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Title: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ron on January 10, 2021, 09:47:33 AM
Just ran across a link to this article.

https://theothermccain.com/2021/01/10/night-of-the-digital-long-knives/

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Control of the Internet, which used to be a flexible network designed to automatically route information around blockages, has now fallen into the grasp of a handful of companies, all of them seemingly eager to institute a Red Chinese social credit system. Conservatives and populists have relied for too long on Section 230 to protect us from exactly the kind of hamfisted behavior that Jack Dorsey, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, and Tim Cook are engaging in right now. We have a very limited amount of time to find and use alternatives like blogs, e-mail lists, Telegram, Signal, and Gab; we must also build alternative financing structures so the wokerati running Mastercard and Visa can’t cut off the flow of funds.

There has been some movement on the alternative information sources and sharing sites.

The scary thing is on the financial front where there are few no real options.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on January 10, 2021, 01:00:18 PM
Accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and/or Litecoin is a damned good start to breaking the financial monopoly of credit processors.

Bitcoin's transaction processing is a bit high for anything short of a $500 or so purchase, but Ethereum and Litecoin are quite inexpensive in tx fees.  Far less than credit processors.

Renegotiating employee compensation to be a portion in crypto (maybe 10% of gross salary?) on an opt-in basis would help make that crypto easier to move, not that it's hard to convert to USD through any of the crypto brokerages out there.

There are even several crypto-backed debit cards out there.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: AJ Dual on January 11, 2021, 12:11:03 PM
Distributed computing is good, but there are still bottlenecks that have to be addressed.

There still needs to be independent hosting services and bandwidth beyond the reach of government, or the large established corporate interests for things that don't run well on distributed computing or blockchain.

And as the Play Store and Apple Store have shown, (Microsoft hasn't done much with Windows... yet, but if forced we know what side they'll come down...) there's significant bottlenecks in getting access to "new" services or apps if the gatekeepers don't want them.

There also needs to be other things like growth in blockchain distributed DNS to prevent more fundamental attacks by service providers getting in on the censorship game.

The tech and basic ideas to make "unstoppable" platforms are out there, and I think some of them can be implemented quickly, or they already exist. However, getting them over the critical mass adoption hump, and making them point-and-click simple is the real hurdle.

Wanna take bets on how many of the people at the Capitol/Trump rally last week could do something as simple as side-load a .apk file on an Android phone? Hell, I'm not completely comfortable with Tor and Crypto and lesser known secure or distributed comms, and a bunch of other technologies, because unless I devote hours of research, I've got no idea where the "latest and greatest" or the "mojo" is either.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ron on January 11, 2021, 03:44:38 PM
AR15.com down.

I read a rumor that they are hosted on Amazon GoDaddy servers and may have been taken down.

Guess we will see ...

edit: Lenny beat me to it in another thread
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ron on January 11, 2021, 07:00:51 PM
GAB has been down for a long time, seems like about 24 hours.

Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 11, 2021, 07:50:35 PM
It's up as of this writing.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 11, 2021, 10:47:33 PM
Musk appears to be POed about this whole mess.

In response to Capitol rioting, Musk weighs in on Big Tech censorship
Musk has previously taken jabs at Facebook and Amazon
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-big-tech-censorship
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 11, 2021, 11:01:32 PM
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    Apple’s top lobbyist was a chief adviser to the Biden transition team. A former Facebook executive will serve as staff director in the Biden White House, and a former Twitter executive will serve as chief spokesperson for the National Security Council under Biden.

    Current and former executives at those firms and two others, Google and Amazon, fill out other positions in the incoming Biden administration, or his transition team.

Biden Selects Over a Dozen Big Tech Executives to Serve in Administration or Advise Transition
https://bongino.com/biden-selects-over-a-dozen-big-tech-executives-to-serve-in-administration-or-advise-transition?fbclid=IwAR3Piray_n97MCmlRDxfJhl4lLgbReNUsMvLXf0ONrxrHQsu0nymqlqkG3g
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 11, 2021, 11:39:20 PM
And now we have this crap

Twitter HQ "Protest" Will Most Likely Be Antifa Dressed as MAGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIYU8srBjk&feature=emb_logo
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on January 11, 2021, 11:40:48 PM
Musk appears to be POed about this whole mess.

In response to Capitol rioting, Musk weighs in on Big Tech censorship
Musk has previously taken jabs at Facebook and Amazon
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-big-tech-censorship

Yeah, but Musk "blames" social media for the capitol riots.

