One Among The Ruins

Has anyone else noticed that CNN no longer allows comments? CNN tried for a while to allow comments on it's 'Opinion' section. Now it seems that it has stopped all comments. Many news sites now no longer let readers give their own opinion. Go check some of the news sites that do allow comments. This article is a bit dated- a number of the sites mentioned have now also given up and stopped allowing comments.

Fox News and Breitbart are two examples I checked that still allow commentary. The opinions are pretty entertaining. And pretty angry. I actually have a small 'wall of fame' of people responding to horrible comments I used to make on these sites to piss people off. Let's face it- being a troll is fum.

I think this is a pretty telling trend. The news media does not want to know what you think of it. It does want your suggestions. You consume the content or you get out. And that is where the problem lies. If you do not listen to what readers want you lose the audiences interest and it's trust. In the effort to silence argument and ignore disagreement the site drifts further from reality. If you do not know what cognitive dissonance is then you must read Scott Adams. He will help you understand what is happening.


I think this will increase the demand for blogging. Also I think it will only further the 'citizen journalism' trend. You don't have to like Cernovich but you have to admit he spotted a need and capitalized on it.

One thing that has become very clear to me is to find people who are smarter than me and try to understand what they are saying and what they are doing. I recommend everyone do that same.

From Fox:
Sanders went on to say to Acosta: “Repeatedly, the media has attacked me personally, on a number of occasions including your own network. Said I should be harassed as a life sentence. That I should be choked. ICE officials are not welcome in their place of worship and personal information is shared on the Internet. When I was hosted by the Correspondents Association, of which almost all of you are members of, you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and call me a traitor to my own gender. In fact, as far as I know, I’m the first press secretary in the history of the United States that required Secret Service protection.”

Acosta likes to interject and treat Sanders and Trump disrespectfully on TV. It is long passed time that he is escorted out of the briefing room by Secret Service on camera and told to never return. The Trump administration has been treating these petulant children to softly for too long.

Perhaps that is the plan. As any person who has ever been bullied or witnessed someone be bullied can tell you- passivity invites more and worse behavior. The more radical elements will simply act more boldly. Maxine Waters' call to harass politicians must certainly have ruffled some feathers. I'm certain it has continued to fuel anger among the political Right. Both politician and individual member.

I had a thought: RFID bracelets for kids at amusement parks. I wouldn't think it would be too difficult to set up sensors and various portions of a park and all exits. Maybe there would be some sort of phone app compatibility. You tell it the ID number of your kids bracelet and it tells you all locations tripped by the bracelet in order by time stamp.

Perhaps overlaid by a map of the amusement park? Or maybe the sensor locations would trigger an alarm if the child's bracelet passes through without a similar bracelet worn by the parent passing through as well?

Would this prevent kids from getting lost or abducted? I wonder if Disney takes suggestions.

The media is driving women crazy.

Entertainment Weekly tries to push Fox's new crap.

Tim Allen has probably done more than any currently living actor to promote traditional family values through the two long running shows he has been part of. In both shows he is a strong, masculine father. He leads and protects his family. He also demonstrates a healthy and functional relationship with his on-screen wife in both shows.

His latest show as well as Rosanne being cancelled were a good thing. There is no common ground among the political Left and Right anymore. The Right needs to continue to build it's own platforms and content specifically for it's own audience. That cannot be done on ABC or any other existing channel.

— The Baxter family will be joined by a foreign exchange student from China this season. “So basically we have a different political system who will come in,” says Abbott. “Mike Baxter will try to promote the American way.”

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Earlier at TCA, Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Gary Newman was asked if Allen’s character was a Trump supporter. “Right now, the producers’ plan is simply not to address whether or not he might be a Trump supporter,” Newman said. “Clearly he’s a character with a conservative viewpoint, one they think of as centrist. That could change during the season.”

Bringing back Last Man Standing is an attempt to pervert a relatively Right wing show. I imagine that not only will there be a Chinese exchange student- one of the daughters will be in a sexual relationship with him. Or her. By the end Fox might even make one of the daughters have an abortion. Do not bother watching. The show is dead.

I do approve of the message being sent that Republicans should not bother watching TV. Paying for cable means you help pay for all the degenerate crap that ends up brainwashing today's youth.

One nice thing about Natomas that few people seem to take advantage of is the number of canals. These offer nice views and places to photograph, a place to walk around, and places to fish. I can confirm that there are crappie, catfish, and turtles in these canals.

Below I have highlighted in blue a connected series of paved bike paths that cross roads and a freeway that run along these canals. You will also pass by fields that have jackrabbits and habitats for birds and other critters.

There are additional paths and canals. I'll cover these as well.




The following posts will feature pictures from along this path.