Years ago, and I suppose still today, there was a website called “indymedia”. It began as a hub for information and organizing at the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999. So from the get-go the organizing principle is in organizing gatherings and aligning messaging in the fight against ” globalism”, back when you can say that word without it being presumed an anti-Semitic dog whistle or some kind of entryism from leftwing politics to actual fascist or noxiously overly broadly defined “fascist” politics.
So I was listening in the early to mid lights to an interview with a webmaster for indymedia. The host was attempting to get at and get an explanation on the editorial policy of the structured website and who decides, and then when the guest denied such a thing existed get him to admit that one did. Like, it doesn’t exist because anyone can post and it remains there. Which, of course, is a lie or half truth, as they raised the important items of their concern to a permanent spot on the front page for the duration of its importance, reserved for the location that f Dick Cheney’s fund raising or the phone numbers of the National Lawyers’ Guild after last night’s Starbucks window smash fest — and had a sliding off the page sidebar marked “compost pile” where people advocating for and sending the message of tedious political figures (whether that be Kerry, Kucinich, Ron Paul, or La Roach) was dumped. There was never that answer for “By whom and how do they decide?” — because anarchism is in action, no hierarchy what so ever.
In a future date is such decisions would come to get the terms “platforming” and “deplatforming”.
I think I may have come across as something of a pre 1995 crank insisting the Internet was a nothing when at the mid and end of oughts I thought Facebook was not all that much. I just didn’t see much structurally new with it, and frankly still don’t. Just a new item in a series which gets supplanted in some parts and reshift to fit new niches in other parts by the next thing that is the same in basic fundamentals but with moderately different interfaces. Might as well be on LiveJournal for all it changes, and I mean that most sincerely. But it was at that time placed in as a landmark evolution in computer — step five with steps that included the ENIAC and the launch of the personal computer, a set up that left me flustered. Today Facebook is said to be a ghost town and dead, though I suspect in its dilapidation of one has a fairly specific purpose in maintaining contact with a select and close circle it may just be the ideal tool because of its passe state.
Looking at the Wikipedia page for indymedia, I see no one cares enough to alter effectively press promotional copy. The governing body that pretends it is not a governing body, and is thus more opaque than both pre and post Musk Twitter’s bumbling rules, gets its final word in.
There is a conservative podcast that I listen to each week which had been banned from Twitter that is now allowed back on twitter. I do not know if they are tweeting, but they can if they want.
There is a liberal podcast (or progressive) that I listen to that are so upset by Elon Musk’s Twitter ruling they have quit Twitter and are stumbling on the other social media outlet. I guess they can still tweet if they wish, but they choose not to because Musk does not censor enough of the right perceived jackals.
From what I can tell, some self important news media “exposed” Elon Musk’s stated “free speech absolutism” as falling short of that stays through essentially trolling actions in relaying his jet locations. It strikes me as a low and bizarre point in media coverage, and I do not quite know what I am supposed to make or do with it.
You have to squint a tad at the “Twitter files”. Not nothing, and valuable, but everyone interested skips its point of value to postulate more, so commentary on it has meaning less.
Sometime during the first two years of the Barack Obama presidency, A guy I was sitting next to offered some minor approval of the president. To which the other guy I was sitting next to let out a voice of disappointment and said, “I’m sorry, but” before marching into his firm worldview where anyone with support of the president was a dupe of manufactured hype from some oligarchical forces — “he was sold you you, and probably all presidents here on out are going to be such creations. Look. Do you remember anyone else who all these t-shirts and merchandise out there?”
There was John Kennedy, but that example probably just proves his point to him. Mostly we dissolve into a lucrative anti-president kitsch business.
From his stated perspective, he should love the current president, as Biden supporters barely care about him. He has affected an ice cream eating tic, and the one Biden fan internet meme — “Dark Biden” — is practically self aware in its metas. No Biden t-shirts in the offing.
