vxbush 10/15/2020 6:07:28 AM

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A lot of colleges and universities have been looking to find software to help them proctor students taking tests remotely and online, and a lot have gone with ProctorTrack. That may not have been such a great idea, apparently.....

The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled access to their service after its parent company was hacked.

vxbush 10/15/2020 6:09:18 AM

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vxbush 10/15/2020 7:05:47 AM

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The big story today is the New York Post's article on a laptop that was supposedly Hunter Biden's that had damaging photos and text messages on it--but the bigger story is the outright censorship that Twitter and Facebook have done in an effort to prevent this story from gaining traction. Their actions have caused to increase the coverage for this issue. 

Very few people have noticed that the Biden campaign has not denied the allegations as far as I have seen. 

turn 10/15/2020 7:30:18 AM

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In #3 vxbush said: Their actions have caused to increase the coverage for this issue. 

Related:

Social media executives are about to discover the Streisand effect.

LINK

turn 10/15/2020 7:32:51 AM

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Reply to turn in 4:

If the idea here was to limit the number of people who see the New York Post article, Facebook and Twitter likely just accomplished the opposite. Nothing makes people want to look more than being told they are not supposed to.

doppelganglander 10/15/2020 7:35:29 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

There's another story today about Hunter's dealings with China that is arguably even worse. Twitter has that restricted too, but it is accessible via a link at the bottom of the warning. IMO if Big Tech and the rest of the media are going to such lengths to hide it, it's 99% likely to be true and is very damaging. 

Trump mentioned the story and the censorship in Iowa last night. He and Biden have dueling town halls tonight. I predict no one will ask Joe about Hunter and they'll ask Trump about nothing else 

turn 10/15/2020 7:41:45 AM

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In #6 doppelganglander said: IMO if Big Tech and the rest of the media are going to such lengths to hide it, it's 99% likely to be true and is very damaging. 

I agree, plus with the way Biden attacks the people who even bring up a question on it. It must be true.

turn 10/15/2020 8:00:06 AM

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Daniel Greenfield (via Insty)

The Coronavirus Experts Were Wrong, Now They Need Scapegoats

turn 10/15/2020 8:13:46 AM

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Oh my ... how times are changing (and quick). At first there were drones but now this ...

Federal officials are looking into the second such sighting in just six weeks. Two airline pilots previously spotted a man in a jetpack at an altitude of 3,000 feet.

JCM 10/15/2020 8:20:46 AM

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Reply to turn in 8:

Interview with author of the Barrington Declaration.

Occasional Reader 10/15/2020 8:26:08 AM

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turn 10/15/2020 8:27:27 AM

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Reply to JCM in 10:

That link is to a picture of gak! lol

JCM 10/15/2020 8:40:40 AM

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Reply to turn in 12:

YOU'VE BEEN GAK ROLLED!

Try again.

Interview with author of the Barrington Declaration.

Should be fixed.

Interview is worth the time. Lot of good info about what is going on.

JCM 10/15/2020 8:46:40 AM

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No link yet.

WA voters passed a ballot measure to limit vehicle registration taxes.

The State Supreme Court just ruled int Unconstitutional.

Reasons: incorrect ballot title.

Ballot titles are written by the State Attorney General, who opposed this measure.

Reason: Violated the single subject rule.

The gun control measure definitely contained 22 subjects but the court ruled that was fine.

Washington State is Officially Lawless.

doppelganglander 10/15/2020 9:03:40 AM

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Reply to turn in 7:

Remember how Biden totally flipped his shit in the debate when his son's name came up? 

JCM 10/15/2020 9:07:54 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 15:

The the media flips their shit when this Biden Bomb Burst.

Same reaction.

Cocindence?

I think not.

Makes me more suspicious that whoever is behind Biden, has deep hooks in the media.

JCM 10/15/2020 9:27:40 AM

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Consider this,

The media attempting to brury the Biden story.

The gov't over reach on covid.

Distrust of the media is growing.

Distrust of government is growing.

My sense is Trump is going to win well beyond the left's fraud.

This could be the inflection point and a swing back to centrism and a reshuffle of the media and gov't structures.

doppelganglander 10/15/2020 9:32:54 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 10/15/2020 9:36:21 AM

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In #16 JCM said: Makes me more suspicious that whoever is behind Biden, has deep hooks in the media.

