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6. Fake News Websites: But check this crazy shit out. Crystal didn’t
just retweet the retweeted bot thoughts - she also shared stories
from obscure news outlets like ConservativeDailyPost.com, which,
according to the investigative journalism done for the Rolling
Stone article I read, appears to be a legit fake-news site operated
out of Macedonia during this past election. The real “fake news”.
Some other journalists at Buzzfeed found out that teenagers in the
little de-industrialized 40,000 person town of Veles, Macedonia
published pro-Trump stories because they were profitable as click-
bait. Does that make sense? They found out they could make ad
money based on site traffic by publishing pro-Trump news stories,
whether they were real or not. Makes sense to me. It always
comes back to money.
Borce Pejcev, a Macedonian computer programmer has set up
dozens of fake-news sites – for around 100 euros each. And then
he makes that money back and more with ads. He said that
Macedonians don't invent the fake news stories they post, telling a
journalist. "No one here knows anything about American politics.
They copy and paste from American sites, maybe try to come up
with more dramatic headline." Alex Jones InfoWars and Breitbart
(“Bright-bart”) , he said, were among the Macedonians' most
common source material. He said that Macedonians would've
happily copied anti-Trump fake news too, but "Unfortunately, there
weren't any good U.S. pro-Clinton fake-news sites to copy and
paste.” For these Macedonians, it's not about politics. They don’t
give a shit about Republicans or Democrats. They’re half a world
away. They just post sensational stories that people will click on
and read. Tabloid shit.
Wow. Really think about that. They’re taking headlines from Alex
Jones, the crazy fucking lunatic who wept on his show because he
was so angry that Barack Obama was in the Whitehouse because
he knew that Barack was a demon. He knew! He heard many
reports that he smelled like sulphur, he say videos of flies buzzing
around Barack’s face - sure signs that he was a minion of Satan.
That’s how backwards and medieval the piece of shit Alex Jones.
Or worse. He recently claimed in a custody battle that he was just
doing a character for his show. Oh, so you’re just making
hundreds of thousands of other people believe that Hilary Clinton
is a pedophile and Obama is an actual demon on your show, but
in real life, you’re a totally mentally competent person. You
manipulative asshole. Fuck Alex Jones.
This is medieval, middle ages type of nonsense. And again, this
isn’t an attack on conservatives, who Alex Jones aligns himself
with - it’s an attack on aggressive, reckless, and dangerous
stupidity.
Europeans creating fake news websites to repeat the teachings of
Alex Jones. Bots retweeting lies by the thousands. By the millions.
A massive disinformation campaign anyone can wage if they have
the money. That is fucking terrifying. I used to watch Alex Jones
videos and laugh at what a looney tune he is. I put him in the
same category as David Icke of the Lizard Illuminati infamy. It
doesn’t seem so funny right now. When you realized millions of
other people are watching the same video and digesting it as
journalistic truth as opposed to the rantings of a mad man, or at
least the rantings of a con man, it starts to feel like the inmates are
running the asylum.
Now let's talk about Douglas Hagmann.
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IV. Conclusions.
A. “Fake news” Fake news. That’s what Pizzagate is really all about.
Truly fake news.
Get a population not only lose trust in mainstream media but to
become convinced that mainstream journalists are nothing but lying,
manipulative hate mongers - members of elite, secret societies out to
destroy everything you and your family care about and stand for -
and that population starts to look elsewhere for their information. And
elsewhere can get really scary, real quick.
The AP may not ALWAYS get everything right because they’re an
association comprised of human beings, imperfect like the rest of us.
But the Associated Press IS an independent non-profit organization
with oversight and ethics boards who work to provide the most
factual reporting possible. With an emphasis on avoiding conflicts of
interest in reporting. There is a focus their on journalistic integrity.
And are their still some bad AP journalists? Of course. MSNBC
anchor got caught lying about having a helicopter he was traveling in
in Iraq hit by an RPG. He was suspended without pay for six months.
