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  • qoob7

    Alex Jones' Infowars channel has been banned from Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and other major tech sites.

    https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/…

    • https://twitter.com/…BonSeff
    • He'll be ripping his shirt off and BBQ-ing like mad right now. Surely it'll only make his fan base believe his pish even more though?PhanLo
    • good ... queue the retards who think this has something to do with freedom of speech ... it doesn'tmonospaced
    • Bitchute is the new channel I believerobotron3k
    • Bitchute looks like some grim viewing. It sounds like another word for fartpipe.PhanLo
    • private companies should be able to ban whomever they damn well please... that IS a part of freedom of speech btw (for the private co... not Alex) :)PonyBoy
    • Who?sab
    • So the left fights fascism then impliment fascism? OK.Hayoth
    • by left fascism you mean triggering assholes to doubt people's dead children, then yea. fuck this wannabe bobby heenan.BonSeff
    • Hayoth are you a crisis actor for Alex Jones?utopian
    • Damnit. That’s not what fascism even is! Why are we still having this conversation. This is a company saying they don’t like a crazy asshole in their business.monospaced
    • And just because the heads of most major social media networks happen to be liberal doesn’t mean it’s the government. Just means they’re better people.monospaced
    • GoodBennn
    • Lol liberals are better people mono, I mean who on earth would even want to normalize pedophilia? Or is that something you would defend??robotron3k
    • https://ageofshitlor…robotron3k
    • i respect their right to ban him as much as a baker to not bake a cake for gays. I wonder if ppl see the hypocrisy in how this stuff is defendeddeathboy
    • or even willingly will admit there choice of hypocrisydeathboy
    • on a side note i'd like to point out hes an entertainer in the same vain as john oliver. News as entertainment with a spindeathboy
    • i think it says plenty about the platforms decisions in which way they lean. not all inclusive, but our views only. like a religious baker. line has been drawndeathboy
    • i actually applaud them for their honesty and standing by what they believe vs trying to lie and say they're all inclusive and shit for sales.deathboy
    • Unlike John Oliver, he doesn't always have facts and he promotes products he profits off of.omahadesigns
    • haha well id say they both operate off facts. interuptations different. and where as aj promotes products network does the same in the form of advertisementsdeathboy
    • slightly different mediums for advertisements. but thats what pays them both at the end of the day. personally i prefered oliver in communitydeathboy
    • and jones in waking life. the news personas do lil for me. think they are the bottom of the barrel acting, albeit profitabledeathboy
    • but to the main point the hypocrisy. will anyone willingly admit it? or will they try to skate around it?deathboy
    • and for fun thought experiment think of the Interpretations of what is news. most is all based on same facts and spun differently for audiencedeathboy
    • how is that also applied to todays big media and google analytics. the data and the people trying to determine what it means. there real intents and spinsdeathboy
    • Maybe he'll just get more into making music .... https://i.redd.it/0k… Expect him in the Making Beats thread soon ....microkorg
    • Maybe uncle Donnie will save him.PhanLo
    • mono, you must be a troll? you can't be that fucking stupid. BANNING someone from SPEAKING just because you disagree with them is an attack on FREE SPEECH.Milan
    • "Censoring certain views based on politics means that Facebook is a publisher not a platform and therefore they should have their liability waiver on illegal...Milan
    • user posted content revoked."Milan
    • is calling the victims of a shooting 'crisis actors/hoax' political?..really? or is it hate speech?exador1
    • When people say free speech in the U.S., they're usually talking about the First Amendment which protects you from being censored by the government.yuekit
    • Whereas a corporation censoring someone is seen as an example of THEIR freedom of speech. Having said that I do agree it's a problem when you have one site likeyuekit
    • YouTube that is basically the only video site. Technically it's a private decision and no one would deny you the right to ban someone from your personalyuekit
    • site if they are being a piece of shit. But effectively it is silencing someone when so much power is in the hands of a handful of companies. Everyone wants toyuekit
    • be 100% on one side or the other but I don't think it's such a black and white issue.yuekit
    • The interesting thing is that for all the criticism they get, we are living in an age of extreme free speech right now largely thanks to these platforms.yuekit
    • Even 5-10 years ago you didn't have nearly as many channels to watch and extreme content as we have now...the genie has been let out of the bottle so to speak.yuekit
