BREAKING: Shooting at the NSA, Fort Mead

White Guy--3:1
Muslim Guy--5:1
Trump Hater--7:1
Confused Old Person/Veteran--40:1
Woman--10000:1

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3:1 on a white guy is amazing. You're going to lose a lot of money. $20 on the White guy.
 
The guy probably just wanted his dick pics erased.
 
It is pro war monger propaganda and imperialist shit. That justify your 800 billion you spend on military but go ahead.

It is just stupid to think either china or russia has world domination plans or is even capable of it. Not take much to justify 'arming rebels' and doing coups and assassinate other leaders because country xyz might elect a pro chinese or russian leader.
Who said anything about conquering the world through military force? The Russians love propaganda, as everyone basically knows now. They like to influence elections, violently crush their enemies (look at what they did to Estonia), and do anything they can short of getting hit back. The Chinese like to rip off everyone's R&D, using their military (particularly their cyber espionage forces) to actually make money. It's ridiculous. The Chinese are a bunch of backhanded motherfuckers. Of course, they are building islands in the South China Sea to expand their territory, buying up property all over the world, buying US debt and currency to stabilize their own economy, and trading development for oil and mining contracts all over the Middle East and Africa. The Chinese are quietly becoming the imperialists that American conspiracy theorists claim that we were, and by the time they're done, they won't need to fire a shot to take over the world. It's ridiculous.
 
3:1 on a white guy is amazing. You're going to lose a lot of money. $20 on the White guy.

Likely white, but not necessarily. Definitely anti-fed, waco/oklahoma city bomber type of figure.

Probably 50's+ in age.

Infowars listener probably.

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Who said anything about conquering the world through military force? The Russians love propaganda, as everyone basically knows now. They like to influence elections, violently crush their enemies (look at what they did to Estonia), and do anything they can short of getting hit back. The Chinese like to rip off everyone's R&D, using their military (particularly their cyber espionage forces) to actually make money. It's ridiculous. The Chinese are a bunch of backhanded motherfuckers. Of course, they are building islands in the South China Sea to expand their territory, buying up property all over the world, buying US debt and currency to stabilize their own economy, and trading development for oil and mining contracts all over the Middle East and Africa. The Chinese are quietly becoming the imperialists that American conspiracy theorists claim that we were, and by the time they're done, they won't need to fire a shot to take over the world. It's ridiculous.

Chinese are 10x stronger and more threat than Russians. But Chinese have economic dominate they do not do Iraq war or other failed US policy wars.
 
Chinese are 10x stronger and more threat than Russians. But Chinese have economic dominate they do not do Iraq war or other failed US policy wars.
Threat to whom? That's a relative question. The Ukrainians might feel differently...

No, the Chinese have not fought kinetic wars. They have used other tactics. I think the war in Afghanistan was a good idea, although it should have been conducted differently. Going into Iraq was a mistake.

Both are countries with nuclear weapons, ambition, and strategic interests beyond their own borders. Both threaten the world's balance of power and homeostasis. Arguing in a relativist manner about who did what or why really doesn't matter, as we are talking about the future, not the past.
 
Who said anything about conquering the world through military force? The Russians love propaganda, as everyone basically knows now. They like to influence elections, violently crush their enemies (look at what they did to Estonia), and do anything they can short of getting hit back. The Chinese like to rip off everyone's R&D, using their military (particularly their cyber espionage forces) to actually make money. It's ridiculous. The Chinese are a bunch of backhanded motherfuckers. Of course, they are building islands in the South China Sea to expand their territory, buying up property all over the world, buying US debt and currency to stabilize their own economy, and trading development for oil and mining contracts all over the Middle East and Africa. The Chinese are quietly becoming the imperialists that American conspiracy theorists claim that we were, and by the time they're done, they won't need to fire a shot to take over the world. It's ridiculous.
I don't disagree with this, but they're doing it via economic means, playing by the rules, as it were. It's up to us to change the rules, I think.
 
