tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post408918619618796605..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Objectionable ContentJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46035263416257017772019-08-28T02:35:14.522-05:002019-08-28T02:35:14.522-05:00A debt of gratitude is in order for the significan...A debt of gratitude is in order for the significant data and experiences you have so given here... <a href="http://www.leecoppin.com/be-a-content-bandit-writing-viral-and-engaging-content/" rel="nofollow">Content Marketing</a><br />Liam Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567333126725915439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3642053092319341932019-05-08T00:36:54.364-05:002019-05-08T00:36:54.364-05:00I'm so grateful we get to have a Jim Wright ri...I'm so grateful we get to have a Jim Wright right now.<br />Thank you for your voice.RoughAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557701702711018141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33886836673688100082019-04-30T19:54:50.584-05:002019-04-30T19:54:50.584-05:00So—the more you’re banned on Facebook the more we ...So—the more you’re banned on Facebook the more we get to read you on Stonekettle?<br /><br />Keep pissing them off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86936544043011788552019-04-29T22:25:09.397-05:002019-04-29T22:25:09.397-05:00Jim, that's another in a long line of fantasti...Jim, that's another in a long line of fantastic, well written essays. I applaud you're efforts, and you're bravery to face the social-media-verse. I also encourage you to continue to be the voice that is a beacon for us to be a better people.Drew Perkettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6194498774216642622019-04-27T19:30:30.929-05:002019-04-27T19:30:30.929-05:00Yes, this is information warfare that is currently...Yes, this is information warfare that is currently beyond our ability to regulate. Like slander, our justice system is set up to deal with one person saying shit about another. It's not set up to deal with one person saying Sanders is a communist who wl wreck civilization, and then a thousand sharing that with tens of thousands who spread it on. The justice system just cant handle that, and even it could, the election is already over. <br /><br />That is one reason I want you to run for president, because you see this but your reaction is "let's try to fix it" not "how can we utilize this to further spread lies and propaganda and manipulate people ".David Easonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248795345651508695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-69006428197072468452019-04-27T13:31:45.050-05:002019-04-27T13:31:45.050-05:00Recently got a cute magnet with your tag line on E...Recently got a cute magnet with your tag line on Etsy. Then, I noticed it came from something called Prairie Metal. I hope that is affiliated with you.Mark Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05246286418473754741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39390764723008495012019-04-27T13:13:15.445-05:002019-04-27T13:13:15.445-05:00" You don’t how that information was gathered..." You don’t how that information was gathered. " Shouldn't know be placed between don't and how?<br />Re. Rudy...isn't he also the same former prosecutor who had the balls to say that "Truth isn't truth" on live TV? This is just more of the same sycophantic sucking up. whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-61312878462099192202019-04-27T09:47:54.514-05:002019-04-27T09:47:54.514-05:00"And that – that right there – is what this a..."And that – that right there – is what this about." This sentence seems to be missing an "is". <br />I share your utter disdain for rump and the state of our nation that would allow such ignorant garbage to become president, but given the certainty that McTurtle would not allow impeachment to get a vote in the senate, I think impeachment is not the answer and would cause additional damage to the necessity of getting rid of this cancer asap. The House has more than enough to go on from the Mueller report. Also, the Dems need to come up with a sane non extremist electable candidate. Looks like Biden is the best bet. JimMurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811329977066779598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21904393732744239892019-04-27T09:14:57.937-05:002019-04-27T09:14:57.937-05:00A month or so ago a co-worker told me about Stone ...A month or so ago a co-worker told me about Stone Kettle Station. What a wonderful discovery! Thank you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-51685408172836511102019-04-26T22:53:06.987-05:002019-04-26T22:53:06.987-05:00Thank you, Jim!!! Exactly Right On.
