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Trump supports DREAMers/DACA now!

Posted by DeathMonkey on Thursday September 14 2017, @08:28PM (#2622)
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Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!.....
4:28 AM - Sep 14, 2017

..They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own - brought in by parents at young age. Plus BIG border security
4:35 AM - Sep 14, 2017

Gotta say; I agree with Trump, apparently.

Chainsaw Nun

Posted by takyon on Wednesday September 13 2017, @11:14PM (#2620)
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Carry On Brexit

Posted by turgid on Wednesday September 13 2017, @07:27PM (#2619)
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The farce continues.

Chief champion of Brexit, Nigel Farage, very recently backed the German far-right AfD without a hint of irony. Suzanne Moore in the Guardian tells the bigger story.

Very recently tens of thousands of people in the UK marched to protest against Brexit.

Of course, if you're an EU citizen from one of the other 27 countries living and working in the UK, things are uncertain and uncomfortable.

“Everybody shrugs their shoulders and says ‘you’ll be all right, your husband’s British’. We’re fed up of hearing this. I don’t have a home to go back to. It’s not as if we’re teenagers going back to mum and dad, I’ve spent my whole adult life here. To tell us we have to be treated like criminals, have fingerprints, pass an English test, it’s insulting.

“This is an abuse of human rights and our family lives. Every day I am questioning do I want to remain in a country where the majority of British citizens are not speaking out for us?

“Why are they not on the street demonstrating? If this happened in France and there was such discrimination against British citizens, I would be out on the street.

Some of us have written letters, demonstrated, argued, donated to legal challenges etc. but there is more to be done. It's not over yet.

If Mrs May's government lasts into 2018 I'll be very surprised.

Ted Cruz 9/11 Porn Tweet (Updated)

Posted by takyon on Tuesday September 12 2017, @07:07AM (#2615)
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Japan's Single Mothers + The First White President

Posted by takyon on Thursday September 07 2017, @11:24PM (#2612)
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Trump wants to repeal the federal Debt Ceiling?

Posted by DeathMonkey on Thursday September 07 2017, @07:44PM (#2611)
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President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) have agreed to pursue a deal that would permanently remove the requirement that Congress repeatedly raise the debt ceiling, three people familiar with the decision said.

Trump, Schumer agree to pursue plan to repeal the debt ceiling

I'm used to Republicans only caring about the debt when a Democrat is in office but this is just wacky.

Hail Farage!

Posted by turgid on Thursday September 07 2017, @07:20PM (#2610)
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The Guardian reports that Nigel Farage, former leader of UKIP and Brexit campaigner will address a far-right rally in Berlin on Friday.

The South East England MEP will appear at the Spandau Citadel in the west of the German capital to talk about “developments in the European Union, Brexit, direct democracy” and “how to make the impossible possible”, according to AfD MEP Beatrix von Storch, who is hosting the event.

A granddaughter of Hitler’s finance minister, Lutz von Krosigk, von Storch is a leading member of the anti-immigrant party, which has realistic aspirations to enter Germany’s parliament for the first time in federal elections on 24 September.

Godwin! See what I did there?

Farage speaks highly of that Nice Mr Putin:

In the run-up to Britain’s EU membership vote in June 2016, Farage said the then-US president, Barack Obama, had behaved “disgracefully” by warning on the economic consequences of a leave vote, and praised the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who, he said, “maintained his silence throughout the whole campaign”.

And, of course, he didn't have a good word for those lily-livered liberals' next choice either:

Two months later Farage appeared at a rally with Donald Trump, where he stated: “I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me.”

Never mind, they way things are going in North Korea we might all be put out of our misery sooner rather than later.

Here's one. Putin, Farage and Trump walk into a bar. The barman says to Putin, "What can I get for you and your friends?" Putin looks the barman in the eye and replies, "I will have little water to toast great nation of Russia. I never met these two before. I don't know them from Adam." The barman replies, "Your vodka is on the house."

Nurses Suspended for Gawking at Dead Man's Junk

Posted by takyon on Thursday September 07 2017, @02:56AM (#2609)
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Don't like to do two in a day but eh:

5 Denver Health nurses suspended after opening body bag to view genitals

Denver nurses ogled dead patient's genitals

Denver Health nurses suspended after opening body bag to see man's genitals

These are just some nurses that eventually got caught.

Would you, RN/Dr. Soyluser, grope a stiff?

The Poop Window Story

Posted by takyon on Wednesday September 06 2017, @06:06PM (#2606)
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Another HD-article

Posted by takyon on Tuesday September 05 2017, @06:15PM (#2603)
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Hardware

Looking for this article about high dynamic range:

Netflix confirms HDR compatibility with Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and LG V30

Found this article with some nice historical and technical details:

Believe the Hype: HDR Is the Real Deal

HDR seems like a bigger deal than 4K for games with moody atmospherics or stealth mechanisms, as well as certain films. I doubt it will die and recede into the background like 3D did.