic but I thought you would appreciate this:...Off topic but I thought you would appreciate this:<br />http://abstrusegoose.com/511<br />Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.com