America’s 21st Century Leftist Tyranny – A Public/Private “Authorigopoly”<br>[BUCK THROCKMORTON]

America’s 21st Century Leftist Tyranny – A Public/Private “Authorigopoly”
[BUCK THROCKMORTON]

The 21st Century method of left wing tyranny now being implemented by American leftists cannot be described as communism or socialism any longer. Instead we have an emerging “authorigopoly” – authoritarianism exercised by an oligopoly/cartel of monopoly businesses, loyal to the agenda of the unelected permanent left wing government bureaucracy, and supported by virtually every non-governmental institution in the country. While it’s not technically accurate to label publically-traded for-profit businesses as “socialist”, there is no doubt that our monster tech companies are actively leftist, and not just in philosophy, they are active enforcers of left-wing ideology. What is so terrifying about the authorigopoly is that it has the power to silence speech and opinions in a manner the left has always dreamed of, without having to openly nullify the 1st Amendment and that pesky Bill of Rights. In effect, by aligning with monster tech, the left has outsourced its tyranny to a cartel of monopoly businesses who have the power to veto any individual’s participation in modern society.

One prominent fissure among “Trump conservatives” and “#NeverTrump conservatives” is that virtually all of the legacy conservative media supports the right of monster tech companies to use their monopoly powers to suppress speech and to punish dissenters via de-platforming. To those of us conservatives who used to read National Review and the Wall Street Journal, we are shocked to now read that those publications are actively hostile to liberty so long as the left-wing ruling class can outsource our subjugation to private entities. Monster tech is a cartel of monopolies, and they control the 21st century digital utilities. It would have been unthinkable in the 20th century for private telephone monopolies to listen to phone calls and suspend service to those engaged in wrongthink, but the American left - and legacy conservative media – have now actively embraced cancel culture. They support the tech monopolies’ right to ban access to modern digital utilities for any individual who dares to voice the wrong opinion.

So, can’t I just go start my own tech business if I don’t like being censored and de-platformed by existing companies? No, I can’t. When a Twitter competitor started to gain some traction, both Google and Apple banished it from their software and mobile devices, allegedly because it attracted some people with unsavory opinions. But remember, free speech isn’t necessary to protect popular or non-controversial opinions. And let’s be honest, Google and Apple were ultimately just protecting their cartel partner (Twitter) from competition. Further, any other digital company that does get traction and becomes successful (Instagram, You Tube, etc) will be acquired by one of the monster tech cartel members, and the authorigopoly’s speech code will be forced upon the acquired entity.

The social media oligopoly has made it clear that to participate in the digital world, you will comply with allowable speech codes, and at the same time you will not compete with the existing cartel members. They’ll protect each other. And yes – these companies are utilities. My small town is one of many that uses Facebook as a way of disseminating information to residents. If I want to know about city department holiday schedules, road closures, flooding, icy roads, etc, then I need Facebook. And Facebook knows I need them. And Facebook is eager to use its monopoly power as a utility to make me comply with the authorigopoly’s allowable speech and opinions.

Beyond the ruling cartel, the current leftist power structure differs from communism/socialism in that private enterprise is allowed. But private businesses must act as agents and enforcers of PC/leftist culture. Ask Papa John or Mozilla’s Brandon Eich if independent thought or straying from the party line is allowed. They expressed the wrong opinions and then the enforcement arm of the authorigopoly was quickly unleashed. Whereas capitalism has an “invisible hand”, the authorigopoly has an “invisible fist”. Non-compliance with leftist doctrine will unleash an angry and violent mob. And yes, it is violent - just ask Mrs. Tucker Carlson. We effectively have a leftist version of sharia in which private enterprise is allowed, but to stay in business it must be in compliance with the tenets of the faith.

Perhaps the private corporations who are in service to the authorigopoly will someday allow de-platformed individuals the opportunity to re-join modern society. They could offer training classes and rituals that could be held at rural retreats. Sort of a camping experience maybe. A setting where individuals could be “re-educated.” Or here’s a better alternative: Break-up the cartel. Smash the monopolies. Bust their authoritarian trust. And maybe even shackle some of the executives for overseeing a totalitarian regime that has sought to deny Americans their constitutional freedoms. This needs to be a priority in President Trump’s second term.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 04:07 PM

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1 OT: first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, source of random movie thoughts at January 01, 2020 04:07 PM (zZbCU)

2 Howdy, Buck.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 04:07 PM (7juvc)

3 Yo, Buck! How's it hangin'?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 01, 2020 04:09 PM (CjFDo)

4 Another stepped on...

Posted by: Kazi at January 01, 2020 04:09 PM (0x00j)

5 So, we should gift card Mrs Tucker Carlson with Target Practice ...

Posted by: Adriane the Human Nature Critic ... at January 01, 2020 04:10 PM (LPnfS)

6 Amen, brother!

Posted by: pookysgirl with a daughter in a pear tree at January 01, 2020 04:11 PM (XKZwp)

7 I skimmed it. Good said.

Posted by: eleven at January 01, 2020 04:12 PM (QLPEO)

8 Great post. And you can see yet another reason why the Democrats are keeping Trump busy and on his toes with obvious utter bullshit. First with Russia, then Ukraine. Not to mention all the crap in between.

Time spent in defense mode on total bs is time NOT spent on all the other things Trump can and must do to protect this country as founded.

Posted by: ... at January 01, 2020 04:12 PM (hKsyU)

9 Tyranny is not marked out by it's severity, but rather by it's capriciousness. When you have one law for some and different laws for others, you are already living under tyranny.

We are living under tyranny.

Posted by: Grump928(C) reminds you at January 01, 2020 04:12 PM (yQpMk)

10 FBI Agent Said Andrew McCabe Apologized For Role In Media Leak

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Well, alright then.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 01, 2020 04:13 PM (+y/Ru)

11 Isnt that just Mussolinis brand of corporatism?

Posted by: henry at January 01, 2020 04:13 PM (J3Rfi)

12 Meh. All sound and fury, signifying nothing. Look how well the government carried out it's vendetta against Microsoft re:Netscape.

