Used by “Socrates” in comments to https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/opinion/trump-agenda-corruption.html.
It’s a reference to unthinking Twitter usage.
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Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Boob Tube President
Considering all the TV watching that Trump does, could the term "boob tube" be more apt?
Thanks to the New York Times, my local newspaper, and many other online newspapers for providing me with a wide variety of information and opinion, far beyond my little corner of the world and far beyond my own biases.
Comment to “John Kelly’s Latest Mission: Controlling the Information Flow to Trump”, New York Times, 2017-08-24.
Thanks to the New York Times, my local newspaper, and many other online newspapers for providing me with a wide variety of information and opinion, far beyond my little corner of the world and far beyond my own biases.
Comment to “John Kelly’s Latest Mission: Controlling the Information Flow to Trump”, New York Times, 2017-08-24.
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
What is the reaction when NPR tweets the “Declaration of Independence”?
You will have to read “NPR’s tweets expose a thin grasp of American history?” See “NewsCut: MPR News Reflections and observations on the news”: http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2017/07/self-evident-truths-our-thin-grasp-of-history/2017-07-01.
It does make me proud to be an MPR member.
It does make me proud to be an MPR member.
Thursday, January 08, 2015
The greatest threat to Islam is…
…Islamists.
Islamists have probably killed, maimed, kidnapped, or threatened more Muslims than any other group in the world, be it Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or secular.
Islamists are among a long line of the supposedly devout that think they know better than anybody else what God/Allah wants.
Islamists have strengthened the hand of militant “Christians” who want to constrain all Muslims, regardless of how well they fit in or stand apart from the society they are in. Anti-Muslim parties are springing up in many countries, including Sweden and France.
The number of Muslims who actively oppose Islamists far exceeds those who support Islamists. The problem is that most anti-Islamist Muslims do not have AK-47s and do not blow themselves up; they only have their cell phones.
If you have a twitter account, see #notinmyname. If not, see https://twitter.com/hashtag/notinmyname. As could be predicted, a wide range of views are expressed, from Muslims who just want to go about their lives in a secular society to those who want to tar all Muslims with the actions of a few.
Islamists have probably killed, maimed, kidnapped, or threatened more Muslims than any other group in the world, be it Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or secular.
Islamists are among a long line of the supposedly devout that think they know better than anybody else what God/Allah wants.
Islamists have strengthened the hand of militant “Christians” who want to constrain all Muslims, regardless of how well they fit in or stand apart from the society they are in. Anti-Muslim parties are springing up in many countries, including Sweden and France.
The number of Muslims who actively oppose Islamists far exceeds those who support Islamists. The problem is that most anti-Islamist Muslims do not have AK-47s and do not blow themselves up; they only have their cell phones.
If you have a twitter account, see #notinmyname. If not, see https://twitter.com/hashtag/notinmyname. As could be predicted, a wide range of views are expressed, from Muslims who just want to go about their lives in a secular society to those who want to tar all Muslims with the actions of a few.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Rush Limbaugh with his big mike vs. thousands of little mikes
An interesting campaign has started to get companies to pull their advertising from the Rush Limbaugh show because of his remarks about law student Sandra Fluke. It is a twitter campaign to get companies to not advertise on Rush Limbaugh's show. You can find a bit more at "Twitter handles of advertisers still on Limbaugh's radio show; 13 now dropped".
There is a small problem that can be overcome. Many advertisers don't specify placement because their costs are less. However, they can also request that ads not be placed on certain shows.
If you have time, and you'll need it, you'll find many interesting views in the comments following the above article.
Darn, TurboTax is in the list. TurboTax didn't send me a free CD this year and I haven't ordered it yet. Should I choose another program or use one I know? Dither, dither:(
BTW, I'm sure somebody's dreamed this up, but Rush is in where angels fear to tread.
There is a small problem that can be overcome. Many advertisers don't specify placement because their costs are less. However, they can also request that ads not be placed on certain shows.
If you have time, and you'll need it, you'll find many interesting views in the comments following the above article.
Darn, TurboTax is in the list. TurboTax didn't send me a free CD this year and I haven't ordered it yet. Should I choose another program or use one I know? Dither, dither:(
BTW, I'm sure somebody's dreamed this up, but Rush is in where angels fear to tread.
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