I agree. On Jan 31, 2017 10:57 AM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >
