Month: May 2016

If Eleanor did speak, she did well in getting the former president to mention the fact that she communes with the dead on a regular basis, because it confirms what many already know: Miss Cleo is a terrible foreign policy adviser. In Macbeth, a classic tragedy, Shakespeare addresses this and the question of free will. Macbeth, a Scottish lord meets three witches after winning a battle. They call him "Thane of Cawdor" and "future King of Scotland" before this even happens. But King Duncan, though rewarding him with the title of the recently executed Thane of Cawdor, announces that his son will be heir to the throne.  Macbeth believes that he has to kill the king now to fulfill the prophecy of the witches. Once Macbeth becomes king, however, he becomes so paranoid about losing power that he starts killing everyone around him, Kissinger style. Eventually his friends turn on him, and then even his army. […]

What Types of ID Does Facebook Accept?

If we look at how easy it is now to match a person to a personality profile, and how other countries have used this information to quell dissent and even arrest citizens, this should be cause for concern. The dead and missing in Syria, Egypt, China, Turkey, are excellent examples of what happens when an autocratic state uses Facebook data against them. When they ask for your mobile number, they automatically get all of your contacts.  As we've seen already, this is recipe for disaster.

More coming soon… […]

Perhaps even more troubling, the NBC/WSJ survey found that the negative ratings for the two presumptive nominees are the highest in the history of the poll. Fifty-four percent of those surveyed hold a negative opinion of Clinton and 58 percent have a negative opinion of Trump.

At the same time, Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders continues to best both Clinton and Trump in favorability ratings (43 percent hold a positive view of the Vermont senator versus 36 percent who have a negative view) and maintains a double-digit lead over the Republican candidate.

NBC/WSJ recorded Sanders ahead of Trump by 15 points.

For the period between May 13-19, the presumptive Republican nominee polled ahead of Clinton by a national average of 0.2 points. […]

They lied about everything that ever mattered. They lied about the Kennedy and King assassinations. They lied about the Gulf of Tonkin. They lied about Agent Orange. They lied about the CIA’s role in the Bush/Clinton era cocaine trade, in the Contra-Crack connection. They lied about the Gulf War Syndrome. They lied about Iraq, and the weapons of mass destruction. They lied about 9/11 and the Saudis, about a controlled demolition even Bush admitted to on national television. They lied about the sarin gas attacks. They lied about Gaza. They lied about the MH17 downing. They lied about Monsanto and cancer. They call evil good, and good evil. They attacked and slandered those who risked their lives, and died, to protect and warn Americans. And look at the way they are covering this election. You are literally an enemy to the media establishment. […]