tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post1841913429605539379..comments2024-03-19T08:00:47.428-05:00Comments on Stilton's Place: Fake News and the Horse They Rode In OnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-75165551123299405592018-08-15T14:25:17.331-05:002018-08-15T14:25:17.331-05:00worst candy ever - Necco wafers..
I think they ma...<br />worst candy ever - Necco wafers.. <br />I think they made them from left over goo from the cigs, and it seemed that all the colors tasted like black licorice - gross. <br />Circus peanuts are a close 2nd... Mom loves 'em, I could never stand the things. Yep, remember nik-el-nips. <br />Anyone else remember 'Marathon Bars'? a bout a foot of chocolate covered caramel, presented as a braid? Tag line of 'lasts a good, LONG time'...<br />Had the munchies once, got one. OMFG, trying to eat that thing w/ cotton mouth was a Herculean task... <br /><br />Agreed, some candy corn is MUCH more edible than others.. I suspect Brach's has a better suger / HFCS ratio than some others. <br />DEFINATELY a color nibbler... <br /><br />Did you know that blue M&Ms taste different? It's true, eat about 10 in a row, then a different color, and it will taste different.. <br /><br />Old Cannonballs - Also possibly related to the 'pick up' concept known as 'negging'. Pete (Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-32681144501935475322018-08-15T01:06:51.324-05:002018-08-15T01:06:51.324-05:00@Emmentaler Limburger, the "puffy" candy...@Emmentaler Limburger, the "puffy" candy cigarettes were actually chewing gum. <br /><br />@Stilt, maybe home-schoolers will take up your idea. At least there will be some small number of people who will see through the lies.<br /><br />JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-31304335587932537902018-08-14T17:48:55.287-05:002018-08-14T17:48:55.287-05:00Like many others, we unsubscribed from our small h...Like many others, we unsubscribed from our small home town newspaper 10 yrs ago. I think they went down to one part time reporter 15 years ago, local news is thin and they don't even carry the crime reports from the local PD or any reports from the fire department. This year they went from six days a week to two days a week. <br />We get more news from our local internet Chet Chat Facebook groups, the county incident group, Auburn PD page,the county Sheriff page, the CHP page, on and on. And don't forget Twitter too. <br />I do really like my comics, I find the them here. https://www.gocomics.com/comics/a-to-z<br />and there's more if you search. ☺ <br />And don't forget the "Hope & Change" group of great people. ☺Joseph EThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06709206065509079427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-60101448368325360152018-08-14T10:21:23.440-05:002018-08-14T10:21:23.440-05:00@Whoopie - Brilliant!@Whoopie - Brilliant!Pete (Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-16633330192590311942018-08-14T08:59:07.456-05:002018-08-14T08:59:07.456-05:00I've been reading your columns for years, and ...I've been reading your columns for years, and like most people I just read them, smile, and then it's on to my next saved favourite. (Canadian eh?) I never miss your posts except sometimes I save up Johnny Optimism and read several at once. <br />Anyway, I rarely comment but I thought I'd drop by and say hello. Your cartoons, characters & commentaries seem to always hit the nail on the head. <br />Good luck with your endeavours (Canadian eh?) and congratulations on your renovations. Been there, done that<br />Cheers,<br />Mr. Bits<br />Mr. Bitsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-56882755473837860952018-08-14T07:10:39.034-05:002018-08-14T07:10:39.034-05:00@Stilton: I, too, am a great fan of Candy Corn - e...@Stilton: I, too, am a great fan of Candy Corn - especially Brach's. But, alas! I only vaguely recall the "puffy" candy cigarettes. In later years - the years of my misspent youth - they were simply equal-length extrusions of the crap, very obviously pinch off at each end and left to dry. Crimony! They didn't even bother coloring the ends anymore. I think I saw the last of them in the late 70s or early 80s when, due to social(ist) health consciousness, they were no longer packaged in cigarette pack-like boxes named after herbicides (yup! The "Cowboy" ones - think Marlboro - were literally called "Round Up"...) rebranded "candy sticks", and all the cool drizzled away from letting them stain your lips white. (By then , it was of no consequence, though: I had moved on to the real things.) I actually loved the damned things. And, like smoking cigarettes, couldn't figure out why...