Others have made mistakes as well. But, at the end of the day, CNN,
MSNBC, Fox, ABC, CBS - biases as they may have - are still a Hell
of a lot more reliable than INFOWARS with Alex Jones or
SubjectPolitics.com - the news equivalent of Star Magazine or the
Weekly World News. Places who blatantly lie and make stories
based on nothing but heresy or worse - based on nothing at all. They
literally just make shit up to boost their views constantly. And, even
worse, they throw in a lot of truthful journalism to muddy the waters.
To give them just enough legitimacy to make their outright lies and
slander seem legitimate.
And when people start looking to conspiracy nuts - and I do mean
NUTS - for the truth - they start to lose touch with reality. Wonder
how people start to believe in stuff like the Lizard Illuminati and a Flat
Earth? It’s because they’ve lost faith in mainstream media and have
chosen to believe in fringe lunatics who’re convinced that a small
group of people in power are constantly manipulating them. They’re
people, who odds are never studied critical thinking or how to
analyze media and they’ve put themselves in a position where
they’re unable to discern truth from fiction. Suddenly, a group of
reptilian overlords controlling the human race because they need our
emotional turmoil to survive sounds as plausible, if not more
plausible, then large corporations using their immense bank accounts
to hire armies of lawyers and lobbyists who can bribe and bully
capital hill into consistently passing legislation that serves their
corporate profit slash Wall Street goals of keeping investors happy by
constantly posting higher and higher profit margins and taking over a
larger and larger market share.
Money makes the world go ‘round. Always has. But not in some
secret society way. It’s right out there in the open for all of us to see.
It’s basic human greed. It used to belong to Kings and Queens and
other conquerors. CEOs and corporate founders are the new
conquerors. Grabbing bigger share of the International marketplace
is the new colonialism.
But that’s not fun to think about. It’s complicated. It’s an economic
trend that feels impossible to reverse. It sometimes feels inevitable.
It’s nuanced and involved. It’s hard.
Much easier to think a small group of people are just evil and that
they’re fucking with us. Maybe Satanic pedophiles. Maybe lizard
people. And if we could stop them, maybe we could make the world
right according to whatever we happen to think “right” even is. The
Earth isn’t round - NASA is a bunch of liars. Scientists are a bunch of
liars who just want to take our money and give it to the illuminati.
It’s paranoia to believe this shit. It’s nonsense. It’s why we need to
educate ourselves on the actual voting records and policies and
platforms of politicians and vote whenever we can, whenever we can
afford it, to prioritize education. I need to do this too. I’ve been
shamefully lazy the last three Presidential elections. It’s
embarrassing but it’s true. For 12 years I’ve bitched and done very
little about anything. But I’m changing that. I’m reading far more than
I ever have in my life. I’m forcing myself to pull my head out of the
sand and get involved. No liberal agenda. No conservative agenda.
Just a human agenda. How can I help make the world a little better, a
little more fair, a litter more bearable and enjoyable for the common
man. And, of course, the common woman. Hail Nimrod!
Bad ideas fester in the muck of the chronically poor and multi-
generationally uneducated. And certain wealthy people in power
must love that. It makes increasing their obscene wealth that much
easier. They love keeping us dumb and distracted. Keep us getting
fired up about nonsense like Pizzagate when we should be angry
over limited access to healthcare, a failing education system in many
of our cities, a housing and higher education market that keeps
getting farther and father out of reach for the majority of the
population.
As recently as five years ago, the US spent more on education than
the average spent per student by other developed nations. In a study
conducted in 2010 by The Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, the United States spent more than $11,000 per
elementary student and more than $12,000 per high school student.
When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school
education such as college or vocational training, the United States
spent $15,171 on each young person in the system — more than any
other nation covered in the report. That sum inched past some
developed countries and far surpassed others. Switzerland's total
spending per student was $14,922 while Mexico averaged $2,993 in
2010. The average OECD nation spent $9,313 per young person.
The United States spent 7.3 percent of its gross domestic product on
education, compared with the 6.3 percent average of other OECD
countries.
