For those of you in the know, my title is the first half of a famous quote often attributed to George Orwell: In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. And there is no question we live in a time of universal deceit, one that all our technological advances in communications has empowered and, to use a term popular among a certain crowd, "weaponized."
1. Create a meme that sounds plausible and has an element of truth to it. Governments hack other governments. We've known that for decades.
Too many New Year’s Eves will come and go before humanity drinks from that Cup of Kindness Robert Burns spoke of in his classic poem, Auld Lang Syne.
No, I'm not referring to the drumbeat for a march to conflict (war, even if by proxy) with Russia, though it is related. I'm referring to something more local. These hacks were against the DNC. The Obama administration, Democrats, and the complicit media have been claiming the hacks were against our system of elections, hinting strongly, and quite intentionally, that our system of government was the target.
This is problematic.
If you haven't encountered Marlo Mack, perhaps you should. Ms. Mack is the mother of a transgender girl, M., whom she creates podcasts with, assisted by KUOW public radio with whom she produces the award winning program, How to Be a Girl. She has a website named gendermom.
So the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI finally released a 13-page report on the Russian hacks.
My response to this Earth-shattering report is best summed up by Peggy Lee.
Bus driver was noting all extra tourists and traffic after Christmas here in old Santa Fe, having to be more watchful for people unsure of where they were turning on a nickel.
We were on our folding bikes headed to find a place to print our our car insurance forms and had to be careful for the steady stream of cars turning into shopping center parking lot.
Bad for millions out of work here in USA, worse 'over there' ? Obama's hits just keep on coming...
Not being a programmer myself, I'm puzzled as to why this document fingering Russian hackers doesn't explain how they can conclude that this was indeed the Russian Spy Agencies: Grizzly Steppe
