Really no different than any media outlet I remember when it was called news I prefer media now, its more appropriate
i liked today in the sessions hearing, the fine democratic Senator presented an opinion piece from WaPo (lolz) as fact, but caveated it with "if this is true" we literally have devolved as a society to that point On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> > -- 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.