    • Banning them from social media is not a free speech infringement, no matter how much you stomp your feet and whine like a baby about it.monospaced
    • And last I checked, liberals aren't out to "normalize pedophilia." That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard.monospaced
    • Look up free speech, Milan, and educate yourself. You sound like an idiot talking about it when you CLEARLY have no fucking idea what it encompasses.monospaced
    • If an asshole walks into a restaurant, and starts making a scene, talking shit to guests and turning the place into a shithole, the owner has a RIGHT to evict.monospaced
    • This is the same thing. The moment a government SUPPRESSES speech, that's when it's an issue. Right now Alex is FREE to speak his mind where he's accepted.monospaced
    • Any private company that wants to allow him to speak is allowed to, and nobody will be punished LEGALLY for it. THAT IS FREE SPEECH. Not infringed. Grow up!monospaced
    • That's the great thing about this country. Free to speak like an asshole, and free to kick out assholes you don't like. Government isn't even involved.monospaced
    • 'liberals normalise pedophilia' - robo 2018.
      oh robo!
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    • Surely Jones has made a decent amount of cash by now, he should just retire and BBQ full time before he explodes.PhanLo
    • Until Alex Jones is imprisoned or charged with a legal infraction for speaking, anyone saying there's a freedom of speech issue is full of bullshit.monospaced
    • it's less about speech and more that it is simple discrimination of a private company in providing a service. unfortunately they will be sued for it as thedeathboy
    • baker was. Maybe this time they will win and reverse a the precedence that a private company has to serve everyone equally. Brings rights back to busines ownrsdeathboy
    • private companies can delete whatever the fuck they like and deleting someone who claimed Sandy Hook didn't happen and the parents were actors is +1 from me.fadein11
    • Alex still has Instagram for posting memes.PhanLo
    • The question is if you can discriminate based on political beliefs, which are broad and derived upon many things like religion/racial/econ... etc..deathboy
    • you open the door to roll back all anti-discrimination laws. i also wonder the legal hiccups of state vs federal law for a business that crosses state lines.deathboy
    • The whole discrimination argument may work if infowars was a not for profit org... Have you watched it recently deathboy? Its all about the $$$ dude not freedomfadein11
    • of speechfadein11
    • LMFAO!LMFAO
    • Those sites kick people off all the time for violating their terms of service, you just don't hear about it since they aren't as famous as Alex Jones.yuekit
    • There are also people with similar and more extreme views still on those platforms. Richard Spencer has a YouTube channel. So not much of an argument in termsyuekit
    • of it being political discrimination. And no it's not going to result in all anti-discrimination laws being rolled back lol.yuekit
    • it has potential yuekit. they're already being sued for shadow banning conservative views. if they were to win it would set a legal precedent. but would it bedeathboy
    • fed vs state level. it has a lot of interesting legal angles. but gov probably seize it all anyways under russia prevention narrative.deathboy
    • but still how can some people support infowars ban vs a religious business owner not wanting to bake a cake for a gay couple. or even refusing to serve politicdeathboy
    • al candidates they dont support. religious business owner BK over deal while others get applauded. the hypocrisy on this stuff is ridiculousdeathboy
    • There's a difference between banning someone for who they are vs. their behavior. i.e. banning someone foryuekit
    • being black vs. kicking someone out for breaking the merchandise and taking a shit on the floor. The first one canyuekit
    • be debated, but it would be silly to suggest that someone has an absolute right to stay in your store when they are breaking the rules.yuekit
    • google+sted
    • lol he is a lair, his apps are upp and running.sted
    • honestly, if your[e still claiming freedom of speech issues, you're seriously confused. Alex is FREE to spout his nonsense on his own site, or on the sidewalk.monospaced
    • or ANYWHERE where people are so morally fucked they will allow him ... maybe even FOX News. Point is, he's FREE to do that without punishment.monospaced
    • Stupid thing is both Apple and Google decided his videos should be banned from their platforms, yet decided his top-downloaded app was worthy of keeping. SMHridlerontheroof
    • https://twitter.com/…Milan
    • Dinosaurs were on Earth for between 165 and 77 million years.shapesalad
    • I wouldn't worry about twitter nonsense, it's only been around for 12 years, frees speech a 100 or so. whatever guys - dinosaurs laster more than 12m years!!!!!shapesalad
  • Gnash-3