Posted by: Kazi at January 01, 2020 04:14 PM (0x00j)

13 Interesting, I assumed the "author" part of authorigopoly" was a reference to the Progda #FakeNews media's partnership with (some, like Rush, say control over) the Communist Democrat Party.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make the 20's Roar Again! at January 01, 2020 04:15 PM (WqPYg)

14 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 01, 2020 04:13 PM (+y/Ru)

First apologies. Then biannual meetings. And finally... the Comfy Chair!!!!

Posted by: ... at January 01, 2020 04:15 PM (hKsyU)

15 "authorigopoly" -- authoritarianism exercised by an oligopoly/cartel of monopoly businesses

They already have a word for that: "fascism."

Posted by: zombie at January 01, 2020 04:16 PM (fK2gX)

16 Gee, we need some sort of name for a socialism that allows private business to retain control of their property.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at January 01, 2020 04:16 PM (mWzQJ)

17 Get rid of the "Good Samaritan" provision from the Communications Decency Act, then let the ambulance chasers jury-shop for massive lawsuit paydays.

No muss, no fuss, and most important of all: no more power granted to government regulators.

Posted by: fktheleft at January 01, 2020 04:16 PM (I54dk)

18 I've been saying for years now that I can't believe no one has filed a Civil Rights Act suit against the payment processing companies for refusing to do business with "certain people" due to their beliefs. If Christian bakers have to bake cakes for gay weddings, shouldn't Visa have to process payments for Naaahtzi websites?

Posted by: pookysgirl with a daughter in a pear tree at January 01, 2020 04:16 PM (XKZwp)

19 Alabama has the lead, the ball, and six minutes left in the game. In years past we would just run the ball down the field and end the game with the ball in our hands. This year we will probably punt with five minutes left.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 01, 2020 04:18 PM (yQpMk)

20 Great Thread!

I always wonder who are the persons responsible for all the ads you see having the same themes. There is always a white broad, a brown/asian person, a black guy and a white guy all sitting somewhere or doing something enjoying some crappy product or other. From TV to magazines to the interwebs, all the ads have the same set groups of people, no matter what is being sold.

It's like a rainbow Goebbels has taken over Madison Avenue.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2020 04:19 PM (Z+IKu)

21 Hush yo mouth Grump. We're good.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 01, 2020 04:19 PM (xInes)

22 Whereas capitalism has an "invisible hand", the authorigopoly has an "invisible fist".

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Pull quote.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make the 20's Roar Again! at January 01, 2020 04:19 PM (WqPYg)

23 Props to Minnesota for beating Auburn in the Outback Bowl.

Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2020 04:20 PM (pXNaM)

24 FBI Agent Said Andrew McCabe Apologized For Role In Media Leak

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Well, alright then.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That's all I really wanted. An empty gesture of contrition. Everybody can go home now.

Posted by: eleven at January 01, 2020 04:20 PM (QLPEO)

25 Also, the last time Minnesota won 10 games in a season was 1905 (they're now 11-2).

Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2020 04:21 PM (pXNaM)

26 I thought someone said Buck was nude. Not seeing it. Thankfully.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:21 PM (Dhht7)

27
So, can't I just go start my own tech business if I don't like being censored and de-platformed by existing companies? No, I can't.

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And if monsters like Google and Apple don't ban your service from their stores, then PayPal and Stripe are there as backup to refuse to process payments for it. If a rival payment service starts up, the woke banks kick into action.

Corporate leftism is getting to be a big deal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2020 04:21 PM (oGNNA)

28 Isnt that just Mussolinis brand of corporatism?
Posted by: henry

Sure does sound familiar doesn't it?

Posted by: eleven at January 01, 2020 04:21 PM (QLPEO)

29 8-4 is in Gus's contract.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 01, 2020 04:22 PM (xInes)

30 >>>Fascism: a
political philosophy promoting a centralized autocratic government exercising strong economic and social regimentation, and promoting forcible suppression of opposition views.
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That fit?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2020 04:22 PM (NVYyb)

31 Also, the last time Minnesota won 10 games in a season was 1905 (they're now 11-2).

Posted by: Vendette at January 01, 2020 04:21 PM (pXNaM)

Hrmmm, I wonder who could have given them one of their two losses?
*cough* Hawkeyes *cough cough*

Posted by: pookysgirl with a daughter in a pear tree at January 01, 2020 04:22 PM (XKZwp)

32 Maybe "authoritopoly."

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 04:23 PM (7juvc)

33 I admire the effort in describing what is really just a phase of a process whose ultimate aim is fascism.

Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:23 PM (xarPm)

34 I've been banished to Twitter's Devil's Island for life.

I've also done a few week stints in Facebook's jails.

We're going to have to put the hurt on them. When they allow their platform to share space with government the platform becomes a First Amendment free speech playground.

Posted by: torabora at January 01, 2020 04:25 PM (MIC6B)

35 And maybe even shackle some of the executives for overseeing a
totalitarian regime that has sought to deny Americans their
constitutional freedoms.

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It would also be nice if American businesses would put their country ahead of profits -- let alone stop selling-out to enemies like the Chi-Comms and Iran (especially our politicians and lobbyists) -- but I suspect those days are gone.

Can we Make Loyalty Oaths Great Again?

Posted by: ShainS -- Make the 20's Roar Again! at January 01, 2020 04:25 PM (WqPYg)

36 the word is syszgy, a blend of business and government where you can't tell where one ends and the other one begins,

Posted by: gaius martius at January 01, 2020 04:25 PM (hMlTh)

37 I Got A Good 'Un , I Don't Need No Steam Heat

Posted by: freaked at January 01, 2020 04:25 PM (Tnijr)

38 Twitter and Facebook are authoritarian speech Nazis.

Posted by: torabora at January 01, 2020 04:26 PM (MIC6B)

39 Saw a meme on FB, had a picture from an old movie, over it says 60s and the woman is on a phone, saying I should be careful what I say, the government will wiretap my phones.

