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Kim Kardashian Bound, Gagged and Held at Gunpoint: Exclusive New Details on the Robbery in Paris

The French Interior Ministry said five men threatened a concierge with a weapon, handcuffed him and forced him to open Kardashian's private apartment. Per Today, the Paris Prosecutor's office confirmed two of the men gained entry to her room. One of Kardashian's rings, worth an estimated $4.49 million, as well as a jewelry box, worth an estimated $5.6 million, were stolen.

This is a critical moment in human history.

Kentucky day care worker cited for 'smack for a snack' game

The report says two male staff members would play a "Smack for a Snack" game. The report says the only way school-age children could get a yogurt is to allow the men to hit them with a stick on their leg and/or hand. State officials say at least two students had noticeable bruising. Lexington Police cited one staff member with second-degree assault.

An ingenious cost-cutting move that builds character.

More problems are noted in the article.

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/30/hillary-clinton-center-right/

IN THE HACKED recording of a private conversation with campaign donors in February, Hillary Clinton distanced herself from progressive goals like “free college, free healthcare” and described her place on the political spectrum as spanning from the center-left to the center-right.

Clinton has been inconsistent in the past about espousing political labels. She has at times touted herself as stalwart liberal. For instance, she said last July: “I take a backseat to no one when you look at my record in standing up and fighting for progressive values.” But a few months later, she told a group in Ohio: “You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center. I plead guilty.”

The newly disclosed comments came in audio, apparently from hacked emails, that was revealed this week by the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative blog run by a Republican communications strategist. Clinton was speaking at a Virginia fundraiser hosted by Beatrice Welters, the former U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, and her husband Anthony Welters, the executive chairman of an investment consulting firm founded by former Clinton aide Cheryl Mills.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-supporters-audio-leak-228997

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-jumps-leaked-audio-hillary-clinton-fundraiser/story?id=42499760

Omagerd I can't even.

Some developers dropping Oculus support to protest founder’s politics [Updated]

Indie developers Polytron (best known for Fez) and Kokoromi (makers of the intriguing VR puzzle game SuperHyperCube), have joined in the developer protest against Oculus. Last year, SuperHyperCube was announced as a PlayStation VR exclusive "at launch," but today, the companies made it clear "we will not be pursuing Oculus support" for the game after that exclusivity expires.

"In a political climate as fragile and horrifying as this one, we cannot tacitly endorse these actions by supporting Luckey or his platform," they wrote (and announced via tweet). "If you are a voting citizen of the United States, please remember to register and make your voice heard this Nov. 8. Do not let bigotry, white supremacy, hate, and fear win."

Instead of making it so that any dumb VR headset can view our game, we will take a stand against bigotry (and having political opinions) and work only with Sony VRDRM.

Palmer Luckey, Millionaire Founder of Oculus Rift, Loves Donald Trump and Dates a Gamergater

It’s been an open secret for some time that Palmer Luckey, the 24-year-old founder of VR company Oculus Rift and heir apparent to the future of gaming, is a strange guy—the type who argues with his customers on Reddit and casually cosplays as My Little Pony characters. Turns out, he also appears to be an active supporter of Donald Trump and the alt-right, and in a long-term relationship with an avid Gamergater.

Rags-to-riches nerd dates a hottie, gets called out for it. No pussy for anti-social white nerds, EVER.

It's all a conspiracy to derail anti-social VR technology! Everyone who is anti-social will be exterminated! You must buy the upcoming Apple augmented reality product, which is pro-social! But not Google's, because that one is just as anti-social as VR, you problematihole!

I'm sure these articles would do "well" on the front page, but I don't want to put them there.

Maybe we need some new options for journals. For example, an option to nest journals (from friends only) between stories on the main page, or an RSS feed that lists all of the journals (if this one exists, I haven't seen it).

Right now I'd like everyone to think about this and since I have this journal I'll put it to good use:
        Sometimes not doing anything is the only correct answer and thus also the only optimal answer.

Is talking about not doing anything not doing anything? If more people become aware that not doing anything is an option and can be crucial then the total of beneficial inaction has increased and one ends up in a situation with fewer and/or less bad outcomes.

Anyone remember any examples of when not doing anything saved their ass? If you do then it's probably something dramatic, we tend to ignore it otherwise despite how crucial it is in all decision-making. For one thing it's the only way not to be purely instinctive; it's the only way to assess and learn and reconsider. In short it is what made us humans what we are.

