Here is a link to the video of Travis Kalanick arguing with Uber driver Fawzi Kamel:

https://youtu.be/gTEDYCkNqns?t=230

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His full Facebook post reads as follows:

I am a gay man, and a child abuse victim.
I would like to restate my utter disgust at adults who sexually abuse minors. I am horrified by pedophilia and I have devoted large portions of my career as a journalist to exposing child abusers. I’ve outed three of them, in fact – three more than most of my critics. And I’ve repeatedly expressed disgust at pedophilia in my feature and opinion writing. My professional record is very clear.
But I do understand that these videos, even though some of them are edited deceptively, paint a different picture.
I’m partly to blame. My own experiences as a victim led me to believe I could say anything I wanted to on this subject, no matter how outrageous. But I understand that my usual blend of British sarcasm, provocation and gallows humor might have come across as flippancy, a lack of care for other victims or, worse, “advocacy.” I deeply regret that. People deal with things from their past in different ways.
As to some of the specific claims being made, sometimes things tumble out of your mouth on these long, late-night live-streams, when everyone is spit-balling, that are incompletely expressed or not what you intended. Nonetheless, I’ve reviewed the tapes that appeared last night in their proper full context and I don’t believe they say what is being reported.
I do not advocate for illegal behavior. I explicitly say on the tapes that I think the current age of consent is “about right.”
I do not believe sex with 13-year-olds is okay. When I mentioned the number 13, I was talking about the age I lost my own virginity.
I shouldn’t have used the word “boy” – which gay men often do to describe young men of consenting age – instead of “young man.” That was an error.
I am certainly guilty of imprecise language, which I regret.
Anyone who suggests I turn a blind eye to illegal activity or to the abuse of minors is unequivocally wrong. I am implacably opposed to the normalization of pedophilia and I will continue to report and speak accordingly.
Previous statement

(Refer to the original source here.)

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Evolutionary behavioral scientist Gad Saad mentioned this particular passage in the Taliban’s wiki in response to Whoopi Goldberg rhetorically asking if some of President Donald Trump’s values are any different from theirs.

He uses this passage, along with many others on this page, to sarcastically make the point that the comparison is unjustifiable:

You see? [Donald Trump and the Taliban] are the same. The Taliban are anti-science and Donald Trump is anti-science. Indistinguishable. The Taliban hate women, Donald Trump hates women. The Taliban kill everything that moves and dig up people who are already dead and kill them again, and Donald Trump argues that there might be people who come from certain countries that are a greater risk of terrorism. So they’re indistinguishable.

As a matter of fact, I’m so confused now that if I visit the U.S., I’m wondering whether I live under an Islamic theocracy because I personally can’t tell the difference anymore between the Taliban and Donald Trump.

https://youtu.be/v0wjspEKiBI?t=520

(You can refer to Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks on The View here.)

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The study can be found here.

Here is the direct quote:

Beyond the diversity of content put out by the group, it has also produced a large quantity of products. However, despite releasing more than 700 products in a single month at its peak in August 2015, the overall number of official Islamic State visual media releases has declined since late 2015 to the point where less than 200 products were released in August 2016. What is more, the relative number of governance releases has declined over this same period of time. Assuming that the Islamic State values demonstrating its governance capabilities, this decline suggests that the group is struggling to maintain the outward appearance of a functioning state.

(Refer to page IV)

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This correlates very well with a scene from The Social Network, when Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin (the co-founders of Facebook) meet Sean Parker for the first time.

Saverin (played by Andrew Garfield) asked Parker to “settle an argument” between him and Zuckerberg regarding when to start monetizing on Facebook.

Parker (played by Justin Timberlake) makes the following analogy:

[…] Facebook is cool. That’s what it’s got going for them. You don’t want to ruin it with ads because ads aren’t cool. It’s like you’re saying you’re throwing the greatest party on campus and someone is saying it’s gotta be over by 11:00. You don’t even know what the thing is: how big it can get, how far it can get, [etc.]. This is no time to take your chips down.

https://youtu.be/c1gtBC5Na48?t=201

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Lenny performed with James Brown at the Vogue Fashion Awards on October 20, 2000.

They sang Brown’s famous hit, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Y75cKLydE

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“Little Chicago Boy” is Common’s tribute to his father, Lonnie Lynn (aka Pops), who passed away in September 2014.

It is an ode to the relationship they shared, sharing vivid memories of him while narrating his life story.

Common premiered “Little Chicago Boy” during a live performance at The White House hosted by NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert.

https://youtu.be/2AChGszRGwI?t=16m11s

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The top 20 Kanye West scholars are as follows:

(Screenshot from October 6, 2016.)

Apparently, @streetlights wins the “most obsessed fan of Kanye West” award.

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