<br /><br />I also remember the chocolate ones: paper wrapped to look like the real thing, with red tip and mottled brown base. The interior more like the candy lips than actual chocolate - kind of like Palmer chocolate Easter bunnies: waxy with just a HINT of cocoa. And the highly desired and much vaunted chocolate cigars...<br /><br />Ah, life! Ah, youth and innocence - to whence hast thou fled...<br /><br />@Dan: <i>No wonder I have a BMI of three million.</i><br /><br />LOL!Emmentaler Limburgerhttp://pateratic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-22262681220207074392018-08-13T22:43:18.997-05:002018-08-13T22:43:18.997-05:00Yummy. Candy cigarettes, bubble gum cigars, baby ...Yummy. Candy cigarettes, bubble gum cigars, baby ruths, clark bars, salt water taffee, <b><i>candy corn!!!</i></b>. <br /><br />No wonder I have a BMI of three million.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668828493801753456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-83374550702323573382018-08-13T21:03:48.705-05:002018-08-13T21:03:48.705-05:00I like it! Great idea.I like it! Great idea.Linda Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047390228121104610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-36897950036838298772018-08-13T19:38:08.224-05:002018-08-13T19:38:08.224-05:00@Stinking Bishop: Ah, the good old days when kids ...@Stinking Bishop: Ah, the good old days when kids ate a lot of crap and enjoyed it!<br />I remember everything mentioned so far, as well as wax lips and mustaches. Back in the '50s, there were two candy stores within a block of my house. You could go in with a dime and come out with a small paper bag full of great candy. Anyone remember those "flying saucers"? They were circular and hollow and had tiny granules of candy inside. To me, the "saucer" itself tasted like a communion wafer.<br />As far as those small wax soda bottles, you could actually get a six pack of them.<br />And as a diet enhancer, remember when Baby Ruth bars weighed a quarter pound? <br />I think all the crap we ate kind of immunized us against many of the childhood maladies. I think that viruses took one look around and said "I'm outta here". (although in my case they didn't fight off the polio epidemic in the early 50's--I was lucky and have no after effects.) NVRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683217941649062534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-21600936687538188242018-08-13T17:33:20.272-05:002018-08-13T17:33:20.272-05:00@Whoopie- What a great list! I think we need to ge...@Whoopie- What a great list! I think we need to get you on the staff of Weasel Words, LLC as soon as possible! (grin)<br /><br />@Shelly- It's a pity that the term "yellow journalism" has fallen into disfavor, since it described such a real problem. These days, though, it would be accused of having racial undertones. Because people are idiots.<br /><br />@James Daily- I agree right down the line. Very well said.<br /><br />@Stinking Bishop- Those fluid filled bottles of noxious syrup were, if I recall, Nik-L-Nips. Which would probably be considered an offensive name now to both those of Japanese descent, and those possessing nipples. Yeah, they were truly bad - a burst of noxious flavor followed by the thrill of chewing candle wax. Good times!<br /><br />@Linda Fox- Well look at you! Here I am jawing away and you're actually DOING things! (Ah, to be young again...)<br /><br />@John the Econ- You make a fine point: who is going to be convinced of ANYthing by these editorials? Whose minds will be changed? And for that matter, DO people even change their minds anymore? For all of the time and effort I've poured into these pages, I don't kid myself that I've changed any minds. Although I absolutely ache for the chance to do so by engaging in real conversation with people who have opposing viewpoints but open minds. <br /><br />In college, I took a logic course which drove me crazy because so many students just couldn't get it. If A = B and B = C, then A = C, right? I sat through hours of class time with kids arguing that it didn't make sense. Then hit 'em with something like "Some A's are B's, and some B's are C's, therefore some A's must be C's - true or false?" The debate would go on forever.<br /><br />@Emmentaler Limburger- Yes, but the great thing about those candy cigarettes was that if you blew through them, a little puff of powdered sugar "smoke" would come out. At least, I <i>think</i> it was powdered sugar. Could have been flour or cocaine for all I know.<br /><br /> @Colby Muenster- One of the hardest things for me to give up was the comics pages in our local paper. I LOVE cartoon strips (duh, huh?) and followed my favorites for years. But I just had to let them go rather than put up with the company they kept.<br /><br />@Velveeta Processed Cheese Food- I'm going to have to put in a good word for candy corn. For those of us with borderline OCD, it's a pleasure to nibble off exactly one color at a time. Mmmm!