Monday - 03Dec2018 Filed in:
Headlines&Politics&Law“The closing of GM’s Detroit plant—erected at the expense of a vibrant urban neighborhood—is a final twist of the knife in a tale of displacement and destruction.”
You can be an advocate or you can be a search engine. You can't honestly be both.
“Amazon’s yearlong search for the location of its second headquarters was billed as a chance to transform an American city. In reality, it made plain an economic system that increases inequality, monopoly power, and political polarization.”Tags: Bill Clinton ∙ Hillary Clinton ∙ Supreme Court ∙ administrative state ∙ landlords ∙ Texas ∙ gun rights ∙ G20 ∙ San Francisco ∙ homeless ∙ U.S. Post Office ∙ George H. W. Bush ∙ war crimes ∙ racism ∙ obstruction of justice ∙ Barack Obama ∙ telemedicine ∙ Wall Street ∙ Google ∙ conservative ∙ media bias ∙ ADHD ∙ public schools ∙ kids ∙ General Motors ∙ Detroit ∙ Poletown Taking
Monday - 05Nov2018 Filed in:
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Sunday - 01Jul2018 Filed in:
NeoNotes&Free Speech&Free Markets❝❝Pardon, but the media set the stage for their own demonization well before Trump's election. No, not everyone of them and not most of them. But the shift from news to liberal-opinon-passed-off-as-news has been going on for decades now. In the mission to present "THE truth," the media has forgotten that there is often more than one truth and that truth needs something more than passionate writing.
Anyone remember supply-side economics? The common narrative is that it was a product of the Reagan administration and that it was a catastrophic failure. But truth shows that Kennedy tried reducing taxes and regulations first. And under both Kennedy and Reagan, it boosted the economy. But that is not what the media says.
The common narrative is that people of faith demand that minorities be suppressed. Unless of course you are a minority person of faith who depends on government protection. But truth shows that Christians (yes, Christians) made American pluralism possible and even to this day are among the strongest defenders of religious freedom. In some minority communities, local churches are bedrock. Good luck finding that in the news today.
The common narrative is that conservatives mistreat and suppress women. But one truth that #MeToo has demonstrated is that certain (scumbag) high profile liberal politicos and celebrities gave lip-service to feminism so they could take sexual advantage. Many more liberals than conservatives in fact. But the stories that we get are that liberals Are Taking Steps while conservatives could care less.
In all these cases and many more, conservatives and conservative ideas are disparaged while the press presents liberal ideas as the Only Practical Solution. Never mind that many of those liberal ideas don't work and make things worse. After seeing that happen again and again, conservatives naturally distrust the media. They don't see the stories where their ideas and beliefs are celebrated. Those stories with a NEUTRAL bias are hardly ever there. The press passes itself off as mainstream when it isn't, and goes out of it's way to avoid stories that show conservatism in a good light.
As for libertarianism (CLASSIC liberalism), we get labeled as the kookiest of the those scary alt-right types. Never mind that isn't who we are. Never mind the merit of our ideas. No, we're the dangerous nutcases that you dare not listen to.
When the press shows that it can't be trusted with even some truths, why should the press be trusted? They demonized themselves long before Trump did.❞❞
NeoNotes are the selected comments that I made on other boards, in email, or in response to articles where I could not respond directly.
Tags: freedom of the press ∙ demonization ∙ Donald Trump ∙ supply-side economics ∙ John F. Kennedy ∙ Ronald Reagan ∙ people of faith ∙ Christians ∙ pluralism ∙ religious freedom ∙ women ∙ #MeToo ∙ feminism ∙ conservative ∙ liberal ∙ libertarianism ∙ press ∙ media bias
Warrantless searches are not a good idea
More and more questions about the Obama "library"
Somehow we're fueling revenge
This isn't a regular story, but it was just too good
Nothing about the merits
Time for some changes
I'd love to see them bounce back
Interesting take on the attacks on Trump
And he forgot to mention it to Congress
The original program was done without Congress and is illegal
Wired makes the case against free speech
Yeah, they kinda are
We need to find common ground
Tags: Border Patrol ∙ warrant ∙ search ∙ Barack Obama ∙ presidental library ∙ torture ∙ media bias ∙ Nancy Pelosi ∙ merits ∙ Democrats ∙ US Army ∙ recruits ∙ entitled ∙ Louisiana ∙ bookstore ∙ scandal ∙ James Comey ∙ Obama administration ∙ White House ∙ DACA ∙ Wired ∙ Bill Gates ∙ tech companies ∙ government ∙ regulation ∙ civil rights ∙ Martin Luther King ∙ common ground
Friday - 30Jun2017 Filed in:
Headlines&Can't stop the signal“What is fake news? Is Donald Trump correct when he says CNN, The New York Times, and other mainstream outlets report fake news? Commentator and bestselling author Andrew Klavan explains.”
Read More...Tags: video ∙ guest content ∙ PragerU ∙ fake news ∙ media bias ∙ Donald Trump ∙ CNN ∙ New York Times ∙ media ∙ Andrew Klavan ∙ George Stephanopoulos ∙ David Rhodes ∙ Comcast ∙ NBC ∙ CBS ∙ Time Warner ∙ Tea Party ∙ lower taxes ∙ less spending ∙ Occupy Wall Street ∙ Newsweek ∙ Evan Thomas ∙ Devin Nunes
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