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  • I wonder why the GEC didn't list the gov't

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 10 15:36:43 2023
    on it's list of disinformation?

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/09/state-department-disinformation-conservative-news-site/

    Here's the bottom line. The internet is going to always have BS available. Look at some of the dregs of blogs and anyone can put an article up here crap that Stephen links.
    Bottom line, if you really want to look hard and long, you can find somebody somewhere claiming exactly what you're looking for.
    It's out there. And no one can stop it.

    But they can try to make it hard for you to find. They can suppress search results and feeds etc. Twitter talks about lowering visibility etc.
    But those same tools can be easily abused to make certain points of view unviewable. They can also make businesses that make a living giving access to it, financially untenable.

    And therein lies the trap. Once they can do that to disinformation they can do it to disagreeable information as well.
    And while they might successfully claim they've taken away no one's freedom of speech....they made us all deaf instead.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sat Feb 11 09:16:45 2023
    On 2/10/23 5:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    on it's list of disinformation?

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/09/state-department-disinformation-conservative-news-site/

    Here's the bottom line. The internet is going to always have BS available. Look at some of the dregs of blogs and anyone can put an article up here crap that Stephen links.

    Pardon? You spam daily with opinion pieces from conservative sites. The
    trick is to able to evaluate what you see. And if "repost isn't
    endorsement" is good enough for you, it's good enough for me.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 11 18:57:57 2023
    On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:16:47 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/10/23 5:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    on it's list of disinformation?

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/09/state-department-disinformation-conservative-news-site/

    Here's the bottom line. The internet is going to always have BS available. Look at some of the dregs of blogs and anyone can put an article up here crap that Stephen links.
    Pardon? You spam daily with opinion pieces from conservative sites.

    One man's spam is another's diet to stay alive.

    The
    trick is to able to evaluate what you see.

    I question you're ability. But I do give you credit for your perseverance and willingness to
    go deep into the search results

    And if "repost isn't
    endorsement" is good enough for you, it's good enough for me.

    There's a big difference between putting up a post for debate versus
    a post to refute a point.
    But since you can't see it, we'll just accept that you don't really believe what you had to say
    to serve your purpose.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Sun Feb 12 08:21:52 2023
    On 2/11/23 8:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:16:47 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/10/23 5:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    on it's list of disinformation?

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/09/state-department-disinformation-conservative-news-site/






    Here's the bottom line. The internet is going to always have BS
    available. Look at some of the dregs of blogs and anyone can put an
    article up here crap that Stephen links.
    Pardon? You spam daily with opinion pieces from conservative
    sites.

    One man's spam is another's diet to stay alive.

    You post to live? Sad.

    The trick is to able to evaluate what you see.

    I question you're ability. But I do give you credit for your
    perseverance and willingness to go deep into the search results

    Yes, there's been a lot of comment about how useless google searches
    have become, blaming monetization, algorithmic assumptions and bias
    towards recent material.

    Easy to see when the first page of search results is ads and the same
    websites citing the same sources.

    And if "repost isn't endorsement" is good enough for you, it's
    good enough for me.

    There's a big difference between putting up a post for debate versus
    a post to refute a point.

    A difference lost when blind posting.

    But since you can't see it, we'll just accept that you don't really
    believe what you had to say to serve your purpose.

    While I prefer to think you know you're in on the joke.

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 12 09:01:06 2023
    Uh-oh. There's a crack in Shmoo scottw's Wall Of Hypocrisy.
    Time to call out all the king's horses and all the king's men.

    There's a big difference between putting up a post for debate versus
    a post to refute a point.

    What happened to your sanctified quest for "information"?
    Also, at what point in your "debate" do you grant yourself
    license to spew mindless insults?

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to Fascist Flea on Sun Feb 12 13:03:03 2023
    On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:01:08 PM UTC-5, Fascist Flea wrote:


    Also, at what point in your "debate" do you grant yourself
    license to spew mindless insults?

    For me, that would be the second Steve opens his mouth

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sun Feb 12 15:13:05 2023
    On 2/12/23 3:03 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:01:08 PM UTC-5, Fascist Flea wrote:


    Also, at what point in your "debate" do you grant yourself
    license to spew mindless insults?

    For me, that would be the second Steve opens his mouth

    I regret giving you another chance after my filters went down with aioe.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 12 21:44:22 2023
    On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 4:13:07 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/12/23 3:03 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:01:08 PM UTC-5, Fascist Flea wrote:


    Also, at what point in your "debate" do you grant yourself
    license to spew mindless insults?

    For me, that would be the second Steve opens his mouth
    I regret giving you another chance after my filters went down with aioe.

    Try scrubbing your filters with a brillo pad.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 13 13:16:38 2023
    On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 6:21:55 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/11/23 8:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:16:47 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/10/23 5:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    on it's list of disinformation?

