Saturday, March 16, 2019
Great Mothers of Mayor Cory Mason’s Ratcine #1 in a Series.
Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, From the property tax cheating Racine power Couple - The Cory Mason tribe - to the lowest of the low: https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/lifestyles-of-racines-rich-famous-politically-connected/ Racine woman accused of child neglect; squalid conditions reportedly found: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/racine-woman-accused-of-child-neglect-squalid-conditions-reportedly-found/article_25767e42-7edd-5617-a1ff-866a1b4c6597.html#tracking-source=home-trending RACINE — A Racine woman is facing neglect charges after the children in her care were found unkempt in a dirty home without running water or heat. Kayla A. Olson, of the 2600 block of Coolidge Avenue, is facing four felony charges of child neglect. Two of the charges stem from neglecting a child under the age of 6. According to the criminal complaint: On Thursday, officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of Coolidge Avenue for a welfare check. When they arrived, Olson met the officers in the front yard and told them they could check on the children in her care. Inside the house, officers reported seeing garbage, raw food and clothes on the kitchen floor with the oven open. Olson said the oven was open to heat the home. Officers said the home smelled like a landfill and they had to repeatedly step outside to get fresh air. The kitchen floor was reportedly covered in wood and glass shavings and the walls were spattered with food. Olson told police there was no running water. A 3-year-old child not wearing shoes was covered with dirt up to the pants line. The child’s face was covered with food and dirt and the child’s hair was dirty. It had been several days since the child had a bath, the child said. As officers walked further into the home, they smelled a stronger odor of raw sewage. So much garbage was in the home that they had a difficult time finding a place to walk. In the living room, there were no lights and a space heater was blowing hot air. A 7-year-old was located sitting on a bed in an upstairs bedroom wearing a winter jacket due to the cold. Next to the bed was a bin filled with feces and urine. In the bathroom, officers said the bathtub was filled with feces and urine. In the basement, there was approximately 2 feet of standing water and raw sewage. https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2019/03/16/great-mothers-of-mayor-cory-masons-ratcine-1-in-a-series/ Who holds the highest position? Inquiring minds want to know. Sincerely, Tim & Cindy
Admissions scandal unfolds amid cynicism about morals
“People think that if moral standards have eroded, why should they play
by the rules,” he said. “If they’ve lost trust in some entity or
institution, then that organization has lost the right to their
compliance with the rules.”
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/ap/national/admissions-scandal-unfolds-amid-cynicism-about-morals/article_8c949862-6ad1-5725-8988-ca053400826c.html
Rich pigs destroyed by their wealth. There are no rules anymore. Just grab what you can and to hell with everyone else.
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/ap/national/admissions-scandal-unfolds-amid-cynicism-about-morals/article_8c949862-6ad1-5725-8988-ca053400826c.html
Rich pigs destroyed by their wealth. There are no rules anymore. Just grab what you can and to hell with everyone else.
Friday, March 15, 2019
The Great Depression 1 - A job at Ford's
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His offer of high wages in exchange for hard work attracted workers to Detroit, but it began to come apart when Ford hired a private police force to speed up production and spy on employees. After the depression hit in 1929, these workers faced a new, grim reality as unemployment skyrocketed.
Check out the WINNER!
That's a mug shot of the woman arrested for Domestic Violence - not her loser boyfriend! Musta been one hell of a fight!
https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/crime/2019/03/13/wichita-falls-pd-woman-arrested-assaulting-boyfriend/3155581002/
Four for Fridays!
Good morning everyone I hope you had a good week and I hope you stayed nice and dry. I think we got lucky with not having to much flooding like some of our northern counties. Here are your questions for today.
1) Have you ever had any of the moldy looking green beer for St. Patrick's Day?
2) Have you made a wish on a four leaf clover?
3) Do you wear green for St. Patrick's Day?
4) Have you been to a St. Patrick's Day parade?
Have a great weekend Happy St. Patrick's Day and if you are going to drink please be safe!
1) Have you ever had any of the moldy looking green beer for St. Patrick's Day?
2) Have you made a wish on a four leaf clover?
3) Do you wear green for St. Patrick's Day?
4) Have you been to a St. Patrick's Day parade?
