[MERIT]'s Ramblings

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-19-2018, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

So do the five people who use this all know each other?

You can invite your friends, just like with any other messenger app. This one is just the best, as far as privacy goes.

Facebook Messenger records everything that you type, even if you type it out and then delete it, they still record it. Then they store your shit in an NSA data bank in Utah.

**Frownland** · 06-19-2018, 09:07 PM

I have to use WeChat to talk to my Chinese correspondents. If you think Facebook is bad, you should check WeChat's crazy **** out.

OccultHawk · 06-19-2018, 09:15 PM

The Chinese government is giving everybody a social rating.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-19-2018, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

The Chinese government is giving everybody a social rating.

They are also reading their minds.

Forget The Facebook Leak: China Is Mining Data Directly From Workers’ Brains On An Industrial Scale

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-21-2018, 09:32 PM

~~[MERIT]~~ · 06-24-2018, 02:45 AM

~~[MERIT]~~ · 07-18-2018, 01:32 AM

My 10mm Auto Wish List

The 10mm Auto round is WAY too often overlooked, and I blame Smith & Wesson and the FBI [United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation] for that. Introduced in 1983, the 10mm Auto round has more stopping power than the 9mm Luger [9 X 19mm Parabellum] and the .45 ACP [Automatic Colt Pistol], which were the most common semi-automatic pistol cartridges at the time. 10mm Auto was poised to be the big kid on the block, until a bunch of pussies over at the FBI decided that their dainty little faggot wrists couldn't take the recoil, so they commissioned their minions over at Smith & Wesson to pare it down to what we now call the .40 Smith & Wesson [10x22mm] in 1990.

So, history aside, here are my top firearm picks in the 10mm Auto caliber:

EAA [European American Armory] Witness

Not technically a 1911, but it looks the part. This semi-automatic pistol houses a double-stack magazine with a 14+1 capacity. Seen here
with a steel frame, 4.5" barrel and black rubber furniture. It is also branded in Italy as the "Fratelli Tanfoglio S.N.C." Witness [or
Tangfolio Witness for short]. This gun is said to fit your hand like a glove, right out of the box. You can pick one up online for around
$516 USD.

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RIA [Rock Island Armory] 1911

This semi-automatic pistol houses a double-stack magazine with a 16+1 capacity. It has a skeletonized trigger & hammer, a 5"
barrel and Parkerized finish. It features an ambidextrous safety and a fiber optic front sight. Most people think of a .45 ACP
when they think of a 1911, but stop being a pussy and get this one instead. You can buy one online for around $623 USD.

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Glock 20

I'm not the biggest fan of Glocks, but they are reliable as all fuck and there are a ton of accessories available for them,
so it behooves me to include one on this list. With a double-stacked 15+1 capacity, this ugly fucker has a 4.6" barrel
and all of the polymer that you have come to love from a Glock. You can pick one up online for around $545 USD.

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Hi-Point 1095TS Carbine

Hi-Points join Glocks in the "Ugly As All Fuck Club," but at least Hi-Points are cheap! Unfortunately, it comes with a
[less-than-stellar] 10+1 capacity. Why include it? Well, because you can't beat Hi-Point's price or their lifetime
replacement warranty! You can pick one up online for around $315 USD. Double [or triple] that, and you can mod the
fuck out of it and make it legit. High Tower Armory offers a bullpup conversion kit for around $250 USD, making it
look like this:

~~[MERIT]~~ · 08-01-2018, 07:39 PM

Gonna start adding some of my original articles from my website to the journal.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-09-2018, 10:28 PM

FBI Uses No-Fly List To Blackmail Muslims Into Becoming Informants

30-year-old NAVEED SHINWARI hasn’t been allowed to see his wife in 26 months because he refused to become an informant for the FBI. In February of 2012, SHINWARI [who has lived in the U.S. since he was 14] flew to Afghanistan to get married. Before he could make it back home to Omaha, Nebraska, he was TWICE detained and questioned by FBI agents who wanted to know if he “knew anything about national security threats.” A THIRD FBI visit followed once he got home.

But the following month when SHINWARI purchased a plane ticket for a temporary job in Connecticut, he was REFUSED a boarding pass. Police told him that he had been placed on the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center’s “NO-FLY LIST,” even though he had NO CRIMINAL RECORD and had NEVER even been ACCUSED of breaking any law. A FOURTH FBI visit soon followed, with agents questioning what he knew about the “local Omaha community” and if he knew “anyone who’s a threat.”

“I’m just very frustrated, [and I said] ‘what can I do to clear my name?’” said SHINWARI. “And that’s where it was mentioned to me: ‘you help us, we help you.’ We know you don’t have a job; we’ll give you money.”SHINWARI is one of four American Muslims in a new LAWSUIT, accusing the FBI of placing them on the no-fly list to either intimidate them into becoming informants, or to retaliate against them for declining to do so.

Recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the case accuses the former U.S. Attorney General [ERIC HOLDER], former FBI Director [JAMES COMEY], former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security [JEH JOHNSON] and two dozen FBI agents of creating an atmosphere in which Muslims who are not accused of ANY wrongdoing are FORBIDDEN from flying, as leverage to get them to snitch on their communities.

The lawsuit seeks not only the plaintiffs’ removal from the no-fly list, but also the establishment of a more robust legal mechanism that can be used to contest ones placement upon it.

“This policy and set of practices by the FBI is part of a much broader set of policies that reflect over-policing in Muslim-American communities,” said DIALA SHAMAS, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.

In recent years, Muslim community leaders in the U.S. have been targeted by law enforcement agencies, particularly thanks to mosque infiltrations and other over-zealous surveillance practices. Materials designed to demonize Muslims and Islam is present in FBI counter-terrorism training [EXAMPLES: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4]. The NYPD [New York City Police Department] recently shut down a unit that was tasked with spying on Muslim businesses, mosques and community centers in New York and New Jersey.

Fellow lawsuit claimant JAMEEL ALGIBHAH alleges that the FBI explicitly asked him to “infiltrate a Queens mosque and pose as an extremist in online forums.” An FBI agent told him: “We’re the ONLY ones who can take you off the list.”

This case follows at least one other, which alleges that the FBI attempted to leverage no-fly selectees into informants. That case also challenges as insufficient the process afforded to people seeking to remove themselves from the list.

SHINWARI, who now lives in Connecticut and works for a temp agency, has not attempted to return to Afghanistan to see his wife. While he was able to board a flight last month, he wonders if he received a reprieve from the no-fly list that the FBI offered to him in 2012 as enticement to act as an informant for them. REPEATED attempts to formally remove himself from the list have only resulted in vague and inconclusive notifications from the government.

The no-fly list is among the most opaque post-9/11 measures. It is maintained by the FBI and implemented at airports by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Most of those who have been placed on it are unaware [there is no formal notification process], and those who wish to get their name removed from the list face an overcomplicated redress process. The new lawsuit alleges that the opacity amounts and contributes to WATCH LIST ABUSE.

There are currently over 109,000 names on the U.S.’ no-fly list.

Several earlier lawsuits have attempted to get people off of the no-fly list. In February of 2014, RAHINAH IBRAHIM became the first person since 9/11 to win such a case, after demonstrating that the FBI had added her name to the list by mistake. She had been unable to fly since 2004.

The criteria for inclusion in the list are unclear. It was affirmed in March of 2011 that CHRISTOPHER PIEHOTA, then-current Director of the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center, had the power to nominate candidates to the list.

Inclusion on the broader Terrorist Screening Database depends upon “whether there is reasonable suspicion to believe that a person is a known or suspected terrorist,” said PIEHOTA. “Mere guesses or ‘hunches,’ or the reporting of suspicious activity alone is not enough to constitute a reasonable suspicion and are not sufficient bases to ‘watch-list’ an individual.” Audits and other quality control measures were periodic, said PIEHOTA.

A recent ACLU study challenged the criteria, saying: “It is not at all clear what separates a ‘reasonable-suspicion-based-on-a-reasonable-suspicion’ from a simple HUNCH.” It called inclusion on a government watch list a “potentially life-altering experience.” A redress system for thwarted travelers is operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and referred complaints to the FBI. A study by the U.S. Justice Department’s Inspector General said that it took the FBI a median of 78 days to remove people from the lists.

SHINWARI said that his placement on the no-fly list and his dealings with the FBI have had a chilling effect on him. “I don’t want to open up to people any more, or express myself politically or otherwise. It’s definitely had an effect on me participating in my local mosque,” he said. “I just want to see some changes to this process, and openness and transparency would be good. That’s what Obama originally ran for.”

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[ NOTE: Links updated as of December 29th, 2018 ]

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-23-2018, 11:03 PM

DONALD TRUMP Predicted The 9/11 Attacks Back In 2000

Recently-inaugurate U.S. President DONALD TRUMP showed astronomical levels of awareness and foresight when he predicted the 9/11 attacks over a year and a half BEFORE they happened.

In his 2000 book "The America We Deserve," TRUMP wrote:

“I really am convinced we’re in danger of the sort of terrorist attacks that will make the [1993] bombing of the Trade Center look like kids playing with firecrackers. No sensible analyst rejects this possibility and plenty of them, like me, are not wondering IF, but WHEN, it will happen.”

