tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The propaganda that I registered as a 13 year old kid in a republican household with the news media of the day was.... the kids were wrong but... it should not have happened! Respect authority! Poor President Nixon. It took years for me to understand the facts and context. Nothings changed! 120
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 04/01/2026hmm... Judith Miller reported on the Iraq war fiasco. I found the NYT failed to fact check their reporter so that they could be first... I never trusted them after that and won't spend money on their product because I can't trust that I get good journalism. 041
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Politics is about winning the vote on ONE DAY In November! Not about good government, policy, representation, or virtue signaling. Pelosi great pol.... lousy public persona but good enough. If I am giving money its about one day in Nov! 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025its back to the future... cities had multiple newspapers... all biased... none pretending to hide their bias. AP and UPI were the standards. Then 3 network TV anchors. Now the networks are being forced to make a buck the old fashioned way. Mouthpiece for those in charge. Not duty to the public. 040
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The boss forcing questions and a point of view is as old as newspapers. These are entertainment shows posturing as news. Why do they think the marketplace needs a network propaganda show aimed at high engagement voters It is not to make money. What does Larry Ellison want with this payment? 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025There is always propaganda, back in the day... the pols had to answer questions with non talking points to engage the public. now they practice performance art to enhance their political future... (see John McCain) The moderator now toss softballs so that somebody would agree to come on the show. 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/11/2025and they keep dropping their price for me to resubscribe... He could do a 180 with the editorial page and I still would not trust the reporting. Bezos is the core problem! 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 08/11/2025True... but what has changed over 250 years? IMO... creating fairy tales and getting K through 12 kids to repeat them is our legacy and future~! sigh 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Alternatively... they could double the police salary, lower the standards and hire the 300 more cops... But that might look like the Clinton era crime bill. Better to have nat guard guys in full battle gear (passing out from heat prostration) then cops in shorts on bike patrol. 081
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 07/08/2025I pay for news... ie information that has been vetted and passed through filters called "professional journalisim" the problem with NPR and other media occurs in providing context. They are driven by a binary straight jacket. What would you have them do. 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I thought he just announced his retirement?? (or was it another prominent writer) 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Why not call it a VAT tax... (most of of us just think of VATS as mysterious sales taxes with eye popping valuations) The euros do it all the time. 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Um... that is 4 percent of grants rank ordered and approved for funding by peer review committee of volunteer experts in the field. Half of the grants submitted were never approved. Those individuals take the feedback critique, collect more data and rewrite and resubmit. 132
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 11/07/2025But they are so childish that they they believe their wailing will change the policy. (it is writ in social media to be so!) When in fact, the opposition politicians have no actual power to stop it. ... Who do they blame? ... Of course they blame their politician... 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Hmm, when they put 50 kids in the class and demand outcomes... the educational system run by teachers doesn't have a great track record with all of the trendy new stuff. Plenty of "responsible teachers" were on board with outcomes measures. Fact is the traditional system doesn't scale either. 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025True... could be another Flim flam. But there are no other solutions that scale with the diverse student population. Could AI deliver a quality individual coaching experience that maximizes learning? IMO you have to go all in. 200
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Quality feed back is essential in the learning process. The current crisis without AI feedback is evergreen. Some kids get just enough for their aptitude and interest in the subject. The question is; can an AI bot calculate the idiosyncratic process per kid and deliver. Or is it one size fits all 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I thought Trump declared victory in his first war... He bombed the hell out of them and casualties skyrocketed.. Then he said he had a deal with the Houti's.... So... now Isreal's problem 180
