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originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: Annee
Okay. I am fine with that.
I'm not Catholic, but have family members who are, and I totally respect them. Catholic Charities does fantastic work, and does it without requiring "remuneration."
I support them whole-heartedly.
I, on the other hand, do NOT support organizations that make their assistance "provisional."
Those that demand that the recipient "convert" are condemnable.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
I, on the other hand, do NOT support organizations that make their assistance "provisional."
Those that demand that the recipient "convert" are condemnable.
I am a professional social worker, man.
if a person is not paid enough to live on, the taxpayers have to make up for it.
You are absolutely insulting my education, my entire career, and my integrity.
Obama's programs have kept this country from going entirely under. Don't preach to me about low wages, son.
Their shareholders are earning money because YOU ARE WILLING to work for 20/per year.
You are wanting to get rid of social safety nets and expect your benevolent employer to see to your needs? LOL!! Good luck with that.
If you'll notice above, I gave an even-handed look at Bannon and Sessions and Pompeo....
you don't even know anything about those guys....
And you STILL haven't answered the questions. See my post to Takeahikesu to see the complaints/allegations.
I told you I have been helping people in your situation for ten years.
I have been unemployed since 2008, and not by choice.
Well, I see that degree isn't in math...
I told you I have been helping people in your situation for ten years.
I have been unemployed since 2008, and not by choice.
"Been doing this for ten years, eight of them I was unemployed."
A journalist's dark view from flyover country.
ELECTION 2016
Sara Kendzior lives and writes in the heartland of America, and from what she has observed, the country is about to explode. The journalist tells WhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman that the election of Donald Trump is but the opening act.
Racism, white supremacy and violence are all bubbling very close to the surface, and scapegoating will add fuel to the fire.
Not only have stores and plants closed, but locally based journalism has all but disappeared. In the resulting information vacuum the influence of inflammatory cable and right-wing national media as well as fake news is huge. As a close observer of Trump Country, Kendzior paints a grim and almost hopeless picture of where the nation as a whole is going.
People are extremely frustrated with their economic situation and it’s been very difficult for people to hold onto middle-class jobs, and so that kind of popular economic discontent that both Trump and Sanders, and eventually Clinton, heavily emphasized is important.
It’s not the only thing.
Obviously, Trump has run a very racist and bigoted campaign; sort of white nationalist campaign reminiscent of dictators.
I should note that I do live in Missouri, so I have this perspective, but I also have a PhD in anthropology where I studied dictatorships, particularly post-Soviet dictatorships like Uzbekistan, so I’m an expert in that field as well.
Many of the things that Trump did throughout his campaign reminded me very much of the dictators that I’ve studied in terms of his demagoguery, his use of spectacle, manipulation of the media and his manipulation of the masses.
Those who voted for him, I think, have signed on for something that they don’t really want.
I don’t think he’s going to fulfill his promises to them in order to improve their economic livelihood or keep them safer.
I, in fact, think the opposite is going to happen. That’s true because he has frankly stated so, including long before the election.
Bleat! 10 by Wendy Seventyfivepenny The Top 10 Misspellings of Weblog URLs 1 onefellswoop for oneswellfoop (the mistake Bloat made and quickly corrected; thank you Sally) When I was looking for a domain name, onefellswoop.com belonged to a band from Vermont that had been named One Fell Swoop, but they'd already changed the group name to Dispatch and abandoned the site (maybe because there was a more successful One Fell Swoop band in St. Louis). In a perfect world, the St. Louis band would've ended up with the name; instead it was claimed by a guy from Chattanooga, Tennessee named Chuck Mull, and after two months, he hasn't done anything with it yet. I just hope Chuck Mull isn't related to Martin Mull, or new satire wars could break out. 2 CameraWorld for CamWorld CameraWorld is a real e-commerce site, selling (guess what?) cameras! They're promoting their site with large billboards, two of which have been a stone's throw from my house ever since November, when I was on Cam's prestigious linklist for two weeks. Now the billboards look down at me, mocking me. 3 BradLand for The BradLands BradLand is a diary maintained by a self-proclaimed "typical average-joe american teen" (NOT another riothero), using a Blogger-like posting tool called LiveJournal, that allows him to make entries every time he goes to the bathroom (or so it would seem). Featuring daring design elements, like links in virtually the same color as the background, and thought-provoking (if not headache-inducing) thoughts, like this modest proposal to save the world from its hormone-induced problems. 