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"It could have been worse," one owner incredibly concluded. It’s a tale as old as… the Internet of Things era. Robot vacuums made by Ecovacs have been reported roving around people’s homes, yelling profanities at them through the onboard speakers after the company’s software was found to be vulnerable to intrusion. ABC News in Australia reports that there were recently multiple instances across the U.S. when owners of Ecovacs vacuums noticed their devices acting unusually. “It sounded like a broken-up radio signal or something,” Daniel Swenson told the outlet. “You could hear snippets of maybe a voice.” He opened the...

Reminder: No profanity, no personal attacks, no violence. You agreed to this when you signed up for posting privileges. This means leave off the the cussing and swear words. No f-bombs. No c-words, no sh-words, etc. Not even masked. If in a headline or article you're preparing to post, bleep it out. Do not tale the Lord's name in vain. Use common courtesy when posting. Do not post insults or personal attacks against your fellow FReepers. Do not engage in flamewars or feuds. If you find yourself falling into one, disengage immediately and move on. You don't need to have...

So, what is meant by the modern term referred to as 'POLITICAL CORRECTNESS'? The definition is found in 4 telegrams at the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. The following are copies of four telegrams between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual signing of the WWII Surrender Agreement in September 1945. The contents of those four telegrams below are exactly as received at the end of the war - not a word has been added, edited or deleted! (1) Tokyo, Japan 0800-September 1,1945 To: President Harry S Truman From: General D A...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man got arrested after driving drunk with so much alcohol in his system that he was four times the legal limit, according to deputies. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office released body cam video Friday showing a traffic stop on Dec. 22. Deputies said a concerned citizen called them after seeing a man driving recklessly in the area of State Road 100 West and County Road 202. During the traffic stop, the unnamed man admitted to being “f— up” and refused to do a sobriety test. “Cause you’ll probably make me do some dances,” the...

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The woman charged by the Department of Justice with stealing “Top Secret” information from the National Security Agency apparently believes being white is a form of terrorism.That’s according to a tweet the alleged leaker, Reality Winner, sent in February. Winner, who is herself white, tweeted at rapper Kanye West that he should make a shirt declaring whiteness an act of terror.“@kanyewest you should make a shirt that says, ‘being white is terrorism’,” she tweeted.Winner’s social media history is filled with left-wing messages and support for progressives like Bernie Sanders, as The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross has previously documented. The majority...

An anti-President Biden flag with an obscenity on it is flying from the top of a house in Leechburg and is visible from a nearby preschool, church and daycare. Mayor Wayne Dobos said he has fielded several complaints from residents, including a grandmother who reported that her young grandchild, just learning how to read, read the flag’s message. Dobos said there is nothing the borough can do to make the homeowner, Matthew Shaner, take it down. Shaner doesn’t appear to have plans to do so any time soon.

President Joe Biden reportedly has a very short fuse and a tendency to go on profanity-laced tirades at his staff, according to a report from the New York Times. You know things are bad when even the Times has to acknowledge it. The newspaper spoke to over two dozen current and former Biden staffers, who painted a portrait of a “president with a short fuse, who is obsessed with getting the details right – sometimes to a fault.” The Times reports that “Avoiding Mr. Biden’s ire during one of his decision-making seminars means not only going beyond the vague talking...

I just started a job working as a medical scribe and am shocked at the language that is tolerated in the workplace. I assumed that working with doctors, PAs, and RNs that there would be a higher level of professionalism than compared to when I worked at Wal-Mart or KFC. It seems though that it is the exact opposite and that no one can express their frustration without dropping an F-bomb or taking Christ's name in vain. As I am currently an at will employee and on the very bottom the totem pole I feel like I just have to...

President Joe Biden has a short temper and sometimes unloads outbursts of profanity on his aides, the New York Times reported Friday. The report notes Biden holds lengthy deliberation meetings and demands obsessive details from his advisors. When advisors get too technical or obscure about an issue, Biden responds with “an outburst of frustration, often laced with profanity.”

