Damn, the news that Erik Prince was abducted seems to be fake.

discord are getting destroyed too

there is no escaping this disaster soon

If even Boebert is swaying against the pedophiles now, things must be really bad.

7 hours ago, BruceVC said:

Thats definitely a concern and something I wasn't aware of

I am very interested in how this unfolds, if you could post examples as time goes on of what sites get banned for " dangerous ideas" or other similar things that would be helpful

I can see the anxiety because words like " dangerous ideas" are very subjective and open to abuse depending on the government and its ideological views

I found this link specifically around how Denmark has implemented age verification, Im not sure how accurate it is but its similar to other countries

Denmark To Set 15-Year Minimum Age for Social Media Use

Denmark becomes the first EU country to set a 15-year minimum age for social media, aiming to protect youth well-being and regulate harmful online exposure.

So basically

"Under the agreement, individuals under 15 years old will be prohibited from self-registering on designated platforms. Children aged 13 and 14 may access social media only if a parent or guardian permits them.

Complementing the age rule, the agreement includes measures to tighten digital “gate-keeping”: monitoring offensive content, preventing aggressive marketing to minors, and limiting the use of children in advertising.

In practical terms, enforcement will lean on Denmark’s advanced digital infrastructure. The government plans to use its national electronic ID system and create or require age-verification tools for online platforms. In case of rules being violated, the regulated social platform may face liability for non-compliance with age checks up to 6% of its yearly turnover across the globe, as provided in the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)."

So it all seems at the moment to be targeting under 16 only but I understand your concern because it can be extended to now include adults and websites government decides are problematic

Personally I dont support any type of ID age verification for children or adults because of how it has to be implemented, its too invasive when you have to use your actual ID. I realized I actually dont normally give my ID but just my date of birth which is fine

I think parents should be more involved and deciding what there kids can or cant see and I dont think the state should enforce these types of measures. But I also understand why we at this point, we have heard endless stories over the last 10 years of the negative impact SM has had on many kids so now governments are acting but they going about it in a way that is getting understandable criticism for the reasons we have discussed

I dunno, news organisations going against the orthodoxy, advocating for abandoning Ukraine, advocating for action to stop the Palestinian genocide. We have already seen organisations designated as terrorist, who are but any sane definition definitely not that.

the kids would grow up smarter without rotting their brains with American aligned social media, but we can't have censorship, it's too dangerous to let it in.

4 hours ago, Lexx said:

If even Boebert is swaying against the pedophiles now, things must be really bad.

I think I heard Ro Khanna, a US congressman who has been going into the archives to look at the unredacted files, claim that at least 90% of it remains unreleased or redacted. And if that's true and given how much dirt the edited 10% we got is....then man the rest of it is going to be insane.

3 hours ago, PK htiw klaw eriF said:

I think I heard Ro Khanna, a US congressman who has been going into the archives to look at the unredacted files, claim that at least 90% of it remains unreleased or redacted. And if that's true and given how much dirt the edited 10% we got is....then man the rest of it is going to be insane.

I'm wondering how that guy (Epstein) managed to process millions of e-mails yet still leave an apparently "active" life. I think in my entire career in IT I had far fewer e-mails; maybe on the order of 1-200,000. The entire H. Clinton controversy was over 30,000 e-mails.

10 hours ago, rjshae said:

I'm wondering how that guy (Epstein) managed to process millions of e-mails yet still leave an apparently "active" life. I think in my entire career in IT I had far fewer e-mails; maybe on the order of 1-200,000. The entire H. Clinton controversy was over 30,000 e-mails.

Average person in a corporate environment sends\receives 100-130 emails a day

But you often get CC on distribution lists and or general communication so you end up receiving more than you send

So its not uncommon to find high usage email users sending\receiving 150-200\day even if only 60 or so are directly relevant to them

If you just take a low average of 100\day that 500\week and thats 2000-2500 Month

The Epstein Files are not just emails but videos and documents and they over 300 GB of data

And they go back decades so its understandable there would be millions of items

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/6-republicans-cross-party-lines-to-offer-a-rare-rebuke-of-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-194347189.html

@Malcador you must be happy

" Opponents of President Trump’s tariffs on Capitol Hill scored a significant victory and opened the door to what are expected to be multiple votes targeting the president’s signature economic policy.

First on Tuesday came a 217-214 vote to defeat a maneuver that would have kept tariff-related resolutions on hold until August.

Then on Wednesday, Canada was up first in a follow vote that saw an even wider margin of 219-211.

Six Republicans joined with nearly every Democrat to pass Joint Resolution 72, which seeks to terminate a national emergency that Trump declared last February imposing tariffs on Canada over the issue of illegal drugs."

Now you dont have to worry so much about securing your border from all those vast amounts of illegal drugs coming into the USA

13 hours ago, rjshae said:

I'm wondering how that guy (Epstein) managed to process millions of e-mails yet still leave an apparently "active" life. I think in my entire career in IT I had far fewer e-mails; maybe on the order of 1-200,000. The entire H. Clinton controversy was over 30,000 e-mails.

Their writing is like crap. They basically used mail as a messenger, with lots of one-liners and such. Funny enough, you can identify male/female sender by how bad the male senders are writing. It's atrocious.

Also, there is a lot of other stuff in the Epstein files, like whole 200 page manuals of whatever for some reason. That's going to bloat up the page count as well.

