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One essential TED, and the talk of our times. 

 

Yes, a good chunk of Guardian hypocrisy, (didn't this same paper celebrated how Obama's campaign used Facebook data) but putting that aside, it will leave your jaw on the floor - a masterclass in storytelling. She nails it. 

 

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Dusk_Till_Dawn
12 hours ago, Deodato said:

One essential TED, and the talk of our times. 

 

Yes, a good chunk of Guardian hypocrisy, (didn't this same paper celebrated how Obama's campaign used Facebook data) but putting that aside, it will leave your jaw on the floor - a masterclass in storytelling. She nails it. 

 

Deodato

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therein lies the problem though - nothing to see here when a vote goes your way, an outright scandal when a vote goes against you.

 

You simply can’t act like that and expect people to take you seriously.

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1 hour ago, Gorgiewave said:

She's an obsessed lunatic trying to invalidate a result she didn't like.

 

You didn't watch the talk, did you?

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16 minutes ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said:

 

Therein lies the problem though - nothing to see here when a vote goes your way, an outright scandal when a vote goes against you.

 

You simply can’t act like that and expect people to take you seriously.

 

Did you watch the talk?  All of it?

 

My take on it wasn't the bit regards electoral fraud in the Brexit campaign by various leave groups, but the role Facebook played in it and what that means for future elections/democracy in general.

 

But as a country, it has been ruled that the winners in the Brexit referendum broke electoral law - but if you say that you can't be taken seriously?  That's what you are saying, right?

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13 minutes ago, Boris said:

 

You didn't watch the talk, did you?

Yes, I did. And I've followed her efforts for a while. I stand by the assessment that she's an obsessed lunatic. She's also, as Dusk Till Dawn said, a hypocrite.

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The Mighty Thor

She's one of a number of people who have been very vocal about what is effectively election tampering by social media companies. 

She's been continually shouted down by people like Andrew Neil using his publicly funded BBC platform to spout shite about her research and her character despite the electoral commission finding the leave campaign broke the law.

Good on her but sadly she's a small voice against a huge machine.

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Just now, Gorgiewave said:

Yes, I did. And I've followed her efforts for a while. I stand by the assessment that she's an obsessed lunatic. She's also, as Dusk Till Dawn said, a hypocrite.

 

So the point of her talk was the influence Facebook had in an election, and it's threat to democracy as we know it.

 

But that's all sour grapes despite the evidence pointing to how the Leave campaign rigged the referendum?

 

As for the hypocrisy claims, what other elections in the UK have been won by those found guilty of breaking the electoral law?

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1 minute ago, The Mighty Thor said:

She's one of a number of people who have been very vocal about what is effectively election tampering by social media companies. 

She's been continually shouted down by people like Andrew Neil using his publicly funded BBC platform to spout shite about her research and her character despite the electoral commission finding the leave campaign broke the law.

Good on her but sadly she's a small voice against a huge machine.

 

George Lucas kent...

 

 

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1 minute ago, i8hibsh said:

Genuinely never heard of her.  She a righty or a lefty?

 

She writes for the Guardian, so I'd imagine she is centre left.

 

But as she says in the talk, it's not about right or left or leave or remain, but the process and involvement of social media and "dark" money.

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The Mighty Thor
1 minute ago, i8hibsh said:

Genuinely never heard of her.  She a righty or a lefty?

No idea.

 

She has been quite active in calling out the post truth bullshit that political entities like to fire and forget on social media platforms 

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Just now, Boris said:

 

She writes for the Guardian, so I'd imagine she is centre left.

 

But as she says in the talk, it's not about right or left or leave or remain, but the process and involvement of social media and "dark" money.

 

Will catch it when  I get home tonight.  I am at the stage though that as soon as I even hear the term 'Brexit' I switch off.

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5 minutes ago, Boris said:

 

So the point of her talk was the influence Facebook had in an election, and it's threat to democracy as we know it.

 

But that's all sour grapes despite the evidence pointing to how the Leave campaign rigged the referendum?

 

As for the hypocrisy claims, what other elections in the UK have been won by those found guilty of breaking the electoral law?

 

Remain had the support of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor, taxpayer-funded leaflets, the Bank of England, the IMF, the President of the United States, etc.

 

Why weren't people swayed by all that? Perhaps they do their own thinking.

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6 minutes ago, i8hibsh said:

Genuinely never heard of her.  She a righty or a lefty?

Conspiratorial, swivel-eyed lefty.

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Just now, Gorgiewave said:

Conspiratorial, swivel-eyed lefty.

 

 

May side swipe it then.  I hear enough lefties morning noon and night as they saturate the media, I am getting too bigoted to tolerate them anymore.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Boris said:

 

So the point of her talk was the influence Facebook had in an election, and it's threat to democracy as we know it.

 

But that's all sour grapes despite the evidence pointing to how the Leave campaign rigged the referendum?

 

As for the hypocrisy claims, what other elections in the UK have been won by those found guilty of breaking the electoral law?

 

Boris, we're Leaving. The USSR is no more and we're Leaving.

 

It used to be said that republicanism was unnatural or impossible and that only the true king could be king. Now quite a few folk believe that what Remainers say must be true and natural.