Next picture is today, a guy is there he says hey wiretap give me a recipe for pancakes.

Posted by: blaster at January 01, 2020 04:26 PM (ZfRYq)

40 We have already seen that laws are whatever the elites say they are or they ignore them completely that success now largely depends on who you know and not what you know.

Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:26 PM (xarPm)

41
It's like a rainbow Goebbels has taken over Madison Avenue.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy

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I'd like to unriddle this chicken-egg situation. Are the C-level decision makers simply taking the path of least resistance against the loudmouth lefties who will condemn, picket, libel, threaten, disgrace, name-call, sue, etc -- or are they true believers, part of the wave?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2020 04:27 PM (oGNNA)

42 why do American corporations, work so well with Huawei, which is an appendage of the Chinese govt much like itt was in the early 20th century?

Posted by: gaius martius at January 01, 2020 04:27 PM (hMlTh)

43 #30 Don't you come around here no more. We got your number.

Posted by: Facebook at January 01, 2020 04:28 PM (MIC6B)

44 A bit of clarification on success depending on who you know rather than what you know, you also have to fall in line.

It turns out comedians were the canaries in the coal mine and nobody took any notice of them when they were silenced.

Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:29 PM (xarPm)

45 16 Gee, we need some sort of name for a socialism that allows private business to retain control of their property.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at January 01, 2020 04:16 PM (mWzQJ)

=

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 04:29 PM (7juvc)

46 American businesses? Have you looked at the CEOs of Microsoft, Alphabet, etc. or looked into SoftBanks stake in Twitter etc. these businesses are globalist, not American.

Posted by: henry at January 01, 2020 04:30 PM (J3Rfi)

47 30 >>>Fascism: a
political philosophy promoting a centralized autocratic government exercising strong economic and social regimentation, and promoting forcible suppression of opposition views.
===============

That fit?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2020 04:22 PM (NVYyb)

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Kind of the opposite with the exact same results. The corporations cajole the government stooges to do their bidding. The end result is the same, but who's pitching and who's catching is reversed.

Posted by: Groundhog at January 01, 2020 04:30 PM (VYwSh)

48 Well, this post is uplifting. Not. Happy New Year. Gonna open that last bottle of champagne.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:30 PM (Dhht7)

49 More correctly, it is de Tocqueville's "tyranny of a majority". You've just obfuscated his work.

The consistency doesn't matter. It is the goal that a majority seizes the reigns of our republic, undermines The Bill of Rights, and weaponizes government against the citizens.

Posted by: Hesco Gypsy at January 01, 2020 04:30 PM (TpqVY)

50 many of the theorist behind personal computing made it clear, the media was only supposed to be used to transmit progressive thoughts, counterrevolutionary mindsets were considered doubleunplusgood, they have accounted for that oversight,

Posted by: gaius martius at January 01, 2020 04:30 PM (hMlTh)

51 Can we get a Pet or Food thread for the holiday?

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:31 PM (Dhht7)

52 Ok this getting far too neg.

bbl

Posted by: eleven at January 01, 2020 04:31 PM (QLPEO)

53 Good stuff. Thanks for the essay, Mr. Buck, if that is your real name...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2020 04:31 PM (LZ8xH)

54 Ask yourself: If the same system were in place, but enforcing all these negative consequences against leftist ideology, what would The Left do?

That is your exact answer on how to proceed.

Posted by: ... at January 01, 2020 04:32 PM (rUoFb)

55
why do American corporations, work so well with Huawei, which is an appendage of the Chinese govt much like itt was in the early 20th century?
Posted by: gaius martius

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Marco Rubio is one legislator who gets it.

"If you go to China, they promise you 'X percent' of their overall market share. You make money, and you look good in front of your shareholders, but you're also turning over your intellectual property and eventually they're going to replace you. But who cares? You won't be CEO in 10 years when that happens.

[The Chinese] have traditionally been able to unleash the American corporate class to march up to D.C. and pressure their policymakers to back down because so many of these companies have established a market presence in China that in the short-term is very beneficial but in the long-term is probably suicide for those companies."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2020 04:32 PM (oGNNA)

56 35-16 Bama, the final

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 01, 2020 04:33 PM (yQpMk)

57 >>Ask yourself: If the same system were in place, but enforcing all these negative consequences against leftist ideology, what would The Left do?

Probably us the DOJ to open an investigation of Big Tech to see if they were acting like monopolies.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2020 04:33 PM (ZLI7S)

58 I have raged on the same topic a few times, although not as eloquent.

But the GOP is allowing billions of dollars worth of free campaign ads to the Leftists by the tech monopolies and will pay dearly for it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2020 04:33 PM (r+sAi)

59 Probably us the DOJ to open an investigation of Big Tech to see if they were acting like monopolies.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2020 04:33 PM (ZLI7S)

I think ISWYDT

Posted by: ... at January 01, 2020 04:34 PM (rUoFb)

60 Ask yourself: If the same system were in place, but enforcing all these negative consequences against leftist ideology, what would The Left do?

Burn down Portland.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 01, 2020 04:34 PM (yQpMk)

61 58 I have raged on the same topic a few times, although not as eloquent.

But the GOP is allowing billions of dollars worth of free campaign ads to the Leftists by the tech monopolies and will pay dearly for it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2020 04:33 PM (r+sAi)

= technopoly?

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 04:34 PM (7juvc)

62 I keep thinking it's the weekend.

Posted by: Weasel at January 01, 2020 04:36 PM (MVjcR)

63 35-16 Bama, the final

That was an Ottering.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 01, 2020 04:36 PM (gd9RK)

64
Burn down Portland.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 01, 2020 04:34 PM (yQpMk)

There it is.

Posted by: ... at January 01, 2020 04:36 PM (rUoFb)

65 September 2018 I permanently deleted FB. I regret that a lot of folks who were very kind to me, probably thought I was "ghosting" them, but it had to be done once I was no longer free to interact with people in the way of my choosing. Nothing personal, just business.

