U.S. Spent $5.6 Trillion on Wars Since 9/11, More Than Three Times What Pentagon Estimates

noah · 2018-09-11T08:08:17+00:00

Other sources (since it's hard to find exact details):

CNBC: "The US has spent $1.5 trillion on war since Sept 11 attacks"

Above was also posted to /r/WorldNews on Reddit HERE. ~~(Currently sitting at 7k upvotes (95% upvoted))~~ (Now at 52.5k upvotes after 24 hours)
National Priorities Project: "The United States has spent more than $7.6 trillion on defense and homeland security since the attacks of September 11, 2001."
RT: "US spent $5.6 trillion on wars since 9/11""
PolitiFact: "Did U.S. spend $6 trillion in Middle East wars?"
BigThink: "U.S. Spent $5.6 Trillion on Wars Since 9/11, More Than Three Times What Pentagon Estimates"

noah · 2018-08-31T01:56:53+00:00

Reddit's redesign

noah · 2018-08-29T12:11:50+00:00

Saidit's sub 'subscribe' system is an opt-out system […] This means that when your account is created, you're automatically subscribed to all subs

So what happens when theres 10,000s of subreddits, and I make a new account? Will I be subscribed to all those? Or is it just for the time being due to low traffic on anything?

When will 2FA be implemented? It would be great if it was phone-free too (i.e. QR code, or code).

Do you have a roadmap of new features that will be coming?

Thanks!

Quick edit: coming back to my first question, it may not be a good idea whatsoever to do the "sub to all" thing. There's already a few weird subreddits that people may not want to see. I understand the audience Saidit is appealing too, but still, some people may not want to see that stuff (i.e. Pizzagate)

There seems to be no way to unsubscribe from a subreddit? Also, is that what they're called: subreddits?

noah · 2018-09-16T15:25:06+00:00

Volume I contains Parts 1—5 (running time: 1 hr and 57 min)

Volume II contains Parts 6—10. (running time: 2 hr and 40 min)

Made by Reddit user: /u/AwayResolution

What they had to say:

This sub and all the research posted here really has opened my eyes regarding child trafficking. Thank you to everyone here for all the research you’ve shared. There is clear evidence that child trafficking is a worldwide industry. The most frightening part of it is that it is not a poorly-financed group of petty criminals – it a well-financed, well-organised operation. And it is used by large capital interests, primarily to entrap and blackmail people in power, including politicians, businessmen, the media, and even the police. If you’re wondering why our governments seem to continually serve large corporate interests instead of their voters, this is one of the reasons.

The material is out there and it is reliable. So much work has gone into investigating the issue and producing the material – all I’ve done is put it together into one package to tell a comprehensive narrative, so you can see it all in one place. This is what I’ve done – the film is called Imperium and I’ll release it tomorrow. The film is split into ten parts, told over two films (Volume I is 1hr57, Volume II is 2hr40). Once I release it it will be yours. It belongs to all of you and always has. I hope it sheds some light on the issue.

noah · 2018-09-15T07:55:38+00:00

Yesterday, we recieved this message from the admins.

[Hey mods, I wanted to talk to you about some issues with this subreddit. There are a few issues in the way that you are misleading users into thinking you're responsible for the recent subreddit bands. We also noticed (REDACTED) was put on your "hitlist" of subreddits which really is to alright as it is creating unnecessary troubles for that moderator team. On a side note, we're also seeing increased reports of abuse and targeting of the moderators of this subreddit, which complicates the efforts of our support teams to help you and other moderators in regular day-today support. Most importantly, this makes it more difficult for us to do our jobs policing the site.

We'd like you to stop misleading users, and stop stirring up troubles for other communities moving forward. Let me know if you have any questions.]

I closed the subreddit because I still had an ounce of respect for the admins.

today, the admins have ignored all of our questions and replies so I am electing to ignore the admins message until such point that they decide to speak to us. we are open to a discussion not a statement.

The list has been shortened to the subreddits most recently reported and the most blatantly ignored.

r/Drama
r/The_Donald

Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180915075458/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBanout2018/comments/9fu76a/hello/

noah · 2018-09-14T12:45:52+00:00

There was a sidebar list, and the wiki list. The subs I listed are from both.