<br /><br />@Alfonso Bedoya- Great point about making sure kids learn how statistics can lie! Plus, it would be fun to ask the kids questions like "If your salary is raised by 100%, but then your new salary is reduced by 50%, will you be making more money than you used to?"<br /><br />One of my other favorite "bent statistics" cliches are the businesses that claim to be the "fastest growing" in their field. Well yeah, if you had one customer and now have two, you're growing at a 100% rate...which is pretty hard for a mega-corporation like Apple or Netflix to match. But without understanding numbers and statistics, people are just bamboozled.<br /><br />@Fred Ciampi- And so do liars! ("Lairs" are where one brews moonshine).<br /><br />@William Bartlett- Well done...and perfectly accurate! Maggot therapy for bad wounds and burns is actually being used again in medicine, and you can bet that any doctors using this technique are well versed in how to sell it. But it's true - with a little practice, one can make pretty much ANYthing sound good or bad.<br /><br />@Old Cannonballs- That's an interesting angle and it makes perfect sense. I've also read that the reason scam letters claiming that a Nigerian Prince has left you a bajillion dollars ("all we need, dear, is your bank account information for purposes of quick deposit!") are so stupid and transparent is that the senders WANT to weed out everyone but total idiots to work the scam on. So what seems like ineptitude is actually wicked clever. What a world.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-13132677389910783582018-08-13T15:42:23.843-05:002018-08-13T15:42:23.843-05:00@FlyBoy- Well played, sir!
@Will Hepburn- I'd...@FlyBoy- Well played, sir!<br /><br />@Will Hepburn- I'd love to see it happen. Although I'd actually like to introduce my program to school kids much younger than high school age, with perhaps a more nuanced version available to those older kids.<br /><br />@Section147- That's pretty much what happened with our "local" paper; suddenly almost everything was just syndicated content from big liberal outlets. And if I wanted to subscribe to the NYT, I'd just do <i>that</i>. Although, and I hate to admit this, I actually <i>do</i> pay a subscription fee to the NYT to get access to their crossword puzzles. I'm not proud of it, though (wry grin).<br /><br />@Dick Lowman- Thank you, sir!<br /><br />@Quail- I referenced your post above. I'm glad to see this course even exists, but I feel like the word "Propaganda" lands with a resounding THUD. It just <i>sounds</i> heavy and off-putting and no fun to study. My idea would be exactly what you describe - something "more exciting visually for younger kids." I actually have some experience (dare I say "expertise?") in that very area. I'm a bit barnacle-like to kickstart it myself, but I'd love to get involved with a well-funded group that could make it happen.<br /><br />@Linda Fox- I like your conspiratorial enthusiasm, but I have no idea what a "moodle" is...though it sounds cozy. I'm an absolute ignoramus when it comes to social media. Or social interaction in general (grin). But I'll give this some thought!<br /><br />@rickn8or- You're right about broadcast news. Terrifyingly, the future is going to be individualized streaming of (ahem) "news" directly to consumers, with content tailored to please the tastes and beliefs of each individual. Confirmation bias will be the norm, effectively bringing real communication between people about issues to an end - they'll be operating from entirely different "facts." Scary, scary stuff.<br /><br />@Linda Fox- Thanks for that update. "Not that difficult to use" is one of my favorite phrases.<br /><br />@TrickyRicky- Well, Holy Crap. That's one hell of a story. Thanks for calling it to our attention!<br /><br />@Unknown- Wow, did you just hit another hot button of mine! No, kids can't string facts together to make a logical conclusion anymore. And they aren't being taught that this is an absolutely critical skill. Because of ubiquitous "smart" phones, every kid now has access to all the information in the world...but mistakes "access" for "mastery." Being able to summon up facts without understanding them is only slightly better than total ignorance. I don't mean to sound like too much of a Luddite, but <i>damn</i> these smartphones and what they're doing to our kids and society.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-6048331722583810612018-08-13T15:19:59.878-05:002018-08-13T15:19:59.878-05:00@Fred Ciampi- We need more Mrs. Johnsons! I have n...@Fred Ciampi- We need more Mrs. Johnsons! I have no idea if kids are being taught - <i>really</i> taught - the lessons of "1984" and "Animal Farm" these days, but they sure should be. <br /><br />And to give the Devil his due, I've never seen anyone better at speaking eloquently and saying nothing (or implying everything) than Barack Obama. Like you, I'd listen to the man and go slack jawed. Clearly, there weren't enough of us really listening.