https://lifehacker.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-being-scammed-by-fleeceware-apps-1846574109
Fleeceware is one of the worst scams you can deal with on your device, because it has one, singular goal: extracting as much money from you as possible. It generally accomplishes this not by dropping malware on your device or otherwise forcing you to do something; instead, fleeceware hides in plain sight
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https://www.cato.org/blog/school-choice-move-it-too-late
MARCH 30, 2021 12:21PM
School Choice Is on The Move. Is It Too Late?
By Neal McCluskey
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Unfortunately, private schools have suffered for over a century from a chronic threat to their health that has been the underlying condition in numerous COVID-19 losses: they have had to compete against “free” public schools that receive large taxpayer subsidies. And as the chart below shows, such subsidies have been growing for decades.
Given the massive problem of having to convince people to pay twice for education – first taxes for public schools, then tuition – it is not surprising that the nation has lost at least 133 private schools, enrolling around 21,000 students, due to the economic effects of COVID-19. Most had been suffering from serious financial ailments long before that.
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In the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee, Gooferment Skrules have a ruinous effect on property taxes. The Teachers’ Union runs the State and unlikely to change. If we could KILL the whole concept of “free” “public” “education”.
Maybe if the First Amendment argument could ever get traction, then we could convince a court that the teaching of “secularism” amounts to teaching the worship of the Gooferment as a state “religion”.
Financially, “free public education” is a killer from a real estate tax perspective.
The political influencie of the Teachers’ Union is an anti-democratic tour de force. Given the inbreeding of teachers and politicians “We, The Sheeple” can never be free of these parasites.
I especially object to teachers serving on Boards of Education in town nearby where they work. It’s an interlocking conflict of interest.
Argh!
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https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/03/28/the-true-nature-of-social-security-revealed/
The True Nature of Social Security Revealed
Laurence M. Vance
Laurence M. Vance is a policy advisor for the Future of Freedom Foundation.He is the author of over a dozen books, including The Revolution That Wasn’t. Visit his website:www.vancepublications.com.
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Yet the vast majority of Americans still believe that retirees are entitled to Social Security benefits because they paid into the system their entire working lives.
But that couldn’t possibly be true. Not if the government can withhold half of your benefits and tax you up to 85 percent on the rest of them. If Americans are entitled to Social Security benefits because it is “their money,” then it shouldn’t matter how much money they make after retirement. Their income shouldn’t trigger the taxation of their Social Security benefits.
There is, in fact, no connection between Social Security taxes paid and Social Security benefits received. Benefits are calculated by an arbitrary formula that Congress can change at any time. Even worse, there is no contractual right to receive benefits. When Congress passed the Social Security Act of 1935 (H.R.7260), which was signed into law by Roosevelt on August 14, 1935, it put Social Security benefits in Title II and Social Security taxes in Title VIII with no reference in either title to the other.
So if Social Security is not a retirement plan, a trust fund, an annuity, an insurance program, a savings account, or a pension fund, then what is it? The true nature of Social Security is that it is an intergenerational, income-transfer, wealth-redistribution welfare program that takes money from those who work and gives it to those who don’t. And if that is the case, then Social Security — as much as food stamps, Section 8 housing vouchers, cash payments, and every other form of welfare — should be eliminated.
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Bottom line: It’s not YOUR money. It is gigantic Ponzi scheme.
“We, The Sheeple” have been defrauded.
Yes, they SHOULD HAVE KNOW that Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.
Suckers!
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/the-dangerous-rise-of-the-supersized-pickup-truck
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• What Happened to Pickup Trucks? Why have pickup trucks morphed into such huge, angry, and dangerous presences? Traffic safety experts, commentators on U.S. automotive culture, and social scientists have suggested a range of forces behind truck bloat. As U.S. drivers buy more full-size and heavy-duty pickups, these vehicles have transformed from no-frills workhorses into angry giants. They are more than just a polarizing consumer choice: Large pickups and SUVs are notably more lethal to other road users, and their conquest of U.S. roads has been accompanied by a spike in fatalities among pedestrians and bicyclists. (CityLab)
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The Gooferment made cars into toys (i.e., all the same and no power to get out of their own way).
And pickup trucks are “macho” or at least an anti-Gooferment statement.
Eventually it will become a “bone of contention”.
