1961: "There is practically no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television or radio service inside the United States." — T.A.M. Craven, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner.

1966: "Remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop.” — Time Magazine.

1981: “Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.” — Marty Cooper, inventor.

1995: "I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse." — Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com.

2005: "There's just not that many videos I want to watch." — Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of YouTube expressing concerns about his company’s long term viability.

2006: "Everyone's always asking me when Apple will come out with a cell phone. My answer is, 'Probably never.'" — David Pogue, The New York Times.

There's plenty more.

that 1959 one.... Syria has been getting plenty of rocket mail recently

Thunderfoot is too arrogant to debate literally anyone. His channel is a pulpit, not a soap box.

I have a really hard time following AiU during debates too.

His debate with, I think Nick Fuentes, about gun control was just cringe to try to watch.

@RyeNorth so starbacks is throwing money out of the window to virtue signal now? Cool another readon not to buy coffee there. 😁

And yes i have been asked to leave or buy something before...

I wouldn't put this in the same tier as, say, a car company making a superbowl ad about the pay gap

This was a response to an outcry

The only thing is, the outcry is dumb

And the response is dumb

They were within their rights to kick them out. They refused requests to leave from the manager, they refused orders to leave from the officers.

They were not 'customers'

I mean, I used to be a bike courier in Washington DC.

In the winter, I'd generally try to find heated places to wait between deliveries, if I had 30 minutes to wait or so

And I never got asked to leave

Specifically because I had a petty cash fund on hand for buying a soda at a restaurant, and just sipping on that while enjoying the heat.

It's not hard, at all.

And I had black friends who did the very same. Zero issues.

Companies don’t understand that the worst thing you can do is publicly address the situation. Just be quiet about it and people will forget really quickly.

hey guys is the podcast available through any podcast app? I can't find it on Pocket Casts

I think its on itunes.. but i have no idea how that works

weird I checked again on pocket casts and found it

thanks anyway ❤

https://torrentfreak.com/telegram-founder-pledges-millions-in-bitcoin-for-vpns-and-digital-resistance-180418/

Why don't we stop Israel using chemical weapons?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/25/israel-white-phosphorus-gaza
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/evidence-grows-that-israe_b_158176.html

money

Afaik it’s not used anymore.

And it’s legal depending on the use.

Unlike more potent chemical agents.

i wouldn't classify white phosphorus as a chemical weapon. IF you do then every explosive is a chemical weapon.

@AussieAryan#2292 although if we want to answer it like an SJW, its because its white and that's part of the white oppression machine.

Maybe they don’t stop Israel because the US does it too? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/09/u-s-led-forces-appear-to-be-using-white-phosphorous-in-populated-areas-in-iraq-and-syria/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4187ab2c7c88 🤔

Its like the Germans complaining about shotguns when they themselves were using Flamers and Chlorine gas

Also.. The US does use it as well, just not as well, documented.

Also, honestly, It would be hypocritical of me to say I oppose weapons like that if they are effective. Chemical weapons kill without damaging infrastructure. Usually...

Now the suffering imposed on them....

Actually just wondering, which part of chemical weapons do people oppose? The pain and suffering, the indescriminate effect of them, or the potential long term effects?