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Comment Re: One slight problem.... (Score 2) 246

Not a problem. Assange isn't being charged because he published the information, but because he (conspired to) illegally obtain it.

The 1st Amendment protects journalists (in the US, and US publications. If WikiLeaks is not based in the US, and is not a US publication, one could argue that the 1A does not apply to it - but I digress) from being prosecuted for publishing information. If a "journalist" (however one chooses to define journalist) receives unsolicited information from any source, s/he is allowed to publish it. S/he is not allowed to solicit classified information, or to assist in obtaining it. Those actions, even if they eventually result in publication, are not covered under freedom of the Press.

Comment Re:*Popcorn* (Score 1) 974

I find it odd, personally, that it sure seems like "the left" seems to control all the major infrastructure/platform sites. You never hear of lefties getting the banhammer. Even the ones prompting violence and some for sure do.

Bullshit. I have a FB friend (leftist, anti-corp, anti-Nazi, anti-Trump) who quite regularly gets banned. All he needs to do is post that Trump should be impeached, or Nazis should be confronted, and the alt-right morons pile on with complaints that he has "violated community standards", and he's gone.

Comment Re:I'm selling asteroid insurance (Score 1) 219

You know, many years ago (back when there were actual printed magazines, with ads in the back - you know, the Dark Ages) I figured that with the right selection of magazines, a "meteorite insurance" scam would probably work pretty well. Actuarially, the chances of anyone being hit by a meteorite are infinitesimal (although it has happened, which could be used in the marketing material). I was thinking of selling a $100K lifetime policy for about $5-10 - until I discovered the size of the bond you need to put up to be legally in the insurance business. Oh well.

Comment Re:and..... (Score 1) 679

It's really difficult to take seriously someone who clearly has no idea how things actually work.

That was following watching interviews with his campaign manager where there were far more than enough electoral votes outstanding to nominate Sanders and in the interviews they were stating unequivocally that they were going to be announcing Hillary Clinton as the winner even saying when they'd do it and with that declaration to come before the results were in.

Electoral votes have absolutely nothing to do with who gets a political party's nomination. The parties can choose their nominees however they want - they could pull names out of a hat, and that would be completely legal. Political parties are private organizations which can make their own rules.

Besides that, HRC actually won enough delegate votes from the various primaries and caucuses that she had the nomination sewed up - the superdelegate votes were irrelevant, as was all the supposed "plotting" by the DNC - she won the nomination process according to the rules in place.

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