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https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2021/03/27/official-vaccine-passports-required-new-york/
It’s Official. “Vaccine Passports” Are Required In New York
JAZZ SHAW Posted at 8:31 am on March 27, 2021
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So when does this end? Based on the information being offered by the state, it doesn’t. There is no mention of a sunset provision in these rules. The government may seriously be considering making this “the new normal.” And it’s not going to be restricted to just New York State. You can bet that almost all of the blue states (at a minimum) are going to copy this system in short order. Are we really going to put up with this? We are constantly scolded about any activities that carry a hint of what someone considers racism, sexism, or any other “ism” you’d care to name. But discrimination against the unvaccinated is apparently fine and dandy. This cannot be allowed to stand as the way society works going forward and our elected officials need to hear about this loud and clear.
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In so many many ways, this is just WRONG!
It’s just another way to divide “We, The Sheeple”.
I will not comply.
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‘When I started at McDonald’s, an older guy taught me this “life hack” that involved the giant pickle buckets we’d have in the kitchen,’ he said.
‘He explained that if you ever cut or burnt yourself, you simply dip your hand into the pickle brine for 30 seconds and everything would be fine. I tried it a few times and was blown away by how the bleeding would stop almost immediately.’
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Hey that’s a great life hack.
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Vietnam War Veterans Day March 29th
On March 29, our Nation will commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day on its 50th anniversary. There are several virtual events, live webcasts and 2021 traveling wall schedules posted to help us remember and respect the nine million American men and women – more than six million of whom are living today – who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces during our involvement in Vietnam from November 1, 1955 to May 7, 1975.
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Sadly for all those that didn’t come home and those that were so badly damaged — both recognized and unrecognized.
A special place in Hell for all the politicians and bureaucrats that sent them there.
Let’s honor them by bringing all the girls, boys, women, and men home now! We have so many politicians and bureaucrats to send in their place if it’s really needed!
Requiescat In Pacem. Dona Nobis Pacem.
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New conspiracy theory claims US Air Force shot down MH370 in a failed bid to intercept it and seize electronic equipment on its way to China
By CHRIS JEWERS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:19 EDT, 27 March 2021 | UPDATED: 12:54 EDT, 27 March 2021
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The US was responsible for downing missing flight MH370, which disappeared in 2014 with the loss of all 239 passengers on board, a new book claims.
The American military used electronic jamming technology to make the plane disappear from radar screens before finally shooting it down after a failed bid to re-route it and seize highly-sensitive electronic gear to China.
That’s the startling theory put forward by French journalist Florence de Changy in her new book ‘The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370’.
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I don’t know that this “Conspiracy Theory” has ANY credibility but it certainly asks makes us ask some great questions.
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https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/antikythera-mechanism
Ancient computer found in shipwreck decoded by scientists
A new model of the Antikythera mechanism reveals a “creation of genius.”
KRISTIN HOUSER
28 March, 2021
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Today, if you want to know when the next solar eclipse is going to be, you turn to Google. If you lived in ancient Greece, though, you might have used a device now known as the Antikythera mechanism.
Considered the world’s first analog computer, this marvel of ancient engineering used dozens of bronze gears to predict the positions of the Moon, Sun, and five planets, as well as the timing of solar and lunar eclipses.
Divers discovered the Antikythera mechanism while exploring a Roman-era shipwreck in 1901, but the ancient computer was in far from pristine condition—only about a third of it had survived the 2,000 years underwater.
Researchers have been trying to understand how the Antikythera mechanism worked ever since—and now, a team from University College London (UCL) may have finally cracked its code.
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“The classic astronomy of the first millennium BC originated in Babylon,” researcher Aris Dacanalis said, “but nothing in this astronomy suggested how the ancient Greeks found the highly accurate 462-year cycle for Venus and 442-year cycle for Saturn.”
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What we think of “history” is really just a jumble of maybes.
The further back we go in time — don’t forget those 300 years that may not exist — the less we “know” about these people.
Look at Oak Island, and that is another “wake up call”.
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https://nypost.com/2021/03/27/long-island-police-chief-due-for-million-dollar-payday/
Long Island police chief due for million-dollar payday
By Jeffrey Wilson and Susan Edelman
March 27, 2021 | 3:09pm
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Chief Thomas Cummings was compensated$441,945.82 last year, according to village documents. His annual base pay was $263,829, easily topping Shea’s $239,092.
