As the saying goes, opinions are like assholes; everyone has one. But not Google's executive suite these days. When Google restructured itself as the "Alphabet" holding company, the visionary IoT and science projects were moved out of Google division, and Indian-born Sundar Pichai was named CEO of the core Google company which handles search, Android, YouTube, and all the other high-volume IT stuff. And that's a good thing, according to a couple ex-Googlers interviewed by Re/code: "All the assholes have left" ; Pichai apparently has a rare blend of hard and soft skills.
At Google, this guy has moved upstairs. And apparently having a CEO who was a brilliant entrepreneur but also a complete jerk was hardly unique to Google, Steve Jobs being the canonical example among tech CEOs. We've recently learned about the way Jeff Bezos runs Amazon. An obvious question from these examples is, can an ambitious tech company rule the universe without being run by assholes?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 26 2015, @01:43PM
Chafee: Hillary Clinton is too corrupt to be president [washingtonpost.com]
This is Wayne Madsen and Infowars, but it aligns with what I've been thinking:
Evidence Shows Clinton Ran a Parallel, Outsourced State Dept. [infowars.com]
It was under her State tenure that we switched from having a GWOT to directly funding and arming our enemies. WTF happened and why is she considered a viable candidate?
The Gamergaters found connections between their opponents and the Clinton Global Initiative which resembles a way to funnel foreign donations to Clinton campaign operatives in the US. The SRS group that runs Reddit turned out to be a Democratic activist group pressuring Reddit's advertisers. The info was dropped on 8chan and forgotten when the pages cycled.
(Score: 3, Informative) by kurenai.tsubasa on Monday October 26 2015, @02:42PM
Why is she considered a viable candidate?
That's simple. It's because the cows won't listen to any of the evidence, and all they see are the headlines in the morning. Watch a debate (where it was clear Sanders mopped the floor with her)? Nope. Instead, they read the headline that Clinton won the debate!
It's interesting you brought up gamergate. My only real take-away was when I saw footage of Brianna Wu wind up on Last Week Tonight. Again, the evidence is clear that she had been harassing herself from sock puppet accounts and had never, at any point, fled her home. What do the cows believe? Well, they tune into the media and hear the Narrative.
(More evidence of the media controlling the Narrative for cows: how many trans women are being denied care due to “religious objection” and are in very real danger of homelessness. How many trans women die of suicide after losing their jobs and families after transition? Yet, Caitlyn Jenner gets an award and a media spotlight just for taking her meds and putting on a dress.)
Clinton was recently grilled about Benghazi, and I was surprised when a friend texted me that she was in big trouble. I found out that it wasn't even Benghazi. Instead, it was evidence that there were relevant emails on her personal server that weren't disclosed and were deleted. Nothing in the media except painting the Benghazi thing as a desperate attempt by Republicans, with another successful and effortless victory for Clinton.
Why would the media lie? There's a more direct question to ask, the answer to which would probably have something to do with the Masters of the Universe.
The coronation marches ahead. <sarcasm>How dare you question Grand Duchess Clinton! What are you, some kind of misogynerd who's intimidated and shaking in your boots at the notion of a female president?</sarcasm>
Fuck the Democrats (and Republicans and beta for that matter). Write in Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in 2016.
(Disclaimer: I'm not the cow guy, just a fan of his/her work.)
(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday October 26 2015, @06:24PM
To be fair, the Benghazi thing *IS* an increasingly desperate (clumsy and self-defeating) attempt by the GOP to sling mud.
As to the rest, yes. There certainly does seem to be a concerted effort to walk her to the White House. I prefer Sanders.
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(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday October 28 2015, @02:12AM
Granted, the annual Amazon reproduction ritual I could not find different from rape.