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posted by martyb on Tuesday May 02 2017, @01:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the targeted-news-feed-near-you dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began 2017 with a bold personal challenge: "to have visited and met people in every state in the US by the end of the year."

So far, his whistlestop tour of the states certainly bears all the hallmarks of early political canvassing.

As part of the challenge, Zuckerberg reportedly wanted to meet longtime Democrats who voted for Trump in the last election and asked his team to reach out and find such people.

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Such a tour becomes even more conspicuous in light of unsealed court filings from a class-action lawsuit in 2016 in which Zuckerberg attempted to dilute shareholder power and afford himself permanent control of the $440 billion company.

Of particular note in the proceedings was a message sent to Zuckerberg by Marc Andreessen, one of Facebook's most prominent investors, in which he raised the issue of "how to define the government service thing without freaking out shareholders that you are losing commitment."

"It's the thing people will point to on announcement and say 'what the f**k are you guys doing agreeing to this', particularly since... government service would require you to give up control of Facebook anyway and it's a moot point," said Andreessen, adding credence to speculation that Zuckerberg will make a run for political office at some point in the future.

One of the richest men in the world will be looking out for the little guy, right?

Source: https://www.rt.com/usa/386718-zuckerberg-political-campaign-rumors/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @06:41PM (22 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @06:41PM (#503028)

    Proven able to hold their own in an area of the world that absolutely despises them.

    Not so much "hold their own" as "spend billions in foreign aid fighting off everyone."

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:15PM (21 children)

    Six of one, half a dozen of the other. They need no foreign boots on the ground to hold their piece of it against all comers and that's worthy of respect.

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    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:30PM (12 children)

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:30PM (#503071)

      The deserved respect for their toughness and talents is being offset by the blunt and shameless commitment of their "democratic" (don't be the Arab 20%, or the left) government to Apartheid 2.0

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:38PM (11 children)

        You're going to call Apartheid on Israel when they're surrounded by nations where being Jewish is a death sentence? Bitch, please...

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:43PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:43PM (#503086)

          None of them claim to be a democracy.

        • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:45PM (8 children)

          by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:45PM (#503088)

          Even the U.N. called it Apartheid, before the new guy got a call, and quickly pulled the report out on a technicality before showing the lady the door out.

          And yes, I will. Do I need to Godwin the thread to point out that having shitty neighbors doesn't allow you to discard your own obligations?
          It's not just the guys in the Occupied Territories. Israeli citizens of Palestinian descent are being actively discriminated against, because the place can be either Jewish or Democratic, but both ain't gonna work...

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:52PM (7 children)

            The UN just elected Saudi Arabia to head their Women's Rights council. They are a joke. Not even a good one.

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            • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @08:47PM (6 children)

              by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @08:47PM (#503135)

              Shooting the messenger doesn't change the reality on the ground.

              • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:38PM (5 children)

                When the UN has every single time sided against Israel on everything it has ever said about the nation, you can go ahead and just dismiss everything they have to say on the matter. At this point I wouldn't believe them if they said Israel was majority Jewish.

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                • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:53PM (4 children)

                  by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:53PM (#503245)

                  Nope, you can't dismiss everything they say, because that's pretty much what you should be listening to, if you ever want to see actual peaceful relations there. Nukes prevent war, but actual peace ain't coming when everyone else refuses to disregards Apartheid against their cousins.

                  The UN also officialized the creation of Israel, and adopted multiple resolutions recognizing the green line as its border. Hardly "every single time".
                  The fact that the Zionist hardliners will create their Great Israel from the River to the Sea, current inhabitants be damned (literally), pissing off all the parties involved except the lapdogs US and UK, and making a mockery of their "democracy", doesn't make the UN unfair or biased when pointing it out...

                  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:15PM (3 children)

                    Yes, I most certainly can. The UN has not been useful for one damned thing in its entire history. It is entirely a sounding board where petty tyrants get to call the bigger tyrants cocksuckers and legitimize their own personal variety of tyranny. Nothing else.

                    Those "current inhabitants" did not exist before Israel was reformed. There never was a Palestine full of Palestinians. There was sparsely populated desert. Those there now are either people or the descendants of people who moved there with the express purpose of ridding the world of the Jew Menace as their religion commands. They are fighting for land that they have been trying to steal from Israel since WWII and to exterminate all Jews.