Have a great weekend Happy St. Patrick's Day and if you are going to drink please be safe!
OZ Revealed!!!
Judeo-Christian values, take 34,752 I'm sure everyone is just astonished at the news that one of the biggest grifters on the planet has finally been publicly exposed as being less than entirely morally upstanding: The SPLC fired Morris Dees yesterday and announced it today. Multiple sources have told me that the allegations of inappropriate conduct involve sexual harassment incidents. Multiple incidents that have come to light after an initial recent allegation. More of those fine Judeo-Christian values at work again, no doubt. The thing is, this guy has been known to be a creep for forty years. Apparently his crossroads deal expired. http://voxday.blogspot.com/2019/03/judeo-christian-values-take-34752.html
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Roads across Wisconsin are closed because of high water; MMSD releases sewage into Lake Michigan
From JSOnline:
Rapidly melting snow has led to flooding across areas of Wisconsin, with water over roads and highways and a sewage overflow in areas served by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, officials said.
Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/weather/2019/03/14/wisconsin-weather-snow-melt-causes-flooding-severe-storms-possible/3161566002/
What good are efforts to keep the lake clean when Milwaukee takes a huge shit in it every time it rains hard? They should be sued and forced to correct the problem. Or serve the mayor water with a turd in it. Maybe he'll get the message then.
Rapidly melting snow has led to flooding across areas of Wisconsin, with water over roads and highways and a sewage overflow in areas served by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, officials said.
Portions of
a growing number of highways and roads across Wisconsin were closed
Thursday because of high water, according to the state Department of
Transportation.
The high water is the result of snow melting so rapidly that the saturated and still frozen ground can't absorb it.
MMSD
said that it started a combined sewer overflow about 5:45 p.m.
Thursday. Melting snow taxed the capacity of its two treatment plants
for much of the day and filled much of the deep tunnel system.
The overflow means that untreated waste and stormwater is being released into Lake Michigan.
This is Milwaukee's first overflow of the year, according to spokesman Bill Graffin.Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/weather/2019/03/14/wisconsin-weather-snow-melt-causes-flooding-severe-storms-possible/3161566002/
What good are efforts to keep the lake clean when Milwaukee takes a huge shit in it every time it rains hard? They should be sued and forced to correct the problem. Or serve the mayor water with a turd in it. Maybe he'll get the message then.
A Milwaukee man is listing his apartment on Airbnb for $2,400 a night during DNC
From JSOnline:
It won't be just hotels that will cash
in when the Democratic National Convention attracts an estimated 50,000
visitors to Milwaukee.
People who list their homes for short-term stays through Airbnb.com can also expect to get bookings at higher rates.
That's according to some new research done by Anthony Pennington-Cross, a Marquette University finance professor.
"Everything is going to fill in the city," said Pennington-Cross, Marquette's Robert Bernard Bell Sr. Chair in Real Estate.
Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/real-estate/commercial/2019/03/14/airbnb-hosts-cash-democratic-convention-milwaukee/3162008002/
You can have mine for $500 a day. One bedroom, but if you have sleeping bags, it will easily sleep eight. Half upfront. Charlie and I will live out of the truck.
You can have mine for $500 a day. One bedroom, but if you have sleeping bags, it will easily sleep eight. Half upfront. Charlie and I will live out of the truck.
Needed: 4 ft. tall artificial trees or plants
If you have a couple of small, artificial trees that you want to get rid of, contact me at orbscorbs@gmail.com. I have a friend whose neighbors have positioned cameras aimed at his house. He wants to use the trees to block their view. If they move the cameras, he'll move the trees.
When Chickens Attack
Chickens in a school farm in north-western France are believed to have grouped and killed a juvenile fox. The unusual incident in Brittany took place after the fox entered the coop with 3,000 hens through an automatic hatch door which closed immediately. "There was a herd instinct and they attacked him with their beaks," said Pascal Daniel, head of farming at the agricultural school Gros-Chêne. The body of the small fox was found the following day in a corner of the coop. "It had blows to its neck, blows from beaks," Mr Daniel told AFP news agency. The farm is home to up to 6,000 free-range chickens who are kept in a five-acre site. The coop is kept open during day and most of the hens spend the daytime outside, AFP adds. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47551786
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Dear Madame Zoltar
Hello, my partners in crime! How are you? Isn't this weather delicious? Temps in the 40's. Holy cow! Spring officially starts next week. It would be nice to have a change in the weather. I'm so sick of the s-word that I could puke. Melt, melt away, please, and down the sewer grate you go. I hear it's a regular party down there. All the big shot former s-word is there. Free admission.
