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"There is no evidence pointing to such activities" but, China-bashing doesn't require any.

Classic difference between pimps like Icahn and a long term value investor like Uncle Warren.

Admittedly, I'm an Apple fan.  When the Mini was introduced I bought one to try out OSX.  My wife - in banking IT had already switched.  Doing everything with an Apple laptop.  I had 22 years of MSoft/IBM experience and was reluctant.  That disappeared in a few months.  Everything in our household compound soon changed over to Apple.  I had already retired before the Mini was introduced.  Well before the iPhone.  I didn't think I needed more than a flip phone - being retired.

We'd gotten my wife an iPhone.  She was working till a year ago and the usefulness of a smartphone - a good one - was self-evident.  I carried on needing nothing more than a flip phone till the last one died a year ago and figured I'd try the cheap imitation spread instead of an iPhone.  "I didn't need much."

I didn't get much either.  Got a MSoft smartphone.  Returned it in a week.  

Got an Android LG - until my pocket camera began to die the same time the SE came out.  My wife convinced me to spend the extra$ for the SE and just carry one device on my walks.  It would use the Cloud to talk back to my iPad and iMac.  It had a good camera.  I'd love it.

She was right.  Of course.  Hardware and software that function seamlessly together through all my devices now provide me with services, apps I hadn't thought of adding into my life.  Like the other Apple goodies I use, it is an addition to my skills.  Take photos on my daily walks, again.  Come in the house, sit down to check the news and markets - check out the snaps on my iPad and throw out the duds.  Later on, more walks, more photos, I spend a little time with the iMac editing.  Cut everything down to a few shots l like - or none.  It all works the way it should.  Easy as pie.

There are historic reasons why it's called a police state.  Starting with running a society at the behest, whim, pleasure of the police.

Americans - very slowly of course - are beginning to understand what the term "police state" means.