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RPG: FTL
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FTL Faster Than Light Hosted by Alex Humva, Co-Hosted by young sinatra The Setup It is 95 Standard Years since the discovery and application of FTL by humanity. Since then they've joined the greater stage of the galaxy, with their part of it dominated by five other races. The Engi, a cybernetic species, has formed a loose alliance with the humans to make the Federation. The Rockmen lay off to the outer regions of known space, a secretive and reclusive race. The Slugs live in thick nebulae and harsh worlds, slimey telepathic creatures pawning their services across the galaxy. The Mantis, an insectoid and warlike race, are well known as pirates and mercenaries in the disputes that trouble the galaxy. Finally, the Zoltan have appeared on the galactic scene, beings of pure energy with a strong legalistic way of thinking. But in the year 94 ALT, disaster has struck the humans. The Mantis, fearful of humanity's growing colonial influences and the threat the Federation poses to their unrivaled stance as the galaxy's warriors, has struck a decisive blow against the planet Earth itself. Millions of casualties in the Sol system and dozens of raids against Earth's colonies has traumatized the whole race. The Federation responded with total war, convincing the Zoltans to join in on the struggle. The Mantis have made friends of their own, swaying the reclusive Rockmen to their side. Now, the UFS Kestrel has been brought out of drydock, given a mission straight from High Command: to reach Zoltan space and deliver important data to the Zoltan Ministers. Any means necessary to do this have been authorized; Federation battlefield commissioning powers have been granted to the Colonel of the Kestrel. The information will make it through, lest yet another blow be brought to humanity. How The Game Works Player characters in this game are members of the UFS Kestrel, a newly commissioned cruiser designed to be small enough to evade detection but large enough to pack a punch. If your character has been pre-approved before the game starts, then you start on on the ship, right off the bat. If you approved afterwards, you can be picked up from a station, or, if you'd like to make a more flashy appearance, can be picked up after a plot event. Want to be an escaped slave? The Kestrel will run into a slaver and we'll see how that goes. Your character can be just about any profession, so long as it makes some sort of sense for the setting, and can be one of the listed races. Custom races are, regrettably, not allowed for simplicity's sake, you can however have a modified race, within reason and approval of course. That being said, any modified character should have a legitimate reason for why that character was modified. The World The game takes place in the universe of the indie game FTL, with some liberal fact extrapolation and content adding. While the game took place in the distant future, during a struggle within humanity, this game takes place a while before that, though still at an ambiguous point in the future. It has been 95 years since humanity perfected faster than light travel, during which time they have become a galactic force to be reckoned with. With over 20 solar systems to call their own and many more planets colonized, humanity has made itself a force to be reckoned with amongst the already-present alien species. Humanity continually finds itself held back by its internal divisions, however, and currently exists as two major powers; the Terran Confederacy, calling Sol and a few colonies their own, and the League of Independent Planets, colonies who have broken off and united together into an alliance. The technology of this era is futuristic, but not quite cyberpunk or anything of the sort. While humanity has progressed significantly since its earlier days, it is still distinctly recognizable. The primarily difference between our world and theirs is the full adoption of space travel and the invention of the titular FTL drive. This drive allows for instantaneous travel between solar bodies as well as planetary bodies, though only in specific circumstances. However, communication technology remains slower than light, and as such data must be transmitted physically. The weaponry of this period relies heavily on a mixture of kinetic, missile, and laser technology. Worth noting is that drone warfare is not yet popular amongst humanity, with poor AI holding it back significantly. Of course, there are also the other sapient species of this universe, detailed below. The Species The Engi: Humanity's closest allies, these semi-robotic creatures are a curious species. Entirely dependent on their cybernetic enhancements to survive, the Engi are nonetheless an organic species. They are, at first glance, devoid of emotion, though prolonged exposure to the Engi is quick to tell that these robotic creatures can experience just as wide a range of emotions as a human. They are the most advanced species in the galaxy, as well as the only power that kept the Mantis in check before the arrival of humanity. Engi are trained from an young age to be master engineers, and are renowned through the galaxy for their ability to build and repair just about anything. The Zoltan: A very legalistic species, little is known about the Zoltan. They are constructed entirely of contained energy, glowing an unearthly green and totally unaffected by such things as lack of air to breath. Thanks to their visology, the Zoltan are capable of exuding significant amounts of energy, enough to power significant portions of starships. Other than these qualities, however, not much else is clear about the Zoltans. Even the Engi are unsure of the Zoltan, saying they arrived to the galactic scene shortly after humanity did, though in that time the Zoltan have aggressively expanded across worlds uninhabitable to other species. The Rockmen: Creatures of living stone, the Rockmen are an exceedingly reclusive race. Few outsiders are allowed past their border worlds, though pirates make frequent excursions outside of Rock space. Despite their reclusive nature, though, small fleets are often seen traveling through the galaxy, owing to the nomadic nature of many of the Rock. Due to their vastly different biology, Rockmen are capable of surviving a variety of different environments, though oddly enough they still require oxygen to breath. The Slugs: Slimey creatures that have made their homes in the dense nebulae of the galaxy, the slugs are merchants at heart. Born with an urge to gather things, most slugs have turned to capitalism, while others take the more direct route of piracy. Still more simply outsource themselves, as slugs are also born with telepathy. A good slug can detect a sapient thought at nearly two light years away, and are more than capable of serving as lie detectors for negotiations. The Mantis: A terrifying insectoid race, the Mantis have been at war with themselves or the galaxy as long as anyone can remember. Looking similar to their Earth namesake, Mantis are born to litters numbering in the thousands, and must eat their brethren to survive infancy. From this system emerges tough creatures with exceedingly short tempers, though remarkably intelligent for a species of their sort, and long lived. A typical Mantis can, if it survives, live until the ripe old age of 85. Most do not, though, as Mantis fight and die on a daily basis. The Glossary The Federation: An interstellar organization, currently made up of humans, Engi, and Zoltan. It sets general policy and serves as a military alliance. Its primary mission statement is to ensure the safety and well-being of the galaxy. FTL: Faster Than Light, used to describe the main mode of transportation in this universe. FTL travel is facilitated by special FTL crystals, which expend the massive amounts of energy required to travel so quickly. These crystals are burnt up when used though, and only last long enough to travel to a nearby star system. Used crystals and poorer quality crystals still have residual energy however, even if they aren't enough to swing a ship across the galaxy, and are often used to power energy weapons. The Kestrel The Kestrel is a three tiered blockade runner, the first of its kind, designed to hold a considerable crew but not be so large as to draw attention. Extremely modular in design, it is capable of being upgraded significantly, and indeed, hot-swapping weapons at supply ports is one of its main features. The layout of the Kestrel is simple enough; this image gives its general body type and color scheme. Its bottom deck is devoted to cargo and supplies, as well as the storage of a small land-rover for transporting said supplies. Its middle deck is where the battle stations and bridge can be found, as well as the central engine control area. The bridge itself is out on the forward end of the ship, with battlestations along the sides. On the top is a small bunk area and the mess hall, where the crew can sleep and eat. The Crew Current list of positions aboard the Kestrel. You're welcome to make up your own position, subject to approval by the staff of course. The old list has been decommissioned, in light of a new and improved list in the discussion topic. Please refer to it for all things characters and profiles. The Rules Follow all BZPower rules. Common sense, common sense, common sense. Use it please. No autohitting without prior plotting or excuses as to why you're going to hit your opponent. Death is a fact of life in the void; players could conceivably kill other players in the cramped quarters of the spaceship, though one assumes the rest of the crew wouldn't like that too much. In addition, away missions can turn really bad, and your character could die there from a bad decision. Life happens, death happens. No godmodding, this includes metagaming. Death may come easy, but you still can't eradicate the whole crew in one go. Listen to the staff; if you have a problem with a decision, do so in a respectful manner. You are limited to two characters (at a time), unless otherwise given permission. This is to keep the ship from suffering overpopulation. Have fun. The Profile Name: (Self-explanatory) Gender: (Yep) Age: (How old are you?) Species: (There's six available) Profession: (What do you do aboard the Kestrel?) Skills: (We all have some; keep it to three please.) Items: (Any particular weapons or sentiments or tech that came with you?) Appearance: (Even aliens differ.) Personality: (Why does your character do what they do? What makes them tick?) Biography: (What's your life story?)