His stated favorite was Mitt Romney, a man I never much disliked and where my lack of dislike would be taken as a slight by the supporters of the next president. His statement of support harkened to how Romney “saved the mess that was Utah’s Olympics corruption scandal”– a thing that I always thought was just the shuffling around of papers and declaration that the thing was solved — it succeeded by decree and because profits demanded it succeed. In that way it is like Trump’s celebrated comebacks from Bankruptcy — Trump had made his name brand an aura of success and his creditors needed to go with the line to maximize profits from that brand.
I was thinking on this with Trump’s introduction of… Trump Superhero trading cards virtual or coin or I honestly don’t know what it is. The thing about the Obama kitsch merchandise drive was it was removed from the presidential candidate — Shephard Fairey designed his famous poster not directed by the Obama campaign. Trump, meanwhile, after his white house term and at least ostensibly seeking a new term drops this atcha. I have no idea what that Romney supporter thought of President Trump, but I do hope, from his stated premise, he deemed the same problems with Trump and Trump supporters as he did with Obama — except on steroids and to an nth degree.
Begin to understand an appeal of spectator sports, which is that this is the political fumbling on the alternative — with this activist group working and succeeding at some level to turn and churn mass entertainment and art to preach atcha — their simplified message which blunts out an opposing opinion. (Buzzwords abound here. “White Supremacy”. This group aches to see the epic struggle of a poor black woman’s cross country hitchhiking journey to get to a state where she can plop in and get the deed done. Which, to be sure, actually has more potential as a story telling arc than what she seems to be demanding — the “friends you meet along the way” and all that.)
like, what if we had time-traveling abortion providers: sci-fi but with abortion?
Hey! At long last, an advocate for the grand thought experiment — somebody greenlight and do that “Let’s abort Hitler” story! It can be an entire series. Abort a historical monstrosity each week. Save the “Abort Charles Manson” one for sweeps month, though. For the sake of representation — can’t just be white men — we do need the Ida Iman and then the Marjorie Taylor Greene episodes.
By definition, I never heard of the WNBA star. And she is now more famous as a former Russian held prisoner than anything, forever connected with someone known as “The Merchant of Death” in what is perceived as a lopsided prisoner exchange.
Taking a step back it is not quite as bad as all that. The proma fade complaints run to — “imagine if the US government had traded for Osama Bin Laden!”. It is not exactly the same. Everyone knew Osama Bin Laden in the year 1999. I mean, I knew the name — if not as many particulars as a couple years’ hence. This ” Merchant of Death” has the wrong article in front of him. He is not “the” merchant of death. He is “a” merchant of death. Merchants of Death are a dime a dozen. He gets ascribed the “the” to fit the grand narrative of horrors.
I see in the commentary that I am officially a sexist or racist or part of a racist or sexist society and culture for thinking on some level, the woman had it coming. And for not really knowing who the heck she is. On my first question — “what the hell is she doing Russia? She knows there was wartime histilities percolating, right?” — I get an obnoxious answer. She is the victim of circumstances, they say (or, one jackass on CNN or The View), in having to play in Russia because the US market is not paying her enough — not caring to watch women’s athletic competition. The good news here is beyond a handful of big name players, I have no idea of current NBA stars either — and the only reason I know one of the names is because he is entertained Flat Earth conspiracy theories.
On the big “what about that other guy — still rotting in Russian prison!” — circumstantially I can almost go ahead with this defense: he, trained in the military, is more up to the challenge of surviving than she, trained in hoop playing. Triage — free the person less capable of psychological survival. He should be able to hold up — I guess.
There is an interesting irony. You may be better to be captured and forced into a North Korean sham trial and prison, in terms of the government freeing you without this hub ub. With North Korea we sent Clinton to stand and stare blankly in a photograph with their leader — it is all he wanted — to feel important. We got no leverage with Russia’s government. I mean, did you not hear there is a war going on?
