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[cubsfan]

3 minutes ago, dwy000 said:

The facts are that the headd of the DoD shared attack plans on an unsecured app prior to execution.  

 

Whatever happened in the past is a separate discussion and deflection off of.the current issue.

 

Go back and check how Hannity tells you to spin this. It's changing hourly. 

 

Just your way of ducking again. I'm quite used to it with you.

 

You're ragging about dangerous actions, and ignore the deaths of real patriots due to 

corrupt DOD leaders and a totally incompetent POTUS. 

 

I realize you have had very little good news for the last 60 days since Trump took office.

 

So keep up the resistance ! It looks pretty damn stupid & desperate.  

Hang 'em high for those emails!

[dwy000]

8 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

Just your way of ducking again. I'm quite used to it with you.

 

You're ragging about dangerous actions, and ignore the deaths of real patriots due to 

corrupt DOD leaders and a totally incompetent POTUS. 

 

I realize you have had very little good news for the last 60 days since Trump took office.

 

So keep up the resistance ! It looks pretty damn stupid & desperate.  

Hang 'em high for those emails!

When you've lost Laura Loomer things are dire:

 

[Buckeye]

3 minutes ago, dwy000 said:

When you've lost Laura Loomer things are dire:

 

Hahahahaha. Laura saying the quiet part out loud.  “We’re As Bad As Democrats.”  Won’t be long before we start seeing red WABAD hats.

[Buckeye]

36 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

No, but the silence then invalidates all the concerned citizens now. If you've* been consistent, I applaud and encourage you to continue. But if your mouth was shut then, and now it's open, or vice versa, you can go fuck yourself because youre part of the problem..

 

 

*I dont mean you individually @dwy000, but generally speaking, the media people, the pundits, and the concerned citizens alike.

So if you weren’t defending Biden for every BS accusation, then you shouldn’t be defending Trump for every BS accusation now? Is that the extrapolation?

[cwericb]

1 hour ago, cubsfan said:

 

Why would anyone take a bullet for this?

 

Really. Really! Oh Please! Is this coming from the same Cubs that bitched and bitched about Clinton and her emails? 

 

Don't believe she ever released war plans before a pending attack. Don't think she she dissed European allies to a reporter.  

 

Come on now. 

 

"Both of those losers own the Afghanistan disaster killing 13 Americans and stranding hundreds."

 

This, though, I have to agree with. However, don't forget that it was Trump that set the deadline for pulling out of the country. But leaving all that equipment behind just boggles the mind. Set a new high for incompetence - and embarrassment to the country.

[cubsfan]

29 minutes ago, cwericb said:

 

Really. Really! Oh Please! Is this coming from the same Cubs that bitched and bitched about Clinton and her emails? 

 

Don't believe she ever released war plans before a pending attack. Don't think she she dissed European allies to a reporter.  

 

 

 

Yeah, good point. Clinton's email server was nothing compared to her getting 4 American's killed in Benghazi.  She declined several times against giving them more armed protection. She didn't want to rile up the Libyans. So they all died. And then she lied about it.

 

Typical Democrats - no punishment, but they did nominate her for President.

 

But Hegseth should resign!

[Gregmal]

1 hour ago, Buckeye said:

So if you weren’t defending Biden for every BS accusation, then you shouldn’t be defending Trump for every BS accusation now? Is that the extrapolation?

Huh? This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard? Why would I be obligated to defend two totally different things? Biden was the answer chosen by many of these critics, while clearly being in a near vegetative state. 
 

That’s wholly different than whining and complaining about the same exact type of stuff you previously ignored just because it was being done by “your team”. 

[LC]

These last 2 months have totally exposed Stumpy et al. It's like a bad Mastercard commercial:

 

Tariffs? Fail

DOGE? Fail

Russia Ukraine? Fail

Golfing while tens of thousands lose their jobs? 

 

Priceless.