<p>A large mob of armed Black Lives Matter extremists took over several Dallas businesses late last night, shouting at patrons and threatening to “burn shit down”.</p><p>The mob took over a restaurant in downtown Dallas, yelling at customers and staff. The BLM group interrupted everyone inside the restaurant who was enjoying food and drinks as they walked around chanting throughout the restaurant as they knocked drinks off of the table and intimidated the patrons.</p>

Rumors have circulated recently that Iran, still seething over our assassination of terror mastermind Qassem Soleimani last January, is targeting U. S. ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks for payback.  President Trump must have seen the intelligence and judged the threat plausible. On Rush Limbaugh's program Friday, the president warned Iran publically, in extraordinarily direct terms, to think twice about attacking Americans or American interests: "They've been put on notice: If you f--- around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before." For those who...

After listening to SCUMBAG Wheeler attempting to shock Americans into thinking that Trump is responsible for all the hate, decisiveness, riots, violence & vandalism in his city of Portland for the last 3 months, I decided SCUMBAG Wheeler is not fit for public office in the United States of America and must be removed...So, even though I live in Colorado, I am going to establish a petition, under Oregon law, to remove SCUMBAG Wheeler from the office of Portland's Mayor. When it is ready for signatures, I will let everyone know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stayfree

A controversial political sign that is currently standing in Shohola will continue to do so for the time being. The sign is located on a property alongside U.S. Route 6. The sign has been put up to show support for President Donald Trump’s re-election efforts in the 2020 Presidential Election. What makes the sign controversial is that it uses an expletive in its phrasing. […] The sign was a topic on the agenda for the Shohola Township meeting that occurred on the night of Thursday, August 13. Supervisors for the township say that they have been inundated with complaints about...

"Fox News pulls away from the White House press briefing after @PressSec shows a video of protests in Portland." "We were not expecting that video, and our management here at Fox News has decided we will pull away from that at this time," @HARRISFAULKNER says

Kids’ television shows aren’t what they used to be, an entertainment watchdog group says in a new report that notes a dramatic rise in violence and profanity in programs rated TV-PG. In TV programs sharing a comparable rating to Disney films, words such as “suck/blow,” “hell/damn” and “bitch” and voyeur-style violence are appearing increasingly, the Parents Television Council says in a study released Tuesday. The study compared 2017-2018 sweeps episodes rated TV-PG (appropriate for children with parental guidance) with similar programming from a decade earlier. It found that violence and foul language have crept into family programming without any resistance...

The old sensitivity about damn and hell was rooted in medieval discomfort with swearing to or about God and Jesus, or daring to take part in actions consecrated to them, such as damning people to hell. However, across the 19th century a new concern with euphemizing matters of sex and the body gradually overran these old anxieties.

<p>For lawmakers and political candidates, 2019 could be the year of not giving a f--- about cursing.</p> <p>Profanity — once considered a major no-no among those seeking public office — is no longer an earth-shattering political snafu. And according to new research, this year could be on track to see members of Congress swearing up a storm more than ever before.</p>

I saw Godzilla, King of the Monsters today. I've been a fan of the big lizard since I was a kid. However, I was disappointed in the movie today. I won't give any spoilers.Special effects are very good. Plot line is good. My problem with the movie, and this may not bother others, was the use of profanity, especially taking God's name, throughout the movie. There is also a reference to God as "she". I would recommend avoidance of this movie for these reasons.Sadly, this will be my last Godzilla movie I will go see.

A Benton, Illinois, mother was shocked when she saw a kid’s shirt she had ordered for her three-year-old daughter from a Chinese retailer featured an iconic NWA lyric: "F*** the police." Kelsey Dawn Williamson, 23, told BuzzFeed News that while the shirt certainly doesn’t represent her daughter's view of police enforcement, she still can't stop laughing at the situation. Williamson believed that the order she placed through AliExpress would feature just the characters of the classic children's books, Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel. The mother has ordered from the retailer before for her daughter, Salem, and has never experienced...