China. The media and big tech kowtow to China.

doppelganglander 10/15/2020 9:38:02 AM

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Reply to JCM in 17:

I tend to agree. I think the left has gone too far and there's a massive backlash. There are plenty of people who loathe Trump and won't vote for him, but they may not vote for Biden either. And if they stay home, many of the down ticket Democrats are toast.

turn 10/15/2020 9:56:40 AM

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In #13 JCM said: Interview is worth the time. Lot of good info about what is going on.

It was worth the listen, tons of information to build on. Thanks for the link!

JCM 10/15/2020 10:01:29 AM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 20:

There was a post election analysis after the last election. The difference in the 5 key states, FL, PA, OH, WI and IA was voters who disliked Trump, but voted for him. Something like 18 percent.

They appear in polling as HRC votes.

I think, assume, that is even stronger now. People who don't like Trump, but have even greater fear of the left. Then another "new" demographic. Call them "The Canceled" those who are too afraid to publicly express they are vote for Trump, or more importantly voting against the left. That last group I suspect is quite large.

turn 10/15/2020 10:02:30 AM

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In #15 doppelganglander said: Remember how Biden totally flipped his shit in the debate when his son's name came up? 

Yes, he immediately went on the defense and showed pure anger. 

turn 10/15/2020 10:05:21 AM

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In #19 Kosh's Shadow said: China. The media and big tech kowtow to China.

EXACTLY!

JCM 10/15/2020 10:10:36 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 19: 

Reply to turn in 24:

China is making big moves all around the world.

Building political and economic infrastructure to challenge liberal democracies.

Occasional Reader 10/15/2020 10:14:18 AM

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Reply to JCM in 17:

From your keyboard, etc.

turn 10/15/2020 10:18:22 AM

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In #25 JCM said: Building political and economic infrastructure to challenge liberal democracies.

They’ve certainly built a toe hold right here in our American Universities and research institutions, he’ll even our congress (Feinstein among others).

JCM 10/15/2020 10:26:37 AM

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Reply to turn in 27:

This is not an isolated story.

Ports, resources, all around the planet. As you mention education, political inroads.

It all starts to become a little scary.

turn 10/15/2020 10:27:15 AM

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Facebook and Twitter CEO’s called to testify before Congress r.e. the blocking and locking of the Hunter Biden laptop reporting ...

LINK

lucius septimius 10/15/2020 10:33:18 AM

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Reply to turn in 29:

Good.  It was the lead editorial in the WSJ this morning.  

doppelganglander 10/15/2020 11:40:19 AM

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Reply to JCM in 28:

China's goal is complete global dominance. There are far too many people who are willing to help them as long as they can enrich themselves. 

buzzsawmonkey 10/15/2020 11:47:39 AM

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In #31 doppelganglander said: China's goal is complete global dominance.

Problem is, they swallow something up and one hour later they're hungry again.

turn 10/15/2020 11:58:56 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 32:

ha! Are you saying China has an insatiable appetite for world domination?

Occasional Reader 10/15/2020 12:09:58 PM

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In #32 buzzsawmonkey said: Problem is, they swallow something up and one hour later they're hungry again.

And they slake their voracious appetite with wan-tan disregard for human rights... 

buzzsawmonkey 10/15/2020 12:25:13 PM

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Reply to turn in 33: Reply to Occasional Reader in 34:

...and if they are successful, we'll all end up in the moon-bat-soup.

JCM 10/15/2020 1:38:13 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 10/15/2020 1:43:41 PM

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Reply to JCM in 36:

There are bats in the kettle at the Wuhan Moon

The place where eating lunch brings doom

They can feed you bat and you'll never know

'till you come down sick with COVID you get real sick with COVID

buzzsawmonkey 10/15/2020 4:13:24 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 10/15/2020 4:24:10 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 38:

OK, Facebook - you are now officially a Jew-hate platform, considering a blood libel to be acceptable

Time for all the Jews in the world to sue Facebook

Last week I reported that a director at Gaza's Ministry of Education had written an essay "proving" that Jews use the blood of gentiles in their Passover matzoh.

The writer, Dr. Nasser Al-Yafawi, also posted the essay on his Facebook page. So I reported it to Facebook, because things don't get more antisemitic than this.

Apparently, Facebook thinks that Jews saying that the blood libel is a lie is an adequate response to educate people.

It is as if a Facebook user would falsely accuse someone ele of being a rapist and Facebook telling the accused that they are free to write that they are innocent, and let the marketplace of ideas figure out who is telling the truth. 

There is a reason it is called a "blood libel." But apparently libel is not a violation of Facebook community standards.

Kosh's Shadow 10/15/2020 4:24:46 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 39:

And since Facebook is exercising editorial control, they are liable. They are no longer a platform, but a publisher