    "Yes, abortion can be funny."

    Who knew? Thanks, Teen Vogue

    https://www.teenvogue.com/story/…

  • Gardener1

    • Thin Yorke?fooler
    • hopefully karma police will be there? person seems pretty lameSquiddy
    • legit. was a great gig.microkorg
  • chukkaphob0

    Sex toys cause closure of German airport terminal

    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/a…

    "Various sex toys, including a vibrator, were mistaken for a bomb, causing a partial closure of the airport's D terminal while police investigated the suspicious items.

    The owner of the bag ...saying instead that his luggage contained "technical stuff."

    • The D terminal, of all terminals. LOLchukkaphob
    • Jesus. That looks like some kind of steampunk torture device.HijoDMaite
    • is that sandpaper?hotroddy
  • Gnash0

    just get on with it and declare civilized society dead.

    Paris is experimenting with completely exposed, eco-friendly urinals
    https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/6…

    • Bizarre. Why not just update the pissoir? These are just a boon for the compulsive alfresco masturbator.Fax_Benson
    • Until we see women peeing in public this is simply gender inequality and we need a safe space to discuss this as a non-binary gender person may get upset.shapesalad
    • I'm all in. I can't think of a more scenic setting.hotroddy
    • empêche-pipi
      https://frenchmoment…
      Gnash
  • shapesalad-2
    • your "headline" is quite misleading, considering this has nothing to do with "no more shaking hands" at allmonospaced
    • we shake handz cause we wanna shake handzzzdocpoz
    • how about jazz hands, can we still do that?_niko
    • EU is a jokepablo28
    • Yeah, because fuck respecting anyone elses' culture that isn't the same as your own. Ain't that right white Americanhobgoblin
    • The person conducting the interview should have known the culture, especially when hiring a translator from said culture.hobgoblin
    • If u don't wanna shake don't shakedocpoz
    • ^plash
    • as hob said already. she's applying as an interpreter, not a greeter. as silly as these customs are - who cares.Gnash
    • no one would look twice if it was a germaphobe.Gnash
    • I don't know, if she was in an arabic country, fair game, but given the culture of Sweden, had she just shaken the hand, she might have a job and more than 3kshapesalad
    • When in Rome and all that...shapesalad
    • And in 2018... religious do's and don't shouldn't be taken seriously at all, we all know the sky god nonsense is nonsense.shapesalad
    • my headline meant, with this ruling in Sweden you can refuse to shake hands and the other person better not take offence at that as the law is now against them.shapesalad
    • Anyway... why the strict gender rules in that religion? Because it originated in a desert nomadic culture.shapesalad
    • When you go off herding camels for a few months, how do you ensure your wife doesn't sleep around? Cover her entirely, and limit her contact with males.shapesalad
    • The thing is, in 2018 in Sweden there aren't that many camel herders. So these religious rules, burqa etc, are just causing divide and seem alien.shapesalad
    • LOL. No law was changed or created!!! It’s just a ruling that she was discriminated against by not getting a job based on religious custom.monospaced
    • It means only that if you refuse a job because someone doesn’t shake hands based on religion, they can probably have a lega casemonospaced
    • She put her hand on her heart as acknowledgement same as Japanese bowing or Italians grabbing your ass, it’s all good!_niko
    • "camel herders"
      .....
      face palm...
      pango
    • ^ read up on the evolution of religion to see why certain religions developed strict rules on male/female interaction and while others make no mention of it.shapesalad
    • shapes' not wrong. there's been really interesting research done on the thisGnash
    • my family were sheep herders. i'm not insulted by thatGnash
    • lol mine too._niko
    • Pointing out the religious background changes nothing. It is discriminatory.monospaced
    • insert fascist communist nazi comment here >utopian
    • OMG!!! no more SHAKING HANDS?!?!!? WE'RE DOOMED!!!!pango
  • utopian1