The village is not exactly a hotbed of crime. It has not had a murder since 2008, and last year reported no homicides, rapes, robberies or aggravated assaults. It did have two car thefts, one burglary, and 42 non-violent larcenies, according to state Division of Criminal Justice Services data.
Cummings’ massive compensation package included $86,256.66 in retirement contributions; $31,000 in extra vacation, a $23,893.02 night differential — and a $4,000 line item called “cleaning/clothing/college.” No one could fully explain what “3 Cs” taxpayers were being billed for.
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Here’s why the bureaucrats shouldn’t be in charge of deciding pay.
And Gooferment “pensions” should be eliminated in favor IRAs.
Otherwise it’s just a robbery of the taxpayers.
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https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/sorry-dems-but-dc-was-created-purposely-so-it-would-not-be-a-state/
Sorry, Dems — but DC was created purposely so it would NOT be a state
By David Harsanyi
March 26, 2021 | 7:32pm | Updated
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First, because they were concerned about the seat of federal power being controlled by a hostile or intrusive state government. Second, because they knew that if the capital were in a state — much less its own state — the people would vote to grow and accumulate federal power. Both situations were incompatible with the proper separation of powers and state rights.
Today, though, Democrats want to localize one of the only things in the Constitution that is actually federalized — while federalizing everything else.
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The Democrats clearly want to admit Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia to shift the balance of power.
Between that and the unrestricted “illegal immigration”, the Democrats want to be in power for ever and ever.
Argh!
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What will it take to get a giant cargo ship unstuck from the Suez Canal?
Tugboats, excavators, and cranes all may be enlisted to help the Ever Given.
AARIAN MARSHALL, WIRED.COM – 3/27/2021, 6:30 AM
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It might be there a while. It’s not easy to unstick a gigantic shipping vessel, experts say. The Suez Canal Authority, the Egypt-owned body that owns and operates the canal, has not yet said when it expects traffic to resume.
Meanwhile, at least 34 ships carrying 379,000 20-foot containers of stuff couldn’t move through the canal in either direction as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the logistics software company Project44. “It’s a pretty major deal” for global trade, says Henry Byers, a maritime and global trade analyst at the logistics data company FreightWaves.
It’s very unusual—even unheard of—for ships to get wedged in the Suez Canal like this, says Captain Morgan McManus, who is the master of the training ship at State University of New York Maritime College and has traveled through the canal at least half a dozen times. In the rare event that a ship loses power or control in the canal, it gets laid on the sandy bank, where it’s inspected or repaired. In the meantime, other, smaller ships might be able to pass by.
BSM, the ship’s technical manager, said Wednesday “strong winds” had pushed the ship perpendicular to the canal’s banks, with the towering stacks of containers on board acting as a giant sail. Official reports outlining the causes of the incident likely won’t be available for weeks, perhaps even a year, but BSM says no one was hurt.
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When I hear “unusual” or “unheard of”, I think “cut bono”.
It would seem that if someone wanted to corner the market on something like the “ginger” it’s carrying, staging an accident like this could lead to the desired result.
Just asking the question.
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March 25, 2021
The Government Is Considering a Financial Weapon of Mass Destruction
By John Klar
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In seeking to tax unrealized income from hyper-inflated capital assets, AOC, et al. are launching an aggressive, unconstitutional plan to destroy the national economy while growing government limitlessly. Given her past pronouncements, she likely understands this travesty even less than she comprehends cow farts.
What is terrifying is not that AOC is calling for insane monetary policy and whole new means of tax takings. What is terrifying is that almost no one is raising the fiscal alarm.
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And, like the income tax, that started by impacting the top per cent, it quickly came down on everybody.
There’s no way that such a tax doesn’t destroy the economy’s “seed corn”.
The rich don’t have a basement full of bucks like Scrooge McDuck in their basement. It’s spent or invested and EVERYONE benefits.
Argh!
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Manhattan building part-owned by Barbara Corcoran and A-Rod emptied a tenant’s rent-controlled apartment (apart from his piano and pet tortoise) when he was hospitalized with COVID because ‘everyone assumed he’d died’
By JENNIFER SMITH and RICHARD HARBUS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:19 EDT, 26 March 2021 | UPDATED: 18:12 EDT, 26 March 2021
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I foresee some huge lawsuits.
