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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    They phished not hacked. Difference is a 12 year old computer kids phish all the time.
    Phishing is simply a means to get someone to click something.

    The clicking is what does the damage. Usually it might mean credential stealing or it might mean injection of very professional malware, which was the case here.

    A "12 year old" could not have done it any more than baldy orange cunto's fictitious 400lb bloke in his basement.

    The attacks were conducted by two well know Russian actors with links to Russian intelligence.

    The COZY BEAR intrusion relied primarily on the SeaDaddy implant developed in Python and compiled with py2exe and another Powershell backdoor with persistence accomplished via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) system, which allowed the adversary to launch malicious code automatically after a specified period of system uptime or on a specific schedule.

    FANCY BEAR adversary used different tradecraft, deploying X-Agent malware with capabilities to do remote command execution, file transmission and keylogging.

    At DNC, COZY BEAR intrusion has been identified going back to summer of 2015, while FANCY BEAR separately breached the network in April 2016. We have identified no collaboration between the two actors, or even an awareness of one by the other. Instead, we observed the two Russian espionage groups compromise the same systems and engage separately in the theft of identical credentials.

    While you would virtually never see Western intelligence agencies going after the same target without de-confliction for fear of compromising each other’s operations, in Russia this is not an uncommon scenario. “Putin’s Hydra: Inside Russia’s Intelligence Services”, a recent paper from European Council on Foreign Relations, does an excellent job outlining the highly adversarial relationship between Russia’s main intelligence services – Федеральная Служба Безопасности (FSB), the primary domestic intelligence agency but one with also significant external collection and ‘active measures’ remit, Служба Внешней Разведки (SVR), the primary foreign intelligence agency, and the aforementioned GRU.

    Not only do they have overlapping areas of responsibility, but also rarely share intelligence and even occasionally steal sources from each other and compromise operations. Thus, it is not surprising to see them engage in intrusions against the same victim, even when it may be a waste of resources and lead to the discovery and potential compromise of mutual operations.
    https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bea...nal-committee/

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Have you heard the latest Iranian response to the latest Trump tweets? Iran says to prepare for the mother of all wars. Remember Saddam and the mother of all battles spiel? I guess Iran didn't hear it.
    If you change the objects in baldy orange cunto's tweet, it sounds just like the sort of nonsensical belligerence that Rouhani or Kim would spout. The capitals are something a nine year old (or a stupid trumpanzee) having a tantrum would use.


    To America President Trump: NEVER, EVER THREATEN (IRAN/NORTH KOREA) AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!

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    And just to show what a fucking visionary that stupid orange fuckwit is:

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    Remember what I previously said--Obama will someday attack Iran in order to show how tough he is.
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    I predict that President Obama will at some point attack Iran in order to save face!
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    Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!
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    Hey hey brother I'm a lost boy in a Thai cave up North, Stranded on Pattaya beach.

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    Connections to oligarchs and shady individuals. Trump won't release his tax returns, and holds a private meeting with Putin. Trump finds a mother lode of cash somewhere when he is toxic to US banks. Worth a watch after the first minute.


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    Quote Originally Posted by CSFFan View Post
    Isn't Hillary yesterday's news...something like 2 years ago.....who gives a shit about what she's saying?
    She is still very much front page news if you watch the right wing propaganda networks that Mark is glued too 24 hours a day. See my post...

    https://teakdoor.com/speakers-corner/...ml#post3798661 (President Donald Trump)

    Even after I posted that Mark still continued to blather on about Hillary. It is how they try to divert the conversation away from their treasonous failed cadet bone spurs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    I still don't see why the Russians wanted Trump elected.
    Fox news syndrome strikes again. Anyone with a few active brain cells can see why Putin would want him in the oval office.

    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    It was a Democrat Obama who gave Putin Crimea, let them invade Ukraine and Syria.
    So what would you have done? Put the 1st armored division in Ukraine?

    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Check the latest Drudge headline.
    Drudge is trash propaganda for weak minds Mark. This is why you are constantly spouting talking points and chasing your own tail.

