{"id":4128,"date":"2023-01-22T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=4128"},"modified":"2023-01-22T13:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:07:18","slug":"sunday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/sunday-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watching the dwindling bits of Shmoocon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bit intersting, but I&#8217;m having trouble maintaining focus.  One of the talks about disinformation amplification was interesting.  I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s posted online soon so Justin can view it for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/factcheckthis.locals.com\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Check This<\/a>.  The speaker didn&#8217;t touch too much on how the sketchy information actually <em>feeds into<\/em> the fact check sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missing Context!!1!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The talk on reporting requirements (and the enabling legislation) was interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just reporting things a) may not be feasible in the arbitrary timelines, b) might actually negatively affect security, c) doesn&#8217;t fit nicely with existing bureaucracy, and; d) might not really tell anyone anything worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame, and has given me a new perspective on this.  The hard-and-fast deadlines really might not do any good.  Hmmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>But I keep getting distracted by other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, and probably most predictably, was the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/391-debt-drama-dei-and-deceased-rock-legends\/id1097696129?i=1000595820274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Fifth Column<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major takeaways?  1. I had the same thoughts as Moynihan on the San Francisco reparations to black residents;  <strong>OJ deserves reparations for discrimination he faced in his native city grown u0.<\/strong>  2. The anti-war advocates are proving, once again, that they&#8217;re full of shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That last bit goes to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shmoocon.org\/speakers\/#disinformation\" target=\"_blank\">disinformation talk<\/a> I watched.  &#8220;The Usual Suspects&#8221; seem to actually get wrapped into these Russian disinformation campaigns.  The one &#8220;expert&#8221; who&#8217;s gotten quite a bit of traction among Libertarian circles the past few years, actually cited something because it had Edward S. Herman&#8217;s blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who&#8217;s that?  The guy who, with Chomsky, denied the Cambodian genocide.  <em>Distortions At Fourth Hand<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The are not credible people.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They spent years saying the Russians weren&#8217;t going to invade Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then when it happens, it&#8217;s because Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re also the ones who said that the US dollar was going to collapse because of the Federal Reserve&#8217;s money printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And nothing about the collapse of the Euro.  LP National will tell you that&#8217;s also because of the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries whose currencies are backed by hard assets will be fine.  Like Iran.  Their currency is doing great.  Please don&#8217;t <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shmoocon.org\/speakers\/#disinformation\" target=\"_blank\">check other news sites<\/a>, and just go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\" target=\"_blank\">AntiWar.com<\/a>.  (And I feel filthy for even opening that site&#8230;.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to watch the closing plenary, and football.  Me and the micro-dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching the dwindling bits of Shmoocon. A bit intersting, but I&#8217;m having trouble maintaining focus. One of the talks about disinformation amplification was interesting. I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s posted online soon so Justin can view it for Fact Check This. 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