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Furious voters have slammed the Biden administration for considering taxing motorists by the mile to fund their $3 trillion climate-friendly infrastructure plans, claiming it hurts rural Americans but not ‘millionaires’ and their Teslas.
Furious voters slam Peter Buttigieg after he said White House may tax drivers by per mile | Daily Mail Online
Not surprising that the D”s want to tax everything in sight.
If they tax by the mile, then will they remove the gas tax?
Not very likely!
Argh!
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https://www.wnd.com/2021/03/hunter-bidens-latest-possible-felony-lying-background-check/
Hunter Biden’s latest: Possible felony for lying on background check
Answered ‘no’ to question about drug use on gun application
By WND Staff
Published March 25, 2021 at 7:14pm
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The question on the background check form was, “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Politico reported Biden answered in the negative on the form in October 2018.
“Lying on the form is a felony, though prosecutions for it are exceedingly rare,” Politico noted.
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Of course, if I did it, it wouldn’t be “exceedingly rare”. I’ve seen men taken away from gun stores in cuffs for their “forms”.
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The final proof that the press has abdicated its role was clinched when the president refused to say when he would allow more media access to the border detention facilities. He said it would have to wait until his team got its new programs working. If Trump had said that, the sky would have fallen and democracy would be declared dead. But when Biden says it, the media rolls over. So add transparency to the list of things that don’t matter anymore.
Biden lies, and the media doesn’t question it: Goodwin
The media is in bed with the Democratic Party. Remember that when you wonder where our freedom went! #secession #resistance
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Seems to have destroyed any vale by putting a ton of verified strange “celebrities” in my feed.
One step closer to deleting the app.
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A reminder…. 50 FBI agents were enlisted within the Trump-Russia investigation to push a narrative. 13 FBI agents were dispatched to Talladega speedway to investigate a garage pull-down rope and push a narrative. Thousands of FBI hours have been spent investigating the January 6th Washington DC protest… and once again another terrorist carries out a mass shooting where the FBI knew the suspect in advance. The FBI knew in advance the Pulse Nightclub shooter (Omar Mateen) and were tipped off by the local sheriff. The FBI knew in advance the San Bernardino Terrorists (Tashfeen Malik). The FBI knew in advance the Boston Marathon Bombers (the Tsarnaev brothers) tipped off by Russians. The FBI knew in advance the Garland, Texas, shooters (Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi). The FBI knew in advance of the Parkland High School shooter (Nikolas Cruz). The FBI knew in advance of the Fort Hood shooter (Nidal Hasan); and now the FBI knew in advance of Ahmad al-Aliwi Alissa. Those are just off-the-top of my head… Anyone notice a pattern?
Here We Go – FBI Knew Boulder, Colorado, Suspect Identity Prior to Shooting – The Last Refuge
Unfortunately, this seems to be a repeating pattern of abuse by the FBI!
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https://www.cato.org/blog/reinventing-jet-airliner
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Suppose I told you that I have reinvented the jet airliners that carried Americans more than 750 billion passenger miles–about 10 percent of all passenger travel–in 2019. My reinvented jet will go less than half as fast as existing jets. It will cost six times as much to operate, per passenger mile, as existing jets. Unlike existing jets, which can go anywhere there is air, the reinvented jet will only be able to go on a limited number of fixed routes.
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Applying sarcasm to their “pet rock” project is a great way to “derail” it?
If the politicians and bureaucrats want it so bad and think it’s such a great idea, let them invest their retirement money in it.
Not very likely.
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Modern Monetary Theory Is Wrong: Inflation Is Coming
By Dr. Michael Busler, Ph.D.Friday, 19 March 2021 12:59 PMCurrent | Bio | Archive
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Many economists and much of the public are beginning to worry about the massive increase in the money supply and the massive increase in deficit spending. With a public debt approaching $30 trillion and a money supply that has increased by 25% in the last two years, the worry seems justified. However, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) says we have nothing to worry about.
MMT says that since the US uses a currency that is not backed by anything other than faith in the government, more money can always be printed to pay off the debt. And the increase in the money supply will not necessarily lead to inflation.
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I don’t understand how more “dollars” in circulation chasing a relatively fixed amount of goods and services can NOT Lead to higher consumer prices.
