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barnesto··on The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down
What "agenda" would that be? All I said was S&S is biased in my opinion... after having read the periodical on the regular for the last 32 years.

Based on your other questions, I don't think it's me coming off as unreasonable. Your mileage will vary, obviously.

barnesto··on The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down
Why do you assume my opinion of Stars and Stripes has anything to do with the criticism of the current administration?
barnesto··on The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down
Unbiased news sources don't exist in today's world. It's up to you and your critical thinking to digest all this bs and come up with your own conclusions. What I'm saying is journalism shouldn't be about convincing you or reinforcing a point of view. It's about presenting facts without bias to let the consumer make up their own mind. That doesn't exist in today's over-charged political environment, which is a whole other discussion.
barnesto··on 1-Euro Houses
Millions of people live in a van (#vanlife) or RV. You can work from anywhere and when the sights get boring you drive to the next place.
barnesto··on How China’s Expanding Fishing Fleet Is Depleting the World’s Oceans
same reason you would lie about the total amount of vessels in the first place.

here are 1/10 of the Chinese fishing fleet - 1/10! just outside of the Galapagos Islands. the Chinese say they have 2,600 vessels - weird how exactly 260 of those are just off the coast of a UNESCO World Heritage site fishing illegally. yes, the boatrs in international waters, but their fishing lines aren't.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariellasimke/2020/08/09/over-20...

it's not "inconsistent propaganda" it's under-reporting and outright lying, which is par for the course when it comes to the CCP.

barnesto··on Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub
marketing is not propaganda.
barnesto··on Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse
You can win if you apply rules equally, but you have to be willing to stand up for your platform and not cave to a small group of people.

r/The_Donald - they shut down r/Fuckthealtright - open for business

And by open for business, I mean openly calling for killing conservatives.

barnesto··on Facebook takes down Trump ads 'for violating our policy against organized hate'
have you never seen the Antifa flag and what it's modeled after?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifaschistische_Aktion

barnesto··on Senator Josh Hawley's Open Letter to Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom
yes
barnesto··on DEA authorized to conduct surveillance on protestors
Because it's just property, right? No downstream effects on society at all, right?

I'm sure you were out their leading the charge when Justine Damond was shot in the stomach by a cop in Minneapolis, right?

This isn't about race and probably never was. Tragic as it is, looting and riots are going to solve anything. Seriously, if you think that's helpful, then you are the problem. What's happening now is akin to a toddler throwing a tantrum. This behavior won't change anything. It's all virtue signalling until dark when it turns in to chaos.

So how about spouting of some things that will actually make a difference, instead of following the crowd blindly in to the Apple store as you yell, "hands up. don't shoot."

barnesto··on DEA authorized to conduct surveillance on protestors
1A doesn't extend to riots. Peaceable assembly is what it covers. Not burning down gov't buildings, shooting people trying to protect their property, or throwing Molotov cocktails in police cruisers.

Peaceable assembly is what the anti-lockdown protesters were all about, but those people are grandma killers, right? Unlike the Antifa thugs that are assaulting women in wheelchairs.

The gov't should use all it's resources to put an end to these riots, which are more insurrection than riot. Hence the surveillance drones and planes. Get used to it or stop rioting. And the gov't will go back to their normal surveillance state. So yeah, we still need strong encryption.

barnesto··on Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”
Where was this movement when Justine Damond was shot in the gut by a black cop in Minneapolis? I don't recall any protests, let alone riots or burning down the city.

And if your expression of pain includes looting booze from a liquor store or a TV from Target, what exactly are you trying to say? By the way, those bystanders and local businesses owners are people of color too.

barnesto··on Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”
The investigation lead to an arrest today. That's how the system works. And it worked in this case.

Where was your rage for Justine Damond? Shot by Officer Mohamed Noor from the passenger seat of his police cruiser, across his partner. Where were the riots?

Also, when people complain about MSM they are including Fox and Sinclair. It's all corrupted and meant to drive a narrative instead of presenting objective views from both sides. It's not up to MSM to tell us how to think about events. Their job is to report the facts. Hardly any of them do anymore, if they ever did.

barnesto··on Beijing Takes Aim at Prague After ‘One-China’ Dispute Deepens
Crimea says hello
barnesto··on The China Cultural Clash
"Second, sometimes different cultures simply have fundamentally different values."

Communism is not a culture. This isn't a

barnesto··on Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments
It’s called winning and was the the right call. See bilat deals with Japan and South Korea. And soon with India and the U.K. Oh, don’t forget about USMCA that Congress needs to approve instead of holding back for politics.
barnesto··on A Virtual Museum of Soviet Everyday Life
It’s not complicated. If the number of people that does because of communism doesn’t simplify this for you, I’m not sure what to tell you. Also, the “real” angle skews perspective. It is what it is. That angle is about indoctrination.
barnesto··on Bring back the 40-hour work week (2012)
If you don’t want to work more than 40 hrs a week. Don’t. Afraid of company retaliation? Find another job at a company where the culture is more in line with your views. Better yet, start your own company and work as little as you want.