BTW. Happy New Years 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: Kazi at January 01, 2020 04:36 PM (0x00j)

66 So, can't I just go start my own tech business if I don't like being censored and de-platformed by existing companies? No, I can't. When a Twitter competitor started to gain some traction, both Google and Apple banished it from their software and mobile devices

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Anti-trust action to break up the tech monsters. Here's a good plank for Trump's 2020 platform.

Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:37 PM (xarPm)

67 "Ask yourself: If the same system were in place, but enforcing all these negative consequences against leftist ideology, what would The Left do? "

Create diversions like falsely impeaching a president, dividing people against each other by gender, race or socioeconomic status and preaching a more radical agenda that is antithetical to our country?

Am I close?

Posted by: Hesco Gypsy at January 01, 2020 04:37 PM (TpqVY)

68 "I keep thinking it's the weekend."
I make a motion to declare this the weekend. All in favor say aye. All against,
get up and go to work tomorrow.

Posted by: freaked at January 01, 2020 04:38 PM (Tnijr)

69 35-16 Bama, the final

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 01, 2020 04:33

Roll Tide. Wish Auburn could have put up a W.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:38 PM (Dhht7)

70 >>Anti-trust action to break up the tech monsters. Here's a good plank for Trump's 2020 platform.

https://tinyurl.com/y5zfaycs

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2020 04:39 PM (ZLI7S)

71 I see the Buck stopped here again.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 01, 2020 04:39 PM (WEBkv)

72 I keep thinking it's the weekend.

Posted by: Weasel at January 01, 2020 04:36 PM (MVjcR)

It's been like that for me for almost #TwoWeeks now!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at January 01, 2020 04:40 PM (BiNEL)

73 Aye!

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:40 PM (Dhht7)

74 I'm at the point where I'd rather be shot at that engage these Leftists. At least I know the bullets intent is to kill me and it doesn't lie about that.

Posted by: Hesco Gypsy at January 01, 2020 04:40 PM (TpqVY)

75 "This needs to be a priority in President Trump's second term."

If he gets one. The authorigopoly is working hard to ensure that he doesn't.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 01, 2020 04:41 PM (H8QX8)

76 Buck T your thought processes strongly resemble the Z man.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..if this be treason, make the most of it at January 01, 2020 04:42 PM (eegGk)

77 Mary Chastain (writer at "Legal Insurrection') offers best feel good stories about caring, interesting people of 2019:

https://tinyurl.com/tmyzo79

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2020 04:42 PM (WI7YS)

78 When a Twitter competitor started to gain some traction, both Google and Apple banished it from their software and mobile devices, allegedly because it attracted some people with unsavory opinions.

Just to be balanced here, Gab *is* lousy with actual Nazis. You *will* be attacked if you express support for Israel or Jews or have a Jewish name. I feel like they probably could've avoided getting their app banned if they actually hadn't allowed that sort of thing to flourish. I stopped using them in part because of that, even though there's a good AoSHQ group on there.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2020 04:42 PM (6XLoz)

79 Leftists like to use envy to push their anti-capitalist policies so why can't the right do the same? Point the finger at the tech giants and ask why are they allowed to say whatever they want but you are not.

Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:42 PM (xarPm)

80 "And Facebook is eager to use its monopoly...."

Just because it wants doesn't mean it gets. There are other ways of getting info. Usually there are local info sources aside from Facebook or even internet.
Most locations are aware that quite a few people do not have computers, or facebook. Phones still work without big tech, so does e mail, radio, and local station t.v.. If you need local info you can find it without facebook or the internet. The whole fucking world does not begin and end with technology. Use a real, old fashioned phone book and make a phone call. Or if you can't do that for whatever reason, visit the specific website for the info you need and make sure the powers that be understand that you do not facebook. If more people complain and threaten to sue for shutting some people out of the info loop...... We win.

Posted by: Madamemayhem at January 01, 2020 04:43 PM (myjNJ)

81 Excellent post. We need more of this thinking and commentary. It's a new world, post opening phases off social media. How can it be right that the Left can accomplish via the private sector what it could never do under the Constitution.

Of course, the problem now is the GOP is about 10 years late, IF they woke up this very moment and had the will and power to do something about it. They have neither. By the time they next time do, the Leftist invisible fist will be many years more practiced and hardened, and the Conservatives all the more silenced.

The only other option is for conservatives to form more legal interest groups, like the GOP equivalent of the ACLU, and start to aim lawsuits at the Social media companies on first amendment grounds. Make no mistake, there is no existing law that would suggest success. Under current 1st amendment jurisprudence, these types of lawsuits would fail on lack of government action -- 1st amendment doesn't protect citizens against free speech attacks by the private sector.

But, Supreme Court jurisprudence is replete with instances where the Court has found novel theories to find government action and thus standing and redress.

With Trump/McConnell filling up judicial spots with Conservatives, there is growing hope that conservatives may find purchase with lawsuits seeking first amendment protection from these bullies.

Would love to also see GOP Congress, next time in power, to completely re-do the Federal law related to defamation, removal of Section 230 Communications Decency Act protection for Social Media companies, and of course more aggressive use of the Anti-Trust laws.

These new times need new legal weapons, and fast. With the complete Leftist takeover of academia, each year schools and colleges spit out more Leftists than conservatives, mainly due to lack of presentation of competing ideas throughout the academic process. Plus massive immigration, also strongly favoring Left, the Progressives are well on their way to completely closing out all avenues for GOP accretion of political power, and without massive changes, it's only a matter of time (if not already too late) before the Left completely forecloses GOP return to power to do anything about these problems.

Current GOP remains asleep at wheel. Don't appear to realize the mortal danger -- the emergency -- that we now live in as conservatives.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 04:44 PM (DRgs8)

82 Don't forget Andy Ngo, who also had thugs show up at his door.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 01, 2020 04:44 PM (WEBkv)

83 I made Black eye peas today for Luck and Prosperity in the new year. I don't think it was cultural appropriation because I used canned peas.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:45 PM (Dhht7)

84 Tyranny is not marked out by it's severity, but rather by it's capriciousness. When you have one law for some and different laws for others, you are already living under tyranny.