 

People think for themselves, Boris. Jeezo.

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1 minute ago, i8hibsh said:

 

 

May side swipe it then.  I hear enough lefties morning noon and night as they saturate the media, I am getting too bigoted to tolerate them anymore.

 

 

Wise.

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1 minute ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

Boris, we're Leaving. The USSR is no more and we're Leaving.

 

It used to be said that republicanism was unnatural or impossible and that only the true king could be king. Now quite a few folk believe that what Remainers say must be true and natural.

 

People think for themselves, Boris. Jeezo.

 

So why invest vast sums of cash into facebook adverts that blatantly lie?  Christ, you just need to see some of the drivel that gets spouted on FB by people, and you think they just came to that (false) conclusion?  What are the chances???

 

But yeah, it's all sour grapes as the country gets ****ed by a bunch of ruthless right wing ****s who couldn't give a shit about the red white and blue and are only interested in the gold and greenbacks.  

 

This is a ****ing travesty.  But I suppose it doesn't really matter, because the planet isn't going to last much longer anyway.  May as well go out all guns blazing, eh?

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9 minutes ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

Remain had the support of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor, taxpayer-funded leaflets, the Bank of England, the IMF, the President of the United States, etc.

 

Why weren't people swayed by all that? Perhaps they do their own thinking.

 

Did they break electoral law in an attempt to convince people?

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6 minutes ago, Boris said:

 

Did they break electoral law in an attempt to convince people?

 

I don't know or care. Good luck to them if they did - somebody had to do get the point across.

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8 minutes ago, Boris said:

 

So why invest vast sums of cash into facebook adverts that blatantly lie?  Christ, you just need to see some of the drivel that gets spouted on FB by people, and you think they just came to that (false) conclusion?  What are the chances???

 

But yeah, it's all sour grapes as the country gets ****ed by a bunch of ruthless right wing ****s who couldn't give a shit about the red white and blue and are only interested in the gold and greenbacks.  

 

This is a ****ing travesty.  But I suppose it doesn't really matter, because the planet isn't going to last much longer anyway.  May as well go out all guns blazing, eh?

 

The Soviet Union is gone, so a new religion was needed. Boris went for eco-millenarianism.

 

The planet will be fine. The point I don't get about the ecomaniacs is, why are they against global warming? They despise humanity and they think global warming will destroy us all. They should be for it.

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18 minutes ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

The Soviet Union is gone, so a new religion was needed. Boris went for eco-millenarianism.

 

:rofl:

 

 

18 minutes ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

The planet will be fine. The point I don't get about the ecomaniacs is, why are they against global warming? They despise humanity and they think global warming will destroy us all. They should be for it.

 

:rofl:

 

:rofl:

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Diego Hamish

People should dry their eyes, always the 'tolerant' left that arent...ermmmm tolerant.

 

We voted, respect the vote and move on.

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7 minutes ago, Diego Hamish said:

People should dry their eyes, always the 'tolerant' left that arent...ermmmm tolerant.

 

We voted, respect the vote and move on.

 

Respectfully, you are missing the point of the talk!

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6 minutes ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

Let's speak again in 2031, when we'll all be fine.

 

Well, let's hope so.

 

What about 2061, 71, 81 etc?

 

I won't be here, but I hope my son is and any children he may have had.

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19 minutes ago, Boris said:

 

Well, let's hope so.

 

What about 2061, 71, 81 etc?

 

I won't be here, but I hope my son is and any children he may have had.

 

No reason why he shouldn't be fine.

 

The key to survival is adaptation, not avoiding change.

 

Homo sapiens has flourished on all continents except Antarctica, having survived the days when infectious disease was a relentless procession of misery, life expectancy was 25 years, science didn't exist, the most we could adapt materials was a sharpened stone or stick, our numbers were down to a tens of few thousands and most of Great Britain was invisible under an ice sheet.

 

We've since enjoyed world wars, nuclear war, ice sheets receding by 1,000 miles and firearms available to any lunatic who really wants one, yet our numbers, life expectancy, prosperity and health keep going up.

 

https://www.humanprogress.org/

 

The Cup Final, though, f'ing hell...

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AlphonseCapone
1 hour ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

I don't know or care. Good luck to them if they did - somebody had to do get the point across.

 

:cornette:

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shaun.lawson
5 hours ago, Gorgiewave said:

She's an obsessed lunatic trying to invalidate a result she didn't like.

 

There's only one obsessed lunatic on this thread, Gorgiewave.

 

4 hours ago, i8hibsh said:

Genuinely never heard of her.  She a righty or a lefty?

 

Neither. Google the Integrity Initiative and you'll see what I mean.

 

3 hours ago, Boris said:

 

Did they break electoral law in an attempt to convince people?

 

3 hours ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

I don't know or care. Good luck to them if they did - somebody had to do get the point across.

 

The true Tory celebrates law breaking and criminality by the rich, and rejoices when the poor are jailed for stealing a bottle of water.