But the OECD conducted a new study this year and the results are
troubling. U.S. spending on elementary and high school education
declined 3 percent from 2010 to 2014 even as its economy
prospered and its student population grew slightly by 1 percent,
boiling down to a 4 percent decrease in spending per student. Over
this same 2010 to 2014 period, education spending, on average,
rose 5 percent per student across the 35 countries in the OECD.
Some school districts in Oklahoma that cut the number of school
days to four from five each week. And with decreased spending the
burden on US teachers grows. U.S. teachers teach close to 1,000
hours a year, compared with 600 hours in Japan and 550 hours in
Korea. In these countries, teachers might specialize in one course,
such as Algebra I, and teach it only a few periods a day. The rest of
their work week is spent on other activities, such as preparing
lessons or giving feedback to students. We’re still spending more on
average than other developed nations but we’re moving in the wrong
direction.
We may be the leaders of the free world but we’re not currently the
leaders in education. One of the biggest cross-national tests is
the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which
every three years measures reading ability, math and science literacy
and other key skills among 15-year-olds in dozens of developed and
developing countries. The most recent PISA results, from 2015,
placed the U.S. at 38th out of 71 countries in math and 24th in
science. Even worse, among the 35 members of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, which sponsors the PISA
initiative, the U.S. ranked 30th in math and 19th in science. 30th out
of 35 other developed western countries. That’s fucking terrible.
That’s scary. That’s not leading. That’s putting ourselves in a mental
place to be taken advantage of. To believe in gibberish like Pizza
gate.
By deemphasizing education, we’re fertilizing an anti-intellectual
movement in this country. This attitude of you may have a degree
and you may have your “book learning, but I know what I know
dude!”
Growing up in a small, rural town, I’ve met tons of people who look
down on higher education. Really seem to almost despise it. This
attitude of “that may work in books and such but I live in the real
world, buddy. I graduated for the school of hard knocks”.
And look - practical experience and hands-on learning has IMMENSE
VALUE - but so does education. And you just can’t beat the
combination of strong education combined with strong hands-on,
real-life experience. And if you don’t believe that, then you’ve allowed
yourself to become too stupid to know what you don’t know.
I just hired a young man with an audio engineering degree to
increase the sound quality of this podcast because I know enough to
know I’m not as smart as he is when it comes to sound engineering. I
didn’t study it for two years like he did. If this podcast becomes as
successful as I hope it does, as I want it to, I’d love to hire someone
with a masters or doctorate in historical research or investigative
journalism because I know they’re going to catch things I don’t. I’ll
learn from them. I’d love to got back and get a history degree if I had
time to right now. I value education. Always have. Wish I had a
Masters degree. Wish I had a doctorate - and not for the title, for the
knowledge. Knowledge really is power. I work with a professional
literary editor now because he catches grammatical flaws that I don’t
because I don’t know as much as he does about grammar. He’s more
educated that I am in that regard.
Be curious and question the information around you Timesuckers -
that’s the spirit of this podcast. It is the will of Nimrod. It pleases his
prophet Bojangles and his bard Michael McDonald. And his other
bard James “So Smooth He Makes Silk Seem Like Sandpaper”
Ingram. It’s the ethos of Timesuck.
But also, while questioning, also learn to trust - trust that not
everyone is out to get you, trust that people who have a degree in
journalism probably, on average, are better at presenting journalistic
information than someone who doesn’t. Double check mainstream
media sources as opposed to ignoring them and looking to some sub
reddit or Twitter where the same lie has just been reposted a
thousand different ways.
On the Timesuck app, I’ve included PDF downloads to my notes from
all of my episodes for full transparency. All the notes I use for the
episodes are right there for you to see. Check my sources. You’ll see
that I work hard to give you the best info possible. If I make a mistake
it’s out of human error not agenda.
