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Alert: GomLab products now packaged with malware.

I just spent 30 minutes cleaning crap off of my partner's computer because of a program that I tend to stand by.I hate Windows Media Player. I hate that it talks to the internet every time I put a CD...

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"What makes it immoral if you lose, but not immoral if you win?"

Today is Sunday, Dec 7th 2014.Sunday, Dec 7th, 1941 was 73 years ago, today.On that day, one of the most brutal wars in human history began. It included the murder and torture of hostages by both...

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#GamerGate: If at first you don't succeed, lie like a republican.

So there's a situation online called "GamerGate" where a rabid mob of Men's Rights Activists have been going after women in technology simply for having the gall to exist.The leader of this movement,...

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Dear Internet: Can we please stop harassing women online?

Those of you who've been listening to me on Netroots Radio or reading my posts lately know I've been following what David Futrelle calls "The New Misogyny." I've covered Elliot Rodger and the Men's...

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Can we at least consider the history of Ukraine if we're going to talk about it?

Eternal Hope is right in the contention that military advisers in Ukraine can snowball. We're in a dangerous situation. Obama's focus on diplomacy is the right one, and I have to admit that military...

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The history of Riots in Baltimore

One of the things that really stuck out in Monday's reporting on the unrest in Baltimore was a statement by Daryll DeSousa, the chief of patrol.He said in a press briefing that Baltimore was seeing...

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Scotland Rising: If you think the Republican wave in 2010 was big...

The polls open UK wide in one week. But the most interesting part of the election is happening in Scotland.Here's a map of Scotland in 2010 along with the most recent Polling projections for...

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I can find no evidence of the Baltimore Sun's "Purge" Claim from Monday

The Baltimore Sun made the following claim about the riots on Monday:The incident stemmed from a flier that circulated widely among city school students via social media about a “purge” to take place...

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Three Days til The Election: Labour's Stone Plinth May as Well be a Gravestone

The UK goes to the polls on Thursday to decide who their representatives in parliament will be. It's a tough election, with no party slated in the polls to take an overall majority. I'll be making a...

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Two Days to Go til the UK Election: Why there won't be a coalition

The polling is pretty clear. Neither Labour nor the Tories are expected to get an overall majority. Here's the BBC's election projection for tonight: The target is 326 seats. That's how many votes are...

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10 Hours till UK polls open: Who are the SNP (According to Right Wing...

Britain has its own sort of corporate, right wing media. In the UK it's newspapers that tend to be partisan, and broadcasters who tend to be a little more balanced. We often have the opposite here, and...

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Election Night Liveblog, UK Election 2015, Scotland

The polls closed at 5:00 PM EST, 10:00 PM local time. It will be a few hours before we have any results at all, and the first real bellwether seats will come at around 9:00 PM tonight.There are two...

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Windows 10 comes with built-in spyware. If your work requires...

Friends of mine in government, in law offices, or in doctors offices often have a work/personal email that comes with a disclaimer. "This communication is confidential," etc, and is intended only for...

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Police Shootings in 2015: Just the Facts

I’ll be talking about Black Lives Matter tomorrow on Netroots Radio (I’ll be on at 11:30). I’ll soon be launching my own show there, with econ-blogger extraordinaire Arliss Bunny. In my research for...

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I found Mongolian Hip Hop made entirely with traditional instruments and it...

And for those wondering, yes, there is throat singing!It seems that the artists who make this, called ЭтникЗоригоо or Ethnic Zorigoo depending on your alphabet, are musicians who are trying to keep...

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Everyone shut up. David Cameron allegedly had sex with a pig's severed head.

In a new book, Call Me Dave, veteran political journalist Isabel Oakeshott and Tory Peer and Pollster The Baron Michael Ashcroft (because of course the nobility is involved) have alleged that as part...

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Hay Everybody! Let's relentlessly mock the Sorority Girls who took selfies at...