The only one who benefits from inflation is the Gooferment.
The poor, the retired, those on fixed income, bondholders, and the middle class are getting screwed.
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An illegal alien rape suspect was released from jail in Maryland in August 2019, just three days after being arrested, despite a request from ICE to keep the guy in custody, so immigration officers could be sent to pick him up.
Previously-Deported Illegal Alien Rapes Two Young Girls: One Taxpayer-Relief Shot Later, Problem Solved – RedState
I just shake my head baffled by the absolute stupidity of politicians and bureaucrats in not “securing” these dangerous repeat offenders.
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An Honest To God Straw Purchase Prosecution
March 14, 2021 by John Richardson 0 Comments
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After reading the actual indictment, the firearms purchased by Smith were all semi-auto pistols. There were four Glocks, a Walther, a Taurus, and a Smith & Wesson. Notably, one was listed as a “Glock G42 .390 caliber pistol.” I can’t say I’m surprised that no one caught that little error.
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Can’t expect bureaucrats to be accurate or know anything?
Wonder if that’s enough to get the case tossed?
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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/03/mask_mandates_do_not_save_lives.html#ixzz6pU1D9Psx
March 17, 2021
Mask Mandates Do Not Save Lives
By Spike Hampson
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Although some studies have concluded that masks help stop the spread of COVID-19, usually they have failed to replicate real-world situations. A common approach is to evaluate the effectiveness of mask material at stopping the expulsion or intake of the aerosols presumed to be the airborne carriers of the virus. Useful information, perhaps, but at this stage, what we need to know is whether the widespread use of masks is measurably reducing the risk of death from the disease. To continue requiring the use of masks makes sense only if there is compelling data that death rates are lower for people who wear masks than it is for people who do not.
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My high school friend says: “Like trying to catch salt with a tennis racket”!
I prefer “Like trying to keep mosquitoes out of your backyard with a chain link fence”!
His is shorter, but mine is more realistic.
After all who has a tennis racket?
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https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2021/March/anti-vaxxers-list.jpg
‘Digital Anti-Hate’ Group Puts Dr. Mercola on Hit List
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
March 17, 2021
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For example, free-speech alternatives to Facebook and Twitter include Gab, MeWe, Minds and Parler. Uncensored alternatives to YouTube include Bitchute, Rumble, Brighteon, Banned.video and Thinkspot.
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Take Control of Your Online Presence
Beyond that, consider safeguarding your own online privacy if you haven’t done so already. To encrypt your text messages and keep them from becoming data mining fodder, download the Signal or Telegram app and/or use a virtual private network (VPN) on your desktop, laptop and mobile devices.
Telegram has grown in popularity as many who have been banned on other social media platforms have migrated there. In addition to encrypting your text messages, the app also allows you to subscribe to channels. Read-only messages (although some also have the ability to comment) are sent to your phone from any channel you subscribe to.
Lastly, if you care about privacy and free speech, stop using any and all Google products, including its search engine, browser, email service, Google docs, Google Home devices, Fitbit and Android phones. There are alternatives to all of them.
For search, check out DuckDuckGo and SwissCows. For a browser, consider Brave or Opera. From a security perspective, Opera is far superior to Google Chrome and even includes a free VPN service. For encrypted email, sign up with ProtonMail, which is based in Switzerland. As for online document sharing, Digital Trends has published an article listing a number of alternatives to Google Docs.
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I think this is an excellent list of alternatives.
And, I’m on many if not all of his suggestions.
You should be too.
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‘Digital Anti-Hate’ Group Puts Dr. Mercola on Hit List
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
March 17, 2021
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
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The irony of an “anti-hate” group posting a hit list — the only purpose of which is to seed public outrage and hate against those listed — did not escape unnoticed, and that’s part of the good news. More and more people are indeed starting to see the 1984-style double-think propaganda for what it is.
As pointed out by one Twitter follower: “You’ve posted what appears to be a digital hit list. Do you not see anything ironic about this considering your brand is ‘countering digital hate’?” “Project much?” said another. A third replied back to the CCDH saying “You should be on this list,” and a fourth said “It appears that by the word ‘hate’ you include uncomfortable truths.”
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I was aware of the NVIC. But this gives me a nice list to include in my research.
If vaccines were so great, why “deplatform” alternative view points?
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