We can’t let our nation fall into Idiocracy. We’re in real trouble as a
society, culture, and world if we let the Idiots of the Internet become
the majority. We must fight ignorance. Combat it with intellectual
curiosity. Keep debunking conspiracies. Keep skewering destructive
cults. Keep mocking idiots of the internet. Keep learning. Keep
thinking. Keep talking and debating. Keep updating. Keep on fucking
sucking.
And now, you wonderful beautiful bastards, it’s time for Top Five
Takeaways.
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TOP FIVE TAKEAWAYS INTRO
4. Number four. If you have the money you can actually hire people
to manipulate social media and web based news in ways I didn’t
realize were possible. You can retweet a lie so many times it starts
to feel like a truth. Any lie. We’re entering a dangerous time
regarding disinformation. Pizzagate is going to be far from the last
unfounded conspiracy to bring about actual harm. Rumors can kill.
5. And Number five - new info! Comet Ping Pong, despite all the bad
press, currently has a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars rating on Yelp after 730
reviews. It’s a two dollar sign pizza place where you can get a
pizza or a calzone for anywhere from $9 to $17 bucks. And,
strangely, some of the poor reviews have been left by customers
upset that they didn’t have kids on the menu, customers like Yelp
Reviewer Chikatilo Still Alive 666 who posted, “Why no kids
on menu? I hear so much pizza gate talk I look forward to
vigorous wrassling and killing of kids in basement. I look
forward to working up appetite pulling around cock soft like
wad of evil putty. I look forward to hard tugging of shame
cock like giant worn out plastic tube. Like old rubber band
that has lost snap. Instead, I get calzone and ask to leave
when pull down sweat pants at counter. What big deal? I
stretch penis that look more like dog chew toy than sexual
organ when nervous.”
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TOP FIVE TAKEAWAYS INTRO
1. THE APP! The Timesuck App is out! It’s in it’s first phase but I
think it’s looking pretty good.
It has a player where you can download or stream any of the
episodes. And, unlike on any other podcast app, you can push a
button and get the PDF of the show notes to any episode as you
listen. You can read the bios of Lucifina, Bojangles, Nimrod, and
other characters. You can pick an Avatar for those characters.
When later versions of the app come out, your avatar can be seen
in message boards, in the topic voting section, et cetera. The new
website that matches the app is also here - timesuckpodcast.com
has changed it’s look. Sorry there will no longer be pictures
associated with episodes on the website. I made the decision not
to list those because technically, I don’t have legal permission to
do so as someone pointed out, and, it clunks up the site. I want
the focus on the audio and Timesuck artwork, notes, et cetera -
not on random images you can find anywhere. And there will be
plenty of pics still on Timesuck social media.
FYI - the player is going to be able to play at variable speeds in a
later update. There’s a link to the store on the app. And in a later
update, a link to tour dates.
There is a cool sponsor section where I’ve made it as easy as
possible for you to take advantage of Timesuck discounts. Current
sponsorships are listed as buttons with the deal info below them.
Push the button and get taken right to the deal. Can’t make it
easier.
All of this will be on the App, the new website, and the mobile
version of the new website for those of you who hate apps or can’t
use them for whatever reason.
And, if you have any problems with the app, do not mail me! Email
the Bit Elixir App development team. A team of Timesuckers
actually. timesuckapp@bitelixir.co. There should be a button right
on the app to directly access that email.
Thanks in advance for helping trouble shoot this. We’re going to
grow it into the best podcast app out there.
So download it from the Apple or Google store - it’s available for
both iOs and Android devices - and get familiar with it so when the
premium Space Lizard features come out in February, you’re
ready for them.
Finally - some of the Avatar artwork is temporary. Danger Brain
has created all the artwork for the app and the new website, and
Sebastian at Danger Brain will finish more kick ass avatars in the
future. Danger Brain man - they’re busy guys because they’re so
fucking good.
Go to thedangerbrain.com for all your design needs!