Milwaukee has been picked by the DNC to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Yahoo! There will be raping and pillaging in the streets. Normally quiet men and women turn into monsters and scream their candidate's name repeatedly. High class hookers will fly in from all over. The same for thieves. Pickpockets and every sort of con man will visit the area. Watch out! Better put your wallet in your underwear. Tape it to your leg. And then don't use it. That'll teach them!
If you attempt to go to the convention, you're nuts. All you can do is add to the congestion and madness in the area. Perhaps that is your intent? Then go for it. Have a good time getting wacked in the head by the cops or other hired goons. Unless you already have a ticket, no one is getting in. Even if you have a ticket, it'll be hell to pay to get in. The crowds will be huge. You'll have to fight your way through a thick wall of human flesh. Oh my!
Back on the home front, things have quieted down since Junior lost his drivers license. I think he's finally learning that there are consequences to his actions. That's a tough lesson to learn so late in life. His behavior, at least around me, has been perfect. Who is that young man in my Junior's suit?
I think that Señor Zanza really appreciates the break from all the madness. He's normally a quiet man. Junior is the one who always ratchets it up. They deserve a break from each other. Perhaps Señor Zanza is re-assessing his position in regard to Junior. Whatever, the quiet and lack of stress are wonderful.
CBD oil is a direct competitor of mine, but I have to give credit where it's due. CBD oil and its products have helped many. One is a dear friend of mine. Ann has suffered from lower back pain as long as I've known her. Doctors and chiropractors could do nothing. So I kept her doped up with some of my products, but that interfered with her job. Thank God CBD oil came along. Ann takes it daily now and no longer needs help from me or any MDs. It doesn't get her "high;" it just takes away the pain. So, based on her experience, I'm pro-CBD oil and its forms. What a wonderful thing. Completely natural. If you think you might benefit from it, try it. You never know until you try.
We're now heading into downtown Racine's festival season. This Sunday is St. Patrick's Day, but I don't know what day they'll have the parade on. That's just the start. Patronize some of these gigs. Help keep it local.
I love you, all of my readers. If you need help, contact me: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com
This warm weather is supposed to drop back into the 30's. That's OK with me. I hate that single digit crap with the winds. Winter should be about over, but who knows? The calendar means nothing to the forces that shape our world. Read each day's forecast and dress appropriately - that's the best you can do.
_________________________
Please donate: paypal.me/jgmazelis If you don't like PayPal, send me a note at madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com and I'll send you my street address so you can send a check or money order. Thank you.
Milwaukee has been picked by the DNC to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Yahoo! There will be raping and pillaging in the streets. Normally quiet men and women turn into monsters and scream their candidate's name repeatedly. High class hookers will fly in from all over. The same for thieves. Pickpockets and every sort of con man will visit the area. Watch out! Better put your wallet in your underwear. Tape it to your leg. And then don't use it. That'll teach them!
If you attempt to go to the convention, you're nuts. All you can do is add to the congestion and madness in the area. Perhaps that is your intent? Then go for it. Have a good time getting wacked in the head by the cops or other hired goons. Unless you already have a ticket, no one is getting in. Even if you have a ticket, it'll be hell to pay to get in. The crowds will be huge. You'll have to fight your way through a thick wall of human flesh. Oh my!
Back on the home front, things have quieted down since Junior lost his drivers license. I think he's finally learning that there are consequences to his actions. That's a tough lesson to learn so late in life. His behavior, at least around me, has been perfect. Who is that young man in my Junior's suit?
I think that Señor Zanza really appreciates the break from all the madness. He's normally a quiet man. Junior is the one who always ratchets it up. They deserve a break from each other. Perhaps Señor Zanza is re-assessing his position in regard to Junior. Whatever, the quiet and lack of stress are wonderful.