In this thesis we shall present and develop the concept of a theory machine. Theory machines describe computation via logical systems, providing an overarching formalism for characterising computational systems such as Turing machines, type-2 machines, quantum computers, infinite time Turing machines, and various physical computation devices. Notably we prove that the class of finite problems that are computable by a finite theory machine acting in first-order logic is equal to the class Turing machine computable problems. Whereas the class infinite problems that are computable by a finite first-order theory machine is equal to the class type-2 machine computable problems. A key property of a theory machine computation is that it does not have to occur in a causally ordered manner. A consequence of this fact is that the class of problems that are computable by finite first-order theory machine in polynomial resources is equal to $NP \cap co-NP$. Since there are problems which appear to lie in $NP \cap co-NP \setminus P$ that are efficiently solvable by a quantum computer (such as the factorisation problem), this gives weight to the argument that there is an atemporal/non-causal component to the apparent speed-up offered by quantum computers.


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Q: In Arrow, how did Oliver Queen leave Prison? In the sixth season of Arrow, Oliver Queen was in prison.  Laurel Lance found a way of getting him out by way of a loophole, what was the loophole that enabled Oliver to walk free?

A: The answer was in the words of Laurel Lance (Earth-2) only:

"I made a deal with the feds. A trade. Diaz for your husband. If Oliver agrees to assist him with his case against Diaz, he'll be a free man again."

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you should know the cooperation is not necessarily to get out of jail free card. In some parts of the country if you cooperate and you help them catch someone else and that someone else goes to prison, you can get a significant sentencing reduction. Sometimes you can get a sentencing reduction significant enough that you don't actually go to prison yourself.

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Mugen has already announced an upcoming body kit for the Honda N-ONE that just hit the market. This tiny car holds a three-cylinder 660cc gas engine that isn't suitable for performance upgrades, so styling companies like Mugen are going to do their best to improve the appearance. They are designing two different kits made up of new bumpers with LED lights, front grilles, side skirts and rear enhancements. Additional modifications include new alloy wheels, suspension tweaks and customization's to the interior such as new colored door panels, press start button, racing pedals and new floor mats.
While this car is already on sale in Japan from 1,150,000 yen or about $14,371 USD, we are sure there will be tuning enthusiasts shipping some over to be unique in Europe and the United States. It's only a matter of time before everyone is driving small cars like the Honda N-ONE because of fuel prices continually rising.
Wow what an amazing car.Anyway I am aprreciating the honda makers for the decision of giving the body kit for the Honda N-ONE.


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Abdul Wahab Ibrahim (born 13 January 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a leftback for Portuguese club Real.

Club career
A youth product of WAFA in Ghana, he moved to the reserves of Chaves in 2017. On 11 August 2020, Ibrahim joined Famalicão in the Primeira Liga. Ibrahim made his professional debut with Famalicão in a 5-1 league loss to Benfica on 18 September 2020.

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1999 births
Living people
Ghanaian footballers
Association football fullbacks
West African Football Academy players
F.C. Famalicão players
Real S.C. players
Ghana Premier League players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Primeira Liga players
Ghanaian expatriate footballers
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
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CCP Returns To VR With Championship Update For Sparc
Posted on Jul 9, 2019 by Administrator
It was a sad day in 2017 when one of virtual reality's (VR) most prominent early supporters, CCP Games, which created titles like EVE: Valkyrie and Gunjack, decided to close studios and move away from VR development. In what could be the first sign of a return almost two years later, the studio has announced the first major update for PvP multiplayer Sparc, extending and enhancing its online features.
Dubbed the 'Championship Update', the release adds new cross-platform modes, including Ranked and Custom games, as well as an improved Spectator Mode. Get into the action fast with the Quick Play mode, or setup Custom Games to create a mixture of modes.
Or then there's the all-new Ranked Mode. This offers players their toughest challenge yet, giving them a shot at competing for a spot at the top of the Leaderboard and a place in Sparc 's Legend tier, reserved for the top 10 ranked players in the world. Players need to complete 10 matches first to gain a ranking, with their record determining a Legend, Diamond, Gold, Silver or Bronze tier ranking.
In between the action, players could always spectate, scouting opponents and watching custom games. The update improves this feature, allowing spectators to join as a "headless" observer. Invisible to both players and other spectators, as a "headless" observer players can cycle through multiple camera locations to view the action or free-fly using their controllers to propel themselves around the arena.
Sparc was always designed as a competitive eSport but interest has likely wained for the title in the last year of so thanks to CCP Games' previous announcement. With this new update, however, this may spark some excitement for the experience, which is still a premium quality videogame.
A skill-based, physical sport, Sparc challenges two players to throw disk-based projectiles at each other inside a virtual arena, all the while defending themselves by dodging, blocking, or deflecting incoming attacks from their opponent. Sparc supports HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index and PlayStation VR headsets, retailing for £14.99 GBP on Oculus Store and £16.99 on Steam.
Tags: Virtual Reality, VR Game, Sparc, CCP

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Inside Sacramento September 2019
By Jessica Laskey
McKinley Rose Garden photo contest continues to bloom
Since Friends of East Sacramento took over the restoration and management of the McKinley Rose Garden in 2013, the nonprofit has sponsored an annual photo contest of pictures taken during the peak bloom month of May. The contest is open to the public, and attracts both amateur and professional photographers.
"We had 317 photos submitted this year from more than 100 people," says contest judge Aniko Kiezel, who shoots for Inside Sacramento and whose work is featured in "Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital." Kiezel says every year the quality of the photos gets better, making it difficult to select a limited number of winners.
"This year one of our volunteers, Frank Matanzo, told us that his son-in-law was a winner," garden manager Lyn Pitts reports. "His family members were visiting and snapping photos one day and I got to meet them."
Kiezel awarded nine honorable mentions and three top prize winners, which are published in this month's Inside Sacramento and online at InsideSacramento.com.
RESTORATION PROJECT
Visitors to the McKinley Rose Garden may have noticed that a weed-abatement project is underway. Friends of East Sacramento has been working for six years to restore and manage the garden. "When we inherited the garden in 2013, we had a similar, and probably worse, weed situation," FOES founder and volunteer manager Lisa Schmidt says.
"At the time we raised $12,000 from private donations and hired our landscape company to dig up the weeds and roots in the top soil, lay down landscape fabric and cover it all in mulch. And then every year we raised funds to replenish the mulch.
"It looked great until early 2018 and then it started to quickly disintegrate. The life of the fabric we installed was just five years so we got all we could out of it. We removed it all using volunteers in late 2018."
With the winter rains the past two years the weed growth has been far greater than during the drought. "This spring the weeds went wild on us!" Schmidt says.
"We have a two-part strategy to cope with the situation," co-founder Cecily Hastings adds. "On a temporary basis, our hard-working volunteers are using weed whackers to cut down the tall Bermuda grass. Our goal is to get it looking better before the next wedding."
As a more permanent solution, FOES has selected the same contractor to repeat what it did in 2013 with fabric and mulch. "The quotes are coming in around $20,000 and more," Hastings says. "We are trying to raise private funds for this but it is a huge amount."
"We just ask our neighbors and visitors to be patient as we work through this serious challenge," Schmidt says. "And, of course, we could always use more volunteers!"
To donate to FOES for this effort, email friendsofeastsac@aol.com or visit mckinleyparkcenter.com.
HONORING BELOVED BALLET COUPLE
The next time you're Downtown, stop by Capital Athletic Club and check out the wall along P Street for a brand-new mural installed last month during Wide Open Walls.
The mural by Stephanie Taylor depicts two of Sacramento's most well-loved artists—former Sacramento Ballet co-artistic directors and married couple Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda. The image depicts the two having a tête-à-tête while dancers rehearse in the background.