We are living under tyranny.
Posted by: Grump928(C) reminds you at January 01, 2020 04:12 PM (yQpMk)

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The whole of the "Free" world is as well. Look at Europe, Australia, UK. We did not change China, they changed us.

Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:45 PM (xarPm)

85 It's like Winston asked O'Brien.

"I understand how, I don't understand why."

Controlled insanity and boot meet face.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 01, 2020 04:45 PM (Z+IKu)

86 65 September 2018 I permanently deleted FB. I regret that a lot of folks who were very kind to me, probably thought I was "ghosting" them, but it had to be done once I was no longer free to interact with people in the way of my choosing. Nothing personal, just business.

BTW. Happy New Years 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: Kazi at January 01, 2020 04:36 PM (0x00j)
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I've logged on twice to Facebook. Once to thank a guy who made call blocker hardware for landlines (I have OOMA) in the Atlanta area and went out of business and once where I bought an product on Amazon and the installation instruction video was on FB. I do, and the Fucking thing was a Youtube video. Good product but I savaged them on my Amazon product review.

I have a 2 year old Android phone. Runs great. But, I may install a Google free Android OS like LineageOS in maybe a year that does not lock FB into the phone. That just frosts my rice crispies.

Posted by: Groundhog at January 01, 2020 04:46 PM (VYwSh)

87 Posted by: Decaf at January 01, 2020 04:42 PM (xarPm)
Your Comment has been deleted.

Posted by: googleyface appletwit at January 01, 2020 04:47 PM (r+sAi)

88

Aren't today's progtards the counter-revolutionaries? Wanting to take us back to the European model?

The founders being the revolutionaries.

Posted by: teej at January 01, 2020 04:47 PM (PDYxO)

89 And it's a little early for me to post this, but heck-Ill do it anyway.

Beautiful pictures of nature:

https://earthporn.org/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2020 04:48 PM (WI7YS)

90 Just to be balanced here, Gab *is* lousy with actual
Nazis. You *will* be attacked if you express support for Israel or
Jews or have a Jewish name. I feel like they probably could've avoided
getting their app banned if they actually hadn't allowed that sort of
thing to flourish. I stopped using them in part because of that, even
though there's a good AoSHQ group on there.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2020 04:42 PM (6XLoz)

Yeah and I can't imagine that lefties would be filling that place with Nazi talk just to make it seem like it's full of actual Nazis, who barely exist in the real world.

That would be like lefties coming here and acting like longtime Republicans only to push contrarian commie points of view in every thread as if that's a normal thing. Crazy!

Posted by: ... at January 01, 2020 04:48 PM (rUoFb)

91 Trump has been woefully negligent on this issue. This doesn't matter as much as vaping? Brad Parscale has only recently been making noises about google's depredations.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 01, 2020 04:48 PM (H8QX8)

92 WELL DONE Buck, this is all correct by me.

Posted by: ghost of kari at January 01, 2020 04:51 PM (8IQhD)

93 Putin has stepped in the shit with argument against Poland that Poland bears responsibility for being invaded by Russia in 1939.

This goes far to show that he's not as smart as he tries so hard to make himself out to be.

Posted by: Facebook at January 01, 2020 04:51 PM (MIC6B)

94 Anti-trust action to break up the tech monsters. Here's a good plank for Trump's 2020 platform.

https://tinyurl.com/y5zfaycs
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2020 04:39 PM (ZLI7S)
****************
This was back in July and the Justice Dept still hasn't done anything about. I'm beyond being p*ssed off about this.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2020 04:52 PM (wiXsO)

95 91 Trump has been woefully negligent on this issue. This doesn't matter as much as vaping? Brad Parscale has only recently been making noises about google's depredations.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 01, 2020 04:48 PM (H8QX

Facebook and Utube are the only two venue for him to reach the most people.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 04:52 PM (xcd1u)

96 Dear Lord, computer chairs are expensive as hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 01, 2020 04:53 PM (ycWCI)

97 Unlike the Statue of Liberty, the Fourth Amendment is kaput.

We need a Digital Bill Of Rights. Take away the 'monster tech' s (I like this phrase) ability to milk us like horseshoe crabs.

But without the courts to enforce this Bill, it will be as useless as the 4th.

And personal privacy is kaput as well.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 01, 2020 04:54 PM (Z4rgH)

98 Isn't the administration [and maybe a committee in the Senate] looking into anti-trust aspects of this?

That, and the publisher/neutral utility issue, might at least provide a hand-hold, if pursued effectively.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 01, 2020 04:54 PM (El6T/)

99 Facebook and Utube are the only two venue for him to reach the most people.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 04:52 PM (xcd1u)

How many is he reaching since 2016? facebook is slaughtering conservatives, as is youtube.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (H8QX8)

100 96 Dear Lord, computer chairs are expensive as hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 01, 2020 04:53 PM (ycWCI)

What are a recliner, wireless mouse and keyboard for $200?

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (xcd1u)

101 The only other option is for conservatives to form more legal interest groups

Judicial Watch has done more for me over the last few years than the GOP.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (yQpMk)

102 >>This was back in July and the Justice Dept still hasn't done anything about. I'm beyond being p*ssed off about this.

Yea, and Barr just gave an interview about it a couple weeks ago when he said he expected findings sometime next summer.

How long do you think an investigation of monopolistic activity among Big Tech takes?

It took us many decades to where we are today, not just with Big Tech but with leftists infecting all parts of our government, businesses and culture. Everything didn't get fixed all at once just cause Trump got elected.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (ZLI7S)

103 Try to go full Teddy Roosevelt and see where it gets you.

Let's see if we can do one 230 repeal and one big anti-trust case first with the laws we already have.