1 hour ago, Lexx said:

Their writing is like crap. They basically used mail as a messenger, with lots of one-liners and such. Funny enough, you can identify male/female sender by how bad the male senders are writing. It's atrocious.

I takes a lot of brainage to make the words come out.

8 hours ago, BruceVC said:

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/6-republicans-cross-party-lines-to-offer-a-rare-rebuke-of-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-194347189.html

@Malcador you must be happy

" Opponents of President Trump’s tariffs on Capitol Hill scored a significant victory and opened the door to what are expected to be multiple votes targeting the president’s signature economic policy.

First on Tuesday came a 217-214 vote to defeat a maneuver that would have kept tariff-related resolutions on hold until August.

Then on Wednesday, Canada was up first in a follow vote that saw an even wider margin of 219-211.

Six Republicans joined with nearly every Democrat to pass Joint Resolution 72, which seeks to terminate a national emergency that Trump declared last February imposing tariffs on Canada over the issue of illegal drugs."

Now you dont have to worry so much about securing your border from all those vast amounts of illegal drugs coming into the USA

Imposing harsh tariffs on our friends to the north is high up on my list of stupid decisions DJT has made. I'm glad there are members of Congress who view them in an equally bad light. Unfortunately, this bill is just another completely futile gesture by Congress, which has no chance of passing a veto. I suspect it's more about the upcoming mid-term elections. Hopefully, SCOTUS will take up the so-called "national emergency" issue soon, although I suspect they would prefer to ignore it.

1 hour ago, rjshae said:

Imposing harsh tariffs on our friends to the north is high up on my list of stupid decisions DJT has made. I'm glad there are members of Congress who view them in an equally bad light. Unfortunately, this bill is just another completely futile gesture by Congress, which has no chance of passing a veto. I suspect it's more about the upcoming mid-term elections. Hopefully, SCOTUS will take up the so-called "national emergency" issue soon, although I suspect they would prefer to ignore it.

if anyone still think the issue can be resolved by bureaucratic nonsense

no one from outside looking in expect usa to fix itself

1 hour ago, rjshae said:

Imposing harsh tariffs on our friends to the north is high up on my list of stupid decisions DJT has made. I'm glad there are members of Congress who view them in an equally bad light. Unfortunately, this bill is just another completely futile gesture by Congress, which has no chance of passing a veto. I suspect it's more about the upcoming mid-term elections. Hopefully, SCOTUS will take up the so-called "national emergency" issue soon, although I suspect they would prefer to ignore it.

Yes, I think its because the writing in on the wall for the GOP around the Midterms and these Congressmen are thinking of the future outside of Trump and legislation that is not what they believe in now will get opposed

Trump can veto it of course but there position on it will matter in the future around consistency and integrity

Also Trump's influence around get people primaried is much less so we starting to see some real resistance where relevant

Massie has always been consistent with what he believes and stands for but its still good to see this kind voting decision from other GOP Congressman

24 minutes ago, uuuhhii said:

if anyone still think the issue can be resolved by bureaucratic nonsense

no one from outside looking in expect usa to fix itself

How else would you or anyone else think the US can " fix " itself " outside of how Congress works and what person is president? That is how policies and politics works in the USA

It can only fix itself

And who wins elections and who controls Congress is the foundation of this reality

35 minutes ago, BruceVC said:

How else would you or anyone else think the US can " fix " itself " outside of how Congress works and what person is president? That is how policies and politics works in the USA

It can only fix itself

And who wins elections and who controls Congress is the foundation of this reality

Even the Weimar Republic managed to fix itself and get the inflation under control... eventually 😃

10 hours ago, Gorth said:

Even the Weimar Republic managed to fix itself and get the inflation under control... eventually 😃

Yes but the point Im making is Trump is very unpopular around several of his policy decisions both domestically and internationally

And @uuuhhii views are fairly common but most of the time its from people who have never liked the USA or resented the USA and now they feel vindicated because there is lots of material to criticize the US on

In South Africa I have been hearing negative views of the USA for the last 25 years but in different degrees but its generally the same thing repeated, the common complaints are " the US is an imperialist nation, its trying to be the policeman of the world, its a racist country " and so on

Then you get the issues around dollar hegemony which has been around for decades but thats a different type of reality

And everyone is entitled to there opinion even if I disagree because of the selective and inconsistent outrage around some these points

But did those same people feel that way when Biden was president? Or Obama

And much of the current criticism is legitimate and its because of Trump and his policies. For example you cant dispute how ICE has been heavy handed and they are acting in a completely draconian way or Trumps constant antagonism towards Canada or the EU and other traditional allies

But what happens if the Dems win the next election and we see someone like Newson becoming US president?

He will reverse many of Trumps views and policies like Biden did in 2020 and suddenly we see a different US controlled by the Dems

So will people still be saying " the US cant fix itself " ?

I predict you will still find the original critiques but there will be much less because the US president obviously is a big influence on overall policy and how people see the US

So thats what I mean by " only the US can fix itself "

ICE will be leaving Minnesota and ending its operation. Not a surprise considering how badly they handled the job

This confirms how citizen activism on the streets, and not Internet activism, can change policy

Im just sorry 2 Americans had to die to get to this point

But Homan is clearly not stupid, he can see when ICE cant win

AP News

Border czar says Minnesota immigration crackdown is over,...

The Trump administration says it is ending its massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after weeks of angry mass protests, thousands of arrests and two fatal shootings.