"We developed a wonderful relationship with the Capital Athletic Club approximately 28 years ago," says Cunningham, who's still choreographing all over the country.
"We did an annual spring performance in their gym every year in exchange for our dancers having the ability to use the gym. Our dancers benefited and the CAC membership loved seeing our beautiful dancers gracefully working out. The annual performances always culminated with standing ovations."
WOODLAKE HOME TOUR
The first-ever home tour of Sacramento's Woodlake neighborhood will take place Sunday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as part of Preservation Sacramento's 44th Annual Historic Home Tour.
Woodlake was developed in the 1920s by North Sacramento Land Company founder Carl Johnston and is beloved for its Tudor Revival cottages and mature trees, including many heritage oaks. The neighborhood is tucked away between Highway 160 and Arden Way.
Preservation Sacramento, formerly known as the Sacramento Old City Association, is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting Sacramento's historic places and encouraging quality urban design through advocacy, outreach and activism. Preservation Sacramento's annual home tour is the longest running home tour in Sacramento.
Begin this year's self-guided tour at the ticket booth in Woodlake Park at the corner of Woodlake Drive and Forrest Street. Once you've completed the tour, stick around and peruse the street fair of local nonprofit groups.
For tickets, visit preservationsacramento.org/hometour. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 on the day of the event.
CHURCH MONUMENT
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Sacramento and Annunciation Senior League recently dedicated a monument honoring the original location of the church at 620 N St.
Titled "Following in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors," the monument is a detailed bronze replica, created and installed by renowned Sacramento artist Ronnie Frostad, of the original church.
Local architectural firm Lionakis donated design services to make the monument a reality—which is fitting, considering the firm's founder George Sellon was the architect of the original church.
"This monument is important to our Greek community, visitors and all Sacramentans so they may learn of our Greek heritage here in Sacramento," says ASL president Terry Kastanis.
The original Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was one of the oldest Greek Orthodox parishes located between the San Francisco Bay Area and Salt Lake City. In 1920, about 50 Greek community leaders formed an Orthodox parish and bought the property on N Street. In 1921, the first full-time priest was assigned to the community and the first sanctuary began. The church is now located at 600 Alhambra Blvd.
BLUE STAR MUSEUMS
Seven Sacramento-area museums are participating in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums across America. Free admission is available to all active-duty military personnel and their families now through Labor Day, Sept. 2.
The seven local museums participating in Blue Star Museums are the Aerospace Museum of California, California Automobile Museum, California Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Fairytale Town, Powerhouse Science Center and Sacramento History Museum.
The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, as well as members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show identification cards for entrance.
For more information, visit arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums or sacmuseums.org.
At the beginning of summer, Uber doubled the number of JUMP electric bikes and scooters on the streets, and new companies Bird, Lime and Spin have applied for scooter permits. As many as 2,000 shared scooters and bikes were expected to be deployed as of July.
"The city continues to be excited about the additional transportation options, but we want to ensure that all scooter riders know safety tips and follow traffic laws," transportation planning manager Jennifer Donlon Wyant says.
In partnership with the Sacramento Police Department, the city will launch a public education effort to remind users that scooters are prohibited on sidewalks and must be parked at a bike rack or drop zone. Drop zones are located at City Hall, 20th Street and Capitol Avenue, R and 29th streets, 35th Street and Broadway, with more coming soon.
For more information, visit sacramentocityexpress.com.
THEATER ARTS GRANT
The California Arts Council has awarded a $16,200 grant to Sacramento Theatre Company, one of 244 grantees for this year's Youth Arts Action program.
Youth Arts Action supports projects for youth, from infancy through age 24, that operate outside of school time in artistic venues and community settings, as well as on school sites.
STC will use the grant funds to provide a free afterschool theater program to students at Martin Luther King Jr. and William Land elementary schools, each culminating in a production.
"Theater encompasses all the arts modalities," Michele Hillen-Noufer, STC education and school of the arts director, says. "Through this grant, students participating in STC's School Partnership Program will have exposure to all those art forms."
For more information, visit arts.ca.gov or sactheatre.org.
NEW AUTO MUSEUM DIRECTOR
The California Automobile Museum has hired Mark Steigerwald as its new executive director.
Previously a member of Cornell University's Alumni Affairs and Development team, Steigerwald is also past director of the International Motor Racing Research Center in New York.
"I'm thrilled to accept this role with the museum at a stage of significant growth," Steigerwald says. "With a dedicated board of directors, talented staff and passionate volunteers, the museum is poised for prominence as a destination for automotive enthusiasts in the greater Sacramento area and beyond."
Located Downtown on Front Street, the privately funded, nonprofit automobile museum opened in May 1987 as the Towe Auto Museum (the name changed to California Automobile Museum in 2009). The museum collection boasts 130 cars on regular display, as well as a rotating monthly exhibit of autos from local car clubs. For more information, visit calautomuseum.org.
POSITIVE NOTE FOR SAC BALLET
When the Dance Data Project released its annual report about gender representation in choreography presented by the nation's top 50 ballet companies, the Sacramento Ballet received special notice. Sac Ballet was cited as one of five companies with the most works by women in both the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons.
"Our research shows often the most noteworthy and inclusive work is staged by smaller, regional companies," DDP director of research Isabelle Vail says. "This should incite critics to travel outside of the big cities and report on regional programming."
The report mentions the Sac Ballet as a "positive example" for commissioning the only full-length, main-stage, world premiere by a woman in the 2018-2019 season (artistic director Amy Seiwert's reimagining of "The Nutcracker").
"While our research shows only 19 percent of works will be choreographed by women this season, there are reasons to be hopeful," DDP founder and president Liza Yntema says. "It can be done, and we need to see more opportunities like this for women in the ballet."
For more information, visit dancedataproject.com.
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Conservatives need to defend others in free speech battle
By John Ruberry
Free speech is under harsh attack in America courtesy of wokeism. Such warnings about free speech are nothing new–but in the past much of the danger has been imagined. For instance I was in college when The Clash released Combat Rock. On the opening track, "Know Your Rights," Joe Strummer sings of those rights, "all three of them." The third right is "free speech," with a caveat. That right could be used if "you're not dumb enough to actually try it." Assuming that Strummer was addressing his core audience, American and British youths of the early 1980s, what he said was at best a gross exaggeration.
Not so in 2021.
I received the inspiration for this post by listenening to Ben Shapiro's December 24 podcast, Goodbye, 2020.
Shapiro is among the many commentators who predict a purge–my word, not his–of dissident voices, meaning conservative ones, on social media such as Twitter, beginning with Donald Trump as soon as he's not president.
Absurdly, people like Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, still claim that social media is a neutral conduit of information. Twitter for a while prevented the posting and distribution of the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story on the microblogging platform claiming that the laptop details were hacked and illegally obtained. Wrong on both counts. Twitter had no problem with Tweets linking to the New York Times story about Trump's income tax returns–those returns may have been obtained by hacking. Regardless how those returns were accessed the person who did so broke the law.
Forge alliances.
"Well first of all we're going to have to rely on people, believe or not, who are moderate liberals," Shapiro said in that podcast, "who are sick of watching the Overton window shut."
And that means conservative have to defend those liberals who cross the cancel culture.
An incident on Twitter comes to mind. Three years ago in this space I reviewed the documentary XTC-This Is Pop, which was about the spectacular rock back that emerged in England in the late 1970s. That post got a lot of retweets, including one from the XTC Fans Twitter page, run by the now-dissolved group's former leader, Andy Partridge. A committed liberal, Partridge's Tweets, although often sarcastic, were entertaining and usually well-thought out, whether it was about music, religion, or politics.
In 2019 some people with too much time on their hands accused Partridge of anti-Semitism after a series of Tweets–not well-thought out this time–about American Middle East policy that devolved into an online shouting match about Israel and religion. Partridge, a strident atheist, went a little too far, I admit, but taken into context with his overall sardonic attitude, those Tweets weren't a big deal to me. I planned to write a blog post on Marathon Pundit defending him, but then Partridge cancelled himself on Twitter by deleting the XTC Fans account and I moved on to other things.