    Oatmeal, breakfast foods contain unsafe amounts of cancer-linked weed killer, report says

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/n…

  • shapesalad2

    https://www.bbc.com/news/technol…

    A teenage boy from Australia has pleaded guilty to hacking into Apple's network and downloading internal files, according to reports.

    It says he stored the documents in a folder called 'hacky hack hack'.

  • imbecile0

    Seeking justice for Justice the horse
    Can a neglected animal sue?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/n…

    Justice is an 8-year-old American quarter horse who used to be named Shadow. And when he was named Shadow, he suffered. At a veterinarian’s exam last year, he was 300 pounds underweight, his black coat lice-ridden, his skin scabbed and his genitals so frostbitten that they might still require amputation.

    The horse had been left outside and underfed by his previous owner, who last summer pleaded guilty to criminal neglect. And now Justice, who today resides with other rescued equines on a quiet wooded farm within view of Oregon’s Cascade mountains, is suing his former owner for negligence. In a lawsuit filed in his new name in a county court, the horse seeks at least $100,000 for veterinary care, as well as damages “for pain and suffering,” to fund a trust that would stay with him no matter who is his caretaker

  • sted3

    In Mesa, Arizona 16 nurses who work in the same ICU are pregnant

    Pigs outnumber people in Spain

  • pablo28-2

    Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento 'paid off young actor who claims she sexually assaulted him aged 17'

    "Argento, one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement, reportedly recently settled a lawsuit filed against her by Jimmy Bennett, 22, for $380,000."

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/cel…

  • yuekit2

    Man falls into artwork titled "Descent Into Limbo" after thinking it's an optical illusion and not a real pit

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/artic…

    • What isn't art?utopian
    • "man falls into pit after thinking it would be okay to walk on piece of art"imbecile
    • I believe the artist bought the patent for the blackest of black paint.robotron3k
    • I have dreams like thisdrgs
    • i hope the art was not damaged.sarahfailin
    • I like Anish's stuff.Hayzilla
  • Continuity1

    This is profoundly terrifying.

    'Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record'

    https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

    https://www.theguardian.com/worl…

    • this will take naval warfare to a whole new levelGnash
  • imbecile0

    Ex-Nazi Guard in U.S., Now 95, Is Deported to Germany

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/…

    The Nazi guard lived a quiet life in a racially diverse corner of New York City for decades, having lied on his United States immigration papers in 1949 about the type of work he did during World War II. But on Tuesday, he was deported to Germany, ending a 14-year battle to remove him from American soil.

    • He bought the house from a Jewish family.boobs
  • boobs0

    Turns out some of the witches were guilty.