 

Gorgiewave is a true Tory. :yucky: 

 

3 hours ago, Gorgiewave said:

They despise humanity 

 

No Gorgiewave. You despise humanity. You. You. You

 

I've never come across someone whose pathological self-loathing informs their world view to such an incredible extent. Global warming will destroy humanity. Gorgiewave is pleased.

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3 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

There's only one obsessed lunatic on this thread, Gorgiewave.

 

 

Neither. Google the Integrity Initiative and you'll see what I mean.

 

 

 

The true Tory celebrates law breaking and criminality by the rich, and rejoices when the poor are jailed for stealing a bottle of water.

 

Gorgiewave is a true Tory. :yucky: 

 

 

No Gorgiewave. You despise humanity. You. You. You

 

I've never come across someone whose pathological self-loathing informs their world view to such an incredible extent. Global warming will destroy humanity. Gorgiewave is pleased.

 

Conservatism is the route to prosperity, Shaun. Socialism means misery.

 

More Tory every second, I am, yes.

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shaun.lawson
2 minutes ago, Gorgiewave said:

 

Conservatism is the route to prosperity, Shaun. 

 

Unlike most of the rest of us, Gorgiewave doesn't do evidence.

 

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Many Labour and SNP voters voted Leave

 

You dont have to be Tory / Right wing to see what’s wrong with the EU

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2 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

Unlike most of the rest of us, Gorgiewave doesn't do evidence.

 

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What Shaun is saying, kickback, is that he would rather the poor were poorer, as long as the rich are less rich.

 

It's hatred of Tories, not love of anything, that keeps him moving.

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2 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

Unlike most of the rest of us, Gorgiewave doesn't do evidence.

 

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It’s rocketed since we joined the EU

 

Most people on minimum wage or less just how the EU like it

 

All down to freedom of movement

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AlphonseCapone

There's more wealth now than previously. But all that wealth is increasingly going to the minority. House prices that are drastically above average salaries, increased working hours, more working poor, food banks, record levels of personal debt, trade wars, decreasing resources. You need to be an idiot or selfish arsehole to think this is all maintainable or desirable imo. 

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37 minutes ago, Gorgiewave said:

What Shaun is saying, kickback, is that he would rather the poor were poorer, as long as the rich are less rich.

 

 

Gorgiewave - you're actually not capable of thinking for yourself, are you? All you can do is parrot someone whose catastrophic policies set the runaway train off down the tracks.

 

Gorgiewave thinks that homelessness being up almost 150% since 2010 is the 'route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that the UN condemning the UK for its treatment of the poor and disabled is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that 50% of disabled people in the UK having considered suicide is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that the return of rickets to parts of the UK is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that starving kids going to school without proper shoes is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that young girls sleeping in rubbish bins is 'the route to prosperity'. 

 

He thinks that foodbanks opening in schools is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that people dying while they wait for their appeals against PIP or ESA decisions (72% of appeals against both are won) is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

He thinks that average wages being lower than in 2008 is 'the route to prosperity'.

 

And he thinks that this is the 'route to prosperity'.

 

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The chap above, deemed 'fit to work' by the DWP, is dead now. Gorgiewave doesn't care. He doesn't care about anyone poor or vulnerable. At all. At all. At all

 

And you know why? Because Gorgiewave's entire world view begins and ends with himself. "I'm doing OK - so everyone should be able to do OK". Ridiculous, offensive, sociopathic bollocks. 

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shaun.lawson
55 minutes ago, JAYEL said:

Many Labour and SNP voters voted Leave

 

You dont have to be Tory / Right wing to see what’s wrong with the EU

 

Absolutely true. You also don't have to be left wing to see what's incredibly, appallingly wrong with the UK.

 

I could see what was wrong with the EU but voted to stay in - because what's wrong with the UK's membership of the EU is literally nothing when set against what's wrong with the UK. Which EU membership has precisely nothing to do with.

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24 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

Absolutely true. You also don't have to be left wing to see what's incredibly, appallingly wrong with the UK.

 

I could see what was wrong with the EU but voted to stay in - because what's wrong with the UK's membership of the EU is literally nothing when set against what's wrong with the UK. Which EU membership has precisely nothing to do with.

You can still vote for change in the UK unlike the EU

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shaun.lawson
12 minutes ago, JAYEL said:

You can still vote for change in the UK unlike the EU

 

Via the world's most disproportionate, ridiculous electoral system which entrenches corruption.

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7 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

Via the world's most disproportionate, ridiculous electoral system which entrenches corruption.

 

Enough about Uruguay 

 

This is about Brexit

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shaun.lawson
26 minutes ago, JAYEL said:

 

Enough about Uruguay 

 

This is about Brexit

 

Crap joke. Especially as Uruguay has an excellent electoral system. Not only that, but on pluralism, it's ranked well above the UK; on civil liberties, it's ranked well above the UK; and on press freedom, it's ranked well above the UK.

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13 minutes ago, shaun.lawson said:

 

Crap joke. Especially as Uruguay has an excellent electoral system. Not only that, but on pluralism, it's ranked well above the UK; on civil liberties, it's ranked well above the UK; and on press freedom, it's ranked well above the UK.

Something for an Independent Scotland to aspire to

 

My vote will count

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