One of those Twitter accounts Partridge engaged with was "Jon Devin Nunes' Prostate."
You know, some people take Twitter too seriously.
Back to Partridge. No one knows why he deleted his account–perhaps he decided that he was spending too much time on social media. He certainly broke a Twitter rule of mine: Never feed online trolls.
I believe if Partridge wasn't an older white male a Twitter mob would not have bothered to object to those controversial Tweets. For instance the media, with a few exceptions, have not called to task Georgia US Senate candidate Raphael Warnock for his anti-Israel comments.
There will be other efforts to silence dissidents on social media. Mostly against conservatives. But against liberals too.
Conservatism must embrace free speech. And that means relying on for allies, not just the moderate liberals that Shapiro spoke of, but also center-line liberals too in order to fight this crucial battle. And keep in mind no political ideology is always correct.
As for the fundamentalist far-left, the tiny tail wagging the cultural dog these days, I believe they've already isolated themselves, as Isaac Asimov said of the 1960s radicals, into a "no-man's land of the spirit." Think of the bleating sheep in George Orwell's Animal Farm.
But right now in the culture wars the far-left is winning.
Fight back.
John Ruberry regularly blogs at Marathon Pundit.
Posted on January 3, 2021 by John RuberryPosted in Culture, News/opinion, PoliticsTagged cancel culture, censorship, culture wars, Da Magnificent Seven, DaTechGuy's Magnificent Seven, john ruberry, magnificent seven, media censorship, music, social media, twitter, Twitter Gulag ArchipelagoLeave a comment
3 Days and Waiting Twitter's New Tina Brown Strategy
I've never liked Twitter even though I've used it. I was a late adopter, and with good reason. It's the crystal meth of social media — addictive and destructive, yet simultaneously unsatisfying. When I'm off it I'm happier than when I'm on it. That it's also being run by crappy SJW types who break their promises, to users, shareholders, and the government, of free speech is just the final reason. Why should I provide free content to people I don't like, who hate me? I'm currently working on a book on social media, and I keep coming back to the point that Twitter is far and away the most socially destructive of the various platforms. So I decided to suspend them, as they are suspending others. At least I'm giving my reasons, which is more than they've done usually.
Apparently Twitter has decided that even though their written accusations against me are patently false it's much too embarrassing to grant my appeals quickly only to have their apologies and claims of "mistakes" be illustrated as false.
In fact given the text of my last appeal...
For what is now the 6th time in under 20 days you have locked me out claiming that I was spreading intimate images when I was in fact each time tweeting out a link to a post on Benford's statistical law which demonstrates the impossibility of Joe Biden's magic ballots.
Moreover Every time I have appealed you have upheld said appeal apologized and claimed my lockout was an error. YET EVERY SINGLE TIME AFTER THESE "apologies" I HAVE RETWEETED THE VERY SAME LINK TO THE VERY SAME PIECE AND WAS LOCKED OUT WITH THE VERY SAME FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST ME.
To say this is despicable and dishonorable is to not only repeat myself from previous appeals but to say something that is so apparent that it almost doesn't need saying. That you still do this demonstrate why other alternatives like Parler are doing so well.
Bottom line you're accusation is false and I'm not only not going to delete the tweet but after this appeal is won I will test to see if your upcoming "apology" and assertion of a "mistake" is worth any more than it was the last five times you sent them.
At least my next lockout for that same link will be lucky number 7
emphasis mine
they have clearly concluded that there is no percentage in handling my appeal in a timely manor.
So I am now on day three of my lockout awaiting the results of my appeal and counting. For Twitter it's the best of possible worlds in the sense that they keep me silent while pretending that they are carefully considering the nuances of my appeal but they keep the Benford's law post from spreading, at least on their platform, while always dangling the carrot that if I just delete the tweet in question I'll be welcomed back.
Now if I was 14 or 21 or maybe even in my 30's that might has some oomph, alas dear twitter I'm nearer to my 70th birthday than I am to my 45th and thus lived many decades without twitter, and while it is a convenience I can continue to function without it.
While the in the short term such a plan will achieve goals in the long term discouraging your product (that's folks like me) from being on your platform while encouraging them to go to other places such as Gab (Parler wants a cell phone number that I don't have) might not be appealing to one's customer base (advertisers) which is likely to have as bad an effect on shareholders as encouraging your voter base to not reproduce with the same predictable results.
The problem exemplified by the case of Lena Dunham is that the "r strategy" (parents having fewer children, with the idea of more "quality" in their offspring) pursued past a certain point, involves an increased risk of eventual reproductive failure. This is what I mean by taking into account secondary and tertiary consequences, thinking forward to the third generation down the line. Suppose this hypothetical:
John and Jane have two children.
If both of their children have two children of their own, John and Jane will have four grandchildren.
If all four grandchildren each have two children, then John and Jane will have eight great-grandchildren.
Now a slightly different hypothetical:
John and Jane have three children.
If each of their children have three children of their own, John and Jane will have nine grandchildren.
If all nine grandchildren each have three children, then John and Jane will have 27 great-grandchildren.
In other words, increasing average family size from 2 to 3 — which is not much, really, in terms of r/K theory — produces a third generation of descendants more than three times larger. This fact is obvious from simple arithmetic, yet its social consequences are profound.
Now if your business model is to attract users so that you can sell exposure to them to advertisers the exile of those who actually reproduce might be a bad idea if you wish to have your company last like a Ford or a McDonalds for generations after you are founded.
But if you are merely using a publicly traded company as a means to an end either social acceptance or to advance a narrative a /la Tina Brown then it all makes perfect sense…to all but the shareholders who were looking for profit rather than status that is.
Those guys are into Parler and Gab
Closing thought, one must also consider that depending on who the shareholders are they might not CARE about profit as long as conservatives are silenced consider:
That's the real point here. Economics isn't what's driving this ideology and status is. Jack and the big investors who back him don't care about the money, they're never going to be hurting or needing. It's all about the stuff money can't buy and by leaning on conservatives you remain acceptable to the "right" people.
Seriously did you think Tina Brown got all those people to lose all that money over the years because they thought she was brilliant or was putting out to get it? Nobody's that brilliant and there are plenty of woman who would put out for less. It was all about getting the bona fides and entree to the right parties, and the right people and believe me those "right" people who hate our guts will use that for the fullest effect.
Jack and twitter aren't going to change because of economic pressure or anything else. He's virtue signaling and that signal is being seen by the people that he wants to see it.
If the primary goal isn't profit it's all good to them.
Posted on November 24, 2020 by DaTechGuyPosted in blogs, business, elections, media, News/opinionTagged Election 2020, twitter, Twitter Gulag ArchipelagoLeave a comment
Even as Jack denies Twitter Censorship to Ted Cruz under oath I'm Locked out a 4th Time over Benford's Law
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh to Ted Cruz Questioning Jack on Vote Fraud Censorship so I thought it was a good time to give a 4th test to see if twitter is still locking folks who put out that Benfords law tweet
So I tweeted out the following:
some details on how it's been working herehttps://t.co/33JAPfL0N4
and herehttps://t.co/t5Zj2DwGUE
If I don't tweet after this for the rest of the day you will know that I'm locked out again and the people testifying at the #senatehearing are lying to you @RealRLimbaugh
— Peter Ingemi (@DaTechGuyblog) November 17, 2020
So I tried tweeting it out again, guess what happened:
One guess what the email from Twitter accused me of:
Cue my shocked face.
Thanks to the horrible Trump Economy I'm working extra hours 4 pm to 2 AM so my lockout will run out when I get home from work and I will appeal at that time and will expect it to be auto approved like the last one was
Unexpectedly of course
Update: put in my appeal at 2:40 AM when I got home from work, this time the auto win didn't happen (I quoted Lewis Carroll's long sad tail to them with them cast as Fury) I'm wondering if they are holding back because I was so public about it particularly during the hearings. We shall see.
