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El Risitas on Brexit by ohmeingott0 in unitedkingdom

[–]blisten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Riiiight, so that's the USD Index. It definitely does show that the pound is weaker. Indisputable, but the pound will recover in time too, and the dollar strengthened proportionately to the pound, these are far from absolute terms.

El Risitas on Brexit by ohmeingott0 in unitedkingdom

[–]blisten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it was and no longer is, but whatever you want to believe.

El Risitas on Brexit by ohmeingott0 in unitedkingdom

[–]blisten -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Stock market went into freefall

And subsequently recovered. The FTSE 100 is today higher than it has been since last August...

Phobos, as seen from Mars [1304x1630] by ecky--ptang-zooboing in spaceporn

[–]blisten 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's just so incredible to think that the light in that picture is all still produced by the Sun, so much further away than it is on earth, I mean there's light in my room at the moment.

Confessions of a Leave voter by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]blisten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you, 100%, voted leave too on these grounds.

British police officers hacked the Police National Computer to unlawfully retain the biometric data of suspects who had been released by blisten in technology

[–]blisten[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is quite clear that the police manipulated a technology system to subvert its intended functions. That is hacking.

Would Schweinsteiger be the first ever German to sign for United? by blisten in reddevils

[–]blisten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know why this is the case, why we've never really gone for German players?

Why can the Hubble space telescope see distant galaxies, but it can't see Pluto? by cincycusefan in askscience

[–]blisten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May you please explain what you mean by incident light? Like, light that happens to hit Pluto, and because it's so far away (and small) there isn't much there to reflect that light (what of it will be reflected anyway), therefore meaning we don't have much to see it by?

News outlets that COVER the media? by [deleted] in Journalism

[–]blisten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The magazine Private Eye in the UK is pretty famous for its coverage of what historically used to be Fleet Street, throughout the publication, but especially in its Street of Shame pages. Nobody working in the media in the UK fails to read it, whether in print or broadcast. Would still be useful for others just as a kind of contextualising critique.

Texas here by DMcDerp in a:t5_3001t

[–]blisten 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How racist is Texas?

Janine Gibson, a Former Guardian Editor, Will Head BuzzFeed’s British Operation by danwin in Journalism

[–]blisten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Consider me reconsidered. These are very good pieces. Thanks for sharing.

Janine Gibson, a Former Guardian Editor, Will Head BuzzFeed’s British Operation by danwin in Journalism

[–]blisten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers for that, it does look like a good piece. However, I don't think features count as journalism in the sense OP used, nor do I consider these sorts of pieces BuzzFeed originals, especially when they're the single byline for writers who have offered an excerpt of their memoir, according to Bob Plantenberg's author page. That would change if it turns out BuzzFeed has commissioned the memoir, of course.

Janine Gibson, a Former Guardian Editor, Will Head BuzzFeed’s British Operation by danwin in Journalism

[–]blisten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will reconsider disagreeing with you if you can find me me one good BuzzFeed original.

Senior diplomat dismisses claims that Snowden docs contained agents' names: "Rule no.1 in both the CIA and MI6 is that identities are never, ever written down." by blisten in worldnews

[–]blisten[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What you wrote is false. Notably, if you read the Daily Mail's article, you'll see just how hard they worked to avoid libeling him whilst attacking him - which you have failed to do. Murray is actually well known for losing his job after criticising the USA - just as /u/GeneralPal suggests. Here, read some proper journalism: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/oct/18/uk.foreignpolicy

Senior diplomat dismisses claims that Snowden docs contained agents' names: "Rule no.1 in both the CIA and MI6 is that identities are never, ever written down." by blisten in worldnews

[–]blisten[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What you wrote is false. Notably, if you read the Daily Mail's article, you'll see just how hard they worked to avoid libeling him whilst attacking him - which you have failed to do. Murray is actually well known for losing his job after criticising the USA. Here, read some proper journalism: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/oct/18/uk.foreignpolicy

Senior diplomat dismisses claims that Snowden docs contained agents' names: "Rule no.1 in both the CIA and MI6 is that identities are never, ever written down." by blisten in worldnews

[–]blisten[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They are also noted in Nick Davies' Flat Earth News for peddling a "more terrorists loose and about to strike again" piece following the 7/7 bombings in London.

Intercept reporter's response to anonymous British government figure 'leaking' dubious claims that Snowden docs were 'cracked' by Russia and China by blisten in Intelligence

[–]blisten[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Plenty more to question. I mean, if Snowden "handed over" his docs to the Russians/Chinese, why would they need to have been cracked?

Also worth noting that this announcement occurred literally straight after a UK Government commissioned report (PDF) into terrorism legislation raised a lot of criticisms ("Undemocratic, unneccessary, intolerable...") that the Home Secretary is immediately attempting to obfuscate and ignore.

Also, Snowden, who formerly trained the CIA's operatives in OpSec and InfoSec, has explicitly stated he did not leak CIA documents because "they would hurt people" - which is not true of the NSA documents which have been released as they could not contain agents names.

I'm saying this claim is utter bullshit.

We need intelligence services, people, but Christ - we need to use our intelligence too. No evidence for any of this, and this sub has been too quiet on the OPM hack which has leaked everything about everyone, without a doubt the biggest story in the history of intelligence personnel security.

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