2. The Office: Also -start moving into an actual office later today.
Going to get it set up over the new few recordings to increase the
recording quality and volume of the suck. Turn it into a clubhouse.
I’ll host a little Timesuck open house in a few months after we’re
real settled in. Details on that sometime in the next few weeks.
Alright.
Thanks all the iTunes and Facebook reviews and ratings again
this past week Thank you, thank you, thank you. Heading towards
2,000 ratings on iTunes which is incredible.
ALSO - Timesuck is on Spotify on both the app and the Spotify
desktop website if that is where you insist on listening to it.
Sorry Timesuck is not quite on Youtube but it will be this week or I
may have to kill my new employee. Josh has promised me the
Suck will be on Youtube this week.
Sorry the store is so depleted. I’ve put new orders in and am
restocking after getting wiped out on Cyber Monday as fast as I
can. Follow the suck on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook -
@Timesuckpodcast to know when stuff hits the stores the day it
arrives.
Special thanks to Timesuckers Leigh House, Brooks Growand and
anyone else I missed - I think I missed several who suggested
today’s topic. Hope you liked it. So your suggestion doesn’t get
lost, please email them to bojangles@timesuckpodcast.com Much
easier to find later in the emails than they are from private
messages on social media.
Special shoutout to young Sucker @maverickmason66 on
Instagram just for being a cool dude.
Thanks to Sydney Shives for killing it on social media, Harmony
Vellekamp for all of her help and Jesse Dobner for his editing wizardry
once again!!
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D. And last for today, another BTK update. Straight from Kansas!
Dear Mr. Dan ‘the suck master, master of the suck’ Cummins, my
wife and I wanted to message you to say thank you for covering BTK,
a horrifying reign of terror that our ourselves, our friends, and families
remember all too well.
It was a little surreal to hear the timeline and knowing exactly the
locations you spoke about. I was in 5th grade when Rader started
dropping off packages around Wichita and was finally caught. A quick
story to add to the ‘potential victims list blurb’, a friend of mine’s co-
worker lived in Wichita in the 70’s and came home to find her phone
cord cut. When she asked her roommate why the phone wasn’t
working the roommate had said a guy with ADT came by earlier to
bury a new line in the back yard but needed a shovel. They
immediately left the house and told the police.
A few douchey corrections that don’t really matter or affect the facts
of the story but as locals, matters to us! The town of Salina is
pronounced with a long I sound not a long E sound. Sah-LINE-Uh.
KAKE news is simply said as ‘Cake’, and I must defend my alma
mater and say WuShock is the best mascot in higher education, Go
shox! On a side note, my wife and I both got bachelors in Psychology
from Wichita State, just wanted to share the commonality.
Thanks so much for the incredible podcast Dan, my wife and I hope
to meet you one day if you ever come close to Wichita, sorry the
Looney Bin was such a let down, til next time.
Keep on Suckin!
- Alex and Kaitlyn Freund(Pronounced Friend)
Wow - scary shit about your friend’s coworker. Nuts. And yeah, got a
lot of emails about Suh-LINE-us. It cracks me up when a
pronunciation changes over time because the original language of
the word is lost. I bet that Suh-line-us was supposed to be
pronounced Salinas, I bet the origin is still Spanish, but, it got
‘Mericanized!
Thanks for sending that in fellow students of the human mind. And go
Shox!
I know a TON of you write in and don’t make it to the Updates. When
The Secret Suck comes out in February, so many more of you can
have your voices heard. It’ll be great. Thanks for continuing to write
in, and can’t wait for the extra podcast to include so much more of
you into the growing community.
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VIII. Goodbye!
A. Well thanks everyone. Extra thanks this week to the Australian
Timesuckers. Thanks for spreading the word down under - the Suck
has been really growing there and I appreciate it.
Until next week, enjoy your week, good luck preparing for your
Fantasy Football playoffs, don’t spread propaganda on the web, and
put some “keep on” into some “suckin’.”
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