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America developing a vaccine first and sharing it with the world for free would be more "America First."
That such an idea sounds laughable shows the effects of 20 years of neoliberal wankery mushing the brains of Americans.
"As an American citizen" - buddy we are not known for our intelligence or our honor so I don't know what relevance you think that has.
And yes there is such a thing as bad press before an election. That's why politicians go to huge lengthsto bury stories before elections.
The point is, a priceless and unique instrument has been destroyed and there is no accountability. How you got from there to wherever you are is beyond my comprehension.
Deciding that the rest of the story is "highly doubtful" over that is your call but ffs there are pictures. No musician breaks their own utterly unique instrument to craft a fake story. Be real.
That it's apparently so difficult to precisely assign accountability for this damage is it's own issue, not a cause for suspicion of the story. Lol.
For example, when did flagged comments become unreadable, rather than simply folded up by default? I'd like to see the logic on that one, if any was given at all.
Was there an algorithm change that lets popular stories under active discussion on touchy subjects get disappeared with a few flags, or was that here from the start too?
Are there any logs you can point me to that would reveal the scale of removed stories over time?
The research has shown for decades that homework is an utter and complete waste of time, but, much like any hazing ritual, some people foam at the mouth at the suggestion of ending it.
Schools in Scandinavia have proven success with anti-bullying programs, that have not been taken up elsewhere.
School lunch programs (again, pretty much everywhere outside Scandinavia) are dire.
Physical education, proven to enhance learning outcomes and well-being, probably amounts to about 40 minutes per week in most Western countries.
And don't get me started on the American higher education system... My god. It's racist, classist, and still under attack from rabid morons who would rather an Erdogan style system of educating.
It feels deliberate.
There's plenty of content in the link, and afaik we are all still being spied on by utterly unaccountable forces.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/25/inenglish/1569384196_65...
> After the installation of new video cameras at the beginning of December 2017, Morales requested that his technicians install an external streaming access point in the same area so that all of the recordings could be accessed instantly by the United States. To do this, he requested three channels for access: “one for Ecuador, another for us and another for X,” according to mails sent at the time to his colleagues. When one of the technicians asked to contact “the Americans” to explain the way that they should access some of the spying systems installed in the embassy, Morales would always be evasive with his answers.
> Morales ordered his workers to install microphones in the embassy’s fire extinguishers and also in the women’s bathroom, where Assange’s lawyers, including the Spaniard Aitor Martínez and his closest collaborators, would meet for fear of being spied on.
Why would I assume it's fair when he's already been tortured for years by solitary confinement, and often refused access to counsel? Not to mention, had spurious cases taken against him; and multiple, provably false, coordinated and widespread media smears in the UK and US?
FYI, I never claimed anything about binding force - but if the UN's top torture opinion guy says Assange is being tortured, and his dad says he's being tortured, and he looks like a man slowly dying every time he's allowed out to speak, which is basically never - I'm more than a little suspicious.
By the way, I've posted 3 substantive links in this very comment chain, and if there's ever been a single shred of evidence to support the claim that Assange is an asset, I've never seen it. You know that claim by the Guardian was shown to be a flat lie, right?
> The UK remains in violation of a United Nations decision from 2016 that Mr. Assange is being subjected to Arbitrary Detention [1]. The UK government refuses to release most of its internal communications relating to Mr. Assange saying that to do so would compromise the United Kingdom’s national security and diplomatic relations.
[1] https://justice4assange.com/UN-Working-Group-Decision.html
Then there's the mysterious disappearing of his friends, and presidential candidates laughing about droning him.
It sure would be nice to see the tech community challenge the worst of the disinfo and rally behind truth.
Jullian's father is going around the world telling people how brutally corrupt this all is, and how he fears for his son's life. The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture agrees with him: https://medium.com/@njmelzer/demasking-the-torture-of-julian....