CBD oil is a direct competitor of mine, but I have to give credit where it's due. CBD oil and its products have helped many. One is a dear friend of mine. Ann has suffered from lower back pain as long as I've known her. Doctors and chiropractors could do nothing. So I kept her doped up with some of my products, but that interfered with her job. Thank God CBD oil came along. Ann takes it daily now and no longer needs help from me or any MDs. It doesn't get her "high;" it just takes away the pain. So, based on her experience, I'm pro-CBD oil and its forms. What a wonderful thing. Completely natural. If you think you might benefit from it, try it. You never know until you try.
We're now heading into downtown Racine's festival season. This Sunday is St. Patrick's Day, but I don't know what day they'll have the parade on. That's just the start. Patronize some of these gigs. Help keep it local.
I love you, all of my readers. If you need help, contact me: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com
This warm weather is supposed to drop back into the 30's. That's OK with me. I hate that single digit crap with the winds. Winter should be about over, but who knows? The calendar means nothing to the forces that shape our world. Read each day's forecast and dress appropriately - that's the best you can do.
_________________________
Please donate: paypal.me/jgmazelis If you don't like PayPal, send me a note at madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com and I'll send you my street address so you can send a check or money order. Thank you.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Milking and Bilking City of Ratcine Taxpayers
Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, Taxpayers and Residents of Ratcine – once again – are forced to pay for the actions of the young and the restless – and indemnify those who have acted outside the accepted rules of practice. in·dem·ni·fy /inˈdemnəˌfÄ«/ verb verb: indemnify; 3rd person present: indemnifies; past tense: indemnified; past participle: indemnified; gerund or present participle: indemnifying compensate (someone) for harm or loss. “the amount of insurance that may be carried to indemnify the owner in the event of a loss” secure (someone) against legal liability for their actions. *WHEN IS ENOUGH* *ENOUGH*? From JT: Police recruit injury ‘Horseplay’ led to $50,000 Kenosha claim regarding police recruit RACINE — An “act of horseplay” between two police recruits led to the City of Kenosha’s $50,000 claim against the City of Racine, according to a legal brief provided to Racine’s Finance and Personnel Committee. On Monday, Attorney Marisa Roubik told the committee that on March 13, 2018, a Racine Police Department recruit was sitting on the floor of the Law Enforcement Academy at Gateway Technical College’s Kenosha Campus and grabbed the legs of a Kenosha recruit. The Kenosha recruit’s legs buckled, resulting in injuries to that recruit’s right leg. So – once again Mayor Cory “Dopee” Mason and City Attorney Scott “Nopee” Letteney – just why are taxpayers paying for unauthorized and illegal “HORSEPLAY”? .... https://arrestrecordsofracinewipublicofficials.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/city-of-ratcine-taxpayers-are-dumb-cows-to-be-milked-and-bilked-as-proven-by-the-actions-of-mayor-cory-dopee-mason-and-city-attorney-scott-nopee-letteney/ ... Enough is enough - time to either hold the actor liable for the harm which was caused - or refuse to hold taxpayers and residents liable for UNAUTHORIZED NONSENSE. Just because former Mayor John Dickert wasn't criminally held responsible for his claiming an Embezzler had been fired - while campaigning for Office - deoesn't mean you can continue to float the flawed and biased ruling on n incompetent Judge - Gerald Ptacek - against the taxpaying public - forever. Sincerely, Tin & Cindy
No People Like Show People
From The Shepherd Express:
Anyways, this instructive anecdote came to me by way of a musician pal of mine and I’d like to pass it on since I believe it may be particularly helpful to the younger readers here, especially those who entertain the deluded grandiose illusions that got yours truly hooked up with professional show business in the first focking place. It’s the only gift I’ve got to give to our wayward youth, but it cost a lot, I kid you not.
“So the guys are on the job, the kind your musician would call your pick-up gig. And wouldn’t you know, one of the boys on the bandstand likes to tip a couple, three tall-and-frostys at the drop of a downbeat, any kind of downbeat you got, 24 hours a day Jack, as any working musician is wont to do. But unlike any tried and true working musician, this guy just doesn’t know the right arrangement for when it comes the time that your constitution is fully ratified, and that you make room for your next double-Scotch amendment at least somewhere near the bar, out in the parking lot during a break or better yet, how ’bout the bathroom toilet bowl for crying out loud.