    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    He won the electoral college and the Presidency because he knew how the Presidency was decided unlike Mrs Clinton.
    He didn't know jack shit. He is a bumbling oaf that happened to have Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica. It was other people who did the work as always has been the case with the cheeto in chief.

    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    The rest of the world needs the USA more than the USA needs the rest of the world.
    Spoken like a true trumpanzee.

    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Trump is not isolating fair trading partners.
    Says the so called "professor" of economics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    I think you are missing the point. The rest of the world needs the USA more than the USA needs the rest of the world. Trump is not isolating fair trading partners. If you want to open a bank in the USA the USA should be able to open a bank in your country. If you want to sell phones in the USA the USA should be able to sell phones in your country. There is patent law and copyright Law which should be enforced both ways. Countries that steal from the USA should be prevented from doing so. China is subsidizing steel and dumping it in the USA and Europe. That should stop.
    Agree 100% re China. Being the worlds greatest deal maker and a good friend of Xi really no need for tariffs and a trade war. Invite Xi over for a meeting and sort it.

    Imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico as well will not curb China's behavior. These 3 trading partners impose no tariffs on US products so why antagonize fair trade partners who are in turn retaliating. Talking about silly logic, this tops the list.
    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    The rest of the world needs the USA more than the USA needs the rest of the world.
    This exceptionalist attitude is what got us to where we are today.. AKA hubris.

    "Every empire suffers from hubris, arrogance and condescension, and therefore a moral blindness. That's true of the American empire, it was true of the British Empire earlier, and it will certainly be true of the Chinese Empire in the future." ~ Cornel West

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    From Pepe @ Asia Times:

    Here's the real reason the US must talk to Russia | Asia Times

    As Martyanov shows how “in both Donbass and especially in Syria, Russia called the American geopolitical and military bluff,” there’s no question this Syria-Ukraine interconnection – which I analyzed here – is the foundation stone of the current “historically unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria in the US.”

    So the ball – just like the one offered by Putin to Trump in Helsinki – is in the United States’ court. What Martyanov describes as “the deadly combination of contemporary American elites’ ignorance, hubris and desperation,” though, cannot be underestimated.
    The United States’ industrial-military-intel-security complex profits from a compounded annual budget of roughly US$1 trillion. The only justification for such whopping expenditure is to manufacture a lethal external threat: Russia. That’s the key reason the complex will not allow US President Donald Trump even to try to normalize relations with Russia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Have you forgotten the US is the worlds largest supplier of oil?
    Not yet.

    https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G...-Exporter.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Humbert View Post
    The USA is about 90% self sufficient in oil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    The United States’ industrial-military-intel-security complex profits from a compounded annual budget of roughly US$1 trillion. The only justification for such whopping expenditure is to manufacture a lethal external threat: Russia. That’s the key reason the complex will not allow US President Donald Trump even to try to normalize relations with Russia.
    There could be, probably is, quite an element of truth to that and that is why people get startled and believe it. That's fine. But don't forget, Putin DID annex Crimea, and DID stir war in Syria and should not have. Also don't forget that Trump IS a non-diplomat with a personality and ego disorder who may very well be beholden to Putin for private reasons.
    The article, while having merit, is sleight of hand distraction from Russian hacking, meddling, and possibly blackmail of the country's head of state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    This exceptionalist attitude is what got us to where we are today.. AKA hubris.

    "Every empire suffers from hubris, arrogance and condescension, and therefore a moral blindness. That's true of the American empire, it was true of the British Empire earlier, and it will certainly be true of the Chinese Empire in the future." ~ Cornel West
    The USA won the the Battle of Bretten Woods and is the largest economy in the world and the dollar is still the international reserve currency. No one is lining up to migrate to India or China.

    Is that going to change? Sure. Should the USA try and protect its basic industries and manufacturing capability? Yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Agree 100% re China. Being the worlds greatest deal maker and a good friend of Xi really no need for tariffs and a trade war. Invite Xi over for a meeting and sort it.

    Imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico as well will not curb China's behavior. These 3 trading partners impose no tariffs on US products so why antagonize fair trade partners who are in turn retaliating. Talking about silly logic, this tops the list.
    Trump is using steel and aluminum tariffs to renegotiate NAFTA. Does Bernie Sanders agree with Trump that NAFTA is a bad deal for the USA?
    Sanders and Trump agree NAFTA has to change.

