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I am now deeply embarrassed for the West. And very, very afraid.
All I see today is a submissive herd lead by true, bona fide, psychopaths (in a clinical sense of the word)
And that is not the worst thing.
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I am now deeply embarrassed for the West. And very, very afraid.
All I see today is a submissive herd lead by true, bona fide, psychopaths (in a clinical sense of the word)
And that is not the worst thing.
The first automated search suggestion system was introduced as an opt-in tool by Google, Inc. in 2004 to accelerate the search process. In 2008, the tool became mandatory, and, in recent years, the number of suggestions has been reduced from 10 to 4 or fewer, with Google officials acknowledging the company actively censors suggestions.
In the first experiment, conducted shortly before the 2016 presidential election, subjects were shown four sets of search suggestions. Two showed search suggestions related to the Republican nominee for vice president, and two showed search suggestions related to the Democratic nominee.
For each search, subjects could select one of four search suggestions or could type their own search term. Each pair of searches (one pair for the Republican nominee, one for the Democratic nominee) was identical except that in one of the searches, one of the search suggestions was negative (e.g., "Tim Kaine scandal"); all other items in all the searches were either neutral or positive.
Muslim parents arrested in Texas after torturing 16-year-old daughter for refusing arranged marriage
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Maarib Al Hishmawi
Maarib Al Hishmawi
This happened not in Baghdad or Mosul or Basra, but in San Antonio, Texas.
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office reported that Abdulah Fahmi Kala Al Hishmawi, 34, and Hamdiyah Sabah Al Hishmawai, 33, beat their daughter with broomsticks, threw hot oil on her, and choked her "almost to the point of unconsciousness" when she resisted the marriage, which apparently would have paid the parents $20,000.
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People carrying luggage leave the Russian Embassy in London on March 20, 2018
People carrying luggage leave the Russian Embassy in London on March 20, 2018
Retired UK diplomat Peter Ford also thinks it's the elites clutching onto power as they face more internal opposition. "The scale of it is surprising indeed, but it is just proof that hysteria is contagious. What we've witnessed in Britain in the last two weeks has been a classic case of hysteria whipped up by the government and fanned by the, mostly right wing, press," Ford noted.
Half of the European Union's member states decided to expel Russian diplomats over the Sergei Skripal case. The move came despite zero evidence that Moscow was responsible. British Prime Minister Theresa May repeatedly accused Moscow of being behind the poisoning of former spy Skripal and his daughter in the town of Salisbury in early March.
Comment: It's the witch trials all over again: Paranoia in Full Bloom: British Government Goes Full Retard in Desperate Effort to Frame Russia for 'Chemical Weapons Attack'
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According to first deputy chairman of Novatek's management board, Lev Feodosyev, the shipment is in line with the company's goal to expand its supply geography and increase the presence in key Asian markets.
"The first cargo delivered to the growing Indian market is an important development step in this direction," Feodosyev said.
Northwestern University's Sex Week to also include workshops on kink and masturbation
This year's annual "Sex Week" at Northwestern University will feature a Chicago-based dominatrix named "Lady Sophia" who will teach the students various BDSM practices.
"What better way can you learn about the basics of BDSM than from a professional domme in Chicago? Sophia the Dominatrix runs Chicago Dungeon Rentals and is an established sex educator," student organizers of the event stated on Facebook.
Comment: Why is anyone, these days, bothering with a University education? The last thing one would expect, given the curiculum's recent nosedive into identity politics, is an actual education.
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- Social Justice in STEM courses: College physics 101 course requires 'Decolonization' project
- 'Confronting Whiteness' workshop at Stanford University cancelled
- Students protest after California college adds 'social justice' to stats curriculum
- Free speech battle: SJWs shut down Faith Goldy talk at Canadian university
- Ohio State University course to teach students why white male masculinity is harmful and privileges men
A parliamentary committee expressed serious concerns over higher education safe space policies, aimed at preventing controversial speakers from having a platform for fear their speeches may be offensive.
The Committee on Human Rights, chaired by former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, found that while there is no "wholesale censorship," certain tactics to prevent controversial figures from sharing their opinions could have serious repercussions. "Safe spaces cannot cover the whole of the university or university life without impinging on right to free speech," the report said.
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Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, addressing the Concordia Summit in New York, September 19, 2016
Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, addressing the Concordia Summit in New York, September 19, 2016
But there is now one data analysis company that anyone who pays attention to the US and UK press has heard of: Cambridge Analytica. Representatives have boasted that their list of past and current clients includes the British Ministry of Defense, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of State, the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and NATO. Nevertheless, they became recognized for just one influence campaign: the one that helped Donald Trump get elected president of the United States. The kind of help the company offered has since been the subject of much unwelcome legal and journalistic scrutiny.
Carole Cadwalladr's recent exposé of the inner workings of Cambridge Analytica shows that the company, along with its partner, SCL Group, should rightly be as a cautionary tale about the part private companies play in developing and deploying government-funded behavioral technologies.
Comment: For more on the shady SCL Group, see: SCL, Parent Company of Cambridge Analytica, is Military-Intelligence Front For British Establishment
Her source, former employee Christopher Wylie, has described the development of influence techniques for psychological warfare by SCL Defense, the refinement of similar techniques by SCL Elections through its use across the developing world (for example, a "rumor campaign" deployed to spread fear during the 2007 election in Nigeria), and the purchase of this cyber-arsenal by Robert Mercer, the American billionaire who funded Cambridge Analytica, and who, with the help of Wylie, Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon, and the company's chief executive Alexander Nix, deployed it on the American electorate in 2016.
It's preparing to enforce a newly passed law that will allow the government to confiscate or freeze any Russian capital "of dubious origin" - a measure clearly intended to permit a crackdown on Russian oligarchs living in London.According to Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson, warrants for the seizure of Russian capital and assets of doubtful origin have already been issued, according to Sputnik News. The goal is to ensure that any property attained by unknown means is registered, according to the law. Williams said during his speech that Russia's goal was to divide Europe, but that actions of solidarity by Estonia and other European countries have shown "that's not possible."
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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference in the Indian city of Varanasi on March 12, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference in the Indian city of Varanasi on March 12, 2018
The two Gulf Arab states are leading a coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi group that controls most of northern Yemen and the capital Sanaa. The conflict has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than three million.
The poll showed that 88 percent of respondents believed their country should stop arms exports to all countries where there is a risk they could be used against civilian populations and specifically 75 percent for those operating in Yemen.
Comment: It's not just France. But when has that ever stopped psychopathic politicians in their lust for power?
- Chickenhawk Macron: 'France ready to strike chemical weapons sites in Syria'
- Frexit: Macron admits France would vote to leave EU if country held referendum
- UK's billions in arms deals to Saudi Arabia make it "utterly complicit in the destruction of Yemen" (VIDEO)
- Trump schmoozes Saudi prince, thwarts peace in Yemen, sets up new anti-Iran alliance
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