Posted by: DaveA at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (FhXTo)

104 This was back in July and the Justice Dept still hasn't done anything about. I'm beyond being p*ssed off about this.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2020 04:52 PM (wiXsO)

Well, they've been so busy covering up corruption and malfeasance within the government they haven't had time to pursue harmless "capitalist" monopolies.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows that EDKH at January 01, 2020 04:56 PM (BiNEL)

105 99 Facebook and Utube are the only two venue for him to reach the most people.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 04:52 PM (xcd1u)

How many is he reaching since 2016? facebook is slaughtering conservatives, as is youtube.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (H8QX

It would be a smooth move if PDT abruptly quit Twittering; let the media hyperventilate about it, incessantly; and rejoined in his own good time.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 04:57 PM (7juvc)

106 91 Trump has been woefully negligent on this issue. This doesn't matter as much as vaping? Brad Parscale has only recently been making noises about google's depredations.
===========

We still have the same GOP leadership crisis that was in effect when we the voters through out Cantor, Boehner, etc. McConnell has been solid, and deserves credit on Judiciary decisions, but outside of this area, he remains useless, and more importantly dangerous, when it comes to electing new GOP Senators that would actually apply leadership on the issues that matter. The rest of the senior Senate GOP members remain in ostrich mode. Content to maintain personal power, completely unwilling to approach any issues of the day that would help their constituencies, including this Social Media deplatforming one.

House GOP is shown more signs of promise. Looks like they are FINALLY waking up to the evil degeneracy of their colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

Voters? We'll see. This 2020 Presidential election is going to be a bellwether. GOP MUST hold the Presidency to give us a chance of fixing some of these issues. I fear we are one Dem Presidential term away from permanent-doom, politically. IF the GOP can take all three branches, we will have the 2-year window before next mid-terms to fix ALL of these issues for the next 2 decades, and that would REQUIRE strong leadership in all three branches. Trump is proving golden. McCarthy is showing life in the House. The problem, is McConnell.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 04:57 PM (DRgs8)

107 Was Teddy re-elected for a second term?

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 04:57 PM (xcd1u)

108 If PDT gets banned, or is throttled or whatever it is Jack does to people he doesn't like, we "might" see some action.

Otherwise, nada.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2020 04:58 PM (3H9h1)

109 Beyond the ruling cartel, the current leftist power structure differs
from communism/socialism in that private enterprise is allowed. But
private businesses must act as agents and enforcers of PC/leftist
culture.
***

This is the Chinese model.

Mao implemented the real communism your leftist friends are always going on about and while he did want to kill a lot of people probably didn't actually want to kill the 60-100M people he killed....communism just doesn't work.

Deng Xiaoping saw the weaknesses in communism though and modified it to incorporate elements of capitalism and fascism - leading to a system that gave some reward for economic activity while still allowing Leviathan to control society.

This model works better the communism and it is what we've been sliding to since at least the last 90s. It isn't as efficient as capitalism (look at the differences in the Obama economy and the Trump one) but it is effective enough...as long as you have complete control of the media.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 01, 2020 04:58 PM (WdocV)

110 What a brilliant essay.

Posted by: vivi at January 01, 2020 04:58 PM (11H2y)

111 Was Teddy re-elected for a second term?

Elected for a second term, not re-elected. He served almost all of a dead guy's term and then got voted to stay in office.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 01, 2020 04:59 PM (gd9RK)

112 Well, this last bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne isn't going to drink itself. *Pours into Waterford Champagne/Sherbet stem* Skoal.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:59 PM (Dhht7)

113 112 Well, this last bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne isn't going to drink itself. *Pours into Waterford Champagne/Sherbet stem* Skoal.
Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 04:59 PM (Dhht7)

Did you sabre the bottle?

Posted by: N.L. Urker Philips Screwdriver of the Gods at January 01, 2020 05:00 PM (Uu+Jp)

114 Did you sabre the bottle?

Nope. Pliers. Taste the same, though.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 05:01 PM (Dhht7)

115 91 Trump has been woefully negligent on this issue. This doesn't matter as much as vaping?
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 01, 2020 04:48 PM (H8QX

PDT added some nuance (new to me) and a timeline, of sorts, to the vaping study in his New Year's presser here:

https://tinyurl.com/vyn88at

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 05:02 PM (7juvc)

116 2020. Yankee World Series Champs here we come

Ok that is about as cerebral I can get today

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 01, 2020 05:03 PM (85Gof)

117 The establishment(the man) dreams of silencing dissent. Today it's progressives, but in the past it was people who would have been considered conservative even if they were moderate Democrats. The people in charge, or the bureaucracy, is concerned about two things: protecting and expanding it's power, and the ideology that got it there is only lip service for the rubes that voted for them. They trot that ideology out during election season for our enjoyment, but after that it's back to failure theater.

Posted by: DFCtomm at January 01, 2020 05:06 PM (50gG9)

118 For a few years I've been asking, "According to whom?" Who decides what is covered by the Overton Window? When did we vote on trans women competing against biological women in women only sports? Or trans women using bathrooms and locker rooms designated for biological women? Who decides that a 16-year-old mentally disturbed girl from Europe gets access to unlimited media to scream at the rest of us about climate change? Now I know; it's the Authorigopoly.

Posted by: iandeal at January 01, 2020 05:07 PM (vgGyZ)

119 Everything didn't get fixed all at once just cause Trump got elected.

We'll be lucky if a fraction of what needs fixed gets done after Trump is re-elected.

Posted by: DaveA at January 01, 2020 05:07 PM (FhXTo)

120 101 The only other option is for conservatives to form more legal interest groups

Judicial Watch has done more for me over the last few years than the GOP.
==========

Indeed, they have been outstanding, but their beat is FOIA and corruption exposure. Yes, we need more of that. But what I'm talking about is GOP interest law firms that take on we plebs as plaintiffs to push 1st amendment issues. We need a firm like this, as aggressive as Judicial Watch, to do pro bono lawsuits on behalf of Conservatives that are intentionally silenced by Uber-powerful social media tech companies.