“But a tried and true working musician does not heave his guts out right there on stage when getting ready for the next set, which he did. Puked it up all over the piano bench big-time, and now he’s ready to jam. But wouldn’t you know, the piano guy on the job happens to be blind, I shit you not; and moments following the launch of lunch-blow courtesy of the trombone player, he gets on the stand and sits right where he ought to, and sits right in it. ‘OK, The Way You Look Tonight, in C, let’s swing fellas.’”
I bring this up, so to speak, as an example to our young people that show biz can often be more than just trying to make ends meet by only having to work a couple, three hours a day, receiving a mention in the media once in a while and GETTING HOUNDED BY THE IRS TWENTY-FOUR FOCKING HOURS A DAY. No sir. (Hey, what’s the difference between a prostitute and the IRS? A hooker stops when you’re dead, you betcha. Ba-ding!)
I also bring this up for the young people since it occurs to me that many of them are currently torn at a crossroads by having to make a life-long choice between a career in the food-service industry or professional show business.
Allow me to recommend show business for several important reasons, the least not being that you can often sleep the live-long day through, then show up for a mere couple hours in the nighttime somewhere, do some schtick, have some cocktails and call it a focking day. Nice work if you can find it, ain’a?
But be warned. This occupation can lead to the acquiring of what they would call in a church, “bad habits.” These are habits that scientists have supposedly proven will kill you dead if persisted upon. In response to this alleged fact, the crafty show-business person always asks, “So can I do it ’till I just need glasses?” My answer would be yes.
What the neo-focking-phyte needs to know about these so-called “bad habits” is this: You will either die from them (O Death, where is thy sting?) or if you have health insurance, a trained professional will therapeutically teach you the error of your ways and means. The upshot is that if you got bad habits, enjoy them while you can. Plus, that joy can be communicated to an audience willing to be entertained in an age where joy seems to be in mighty short supply. Everybody wins, what the fock.
So in conclusion, I feel behooved to hand out the following caveat: Maybe be careful what you wish for. Example: When I was youthful, lo, those years ago, and harassed by my local draft board at a time when that could happen and I had no use for such a happening; as a joke, I would always list “professional entertainer” as my occupation on all correspondence I received from the U.S. Death Machine, even though the only stage I was trodding was post-adolescence. And come to think of it, the damn thing is that even what you don’t wish for can come true, and what the fock is that?
Hey, you tell me, ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
From: https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/no-people-like-show-people/
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? Listen, I
heard the job rate is on the upswing of late, but for the young people,
and me, not so much; so I think it best we commence with a little show
business story I recall again from some years back at the old Jazz
Oasis. The timing seems right.
(About that convention shebang coming to Beer Town? That’s for next week’s essay, what the fock.)Anyways, this instructive anecdote came to me by way of a musician pal of mine and I’d like to pass it on since I believe it may be particularly helpful to the younger readers here, especially those who entertain the deluded grandiose illusions that got yours truly hooked up with professional show business in the first focking place. It’s the only gift I’ve got to give to our wayward youth, but it cost a lot, I kid you not.
“So the guys are on the job, the kind your musician would call your pick-up gig. And wouldn’t you know, one of the boys on the bandstand likes to tip a couple, three tall-and-frostys at the drop of a downbeat, any kind of downbeat you got, 24 hours a day Jack, as any working musician is wont to do. But unlike any tried and true working musician, this guy just doesn’t know the right arrangement for when it comes the time that your constitution is fully ratified, and that you make room for your next double-Scotch amendment at least somewhere near the bar, out in the parking lot during a break or better yet, how ’bout the bathroom toilet bowl for crying out loud.
“But a tried and true working musician does not heave his guts out right there on stage when getting ready for the next set, which he did. Puked it up all over the piano bench big-time, and now he’s ready to jam. But wouldn’t you know, the piano guy on the job happens to be blind, I shit you not; and moments following the launch of lunch-blow courtesy of the trombone player, he gets on the stand and sits right where he ought to, and sits right in it. ‘OK, The Way You Look Tonight, in C, let’s swing fellas.’”