  • utopian11

    • #MAGAcapn_ron
    • Manafort and Flynn will be given a pardon in due time. Cohen will spend few years behind bars, Trump will win in 2020 and for a 3rd time in 2024. #magarobotron3k
    • foxnews headline =
      "Mollie Tibbetts murder suspect is illegal immigrant from Mexico"
      inteliboy
    • Lefty scores.docpoz
    • MyAttorneyGotArreste...ernexbcn
    • #winningSalarrue
    • What robo said. I'll put money on it.microkorg
    • Good chance robo is right, assuming that #maga is synonymous with cesspool. I'll predict some horrible civil violence, a massive market tumble and Russia/Chinaformed
    • leapfrogging America, leaving us to become a joke that starts leasing our military to survive.formed
    • #DrainTheSwamputopian
    • Duncan Hunter is definitely the lovechild of David Schwimmer and Jim from the Office.garbage
    • lol, Trump can't pardon him for fraud and corruption in his own campaign!monospaced
    • Meanwhile, FoxNews has been running the story of Mollie Tibbits murder at the hands of an illegal immigrant since 4pm EST yesterday.mg33
    • You can't even find distinct Manafort and Cohen stories in the top 70% of the site, if at all: http://www.foxnews.c…mg33
    • The draining of the swamp has begunridlerontheroof
  • utopian4
  • docpoz-7

    Volkswagen accused of ruining Mexican crops with weather-altering 'hail cannons'

    Local groups have accused the German automaker of causing a dry spell with hail cannons that shoot sonic booms into the air to prevent the formation of hail. The devices are used to protect cars parked outside the factory from dents caused by hailstones.

    Following the complaints, Volkswagen has promised to reduce its use of the cannons at its Puebla factory.

    https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/23…

    • and they're making the frogs gayLMFAO
    • cmon, the frogs were already gaydocpoz
  • Gardener4

    well it was news over 100 years ago

    • tlimbecile
    • I think if countries paid 9 billion in taxes to some western entity every year for 10-15 years we can reverse this #MEGArobotron3k
    • #MAGAFORLIFEutopian
    • why do you “think” that robo?monospaced
    • @mono Because he's here to make us yawn, whether he's speaking in bad faith or actually as stupid as he sounds is irrelevant.garbage
    • getting rid of smog controls and banning electric cars in Cali seem like a stable genius ideahelloeatbreathedrive
    • Al Gore movie was debunked eons ago, CO2 doesn't cause global warming, H2O water vapor does. Geez mono read a book.robotron3k
    • so you think CO2 has no effect on the environment and our planet? and disagree with a majority of scientists that have committed their life to this research?inteliboy
    • Taxing rich countries wont stop this process. And California is still the most polluted state, one again, because ya'll are too good for public transportationrobotron3k
    • Yes intel, I believe the many reports that IPCC manipulated and hid data to convince the public and scientific community that they were right.robotron3k
    • https://business.fin…robotron3k
    • Lawrence Solomon? Yeah ok pal. the anti-vaxer, anti bike riding, far right wing editorialist?inteliboy
    • http://www.thatsmags… is having no environmental impact, but may mess with your taxes!inteliboy
    • the findings in Al Gore's documentary were not truly debunked, and the vast majority of anyone who specializes in that area in fact agrees with its findingsmonospaced
    • robotrolled®utopian
    • @robotron -1k
      go and see the places what this already affects and H2O water vapor rises due to warmer temperatures, in a scale what you can't understand.
      sted
  • robotron3k-11

    Oh snap! President Trump's FDA deregulation has just helped shrooms move one step closer to become legalized. Every Dem and lefty will be down with this for sure...

    Magic mushrooms to treat depression? This Peter Thiel-backed startup just got FDA okay to begin trials

    The Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted the use of the psychedelic ingredient in “magic” mushrooms for a drug trial to treat depression.

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/feat…

    • Trump isn’t the fda moronmonospaced
    • Trump had absolutely nothing to do with this. Probably isn’t even aware. What is your problem?monospaced
    • Our President mention this all the time... https://www.vox.com/…robotron3k
    • He should take some.PhanLo
    • you is a dummy roboturdcapn_ron
    • There’s no mention of trump discussing this at all, anywhere actually. Not even in that link.monospaced
    • And FDA deregulation wouldn’t bring mushrooms closer to being legalized either, despite the fact they are being tested for niche therapy treatmentmonospaced