4 meganut for megnut Meg recently pointed out this mistake, and the fact that meganut redicts to a porno site, so don't try the link on your office computer, and be sure to have your major credit card ready. 5 wayback for wrongwaygoback (Neale's Wetlog) Wayback.com is a truly minimalist tribute to "Peabody's Improbable History", the segment on the Bullwinkle Show featuring the Way-back time machine, but at least the webmaster had the good sense to use Linux and Apache. 6 Gluetrain for The Cluetrain Manifesto Neither site is really a weblog, but I had to acknowledge Gluetrain's decision to register an intentionally confusing domain name specifically for the purpose of satire. If your eyes glaze over before the end of this long parody, here's a spoiler... Gluetrain's 95th thesis is: Soylent Green is people. Ha. 7 bump.com for bump.net Bump.com is an e-business site for digimedia, "an Internet publishing and advertising firm headquartered in Terral, Oklahoma". Why? I don't know. 8 stripping.com for scripting.com Stripping.com is a self-proclaimed "extremely hardcore" porn site. So what did you expect? A site about paint removal? 9 edhead for evhead Under construction in 11 languages. 10 werent for twernt Lose the apostrophe in "weren't", and you have "WeRent", a San Francisco bay area apartment-listing site (which ev and meg have probably visited more often than twernt). BONUS LISTING: The parody site names used in the great goof of february 2000 The Motley Foop: Since Motley Fool uses fool.com, this would have to be foop.com, currently showing a bad placeholder for "the smartest discussion site on the web, coming soon"... At least its Finnish site, foop.fi, is now open. C-NOT: Registered by Imagine Publishing of Brisbane, CA in March 1998, but currently inaccessible... could be availble soon! Tired News: Nobody tired themselves out designing the tired.com website. Six words: "Are you tired? Tell us why." and an e-mail link ([email protected]). Not tiring, but sleep-inducing. TBC: TBC.com is the Texas Biotechnology Corporation (maybe they can explain what makes Dubya tick). The British equivalent, TBC.co.uk, is Technology Business Computers, with a veddy British-sounding mission statement on its home page.
Bleat! 10 by Wendy Seventyfivepenny
The Top 10 Misspellings of Weblog URLs
1 onefellswoop for oneswellfoop (the mistake Bloat made and quickly corrected; thank you Sally)
When I was looking for a domain name, onefellswoop.com belonged to a band from Vermont that had been named One Fell Swoop, but they'd already changed the group name to Dispatch and abandoned the site (maybe because there was a more successful One Fell Swoop band in St. Louis).
In a perfect world, the St. Louis band would've ended up with the name; instead it was claimed by a guy from Chattanooga, Tennessee named Chuck Mull, and after two months, he hasn't done anything with it yet. I just hope Chuck Mull isn't related to Martin Mull, or new satire wars could break out.
2 CameraWorld for CamWorld
CameraWorld is a real e-commerce site, selling (guess what?) cameras! They're promoting their site with large billboards, two of which have been a stone's throw from my house ever since November, when I was on Cam's prestigious linklist for two weeks. Now the billboards look down at me, mocking me.
3 BradLand for The BradLands
BradLand is a diary maintained by a self-proclaimed "typical average-joe american teen" (NOT another riothero), using a Blogger-like posting tool called LiveJournal, that allows him to make entries every time he goes to the bathroom (or so it would seem). Featuring daring design elements, like links in virtually the same color as the background, and thought-provoking (if not headache-inducing) thoughts, like this modest proposal to save the world from its hormone-induced problems.
4 meganut for megnut
Meg recently pointed out this mistake, and the fact that meganut redicts to a porno site, so don't try the link on your office computer, and be sure to have your major credit card ready.
5 wayback for wrongwaygoback (Neale's Wetlog)
Wayback.com is a truly minimalist tribute to "Peabody's Improbable History", the segment on the Bullwinkle Show featuring the Way-back time machine, but at least the webmaster had the good sense to use Linux and Apache.
6 Gluetrain for The Cluetrain Manifesto
Neither site is really a weblog, but I had to acknowledge Gluetrain's decision to register an intentionally confusing domain name specifically for the purpose of satire. If your eyes glaze over before the end of this long parody, here's a spoiler... Gluetrain's 95th thesis is: Soylent Green is people. Ha.