Posted on November 17, 2020 November 18, 2020 by DaTechGuyPosted in elections, media, News/opinion, PoliticsTagged dishonest left, dishonorable left, senate hearings, twitter, Twitter Gulag ArchipelagoLeave a comment
A Twitter Tale of Two Timestamps
As I noted yesterday twitter has once again upheld my appeal of their 3rd lockdown of me over the Benford's law post that they've been auto locking people over for a week but I noticed something interesting about my latest appeal and reversal.
Take a look at the time stamps on getting my appeal and it being approved.
Here is the stamp of my appeal being reieved
and here is the time stamp of their apology
I submit and suggest that this is now the process at twitter concerning this link
Falsely flag the Benford law's post to repress it and lock out those who send it out & accuse them falsely of distributing "intimate images without consent" Not only does it discourage the tweet or retweet of the material but it allows them to mark said material unavailable during this time.
When the lock down period is over offer to let them back in if they delete the tweet (thus acknowledging "guilt" and making their account for violating rules giving them a cause to later ban such a person)
if they refuse and appeal set up an auto system to say they made an "error" Sort of like an auto correct.
Return to #1 if you tweet it again
This process involves a series of falsehoods & dishonorable actions by the crew at twitter.
Falsely flagging said link as some type of intimate image without consent
Falsely (and automatically) accusing users in writing of spreading intimate images without consent.
Falsely flagging people who delete said tweets as having broken said rules
Falsely claiming to review appeals
Falsely claiming (in writing) that they have reviewed said appeal and that all of this has been an "error".
And Falsely apologizing for said "error" with the full intention of repeating it if you dare send out that tweet again.
Now if I expected better from these folks I might be disappointed, after all there is a reason why so many have left this platform or have gone elsewhere, and some have asked why I don't to the same. Why do I bother to keep fighting this fight here?
My answer is for the same reason I haven't moved out of Massachusetts. Someone has to make the fight and while with all of this on automatic it doesn't even amount to the pinprick in the Elephant's hide I am able to illustrate to the avg person their perfidy and point out that there is no reason to suppose that they will not turn this on them if they so choose.
It's a small flag I grant you but I'll carry it.
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Posted on November 15, 2020 November 16, 2020 by DaTechGuyPosted in elections, Politics, Uncomfortable TruthsTagged dishonest left, dishonorable left, Election 2020, free speech, joe biden's magic ballots, The twitter Gulag Archipelago, twitterLeave a comment
Another Visit to the Twitter Gulag Archipelago
Senator: Fletcher, there's an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils.
Fletcher: There's another old saying, Senator: Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.
The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976
As you might have heard I won my appeal and was allowed back onto twitter yesterday. They stated my account had been locked in error.
Nice to know that it turned out I didn't post or share:
"privately produced/distrubted intimate media of someone without their consent"
The first thing I did was tweet out my post titled:
Twitter / Left Censorship A Sure Sign You're Hitting the Target
The 2nd thing I did was send out some DM to the people I bet with on the election and to Fault Lines Radio (who usually contacts me via twitter to invite me on_ to warn them that I might end up being blocked again:
Here is the DM I sent to fault lines radio show:
Quick FYI just got out of the twitter gulag for posting a link to #benfordslaw piece that they claimed was porn posted without the consent of the person involved. after the lockout I refused to delete the tweet and appeals, won the appeal and checking if the lockout is still automatic for it. If I am locked out or suspended best way to get me is a comment on my site datechguyblog.com use the term " (not showing this for obvious reasons)" & I'll know it's you guys. wish me luck
And then I sent out the following tweets:
2/4 I am about to re-tweet my initial post with a link to the story to the G News piece: "
HomeJoe Biden's votes violate Benford's Law (Mathematics)"
Which explains in a way avg people can understand how #joebiden is using #magicballots to steal #election2020 @KurtSchlichter
— Peter Ingemi (@DaTechGuyblog) November 9, 2020
4/4 I submit & suggest the greatest fear of the left is that the circumstantial evidence of #votefraud #magicballots & the attempt to steal #election2020 (with press help) is easily understood by non-political people & thus must be suppressed #stopthestealhttps://t.co/t2hLaOeac9
test 1 (cont) …..Ok I seem to be still here, we'll give it 30 seconds (incidentally that's how science works you propose a proposition make an experiment to see if it is supported and keep testing it not by media consensus)
Now I should point out something here that I didn't realize until a few minutes ago. When I look at test 1 while logged onto my own account I can see my tweet.
BUT when I look at test one when not logged in (which is how I'm accessing these tweets now what shows up in place of the tweet is "This tweet is unavailable".
Oddly if I click on that "unavailable tweet" in that different browser the tweet shows up and I can access the piece
So after test one it was time for test 2
Ok twitter has passed test 1.
Now Test 2:
I will attempt to retweet the initial tweet with the link to the #BenfordsLaw piece that they claimed was ""privately produced/distrubted intimate media of someone without their consent" #magicballots #stopthesteal
so I did
Everything was seemingly working and I was literally in the process of typing out that twitter had passed test two when suddenly….
Mind you this was less that one hour after I my account was unlocked and I had been informed by twitter that I had been locked out in error.
As normal there was an email notice from Twitter. One guess what the email said I had done…
…if your guess was they said I had distributed:
privately produced/distributed intimate media of someone without their consent
Then you are correct.
So in summery for the 2nd time in under two days twitter has not only locked my account but slandered me by claiming I'm pushing out Porn.
I'm again appealing this lockout. Here is what I wrote them this time
Not only have you once again slandered me with a palatable lie claiming that I shared "privately produced/distributed intimate media of someone without their consent" but you did so less than one hour after you UNLOCKED said account acknowledging that this same accusation over tweeting out the same link which goes to a piece on Benford's mathematical law was false and stated I was locked out in error and apologized for doing so.
Furthermore you did so after I tweeted twitter safety saying I was about to retweet the tweet that you apologized for locking me out over to confirm that things were restored. That doesn't cover you guys with glory.
If you are so afraid of people seeing circumstantial evidence of Joe Biden's election 2020 magic ballots have the strength of character to admit that's why you're locking my account rather than making base and slanderous accusations against me distributing porn.
Last time it took about a day. Let's see how long it takes this time for them to admit they are wrong.
I further intended to keep performing this test when reinstated and going through this process until twitter removes the lock on that piece or bans me.
I suspect that will be sometime after the court cases on election 2020 are resolved…unexpectedly of course.
Closing thought. If they are persisting in this kind of thing, that suggests they know they are not secure in their position and are doing all they can from keeping regular people from seeing rational arguments demonstrating the existence of Joe Biden's Magic Ballots
Posted on November 10, 2020 by DaTechGuyPosted in UncategorizedTagged benford's law, dishonorable left, Election 2020, joe biden's magic ballots, twitter, Twitter Gulag ArchipelagoLeave a comment
If you were one of those folks on twitter who followed me you would have noticed that I had a habit of not blocking trolls, or idiots, or people who swore at me, practically the only way to get blocked by me was to be an obvious bot (identical tweets to many people usually with either no icon or a picture of a pretty girl often named something like joe3882472100) or to tweet images of pornography. Even those who insulted the church instead of being blocked would go on my Perpetual Twitter Novena list so I could pray for them.
The reason for this is simple. If the left was making a stupid or weak argument in my opinion the best thing is for people to see it and then to laugh at them. For example. A few hours before I was locked out I had the following exchange with such a person:
no he was just pointing out that the only violence that was threatened was from the left.
coincidently the physical danger that those involved in creating #magicballots is also from the left as witnesses to federal offenses tend to catch arkenside also known as Epstein's disease
the response to this was a rather foolish one on our leftist friends part
As my remark about Epstein disease was an opinion I don't see how you demonstrate it as a lie
As for the #magicballots being a lie please demonstrate we already have witness on record at risk to themselves testifying to fraud in mail in ballots.
