Sorry guys, I’m locking it. It’s turning into an international politics thread and I don’t have the bandwidth to watch it.

I’m removing this entire thread. Please don’t respond to the trolls. Make your point and then walk away.

He’s troll baiting. Don’t take the bait.

They have parts that you have to replace right away so you don’t get stuck too. There are definite drawbacks.

Biden won (daddy issues for sure, but not oligarchy), because the r’s crossed over to the other side. I think you might have it a bit messed up.

Whoa (lyrics from the article):

‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ lyrics

Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list’ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast’ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land.

Because admitting that he cheated would take away all hope for our government. I suspect that no one wants to go there.

Tell me how that process would have worked? They would propose a law and then what?

Half of voting americans.

This is pretty awesome. I do see the need to be able to add categories of interest. Like follow history, the arts, etc. Cool regardless.

Except we’re talking about country music specifically, not the general awards.

Read all of this:

The singer’s 1988 song “Fast Car” – turned into a massive country and pop hit this year in a cover version by country superstar Luke Combs – was named song of the year at the 2023 CMA Awards, making Chapman the first Black songwriter to win in the category.

Though she wasn’t able to attend the awards show, Chapman reacted to her win in a statement which read: “I’m sorry I couldn’t join you all tonight. It’s truly an honor for my song to be newly recognized after 35 years of its debut. Thank you to the CMAs and a special thanks to Luke and all of the fans of ‘Fast Car.’”

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/tracy-chapman-history-2023-cma-awards-song-win-fast-car/story?id=104760529

edit: took out one of the bolds, she did receive a grammy.

Whole lotta red in that white and blue, huh History can’t be erased,

When you see the lyrics with the song, it hits differently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma8X2iMdv8U

I mean, they didn’t really have to do that. It’s already been done:

Tracy Chapman - Fast car

Luke Combs - Fast Car (Official Live Video)

He did it respectfully and didn’t change any of the words, even when he calls himself a girl.

Global access is wild, basically it means if the UK could force this that any five eyes country would then have the same access without needing to look bad to their citizens.

Doesn’t the US already have that backdoor? From what you’re saying, the UK probably already has access? Not attacking, sincerely asking.

while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

I miss the gold award here, you deserve one.

Drafting on computers won’t be long term.

FYI:

Libs of TikTok is a handle for various far-right[a] and anti-LGBT[b] social-media accounts operated by Chaya Raichik (/ˈxɑːjə ˈraɪtʃɪk/ KHAH-yə RY-chik),[10] a former real estate agent.[11][12][13] Raichik uses the accounts to repost content created by left-wing and LGBT people on TikTok, and on other social-media platforms, often with hostile, mocking, or derogatory commentary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libs_of_TikTok

Also, it defaults to “Active” view, which is the least updated. You can set your posts to “Hot” and then switch between “Top 6 Hours” and “Top 12 Hours” to get the most of your experience here. It will seem dead with the default.

Then why did they settle?

Apple will pay $95 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit involving Siri spying accusations, reports Reuters. The lawsuit alleges that Apple recorded conversations captured with accidental ‌Siri‌ activations, and then shared information from those conversations with third-party advertisers.