I realize I have inadvertently annoyed some people here by accidentally asking essentially the same question over and over using different words and names. Not to mention I had som... moreI realize I have inadvertently annoyed some people here by accidentally asking essentially the same question over and over using different words and names. Not to mention I had some unrealistic ideas in mind when I asked some of the questions I did. How can I make peace with everyone here and get on good terms with the other users here?
The whole thing reeks of desperate grasping at straws. And why didn't the same people cry foul about China supporting Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign (as described below)?... moreThe whole thing reeks of desperate grasping at straws. And why didn't the same people cry foul about China supporting Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign (as described below)?From the Wall Street Journal...Americans worried about Russia’s influence in the 2016 election have seized on a handful of Facebook ads—as though there weren’t also three 90-minute debates, two televised party conventions, and $2.4 billion spent on last year’s campaign. The danger is that bending facts to fit the Russia story line may nudge Washington into needlessly and recklessly regulating the internet and curtailing basic freedoms.After an extensive review, Facebook has identified $100,000 of ads that came from accounts associated with Russia.Analyzing the pattern of expenditures, and doing some back-of-the-envelope math, it’s clear this was no devilishly effective plot. Facebook says 56% of the ads ran after the election, reducing the tally that could have influenced the result to about $44,000. It al... less