You see once someone states you have put out "demonstrable lies" the logical thing is to say: OK Demonstrate them. He didn't take it very well.
you stated on a public forum that the statement I gave on Joe Biden's #magicballots is a demonstrable lie,
I've challenged you to demonstrate it
Oddly You now seem unable or unwilling to#unexpectedly of course
Now if I had just blocked such a fellow I would not have been able to illustrate to those who follow me and him that said statement about "demonstrable lies" was blowing smoke. Instead I was able to illustrate to my followers and his that he was full of it.
And that brings us once again to twitter locking me out.
You see if people are saying something stupid, or outrageous it's simple enough to counter such folk because such arguments are generally over the top and given the number of people on twitter there is no shortage of bright people on the other side who could do so.
BUT if people are saying things or making observations that are factual and or credible, something that the average person can understand or even something that might make you think, like the link I sent out that got me locked, then you risk a discussion that can be lost.
Now if you are a person who wants facts and truth that's not necessarily a bad thing. After all if my opinion is wrong or "demonstratively false" I'd like to know it because I believe in truth and fact.
BUT if you are a person trying to advance a false or a weak proposition such as:
Donald Trump had a historic performance among non-white voters and outperformed his previous vote share even in blue cities EXCEPT in four cities in four swing state where Joe Biden not only outperformed Trump but out preformed Barack Obama enough to swing said states."
Then the last thing you want is anyone advancing factual or credible arguments against it, particularly arguments that are easy for people to understand.
Or to put it simply, if our leftist friends on Twitter and Facebook thought that Joe Biden's #election2020 #magicballots in #detroit #philadelphia #atlanta & #milwaukee were legitimate as sure as the sun rises in the east they would point at such posts and simply laugh or provide evidence that could easily or credibly counter assertions to the contrary.
If our leftist friends on Twitter and Facebook think that Joe Biden's #election2020 #magicballots in #detroit #philadelphia #atlanta & #milwaukee were legitimate as sure as Jeffery Epstein killed himself then they will go all out to prevent evidence or arguments which support that fact.
The question isn't if President Trump's team has evidence of vote fraud. He does and plenty. The question is can he provide the courts with enough such evidence that will cause the courts to prescribe remedies to counter Joe Biden's #Magicballots . You don't know and neither do I. This is likely going to go to the Supreme Court.
But the Hollywood / media / academic / big tech left are fighting a different fight. The standard of evidence convince the avg person is MUCH lower than the standard to convince a court and right now the circumstantial evidence is more that sufficient to convince any citizen whose religion is not politics that the fix is in.
That's the dirty little (Not So) secret here. They're not censoring stuff because we're making incredible arguments or points, they're censoring us because we're making credible arguments and points that the average person can understand.
In other words they're still scared because they know it's not legit.
Posted on November 9, 2020 by DaTechGuyPosted in elections, media, Politics, Uncomfortable TruthsTagged cowardly left, dishonorable left, Election 2020, joe biden's magic ballots, math, The twitter Gulag Archipelago, twitter1 Comment
Ach-ptooie, Twitter and Facebook hate conservatives–Hello Parler
I've had my fill of Facebook and Twitter blocking friends of mine from posting there and having their accounts suspended. These two social media giants unapologetically back liberal political figures while using their might to crush conservative leaders–as well as rank-and-file supporters of the right side of the political spectrum.
The most recent victim of Twitter bumptiousness is Da Tech Guy himself, simply because he questioned the veracity of the presidential recounts in swing states. It happened today.
Meanwhile there is another social media site, Parler, where free speech is encouraged. I'm @marathonpundit there. Please follow me. While I haven't deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts–I'll be spending much less time there. Besides, I don't want someone to steal my handles there.
On his show radio show Friday night Mark Levin announced his social media transition. Today on the platform he announced, "Hurry and follow me at Parler. I'm trying to encourage as many of you as possible to immediately join me there as I may not stay at Facebook or Twitter if they continue censoring me. And one day I'll have left their platforms. Parler is a wonderful alternative and is growing, and we need you there ASAP. It believes in truly open speech. Thank you!"
In his well-deserved grilling by the US Senate last month, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey couldn't come up with a solid answer on why he continually blocks President Trump's Tweets about controversial COVID-19 treatments and election fraud. Meanwhile, a post from the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, questioning whether the Holocaust occurred, remains on the microblogging platform. When asked about if any other world leader, besides Trump, has had Tweets blocked, Dorsey couldn't come up with any examples.
The next question to ask is: why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust? Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed?
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) October 28, 2020
Twitter is a Trump-hating and a conservative-hating site. I can't think of a single incident of a liberal–famous or not–having their posts deleted or their accounts blocked. Just last week, for instance, reputed comedian Kathy Griffin reposted on Twitter her notorious photo where she holds the bloody head of President Trump. Don't forget, threats of violence against the president violates federal law. What would happen to my Twitter account if I posted a similar shot with Joe Biden?
It's not just "the guy in his pajamas" Tweeting at home who gets bullied. The New York Post, America's oldest daily newspaper and its fourth-most read, saw its Twitter account suspended for 13 days because of stories it wrote and Tweeted regarding email revelations alleging graft gleaned from Hunter Biden's laptop. The Twitter "gods" deemed these reports unsubstantiated–even though the Biden-Harris campaign never denied the Post's stories. Another reason given by Twitter for the Post's suspension was its claim that the paper was publishing "hacked" information. But Hunter's laptop was obtained legally.
Contrast that behavior with Twitter's non-response to the New York Times' stories on President Trump's federal income tax returns. Those returns were possibly retrieved by hacking–and that tax information was almost certainly illegally obtained by somebody.
Facebook isn't quite as bad as Twitter in regards to censorship but it has a shameful free speech record too. Many of my friends have ended up in "Facebook jail" for pushing the envelope a bit as they challenge the leftist dogma. I've never hear about liberals being tossed into "Facebook jail." And yes, I have liberal friends.
Twitter makes money on ads, mainly thru "Promoted Posts" that appear on its feed. If I am not on Twitter, I don't see them. Just as when my television is switched off I don't see commercials there.
Facebook is downright creepy in its ad strategy. If I click "like" on a story for a sports team, shortly afterwards I'll see ads on my Facebook page promoting hats and shirts for that team. A few hours after I arrived in Alaska this summer for a vacation this T-shirt ad on my FB page. "I may be in Anchorage but my heart is with the Chicago White Sox." Does Facebook know when I use the men's room? It gets worse. A couple of years ago–just five minutes after leaving the wake for a friend of mine–I was requested to write a review on Facebook for the funeral home that hosted the wake.
Facebook takes the predilections and overall activities of its users and essentially sells them to advertisers. In fact they are selling you to advertisers. Yep, you.
But if I'm not there, or not there very much, Facebook and Twitter will suffer. If millions of conservatives follow the same action they's suffer a lot more.
Let's think of social media hatred of conservatives this way. Imagine you are a member of an ethnic group that is disliked by the proprietors of the only two restaurants in town. You still eat at these places because sometimes you are hungry and you just don't have the energy to prepare your down dinner. That is, until you find out that the cooks always spit into your sandwiches.
Ach-ptooie!
That's what Facebook and Twitter is doing to conservatives. Spitting on them.
Over 70 million Americans voted for Donald Trump. Let's see if Facebook and Twitter can endure angering such a large segment of America.
Patriots, it's time to spit back.
John Ruberry regularly blogs at Marathon Pundit. You can follow him on Parler @marathonpundit.
Posted on November 8, 2020 November 8, 2020 by John RuberryPosted in business, Culture, elections, News/opinion, PoliticsTagged censorship, Da Magnificent Seven, facebook, Hunter Biden, Iran, john ruberry, mark levin, media bias, parler, Trump, Trump derangement syndrome, twitterLeave a comment
Big Media and Big Tech, the left-wing parents who adopted us, believe they know what is best for you
Bea Arthur as "Maude."