                    And progs like you side with them every single time even though they are violently against everything you stand for at home. Simply because your nation stands against them and you default to thinking everything your nation does is evil. Useful idiots, as Stalin would say.

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                    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:39PM (2 children)

                      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:39PM (#503299)

                      That first paragraph belittles all the conflicts in which UN peacekeepers have protected millions of lives. Not everything is good with the UN, but not everything is bad either.

                      That second paragraph is straight up unchecked Zionist propaganda, which I did not expect on even your best trolling days. "Hey, there were Jews 200 years ago. Then there were not, but nobody was there, no sir, not even in the Holy City itself, before, during, or after the crusades, until the Jews came back to the empty desert that they own"

                      The third one is just plain dumb, period.

                      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:57PM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:57PM (#503310)

                        May the light of knowledge shine upon you to unveil the horrors that are TMB posts. If you find yourself agreeing with anything he says do a critical analysis and wonder if perhaps your views are wrong. They may still hold, but better safe than sorry.

                      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @04:08AM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @04:08AM (#503473)

                        Nobody was there. It wasn't quite empty desert. It had locusts, date palms, terrorists, mosquitoes, and many other creatures. There were no people.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:39PM (7 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:39PM (#503081)

      Six of one, half a dozen of the other. They need no foreign boots on the ground to hold their piece of it against all comers

      More like 1 of one and a baker's dozen of the other.

      They would not even have any boots if it weren't for all the foreign aid.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @07:49PM (6 children)

        Their economy's actually doing quite well for them but you were going for snark not facts, yes?

        $127.4 billion is the number you're looking for. Not this year; over the last three quarters of a century. That's not even pocket change compared to the money we waste at home every single year; that's the penny we pass on the sidewalk that we don't bother to pick up.

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        • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @08:54PM (5 children)

          by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @08:54PM (#503140)

          How many of the 3000 Flint-like ongoing lead poisoning cases can you fix with $125B ? How many of the 70000 Structurally Deficient bridges ?
          Instead of taking care of Americans, our taxes are used for the Crusade-by-proxy...

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:34PM (4 children)

            You really want to suggest cutting spending to a libertarian as a progressive?

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            • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:42PM (3 children)

              by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:42PM (#503231)

              I'm pretty sure I was suggesting allocating funds better.

              Honestly, my love letter to Uncle Sam this year was 12% of my 6-figure income (under 17%, counting Uncle Jerry)... That's just ridiculously low by most civilized standards. I don't need lower taxes.
              I just would prefer scrapping a third of the pentagon in exchange for funded schools, structurally sound roads, and clean water.

              • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:00PM (2 children)

                Whew, you almost hurt my brain there thinking a progressive might want to stop spending money we can't afford. Glad you clarified.

                Really? Most people I know making even $50K/year see 35% of their check just go *poof* every payday. Those making six figures it's more like 40-45%. You really might want to include all of the taxes you pay.

                And, yes, I'm certain you would deeply love relegating us to playing military second-fiddle to Russia, China, and possibly even Europe. Even if the money simply went back to the people who it'd been stolen from in the first place. Your type dislike the US even being able to do what's in its best interests, regardless of who likes it.

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                • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:30PM (1 child)

                  by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:30PM (#503291)

                  Come on, stay in non-trolling mode ... You perfectly know that cutting even half of the Pentagon would have the US play second fiddle to absolutely nobody, even if they combined... And I said a third.
                  Novel concept: Maybe be staffed/equipped to fight two simultaneous World Wars ... when they happen, not when having so many nukes means that even a single one isn't about to happen. And I'm saying that as someone with a lot of friends deriving a paycheck from our obsession to remain in overkill mode even as the debt piles up and our infrastructure crumbles.

                  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday May 03 2017, @01:02AM

                    As a vet myself, I know it's technically possible to spend a lot less than we are and get a better military than we have. As a realist who's been around a few years, I know it's not practically possible to do so. Somewhere in the middle is what I'd aim for but I can't back any reduction in combat effectiveness.

                    Or we could, you know, stop handing out money to people just because they think they deserve it for existing.

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