SuThank you, Jim!!! Exactly Right On.<br />SuNakedeye17https://www.blogger.com/profile/01403968862634120504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-14023238650559760002019-04-26T19:54:28.088-05:002019-04-26T19:54:28.088-05:00Thank you for this!Thank you for this!LisaDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09296279459713469561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86224006267057161262019-04-26T17:43:02.004-05:002019-04-26T17:43:02.004-05:00Jim: Thanks for taking a strong stand on this fool...Jim: Thanks for taking a strong stand on this foolishness. I just went through a very similar experience, for much the same reason as you. I have just posted an Open Letter with my response to the whole thing. You can find it at this link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156031287791021&set=a.10150172421051021&type=3&theaterDavid D. Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933305857348641496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-23820937356292951382019-04-26T11:46:51.584-05:002019-04-26T11:46:51.584-05:00If an articulate, factual, cogent, CENTRIST essays...If an articulate, factual, cogent, CENTRIST essays as yours tend to be are taken down by the FB censors while absolute bombast, frigging propagandizing right wing "memes" that are misspelled, ungrammatical, with images as phony as three dollar bills stay up, the Orwellian nightmare is truly upon us. Madame Medusahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472769547157978015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-72948879967257767812019-04-26T10:35:08.563-05:002019-04-26T10:35:08.563-05:00StevoR, you are correct in your thinking about our...StevoR, you are correct in your thinking about our electoral college. Unfortunately it will be years, perhaps decades, before such logical decisions are made regarding the process of eliminating the electoral college. When it comes to politics there is no such word as fast. IMHO we can only, for the time being, hope to "outvote" the opposition in the critical states which decide elections. In the words of our much-loved essayist, "Vote you sons-of-bitches. VOTE!Ed the Umpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-84368054553683393752019-04-26T07:25:59.569-05:002019-04-26T07:25:59.569-05:00Great comment. It was out with the class, in with...Great comment. It was out with the class, in with the trash. Obama was a leader, Trump, his usual mob behavior. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04361950835604986014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38382269761080895542019-04-26T07:10:16.822-05:002019-04-26T07:10:16.822-05:00I think this is one of your best and most importan...I think this is one of your best and most important writings. Right up there with the unicorn. Thank you so much for putting this and yourself out there. Well done.Cirkuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02453103522993814952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-79851244936703819552019-04-26T04:44:10.662-05:002019-04-26T04:44:10.662-05:00Yes. Just yes. The house should take up the arti...Yes. Just yes. The house should take up the articles at the earliest. <br /><br />My worry there is that it can't/won't be done in a dispassionate and professional manner. Which will give the Senate the wiggle room they need to refuse to consider. Leads to another partisan exercise that further divides the population. Not a particularly good outcome. In fact, I have a hard time imagining a really good outcome. Not that I can't imagine the right outcome, but I can't imagine a particularly good outcome.<br /><br />Thanks Chief. Per the normal very powerful and well written. <br /><br />Urrgghh. I put a couple of websites to bed recently so I have to be unknown to Google. Tom Wacker.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101462965326065579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63601615604408379742019-04-26T04:19:26.667-05:002019-04-26T04:19:26.667-05:00I will start with a necessary disclaimers. I am no...I will start with a necessary disclaimers. I am not American. What follows is my understanding and I do not mean to tell you your duty.<br /><br />As I understand it, you swore the following oath:<br /><br />I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed.<br /><br />You risked your life and those of others for that oath. It was your duty. From your actions, I would say that you still consider it to be your duty.<br /><br />Now, there are those that would point out that it says that you will obey the orders of the president and it does but let us look at the order of the oath.<br /><br />"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same" <br /><br />That bit comes first. I don't imagine that they considered that the president could be an enemy of the constitution but that is where we are.<br /><br />Does that allow you to be critical of the president? Absolutely. There is nothing in there explicitly about offering criticism but it is implicit in supporting and defending the constitution because it is an oath for free men and women, people able to reason. It is well established law that refusing to obey an illegal order is not a crime but a requirement. The precident is clear. It is the duty of someone that has sworn that oath to be critical. <br /><br />If it is your honest belief that the anyone, including the president of the United States, is an enemy of the constition, it would seem that the oath not only permits you to say so but requires you to say so. <br /><br />While I respect the right of a business to carry any legal content that it wants, it seems clear that Facebook is acting against its own policies here. They are playing politics. They are not acting as a common carrier but as an arbiter of what people can say on their service and what can not be said. This is not a matter of freedom of speech - that provision does not guarantee a platform. However, it does seem that Facebook have chosen a side though and that side is not in the interest of the US or its constitution.<br />Mark Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615759373072682673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43983161784153840262019-04-26T04:14:18.087-05:002019-04-26T04:14:18.087-05:00I got banned just the other day for calling a pers...I got banned just the other day for calling a person with an ugly baby as his profile photo "ugly baby profile person." That's it.<br /><br />Previously I got banned for calling someone "fuckwad." On another occasion, "stupid."Hdefinedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402669731760470459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-75758173337389373042019-04-26T03:59:21.597-05:002019-04-26T03:59:21.597-05:00Bravo Zulu, sir.