I bring this up, so to speak, as an example to our young people that show biz can often be more than just trying to make ends meet by only having to work a couple, three hours a day, receiving a mention in the media once in a while and GETTING HOUNDED BY THE IRS TWENTY-FOUR FOCKING HOURS A DAY. No sir. (Hey, what’s the difference between a prostitute and the IRS? A hooker stops when you’re dead, you betcha. Ba-ding!)
I also bring this up for the young people since it occurs to me that many of them are currently torn at a crossroads by having to make a life-long choice between a career in the food-service industry or professional show business.
Allow me to recommend show business for several important reasons, the least not being that you can often sleep the live-long day through, then show up for a mere couple hours in the nighttime somewhere, do some schtick, have some cocktails and call it a focking day. Nice work if you can find it, ain’a?
But be warned. This occupation can lead to the acquiring of what they would call in a church, “bad habits.” These are habits that scientists have supposedly proven will kill you dead if persisted upon. In response to this alleged fact, the crafty show-business person always asks, “So can I do it ’till I just need glasses?” My answer would be yes.
What the neo-focking-phyte needs to know about these so-called “bad habits” is this: You will either die from them (O Death, where is thy sting?) or if you have health insurance, a trained professional will therapeutically teach you the error of your ways and means. The upshot is that if you got bad habits, enjoy them while you can. Plus, that joy can be communicated to an audience willing to be entertained in an age where joy seems to be in mighty short supply. Everybody wins, what the fock.
So in conclusion, I feel behooved to hand out the following caveat: Maybe be careful what you wish for. Example: When I was youthful, lo, those years ago, and harassed by my local draft board at a time when that could happen and I had no use for such a happening; as a joke, I would always list “professional entertainer” as my occupation on all correspondence I received from the U.S. Death Machine, even though the only stage I was trodding was post-adolescence. And come to think of it, the damn thing is that even what you don’t wish for can come true, and what the fock is that?
Hey, you tell me, ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
From: https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/no-people-like-show-people/
Let the Internet Wars Begin
Over
the weekend, we were surprised to learn that some readers were
prevented by Facebook when attempting to share Zero Hedge articles.
Subsequently it emerged that virtually every attempt to share or merely
mention an article, including in private messages, would be actively
blocked by the world's largest social network, with the explanation that
"the link you tried to visit goes against our community standards."
To be sure, as a for-profit enterprise with its own unique set of corporate "ethics", Facebook has every right to impose whatever filters it desires on the media shared on its platform. It is entirely possible that one or more posts was flagged by Facebook's "triggered" readers who merely alerted a censorship algo which blocked all content.
Alternatively, it is just as possible that Facebook simply decided to no longer allow its users to share our content in retaliation for our extensive coverage of what some have dubbed the platform's "many problems", including chronic privacy violations, mass abandonment by younger users, its gross and ongoing misrepresentation of fake users, ironically - in retrospect - its systematic censorship and back door government cooperation (those are just links from the past few weeks).
Unfortunately, as noted above, we still don't know what event precipitated this censorship, and any attempts to get feedback from the company with the $500 billion market cap, have so far remained unanswered.
We would welcome this opportunity to engage Facebook in a constructive dialog over the company's decision to impose a blanket ban on Zero Hedge content. Alternatively, we will probably not lose much sleep if that fails to occur: unlike other websites, we are lucky in that only a tiny fraction of our inbound traffic originates at Facebook, with most of our readers arriving here directly without the aid of search engines (Google banned us from its News platform, for reasons still unknown, shortly after the Trump victory) or referrals.
That said, with Facebook increasingly under political, regulatory and market scrutiny for its arbitrary internal decisions on what content to promote and what to snuff, its ever declining user engagement, and its soaring content surveillance costs, such censorship is hardly evidence of the platform's "openness" to discourse, its advocacy of free speech, or its willingness to listen to and encourage non-mainstream opinions, even if such "discourse" takes place in some fake user "click farm" somewhere in Calcutta.
