Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em

On 2026-08-24 07:56, c186282 wrote:
> On 8/23/26 14:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 23/08/2026 19:24, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:19:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>> With hindsight I think McCarthy was a lot more right than we gave him
>>>> credit for
>>>
>>> He and others of the Red Scare era were shortsighted. They
>>> focused on the CPUSA which did march to the Comintern drummer.
>>> They missed the emigres from the Frankfurt school that had fled
>>> Germany. In the late '50s and '60s it was Marcuse, Horkheimer,
>>> Benjamin, Fromm and their ilk that were being read and discussed
>>> by the New Left, not the musty Stalinism. The New School for
>>> Social Research became the hub for the refugees.
>> +1
> 
>    Tailgunner Joe WAS on to something. However, after
>    some success, he apparently became a serious alcoholic
>    and it kinda rotted his brain. He began to make
>    accusations against people he shouldn't have and thus
>    got pushed to the curb. Alas his later excesses led
>    to considerable/excessive push-back/undoing later on.
> 
>    Also, USA - not so sure about UK/Euro - has pretty
>    serious protections against persecuting people JUST
>    because of their political beliefs. More than "belief"
>    is required - some kind of active aggressive PLOT has
>    to be proven. Even in the mid 1950s you WERE allowed
>    to be a "Card-Carrying Communist". Still are.

Then comes Trump and tries to remove the broadcast license of a network, 
or he calls stupid to a journalist because he doesn't like her questions.

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Cheers, Carlos.
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