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" Social media is not only the most important tool for inciting terrorists, it can also be an effective weapon against them. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Media
Social Media
Important
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" At any time of day, hundreds of different versions of Facebook are running on the Internet - with a changed color here, a moved button there - and the user response to each variation is measured. And the same is done with advertising. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Advertising
Color
Internet
" There were plenty of reasons to suspect Obamacare might have been a colossal failure - although none of them had to do with death panels, huge lines for treatment, a government takeover of health care, etc. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Care
Health
Government
" Whenever someone says zygotes are babies, I reply: 'Imagine a thousand zygotes in test tubes in one room, and three toddlers in another. A fire breaks out, and you only have time to get to one room. Which would you save from burning - the zygotes or the children?' "
Kurt Eichenwald
Three
Fire
Test
" There have been times that I have found myself in places, and I don't know how I got there, and I don't actually know where I am. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Know
I Am
Got
" I am an Obamacare agnostic - if it works, as I hope it will for the good of the nation, then it's a great thing. If it doesn't, then that is a disappointing thing, and we need to try something else. "
Kurt Eichenwald
I Am
Need
Hope
" I've long thought that Marco Rubio would make a strong G.O.P. candidate for president. While he was brought into office by surfing on the Tea Party wave, he has proven himself not to be wedded to the frequent lunacy of those folks. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Tea
Thought
Strong
" When it comes to the teapot tempest that is the Hillary Clinton email imbroglio, the real controversy isn't about politics or regulations. It's about journalism and the weak standards employed to manufacture the scandal du jour. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Journalism
Standards
Real
" I think it's wrong for the government to subpoena records from journalists involved in national-security reporting (particularly since I do it myself). I do believe it has a chilling effect on the ability to gather news about potential abuses masked by inappropriate classification. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Think
Believe
Government
" When the Bill of Rights was written, no one owned a MAG5100, 100-round magazine for an M-16. The concept of a mass slaughter carried out over a matter of minutes was incomprehensible. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Over
Rights
Matter
" According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, there are more than two million Americans with epilepsy. Half have what I have, idiopathic epilepsy, meaning there is no known cause for the seizures. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Foundation
America
Two
" Bitcoins are not a real investment; they are bets inside a casino. If the price goes back up, don't be fooled. In the parlance of popping investment bubbles, it's something called a 'dead-cat bounce.' People who are desperate to keep the game going rush back in, hoping to bring the price back up, but it never lasts. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Investment
People
Price
" When 'Christians' cite the Bible as the basis for secular policies, they must explain why they believe Muslims in the Middle East are evil for doing the same with the Koran. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Same
Bible
Evil
" Basically, whenever someone says they're wrong, conservatives too often fall back on claims that those who disagree with them are biased and thus worthy of being ignored, a convenient position that allows them to avoid debating uncomfortable criticisms. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Uncomfortable
Back
Fall
" In the aftermath of the oh-so-predictable crash, the Bitcoin fanatics have begun marshaling out excuse after excuse for why this non-investment investment lost so much of its value so fast. One was that hackers attacked some of the exchanges for Bitcoins and crippled it. Really? A hacker can wreck an entire market? "
Kurt Eichenwald
Value
Fast
Lost
" Plenty of people detested Michael Jackson before his death wiped away the world's collective memory. Timberlake was originally dismissed as just another boy-bander. Legions have joined in a 'Hate Anne Hathaway' movement. Elvis, the Rolling Stones, Kristen Bell, even Mozart had haters. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Bell
People
World
" There isn't a lot of honesty when it comes to discussing Obamacare. Too many Republicans lie about the implications of the health-insurance program and dismiss out of hand the reasons a massive overhaul of the long-time system is necessary. "
Kurt Eichenwald
System
Reasons
Out
" Obamacare is socialism? Nope - as insurance companies vie to sell new policies, competition within private industry is growing rapidly, with the number of participating insurers growing by 26 percent between 2014 and 2015, and the number of products they offer growing by 66 percent. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Socialism
Competition
Insurance
" Bitcoins can be traded or used for purchases, but only with those sellers who will accept them. Because it is a system independent of external meddling, there can be no sudden devaluation of Bitcoins through the actions of governments. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Accept
Independent
Used
" The doctor gave me several warnings: Never tell anyone unless necessary, because I might be ostracized. Call it 'seizure disorder,' not epilepsy, because fewer people would be frightened. Try to choose a profession as free from stress as possible. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Free
Choose
Doctor
" As late as 2007, Facebook was still trying to figure out what it wanted to be when it grew up. An advertising space seemed to be the obvious answer, but how that would tap into the massive value of the personal data uploaded to the company every day remained a puzzle. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Day
Advertising
Value
" Uninsured people don't just slink off into a corner and die. They seek treatment, but usually when it is an emergency, and this will be the most expensive kind of care available. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Care
People
Kind
" To a degree, the West is reaping what it sowed from a major strategic blunder in the aftermath of 9/11 - the entire concept of a war on technique, that is, terrorism. Defining the enemy when fighting a concept was impossible. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Degree
Fighting
Impossible
" Because the Second Amendment is an incomprehensible mess, because too many lobbyists have argued that it is an absolute protection of actions and items never considered at the time of our nation's founding, and because there is a clear state interest in protecting the lives of its citizens, the words must be removed from the Constitution. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Time
Words
Constitution
" If Republicans truly are dedicated to the sanctity of life, they should be the first ones on the front lines trying to get policies for the uninsured. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Lines
Trying
Be The First
" I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Fight
Problem
Believe
" People don't have a constitutional right to leave loaded guns lying around. And if they choose to do so - and a kid gets shot and killed because of it - it's not an accident. It's negligent homicide. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Lying
Guns
People
" I have always trusted my impulses. I have always believed that once I'm in the circumstances, whatever they may be, I will find the right way. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Circumstances
Way
Right
" It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Up
Country
More
" The argument by the anti-gay-marriage crowd is so absurd, so internally contradictory, and so awash in unproven assertions that it is difficult to take it as anything more than a construct cobbled together by people who just don't like those people. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Together
Difficult
People
" Too often, it seems, conservatives have scorned experts as incompetent, biased, or otherwise worth ignoring because they came up with answers that didn't fit their politically desired answer. Often, they proclaim experts have a liberal bias. Of course, plenty of Democrats have voted for conservative ideas, but that is beside the point. "
Kurt Eichenwald
Worth
Bias
Conservative