[LC]

I will say I am totally biased:

 

Grew up in NYC and hated Trump ever since the 90s. Dude was goofball #1

Elon I think has zero math/sci chops - or at least compared to how he presents himself. Dude is another goofball.

 

Put simply, if I was going to pick leaders  - these would be two of the last people I would pick.

[cubsfan]

35 minutes ago, LC said:

I will say I am totally biased:

 

Grew up in NYC and hated Trump ever since the 90s. Dude was goofball #1

Elon I think has zero math/sci chops - or at least compared to how he presents himself. Dude is another goofball.

 

Put simply, if I was going to pick leaders  - these would be two of the last people I would pick.

 

Oh, yeah, Elon is a huge loser. Right!

 

Trump has overcome just about every obstacle known to man - law fare, assassination attempts, etc, etc.    He totally dominates the media.  Another loser.

 

Keep trying, no one believes you.

[cwericb]

1 hour ago, Gregmal said:

The press is not free if they are beholden to ideology. 90% of the "press" is slaves to a side. Ive said it before, you go to a website...mentioned before NYT, but sub in any one you want...Take the first 20 articles. If 70% of them have the same agenda/slant...let alone 90%, who in their right mind cares what those people are saying?

 

He should have handled it the same way he would've if it happened a year or two ago. We know from his character that he wouldn't have gone about it the same way. Asking for consistency isn't too tall an ask.

 

I read/watch, CNN, Fox, BBC, Aljazeera, and several other sources. I know where their prejudices lie and balance things out and somewhere in there lies some semblance of truth.

 

"He should have handled it the same way he would've if it happened a year or two ago. We know from his character that he wouldn't have gone about it the same way. Asking for consistency isn't too tall an ask." 

 

So, in effect, you think he should have participated in covering this up? Come on, what was he expected to do with this extraordinary lapse of security. Don't you think voters and the countries mentioned had a right to know about this?

If you think he wouldn't have released this if the previous government was in power, well you don't really know that do you that is just a supposition isn't it.

 

 

 

 

[Gregmal]

1 minute ago, cwericb said:

So, in effect, you think he should have participated in covering this up? Come on,

Where did I say this? 
 

2 minutes ago, cwericb said:

Don't you think voters and the countries mentioned had a right to know about this?

Except this same line of thought was thrown out the window when this scumbag and his organization decided to actively participate in hiding the fact that the President of their team was cognitively impaired the past 4 years….

[Ulti]

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

 

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.

26.03.2025, 21.20 Uhr

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: His contact info could be found using a commercial people finder.

Foto: Annabelle Gordon / AFP

Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials.

To do so, the reporters used commercial people search engines along with hacked customer data that has been published on the web. Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use, with some of them linked to profiles on social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn. They were used to create Dropbox accounts and profiles in apps that track running data. There are also WhatsApp profiles for the respective phone numbers and even Signal accounts in some cases.

As such, the reporting has revealed an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels in Washington. Hostile intelligence services could use this publicly available data to hack the communications of those affected by installing spyware on their devices. It is thus conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group in which Gabbard, Waltz and Hegseth discussed a military strike.

Numbers Linked to Signal Accounts

It remains unclear, however, whether this extremely problematic chat was conducted using Signal accounts linked to the private telephone numbers of the officials involved. Tulsi Gabbard has declined to comment. DER SPIEGEL reporting has demonstrated, though, that privately used and publicly accessible telephone numbers belonging to her and Waltz are, in fact, linked to Signal accounts.

The U.S. newsmagazine The Atlantic revealed on Monday that Gabbard, Waltz and Hegseth, along with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and additional officials, discussed an imminent military strike against the Houthi militia in Yemen in a Signal chat. The information shared among the participants included intelligence information and precise attack plans. According to the Atlantic, Waltz added the editor-in-chief of the magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, to the chat group. Precisely why he did so remains unclear.

The White House confirmed the scandal after the fact. Trump insisted that it did not include classified content, a question that is of particular relevance since members of the U.S. government are not permitted to share such information over Signal. The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, was even in Russia while participating in the chat group.