That's effing stupid.

You blame the people themselves.  You blame the organizers.  You don't blame the gorram website where someone posted it.

That's like blaming the Kinkos for the 1000 copies I made and distributed around town for [insert bad thing here].
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: just Warren on January 11, 2021, 11:42:18 PM
Yeah, but Musk "blames" social media for the capitol riots.

That's effing stupid.

You blame the people themselves.  You blame the organizers.  You don't blame the gorram website where someone posted it.

That's like blaming the Kinkos for the 1000 copies I made and distributed around town for [J-Pop karaoke night].
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 12, 2021, 02:24:28 AM
Yeah, but Musk "blames" social media for the capitol riots.

That's effing stupid.

You blame the people themselves.  You blame the organizers.  You don't blame the gorram website where someone posted it.

That's like blaming the Kinkos for the 1000 copies I made and distributed around town for [insert bad thing here].

What if Facebook employees are the organizers as well?
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: T.O.M. on January 12, 2021, 07:46:17 AM
It's this whole "blame something, not the person" attitude that drives me nuts.   Blame guns for shootings, not the shooter.  Mr. Rapist isn't to blame, it's his access to internet pr0n.  I understand the desire to look for a "why" when looking at criminal/deviant behavior.  Problem is that sometimes, the answer appears to be "just because."
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: cordex on January 12, 2021, 08:44:01 AM
It looks like AR15.com is moving from GoDaddy to Epik.com as their Registrar.

I've still got some GoDaddy registered domains and I'm going to get them moved.  I'm contacting Epik to see what their policies are.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: K Frame on January 13, 2021, 07:05:58 AM
Mailchimp apparently pulled the plug on the Virginia Citizen's Defense League only weeks before the Richmond rally. Because, as everyone knows, last year's Richmond Rally was a horrific example of... nothing. Governor Blackface Moonwalker panicked and declared a state of emergency, assuring us that there would the hundreds, if not thousands, dead from all of the guns there. The worst thing that happened? The crowd of 20,000 or so picked up their own litter.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 13, 2021, 09:14:27 PM
The nerve of these jackasses. Dorsey explaining what Twitter did and how is is being contemplative about it (bolding mine):

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"The check and accountability on this power has always been the fact that a service like Twitter is one small part of the larger public conversation happening across the internet. If folks do not agree with our rules and enforcement, they can simply go to another internet service," Dorsey wrote.

They DID go to another site, you arrogant ass, and then you and your buddies colluded and destroyed that site.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-defends-trump-ban-but-admits-his-companys-power-sets-a-dangerous-precedent
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 14, 2021, 12:59:57 AM
The nerve of these jackasses. Dorsey explaining what Twitter did and how is is being contemplative about it (bolding mine):

They DID go to another site, you arrogant ass, and then you and your buddies colluded and destroyed that site.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-defends-trump-ban-but-admits-his-companys-power-sets-a-dangerous-precedent

Liars lie.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 14, 2021, 01:19:08 PM
YouTube is threatening to take down Trump's channel, so the good folks at Gab backed up his videos:

https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1349116295510253568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://tv.gab.com/channel/realdonaldtrump

Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 14, 2021, 01:26:24 PM
Apparently he has also been banned or restricted at Snapchat.

Most of these sites he's being banned from, Boomer Ben doesn't use or care about, but I'm curious of the size and demographics of the populations he's being censored from.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: MechAg94 on January 14, 2021, 02:21:56 PM
Apparently he has also been banned or restricted at Snapchat.

Most of these sites he's being banned from, Boomer Ben doesn't use or care about, but I'm curious of the size and demographics of the populations he's being censored from.
I doubt Trump even has a Snapchat account.   

I wonder if Onlyfans will ban him?
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Jim147 on January 14, 2021, 02:53:43 PM
Twitter and Facebook lost a combined $51 million in two days after banning him.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 14, 2021, 03:00:25 PM
Twitter and Facebook lost a combined $51 million in two days after banning him.