In extreme cases the opportunity cost of deciding something is the (perhaps hidden) cost of removing all possible solutions. This might happen a whole lot more frequently than anyone thinks and is likely to always be the reason why people (and problems) get stuck. The greatest fictionalizing of this might be in the movie WarGames and the line "the only winning move is not to play".

The procrastinator's alibi is also very Wally :)

And just to point out how great Wally is there's this comic strip :)

Rick & Morty co-creator sits with Ars, shows us what Accounting looks like in VR

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Kratom Advocates Speak Out Against Proposed Government Ban

The White House petition has surpassed the 100k needed for a response, and is now at 119,024 signatures.

The Case Against James Comey

An interesting article about the man we love to hate, although this article focuses on his decision to hold a press conference about the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

We are probably stuck with Comey for another 6-7 years. Encrypt and patch.

Green Party's Jill Stein to face charges after North Dakota protest

U.S. Green Party's Stein faces probe over North Dakota pipeline protest

Sheriff: Green Party presidential candidate faces charges in pipeline protest

I didn't know this about Gary Johnson. Sure, maybe some of it is skewed but there's plenty in this video that just couldn't be any more damning even without the commentary pointing it out.

I'm actually a bit shocked. It's just another Bernie :(

And that's why I would implore people to watch it, even if they don't agree with me now or afterwards. Disagreement is good, it can challenge us to think, maybe not straight away but later on after the dust settles.

This all makes me wonder about two things in particular:

1. Why is Jill Stein polling worse than Gary Johnson? I take the people who previously supported Bernie at their word which means that roughly half the Democrat voters are looking to vote for someone who is not Clinton. Maybe what makes me recoil at that video of Johnson has attracted them to him but the thought makes me shudder; the guy behaves like the typical fascist.

2. What happened to that oddball interesting Libertarian (a real one?) who was first out in announcing his run for the presidency? The ex-CIA guy who wrote a lot about Open Intelligence? At least he seemed like he was actually Libertarian although tarnished by his previous job.

I personally don't care about Gary Johnsons stance on climate change one way or the other (I don't regard it as science and would like people to understand why and why that is important even if the guess about consequences turns out to be a correct guess but that's about it) and to the extent I have a beef with Black Lives Matter it's not about Marxism but about the choice of a self-defeating strategy on an important issue (unacceptable murders and other gross abuses of power by police against all), but I care a lot about other parts of the video.

In particular his support of the TPP (see note below) and the way that Gary Johnson blows up at the reporter, it is everything I would not want at all. He's like a male and healthy Hillary. Johnson stinks of Bernie & Clinton & Kaine, it's awful :3

I don't have a vote but if I did I could never use it for Gary Johnson.

TPP: there's probably a lot more sources/confirmation (a glance at a search indicates so) but the Wikipedia page on Gary Johnson sources the article "Think You’ve Got It Locked, Hillary? Meet Jill Stein." where the following quote can be found about Gary Johnson:

"And while Johnson sounded critical of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in an earlier Politico interview, in this later one he appeared to support it. “It is my understanding that the TPP does advance free trade,” he said. “Is it a perfect document? Probably not. But based on my understanding of the document, I would be supporting it [though] in a perfect world there wouldn’t be a document like that, there would just be free trade.” The statement makes him the only candidate in the four-person field indicating he would ratify the pact, which may raise his stock with anti-Trump free trade Republicans but muddles his case for the Bernie camp."

And of course TPP is not over, the powers that be will just try again as they always do. Slap on a new acronym and do some cosmetics and run the same shit once again. So it does matter.

Gary Johnson and his running mate Weld also support NAFTA as can be seen here (please note that the latest stance is listed first and is pro-TPP).

They're simply globalists, not Libertarians, there's nothing Free about their "free trade" instead it's economic enslavement and servitude, exactly the kind the EU is so "good" at and which tilts the tables vertically in favor of big business and against small business aka what's usually called crony capitalism (or in the original Marxist definition simply capitalism) and nowhere close to what ordinary people usually think of when they say free trade or capitalism: mutually beneficial and mutually voluntary transactions in non-monopolies.

What does everyone else think about these things regarding Gary Johnson and Weld? Please don't attack the messengers, look beyond style and at Gary Johnson.

P.s. I'm not a libertarian but I leaned that way before I decided all ideologies are bad. Later I discovered I'm in good company.