Other real danger area, related, is this new Left Progressive interest group tactic of going after Conservative issues by convincing supply chain, banking, and support service companies to adopt "social policies" that allow these companies to refuse to do business with, for example, fire arm providers. The attach on social media company GAB (or whatever the name was) also falls into this bucket. Animal rights groups are targeting the travel industry in attempt to force closure of zoos and other service providers that use animals. For example, Bookings.com and Travelocity won't book their customers with hotels that offer sport fishing excursions, or other services that have live animals unless those business owners agree not to allow any breeding of "animals in captivity" -- their express and overt purpose in doing so is to "make this generation of captive animals that last generation in captivity." I shit you not.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 05:07 PM (DRgs8)

121

Revelation 13:16-17

Posted by: Grannymimi at January 01, 2020 05:08 PM (u5LFV)

122 This is why there are anti trust laws.
Those laws need to be enforced.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserios at January 01, 2020 05:09 PM (pw+jk)

123 Everybody wants to kill/stop us.

We are winning .

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 01, 2020 05:10 PM (2ErGU)

124 Already mentioned? Tech monopolies are not only utilities but are the force behind the end of ownership. How much control or freedom do you have if you don;t own your stuff. For example, if all of your books are digital and hosted on Amazon's site, all of your music is streamed or hosted on a digital site, you don't drive your car (will you own a car if you don't control it?), and so on.

http://www.theendofownership.com/

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2020 05:11 PM (bDqIh)

125

The party made Theo Roosevelt veep to get him out of New York -- they couldn't stand him.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at January 01, 2020 05:11 PM (YLYCU)

126 It happened again. A Hasidic jew was attacked by 2 females in NYC.

https://tinyurl.com/rw8kvg8

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2020 05:11 PM (wiXsO)

127 For example, Bookings.com and Travelocity won't book their customers with hotels that offer sport fishing excursions, or other services that have live animals unless those business owners agree not to allow any breeding of "animals in captivity" -- their express and overt purpose in doing so is to "make this generation of captive animals that last generation in captivity." I shit you not.
Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 05:07 PM (DRgs

Riddle me this... Are there other travel sites that do those bookings? Do those hotels have websites and phone numbers? If one cannot book a hotel without one of those two travel sites, the there is a problem. Otherwise, well, they think they are more important than they really are.

Posted by: Madamemayhem at January 01, 2020 05:13 PM (myjNJ)

128 I've been banished to Twitter's Devil's Island for life.

********

Me too. I can't help it that Chuck Tard is really Chuck Tard. Fuck Twatter. It was fun for awhile and I had sone pretty great followers.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 01, 2020 05:14 PM (flINI)

129 Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2020 05:11 PM (bDqIh)

You are so right. They will first seduce you, then herd you, and if that fails they will force you.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 05:15 PM (xcd1u)

130 Riddle me this... Are there other travel sites that do those bookings? Do those hotels have websites and phone numbers? If one cannot book a hotel without one of those two travel sites, the there is a problem. Otherwise, well, they think they are more important than they really are.

Posted by: Madamemayhem at January 01, 2020 05:13 PM (myjNJ)

Get your best price then call the hotel you actually prefer and bargain with them. They will bargain.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 05:17 PM (xcd1u)

131 The solution is for Trump (and Trump house conservatives) to win BIG in spite of the big tech monopolies.

Posted by: lou Bauman at January 01, 2020 05:19 PM (hIhp5)

132 127.....Riddle me this... Are there other travel sites that do those bookings? Do those hotels have websites and phone numbers? If one cannot book a hotel without one of those two travel sites, the there is a problem. Otherwise, well, they think they are more important than they really are.
=======

Problem is, Hotel Chain X relies on a Bookings.com for, say, 5% of its global bookings. When Bookings.com comes to this Hotel and says "we won't book any rooms at any of your hotels unless you stop offering sport fishing at the 5-10 hotels you have that do it." Hotel revenue from sport fishing is far less than revenue from 5% of room bookings, so, there you go. And the activists know it.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 05:19 PM (DRgs8)

133 Same thing happened to me. Scratch behind the ear, little neck touching....bang a nose ring, haircut, inoculated, tattooed, deep probe.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 01, 2020 05:22 PM (2ErGU)

134 If you're interested, here is Bookings.com "Animal Welfare policy": https://tinyurl.com/wqjptoj

Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 05:22 PM (DRgs8)

135 102 >>This was back in July and the Justice Dept still hasn't done anything about. I'm beyond being p*ssed off about this.

Yea, and Barr just gave an interview about it a couple weeks ago when he said he expected findings sometime next summer.

How long do you think an investigation of monopolistic activity among Big Tech takes?

It took us many decades to where we are today, not just with Big Tech but with leftists infecting all parts of our government, businesses and culture. Everything didn't get fixed all at once just cause Trump got elected.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2020 04:55 PM (ZLI7S)

I don't see that one, but here's "Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Delivers Remarks at ABA's 2019 Antitrust Fall Forum," November 18, 2019:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/w64jvtt

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 05:23 PM (7juvc)

136 >>You are so right. They will first seduce you, then herd you, and if that fails they will force you.

I heard the authors of the book interviewed and they captured what has made me so uneasy about digitized everything, and how software has gone from something you own to something you rent (subscribe to), which has been followed by streaming replacing owning music, movies, books.

Sure, it's freeing, but at the same time you don't really own it if you don't tangibly possess it -- and your access to it can be interrupted/denied by another entity, granted to a 3rd party (such as your pictures on a cloud). The want us in micro-apartments with minimal possessions, dependent on them for everything, such as relying in Alexa or Siri to activate our appliances (while this is being logged to analyze our usage), having food delivered, having a driverless car service on call to travel, and so on. Is that freedom, or will we realize we are utterly dependent on them for the simplest task or pleasure, a kind of sparkly tech prison?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2020 05:23 PM (bDqIh)

137 Get your best price then call the hotel you actually prefer and bargain with them. They will bargain.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2020 05:17 PM (xcd1u)

They will also do veteran discounts and bereavement discounts IF you deal with them directly.
And the thing about books and music in digital form... When did they stop publishing and selling dead tree books? When were we banned from downloading music to a personal device that isn't controlled by a tech company?
I see the problem with big tech but there are plenty of ways to get around that shot of you think outside the computer.

She said as she posted from her tablet.