<br /><br />@Geoff King- Excellent point. Control of the media is <i>so</i> politically one-sided that it's something of a wonder that ANY of us still know (mostly) what's actually going on. Part of that is due to the Internet, and part of it is that the Left has badly overplayed their hand and much of what they say just obviously conflicts with reality.<br /><br />@Judi King- "Brainwashed" is right. And I wonder how many on the Left would be supportive of my idea to teach kids how to spot lies and misleading statements? Note that I would NOT want to teach ideology...I'd want kids to be able to spot lies <i>wherever</i> they're coming from. You'd think such a notion could get bipartisan support.<br /><br />@Emmentaler Limburger- Great comment. I completely agree, and I wonder who <i>can</i> eventually fill Trump's shoes? He is clearly his own phenomenon at this point.<br /><br />@Frank Levine- I applaud your method of celebrating the First Amendment <i>and</i> recycling at the same time!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-76602081225836094352018-08-13T15:19:15.348-05:002018-08-13T15:19:15.348-05:00@Mike L- Not too many years ago, I couldn't ha...@Mike L- Not too many years ago, I couldn't have conceived of NOT taking my daily local newspaper. But over time, the paper lost more and more local content and what was left was unacceptably biased. I currently subscribe to the Wall Street Journal which I hold in high regard - but don't always agree with. That being said, I find their actual reporting to be genuinely fair and balanced.<br /><br />@REM1875- I agree. Plus, it seems like the media has been playing a game of "how much can we get away with?" for a long time, and has gotten worse and worse as a result. They should, by all means, be held accountable - and I think the marketplace can handle it.<br /><br />@Phoebe- What a great comment! Bless you for the work you did on this while you were doing it professionally. And I'd like to think that the situation <i>isn't</i> hopeless, but it wouldn't take much work to convince me that it is.<br /><br />@Rod- I think teaching about logical inconsistency in schools would be like a meeting of matter and antimatter - the whole system would go KABOOM!<br /><br />And I think you may be right about "breast enhancement" being a current topic in journalism schools. Pardon my sexism, but I'm pretty sick of "news babes" who look good on camera but don't really have much to say.<br /><br />@Jim Irre- No question that the liars in the media are good at what they do. As a former ad man, I have to sometimes offer up the slow clap in appreciation of particularly effective weasel wording.<br /><br />@Jay Dee- Very, very well put. I agree with every word!<br /><br />@Michael Macray- Exactly!<br /><br />@Bobo the Hobo- I'm perfectly serious about the idea. My idea is that such a school program would last about a week, and it would be designed to be fun and interactive. Another comment further down actually links to a school program that address the subject, but describes it in terms of how to process "propaganda." That's <i>way</i> too off-putting a word for what I've got in mind. I'd rather introduce kids to the idea of "word weasels" (complete with a cartoony representation) and how we can spot the little rascals in their hiding places and thwart them. Where's a genius grant when you really need one?<br /><br />@Cathy Monroe- You're right! Sadly, I think we need a simplified (and enjoyable) update.<br /><br />@steve on the left coast- Great point that "fake news" was originally invented to use as a slam against Trump (who, granted, was saying some pretty wacky things) but that Trump absolutely owns the term now and uses it as a very effective cudgel. I don't always agree with The Donald, but I <i>do</i> support him. At the point I finally threw in my lot with him on these pages, I opined that he was a bull in a china shop...but that was exactly what we needed. I haven't changed my mind.<br /><br />@Fish Out of Water- You're right, and that's why the fake news media <i>hates</i> the term "Fake News Media."<br /><br />@McChuck- I'm glad to hear that it was being done <i>somewhere</i> and I'd be delighted to find out that it's still being taught today. And by "delighted" I mean "shocked."Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-64482321049044637282018-08-13T14:21:49.345-05:002018-08-13T14:21:49.345-05:00Another quirky aspect of advertising worth examini...Another quirky aspect of advertising worth examining is the way that commercials that insult the viewer's intelligence tend to be enormously effective. Apparently the mechanism behind this phenomenon is that viewers dismiss those commercials because they regard themselves as far too clever to be influenced by them, thereby lowering their guard and leaving themselves wide open to a karate chop to the medulla oblongata (or was that the cerebral cortex? One of them funny-sounding brain parts, anyhow).<br /><br />I wonder if there's a parallel here to the way the lamestream media shamelessly insults the public's intelligence? Could it be by design?Old Cannonballsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-49989659794555325962018-08-13T14:00:06.801-05:002018-08-13T14:00:06.801-05:00! Maggots eat the dead flesh in a wound.
