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cyberbarf VOLUME 16 NO.2 EXAMINE THE NET WAY OF LIFE SEPTEMBER, 2016 ©2016 Ski Words, Cartoons & Illustrations All Rights Reserved Worldwide Distributed by pindermedia.com, inc.
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POLITICS I want a President who is Honest. I want a President who has real morals. I want a President who had to work hard to meet a payroll. I want a President who I'd like to have a beer with. I want a President who is not politically correct. I want a President who remembers History. I want a President who believes in Community. I want a President who understands the Constitution and the Rights reserved to the People. I want President who values the Truth. In 2016, I will not get my President.
COMMON SENSE I believe that the World has only a finite amount of Common Sense. As the global population has grown, individual common sense has fallen. Would anyone with common sense get behind the wheel of a moving automobile to play Pokemon Go?? Several people have wrecked cars while playing while driving. Distracted players have been robbed or killed by evil villains who used the game's beacon technology to hunt down their prey. Would anyone in their right mind want to run for national political office? The system is rigged to turn statesmen into snake oil salesmen. Instead of discussing solutions to real problems, politicians trade insults. This election cycle has turned into the worst reality TV show in the history of the medium. The foundation of reality TV is the lack of common sense. Stupidity and bad behavior is rewarded in those shows. Why should the biggest jerk, liar, fraud and slime ball be in charge of running our nation?
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WASTELAND American cable television is in the midst of wilting like forgotten corn stalks after the harvest. It has been reported that cable operators are losing 100,000 subscribers per month. The cord cutters are seeking entertainment sanctuary on the Internet with streaming services like Hulu or Netflix. But the irony is that the last mile of the Internet is still a wire to your home or business that is owned and controlled by most cable providers. As cable channels constrict, the data streams (and corresponding fees) will increase. The old telecos have dropped the unlimited data plans as more users rely on their smartphones do everything in their lives except substitute for toilet paper.
RELATIONS A recent study on teen dating habits concludes that most teens are using technology more than in person communication with the opposite sex. They prefer text, instagram, and snapchat with each other rather than actually going out on real dates. As a result, the new culture is that once the digital connection goes stale, it is OK to ghost, delete or unfriend the other person. Relationships are treated like hamburger wrappers. This attitude has real world ramifications. The South Korean government is in crisis mode over the nation's historically low birthrate. Korean teens and young adults do not have the priority to get married or have children. Any consumer driven economy needs a replenishing generation to keep a level of goods and services (and taxation) to have a stable country. It is why taxing authorities have a passion to import more human beings into their countries on the premise that they will be productive, tax paying, members of society. But if a new immigrant does not assimilate into the culture, you are not fostering new citizens. And that creates panic, fear and anger on the native citizens who believe their government is selling them out to strangers who are taking more benefits and entitlements than they are producing in the economy.
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GHOST IN THE HELL Ghost in the Shell is a seminal anime series. It took the difficult concept of portraying the Internet into a dystopian future of cyber-enhanced people in a high tech society. Fans are still struggling with the concept of a live-action Ghost in the Shell movie, especially with non-Japanese lead actors. I am not a fan of sequels or re-boots. It is hard to repeat the magic of the original content. But movie studios and distributors are about the big budget franchise. The DC and Marvel comic hero trope has been bread and butter of Hollywood for the past few years. But this summer, there was an unexpected downturn at the box office. It seems too much of anything is not a good idea. But Hollywood will continue to troll old, popular works to find the next franchise because that is the current business model. It is too risky to develop new stories with different, original characters and plots?
WHEN THE NEWS IS THE NEWS Journalism, as a noble profession, may have written its own tombstone when newspaper and media executives use the term content when describing the work of journalists. Journalists do not create content - - - they investigate, interview, research and report news stories. Content is the Styrofoam filler in your Amazon box. News is the life blood of our democracy - - - the real check and balance between government and citizens. By putting news on par with Buzzfeed quizzes, the industry dilutes the importance of journalism. Politicians rejoice with the decline of power of the press because that means public officials can be corrupt, unethical and unaccountable for their actions. People who seem to have 7 second attention spans cannot be bothered by reading words when the Internet is filled with shiny GIFs, memes and cat videos. What kills me is that the journalism profession is trolling its own demise. Yes, traditional media is losing print subscribers and advertising revenue. Yes, Google and facebook feeds do not feature news over paid content. Yes, the Internet has fragmented information to the point where personal opinion is more valued that educating one's self with facts. In the year when idiots are circling around the nation's nuclear codes, hard hitting no holds barred reporting is critical to the future of our democracy.
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cyberbarf THE WHETHER REPORT |
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| Question: Whether a Stanford study that electronic voting fraud against Bernie Sanders is true? |
* Educated Guess * Possible * Probable * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt * Doubtful * Vapor Dream |
| Question: Whether third party candidates will be not allowed in the presidential debates do to rigged opinion polls and a partisan debate commission? |
* Educated Guess * Possible * Probable * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt * Doubtful * Vapor Dream |
| Question: Whether the 2016 U.S. presidential election has the worst candidates in the last 50 years? |
* Educated Guess * Possible * Probable * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt * Doubtful * Vapor Dream |
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cyberbarf DRY HEAVES FROM THE PUBLISHER That sucking vacuum deep in your throat is triggering a gag reflex is your subconscious and soul figuratively face slapping your mind back into a sensible reality. If you have not noticed, the world is really, really, really messed up. Safe zones, trigger warnings (for feelings not gang violence), untrustworthy politicians ready rule, roaming technology zombies, self-driving death traps, drones, massive hacks, institutionalized injustices, bad behavior being rewarded, terrorism, economic trade wars, wage stagflation, political correctness gone wild and a sense that interpersonal relationships no longer have a personal foundation. There are more bad news than good news, with the irony that the news business is weakening in the digital age. America seems to be riding a rollercoaster which may or may not have completed its tracks before the end. Humans have succeeded for tens of thousands of years because mankind can adapt to circumstances. But today, people are using technology not as a tool but as a substitute for thinking, inventing, learning or adapting to their circumstances. If people do not retain knowledge, they will not be able to connect the dots to solve problems. Their minds just become gateways to the internet, which has all the right answers, right? When facebook took humans out of its trending feature, the algorithm suddenly was promoting fake news stories because it did not have the knowledge or context or ability to question the information. Some days you just have to rant. Ranting can be good. Ranting can be productive. Ranting can be stress releasing good. But you can rant every damn day if you read how stupid the world is getting for no apparent reason. Since every day in the calendar has one or more Special Days, maybe there should be a Rant Day. Maybe there is. We will have to look that up on the Internet |
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