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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HVC - Today at 01:15:36 PM

A bunch of militantly proisrael site were also based out of india of all places.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:10:41 PM

A number of major MAGA and America First influencers and social media accounts have been exposed as being based in Russia and elsewhere overseas.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:02:12 PM

Makes sense

#4

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Valmy - Today at 12:57:56 PM

They aren't our allies. They voted for Trump last time. Friendship over.

[and shows Russian phrasing]

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Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 11:55:55 AM

Looking more and more likely that Witkoff is compromised.

Senator Mike Rounds:

"Secretary Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon. I think he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan. It is a proposal that was received. And as an intermediary, we have made arrangements to share it. And we did not release it. It was leaked. It was not released by our members or our representatives... This is an opportunity to receive it and that it has been utilized and delivered to the Ukrainians, and that they will have an opportunity to respond. And in doing so, you now have one side being presented and the opportunity for the other side to respond."

Fucking amateurs. This is active measures 101.

"Trump's 28-point Ukraine peace plan, drafted after a secret Miami meeting between envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and sanctioned Russian fund chief Kirill Dmitriev, bypassed the State Department, NSC and envoy Keith Kellogg, Reuters reports. Even Secretary Marco Rubio likely saw it only later. The document contains ideas Rubio previously rejected and shows Russian phrasing."

https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1992609081396273383

 

Yeah seems there are rival court factions around Trump sabotaging each other. I pity the russians having placed all their hopes on the US bailing them out in a way.

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 11:47:51 AM

Yeah - I think it's short for "by God" so very similar to loads of Euro-language phrases that descend from literally swearing.

Edit: But I think it is different wallahs from Arabic and Urdu and Hindi.

#7

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:41:15 AM

Vertical integration is where the same company owns multiple steps of the supply chain.
A company which owns the farm, the factory, and the supermarket.
In Googles case they own absolutely everything around advertising. Buyer software, seller, exchange.... It's all Google.
Breaking them up could mean focusing on this behind the scenes bit.
But even breaking up the public facing parts of the business would weaken their hold on the advertising market. At the the least takes some seller space away from them, but also weakens the amount of data they have to offer in the buyer tools.

I don't know what "breaking them up could mean focusing on this behind the scenes bit"  means.

Why do you want to weaken their hold on the advertising market?  They're a near monopoly in search, not in advertising.

The early 2000s are calling and they want their understanding of how google works back.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:38:18 AM

Can you link the news stories where it is reported Joly and a Liberal MP said those things?

#9

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 11:20:22 AM

Looking at the polls, I didn't think Quebec sovereignty was really back in force.  It seemed like it was exactly like it was for the last two decades: 35-40% popular support.

Now, with Melanie Joly talk of delivering Quebec into the hands of Donald Trump and a Liberal MP saying we're paving the way for an American invasion of Quebec, I feel like there's something I don't see.  Maybe popular support goes beyond these official numbers? 

The Liberals are in full panic mode, going on with their fearmongering tactics as usual while there's nothing out of the ordinary, except the PQ is seen as a viable alternative to the CAQ and is trying really hard to distract everyone's attention from any union related news to avoid people paying close attention to their links.

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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 11:18:59 AM

Come on. That's playing too dumb. You don't know what I mean by behind the scenes when I specifically mention it in a paragraph about advertising?

They absolutely do have a monopoly in parts of advertising on a par with their search dominance. Something like 90% of ads flow through their server.

I can infer that behind the scenes means all the activities Google engages in apart from the directly consumer facing aspects.  I don't understand focus.  Who is supposed to focus?  What will their focus result in?  I don't understand the relationship between focus and breaking up the company.  Will more attention be paid to their back room shenanigans once they are broken up?  Will breaking them up make it harder to hide their back room shenanigans?

Google has a monopoly on advertising on their site to the exact same extent the owner of a single billboard does.