Bonum Certa Men Certa

Microsoft Has Embraced the Tactics of Political Assassination

This is a bipartisan strategy of power-hungry people, Donald Trump included

Obama: Removes critics, Has no critics
One of many 2013 reports: Last Year President Obama Reportedly Told His Aides That He's 'Really Good At Killing People' | 2016 leaks: Podesta floated Bill Gates, Bloomberg as possible Clinton VPs



Summary: We don't live in a world of facts and truths anymore; all that seems to matter is sides and wings and camps (or blind loyalty to them)

YESTERDAY we published an article which mentioned how Microsoft had targeted leaders and influencers of the Free software movement, looking to make 'examples' of them as means of deterrence. We don't want to dwell on it; we already wrote about many examples of this over the years. Readers probably remember a few... and look what happened to the Linux Foundation (or who and what's in charge).



"Assassination tactics of Microsoft are an old tradition. We covered many examples over the years."It helps to think of Microsoft not as a company but as a cult ('disguised' as a company) in order to better understand its tactics, grasping the various steps of its modus operandi. Several months ago, only about a month after we had started the series about Mr. Gates and J. Epstein, I suddenly learned that Gates paid my boss. That's odd, isn't it? He actually competes against Microsoft and dislikes that company. Prior to that Microsoft managers also phoned him to complain about me. They clearly tried to render me unemployed or something (or scare me). It won't work. I'm not so easy to intimidate, either.

I'm no proponent of Obama (or Biden). I think their appeal can only be measured in relative terms to Trump and Bush II, not necessarily in that order. Now that there's "TrumpGate" trending in Twitter (days after "ObamaGate") I can't help but feel like we're living in a facts-free partisan world where cults dominate. Cults like Microsoft, the company of a thug-turned-mascot. Like the "OBAMA" brand or "MAGA".

"The wow starts now..."

The mysterious thing about the above Gates payment is that it came with an NDA (which I myself never agreed to; no consent from me, this was done behind my back) and the timing was hugely suspicious. I've decided to put that in the public record, partly for my safety. I should be permitted to state truthful information. Our record when it comes to accuracy, I think, is close to perfect. That's because we typically write strictly about topics we understand very well (and have sufficient evidence to accompany claims). Assassination tactics of Microsoft are an old tradition. We covered many examples over the years.

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