From: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-11/facebook-bans-zero-hedge
We were especially surprised by this action as neither prior to this seemingly arbitrary act of censorship, nor since, were we contacted by Facebook with an explanation of what "community standard" had been violated or what particular filter or article had triggered the blanket rejection of all Zero Hedge content.
To be sure, as a for-profit enterprise with its own unique set of corporate "ethics", Facebook has every right to impose whatever filters it desires on the media shared on its platform. It is entirely possible that one or more posts was flagged by Facebook's "triggered" readers who merely alerted a censorship algo which blocked all content.
Alternatively, it is just as possible that Facebook simply decided to no longer allow its users to share our content in retaliation for our extensive coverage of what some have dubbed the platform's "many problems", including chronic privacy violations, mass abandonment by younger users, its gross and ongoing misrepresentation of fake users, ironically - in retrospect - its systematic censorship and back door government cooperation (those are just links from the past few weeks).
Unfortunately, as noted above, we still don't know what event precipitated this censorship, and any attempts to get feedback from the company with the $500 billion market cap, have so far remained unanswered.
We would welcome this opportunity to engage Facebook in a constructive dialog over the company's decision to impose a blanket ban on Zero Hedge content. Alternatively, we will probably not lose much sleep if that fails to occur: unlike other websites, we are lucky in that only a tiny fraction of our inbound traffic originates at Facebook, with most of our readers arriving here directly without the aid of search engines (Google banned us from its News platform, for reasons still unknown, shortly after the Trump victory) or referrals.
That said, with Facebook increasingly under political, regulatory and market scrutiny for its arbitrary internal decisions on what content to promote and what to snuff, its ever declining user engagement, and its soaring content surveillance costs, such censorship is hardly evidence of the platform's "openness" to discourse, its advocacy of free speech, or its willingness to listen to and encourage non-mainstream opinions, even if such "discourse" takes place in some fake user "click farm" somewhere in Calcutta.
From: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-11/facebook-bans-zero-hedge
Monday, March 11, 2019
Milwaukee picked to host 2020 Democratic National Convention
From JSOnline:
Milwaukee's political moment has arrived.
The
city will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, edging out two
large and deep-pocketed rivals over a months-long campaign waged behind
the scenes through phone calls, contract negotiations and quiet lobbying
by some of the most powerful political figures in the country.
The announcement will be made in Milwaukee at a 3 p.m. press conference, according to DNC spokesman Brandon Galloway
The announcement comes after weeks of decision making by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.
Relying on Midwestern grit to overcome glitzier rivals, Milwaukee snagged the event over Houston and Miami.
The convention is scheduled for July 13-16, 2020, with Fiserv Forum serving as the centerpiece of the event.
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Just stop. Stop buying tickets and then complaining about how they inserted SJW poison into your favorite franchise. Stop making snarky comments and posting negative reviews about movies you paid to see. Stop supporting those who hate you, hate your politics, hate your faith, and hate your nation. Stop funding your own destruction!
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JT Claims
Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, According to JT - People of color stink and can't properly feed themselves. Do you believe that these claims are true? According to JT - People of Color can't afford to buy personal hygiene items, or even properly feed themselves and their progeny. From JT: Hygiene and community The building Giving to the Nations is taking over used to be an A&W and J&W drive-in restaurant, but it’s been vacant since 2004. The land is owned by Midtown Church of Christ, which runs an outreach center nearby, 1705 13th St. Once it opens, Giving to the Nations’ center will have a food pantry of its own, and will also offer hygiene products. Nys said that although there are plenty of food pantries around the city, there aren’t enough offering items like diapers, women’s products, and other necessities like soap and household cleaners. “There’s nowhere around here that always has hygiene products,” she said. Nys explained that it will also offer nutrition and language classes, will hopefully have its own community garden, and can also act as a “resource referral hub.” “We can get (people) hooked up with other community resources to help each other,” explained Nys, who is a pastor with Stand On His Word International Apostolic Ministry. “There’s not a lot of connectivity right now.” https://journaltimes.com/news/local/community-center-pantry-at-former-a-w-on-th-may/article_4017dc95-feb7-50e7-b7db-9e7fdaced929.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 Myself and Cindy will write a post on this disturbing situation - to call greater attention to this developing situation. Sincerely, Tim & Cindy