Out-freaking-standing.Bravo Zulu, sir.<br /><br />Out-freaking-standing.Curious Climberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341992834896576495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77406247100439826552019-04-26T02:37:38.481-05:002019-04-26T02:37:38.481-05:00The utter narcissism of Trump and his allies is st...The utter narcissism of Trump and his allies is staggering. "You’re telling me that it's acceptable for Americans seeking power to take information from foreign sources – even if those sources are antagonistic to our nation. " It is/was SO important for Trump to 'win' that he put the interests of the nation as a whole secondary (if even in that exalted postion) to his 'winning'.<br /><br />That line of yours really did reach out and grab me by the lapels, giving me a teeth-rattling shake. That entire paragraph was similarly jarring.<br /><br />And for that, I thank you. Thank you so very much.<br /><br />Trump really cares for nothing save Trump. He has told us so so many times - yet the mouth-breathing masses continue to adore him, to ignore his shame, to venerate his venality.<br /><br />I ultimately see all of this as being beneficial to the nation as a whole, for only by draggin all this shit into the sunlight can we as a nation start to heal, for, if we don't know it's broke, we can't fix it. We can no longer say "Racism is dead in America" nor can we say "America would never embrace Nazi nationalism" (which, really, is all 'nazi' is short for...). We can finally, as a nation, see the emperor is truly naked, and start to weave a new national cloth that excludes racism and nationalism and fear and bigotry.<br /><br />The only problem is actually surviving the time it will take to do all of this. But, survive it we must, or the American Experiment is doomed.<br /><br />Thank you, Jim. Thank you very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46009065721489250122019-04-26T02:30:20.873-05:002019-04-26T02:30:20.873-05:00FWIW I run a couple of facebook groups (science &a...FWIW I run a couple of facebook groups (science & local environmental volunteering ones) and spend, well, probly far too long on fb most days. I'd find that very hard to do.<br /><br />Facebook does have its uses and is one good medium for sharing interesting and thought provoking material and having social connections with a lot of good people and organising some events. <br /><br />I ceratinly do think facebook needs to change how it is moderated a few other things though for sure and stop being evil when it comes to permitting the spread of hate and propaganda.StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-65556624989192286252019-04-26T02:22:30.395-05:002019-04-26T02:22:30.395-05:00I wonder what would happen if everyone (okay a who...I wonder what would happen if everyone <i>(okay a whole heap of people -tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands even)</i> posted "Impeach Trump" on facebook simultaneously or nearly so? Either with or without a list of reasons why. If by sheer expression of volume we could get that message out? A good use for social media? Maybe? Could that work?StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-52890455289507075892019-04-26T02:13:06.570-05:002019-04-26T02:13:06.570-05:00FYI: Jim Wright appreciates having ppl pointing ou...FYI: Jim Wright appreciates having ppl pointing out any typos and grammar and suchlike nits so that he can fix them.StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-47658415226831744002019-04-26T02:10:07.255-05:002019-04-26T02:10:07.255-05:00Would it be more reassuring or depressing to note ...Would it be more reassuring or depressing to note (again?) that Hillary Clinton actually won the election 48% to Trump's mere - but still too many by far - 46% and that she got three million more votes than he did? <br /><br />If the 2016 election and the 2000 one before it tell us anything it tell this Aussie that the USA's political system badly, <i>badly</i> needs some key reforms starting with the scrapping of that undemocratic abomination the Electoral College that stops one vote from having one value. <br /><br />(Plus continuing from there to having preferential or run-off voting, ending gerrymandering and voter suppression, etc ..)StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.com