7 bump.com for bump.net
Bump.com is an e-business site for digimedia, "an Internet publishing and advertising firm headquartered in Terral, Oklahoma". Why? I don't know.
8 stripping.com for scripting.com
Stripping.com is a self-proclaimed "extremely hardcore" porn site. So what did you expect? A site about paint removal?
9 edhead for evhead
Under construction in 11 languages.
10 werent for twernt
Lose the apostrophe in "weren't", and you have "WeRent", a San Francisco bay area apartment-listing site (which ev and meg have probably visited more often than twernt).
BONUS LISTING: The parody site names used in the great goof of february 2000 The Motley Foop: Since Motley Fool uses fool.com, this would have to be foop.com, currently showing a bad placeholder for "the smartest discussion site on the web, coming soon"... At least its Finnish site, foop.fi, is now open. C-NOT: Registered by Imagine Publishing of Brisbane, CA in March 1998, but currently inaccessible... could be availble soon! Tired News: Nobody tired themselves out designing the tired.com website. Six words: "Are you tired? Tell us why." and an e-mail link ([email protected]). Not tiring, but sleep-inducing. TBC: TBC.com is the Texas Biotechnology Corporation (maybe they can explain what makes Dubya tick). The British equivalent, TBC.co.uk, is Technology Business Computers, with a veddy British-sounding mission statement on its home page.
From St Louis, MO. A PhD in anthropology. Speaking about what she sees, having studied governmental structures for her career.
ELECTION 2016 Sara Kendzior lives and writes in the heartland of America, and from what she has observed, the country is about to explode. The journalist tells WhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman that the election of Donald Trump is but the opening act. Racism, white supremacy and violence are all bubbling very close to the surface, and scapegoating will add fuel to the fire.
The United States will never descend into the race war that extremists want, but determined zealots can create plenty of chaos in pursuit of that goal. Giving into the fear and racial anxiety they hope to foment is a danger unto itself. Let’s disappoint them.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
"I, in fact, think the opposite is going to happen. That’s true because he has frankly stated so, including long before the election."
originally posted by: JinMI
This thread should be the measuring stick of todays society. I hope, truly, that personal bias will lose to facts someday.
I'm glad there's enough popcorn and beverages for everyone.
My dad used to say "one swell foop"
Does the word "volunteer" ring any bells?
Congratulations. You have managed to rouse the giggling troops, to rally them to your oh-so-noble cause.
To continue to ignore what Steve Bannon is all about, and stooped to the level of member that uses 'high-brow' prose to spread lies.
Yeah. So. Doctor of Philosophy Anthropologist Kendzior has some things to say:
Trump began backing off campaign promises Tuesday, including his hard line on climate change and his vow to jail "Crooked Hillary" Clinton that had brought thunderous "Lock her up" chants at his rallies.
Trump is now focused on matters that are essential in setting up his administration, not on comments he made during the heat of the campaign.
— Took his strongest stance yet against the "alt-right," a term often used as code for the white supremacist movement. Though members are celebrating his victory, he said, "It's not a group I want to energize. And if they are energized, I want to look into it and find out why."
— Spoke positively not only of fellow Republicans in Congress — "Right now they are in love with me" — but also of President Barack Obama, who he said is "looking to do absolutely the right thing for the country in terms of transition."
Adviser Kellyanne Conway said ... Trump is "thinking of many different things as he prepares to become the president of the United States, and things that sound like the campaign aren't among them."
[He had] angrily barked at her that "you'd be in jail" if he were president.
"I don't want to hurt the Clintons, I really don't," Trump said in the interview. Sympathetically, he said, "She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways."
LOL!!! Sheesh, you just can't make this stuff up.
If Trump's appointees do not follow through on his pledge to investigate Clinton for criminal violations he accused her of, "it would be a betrayal of his promise to the American people to 'drain the swamp' of out-of-control corruption in Washington," said the group Judicial Watch.
And Breitbart, the conservative news site whose former head, Stephen Bannon, is now a senior counselor to Trump, headlined its story about the switch with "Broken Promise."
he allowed, "I think there is some connectivity" between human activity and climate changes.
Earlier Tuesday, it was confirmed that Trump's charity had admitted it violated IRS regulations barring it from using its money or assets to benefit Trump, his family, his companies or substantial contributors to the foundation.