George Rebane
Facebook is going to up the ante on their campaign against ‘hate speech’ as if they really know what they’re talking about. Their current semi-manual process of censoring content is already causing some serious pushback with customers and even customer nations (e.g. India). There, as here, they run into problems of politicizing their users’ contents, and doing it very inconsistently. Now we learn that Facebook is going to start applying advanced AI speech recognition software to make sure that we don’t violate the undefined and undulating hate speech principles of that leftwing corporatist giant. “Advances could help unlock realtime identification of hate speech on Facebook.” I tell you Martha, pretty soon we ain’t gonna be able to post much beyond pictures of our grandkids without getting it yanked or having someone knocking on our door. (more here)
Who cares to offer their thoughts on or definition of ‘hate speech’ in a manner that would allow third parties to reliably identify it in posted copy? Nobody? That’s what I thought.
Mail-in election chaos anticipated by tech giants (here). This in spite of the crap that has been thrown at President Trump for his warnings that the coming election is going to be chaotic at best and rife with fraud at worst. Now we learn that corporatist giants such as Facebook, Alphabet, Twitter are all girding their loins for the chaos, but not for problems with ballots. Instead, they will apply themselves to “how the social-media platforms can prevent the spread of misinformation in the days before and after the election, after the U.S. intelligence community warned of foreign interference and President Trump called the vote’s integrity into question.” So again the question is how to identify ‘misinformation’. Recall that the lamestream and corporatists have the ability to erase entire topic areas from the national dialogue. An example is the removal of HCQ as a demonstrated C19 therapeutic. It continues to be used beneficially in hospitals here and around the world, but because Trump first mentioned it, HCQ can no longer be discussed in the public forum because it will spread egg all over the face of the Faucis to the NYT and WaPo. HCQ has been eliminated from Newspeak.
Anybody know what’s on the policy platform of the Biden/Harris team? Go to his website here, and all you get is two tons of bupkus, or more precisely a big fat policy nothing burger. Besides asking you for money, the only things you get to read are an endless stream of TDS content, and lame pieces like ‘Statement from Joe Biden on the 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.’ A lot of media outlets are beginning to notice that there’s nothing there, and no one is willing to put up anything that would let the voters compare what the hard-denying, hard-left duo will subject the country to if/when they’re elected. The reason is clear – they don’t dare, because then the socialist programs of Bernie, AOC, BLM, Antifa, and the rest of the progressive anti-American crowd will be obvious to even the dimmest of their already deficit-burdened constituency. Best keep everyone focused on the fresh-baked-daily fake news. The lamestream stands ready to broadcast, and the corporatists are there with their wallets. Talk about buying a pig in a poke.
[16aug20 update] Mail-in ballots don’t work corroborated NJ Gov Murphy on FN’s Chris Wallace show. When asked about the fact that somewhere between 10% and 20% of mail-in ballots are sent to non-existent voters still on the voter rolls, he studiously and immediately ducked the question and gave out a line of bullshit that had nothing to do with that problem. Things go worse when the subject of the Paterson NJ mail-in fraud came up. Beyond all belief, the logic-deprived governor claimed that having caught that fraud demonstrates that mail-in voting works. Somehow Gov Double-dummy was not able to understand that such a discovery demonstrates that mail-in fraud exists, and 2) that there’s a high likelihood that more incidences of fraud were NOT discovered, as opposed to that only one existed and they nailed it.
Kamala Harris was a racist pick, and is now the ‘Sec 8’ candidate on the Dem ticket. This is admitted by ALL liberal talking heads who celebrate the race-based strength that she contributes to Biden’s chance. None of them want to discuss her record, either as California’s AG or a US Senator, a record that should contribute some consideration of merit as the reason for her selection. She’s black and doesn’t have too many black marks on her record are all the qualifications that Democrat constituents desire and need to know. But if you actually point this out, you’re a racist. Period end of story.
[17aug20 update] Green Power Blackouts are now the new norm during hot weather since California has converted almost 40% of its power generation to extremely expensive, unreliable solar and wind – 60% mandated by 2030. Having rejected natural gas and nuclear, these power outages are totally manmade by ideologically-blinded, ignorant Democrats. Their stated objective remains countering preventable manmade global warming (PMGW), and unstated objective is still Agenda21 – concentrate humanity in ‘stack & pack’ cities. Since the state’s electorate is now made up of more than half double dummies, there is no hope for change. (more here)
(Reminder to readers that I don’t like to use ‘climate change’ as the ambiguous and political catch-all label for the more precise PMGW, which is what everyone is actually talking about, and the policies against which are causing all the havoc in our economy and the reduction of freedoms in our daily lives. Climate has always been changing, and continues to do so now. Real science is divided on its direction, causes, preventability, and impacts. Leftwing consensus science is not.)
The recent rise NYC crime rates under idiot mayor DeBlasio is “suspected” by, some but not all, “elected officials and criminologists” to be caused by NYPD’s new enforced policy of fewer arrests for criminal acts. “NYPD officials, politicians and criminologists debate whether a link exists between fewer detentions and more homicides and shootings.” Ya think??! (more here)
Today the nationwide TDS epidemic goes on steroids. The Democratic National Convention launches its online version tonight 6-8pm PDT with a stunning array of speakers ranging from former RINO Kasich, through Michelle and Cuomo, to comrade Bernie himself. (more here) The number of Big Lies told to the American public for two hours every night will be uncountable. Readers recall RR’s definition of ‘Big Lie’ as one that actually impacts how Americans behave and plan their lives, as opposed to the bravura and bombast that Trump regularly spews (and Democrats count).
Another Big Lie du jour by the Left is that mail-in balloting will present no problems since the USPS regularly delivers millions of SS checks by mail. But even that is wrong since the overwhelming share of SS payments are direct deposits to recipients’ bank accounts. And even these residual mailings are presenting a big problem to today’s USPS as announced very publicly by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who warns states of their totally insane schedule of distribution and reception of mail-in ballot. It seems that most states (led by guess which party) do not understand the means and methods of USPS mail handling and delivery. Everything from multi-year cost cutting, including eliminating/reducing overtime, to pandemic increased mailings of parcels and packages has placed the USPS in an already over-stressed condition as it anticipates the mail-in ballots surge. The TDS Dems, of course, will expand their Big Lie by blaming the whole thing on President Trump. (more here)
[20aug20 update] Even Bumblebrain Biden’s colors don’t run true. Take a look at his red, white, and ‘blue’ backgrounds and logos. There is no such barfy turquoise-tinged blue in the American tri-color. His new socialist tri-color makes an intended statement that they will no longer be like the rest of us. These are the colors of a new age that seeks to difference itself from what has been a longstanding American tradition in all its dimensions and shades.
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