Pete Hegseth's WhatsApp profile photo

Foto: Screenshot / DER SPIEGEL

DER SPIEGEL was able to find some of the contact information for Gabbard, Hegseth and Waltz in commercial databases, while other information was in so-called password leaks, which are hardly a rarity on the internet. One example is the 2019 discovery by Troy Hunt, who found 773 million email addresses and more than 21 million passwords in a hacker forum.

Since then, there have been numerous additional leaks. Criminals are constantly compiling new collections from hacks, usually to sell them on forums.

It was particularly easy for DER SPIEGEL reporters to discover Hegseth’s mobile number and email address. They turned to a commercial provider of contact information that is primarily used by companies for sales, marketing and recruitment.

DER SPIEGEL sent the provider a link to Hegseth’s LinkedIn profile and received a Gmail address and a mobile phone number in return, in addition to other information. A search of leaked user data revealed that the email address and, in some cases, even the password associated with it, could be found in over 20 publicly accessible leaks. Using publicly available information, it was possible to verify that the email address was used just a few days ago.

The mobile number provided, meanwhile, led to a WhatsApp account that Hegseth apparently only recently deleted. The profile photo showed a shirtless Hegseth in a baseball cap and necklace. Comparisons with other photos of the U.S. secretary of defense using facial recognition software were able to confirm that the photo on the WhatsApp profile was indeed Hegseth.

Several Passwords in Leaked Database

U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz: Mobile number and email address found using a commercial people finder.

Foto: Mandel Ngan / AFP

Waltz’s mobile number and email address could be found using the same service provider. The mobile phone number could even be found using a people search engine popular in the U.S. DER SPIEGEL reporters were also able to find several passwords for Waltz’s email address in leaked databases. The information also led to Waltz’s profiles for Microsoft Teams, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Signal.

National Intelligence Director Gabbard was seemingly more careful with her data than her two male colleagues. She apparently had her own data blocked in the commercial contact search engines that contained the data of Hegseth and Waltz. But her email address was to be found on WikiLeaks and Reddit.

Gabbard’s email address is available in more than 10 leaks. One of those also contains a partial telephone number, which, when completed, leads to an active WhatsApp account and a Signal profile.

"Exposed data from top politicians can be used by hackers to launch convincing phishing attacks and gain access to devices and various services such as email, chat tools and PayPal,” says Donald Ortmann, a specialist in information security, information procurement and social engineering. He supports companies and authorities following cyberattacks.

"In addition, deepfake attacks using images and sound available online can be launched to participate in virtual meetings,” says Ortmann. Compromised accounts also enable hackers to "install malware, monitor communications and attempt political blackmail.”

No Response

To protect the private contact information of the U.S. politicians, DER SPIEGEL is not publishing the telephone numbers, email addresses and passwords it found. Furthermore, no tests were performed to determine if the passwords for the email addresses are still active. DER SPIEGEL informed Gabbard, Hegseth and Waltz of its findings.

DER SPIEGEL also sought comment from the Defense Department, the National Security Council and the office of the national intelligence director. Thus far, no response has been received.

Personal inquiries sent to Tulsi Gabbard and Michael Waltz via WhatsApp and Signal were delivered, according to the confirmation function. But they have thus far remained unanswered.

[Parsad]

7 hours ago, dwy000 said:

 

They need someone to take the bullet for it. The longer this stays in the public eye and the more that comes out, the worse the outcome.  Have Hegseth resign and it all dries up and we move on. 

 

That's usually the best thing to do in most cases.  Look at what happened to Sokol...how serious Buffett was...and I didn't agree with Buffett on that one!  These guys are looking ridiculously incompetent...worse than Abbott & Costello!  Somebody needs to take the hit...otherwise this will trickle up to Trump.  Cheers!