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/09/state-department-disinformation-conservative-news-site/






    Here's the bottom line. The internet is going to always have BS
    available. Look at some of the dregs of blogs and anyone can put an
    article up here crap that Stephen links.
    Pardon? You spam daily with opinion pieces from conservative
    sites.

    One man's spam is another's diet to stay alive.
    You post to live? Sad.

    You need food for thought.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Mon Feb 13 18:58:37 2023
    On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 4:16:39 PM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 6:21:55 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/11/23 8:57 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:16:47 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/10/23 5:36 PM, ScottW wrote:
    on it's list of disinformation?

    https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/09/state-department-disinformation-conservative-news-site/






    Here's the bottom line. The internet is going to always have BS
    available. Look at some of the dregs of blogs and anyone can put an
    article up here crap that Stephen links.
    Pardon? You spam daily with opinion pieces from conservative
    sites.

    One man's spam is another's diet to stay alive.
    You post to live? Sad.
    You need food for thought.

    ScottW

    No meat for Steve. Only crickets and bed bugs.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Tue Feb 14 10:04:41 2023
    On 2/13/23 8:58 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Only crickets and bed bugs.

    I trust you are aware that the "eating bugs" trope is a right-wing fantasy.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 14 19:39:12 2023
    On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:04:43 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/13/23 8:58 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Only crickets and bed bugs.
    I trust you are aware that the "eating bugs" trope is a right-wing fantasy.

    I trust you are aware that Gates funded bug eating proponenets.

    Here are other liberals pushing a bug diet:

    https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/environment/how-eating-crickets-could-help-save-planet-n721416
    https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/insect-bug-eating-guide/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-canada-wants-you-to-know-eating-crickets-180968539/
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youre-going-to-be-eating-crickets-so-just-get-over-it/
    https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220720-why-insects-are-the-sustainable-superfood-of-the-future
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48259397

    Soon you will be eating Thunberg Stew https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50182815

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Feb 15 07:48:32 2023
    On 2/14/23 9:39 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:04:43 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/13/23 8:58 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Only crickets and bed bugs.
    I trust you are aware that the "eating bugs" trope is a right-wing fantasy.

    I trust you are aware that Gates funded bug eating proponenets.

    Gates. Not a liberal.

    Here are other liberals pushing a bug diet:
    There's a difference between considering insects as a food source in
    the context of global warming, world poverty, etc, and "democrats want
    to force you to eat bugs."

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 15 21:26:50 2023
    On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:48:35 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/14/23 9:39 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:04:43 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/13/23 8:58 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Only crickets and bed bugs.
    I trust you are aware that the "eating bugs" trope is a right-wing fantasy.

    I trust you are aware that Gates funded bug eating proponenets.
    Gates. Not a liberal.

    Gates contributes a lot more the Dems and is a climate change nut,

    The Foundation is a heavy contributor to the left wing agencies of
    the UN, such as WHO, unicef, and the UN itself,

    also the Clinton Foundation.

    Here are other liberals pushing a bug diet:
    There's a difference between considering insects as a food source in
    the context of global warming, world poverty, etc, and "democrats want
    to force you to eat bugs."

    kIlling the beef industry is the first step

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 16 07:36:59 2023
    Art Sackman has joined the Shmoo club.

    There's a difference between considering insects as a food source in
    the context of global warming, world poverty, etc, and "democrats want
    to force you to eat bugs."
    kIlling the beef industry is the first step

    You're big on promoting feverish right-wing nightmare fantasies
    as part of some "progressive" agenda.

    Remember that freakout in Texas when the wackos thought some
    military training exercise was cover for confiscating guns? Your
    tribe has only gotten loonier since then.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Thu Feb 16 09:56:01 2023
    On 2/15/23 11:26 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 8:48:35 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/14/23 9:39 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:04:43 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 2/13/23 8:58 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    Only crickets and bed bugs.
    I trust you are aware that the "eating bugs" trope is a right-wing fantasy.

    I trust you are aware that Gates funded bug eating proponenets.
    Gates. Not a liberal.

    Gates contributes a lot more the Dems and is a climate change nut,

    Only if you think there's no climate change.

    The Foundation is a heavy contributor to the left wing agencies of
    the UN, such as WHO, unicef, and the UN itself,

    Not "left-wing agencies."

    also the Clinton Foundation.

    While the Clintons are definitely Democrats, the Foundation has
    non-partisan goals.

    Here are other liberals pushing a bug diet:
    There's a difference between considering insects as a food source in
    the context of global warming, world poverty, etc, and "democrats want
    to force you to eat bugs."

    kIlling the beef industry is the first step

    True, it would help, some, but it's not a "first step" and it won't
    happen because people like to eat beef.

    Carnivore's Dilemma:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/meat/

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 15 20:33:28 2023

    Carnivore's Dilemma:



    steak sauce, or ketchup?

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