That's actually $51 billion, which is a good start.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 14, 2021, 07:41:27 PM
Facebook Has Deleted TTAG’s Page, Here’s What You Can Do
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/facebook-has-deleted-ttags-page-heres-what-you-can-do/
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 14, 2021, 07:48:02 PM
Facebook Has Deleted TTAG’s Page, Here’s What You Can Do
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/facebook-has-deleted-ttags-page-heres-what-you-can-do/

From the article, sounds like they weren't the only ones taking hits from various sources.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: MechAg94 on January 14, 2021, 07:55:05 PM
From the article, sounds like they weren't the only ones taking hits from various sources.
Timcast said his Facebook page was restricted. 

I deactivated my account today even though I rarely use it.  I guess I need to go in and completely delete it.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: TechMan on January 14, 2021, 08:00:48 PM
Timcast said his Facebook page was restricted. 

I deactivated my account today even though I rarely use it.  I guess I need to go in and completely delete it.

I heard him say that as well.  I deleted my Twitter account since I rarely ever use it.  I can't really delete my FB account since I am the backup admin for my company's FB page.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 15, 2021, 11:46:13 AM
More Musk

Help! Help! I’m being REPRESSED! Elon Musk shares the PERFECT Monty Python clip for what’s happening in our country right NOW
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2021/01/15/help-help-im-being-repressed-elon-musk-shares-the-perfect-monty-python-clip-for-whats-happening-in-our-country-right-now/
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 16, 2021, 01:03:15 PM

https://mises.org/wire/surviving-tech-purges-what-were-doing-mises-institute

Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Blakenzy on January 16, 2021, 01:47:37 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0OCuL3OHFc  :'(
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 16, 2021, 03:43:51 PM
Facebook Has Deleted TTAG’s Page, Here’s What You Can Do
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/facebook-has-deleted-ttags-page-heres-what-you-can-do/

More

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A spokesperson for Facebook on Friday confirmed that The Truth Against Guns’ Facebook page had indeed been taken down, “as part of our ongoing work to remove coordinated inauthentic behavior.”

Facebook: TTAG Was Guilty of ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/facebook-ttag-was-guilty-of-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 16, 2021, 05:40:37 PM
And not just digital

Hundreds in the ‘literary community’ urge publishers to reject book deals with anyone in the Trump administration
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/01/16/hundreds-in-the-literary-community-urge-publishers-to-reject-book-deals-with-anyone-in-the-trump-administration/
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 16, 2021, 05:42:12 PM
And not just digital

Hundreds in the ‘literary community’ urge publishers to reject book deals with anyone in the Trump administration
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/01/16/hundreds-in-the-literary-community-urge-publishers-to-reject-book-deals-with-anyone-in-the-trump-administration/

Related note, I saw some bookstores either outright refusing to carry books, or else not displaying them and only ordering them at specific customer request.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 16, 2021, 05:48:26 PM
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Consequently, we believe: No participant in an administration that caged children, performed involuntary surgeries on captive women, and scoffed at science as millions were infected with a deadly virus should be enriched by the almost rote largesse of a big book deal. And no one who incited, suborned, instigated, or otherwise supported the January 6, 2021 coup attempt should have their philosophies remunerated and disseminated through our beloved publishing houses.

“Son of Sam” laws exist to prevent criminals from benefiting financially from writing about their crimes. In that spirit, those who enabled, promulgated, and covered up crimes against the American people should not be enriched through the coffers of publishing.

"performed involuntary surgeries on captive women"
I've seen this before, what made up or twisted story are they referring to?
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: MillCreek on January 16, 2021, 06:10:14 PM
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dating-apps-are-using-capitol-seige-images-to-ban-rioters-accounts/

After storming the Capitol, you just want to be loved. But wait.....
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 16, 2021, 06:40:19 PM
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dating-apps-are-using-capitol-seige-images-to-ban-rioters-accounts/

After storming the Capitol, you just want to be loved. But wait.....

Unpersoning before you've even been murdered in a windowless room with a drain and hose.  How rude.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Blakenzy on January 16, 2021, 08:19:44 PM
More

Facebook: TTAG Was Guilty of ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/facebook-ttag-was-guilty-of-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/

So "keepin' it real" laws were broken?

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.7Lbe0O14MzVHadEUBlpiqwHaEx%26pid%3DApi&f=1)

Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 18, 2021, 11:06:27 AM
Now they're turning on FB and twitter

‘You have destroyed this country!’ Increasingly unhinged Mika Brzezinski shrieks that Facebook ‘[needs] to be shut down’ over Capitol riots [video]
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2021/01/18/you-have-destroyed-this-country-increasingly-unhinged-mika-brzezinski-shrieks-that-facebook-needs-to-be-shut-down-over-capitol-riots-video/

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Replying to @tomselliott and @JoeNBC
.@morningmika screams at Mark Zuckerberg, @sherylsandberg: “You are pathetic!”

