Notes from a retired newspaper publisher
Podcast archives at https://TheViewFromAfar.com#
A good read and a good listen. The author reads “Individuals, Journalism, and Society” at http://theviewfromafar.com/podcasts. The chapter on the 1970s is particularly relevant as leftists and Democrats abuse us all with their bogus postmodern rhetorical games.#
  • Yet another sky is falling claim proves false.#
    • REMEMBER THE HONEYBEE POPULATION COLLAPSE? WELL, THEY’RE BACK. “America’s honeybee population has rocketed to an all-time high.” https://t.co/hwVKVk996b [Link]#
  • Hate hate crime legislation because it can never be adjudicated fairly.#
    • Can one hate #HateCrime laws because they are impossible to define? https://t.co/v40PsITaMb [Link]#
  • Leftists undermining schooling.#
    • K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: ‘Equity-Based Algebra’ Is as Bad as You Imagine It to Be. https://t.co/G6OGZrYEJs [Link]#
  • Gates appears to know so little about culture and society and cares even less.#
    • .@BillGates must have missed the worthwhile courses in school. https://t.co/3kKooWK0VS [Link]#
  • We hope cooler heads prevail before push comes to shove.#
    • Our founders favored bottom-up governance over top-down rule because it dealt with such problems. — America‘s Divorce Decree, by @utahprez https://t.co/P2nUz9qK3y [Link]#
  • If you define reality as the model then it is still a model and not necessarily reality.#
    • @ScottAdamsSays @foardeetou “... in the realm of quantum physics” — Sneaky little premise you got there. [Link]#
  • And AP has yet to show that it is concerned or that it cares.#
    • In my experience, @AP’s editors have increasingly reshaped stories, omitted key content, used loaded adjectives and verbs, inserted distracting clauses, and left out relevant news. — #Hamas-shielding AP went too far, by @donsurber https://t.co/JeuGE4t5CR [Link]#
  • Extra-legal treaties.#
    • What would the U.S. #Senate do with such a non-treaty from the @UN, @WHO, and @WEF. — Tyranny Denied: Louisiana Outlaws Power-Hungry, Globalist Commie Trash https://t.co/lcLMHW1Lxt [Link]#
  • When it first appeared, postmodern word games were jokes in a book by Lewis Carroll.#
    • Spin is a #postmodern word for #lies. — #BBC’s Failed ‘#FactCheck’ of Daily Sceptic Report on Arctic Sea Ice https://t.co/bPiIjfwvQy via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#
  • Anti-social.#
    • Establishment approved provocation. — OF COURSE THEY DID, THEIR PROTESTS ARE ESTABLISHMENT-APPROVED: Yes, Hamas Supporters Felt Perfectly https://t.co/dJFTwV256f [Link]#
  • Yet some call bombing him an escalation.#
    • RT @chiIIum: BREAKING: Leader of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, was killed in the Israeli airstrike on a building… [Link]#
    • RT @SethAMandel: Iranian colonial proxy in Gaza butchered over a thousand, forcing Israelis to flee south, where another Iranian colonial p… [Link]#
  • A person of character.#
    • RT @jk_rowling: 🎉🌼���April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉... ... Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren‘t women at all, but men, every… [Link]#
  • Cloward-Piven strategy to impoverish the country and its citizens.#
    • RT @amuse: CITIZENSHIP: Did you know that the Social Security Administration no longer wants to see your birth certificate when you get a S… [Link]#
    • RT @wendyp4545: THIS is why we have to take away ALL funding from every department except their payroll and give it back to the House of Re… [Link]#
  • What happened to judicial ethics that covered even family members.#
    • RT @julie_kelly2: Ties Between Judge Merchan‘s "Child" and Adam Schiff Represent Major Conflict in Hush Money Trial https://t.co/PCbA0q9mbG [Link]#
    • RT @julie_kelly2: "Merchan’s work for Trump’s biggest antagonist on Capitol Hill helped her earn a coveted ‘rising star‘ award from Campaig… [Link]#
    • RT @julie_kelly2: In 2019/2020, Adam Schiff paid Loren Merchan‘s firm $4 million--almost 40% of Schiff‘s total disbursements that cycle. At… [Link]#
  • And what penalties can they fact for their perfidy?#
    • RT @JackPosobiec: BREAKING: JAN 6 COMMITTEE SUPPRESSED SECRET SERVICE TRANSCRIPT ... ... ORNATO TESTIMONY NOW UNCOVERED, CORROBORATES KASH PATEL‘… [Link]#
    • RT @TomFitton: COVER UP: Garland DOJ/Jack Smith hiding names of key government officials trying to jail Trump: "The public interest in know… [Link]#
  • In the new administration...#
    • RT @realchrisrufo: Priorities: Overturn Griggs v. Duke Power; rescind LBJ‘s affirmative action EO; abolish disparate impact provisions; inv… [Link]#
  • Testifying against lawfare.#
    • RT @Rach_IC: Mark Wingate, who served on the board of Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, is testifying during the DC disbar… [Link]#
    • RT @amrenewcitizen: 🚨 BOMBSHELL testimony at @JeffClarkUS‘ DC Bar trial...... ... Fulton County Election Board member Mark Wingate just testified… [Link]#
  • Actions that would open the company to a shareholder suit.#
    • RT @JonathanTurley: Disney spent millions of dollars, alienated millions of customers, and created precedent against itself. It achieved n… [Link]#
  • The Chinese infiltration.#
    • RT @ConceptualJames: Important reminder! https://t.co/lPNlIE5oGh [Link]#
  • Biden says he didn’t do the policy he signed. — He may not have known what his minions had him sign.#
    • RT @redsteeze: "I didn‘t do that." https://t.co/A0W0nVsu4G [Link]#
  • Does the FBI still believe Antifa is only an idea?#
    • RT @MrAndyNgo: "You know what to do"... An Indiana cell of Antifa @redorchestraAFA is urging violence against an April 1 speaking event featur… [Link]#
  • Postmodern tactics.#
    • RT @ConceptualJames: This is some of the most successful agitprop the contemporary Marxists have. Can you answer it? Let‘s work on a soluti… [Link]#
    • RT @cjohnson999: @ConceptualJames It is wordplay, applying positive sounding names to abhorrent practices. ... ... Never use or adopt their langu… [Link]#
    • RT @TheAmishDude: @ConceptualJames It‘s hard to tell because it‘s so thick with euphemisms.... ... If he‘s talking about abortion: Offing childre… [Link]#
    • RT @RebeccaAVelo: @ConceptualJames If I want to pay out of my own pocket to tattoo my skin red, put horns on my head & call myself Satan I’… [Link]#
    • RT @MkayUokay: @ConceptualJames Response: “Putting swear words aside, you claim half of the agenda is controlling what other people do with… [Link]#
  • If this is not treason, what is it?#
    • RT @SharylAttkisson: In 2014, a CDC senior scientist, Dr. William Thompson, confessed that he and his CDC colleagues had conspired to cover… [Link]#

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