He even went so far as to name OSAMA BIN LADEN as the scapegoat for the attacks, adding:

“One day we’re told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named OSAMA BIN-LADEN is public enemy number one, and U.S. jet fighters lay waste to his camp in Afghanistan . . . He escapes back under some rock and, a few news cycles later, it’s on to a new enemy and new crisis.”

06-19-2018, 09:07 PM	#72 (permalink)
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06-19-2018, 09:15 PM	#73 (permalink)
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07-18-2018, 01:32 AM	#77 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	My 10mm Auto Wish List *My 10mm Auto* Wish List** The 10mm Auto round is WAY too often overlooked, and I blame Smith & Wesson and the FBI [*United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation] for that. Introduced in 1983, the 10mm* Auto round has more stopping power than the 9mm Luger [*9 X 19mm Parabellum] and the .45* ACP [Automatic Colt Pistol], which were the most common semi-automatic pistol cartridges at the time. 10mm Auto was poised to be the big kid on the block, until a bunch of pussies over at the FBI decided that their dainty little faggot wrists couldn't take the recoil, so they commissioned their minions over at Smith & Wesson to pare it down to what we now call the *.40 Smith & Wesson* [10x22mm] in *1990. So, history aside, here are my top firearm picks in the 10mm Auto caliber: *EAA [European American Armory] Witness Not technically a 1911, but it looks the part. This semi-automatic pistol houses a double-stack magazine with a 14+1 capacity. Seen here with a steel frame, 4.5" barrel and black rubber furniture. It is also branded in Italy as the "Fratelli Tanfoglio S.N.C."** Witness [or *Tangfolio Witness* for short]. This gun is said to fit your hand like a glove, right out of the box. You can pick one up online for around *$516* USD. ================================================== ================================================== =================================== **RIA [Rock Island Armory] 1911 This semi-automatic pistol houses a double-stack magazine with a 16+1 capacity. It has a skeletonized trigger & hammer, a 5" barrel and Parkerized finish. It features an ambidextrous safety and a fiber optic front sight. Most people think of a .45 ACP** when they think of a 1911, but stop being a pussy and get this one instead. You can buy one online for around $623 USD. ================================================== ================================================== =================================== *Glock 20* I'm not the biggest fan of Glocks, but they are reliable as all fuck and there are a ton of accessories available for them, so it behooves me to include one on this list. With a double-stacked *15+1* capacity, this ugly fucker has a *4.6"* barrel and all of the polymer that you have come to love from a Glock. You can pick one up online for around $545 USD. ================================================== ================================================== =================================== *Hi-Point 1095TS Carbine* Hi-Points join Glocks in the "Ugly As All Fuck Club," but at least Hi-Points are cheap! Unfortunately, it comes with a [less-than-stellar] *10+1* capacity. Why include it? Well, because you can't beat Hi-Point's price or their lifetime replacement warranty! You can pick one up online for around $315 USD. Double [or triple] that, and you can mod the fuck out of it and make it legit. High Tower Armory offers a bullpup conversion kit for around $250 USD, making it look like this: Last edited by [MERIT]; 12-29-2018 at 01:46 AM.