"You need to be shutdown. Nobody needs what you have to offer. You have destroyed this country!”

 [popcorn]
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 18, 2021, 11:29:04 AM
Now they're turning on FB and twitter

‘You have destroyed this country!’ Increasingly unhinged Mika Brzezinski shrieks that Facebook ‘[needs] to be shut down’ over Capitol riots [video]
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2021/01/18/you-have-destroyed-this-country-increasingly-unhinged-mika-brzezinski-shrieks-that-facebook-needs-to-be-shut-down-over-capitol-riots-video/

 [popcorn]

Eating their own works for me.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: TechMan on January 18, 2021, 11:50:26 AM
Eating their own works for me.

Hopefully they will avoid the rest of us.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: just Warren on January 18, 2021, 01:09:18 PM
Eating their own works for me.

But what they crap out afterwards is still a toxic mess though.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: cordex on January 18, 2021, 01:26:50 PM
It looks like AR15.com is moving from GoDaddy to Epik.com as their Registrar.

I've still got some GoDaddy registered domains and I'm going to get them moved.  I'm contacting Epik to see what their policies are.

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I wanted to thank you for your contact, and let you know we appreciate your questions regarding where our line on freedom is.

This is an unusual time for most service providers, hosting companies, and now even domain registrars. From my own perception, it looks like activists and organized groups are picking targets to apply pressure for maximum disruption. They may mask their efforts as being an attempt to be more civilized, or to promote greater equality, or even to encourage less tolerance for hate. These are all noble goals, and reflect basic principles that we all should be able to positively contribute to. But in our experience, in many cases the abuse reports appear also to be targeting organizations that tend to expose political corruption and malfeasance at the highest of levels. Many politicians and business leaders over this last year have even went on record, openly stating they were prepared to win elections at any cost. The impact of that philosophy has been heavily felt by our nation.

While the phenomenon of actively targeting registrars as a point for service termination is fairly new, I believe Epik has clearly established where their position is on the debate of what constitutes responsible free speech. I can reiterate though that we have no tolerance for any content that intentionally incites violence, or that actively encourages groups or individuals to stimulate hardships for others based on skin color, ethnicity, language, origin, or belief system. The world is too small and life too short to align ourselves with organizations that go out of their way to actively reduce the opportunities for others. If you have missed any of our past references related to our work against racism, please feel free to see examples samples here:

www.epik.com/blog/fightinghate

You may also be aware of the positions highlighted recently related to the deplatforming of Parler, and our objection to the repeated abuses we witness routinely by Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, PayPal, and GoDaddy. Both statements have now been referenced and viewed hundreds of millions of times, but our positions may best express where we are in terms of fighting for what is right. If we will go to efforts to protect those who we do not even host or formally support, you can imagine how important we treat our direct responsibilities.

Original Parler Statement:            www.epik.com/official/parlerstatement
Official Parler Update:                   www.epik.com/official/parlerupdate

In terms of active debate participation regarding the importance of encouraging our industry to hold fast, here is a sample of coverage pieces just from this past week:

https://uncoverdc.com/2021/01/14/exclusive-epiks-advice-to-parler/
https://www.theepochtimes.com/parlers-website-back-online-with-a-message-from-its-ceo_3660235.html
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/parler-social-media-amazon-conservative/2021/01/14/id/1005609/
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/10526/20210114/great-news-free-speech-network-parler-finds-new-host-after-amazon-takedown.htm
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/14/epik-domain-parler-registers-domain-policy-guidance-standard-free-speech/
https://www.theepochtimes.com/web-hosting-service-epik-parler-hasnt-contacted-us_3653132.html