HAHAHAH DID ANYONE SEE THE VIDEO OF THOSE STUPID MILLENNIALS MAKING STUPID FACES AND TAKING STUPID SELFIES?!?!?!?!?NOBODY IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL HAS EVER LOOKED AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN DIRECTLY AT...

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I've been watching CNN for two minutes and I've already poured myself a whisky.

They've spent most of the time talking about Donald Trump's twitter account, and are pretending to be surprised that his live-tweeting is getting so much attention when CNN are the ones giving him that...

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An open letter to Sanders Supporters: Don't get distracted by the corporate...

Hey guys. For reference, I'm undecided because I like both Clinton and Sanders so much. If Clinton is sailing to victory, though, I'm going to vote for Sanders to give him the biggest possible stick to...

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The Death Star WAS an inside job, though.

Nobody wants to hear the truth, but do you really think that a simple farmboy with little to no military experience working for his sister's terrorist organization destroyed the most heavily armed...

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With EVEL Intent, Cameron has just destabilized the UK

Image from an independence march in Glasgow today, 10/24/2015. "Nicola" refers to Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland (Head of Government) and leader of the SNP. Protests like these involving...

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Calais, France Refugee Camp "The Jungle" is Burning.

A Reporter for the Morning Star, and a Polish Filmmaker have both confirmed that as of the time of writing, the Calais refugee camp called the Jungle is burning. No injuries are currently reported, and...

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A Scottish Nationalist Newspaper made sure that Syrian Refugees were greeted...

The National is a pro-independence newspaper. Let’s not dither about who they are. They’re nationalists. They’re often accused of being mouthpieces for the SNP. They believe that Scotland ought to be...

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Please stop blaming my city for your failures.

I hope all of you are happy getting to vote in the Democratic primary! I also get a vote. Dead last, as it turns out. Either I support the decision made by the rest of the Democratic party, or cast a...

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As an Occupy Wall Street Democrat, I support Hillary. She's strongest by far...

Bank Profits are in freefall today, thanks to Obama-Appointed regulators. In the aftermath of the Libor crisis caused by shockingly criminal behavior on the part of the 16 largest banks on the planet,...

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Bernie Sanders just lied about his opposition to Comprehensive Immigration...

Bernie Sanders just put a lot of spin on his response to opposing Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Tonight, he claimed that it was because a guest worker program was modern day slavery. This is in...

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Ireland Votes: It looks like a hung Dáil or broken promises.

Irish people went to the polls yesterday to elect 157 Teachtaí Dála to Dáil Éireann. Whichever party controls the Dáil will be able to appoint the Taoiseach, and control the legislative agenda.For...

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Fact Check: Clinton's FBI "Problems" are mostly political spin, according to...

I will keep this succinct, until I break into the meta portion.A diary on today’s reclist argues that Clinton is likely to be indicted for criminal activity. This argument comes from the right-wing...

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Bernie Supporters in North Carolina: My friend wants to vote for your...

Very quick post.I have a friend who works in Mouth of Wilson Virginia. He needs someone to pick him up there, and drive him to the polls in Allegheny County North Carolina for the Democratic Primary on...

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No matter what happens today, this Clinton supporter thinks Bernie should...

I promised a pro-sanders Diary, where I’d call out the nonsense targeting both of our candidates. This is that post.I figured the Ides of March is a good time to post it. If Bernie can sustain his...

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BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS. I am disappointed in you.

Remember when someone implied that millennial women only liked Bernie because that’s “where the boys are” ?Well, I thought that was gross. But this song should have been in heavy, snarky...

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"Trust our Teutonic expertise." Germans respond to the rise of right wing...

The same folks who wrote that epic rock song about Yanis Varoufakis a while back just wrote a song responding to all of the right-wing nationalist nonsense going on in the world today. It’s epic, and I...

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While Bernie discourteously Invites Himself to Vatican, HRC Fundraises w/...

So we already know that the Vatican is displeased with Bernie for using their social justice work as a way to try and grab the Catholic vote in New York, calling it “Monumental Discourtesy,” but I’ll...

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Protesters have pulled down the Green Zone wall in Baghdad and Seized the...