Over the course of the midterm election cycle, I noticed some stories from Arizona Democrats grumbling that Krysten Synema was doing no campaigning on behalf of Arizona Democrats, their implication being something like — she’s in it for herself, and is getting the corporate money and running. The question I had was — given her poll numbers amongst her party, did the various Democratic candidates want her? I suppose there was some theoretical room for some theoretical candidate who needed a mass of Republican leaning votes, but it would have to be a damper on any “get out the base” vote on her surrogacy.
She knows the poll numbers. She won’t win a Democratic primary, so she bolts. Just as Arlen Specter did. For rhetorical positioning she can’t step in as a Republican, but I guess the party may just clear the way for her. I don’t know the politics enough to know if her path in a Republican primary is done — we have multiple conservative Democrat switchers who got tagged as socialists and dragged for party line votes in Republican primaries — but then on the other gand… Who is Trump?
What is fascinating is that she did not do this before the Georgia run-off. The “senate in the balance” may be a winning line to sway the electorate — voting as they did for all statewide Republicans not named Walker. But then, I am not entirely certain at the end Herschel Walker was in it — and if asked for such help from Sinema would have just as soon asked for a delay so he could quietly exit on election day (as against the Trump — Lake line of thinking any election that goes against them is invalid). But that is just conjecture.
Update: I initially saw a mistaken report that she was going to caucus with the Republicans. But I guess not. She is Lieberman. She did a Joe Manchhin before Joe Manchin had a chance to — and with less theoretical benefit for the Democrats on the premise — he who said if it’ll help I’ll drop the name Democrat so I can continue to oppose where I do.
… By any reasonable reading of platforms, the Green Party sits opposed to Larouche inc with a greener newer deal than anything any Democrat has, but — Hey! They oppose Ukraine aid so why not?
A curious question on the common phrase, this applied to Sam Sedar who apparently keeps a watch on Jimmy Dore. Is the user trying to make their case for Jimmy Dore’s insignificance?
Nick Brana at next Schiller Institute meet:Awesome, now Dore’s “People’s Party” is herding people into LaRouche recruitment sessions … … … Hilarious how all these dorks hopped onto the LaRouche payroll almost overnight, really want to know where their cash infusion came from
Another thing a Diane Sare campaign gets her, even with non-existent votes, is an in with ex RT America host now podcaster Lee Camp. Looking at his Wikipedia page, it appears just a tad in his describing his show as not getting Russian censorship government or direction — or at the least it is just his personal choice in shutting down guest comments on the Russian government.
And Sputnik of Russian state media does not appear to know the insignificance of the title “ex Senate Candidate“.
Anyways, Louis on the sidewalk had “Lyndon Larouche was right!” and “Bring Back Trump!” and seemed very agitated, and so very very very out of place in the perma-bougie nouveau-riche Premium Mediocre oasis that is Los Gatos, where middle aged and boomer folks with too much disposable income waste it on very milquetoast fashion choices and bland conversations about bond markets and where to get a good eyebrow threading by someone who speaks English good. […]
To see this gaudy-ass fringe protest dullard do an intense 1000 inch stare between a Thai Restaurant and a Charles Schwab office was bizarre, but seemed like a strange distillation of the id of so many citizens right now:
Conspiratorially transfixed, paranoid, willfully daft AF, but mostly looking dangerously like the political equivalent to a septugenarian incel with a coupon for Paul’s Gun and Grenade Emporium he’s waiting to use.
A little bit like the dilemma with The Onion, where nothing much existed beyond the headline. The lactose intolerance plot story is flat. This proclamation against Pokemon has the problem of being within Larouche literature history. The British Spanking Controversy gives the author away as being interested off of Larouche adjacent partial purveyors of the messages. I guess the highlight is THE SEXUAL IMPOTENCE OF BOB THE BUILDER — showing a knowledge of the history.
The one thing about Kari Lake and Donald Trump as against the Larouchies on this matter — see Trump here — Lake and Trump at least won over 40 percent of the vote.