For whatever decisions you may make regarding where you place your business, and the objectives you may hold for the future, know that hatred tends to attract hate, but love unequivocally conquers all. I know from experience that our best clients tend to be the ones that recognize what is at stake. They manage their platforms and publishing ventures accordingly, to ensure the good works they commit to are not compromised by threats of violence or calls for marginalization. They become good stewards of their communities and their content, recognizing the incredible privilege it is to lift up everyone they can reach along the path with positive encouragement and inspiring words to help formulate a better tomorrow. Our world is largely what we make it, and we would encourage you to approach it in a manner that has supernatural expectations for more unity and healing through respect of our mutual rights and freedoms.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me so that we may address them. We appreciate whatever opportunities the future may provide, and if you require any technical assistance or guidance related to your migration intentions please let me know.
I had mixed feelings about it.  My perspective was that they are happy to cancel their customers for legal content, just a subset of the content that might inspire a cancellation from one of the bigger companies.  It particularly rubbed me the wrong way that when they were onboarding Parler, Epik counseled Parler on improving its moderation ... what business is it of the registrar how they moderate, so long as they are not violating US law?  I replied expressing that I was torn between commending them for being willing to host politically unpopular sites and not being comfortable with the extent to which they are willing to censor legal content where it is sufficiently distasteful.  I said: "The response I had hoped for was a clear, unambiguous refusal to take any form of editorial stance in your clients' content except where it violates US law." 

He didn't like that very much.
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With all due respect, that is the difference between the mob and those who are actually on the front line defending rights where it counts.

This entitlement concept is the same, whether it demands content be ripped down for political reasons, or bashes its proven warriors with assumptions and privilege with the minute by minute call to reaffirm principals never lost.

We don’t owe any explanation or daily/hourly revisit on demand to profess where our belief systems are. Those who with the eyes to see can measure them by our actions, deeds, courage, and reputation. While you are asking for detail clarification, we are pushing back with millions of users and allies trying to ensure more rights are not extinguished through hidden legislative movements.

If you find that lacking, participate with your dollars. This is an absurd conflation with AWS, GoDaddy, and others below, given the price we are paying while others soundly sleep.

www.epik.com/paypal
www.epik.com/splc
www.epik.com/fakenews
www.epik.com/afternic

I appreciate your input, and thankful for the morning encouragements.
Epik would probably be a pretty good registrar to choose, but I'm going to look around a bit more before I settle.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: lee n. field on January 18, 2021, 01:47:17 PM
Parler is back with a placeholder

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Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and free speech essential, especially on social media. Our aim has always been to provide a nonpartisan public square where individuals can enjoy and exercise their rights to both.

We will resolve any challenge before us and plan to welcome all of you back soon. We will not let civil discourse perish!
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 20, 2021, 04:40:33 PM
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Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Jim147 on January 20, 2021, 05:26:29 PM
Cordex, depending on your needs you might look at Troglodite. It is pro 2A.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 21, 2021, 02:34:12 PM
The new majority wants to investigate Parler and it's ties to Russia, which I guess led to "the attempted coup" of our government.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/01/21/house-dems-call-for-an-fbi-investigation-of-parler-over-the-january-6-riot-and-possible-ties-to-russia/
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 21, 2021, 05:50:36 PM
The new majority wants to investigate Parler and it's ties to Russia, which I guess led to "the attempted coup" of our government.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/01/21/house-dems-call-for-an-fbi-investigation-of-parler-over-the-january-6-riot-and-possible-ties-to-russia/

Put Schiff on it, he's good at sniffing out BS
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 21, 2021, 06:09:04 PM
Put Schiff on it, he's good at sniffing out BS

What's funny of course, is that Parler's "Russian dealings" didn't start till after the DC riot, when the dem's strongmen, big tech, kelled Parler's connections on US soil, so that they had no other choice but to look to foreign servers. Sad state of affairs when Russia backs up a US citizen's free speech because the US is censoring them.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: cordex on January 21, 2021, 07:26:56 PM
I think the choice of Russia is strange.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 21, 2021, 08:49:19 PM
I think the choice of Russia is strange.

I don't.

I've been considering starting a web site. Looking for low-budget hosting (since this will be a fledgling site for a business that may never generate income), and it seems if you dig deep enough just about all the budget hosting services are actually based in Russia.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 21, 2021, 09:13:08 PM
Now Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit feel Twitter's wrath:

https://www.oann.com/twitter-suspends-michelle-malkin-gateway-pundit-right-side-broadcasting-network-accounts/

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On Tuesday, conservative activist Michelle Malkin took to Telegram to announce Twitter had locked her account without following typical protocol, which would require an explanation of the suspension and opportunity to delete posts violating Twitter policy.
...
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Twitter confirmed Malkin’s 24-hour suspension on Tuesday in addition to that of accounts belonging to conservative media outlets Right Side Broadcasting Network and the Gateway Pundit. While the official cited violation of a civic integrity policy as the reason for the three suspensions, they did not specify which tweets defied the so-called guidelines.

Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 21, 2021, 09:18:37 PM
Now Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit feel Twitter's wrath:

https://www.oann.com/twitter-suspends-michelle-malkin-gateway-pundit-right-side-broadcasting-network-accounts/



Totalitarians love their euphemisms.  "Civic integrity."
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 21, 2021, 09:38:35 PM
NOW antifa is a problem

Curious timing: Now Twitter decides to suspend several prominent accounts allegedly associated with Antifa
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/01/21/curious-timing-now-twitter-decides-to-suspend-several-prominent-accounts-allegedly-associated-with-antifa/
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: JTHunter on January 21, 2021, 11:16:33 PM
Don't you just love how the dems are being attacked by antifa?  After the inauguration, they attacked the democrat party HQ in Seattle, and today, there was more violence in Portland as well.  ;)
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Jim147 on January 21, 2021, 11:20:11 PM
I can't remember the last year they weren't destroying stuff out there.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 22, 2021, 10:07:34 AM
Youtube removing "dislikes" from official Biden videos:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/youtube-deletes-portion-of-dislikes-from-biden-videos-says-its-spam_3666428.html
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Angel Eyes on January 22, 2021, 11:58:47 PM
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Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Blakenzy on January 23, 2021, 06:38:33 AM
Antifa are the useful idiots that are let run loose that will probably be used as "the excuse" to continue violating Rights when it becomes necessary to suppress lawful dissent. So yeah, some people in government very much want them to continue attacking anyone, so as to have a strategic violence reserve for a future crisis flashpoint.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 23, 2021, 10:10:05 AM
Not big tech, but apparently Trump's banks are closing his accounts because of 06JAN.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/2-florida-banks-close-trumps-accounts_3668071.html
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: RocketMan on January 23, 2021, 12:32:54 PM
Trump supporters known to have been at the Jan. 6 protest will probably get the same treatment very soon.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 23, 2021, 04:04:57 PM
Not big tech, but apparently Trump's banks are closing his accounts because of 06JAN.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/2-florida-banks-close-trumps-accounts_3668071.html

Is this where Trump just opens his own bank and/or credit union and immediately takes half the nation's banking business away from the elites?
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: RocketMan on January 23, 2021, 04:25:30 PM
Is this where Trump just opens his own bank and/or credit union and immediately takes half the nation's banking business away from the elites?

Yes, please.  The entertainment value would be immense.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: brimic on January 23, 2021, 04:27:42 PM
Yes, please.  The entertainment value would be immense.

Sign me up.  :rofl:
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 23, 2021, 04:46:57 PM
Yes, please.  The entertainment value would be immense.

What can we do to get this idea in front of Trump?  Because taking away banking profits from the establishment would actually be something tangible and significant we can do against them and to help improve our own positions.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 23, 2021, 04:50:13 PM
Maybe him and Musk can team up
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 23, 2021, 04:53:34 PM
Maybe him and Musk can team up

Trusk Trust and Loan.  =D
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: WLJ on January 23, 2021, 04:54:13 PM
BankX

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Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Blakenzy on January 23, 2021, 08:40:11 PM
That would sign their death warrants.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Jim147 on January 23, 2021, 11:33:50 PM
Only with some.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 23, 2021, 11:40:29 PM
That would sign their death warrants.

So did declaring independence from the king of england.  It's past time to declare independence from the anti American banks.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: French G. on January 24, 2021, 12:29:14 AM
Make crypto too. Little orange hair trumpcoin swoosh on the cash register right next to the ApplePay.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Hawkmoon on January 24, 2021, 12:58:02 AM
Antifa are the useful idiots that are let run loose that will probably be used as "the excuse" to continue violating Rights when it becomes necessary to suppress lawful dissent. So yeah, some people in government very much want them to continue attacking anyone, so as to have a strategic violence reserve for a future crisis flashpoint.

I suspect the Dems are also happy to see some antifa attacks against Dems, because then the Dems can play the victim card -- as well as try to cast the blame on RACIST WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
Title: Re: Night of the digital long knives
Post by: Ben on January 25, 2021, 03:15:40 PM
Now apparently anyone can "add notes" to any tweets they feel are misleading. That should work well.

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2021/01/25/because-that-wont-be-abused-twitters-new-birdwatch-allows-users-to-add-notes-to-tweets-they-believe-are-misleading/