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British Prime Minister Suggests Banning Some Online Messaging Apps(bits.blogs.nytimes.com) |
We got two wars in the wake of 9/11, and I don't think there was any actual increased terrorist threat.
The big, scary, but terrifically unlikely event factors more significantly into our fears than the prosaic, equally deadly, but vastly more likely one.
All the better if I can defend my statements by inciting a sense of nationalism or publicly shared responsibility for preventing future heinous crimes.
This is the raw video of the shooting of the French policeman: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc6_1420632668
Here it is in slow motion, zoomed in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c4IUO6h7w
We are told this is footage of a 7.62mm round fired into a target at point blank range.
With no recoil exhibited by the rifle, no blood present anywhere on the scene, and no violent head or body movement on part of the person "shot" at point blank range, it's very possible that blanks were fired and that this is yet another deep event meant to mislead the public into accepting a hidden agenda.
You don't seem to be a troll based on your profile, so I'm not sure what would cause you to focus on details like the fact that it was a 7.62mm rifle and that you would know what the recoil looks like for various types of rifles.
I'm assuming you got fed this idea somewhere else, and went with it. Either way I'd urge you to really try and re-evaluate from a neutral standpoint and see if it genuinely seems probable.
Allowing your mind to go down this road unchecked seems like a path to Fischer-esque paranoia and self delusion.
Ya know, don't even bother answering.
Ok, pretend for a moment that you're the terrible neocon type, who would stop at nothing to get France back into Washington's orbit or whatever. Which one of two options would you chose?
1. Pretend that there is some shooting, but don't shoot actual bullets. Make an elaborate show, and be sure not to screw it up - it's all recorded.
2. Pay a couple of disgruntled guys a small stack of cash to go and shoot up a journal office. Actual guys, actual rifles, actual bullets, legit videos.
Seriously. You have to assume those "neocons" are drooling idiots to believe any of this "look at the video!1!!" stuff.
Here it is again in slow motion, zoomed in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c4IUO6h7w
Kalashnikov rifles chambered at 7.62mm exhibit greater than zero recoil under the best of circumstances.
It simply isn't credible to state that a Kalashnikov rifle will not exhibit _any_ recoil.
And to pretend as if a 7.62mm round fired at point blank range into a human target would cause _no_ amount of blood splatter or blowback in the target is highly suspect.
There is no visual of a bullet hitting this police officer and I will not apologize for my statements inciting controversy. Watch the video. In less than a minute you will see I am accurately describing the events as they unfold on video.
How can we explain to politicians the extent to which modernity is built upon tools like encryption? How can we explain the brute fact of the possibility of secret communication, whether they approve or not? And can we guess how much damage they'll inflict in these Canutian escapades?
With a lie to placate the people, if he tries at all. Government (like the snooping corporations before them) only want "nobody but us" levels of security. Some countries have already manged to get it from some services (off the top of my head BBM and India).
It's also worth mentioning the Mayor of London's thoughts on this:
"I'm not particularly interested in this civil liberties stuff when it comes to these people's emails and mobile phone conversations. If they are a threat to our society then I want them properly listened to."
He is a trained seal that performs for treats.
Yeah, because that worked so well with perpetrators of the attacks in Paris. These people were actually well-known to authorities as were some of the people who committed the 9/11 attacks. If anything we need to make government and administrative processes both much more transparent and efficient.
I don't think inundating authorities with yet another stream of data they can't possibly make sense of particularly helps the cause.
This probably means you're right. I suggest we start a mass exodus to another country with equally melancholy weather and the guarantee of a Waitrose nearby.
That seems misleading. From what I remember they were accusing Facebook not of "refusing to give them the info", but for "not warning them" about those guys' communications. So they essentially wanted Facebook to do the policing for them, because they failed to do the policing themselves.
In Britain the Security Forces have long been seen as a bit too obsessed with lefties.
There is inneffective Security Theatre at airports - a political sop. What else is inneffective? Are there innefective secret things ?
I would like to see any journalist ask : Are the security services watching radical Islam enough or wasting their resources on what the electorate would consider the wrong targets ?
Will the Security Services having decryption keys to my communications make them more insecure to non-government agents ?
Will how secure the keys are be secret ?
What other governments , agencies and contractors will the keys to our communications be shared with ?
What oversight will there be ?