2 removin...! Maggots eat the dead flesh in a wound.<br />2 removing dead flesh flesh in a wound makes it harder for bacteria to take hold.<br />3 over use of antibiotics has caused some microbes to become resistant to them.<br />4 Maggots clean wounds so that resistant antibiotic ar less needed<br />5 wounds cleaned by maggots heal faster.<br />6 Maggot breeding industry provides thousand of new jobs<br />7 Maggot packaging industry provide even more jobs<br />8 Studying maggots provides jobs<br />9 FDA da approved them as a valid “medical device.” Helps justify FDA<br />10 This challenge amused me.<br />Stoneager.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01572142549530291228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-23399300433193451532018-08-13T13:52:58.421-05:002018-08-13T13:52:58.421-05:00Alfonso, figures don't lie ... but lairs figur...Alfonso, figures don't lie ... but lairs figure....Fred Ciampihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088811777685044911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-82052897998952250792018-08-13T13:40:54.750-05:002018-08-13T13:40:54.750-05:00Additionally, children should be given a basic cou...Additionally, children should be given a basic course in how statistics can lie, merely by using percentages, e.g. Saw a clip on Varney & Company this morning on how illegal immigration from Canada had increased by over 142%. After having taken a year of statistics in college as part of my BizAd requirements, I immediately had to question just what 142% meant. 142% of what? <br /><br />For instance, say that the drumming instructor in a college music class experienced a 100% increase in his student load, and should therefore be considered for a pay raise. Sounds impressive? Looking deeper, if the instructor had one student, then accepted only one more student, he would have experienced that very impressive 100% increase. This is why I shake my head and perk up my ears when I see percentage figures dangled before me in conversation, on TV, on the internet or anywhere else. <br /><br />Without actual numbers being mentioned, percentages don't mean a damned thing. Statistics can be bent into pretzel-like nonsense by fake news charlatans; as such, the uninitiated can often easily be fooled. Alfonso Bedoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275837016861108459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-39618161786251879022018-08-13T13:19:39.026-05:002018-08-13T13:19:39.026-05:00Candy corn was the worst. Sugar turned semi glutin...Candy corn was the worst. Sugar turned semi glutinous with the addition of I don't know, glue maybe.Velveeta Processed Cheese Foodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-68974517584618051112018-08-13T12:50:53.808-05:002018-08-13T12:50:53.808-05:00@Emmentaler Limburger: I'd forgotten about Ca...@Emmentaler Limburger: I'd forgotten about Candy Cigarettes. Traumatic amnesia, probably...Stinking Bishopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-16927144804780910922018-08-13T12:22:54.873-05:002018-08-13T12:22:54.873-05:00So, these "news" outlets are all going t...So, these "news" outlets are all going to publish anti-Trump editorials at the same time? That is different how?<br /><br />Great idea to teach school kids how to spot BS, Stilton, but haven't our liberal schools already partially implemented it? Not that I've audited any school classes lately, but I imagine the liberal schools are more than happy to instruct students on how to "fact check" conservatives or Republicans. "Fact check" meaning to assume anything a Republican or conservative says is a lie, and counter it by any means necessary, up to and including lying and making shit up.<br /><br />Newspapers.... Like others here, I stopped subscribing years ago. I used to get the Charlotte Disturber because it had good comic and sports sections, and I used the paper to start fires in my wood stove. Not it's to the point where there is so much liberal crap, I refuse to pay for it anymore. Not only that, it's about 1/4 as thick as it used to be... not much fire starter there. Too bad snowflake tears aren't flammable.