Posted by: Madamemayhem at January 01, 2020 05:23 PM (myjNJ)

138 Richard Windsor, I had a chain here in town tell me that they tell any of those sites that they have no rooms available in order to quit paying a percentage to those sites. Pick up a phone and call yourself and a room is available.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2020 05:25 PM (r2+xA)

139 I always try to find a local phone number and call them directly. That way you get no bullshit.

Posted by: Infidel at January 01, 2020 05:25 PM (MTxDQ)

140 In socialism/communism the State outright owns all property. This is ownership "de jure." In fascism the State has control of all "private property" though technical ownership is private. This is ownership "de facto."

What we have as described above is a new form of fascism with the private cartels exerting de facto ownership of the government and the public discourse which allows them to also control the general public.

I don't think that even if the tech-lords maintain their monopoly that they will stay in control. Government always has the biggest iron fist in that game between the corporate and the government. They only bigger fist is, as long as the 2nd remains, the public which the tech-lords wish to sing to sleep and the government-lords wish to make helpless.

Both, in my opinion, are headed for a clash and crash of monumental proportions. The tech-lords will be common carriered. The downside is that their services will no longer be "free" and the cost will be up front rather than being hidden as the loss of freedom and privacy.

Posted by: geoffb at January 01, 2020 05:27 PM (zOpu5)

141 "Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the National Association of Attorneys General 2019 Capital Forum," December 10, 2019

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ucqcklt

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 05:28 PM (7juvc)

142 nood, Buck on the current decade

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 05:29 PM (7juvc)

143 It all still comes down to money. Big tech owning politicians is just modern payola.

Will you sell off your tech stocks?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2020 05:31 PM (r2+xA)

144 When hubbymayhems mama passed, we had to get from Indiana to upstate New York.
We called a smaller local hotel that was fairly new. They don't get listed on the travel sites because smaller. We got a bereavement discount and a veterans discount. Called the airline... Got both discounts and a small discount for NOT booking thru a travel site.

These things exist. Technology is not always the best answer.

Posted by: Madamemayhem at January 01, 2020 05:31 PM (myjNJ)

145 Richard Windsor, I had a chain here in town tell me that they tell any of those sites that they have no rooms available in order to quit paying a percentage to those sites. Pick up a phone and call yourself and a room is available.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2020 05:25 PM

Hi, Ben Had. I had something similar in reverse. Hotel said no rooms at the inn. Called one of those aggregator sites and got a room at the same place. Seems the hotel kept X% available for them and wouldn't dip into that reserve if they sold out their portion. Seemed retarded to me.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 05:31 PM (Dhht7)

146 This is the dream of Herbert Marcuse and his theory of Repressive Tolerance. The First Amendment was always a stumbling block back in Marcuse's day (1950's). The tech monopolies allow the private sector (so-called) to achieve Marcuse's goal...free speech for the left/totalitarians while suppressing the speech of the "normals". All without having to use force, like in the good old Soviet days.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at January 01, 2020 05:32 PM (ffwQz)

147 Hopefully it will be a peaceful revolution...or not.

But it's gonna be pulling teeth.

So who is ready for laughing gas?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 01, 2020 05:33 PM (2ErGU)

148 I still use a travel agent. I go to her office; she does everything else.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2020 05:33 PM (7juvc)

149
This is not an original thought, but as web sites like this one take up more of the information and communication slack created by censorship of the large social media engines, then sites like this can reasonably be expected to come under legal and regulatory attack, and just plain sabotage. A loose end to be policed.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2020 05:34 PM (t5m5e)

150 olddog, How's the hand doing? I'm just going to remain as non-tech as is possible and I'm doing a good job of it so far.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2020 05:34 PM (r2+xA)

151 Move server and writer(Mr. Ace) to Taiwan.

Which is a renagade province.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 01, 2020 05:36 PM (2ErGU)

152 Nood Decade

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2020 05:37 PM (u82oZ)

153 olddog, How's the hand doing? I'm just going to remain as non-tech as is possible and I'm doing a good job of it so far.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2020 05:34 PM

Throbbing. Diced some bacon today for Blackeye peas, but skipped dicing onions. Baby steps.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at January 01, 2020 05:42 PM (Dhht7)

154 138 Richard Windsor, I had a chain here in town tell me that they tell any of those sites that they have no rooms available in order to quit paying a percentage to those sites. Pick up a phone and call yourself and a room is available.
=========

Friend, I am an attorney, and I recently had a client effected by the bookings.com policy. Hotel ceasing to send him customers (hotel got a cut), so my guy's small business is losing it's largest source of business... Animal rights activists are literally fighting an organized fight -- via travel booking industry social welfare policy agitation -- to shut down sportfishing, zoos, aquariums and the like.

Unsurprisingly I can assure you I do not rely, need or want to do business with these travel bookings companies.

So, even though I support Sport Fishing, and personally boycott all of these SJW companies as fast as I can identify them, they are having a real effect and are, in fact, shrinking down these industries - by design.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at January 01, 2020 05:42 PM (DRgs8)

155 FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2020 04:48 PM (WI7YS)

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Posted by: Grannymimi at January 01, 2020 06:02 PM (u5LFV)

156 It's straight-up fascism.

Posted by: JAS at January 01, 2020 06:04 PM (dT9VH)

157 Facebook, Google, Twitter? A nice little limited power EMP explosion over silicon valley? I can dream, can't I?

Posted by: Grannymimi at January 01, 2020 06:06 PM (u5LFV)

158 Martini Farmer at January 01, 2020 04:58 PM (3H9h1)

PDT won't get banned because he is the main force keeping twatter alive - as far as I can see.

Posted by: Grannymimi at January 01, 2020 06:11 PM (u5LFV)

159 So why aren't you on Gab.com? User supported, not nazis or white supremacist everywhere...altho they are there...steady growth and expansion in spite of big tech and media's effort to stop them.

Posted by: Aelishdad at January 01, 2020 06:45 PM (P8upX)

160 Only by regaining the Courts can short term gains in the Legislative and Executive become long term.

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161 Very very well said.

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