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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (187845)	12/31/2015 8:36:31 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	3 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee Sedohr Nod TideGlider Respond to of 224648

That's nearly impossible to believe, everyone has some initial reaction to that question, but at least you did reply, a noncommittal avoidance type answer nonetheless... GZ

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (187845)	12/31/2015 9:27:41 AM
From: TideGlider	5 Recommendations Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ Honey_Bee lorne Sedohr Nod tonto Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

Kenneth, in the future I expect you to be more responsive to Groundzero or any other posters. They should not have to ask you 4 times or more. It wasn't an ignorant question. I see you have responded although your response doesn't appear as you gave it much thought. That is fine. That is your choice. We have gone through this in the past. To avoid your posting privileges on this thread being suspended you need to respond to reasonable discussion.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (187845)	12/31/2015 10:39:32 AM
From: tonto	6 Recommendations Recommended By dave rose Honey_Bee locogringo lorne Sedohr Nod and 1 more member Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

Explain how in San Bernadino it would not have mattered if two people like Nod and Tide were there carrying...your comment made absolutely no sense to me and I am interested in how you see this since we are so far apart.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (187845)	12/31/2015 12:17:52 PM
From: Honey_Bee	6 Recommendations Recommended By dave rose GROUND ZERO™ locogringo lorne Sedohr Nod and 1 more member Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224648

Kenneth E Phillips: GZ asked you: Would you rather experience a terrorist attack in a place that allows concealed carry or one that doesn’t? You replied that it wouldn't matter and that you have "no preference." I submit that it would matter, and that in a real life situation, you would MUCH prefer a trained and armed person nearby because it could mean the difference between life and death to you (and others). However - correct me if I'm wrong - but you cannot admit what I just said is true because it would destroy your comfortable liberal belief in the "evil" of guns and the 2nd Amendment.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (187845)	12/31/2015 1:02:38 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Recommended By Sedohr Nod Respond to of 224648

Microsoft to Warn Email Users of Suspected Hacking by Governments Thursday, 31 Dec 2015 12:10 PM Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it will begin warning users of its Outlook.com email service when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts. Microsoft told Reuters about the plan in a statement. It comes nine days after Reuters asked the company why it had decided not tell victims of a hacking campaign, discovered in 2011, that had targeted international leaders of China's Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular. According to two former employees of Microsoft, the company's own experts had concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had been behind the campaign but the company did not pass on that information to users of its Hotmail service, which is now called Outlook.com. In its statement, Microsoft said neither it nor the U.S. government could pinpoint the sources of the hacking attacks and that they didn't come from a single country. The policy change at the world's largest software company follows similar moves since October by Internet giants Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and most recently Yahoo Inc . Google Inc pioneered the practice in 2012 and said it now alerts tens of thousands of users every few months. For two years, Microsoft has offered alerts about potential security breaches without specifying the likely suspect. In the statement, Microsoft said: "As the threat landscape has evolved our approach has too, and we'll now go beyond notification and guidance to specify if we reasonably believe the attacker is 'state-sponsored'." Microsoft declined to say what role, if any, the Hotmail hacking campaign played in its policy change. The Hotmail attacks had also targeted diplomats, media workers, human rights lawyers, and others in sensitive positions inside China, according to the former employees. Special: Brain Booster Too Effective, Should It Be Banned? Microsoft had told the targets to reset their passwords but did not tell them that they had been hacked. Five victims interviewed by Reuters said they had not taken the password request as an indication of hacking. Online free-speech activists and security experts have long called for more direct warnings, saying that they prompt behavioral changes from email users. © 2015 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved Read more: Microsoft to Warn E-Mail Users About Government Hack Attacks Important: Can you afford to Retire?