Like Radio Free Europe is "real news"
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> the average IQ of commenters seems to have reverted to the mean
Absolutely (and sadly) 100% correct
I'm pleased that someone would counter the usual "Russia did it" narrative, although I note your inevitable downvotes.
I read HN for the informed tech commentary, and I had always assumed that people who are smart at tech, would also be smart/rational in non-tech as well. But honestly, when it comes to Russia or Trump, HN is just as much an echo chamber as reddit.
Incorrect.
Some countries are, or more accurately, a few countries.
Fauci isn't close to being a neutral expert.
^^^^^^^^^^ oxymoron alertIf re-infection with covids19 is possible, then herd immunity won't occur.
But even this is wrong, or at least, unsure. Herd immunity relies on low (or zero) re-infection. It works for diseases like measles, where the risk of re-infection (after either infection or immunisation) is effectively zero.
We don't yet know if re-infection with covids-19 is possible or not.
This is simply speculation and not credible.
> while the virus ran around getting the better of them
In 6 months time, most (or all) western countries will look back and wish they had handled the virus as well as China.
This claim has been refuted (by the US gov).
Where does he say "users of this language are stupid".
The whole concept of down/up votes is broken - I am a grown-up and quite capable of critical thinking and can form my own opinion of other people's view.
Furthermore, in this current era of group-think and censorship, comments (like yours) that are downvoted are usually the the most interesting.
On the plus side, the greying-out of such comments just makes it easier to find them among a sea of conformance.
Sincere thanks to all downvoters.
> If you start trying to create a legal framework that grants rights based on who's a good person and who isn't, well... Then you have a long road in front of you, and as they say, it's "paved with good intentions."
This is the absolute crux of the matter, and something that the current crop of puritans ignore.
I also check out t_d occasionally and have never seen a single threat of anything.
On the contrary, the community seems well self-regulated. I have often seen comments that are overly harsh (such as unnecessary personal insults) being condemned by other posters for being disrespectful. I have never seen this on any other forum. IMO t_d is a model for free, open and respectful self-regulated discussion.
100% correct.
Irrelevant.
- Poland [1]
- Estonia [2]
- Latvia [3]
- UK, France, Italy [4]
It is important to note that all of these pacts were made prior to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
Your comment misrepresents the historical situation, which is that USSR observed many powerful Euro countries making agreements with Nazi Germany, and Stalin realised that USSR would be on their own in a war with Germany. Which is in fact what happened.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Polish_Non-Aggr...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Estonian_Non-Ag...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Latvian_Non-Agg...
Such a strong statement, wrapped in quotes to make it seem that this is Pike's literal words, should really be substantiated with a reference. Otherwise you're putting words in Pike's mouth that he never said.
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
Amusingly, in the search results below, BBC themselves report on their own secret links to the state security establishment.
[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=bbc+used+mi5+to+vet+staff
Somehow;
"tell us who did this" is being reported as;
"tell us the Russians did this"
This is why the old-media cannot be trusted.
The era when an authority could simply issue a conclusion, and expect the great unwashed public to just believe it without question, are long gone.
We all have access to much more information than in the past and if we wish, can perform our own analysis and reach our own conclusions, independent of old media, private sector experts, assorted propaganda sources etc.
He also did not say that the hacks were not leaks. There are many things he also did not say. Are all of these things therefore true, or only the things you believe to be "well known" ?
> It's well known [...] were Russian GRU
Any Russian state or GRU involvement is completely unsubstantiated.