Question: what other cults “infiltrated” the Democratic Party? And seeing that I myself wouldn’t consider the handful of nominations of Larouchies over the years does not count as infiltration, what is your threshold for “infiltration”?
On this question: How the heck did a crazy LaRoucheite get 34.9% ?
Space Larouche and Geoff Young conciliatory enough to debate the great issues of the day — Trump v Desantis.
XIV. New Mexico
Trump fan, multiple criminal, Larouchite by way of Trump — the lpac linker … Trump just announced for 2024. I stand with him. I never conceded my HD 14 race. Now researching my options. Election results: 73.6 to 36.4
Why is he campaigning for a New Mexico seat in Michigan?
The story behind Caleb Maupin’s relationship with the Larouche movement. I have zero idea where Dore is going. So Caleb first joined with the LaRouche Movement during Occupy Wall street, and this is according to his then roommate or classmate, can’t remember the woman’s name. […]. if you notice Haz, Fox Green ect all claim to not know anything about LaRouche before joining the movement 2 weeks later. Waiting on Jimmy Dore to out himself.
Sigh. Mumia and Saab suck. i never have gotten enough on Peltier’s case to have a judgement, other than his cause always gets lumped in with Mumia’s so I automatically view it as suspect even if it might not be. Gawd, I hate this strain of the Left.
Australian Citizens Party , formerly the Citizens Electoral Council of Australia, is a minor political party in Australia affiliated with the LaRouche Movement which was led by American political activist and conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche. Australian Citizens Party.
XIX. Couple Points from multiple directions
This is a mid-tier use of conspiracy theory. Not good, but there are damned worse. Have it in for Jim Jatras, and find him next to various others you have it in for, and spot A notion he takes a tad more seriously I myself may muse over from time to time.
The #NachDenkSeiten ask me why I write that the once left-wing blog is “going to the right” and “conspiracy ideology”. Serious? But of course I’m very happy to comply with this request. #Thread
I summarized a few points for the
@Volksverpetzer in October. It’s not just about praise for AfD positions on the war against Ukraine, but also about the anti-democratic #Forum in #Plauen :
The #NachDenkSeiten had acknowledged the work of the forum in Plauen in several articles, but they did not go into the alliances with Reich citizens, conspiracy ideologues and lateral thinkers.
Forum leader David Thiele mentioned just a few days ago in a video “our work in connection with reflection pages”, incidentally in the same breath as a reference to a cooperation with the “Schiller Institute” of the political sectarian Helga Zepp-LaRouche:
There are a number of more things to say about #Forum in #Plauen . The editor-in-chief of #NachDenkSeiten , Jens Berger, left my question – like all other questions – unanswered. So once again: Why does the blog make propaganda for right-wing extremists?
The thing is that the discussion on vampires versus werewolves would be a mildly amusing divergence if there were any substance to the candidate otherwise. I suppose there might be something to the fact that no movie appears to match Walker’s spiel, indicating he is blurring some lazily recalled media together — but that happens. Obama once mismatched Star Wars and Star Trek. But then that is one point — Obama did so when explaining how he nor nobody could get all that they want through a congressional system — Walker … Did he have a point?
In defense against automatic chiding of Jeffries’s brand of partisanship.:
So, to review, he called Donald Trump—the undisputed originator (let that slide, but note its inaccuracy) and propagator (better) of the birther lie, and a man who JUST THIS WEEK had an intimate dinner with a public antisemite and a holocaust denier—”The Grand Wizard of Pennsylvania Avenue.” Wow. He was way off, wasn’t he Tra?
And cometh from this, this canard.
