Diaries

If TwitFaceGoog (TFG) worked for Democracy...

they'd undertake a massive campaign to educate users on how to tell the difference between claims and facts. They'd grace the People with the reasoning abilities to know when something is proven, disproven, or needs more information before deciding its value.

Teach people how rhetorical tricks and manipulative tactics are used on them. Teach people how trolls operate. How to check the sourcing, and whether there is more than one source.

College Isn't as Left-Wing as It Seems....

I'm in a class called Operational Decision Making (It should actually be called "Towing the Corporate Line"), and I damn near threw my textbook against the wall today. Why? Because if the professor isn't making some wisecrack about Venezuela or Communism, some fresh-faced kid is doing it for him.

The upcoming nationwide "Presidential Alert"--it's not what most people think

Anybody believe in political "coincidences"? That's a rhetorical question. Answering "yes" to that question is akin to announcing belief in the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus. (The few of you who answered yes to the question may leave the room and tune in Alex Jones if you still find him broadcasting.)

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