 

 

[Parsad]

7 hours ago, Gregmal said:

Would I? I was pretty consistent saying Hillary’s “issue” wasn’t a big deal either. 
 

But, on the subject, if this occurred a year ago…you think this dildo at the Atlantic would’ve behaved the same?

 

I'm not sure the dildo actually did anything, other than tell Americans what happened.  And if he did fuck anyone...well that's what a dildo does!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

6 hours ago, cwericb said:

 

So why refer to the reporter who reported this fiasco in this way? 

 

What has he done wrong? Of all the people involved, why is he the "dildo" in this incident? Did he not do his job? Didn't he withhold the information until after the operation? There are enough idiots involved in this fiasco to blame without blaming the messenger.

 

Why disparage the innocent with the all too typical childish name calling rather than admit this is just more evidence of the  incompetency of the administration?

 

Of course this seems to be the style of the present administration, but surely their supporters don't need to stoop to the same level. It just seems that Trump and his crew have lowered common decency to the point any form of decorum is a thing of the past with this administration and it's supporters. 

 

 

 

+1!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

6 hours ago, Gregmal said:

Well for one I already said my piece and cast blame in multiple places. But for him?
 

He’s a POS journalist with no agenda other than undermining the administration. These people deserve the admonishment 100%. We saw how they played their part covering up so much the last 4 years and now all of a sudden they pretend to be about transparency…please. He enabled the last admin and now wants to undermine this one…nothing else.

 

Ponder this….

 

Washington Post…HUGE deal was made of “not endorsing a candidate”…the crying and screaming and protesting and all that childish bs…why, one must ask? Who cares about an endorsement? Well, these losers REALLY, REALLY, REALLY felt strongly about the endorsement…because they believed it would influence the election! But wait, influence the election? Removing their bullshit verbiage switcharoo let’s call that what it is; election meddling…but wait! That’s rich! Because nobody has been more vocal with the columns and literature and sanctimonious lecturing regarding “election meddling!” And “the evils of trying to influence the election”…than these scumbags…how fuckin rich! 
 

But wait! There’s more! The Wapo decisions was to “stay out” of endorsements and be more neutral! The exact opposite of interfering in the election to appease these pissants. And what do they do? Dishonesty try to gaslight everybody by proclaiming that by NOT endorsing their candidate of choice, and CHOOSING NOBODY! That Wapo was actually “endorsing a candidate”! lol you can’t make this shit up but these people are such world class pieces of shit.

 

But this shit happens by media cronies from both sides.  Yes sad...but nothing new.  Frickin' Fox News was created in 1996 by Murdoch specifically for this purpose!  Cheers!

[Gregmal]

1 minute ago, Parsad said:

 

But this shit happens by media cronies from both sides.  Yes sad...but nothing new.  Frickin' Fox News was created in 1996 by Murdoch specifically for this purpose!  Cheers!

Exactly, and they should all be treated like the slime that they are. Everyone knows what these organizations stand for. What kind of person knows this and seeks employment anyway? Exactly the type of person whom deserves to be looked down upon and disparaged. 

[Parsad]

3 hours ago, cubsfan said:

 

Just your way of ducking again. I'm quite used to it with you.

 

You're ragging about dangerous actions, and ignore the deaths of real patriots due to 

corrupt DOD leaders and a totally incompetent POTUS. 

 

I realize you have had very little good news for the last 60 days since Trump took office.

 

 

 

I'm not sure anyone has had any good news in the last 60 days, including MAGA supporters and American citizens!  The tariffs are arguably the dumbest administration decision in the last 50 years...including Clinton getting a blowjob from his intern!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

3 hours ago, Buckeye said:

Hahahahaha. Laura saying the quiet part out loud.  “We’re As Bad As Democrats.”  Won’t be long before we start seeing red WABAD hats.

 

LOL!  I'm going to start selling those.  Cheers!