<br /><br />@Whoopie,<br />Great list, and ain't it the troof!Colby Muensterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910666550508273829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-47861862857410017582018-08-13T11:58:59.247-05:002018-08-13T11:58:59.247-05:00@Stinking Bishop: Can't be worse than those Ca...@Stinking Bishop: Can't be worse than those Candy Cigarettes. Remember them? Sweetened chalk dust flavored with the dried-up crusts from around the lid of a Pepto-Bismal botte, pressed into a stick suggestive of the real thing. Ugh...Emmentaler Limburgerhttp://pateratic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-78307398582115520832018-08-13T11:54:58.751-05:002018-08-13T11:54:58.751-05:00Another fine example of Progressive irony impairme...Another fine example of Progressive irony impairment.<br /><br />Just who is going to be convinced of anything by this? It will certainly be a rallying cry for the anti-Trump crowd. But on the other hand, it will just further infuriate those on the right who already for decades have rejected the mainstream media as little more than the PR arm for the Democrats. As for the supposed "undecideds", it's hardly a convincing argument. After all, those who retain any memory beyond yesterday are fully aware of the short attention span media, and how after a month or so it usually turns out that Trump was right.<br /><br />As for @Stilton's idea about educating children as to how advertising works, I couldn't agree more. In fact, I've been an advocate of that sort of education for decades. Unfortunately, we have an educational establishment run almost exclusively by Progressive government employees who were themselves educated by Progressive-controlled universities. With this level of near total control of both education and mass media, it's hardly in their interest change anything; certainly any curricula that would encourage people to question the establishment they've spend decades fortifying against such an insurrection.<br /><br />So that leaves such education up to us. I do what I can.<br /><br />An aside, I was a high school journalist and newspaper editor. (I never really considered it a career direction; just something I enjoyed and people thought I was good at it. It also looked good on a resume) Also, one of the best and memorable classes I ever took in high school was "symbolic logic". It taught how to think about and process arguments mathematically. Unfortunately, that class disappeared the semester after I took in in the late '70s.<br /><br />@Phoebe said <i>"They've literally constructed their own reality."</i><br /><br />Yes, they have. And that's why Trump happened. Realities finally collided.<br />John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-60850121053514035922018-08-13T11:36:12.623-05:002018-08-13T11:36:12.623-05:00I set it up here:
http://3littlefoxes.com/home2/t...I set it up here:<br /><br />http://3littlefoxes.com/home2/thrlitu7/etc/3littlefoxescom/Moodle/Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-88108200037252951242018-08-13T11:26:53.064-05:002018-08-13T11:26:53.064-05:00Man, I haven't thought of circus peanuts for y...Man, I haven't thought of circus peanuts for years. I actually kinda liked them then, because, well, I was a kid.<br /><br />For me, the analogues of the circus peanut were those little wax bottles that were filled with liquid of a hue not found in nature, said liquid also probably being 99% sugar but curiously tasteless at the same time. To make it worse, you had to chew through the wax to get at this unsatisfying cordial. Even as a kid, I never liked them. And don't get me started on Pixie Stix.<br /><br /><br />The wax bottles could be some kind of metaphor for modern journalism, but I'm too lazy to figure it our.Stinking Bishopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492406791849373430.post-17997902011129529312018-08-13T11:25:31.303-05:002018-08-13T11:25:31.303-05:00Yea, the real story is that 128 newspapers are sti...Yea, the real story is that 128 newspapers are still in business. They are dying faster than the do-do bird. Quite frankly, I doubt they will covert one President Trump supporter with wild tirades, innuendos and lies. The aware people are not affected by fake news, like me, just sad that journalism has come to the same apex as fake science and political correctness. When we lose our tolerance for those that think differently from us, we lose our culture and country. To counter such actions, we vote with our wallets and our feet. Why would anyone want a country that inhibits free thought, speech and religion? Are they so stupid to not understand that if they succeed, they will be the first to get hammered by the benevolent government? And MM , et al has it right on modern education (or lack thereof.) james dailyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040145296544586736noreply@blogger.com