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The Death of the Internet – For Real

I’ve written a couple of times about how the “Death of the Internet” seemed to be just over the horizon. These were technical issues, and they were overcome by technical fixes. But congress is about to make changes that will not only usher in an age of censorship on the US part of the Internet, but [...]

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Fakers, and the People They Hurt

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been online since 1985, when we had to push the data uphill both ways in the snow. As Mark Twain reportedly said “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” (Apparently he didn’t really say it.) A large chunk of the conservative community on Twitter and FaceBook have just heard [...]

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CONAD, NORAD, Santa, and Scrooges

I’ve seen a few Facebook and several Twitter posts that sound a great deal like Scrooge. “Christmas! A fine excuse for NORAD to pick the taxpayer’s pocket every 25th of December!” from the childless who have apparently lost their inner child, and a few rueful remarks from parents who are suffering through the throes of their kid clicking Refresh every couple of minutes to see where Santa is RIGHT NOW! But the rueful parents will smile at the memory, as will their kids in later years.

As for the Scrooges: Get over yourselves.

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Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa Claus

Last year there was an e-card site called RebelChristmasCard2009.com. The domain registration has expired, and there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent 2010 site. But they did leave in their wake a video of Jack Bauer interrogating Santa Claus to prove that they were here once. Merry Christmas!

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Red State Gathering LIVE on FTRRadio.com

I didn’t make it to Red State Gathering 2010. However, Paul Croteau is there, and is set to stream live audio all day on FTRRadio.com.  As Paul and FTR have announced: This weekend FTR will be the exclusive live audio streaming provider for the Red State Gathering 2010 convention in Austin, Texas. (the broadcast will be available [...]

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The Internet Remembers Everything

The Internet remembers everything. In particular, even if I had made an effort to stuff something I said on Twitter last week down the memory hole there would still be a record of it. So before I start on my next post, a bit of air clearing is probably in order. Last week a discussion [...]

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A Class Act, Even in Defeat

Tom LaDuke, Director of Programming at FTRRadio.com, in talking about his meeting Pamela Gorman at Right Online this year said he hadn’t paid much attention to her during the day once he determined that she was another politician there to meet online movers and shakers. Right Online is, after all, about the people online more [...]

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Tucker Carlson’s Retro-Cranial Inversion Paints a Tax Bullseye on Bloggers

The Daily Caller has posted a story that accuses half of the conservative blogosphere of taking money from partisan sources for blogging. It’s a particularly bad time to imply that bloggers have lots of money as Philadelphia has decided that bloggers in that city must pay a $300 tax. Instead of defending the freedom of [...]

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The Magical Internet Falls Short

Life online has usually been a magical playground for me since 1985, when I got my first manual dial modem. Over that quarter of a century I’ve been lucky enough to meet, and be befriended by, a lot of different people from all over. I met my wife online, and we managed to get together [...]

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Candidate of the Right Caliber Makes Lefty Heads Explode

Pamela Gorman CommercialPamela Gorman is running for congress in Arizona’s 3rd district. She’s the real deal Tea Party candidate, and has an “A” rating from the NRA. Thursday August 5 will be Pamela Gorman Day on the Internet radio station that I do tech stuff at, FTR Radio. We’ll have special programming, including interviews with [...]

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