I was raised by parents who kept a close eye on what my brothers and sisters and I watched on television. As we only had two TV sets, that was a very easy task for them as my folks didn't socialize outside our home much. Until the early 1970s it was especially easy for them as television fare for the medium's first 25 years was mostly G-rated fare. Otis Campbell's drunkeness on the Andy Griffith Show was as bad as it got in the 1960s, although interestingly, the character was rarely shown consuming alcohol.
So in 1972 when Bea Arthur's eponymous character in Maude, in a two-episode storyline became pregnant–she pondered an abortion and then went through with it–my parents made sure that our televisions were tuned to a different station those nights.
Abortion was not only very controversial in 1972, it was illegal in most states, although Arthur's character lived in New York, where it was not. At that time I didn't even know what abortion was.
Nearly five decades later, Big Tech and Big Media are trying to control what I see on my computer and portable devices. And because broadcast and cable news often takes its lead from what they view as "elite" media, their decisions effect what I see on my TV.
Our "betters" in the media, working for CNN, MSNBC, as well as onetime somewhat fair but left-leaning print outlets such as the New York Times, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, are attempting to limit what information we consume. And in control of the metaphoric off switch is Big Tech, led by Twitter and Facebook.
Stories that are harmful to the reputation to President Donald Trump blare across the media, such as reports on Trump's tax returns. The New York Times did not publish those returns, but it reported on them. The Old Gray Lady won't say how it got them, but assuming reports on the returns are accurate, who ever gained access to them and gave them to the Times broke the law. The stories on Trump's tax returns, where it was reported that he paid as little as $750 in federal taxes, were reported pretty much everywhere by the media, and posted, reposted, Tweeted, and re-Tweeted on Facebook and Twitter.
"Kids, kids, come to the living room! You need to see this news story on TV!"
Contrast Trump's taxes to reports from the New York Post about the emails it accessed from a laptop that once belonged to Joe Biden's troublesome son, Hunter. Because Hunter dropped of the computer at a repair shop and never bothered to pick it up, that computer became property of the shop's owner. Emails found on that computer confirm accusations that Hunter used that Biden name to for influence peddling. Illegal? Maybe not. Sleazy? For sure. And the shop owner did not break the law.
And the media, with the exception of Fox News and other conservative news sources such as Breitbart, ignored or minimized coverage of Hunter Biden's emails. Last week a Democratic Party shill masquerading as an ABC journalist, former Bill Clinton staffer George Stephanopoulos, didn't ask Biden about the New York Post revelations. Yeah, I get it, the format was a town hall, but ABC chose the participants and it knew what questions they would ask. Contrast Biden's friendly treatment to the grilling Trump received from Savannah Guthrie at the NBC town hall the same night. Guthrie is married to Michael Feldman, the traveling chief of staff for Al Gore in the 2000 election. Guthrie brought up Trump's tax returns, among other things.
That's bad but what is worse is that Twitter and Facebook for a while blocked the posting and sharing of the New York Post's Hunter Biden email revelations. And it wasn't yokels like me who suffered the indignity. Trump's press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, saw her Twitter account briefly suspended for Tweeting the Post's Hunter story. The twisted explanation from Big Tech is that the Hunter Biden's emails were hacked–they weren't–and that the story was unverified. Remember, the NY Times never actually published Trump's federal tax returns, which may have been hacked. But the Post did show images of some of Hunter's emails. Even the New York Post's Twitter account was suspended for a short time on the day it published the Hunter story.
"Kids…turn off that TV and go to your room!"
Of course these media and tech big shots are our "betters." Jeffrey Toobin, a CNN analyst and New Yorker writer, a product of Harvard University, is one of them. But yesterday Toobin was suspended by CNN and the New Yorker after exposing himself and more–click here for the X-rated details–during a Zoom call simulating election night scenarios. Toobin is a scumbag. He had an extramarital affair with Casey Greenfield, the daughter of journalist Jeff Greenfield. Okay, I know, Trump has been unfaithful while married too. But Greenfield bore his child, which Toobin only acknowledged after a DNA test, and only then began paying child support. And while pregnant Toobin offered to pay for her abortion.
American media can do much better than Toobin and his fellow "betters." I will write another entry on the sad state of the media after the election.
But right now we're headed to Chinese government-style control of the media by the left.
A free press and free association are two things that French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville saw as two key safeguards in his landmark 19th-century work, Democracy in America.
But Big Tech and Big Media, as well as the increasingly far-left Democratic Party, are trying to minimize both.
We live in a perilous time.
UPDATE 7:30pm EDT: Correction, the New York Post Twitter account was "not suspended for a short time" as I wrote earlier. There are no new Twitter entries from @nypost since October 14. If the account has been suspended it clearly has been locked out. This is censorship.
The @nypost, the oldest and one of the largest news outlets in America, has been frozen out of Twitter for 6 days.
— Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) October 20, 2020
Posted on October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020 by John RuberryPosted in abortion, Culture, elections, elections, entertainment, media, News/opinion, PoliticsTagged censorship, Da Magnificent Seven, debate, debates, Election 2020, facebook, john ruberry, Trump, twitterLeave a comment
Twitter and Facebook Cross the Rubicon (but might not know it)
The whole point of Jacksonianism is "You leave me alone and I'll leave you alone. You play fair with me and I'll play fair with you. But if you fuck with me, I'll kill you."
Steven Den Bestie
The big story of the day is not as some are suggesting the Hunter Biden story at the NY Post which provides proof of the wrongdoing of the VP's son and his knowledge of said wrongdoing, or even the fact that Democrat hack George (I'm an unbiased journalist, sure I am) Stephanopoulos didn't even ask him about said story at the ABC town hall.
Anyone who has followed the career of Joe Biden or of Georgie the fixer would not be all that surprised by it.
The big story is and remains the decision of Twitter and Facebook to cross the Rubicon.
You see once you chosen sides publicly there is no going back. You can't "uncensor" these people and have either conservative in general, who they have been picking on for years or the Trump administration in particular, who never trusted them believe that all is now well and once the election is over they will let bygones be bygones.
That's not how President Trump works. He is a Jacksonian with a long memory.
So I'm not surprised when I see this:
I told you they're all in on their censorship. Twitter is now deprecating links to official dot gov websites.
Twitter has locked out @TeamTrump for posting video of clips of Joe Biden lying about never speaking to Hunter about foreign business deals.
Includes snips of @nypost exposing the lies.
Biden doesn't dispute the authenticity of the docs.
STILL protecting Biden from bad story. pic.twitter.com/VGJPYGiwlU
— Tim Murtaugh – Download the Trump 2020 app today! (@TimMurtaugh) October 15, 2020
We've seen some backing off but I find that hilarious because they have apparently not figured out that the retribution they will get from the reelected Trump administration will not be any less then if they kept it up.
I'm not completely shocked at this move as I believe ans suspect that this was all authorized by people in middle management who presumed the support of their superiors because their tribal political opinions without realizing the line they crossed or the consequences thereof to the bottom line in the long run that the big boys understand
But like Robert E Lee being forced by Maj. Gen. Robert Rodes into battle on ground he did not choose at Gettysburg Jack, Zuck and company find themselves in a fight on ground that doesn't favor them forcing them to either run or commit their entire resources to try and salvage a victory.
Neither option is going to end well. If they choose to stay and fight (which I think they still might despite trying to bluff their way out I believe their version of Picket's Charge will fail with a lot less success than the original and then Trump, unlike Meade, will not fail to follow them up and finish them off.
Their attempts to equivocate and bluff are the equivalent of trying to run in the face of the enemy and again, Trump unlike Meade will not waste any time hitting them in motion and destroying them.
I'll enjoy that sight: Remember Stacy McCain
Postscript. It's worth noting that no matter what the result of the election, that any suits against these social media giants face (and they will invariably come over these actions) will ultimately be decided a Supreme Court that will include Amy Coney Barrett.
I'll enjoy that too.
