Also for a little laugh, check out Cantinflas crossing the wall into the USA. It is especially funny for those of you who speak Spanish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mMueuIAZE On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > I second Doc on this one. > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Doc Searls < > dsea...@cyber.law.harvard.edu> wrote: > >> We are in new territory here, and need to be careful with >> characterization—and much more. >> >> A few days ago I spoke with a woman I know, a hard-core Orange County >> (CA) Republican, who held her nose when she voted for Trump. Also a good >> Catholic, she now prays every day for the country, "because he's crazy." >> Yet when I asked her how she would vote if the election were today, her >> answer was "I could never vote for that woman." Would she still vote for >> Trump? "I don't know," she said. >> >> The Times reports a hotel hacked and shaken down for bitcoin, : < >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/world/europe/hotel-austr >> ia-bitcoin-ransom.html> The Verge reports that other reports weren’t >> quite true: <http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/30/14438226/hackers-austrian >> -hotel-bitcoin-ransom-ransomware>. Bottom line that isn’t: it’s >> complicated. And there are many "its." >> >> No doubt Trump and his boy Bannon are expert at understanding and playing >> their opponents, which happen to be the news media on which most of the >> rest of us rely. I could go on about that, the problems here are obvious. >> As for the consequences, we only see the early and immediate ones, and much >> of those are (for all their good intentions) knee-jerk blowback. >> >> So I caution everybody to take as sober, removed, informed and considered >> a view as possible—and to avoid falling into the default grooves of thought >> and sympathy. We all need to be broader than that, just to begin to get >> handles on what’s going on, then what to do. >> >> My 2¢ anyway, on one Monday morning. >> >> doc >> >> > On Jan 30, 2017, at 10:35 AM, ernesto ortiz <ernestorti...@yahoo.es> >> wrote: >> > >> > El 30/1/17 a las 6:51 p. m., Rich Kulawiec escribió: >> >>> I've tried to avoid commenting too much on Trump's election to avoid >> >>> demonizing Republicans and people in my network who support him. >> >> And that's fine, and noble, and nice of you. But understand very, >> >> VERY clearly: they will not hesitate to do that to you. >> > Really? Are you sure that Republicans here -all of them- are so bad that >> > undoubtedly do not hesitate to demonize the others? That's precisely the >> > typical scheme of someone who demonise the people just for having a >> > different ideology or creed. >> >> >> >> If you're not a (a) white (b) Christian (c) American citizen then >> you're >> >> going to be targeted. It's not a question of "if", only of "when". >> >> (And some people who are all three will be targeted anyway: women, >> >> LBGTQ, journalists, academics, scientists come to mind immediately.) >> >> >> >> When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag >> >> and carrying a cross. >> >> --- Sinclair Lewis >> >> >> >> This current episode is just a test to see what kind of reaction >> ensues. >> >> It's a probe for weaknesses. It has NOTHING to do with stopping >> terrorism: >> >> in fact, it's designed to increase the probability of attacks -- >> because >> >> that will make subsequent steps much easier. (Note the careful >> exemption >> >> of majority-Muslim countries in which Trump owns hotels/resorts.) >> >> >> >> ---rsk >> > >> > -- >> > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. >> Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at >> compa...@stanford.edu. >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations >> of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/m >> ailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change >> password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu. >> > >
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