Really…Biden, Obama and Clinton spoke at Sen Byrds funeral…they socialized and worked with him for years. Al Sharpton ran for President and went to the White House and advised Obama. If Jeffries call them Grand Wizard I’d give him a pass…one fking dinner with someone no one knows…really f-ing really
Both Obama and Clinton addressed Byrd’s early career history as a Klansman. Clinton’s speaking on it was actually, if you bother with its merit, in its kind of politically incorrect and apologetic nature, controversial — and could be adapted to use for someone like Storm Thurmond — probably to stunted effect short of where a partisan wishes to go with it, but nonetheless Thurmond is a better analogy for Byrd than … (Looking down in this comments section)… “some guy no one’s heard of.” — A decade and a half out, Byrd — now most famous as the master of federal fund procurement into his state — is receding into memory and the latest generation “Zoomer” knows jack about him.
Wasn’t Biden friends with an actual KKK Grand Wizard? Short answer: no. Didn’t he go to his funeral and give a eulogy? Trump is an idiot and plays footsy with white nationalist, Biden was actual friends with the leadership of the KKK. Again: no. Byrd. Minor low level Klan member. Dumped when he got into electoral politics. Not a high level member, let alone Chief Honcho.
Oh goody! The 2016 election denier.
An attempt of equivalence. There is an element within the narrative which is false or off — sure, Russia or the Kremlinhas “colluded” and attempted polin every election— as is the basics of special ops — but we drain at the election mechanics that has Trump as of now touching for Kari Lake’s stolen election.
Ronny Elliott "Mr. Edison's Electric Chair"
Bobby Short "Don't Bring Lulu"
TV On the Radio "Dreams"
Archers of Loaf "White Trash Heroes"
Murray Attaway "Fear of God"
Fountains of Wayne "I Want an Alien for Christmas"
The Divorce "Yes"
The Bluetones "Mudslide"
Black Box Recorder "Brutality"
Meat Puppets "Leaves"
Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood"
Neil Young "Keep on Rocking in the Free World"
The Louvin Brothers "The Great Atomic Power"
Social media politics
December 18th, 2022Years ago, and I suppose still today, there was a website called “indymedia”. It began as a hub for information and organizing at the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999. So from the get-go the organizing principle is in organizing gatherings and aligning messaging in the fight against ” globalism”, back when you can say that word without it being presumed an anti-Semitic dog whistle or some kind of entryism from leftwing politics to actual fascist or noxiously overly broadly defined “fascist” politics.
So I was listening in the early to mid lights to an interview with a webmaster for indymedia. The host was attempting to get at and get an explanation on the editorial policy of the structured website and who decides, and then when the guest denied such a thing existed get him to admit that one did. Like, it doesn’t exist because anyone can post and it remains there. Which, of course, is a lie or half truth, as they raised the important items of their concern to a permanent spot on the front page for the duration of its importance, reserved for the location that f Dick Cheney’s fund raising or the phone numbers of the National Lawyers’ Guild after last night’s Starbucks window smash fest — and had a sliding off the page sidebar marked “compost pile” where people advocating for and sending the message of tedious political figures (whether that be Kerry, Kucinich, Ron Paul, or La Roach) was dumped. There was never that answer for “By whom and how do they decide?” — because anarchism is in action, no hierarchy what so ever.
In a future date is such decisions would come to get the terms “platforming” and “deplatforming”.
I think I may have come across as something of a pre 1995 crank insisting the Internet was a nothing when at the mid and end of oughts I thought Facebook was not all that much. I just didn’t see much structurally new with it, and frankly still don’t. Just a new item in a series which gets supplanted in some parts and reshift to fit new niches in other parts by the next thing that is the same in basic fundamentals but with moderately different interfaces. Might as well be on LiveJournal for all it changes, and I mean that most sincerely. But it was at that time placed in as a landmark evolution in computer — step five with steps that included the ENIAC and the launch of the personal computer, a set up that left me flustered. Today Facebook is said to be a ghost town and dead, though I suspect in its dilapidation of one has a fairly specific purpose in maintaining contact with a select and close circle it may just be the ideal tool because of its passe state.
Looking at the Wikipedia page for indymedia, I see no one cares enough to alter effectively press promotional copy. The governing body that pretends it is not a governing body, and is thus more opaque than both pre and post Musk Twitter’s bumbling rules, gets its final word in.
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