    Do you really know what you are talking about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Trump is using steel and aluminum tariffs to renegotiate NAFTA
    Quite. He's being a belligerent and bellicose bully, conforming to the worst stereotype of the Ugly American and it will all backfire.

    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Do you really know what you are talking about?
    Have you picked up today's Fox Newz Talking Points?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    The USA won the the Battle of Bretten Woods and is the largest economy in the world and the dollar is still the international reserve currency. No one is lining up to migrate to India or China.

    Is that going to change? Sure. Should the USA try and protect its basic industries and manufacturing capability? Yes.

    I don't disagree with that...but we need to pull our horns in quite a bit in the militarism and interventionism departments. Our focus at this point in time should be domestic...as in cleaning up our own nest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    There could be, probably is, quite an element of truth to that and that is why people get startled and believe it. That's fine. But don't forget, Putin DID annex Crimea, and DID stir war in Syria and should not have. Also don't forget that Trump IS a non-diplomat with a personality and ego disorder who may very well be beholden to Putin for private reasons.
    The article, while having merit, is sleight of hand distraction from Russian hacking, meddling, and possibly blackmail of the country's head of state.


    Establishment assertions about the Russian meddling/interference are meaningless to me. Where is the real evidence of such? I asked before... if the interence in Trump's favor was so effective how did Clinton win the popular vote?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    we need to pull our horns in quite a bit in the militarism and interventionism departments. Our focus at this point in time should be domestic...as in cleaning up our own nest.
    You mean like giving huge tax breaks to corporations, getting rid of environmental protections, attacking the first amendment, overturning Roe v. Wade, gerrymandering voting districts, making health care less effective and more expensive, giving religious organizations special treatment under the law?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    we need to pull our horns in quite a bit in the militarism and interventionism departments. Our focus at this point in time should be domestic...as in cleaning up our own nest.
    You mean like giving huge tax breaks to corporations, getting rid of environmental protections, attacking the first amendment, overturning Roe v. Wade, gerrymandering voting districts, making health care less effective and more expensive, giving religious organizations special treatment under the law, and separating young children from families?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    if the interence in Trump's favor was so effective how did Clinton win the popular vote?
    Because the "interferers" knew how the system worked. They knew the demogrphics and what outcomes for the electoral college would swing things.
    Ray mentioned above, since the Dem's server was hacked, the hackers would know the Dem's analytics on top of their own strategising.
    Last edited by Maanaam; 24-07-2018 at 08:12 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKkin View Post
    Establishment assertions about the Russian meddling/interference are meaningless to me. Where is the real evidence of such? I asked before... if the interence in Trump's favor was so effective how did Clinton win the popular vote?
    Based on actions (Syria, Crimea and Ukraine) not words it would seem Obama was more beholden to Putin than Trump.

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    trumpo's lawyers waived atty/client privlege rights to M Cohen's tapes ....

    Explained here, don't understand the reasoning tho....

    https://www.businessinsider.com/why-...n-tapes-2018-7

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    Have you picked up today's Fox Newz Talking Points?
    Quote Originally Posted by mark45y View Post
    Based on actions (Syria, Crimea and Ukraine) not words it would seem Obama was more beholden to Putin than Trump.


    Well OK then!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Humbert View Post
    You mean like giving huge tax breaks to corporations, getting rid of environmental protections, attacking the first amendment, overturning Roe v. Wade, gerrymandering voting districts, making health care less effective and more expensive, giving religious organizations special treatment under the law, and separating young children from families?
    If you commit a crime do you expect the cops to put your kids in jail with you? Illegally crossing the border to any country is a crime in any country. I have to wonder how a poor country like Thailand can afford health care but not the USA. I think you may be the reason. I don't know if you know anything about Thailand so I won't go into it but basically it's poor get poor health care but they get health care. Same in the UK or Canada but maybe a little better. Term limits will go a long way to eliminating the election problems. Tax system needs to be completely overhauled.

    However it is refreshing to discuss substantive issues rather than the nonsense stuff.

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