[Parsad]

1 hour ago, LC said:

These last 2 months have totally exposed Stumpy et al. It's like a bad Mastercard commercial:

 

Tariffs? Fail

DOGE? Fail

Russia Ukraine? Fail

Golfing while tens of thousands lose their jobs? 

 

Priceless.

 

DOGE is actually the one idea I 100% agree with...just the way they went about it...scalpel over 4 years, not a chainsaw on a weekend!

 

I hope Carney does something similar in Canada...again, with a scalpel...but he probably won't.  Cheers!

[Parsad]

1 hour ago, cubsfan said:

 

Oh, yeah, Elon is a huge loser. Right!

 

Trump has overcome just about every obstacle known to man - law fare, assassination attempts, etc, etc.    He totally dominates the media.  Another loser.

 

Keep trying, no one believes you.

 

Maybe not losers, but they are certainly working hard at it!    Buffett's saying applies here...the U.S. is an idiot proof machine...but doesn't mean they can't do some damage while driving!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

1 hour ago, Ulti said:

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

 

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.

26.03.2025, 21.20 Uhr

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: His contact info could be found using a commercial people finder.

Foto: Annabelle Gordon / AFP

Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials.

To do so, the reporters used commercial people search engines along with hacked customer data that has been published on the web. Those affected by the leaks include National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use, with some of them linked to profiles on social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn. They were used to create Dropbox accounts and profiles in apps that track running data. There are also WhatsApp profiles for the respective phone numbers and even Signal accounts in some cases.

As such, the reporting has revealed an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels in Washington. Hostile intelligence services could use this publicly available data to hack the communications of those affected by installing spyware on their devices. It is thus conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group in which Gabbard, Waltz and Hegseth discussed a military strike.

Numbers Linked to Signal Accounts

It remains unclear, however, whether this extremely problematic chat was conducted using Signal accounts linked to the private telephone numbers of the officials involved. Tulsi Gabbard has declined to comment. DER SPIEGEL reporting has demonstrated, though, that privately used and publicly accessible telephone numbers belonging to her and Waltz are, in fact, linked to Signal accounts.

The U.S. newsmagazine The Atlantic revealed on Monday that Gabbard, Waltz and Hegseth, along with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and additional officials, discussed an imminent military strike against the Houthi militia in Yemen in a Signal chat. The information shared among the participants included intelligence information and precise attack plans. According to the Atlantic, Waltz added the editor-in-chief of the magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, to the chat group. Precisely why he did so remains unclear.

The White House confirmed the scandal after the fact. Trump insisted that it did not include classified content, a question that is of particular relevance since members of the U.S. government are not permitted to share such information over Signal. The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, was even in Russia while participating in the chat group.

Pete Hegseth's WhatsApp profile photo

Foto: Screenshot / DER SPIEGEL

DER SPIEGEL was able to find some of the contact information for Gabbard, Hegseth and Waltz in commercial databases, while other information was in so-called password leaks, which are hardly a rarity on the internet. One example is the 2019 discovery by Troy Hunt, who found 773 million email addresses and more than 21 million passwords in a hacker forum.

Since then, there have been numerous additional leaks. Criminals are constantly compiling new collections from hacks, usually to sell them on forums.

It was particularly easy for DER SPIEGEL reporters to discover Hegseth’s mobile number and email address. They turned to a commercial provider of contact information that is primarily used by companies for sales, marketing and recruitment.

DER SPIEGEL sent the provider a link to Hegseth’s LinkedIn profile and received a Gmail address and a mobile phone number in return, in addition to other information. A search of leaked user data revealed that the email address and, in some cases, even the password associated with it, could be found in over 20 publicly accessible leaks. Using publicly available information, it was possible to verify that the email address was used just a few days ago.

The mobile number provided, meanwhile, led to a WhatsApp account that Hegseth apparently only recently deleted. The profile photo showed a shirtless Hegseth in a baseball cap and necklace. Comparisons with other photos of the U.S. secretary of defense using facial recognition software were able to confirm that the photo on the WhatsApp profile was indeed Hegseth.