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025UM. THE only of a college course is to book credit towards some degree that exists on sheepskin and a records office. A lecture is a community event. Knowledge and its transfer is complicated 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 27/05/2025What evidence do we have that Americans ever changed their behavior after other people died? thoughts and prayers works for Iraq war dead and the 200K unnecessary dead caused by covid and children in mass shootings 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Hey... she ran for president! ooops... the old guy beat her! Either he did not understand crypto? or he has integrity!!! 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 20/04/2025"neither Dems nor Repubs did anything that helped." This assumes that all you need is proper leadership to beat the economic system that is America and you will fix this. But Reality bites. What happened to icons of american industry like Kodak. Everyone needs a just so story to blame XXX 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Nope.. The amount of agreement with the "just so" story is huge.... and so this is by defintion "REALITY aka the TRUTH" for half the country. You are assuming Cuban doesn't function well in the actual real world. Perhaps we need to dance in both of these worlds to make any progress. 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 20/04/2025nah.... they just need an enemy.... back in the day.... the hippi commies sufficed. They need this just so story with the evil enemy as the source of why they are being screwed. they will dump this "just so" story in a few years when they need a more outrageous enemy to blame 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Sure vote! but the issue of the thread was partisan supreme court circa 2000 how does non partisan voter have any power here? 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Why independent? Two party politics is baked into the system. (poly sci 101) Stepping away from this fight leads us to where we are. 2000 did not just happen! the antidemocratic power grabs of the judicial system is ancient! 100
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025We have no choice or we start over. We have failed to manage the politics so the courts politics matches the voters choice. US oligarchs call the shots. Court reform (eg expand the court numbers) is a polite term for balance the politics with the voters intent. Good luck making this an issue! 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025CBS Evening news.... what a joke!!... the message is patience... that is what we need here.... PATIENCE !??.... of course... this assumes that this fiasco of a policy makes sense and is certain to work... NOPE! 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025It is the manly thing to do.... proves you are a leader. In reality this is just a continuation of the american propaganda story of our greatness and goodness. bah! 031
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Nope!... it is the manly thing to do..... Performance art component proves that you are resolute standing for the TRUTH and a tough guy... ergo a leader.... sigh! Propaganda story about american greatness. 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This has been the republican agenda since Nixon! Unfortunately, many voters think this is the standard for great leadership. They (I ) have been raised on the notion that government should be run like a business. Our American icons are the fairy tales told about business men... aka KINGS! 020
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 09/03/2025"truth itself" please define truth? science NEVER declares they have discovered the truth. A consensus is "this evidence fails to reject the working model" So, our model of gravity works. Hasn't changed much in quite some time and you would be foolish to question it. But not the truth See God 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Your assumption that the history us 60 year olds experienced as fair and balanced is wrong. I am shocked at the fairy tales I was fed. but I agree... it could get worse! 020
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025250 000 americans died because of trump, 4000 or so amercan soldiers died because of bush, mass shooting a month americans dont care about the body count 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The tragedy was not the mistake made re Iraq war run-up. It was the failure to to re commit to accurate reporting. Fox spin of Fair and balanced is just politics....what ever the times and post have become lost the thread of why I would spend time reading. I pay for accurate reporting that is it! 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Maybe they should have taken accountability for Judith Miller and the Iraq war drums reporting. Perhaps I missed it since I cancelled after they published... the gee wiz... no weapons of mass destruction found report of the US goverement. Why pay institutions that have no integrity... 120
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 12/12/2024He is a republican! He wants to work again. Why is anyone surprised? 000
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The power of agreement see fairy tale about emperor and his new clothes! The power of authority is suspect after huge screwups like nam and iraq. It is not at all clear that democrats could drive agreement in this era of social media and for profit journalism. 030
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 24/11/2024hmm.... Trump argued that Biden... (not Trumps) stimi checks drove the pubic to consume more chicken and eggs.. driving demand and the price going up.... ie 160 percent higher! so... lets see how a round of deflation lands for the country! 120
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Actually they do a better job of bashing trumpers on the crazy then dem media types do. In an era where propaganda rules....and the dem's have no game... I have no problem with these guys on my right. Generating propaganda is not honorable and neither is the american voter. 010
tcatman1.bsky.social @tcatman1.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Majority rule.... minority rights.... 49.93 is NOT A MAJORITY yes a plurality is better then a minority to run the country with ... but... both are un american! 000