I don't disagree with this, but they're doing it via economic means, playing by the rules, as it were. It's up to us to change the rules, I think.
Well, the Chinese aren’t playing by the rules. It’s a norm for countries to spy on other countries, and that’s probably fine. I think we are all generally pretty cool with that. But when countries spy on companies to rip them off for an economic advantage, that’s a deviation from traditional norms. At least it’s the emergence of a new norm. Ultimately, we need to decide on whether or not to collectively slap the Chinese in the pee-pee for this, or do we all accept this escalation as part of the new norms of the future?
 
That was about as well planned out as a drunk streaking the field and running straight into the teeth of 2000 Baltimore Ravens defense.
 
That was about as well planned out as a drunk streaking the field and running straight into the teeth of 2000 Baltimore Ravens defense.

Or as well planned out as a guy going into Comet Pizza with a shotgun.
 
Depends on how disgruntled he is. I would imagine anyone fired by the NSA would have all security access revoked immediately, for obvious reasons. Could be a guy who was canned, spent a few days or weeks brooding on it and finally snapped.
it's not even necessary...it could be just a guy who sucks it up everyday until it happened....
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Well, the Chinese aren’t playing by the rules. It’s a norm for countries to spy on other countries, and that’s probably fine. I think we are all generally pretty cool with that. But when countries spy on companies to rip them off for an economic advantage, that’s a deviation from traditional norms. At least it’s the emergence of a new norm. Ultimately, we need to decide on whether or not to collectively slap the Chinese in the pee-pee for this, or do we all accept this escalation as part of the new norms of the future?
Well, letting them win at industrial espionage and drive up prices with predatory real estate purchases, it's a separate matter. Action can be taken against that. China will still be the superpower of the next century as the US cedes the lead in innovation, clean energy, etc. because it is too focused on short-term financial gain.
 
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Well, letting them win at industrial espionage and drive up prices with predatory real estate purchases, it's a separate matter. Action can be taken against that. China will still be the superpower of the next century as the US cedes the lead in innovation, clean energy, etc. because it is too busy reaping profits from the same ol' same ol'.
But what's the action? The what, when, and how need to be answered, lest we cede those advantages. It's not just the US being a victim here, the Australians have lost big too.

In what ways are we ceding the lead in innovation? I think we have a lot to do in getting clean energy up to par, but as it stands, America is at the forefront of most technological and medical innovation. American companies like Apple and Amazon are at the forefront of not only tech, but manufacturing and distribution, respectively. Smaller companies pop up in Silicon Valley every day. Most of the disruptive technologies of the last 20 years have been made in America.
 
The CBC is reporting,
"The incident did not have any links to terrorism, said a federal official who did not want to be named because the person was not authorized to speak publicly."
 
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Going with white guy.
Motive: pedo porn stash got deleted
 
Well, the Chinese aren’t playing by the rules. It’s a norm for countries to spy on other countries, and that’s probably fine. I think we are all generally pretty cool with that. But when countries spy on companies to rip them off for an economic advantage, that’s a deviation from traditional norms. At least it’s the emergence of a new norm. Ultimately, we need to decide on whether or not to collectively slap the Chinese in the pee-pee for this, or do we all accept this escalation as part of the new norms of the future?
Inception looms.
 
Inception looms.
Fuck, that shit is basically here. When a Chinese hacker can read every email, instant message, and proprietary document for your organization, they pretty much know everything you're thinking. I was so thankful when President Obama sat down with President Xi and basically said, "Cut this out. Government on government stuff is fine, but you can't be doing this." It kind of shamed the Chinese into stopping for about a month or two, but then we didn't put anything behind those words. I think that's where his Administration dropped the ball, and it's been a few years, so I doubt they will stop now (not that we are even trying to put pressure on them to). A missed opportunity, I am afraid :(
 
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