Life work balance is on you. Regardless of who you work for or with in the US.

If you still want to whine about it, join the armed forces, serve your country, and get back to us about work ethic and life balance. I’ll wait.

barnesto··on Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Workers
And there’s nothing preventing employees from finding a new place to work if they don’t agree with how their company handles things. It’s a multinational corporation not college or even a democracy.
barnesto··on Lionsgate copyright claims over reviews by YouTuber AngryJoeShow [video]
You mean a trailer studios use to promote movies?

This seems more like them not appreciating the criticism than copyright infringement.

barnesto··on Unions Did Great Things for the American Working Class
yep and then watch the continued increases in H2B visas or the outright offshoring to any number of Asian nations
barnesto··on Retail Arbitrage at Walmart [video]
yes. he details all of that towards the end of the video.

what he did was visit 17 Walmart's in 22 hours and drove 700 miles.

he paid $19.82 for each game and shipping averaged $9 per.

barnesto··on Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet – report
Perceived
barnesto··on Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China
who believes that some version of Dragonfly hasn't been deployed in the US?
barnesto··on 'Anti-meme law' could see Mexicans jailed for posting insulting images
not surprising considering the leanings of the new administration. AMLO is more of a socialist than populist.
barnesto··on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to Meet with Top GOP Lawmakers
ideological speech? when did Google become a content creator? they are a search engine, among other things, and they skew results against conservatives. the fact Google owns the most used search engine, browser, and mobile OS means they can control the content distributed through those mediums.

your 1A argument is moot. nobody is telling Google what they can say, which again, they don't produce content anyway. they are telling Google to make their platforms level for all points of view. speaking of 1A, InfoWars is all i have to say about that.

last thing, if you don't think conservatives are being censored on FB, Twitter, and Google... well, there's no point arguing. it's happening. DuckDuckGo it.

barnesto··on Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
it's called business not socialism. if the company you work for treats you poorly then leave for another that won't. that or, as already recommended, go off on your own and create all the value for yourself that you can. either way, it's capitalism at work.
barnesto··on Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal
get out of your echo chamber and speak to more Americans
barnesto··on When California Was the Bear Republic
You are what's wrong with my state if you think everything is fine.

1st - that $9 billion surplus isn't a surplus. The state has debt and unfunded liabilities of over $1 TRILLION. $9 billion is couch change in comparison. Also, Brown has already said that "surplus" is being spent.

https://californiapolicycenter.org/californias-total-state-l... http://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/05/11/governor-brown-t... https://www.ocregister.com/2018/04/06/with-california-taxpay...

2nd - this state is over taxes and when they can't tax us more, they levy fees. Like the the 12 cent gas tax for infrastructure projects that have already been paid for, and the increase DMV registration fees for the same. This state is one of the worst for business, which is why so many people and businesses are fleeing the state.

3rd - we have the largest homeless population in the country and are doing nothing to prevent or solve the issue. also, over 40% of people living here (citizens and non-citizens) are on some form of welfare or entitlement. where do you think that $9 billion "surplus" is going?

4th - we are at the bottom of schools systems and quality of life. see #3.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/01/ca... https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/02/08/geog...

5th - destruction of the middle class. our open borders policies provide cheap labor. we've also allowed non-citizens to obtain professional licenses - construction, lawyers, medical, etc. this takes away opportunities for citizens - you know the ones that are fleeing the state.

6th - speaking of non-citizens. we've issued over 1,000,000 driver's licenses to non-citizens and over 3,000,000 million own homes in our state. you don't think that amount of people, here illegally, have an affect on our middle class, our lower class - come on, this affects everything from quality of life to our school systems.

but sure it's all fine and dandy. where's the meme with the dog in the room on fire?

barnesto··on California approves $768M for electric vehicles
we have an overabundance of "green" energy here in California, yet energy prices are through the roof, we are looking at potential, rolling blackouts this summer, and we have to sell excess power to other states each month. why? well none of that green energy is connected to the public grid. with the wealth of energy, consumer prices should be zero. only that's not the goal of energy companies as they're all profit driven companies. meanwhile the CPUC is a corrupt as they come and haven't done anything to lighten the consumer's burden. that Clean PowerSF program? not voluntary in the sense you can opt out of it. you can choose how much more money you will be charged each month with that money going to produce clean energy. see the problem? they want us to pay for energy we can't even use and are hiding behind this clean energy program. as usual the consumer is getting hosed.
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