Several Passwords in Leaked Database

U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz: Mobile number and email address found using a commercial people finder.

Foto: Mandel Ngan / AFP

Waltz’s mobile number and email address could be found using the same service provider. The mobile phone number could even be found using a people search engine popular in the U.S. DER SPIEGEL reporters were also able to find several passwords for Waltz’s email address in leaked databases. The information also led to Waltz’s profiles for Microsoft Teams, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Signal.

National Intelligence Director Gabbard was seemingly more careful with her data than her two male colleagues. She apparently had her own data blocked in the commercial contact search engines that contained the data of Hegseth and Waltz. But her email address was to be found on WikiLeaks and Reddit.

Gabbard’s email address is available in more than 10 leaks. One of those also contains a partial telephone number, which, when completed, leads to an active WhatsApp account and a Signal profile.

"Exposed data from top politicians can be used by hackers to launch convincing phishing attacks and gain access to devices and various services such as email, chat tools and PayPal,” says Donald Ortmann, a specialist in information security, information procurement and social engineering. He supports companies and authorities following cyberattacks.

"In addition, deepfake attacks using images and sound available online can be launched to participate in virtual meetings,” says Ortmann. Compromised accounts also enable hackers to "install malware, monitor communications and attempt political blackmail.”

No Response

To protect the private contact information of the U.S. politicians, DER SPIEGEL is not publishing the telephone numbers, email addresses and passwords it found. Furthermore, no tests were performed to determine if the passwords for the email addresses are still active. DER SPIEGEL informed Gabbard, Hegseth and Waltz of its findings.

DER SPIEGEL also sought comment from the Defense Department, the National Security Council and the office of the national intelligence director. Thus far, no response has been received.

Personal inquiries sent to Tulsi Gabbard and Michael Waltz via WhatsApp and Signal were delivered, according to the confirmation function. But they have thus far remained unanswered.

 

 

[Parsad]

9 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Exactly, and they should all be treated like the slime that they are. Everyone knows what these organizations stand for. What kind of person knows this and seeks employment anyway? Exactly the type of person whom deserves to be looked down upon and disparaged. 

 

Then where do we get our news?  Podcasts?  Influencers?  News One?

 

There will always be biases in the media...that's just human nature.  Even the Supreme Court Judges will have biases.  But what you cannot do is risk the demise of the democracy or radicalization of the Constitution.  

 

On those two matters, Donald Trump or any other administration, should be taken to task...by the American people!  Cheers!

[Gregmal]

16 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

Then where do we get our news?  Podcasts?  Influencers?  News One?

 

There will always be biases in the media...that's just human nature.  Even the Supreme Court Judges will have biases.  But what you cannot do is risk the demise of the democracy or radicalization of the Constitution.  

 

On those two matters, Donald Trump or any other administration, should be taken to task...by the American people!  Cheers!

You’d be surprised how easy it is to keep up with the world just living in it. SEC filings do plenty. I haven’t watched CNBC since we used to just have it on in the office cuz “that’s what finance firms do” in 2014. Havent seen FOX since my wife’s grandmother was around and she passed in 2015. MSNBC I watched for 2 hours on election night to revel in their distress. Otherwise, no TV really.

 

Events are pretty black and white especially if you drown out the adjectives. A wildfire is a wildfire. Like did we need the clown in the lynchpinned yellow coat to know there was a disaster? Proposed tax changes are theoretical and numerical and crossed against probability of passage and durability of their tenure. What is popular is visible in everyday life. Do I need tune in anywhere to see 3/5 people has an IPhone permanently stuck to their hand? If I want data on customer traffic at Dunkin, I can seek that out. 
 

The problem occurs when no matter what happens, you can tune into a station, name one, and immediately know the bias and slant that’s gonna be put on everything and I see zero, if not negative value to that. 

We really don’t need these fucks for much. They’re good at making us think that we do, but they’re just worthless propaganda machines we re better off without.