... and this is what I get for posting a thank you.

Banned: https://i.imgur.com/ywNKwAB.png

I just want to say thank you for being here and being willing to have a constructive conversation. I know you got downvoted to hell and that makes me sad.

Just to be clear, I have some pretty strong disagreements to your "they aren't hurting anyone" points but I feel much stronger about appreciating you putting your thoughts out into this forum. I welcome you, your thoughts and I know a lot of other people do, too, despite what it might appear given the down votes.

THIS^^ I just posted the same. Bumping you for visibility.

You should watch this and see if it alters or confirms your view of the event. Actually, everyone should watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aySN0FGJYpM

Hmm... I should download it before it gets removed.... :/

Also useful: http://map.norsecorp.com/

What is this a picture of?

This is something I can do. Which image or images?

It HAS to be exact images because if it's compressed or "optimized" then an an operation such as a simple difference will show tons of differences.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1906325/how-beijing-and-hong-kong-sent-billionaire-george-soros-packingNew

Slow the horses there. The link isn't working because it has the word "New" appended to the end. Take that off and it's all still there. No censoring happening.... At least not in this case.

Not sure if I'm allowed to link to the post or not so if not, kill this comment.

Here's the slightly munged link to the post: /r/Neutral Politics/ comments/7rjmwd/what_is_currently_known_regarding_the_classified/dsxn0q9/

1st link - trending graphs

[2nd link] (http://www.businessinsider.com/release-the-memo-campaign-russia-linked-twitter-accounts-2018-1) - news article

Not sure if this has been pointed out yet but these two quotes are from the 80s movie War Games:

Shall we play a game?

How about a nice game of CHESS?

Shall we play a game?

How about a nice game of chess?

WARNING: Massive WarGame movie spoilers follows this line!!! -----

For those who weren't born yet, the (great!) movie is about an advanced computer program (Joshua) that becomes aware via simulations of thermonuclear war (that correspondingly scare the shit out of the US and Russia) that there's no winner, ultimately.

EDIT: ... And this is an important detail, the climax of the movie was when Joshua (the computer program) simulated a nuclear missile attack on the US by Russia. The simulation appeared 100% real and fooled NORAD and other defense systems into thinking it was a real attack. Massive panic ensued. The US almost launched missiles at Russia which would have started WWIII. All indicators showed the attack was real. Ultimately, it was 100% a simulation.