11-09-2018, 10:28 PM	#79 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	FBI Uses No-Fly List To Blackmail Muslims Into Becoming Informants FBI Uses No-Fly List To Blackmail Muslims Into Becoming Informants 30-year-old NAVEED SHINWARI hasn’t been allowed to see his wife in 26 months because he refused to become an informant for the FBI. In February of 2012, SHINWARI [who has lived in the U.S. since he was 14] flew to Afghanistan to get married. Before he could make it back home to Omaha, Nebraska, he was TWICE detained and questioned by FBI agents who wanted to know if he “knew anything about national security threats.” A THIRD FBI visit followed once he got home. But the following month when SHINWARI purchased a plane ticket for a temporary job in Connecticut, he was REFUSED a boarding pass. Police told him that he had been placed on the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center’s *“NO-FLY LIST,”* even though he had NO CRIMINAL RECORD and had NEVER even been ACCUSED of breaking any law. A FOURTH FBI visit soon followed, with agents questioning what he knew about the “local Omaha community” and if he knew “anyone who’s a threat.” “I’m just very frustrated, [and I said] ‘what can I do to clear my name?’” said SHINWARI. “And that’s where it was mentioned to me: ‘you help us, we help you.’ We know you don’t have a job; we’ll give you money.”SHINWARI is one of four American Muslims in a new LAWSUIT, accusing the FBI of placing them on the no-fly list to either intimidate them into becoming informants, or to retaliate against them for declining to do so. Recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the case accuses the former U.S. Attorney General [ERIC HOLDER], former FBI Director [JAMES COMEY], former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security [JEH JOHNSON] and two dozen FBI agents of creating an atmosphere in which Muslims who are not accused of ANY wrongdoing are FORBIDDEN from flying, as leverage to get them to snitch on their communities. The lawsuit seeks not only the plaintiffs’ removal from the no-fly list, but also the establishment of a more robust legal mechanism that can be used to contest ones placement upon it. “This policy and set of practices by the FBI is part of a much broader set of policies that reflect over-policing in Muslim-American communities,” said DIALA SHAMAS, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. In recent years, Muslim community leaders in the U.S. have been targeted by law enforcement agencies, particularly thanks to mosque infiltrations and other over-zealous surveillance practices. Materials designed to demonize Muslims and Islam is present in FBI counter-terrorism training [EXAMPLES: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4]. The NYPD [New York City Police Department] recently shut down a unit that was tasked with spying on Muslim businesses, mosques and community centers in New York and New Jersey. Fellow lawsuit claimant JAMEEL ALGIBHAH alleges that the FBI explicitly asked him to “infiltrate a Queens mosque and pose as an extremist in online forums.” An FBI agent told him: “We’re the ONLY ones who can take you off the list.” This case follows at least one other, which alleges that the FBI attempted to leverage no-fly selectees into informants. That case also challenges as insufficient the process afforded to people seeking to remove themselves from the list. SHINWARI, who now lives in Connecticut and works for a temp agency, has not attempted to return to Afghanistan to see his wife. While he was able to board a flight last month, he wonders if he received a reprieve from the no-fly list that the FBI offered to him in 2012 as enticement to act as an informant for them. REPEATED attempts to formally remove himself from the list have only resulted in vague and inconclusive notifications from the government. The no-fly list is among the most opaque post-9/11 measures. It is maintained by the FBI and implemented at airports by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Most of those who have been placed on it are unaware [there is no formal notification process], and those who wish to get their name removed from the list face an overcomplicated redress process. The new lawsuit alleges that the opacity amounts and contributes to WATCH LIST ABUSE. There are currently over 109,000 names on the U.S.’ no-fly list. Several earlier lawsuits have attempted to get people off of the no-fly list. In February of 2014, RAHINAH IBRAHIM became the first person since 9/11 to win such a case, after demonstrating that the FBI had added her name to the list by mistake. She had been unable to fly since 2004. The criteria for inclusion in the list are unclear. It was affirmed in March of 2011 that CHRISTOPHER PIEHOTA, then-current Director of the U.S. Terrorist Screening Center, had the power to nominate candidates to the list. Inclusion on the broader Terrorist Screening Database depends upon “whether there is reasonable suspicion to believe that a person is a known or suspected terrorist,” said PIEHOTA. “Mere guesses or ‘hunches,’ or the reporting of suspicious activity alone is not enough to constitute a reasonable suspicion and are not sufficient bases to ‘watch-list’ an individual.” Audits and other quality control measures were periodic, said PIEHOTA. A recent ACLU study challenged the criteria, saying: “It is not at all clear what separates a ‘reasonable-suspicion-based-on-a-reasonable-suspicion’ from a simple HUNCH.” It called inclusion on a government watch list a “potentially life-altering experience.” A redress system for thwarted travelers is operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and referred complaints to the FBI. A study by the U.S. Justice Department’s Inspector General said that it took the FBI a median of 78 days to remove people from the lists. SHINWARI said that his placement on the no-fly list and his dealings with the FBI have had a chilling effect on him. “I don’t want to open up to people any more, or express myself politically or otherwise. It’s definitely had an effect on me participating in my local mosque,” he said. “I just want to see some changes to this process, and openness and transparency would be good. That’s what Obama originally ran for.” ================================================== ================================================== =================================== [ NOTE: Links updated as of December 29th, 2018 ] Last edited by [MERIT]; 12-29-2018 at 01:33 AM.

11-23-2018, 11:03 PM	#80 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Donald Trump Predicted The 9/11 Attacks Back In 2000 **DONALD TRUMP Predicted The 9/11 Attacks Back In 2000 Recently-inaugurate U.S. President DONALD TRUMP showed astronomical levels of awareness and foresight when he predicted the 9/11 attacks over a year and a half BEFORE they happened. In his 2000 book "The America We Deserve," TRUMP wrote: “I really am convinced we’re in danger of the sort of terrorist attacks that will make the [1993] bombing of the Trade Center look like kids playing with firecrackers. No sensible analyst rejects this possibility and plenty of them, like me, are not wondering IF, but WHEN, it will happen.” He even went so far as to name OSAMA BIN LADEN** as the scapegoat for the attacks, adding: “One day we’re told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named OSAMA BIN-LADEN is public enemy number one, and U.S. jet fighters lay waste to his camp in Afghanistan . . . He escapes back under some rock and, a few news cycles later, it’s on to a new enemy and new crisis.”

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08-01-2018, 07:39 PM	#78 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Gonna start adding some of my original articles from my website to the journal.