Posted on October 16, 2020 by DaTechGuyPosted in Always look at the bright side of Trump, elections, media, News/opinion, PoliticsTagged dishonest left, dishonorable left, donald trump, Election 2020, facebook, Hunter Biden, media template, twitter1 Comment
I'm Old Enough to Remember When People Thought Twitter Banning Stacy McCain wasn't a test run for this stuff
Jack Dorsey Denies Twitter Censors Users…https://t.co/8nQH0jYUqU
| #RIPTwitter #FreeStacy #tcot #PJNET pic.twitter.com/N0N9Tmzn9t
— OverTheMoonbat⭐⭐⭐ (@OverTheMoonbat) March 18, 2016
Way back when my friend Robert Stacy McCain was banned for "targeted abuse" he asked the following:
Well, what is "targeted abuse," what constitutes "participating" in this behavior, and what are the "rules around" it? Where is the evidence that I have been "violating the Twitter Rules"? Who was "targeted"? What was the nature of the "abuse"? Questions like this multiply, you see, if we can be permitted to ask questions of the arbiters of "Twitter Rules," but that's just it: No questions allowed!
"It's as if the grown-ups left for the weekend,
and the SJW interns are in control."
This morning, again without explanation, the @SexTroubleBook account — which I created last year to promote my book — was suspended.
Everybody is shocked, shocked!
"Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant,
then it tries to silence good."
Feminism is evil. But you knew that, right?
The story actually reached Twitchy where the question was asked:
@instapundit @SexTroubleBook Considering this is an election year, how far can this go before it becomes a partisan FEC violation?
Well now we know:
IT'S COME TO THIS: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany locked out of Twitter for sharing the New York Post's Hunter Biden story.
But what's really interesting is not that they are banning people like JtLOL for tweeting out the NYPost story on Hunter Biden or even that they are banning NYPOST editors or even that Facebook is trying to kill this story as well.
What I find interesting are reactions like this from people on the left:
Nope— not desperate.. just planned and disciplined. Trump needs #NBCIsTrumpsAccomplice
— Mukti (@MarySkerr) October 15, 2020
So it is your argument that this is a deliberate attempt to air the @joebiden campaign and you are fine with it because you think it will help?
Ladies and gentlemen I give you the totalitarian Marxist and utilitarian left at their root
— Peter Ingemi (@DaTechGuyblog) October 15, 2020
Ladies and Gentlemen this is how far the left has fallen into Marxism. That Americans in America would consider this behavior as acceptable and complement it speaks volumes about who and what they are, and perhaps always were.
China would be proud
If you want to know who @twitter @twittersafety & @facebook idolize note whose practices they copy #freenypost #Election2020 #unexpectedly of course https://t.co/lWhrl8Hhng
One can not shame such people. One can only defeat them.
NOTE I'll be talking about this on my Livestream at 11 AM EST Friday DaTechGuy off DaRadio, Twitter & Facebook Cross the Rubicon edition (moved from 3 PM due to me picking up a shift at work.
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Read on to discover this simple meal for six people.
In a small bowl mix together the salt, pepper corn, caraway seed, crushed red pepper, yellow mustard seed, marjoram leaves and dried basil. This is a similar mixture of spices that you see in the small packet of spices that usually accompanies the corned beef.
To prepare the vegetables wash them thoroughly and then do the following; cut the potatoes in half, core and cut the green cabbage into 2 inch slices and peel and cut the onion into eight equal chunks. Once finished add all the vegetables to the stock pot on top of the meat.
Add water to the pot until all of the vegetables are covered and then pour the bowl of spices in. Mix the spices into the water with a mixing spoon and put on the stove to cook.
Bring the whole pot to a boil and then simmer for 2 hours on low.


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Murray Hopes to Benefit from Moran "Public Service" Swipe
ARLnow.com October 25, 2010 at 8:39am
(Updated at 9:50 a.m.) Republican congressional candidate Patrick Murray is seizing on remarks about his experience made by his opponent, Rep. Jim Moran, at an Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting. And, it seems, Murray is picking up some long-sought traction, at least from right-leaning media outlets.
With cameras rolling, Moran said of Murray, a retired Army officer: "What [Republicans] do is find candidates, usually stealth candidates, that haven't been in office, haven't served or performed in any kind of public service. My opponent is typical, frankly."
The gaffe-prone congressman then dug the hole a bit deeper while referring to Murray's limited government stance.
"Of course for 24 years he's taken a government check, because, frankly, the military is still part of the federal government, and yet his principal platform is to cut government spending," Moran said.
The Murray camp, in response to Moran's "public service" swipe, has issued a flurry of YouTube videos, press releases and blog posts. Today at 12:30 p.m., nearly three weeks after the original remarks were made, Murray will be holding a news conference in Alexandria with veterans who support his campaign. (Update at 5:00 p.m. — The campaign has posted video from the event here.)
The press conference comes as right-leaning outlets like the Washington Examiner, The Weekly Standard, Fox News and others have started to pick up the story. It's the first round of sustained media exposure in a race that has otherwise seen a dearth of reportorial interest from mainstream news outlets.
In what may be a preview of today's press conference, Murray released a video response to the comments.
"Congressman Moran, I'm proud to have served my county in the Army for 24 years, including tours in Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq during the surge," Murray said. "Why don't you come with me to Arlington cemetery, where more of my friends and fellow service members are buried than I care to think about — and tell their surviving family members that their loved ones had no public service."
For his part, Moran says that he misspoke.
While Moran "commends" Murray's military service, his campaign says he's "disappointed by [the] distortion of his remarks."
"[Congressman Moran] has the deepest respect for our military and those who sacrifice to protect our security and freedoms," Moran's campaign said in a statement. "As Congressman, he has worked hard over the course of his career to strengthen our Armed Forces, particularly as a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which funds all of the military's operations."
"The point Congressman Moran was making is that Northern Virginia is a region that prides itself on local civic engagement – serving in the PTA, on local boards, working with non-profits to help those less fortunate and also serving in local elected office," the campaign continued. "Because Murray has virtually no ties to our community – moving here a scant 18 months ago in order to run for Congress – it is difficult to see how he can adequately represent Northern Virginia."
The Murray campaign, in what could be described as a bit of a reach, has also released a video claiming that Moran is "proud of faking military endorsements."
In the ambush-style video, someone asks the congressman as he's leaving a recent event in Rosslyn: "Are you proud of your endorsement from the Disabled American Veterans Association?"
Moran, a bit befuddled, responds: "Uh… sure. Uh, I mean I would always be proud to have support from the Disabled American Veterans."
"Jim Moran doesn't have the endorsement from the Disabled American Veterans," a title card says after the clip. "They don't make endorsements. Isn't claiming non-existent support from wounded veterans a little sleazy?"
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This time of year I tend to shop daily. The bargains are everywhere and they are AMAZING! Today was just 15 minutes (despite popular belief I do not spending every waking hour shopping) but earlier this week I put in a little more time and I scored - big time!
I actually returned everything and repurchased with a $5 off coupon so this total was $68 - and I saved $2,578.80!
Then I ran to Kohls to spend my $30 Kohls cash (with a 20% coupon) and got these brushes for $6 out of pocket. These are the Real Technique brushes I blogged about the other day. I used them this morning and they're really good. I plan I buying more soon.
Yep, you're reading it correctly - $10!
They also had some makeup marked down to $1! I got a couple of these eye shadow palettes as well as a bunch of others that I stockpiled for gifts.
On Wednesday I stopped at the Rack for kids markdowns. When I got there they had a bunch of $1-5 items. Hidden in the sale rack I found these gems for a total of $.07 - they were all marked a penny!!!
Then I hit the mall to visit Macy's - Clinique is giving out free Chubby Sticks :) Just tell them you saw a commercial on TV for a free Chubby Stick.
At the mall I popped into H&M - they have major markdowns from $1-$20. I got a cute top for $7 and earrings for $3. I'm hoping to go back tomorrow to take another look as I only had 10 minutes because I had to leave to pick up my sick niece from school. These days the malls are such nightmares that unless you're in there when they open you just don't go. I stopped at TJ Maxx to return something this week and the line snaked thru the entire store. I kid you not - it must have been over an hour wait to check out. So I left.