If the answer is yes, then how about the Vigenere cipher? The Caesar Cipher? 1337 speak? Writing my message backwards? Making spelling mistakes?
He is likely just using common examples that people recognize, and the law will be applied broadly to apps like RedPhone and SilentText.
Very different scenario when it's something that people actually use, especially with elections coming up.
By watching which messaging tools are banned in the UK, we will have a canonical list of which messaging tools GCHQ cannot breach.
Thanks David!
> Among these purposes is bringing France back into Washington’s orbit. The French president had recently said that the sanctions against Russia should be terminated.
> Hollande was allying himself with French economic interests instead of with Washington’s hegemonic foreign policy.
> Another purpose is to stifle the growing European sympathy for the Palestinians and to realign Europe with Israel.
> Another purpose is to counter the rising opposition in Europe to more Middle Eastern wars. The American neoconservatives have not completed their agenda. Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, and Saudi Arabia are still standing.
> And there can be other purposes not apparent to me.
> My recommendation is that you not believe the print and TV media, but think. The failure of Americans to think is why they are 13 years into war and live in a police state.
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts' latest books are The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West and How America Was Lost.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/01/11/suspicions-growin...
"And there can be other purposes not apparent to me."
Oh, well, why didn't you say? Wrap this one up as a one and done case, then!
It goes without saying that he is also a 9/11 Truther:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Craig_Roberts#September_11...
Show me _any_ video of a loaded AK-47 being fired, even from a _prone position_, wherein zero recoil is exhibited by the weapon. It is simply not credible to claim AK-47s can be fired with zero recoil. That is a patent impossibility unless blanks are fired. At a minimum, if the muzzle of the weapon doesn't rise, then the energy should be transferred into the shoulder of the shooter. The energy from the gunpowder being ignited has to transfer somewhere, unless there was no gunpowder to begin with. It's even more unbelievable to see a Kalashnikov exhibit no recoil while being fired by a running person _mid-stride_.
Think for yourself. Who benefits most from animosity towards radical Muslims.
Watch the raw, uncut video of the supposed police shooting for yourself, right now: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc6_1420632668
You will see:
- No blood, anywhere on the scene. Zero blood from the policeman "shot" with a 7.62mm round at point blank range.
- No flinching of the policeman "shot" at point blank range.
- Zero recoil exhibited by the Kalashnikov
Cross check this video with any other AK-47 video on Youtube.
View it in slow motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c4IUO6h7w
> In a video published on Liveleak, a close range “execution style” shows no blast effect or blood, from a weapon capable of devastating effect. (See YouTube demonstration of AK47 effect [2])
> Ballistics experts consulted today describe videos of the French attack as “staged theatrical events.” Other than the suspicious HD video, experts have already noted that, without coming close to “conspiracy theory” dot-connecting, the weapons eject no shell casings, bullets supposedly hit concrete with no effect whatsoever, even from “point blank” range.
> You see, the AK47 round, 7.62×39 is not only very powerful but typically has a steel core for penetrating body armour. When hitting concrete, an AK round throws up large chunks of debris, unseen in this event.
> Preliminary analysis of the audio as well demonstrates a frequency indicating the subsonic report of a blank round. In an “urban canyon,” a supersonic round from an assault rifle creates a noticeable high frequency “crack” with a secondary “report” or echo, generally described as “crack-pop.”
> It has taken only a few hours for press outlets to question perfectly timed HD video from a seemingly fearless bystander who is witnessing actors firing blanks incapable of operating the ejection system of a weapon, imaginary bullets that leave concrete pristine and blood free.
1. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/01/15/neo-paris-terror-the...
- How do you know how much recoil that rifle will generate?
- How much blood splatter should you expect? Where do you get this information from?
- How fast or slow does a bullet have to be going to be visible on a phone camera video?
Given the statements you are making, I assume you already have all this information.
Just further evidence that politicians are inherently crazy, by their nature of wanting to be politicians
A bit off topic: Ive asked myself this question in general for the past couple of months. People dying from wars and incidents that happened a couple of days ago makes me anxious, miserable, lost and helpless.Maybe its media amplifying everything, I don't know but its truly unpleasant.
Local politics can be quite satisfying with real results. The people are there, contactable, accountable and they listen. But at the national level I don't have any feeling of connection whatsoever.
I already do avoid news sites and news papers when possible, thanks for the advice and the extension recommendation