Not sure why they were removed.

noah · 2018-09-14T12:45:20+00:00

They were once on the banning list or the wiki, but they are no longer on either.

noah · 2018-09-12T10:37:20+00:00

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Not sure the of the legitimacy or power the moderators have on that subreddit.

As they describe, their goal is to remove subreddits from Reddit, that allegedly violate sidewide rules.

They are claiming to be responsible for the banning of several subreddits already, including (from Phase 1):

MillionDollarExtreme, MillionDollarExtreme2, billionshekelsupreme, GorillionYuanDream, trillionrubelregime, ChadRight, debatechadright, HydeNationalism, SamHydeFanCult, ChadLeft, BSSneverdies

There are currently 4 phases, 2 of them being complete already.

Some upcoming bannings/removals include: The_Donald, yiffinhell, transgenderkids, sjwhate, TheRedPill, 4Chan, againstmensrights, LeftistWatch.

September 1, 2018: Before the subreddit was created (???)

https://web.archive.org/web/20180901120330/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBanout2018/
At time of posting this comment:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180912103833/https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBanout2018/

(Please note: all future archives will be of at time of update/comment, therefore, might not be the most up-to-date version)

noah · 2018-09-11T07:59:49+00:00

Only thing I can think of right now is being able to use the keyboard for various things, such as, Save (S), upvote (A), downvote (Z), expand (X), etc. Thank you.

noah · 2018-08-31T17:00:28+00:00

Australian film-maker James Ricketson has been found guilty of espionage in Cambodia and sentenced to six years in jail.

His family say they are devastated at his conviction and sentence, and have called on the Australian government to pressure Cambodia to release him.

Ricketson, 69, said he had worked as a journalist and video documenter in the south-east Asian country since 1995 and was arrested in June 2017 for flying a drone at a political rally. He has been incarcerated since then, with the guilty verdict given this morning by a three-judge panel in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

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noah · 2018-08-31T07:32:57+00:00

Thanks for the offer, but there's probably not much point since RES features will becoming native on SaidIt. I'm happy to wait haha.

noah · 2018-08-31T02:00:12+00:00

FYI it still works, as, Safari 12.0.0 is yet to be released publicly (alongside macOS Mojave). But yes, theres no future for RES on Safari.

noah · 2018-08-31T01:58:51+00:00

Even better. Thank you.

noah · 2018-08-31T01:55:06+00:00

Yes I hate censorship.

It's not a big deal for me (being subscribed to whatever), and probably anyone, as it's super early days of the site. We have the freedom to subscribe and unsubscribe if we wish.

noah · 2018-08-31T01:52:43+00:00

No, these codes can be hardware or software, and do not require internet connection. If you have your password compromised, hackers will still not be able to login, as they do not have your 2FA code. I don't know the whole "behind the scenes" of how it works, but once the pass-phrase is generated, it cannot ever be accessed again, or modified (can't be modified when you set it up either). If you disable, and the enable 2FA for your account again, you will get another pass-phrase.

noah · 2018-08-30T12:08:14+00:00

I'm not sure if I'm technically getting it correct. Authy, Google Authenticator, 1Password all have inbuilt One Time Password managers.

The QR code is the same as a regular code. You can scan a code, or, alternatively, type a code that the website provides. The code and QR are the same input (same pass phrase) and output (same OTP/2FA)

Almost every 2FA website (Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Amazon, Cryptocurrency sites, Discord, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, WordPress) uses this method over SMS verification.

Here's a YouTube video. I just searched "one time password" and this was the first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnTd2t4LWIE

noah · 2018-08-30T03:59:07+00:00

We don't use 2FA because it's an anonymous forum, and also we don't really want to collect people's emails or phone numbers.

2FA is still possible without mobile, or email. It's probably actually safer not to use either of those methods, and code the method I advised (usually scanned via QR code, but you can just type the algorithm thing)

noah · 2018-08-30T03:54:33+00:00

Eliminate PizzaGate

I didn't say that.

Everyone should have easy access to this information

Yes, but I think it's stupid to be subscribed upon creation of account. It's like being subscribed to /r/politics when you create a Reddit account.

The reason it's unpopular is all of the MSM flack. Please don't suppress information.

I'm not. I — any many others — simply don't want to read it. I guess I signed up for the wrong site.

noah

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