“To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem ridiculous.”
–William Hazlitt
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re: the Hazlitt quote.
even to some of us who KNOW we are not a superior race of being …
Received from a Facebook friend:
Don't believe the "Scientific American" endorsement is non-partisan, or even particularly scientific. Their parent company is Springer Nature. A simple Wikipedia search (see Controversies and History) show they have a disconcerting history of censorship and propaganda to the benefit of the Chinese government. More like Election Interference.
I want to maintain a good relationship with this person, but DAMN
Suggest a cookie recipe
Everyone likes cookies
Is this where I chime in with one, Madco?
Is this your friend being interviewed?
You know my sister????
Here’s how you can talk to friends and loved ones who believe conspiracy theories:
That one probably originated in Hong Kong with the Epoch Times. They like Trump because he is anti-Communist China. Half of the ads on YouTube seem to be from that crowd. Repetition makes it “true”.
If you care about the relationship, agree to disagree, or….do the research, show why Scientific American isn’t pro Communist China, and present it to your friend with a graphic.
I may have to do the same when I see my Trumper ex-daughter-in-law She hails from the worst infected county in the worst Covid-infected state in the Union, South Dakota. But she thinks that COVID will “go away after the election”, and mocks mask wearers.
On second thought, she’s kind of a beatch, and it won’t affect the grandkids if I don't speak to the maga matron, though it might make my daughter uncomfortable. I’ll even buy a special mask for the occasion.
I was getting ads for Epoch Times showing, a handsome millennial.
I looked it up (in my Firefox browser which has cookie and ad sharing turned off), There is some kind of relationship between Epoch Times and the Falun Gong.
The founder of the Epoch Times was an adherent of Falun Gong. However, Epoch Times has now metastasized into a MAGA conspiracy outlet with a multimillion dollar budget, and billions of social media views. It was financed by Hong Kong real estate magnates originally, and then by Robert Mercer in the US. That was per Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Epoch_Times
Now, Epoch Times is spreading Covid disinformation big-time. They like Trump because they see him as the best hope to smack down Communist China.
The outlet did have some good reporting on the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests – one of the few media outlets that covered it at all.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell the players even with a scorecard.
You describe him as handsome. I describe him as annoying and faux hipster. I keep telling youtube I don't want to look at those false, and potentially dangerous ads and I still see them.
You know what's even creepier than the Epoch Times Trumptastic content?
Their actors may not even be real people. At least in still photos, ET generated hundreds of fake Facebook accounts. They used an AI engine to create faces, histories, family photos, hobbies – everything.
Then they used these fake accounts to troll Facebook users with divisive crap and covid and election misinformation.
Facebook shut them down, but they're probably back in another form.
Great mask …love the message.👍
Well, so much for the Denver Gazette. I sent this email to them this morning.
Make it a twofer.
Today is National Apple Dumpling Day and National Monte Cristo Day.
How can you celebrate two days in one? Obviously, on Monte Cristo Day, you can't Count!
Folding Time: How to Achieve Twice As Much In Half The Time
Or read "A Question of Time," by sci-fi author Fred Saberhagen. It's about time slips and vampires in the Grand Canyon. Well worth the read.
V, GO TO YOUR ROOM!
Tune of “House of the Rising Sun”
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There is a stink in Washington
It comes from Donald Trump.
He’s been the ruin of the American dream
Ohh God, let’s dump this bum.
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His father was a racist
Made a fortune building slums.
Donald was a gambling lord
Whose casinos lost billions in sums.
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He has a cohort named William Barr
Who crawled from the sewer’s slime.
Barr holds the reins and is the brains
Behind the Donald’s worst crimes.
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Oh mothers, tell your children
Not to vote for this lying scum.
In 47 days we’ll dispell this haze.
And bring decency back to Washington.
Who knew we had an Approval Voting Party in CO….
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/opinion/third-parties-2020.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
A polling outfit named Expedition Strategies polled the CO-03 race. With leaners pushed, DMB leads by 2 and Biden and Trump are tied.
https://nmcdn.io/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da/7c9798eaafd54081881797bf9a163295/files/research/CO-03-Poll-091620.pdf
That seems about what I would expect. The Militia Movement Republicans might still win this seat, but it is going to be work for them.
Meanwhile, in Georgia, their #PooAnon candidate is getting some attention from the Republican leadership:
Republicans set aside past concerns over a controversial Georgia candidate as they urge her to join 'team'
They work with what they've got….
Absolutely nothing is too offensive for them to embrace.
Remember 4 short years ago when our very own in-house troll, Moderatus, was shilling for Marco Rubio until he dropped out, then shilled for Ted Cruz until he dropped out, and finally learned to stop worrying and to embrace the Trump?
Ya. Pre-2012 (RMoney) it was Grover Norquist who screamed that all that the Rs needed was someone with 5 working digits who could work a pen.
Norquist wanted to shrink government to a size small enough to drown it in a bathtub.
Rs in Congress abandoned that instantly and have now run the national debt up to the point that next year it will be larger than the GDP.
What a waste of time. There was an hour long event where Joe Biden would answer our questions. It was for people who made large-ish donations. So what did we get.
12 minutes of Biden commercials
24 minutes of Polis, Salazar, & Bennet talking up Biden
7 minutes of Biden talking about what he will do
10 minutes of Biden answering 2 questions
7 minutes of closing thank yous from Biden
Here’s the thing, this was a group that clearly will vote for Biden. That has contributed large amounts to Biden. And 50 minutes was selling Biden.
What a waste of everyone’s time.
And not just the supporters who attended, Biden must have much more effective ways to use his time. Polis, Salazar, Bennet, Crowe, & Perlmutter must have much more effective ways to use their time. I hope the rest of the campaign is not as mis-directed.
You would rather have Trump re-elected?
God no. That's why I would prefer Biden & the others spent their time on useful activities. I'm not sure what this event was even supposed to accomplish.
To keep them donating.
If that was the goal, definitely counter productive in my case.
I'll keep any further donations based on where I think it will do the most good. But if that is a tie between Biden and a Senate campaign, this event will be the tie breaker and I'll donate to a Senate campaign.
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha…
Glimmer of good news:
Per Federal judge Stanley Bastian, USPS has to reinstate overtime and reverse operational changes that slowed down the mail. There aren't any orders to replace mail sorting machines or mailboxes that had been removed, though.