I guess that makes them no different from Fox or Breitbart or Michael Savage then :)
On Jan 31, 2017 10:44 AM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> wrote: > The daily beast... They get their news info from Twitter > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Not sure if true, can't find sources. Still interesting reads however. >> >> >> http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/steve-bannon-will-le >> ad-trumps-white-house >> >> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/22/steve-banno >> n-trump-s-top-guy-told-me-he-was-a-leninist.html >> >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2017 9:39 AM, "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That was last week... >> >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I thought Pootie was the puppetmaster. Now I’m so confused. >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfYYl2Lcls >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince >>> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 31, 2017 9:06 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Or: Sally Yates >>> >>> >>> >>> My personal belief is that Trump is the puppet of Steve Bannon. It would >>> explain a lot of things. >>> >>> >>> >>> bp >>> >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1/31/2017 4:48 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>> >>> ....The other thing is I've already seen multiple conspiracy theories >>> describing some elaborate scheme where Trump becomes a dictator. >>> >>> >>> >>> We have to remember that when Obama was in office there were people >>> claiming that he was plotting to submit to the rule of new one world >>> government, or that he was pushing some secret "Muslim agenda", or make >>> himself a dictator, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> Conspiracy theories can be fun, but they usually can't be taken >>> seriously. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> >>> From: "Faisal Imtiaz" <[email protected]> >>> >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> Sent: 1/30/2017 9:57:57 PM >>> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Or: Sally Yates >>> >>> >>> >>> Thought provoking ! >>> >>> >>> >>> =========================== >>> >>> From Heather Richardson, professor of History at Boston College: >>> >>> "I don't like to talk about politics on Facebook-- political history is >>> my job, after all, and you are my friends-- but there is an important >>> non-partisan point to make today. >>> >>> What Bannon is doing, most dramatically with last night's ban on >>> immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries-- is creating what is >>> known as a "shock event." >>> >>> Such an event is unexpected and confusing and throws a society into >>> chaos. People scramble to react to the event, usually along some fault line >>> that those responsible for the event can widen by claiming that they alone >>> know how to restore order. >>> >>> When opponents speak out, the authors of the shock event call them >>> enemies. As society reels and tempers run high, those responsible for the >>> shock event perform a sleight of hand to achieve their real goal, a goal >>> they know to be hugely unpopular, but from which everyone has been >>> distracted as they fight over the initial event. There is no longer >>> concerted opposition to the real goal; opposition divides along the >>> partisan lines established by the shock event. >>> >>> Last night's Executive Order has all the hallmarks of a shock event. It >>> was not reviewed by any governmental agencies or lawyers before it was >>> released, and counterterrorism experts insist they did not ask for it. >>> People charged with enforcing it got no instructions about how to do so. >>> Courts immediately have declared parts of it unconstitutional, but border >>> police in some airports are refusing to stop enforcing it. >>> >>> Predictably, chaos has followed and tempers are hot. >>> >>> My point today is this: unless you are the person setting it up, it is >>> in no one's interest to play the shock event game. It is designed >>> explicitly to divide people who might otherwise come together so they >>> cannot stand against something its authors think they won't like. >>> >>> I don't know what Bannon is up to-- although I have some guesses-- but >>> because I know Bannon's ideas well, I am positive that there is not a >>> single person whom I consider a friend on either side of the aisle-- and my >>> friends range pretty widely-- who will benefit from whatever it is. >>> >>> If the shock event strategy works, though, many of you will blame each >>> other, rather than Bannon, for the fallout. And the country will have been >>> tricked into accepting their real goal. >>> >>> But because shock events destabilize a society, they can also be used >>> positively. We do not have to respond along old fault lines. We could just >>> as easily reorganize into a different pattern that threatens the people who >>> sparked the event. >>> >>> A successful shock event depends on speed and chaos because it requires >>> knee-jerk reactions so that people divide along established lines. This, >>> for example, is how Confederate leaders railroaded the initial southern >>> states out of the Union. >>> >>> If people realize they are being played, though, they can reach across >>> old lines and reorganize to challenge the leaders who are pulling the >>> strings. This was Lincoln's strategy when he joined together Whigs, >>> Democrats, Free-Soilers, anti-Nebraska voters, and nativists into the new >>> Republican Party to stand against the Slave Power. >>> >>> Five years before, such a coalition would have been unimaginable. >>> Members of those groups agreed on very little other than that they wanted >>> all Americans to have equal economic opportunity. Once they began to work >>> together to promote a fair economic system, though, they found much common >>> ground. They ended up rededicating the nation to a "government of the >>> people, by the people, and for the people." >>> >>> Confederate leaders and Lincoln both knew about the political potential >>> of a shock event. As we are in the midst of one, it seems worth noting that >>> Lincoln seemed to have the better idea about how to use it." >>> >>> COPY AND PASTE. DON"T "SHARE" >>> >>> ========================= >>> >>> >>> >>> Faisal Imtiaz >>> Snappy Internet & Telecom >>> 7266 SW 48 Street >>> Miami, FL 33155 >>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> >>> >>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> Option 2 or Email: >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From: *"That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> >>> *To: *[email protected] >>> *Sent: *Monday, January 30, 2017 9:36:57 PM >>> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Or: Sally Yates >>> >>> Commence the full stroke meltdown >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