Iraq has been in the throes of a political crisis, with last week’s session opening with an all-out brawl. That isn’t a metaphor, it was an actual brawl, with fists and water bottles thrown....

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Warning: "Bernie Glowstick Instructions" meme is trying to get people...

A meme shared on Tumblr and Reddit instructs people to mix household chemicals together in order to make a glowstick.Except the instructions are lifted from a how-to guide for making a chlorine bomb...

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With 49 other state conventions, plus a handful of territorial ones, Nevada...

Seriously, everyone, chill. So here’s how Nevada went: Badly for the Nevada Democratic Party. Just like it went badly for them when they failed to provide translators and we ended up in a big pointless...

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We can't let them use dead LGBT people as a way to stir up islamophobic bigotry.

There are many causes for what happened last night. The family of the perpetrator, and his ex wife, are saying that he wasn’t particularly religious, and that he absolutely hated LGBT people. So...

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It's official. FM Nicola Sturgeon says Independence Referendum legislation is...

Fiona Hyslop hinted at it last night, but Nicola Sturgeon said it outright in a speech today. Legislation to bring forward a second independence referendum is being prepared. Much of the conversation...

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If you believed the lies about the FBI investigation, you owe it to yourself...

First, I want to say to everyone who actually believed there was something to the e-mail scandal: I’m sorry that you were lied to. I don’t want this post to be a victory lap or an “I told you so” post,...

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Anyone care to connect these two dots for me?

Exhibit A)Exhibit B)So that’s a bit awkward. Especially since it seems Us Weekly and People Magazine are suddenly relevant, a fact which makes me just a little bit uncomfortable.I’m sure it’s just a...

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Registration Day: Imagining Trump's Muslim Registry

Trump’s ban on immigration from majority-Muslim countries is somehow at once shocking and unsurprising. And it already has a steep human cost. Banning visas from Iraq and Afghanistan means that...

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Scotland Votes to hold a Second Referendum as Article 50 Triggered: What you...

Why is this happening?“Because of Brexit” is far too simplistic an understanding.UK Parties lay out a “Manifesto” before each election. These are considered to be far, far more important than American...

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I'm disgusted with everyone who's coming out in favor of the Tomahawk strike.

Just war theory is something we all ought to brush on. The two axioms of the theory I think are important here are these:1. That the decision to engage in military action is only just if there is some...

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Welcome to NATO, Montenegro! A US President is now going to literally shove...

Trump’s NATO trip is an unmitigated disaster. I know that everyone is shocked to read this, and will be equally shocked to learn that water is wet, but what’s unusual here is the level of complete...

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The Sash Theresa Wore: UK nightmare scenario puts ultra Far-Right party with...

I wish that headline were in some way hyperbolic or sensationalist.It has been the case with Northern Ireland policy since Blair that Conservatives have been willing to listen to experts. When you tell...

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Kossacks, children with ADHD in our schools need 10 minutes of your time...

As part of the Trump regime’s attempt to gut our schools and remove “unnecessary regulations” one of the best tools that Children with ADHD and their parents have is on the chopping block. And it isn’t...

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Zimbabwe: something almost but not entirely unlike a coup

The news out of Zimbabwe this morning is as confused and jumbled as the information we got last night. African Defense Review tried to throw cold water on the talk of a coup, because all we had early...

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Heads up: Russians boosting Franken story per Hamilton 68 [Updated RE:...

Hamilton 68, from the Alliance for Securing Democracy, has collated a ton of data on Russian “Active Measures” troll networks and the useful idiots who boost the St Petersburg Signal. They’ve been able...

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Sri Lanka, Terrorism, and the assignment of blame

I was up late on social media last night reading about the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, and as a result I have a full understanding of why the Sri Lankan government has attempted to shut down social...

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The tragedy of Rojava: an American betrayal

Once upon a time, I posted pro-Turkish comments here. Well before Erdogan’s mask slipped and his totalitarian nature was revealed. It’s still my hope that as a highly educated nation, young Turks my...

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