Holy* * * * *. I better not say or write the word in actuality, because what happened to me, yes, little old me, might recur, particularly as I know not what the causative factor in the first place was! While I have been told that this has happened to many people, but hey, this is the first time it's happened to me. A little bit exciting. Perhaps a lot of a bit of frightening, and yes, a great deal of wonder. So, what am I talking about?
It is the middle of the night here, or early in the morning here in Israel. As usual, I could not sleep and pursued my usual routine of going online, checking if the world was in one piece, reading mail, canceling spam, checking out new books, and finally writing the blog posting of the day, checking over for errors of spelling or punctuation or for random mysterious acts of the typing gremlin who apparently resides in my keyboard, and then getting around at some point to posting it on Facebook.
Then I scroll through notifications to see if I have missed anything and apologies to those who have gone unanswered - I tend to lose some along the way. Apparently, I am the bane of my kids' and grandkids' lives as per my knowledge, or lack thereof, of ease with computers. Still a bit ahead of my great grandkids. Oops, but sorry. Age does have some perks to it. For that matter, why has my automatic spell check not doing its job? Not serious, but rather annoying. I wonder if it has come down with a sudden virus and thanks to RFK Junior, one of those ignorant, misinformed Trump appointees, there is no applicable vaccine.
In any case. I decided to scroll down the page on Facebook and lo and behold what I saw, which is now gone, a note from Facebook that they removed that posting as it was possible to garner secret sensitive information from it. Huh!!!!????. I double checked my eyes and saw the same thing and went to check on that posting, but could not find it, not even on my own private record of Facebook postings. Anybody smell something rotten in the state of the United States? I have been censored. Get outta' town!
Clicking open the notice, buried within later notifications, I was told it was due to possible garnering of sensitive information from within its content. Huh! What the hell? I checked the computer - It was mine. I checked the mirror - I was still me. I looked out the window and saw the same. I even called my kids for confirmation that I was the parent they know and love so well. No Rod Serling around No dramatic music. So, what the **** was this about?
The day will live long in my memory, certainly better than my memory of that posting. I can no longer refresh my memory as to its content as it has been stolen from within my own computer! With no idea, no clue as to what I wrote in that blog, as I do not commit them to my memory, challenged enough as it is, so only via checking my blog's history can I retrieve content. Lo and behold, there was a gap between May 2nd and May 4th, a Saturday night piece written while it was Sunday here and still Saturday there.
Now correct me if I'm wrong but does not the United States of America, the champion of freedom of speech and expression, allow and defend for that right, unless it be hate speech with incitement to violence and/or treachery (hmmm, Jan6....) Well, I certainly did not write that. I have written of the stupidity, the treachery, the rot eating away at our foundation. And yes, I encourage attention, determination and action via legal route to cancel and prevent further deplorable measures and behavior and deeds and words emanating or caused by our so unfit, misfit, President, so unworthy of that role. And that would include his pet civilian Musk and the MuskRats.
Did I write along those lines? Possibly, but having no hard copy of the May 3rd posting - cancelled, censored, disappeared - from Facebook and stolen from within my own private computer, I cannot check on that. Did I write that Trump is demented, dangerously so, inimical to the best future for the nation? Possibly, even probably, but again, while these terms might be sensitive to him, the man who unfortunately too often visits his Mar a Lago Castle, the refuge for the wealthy, arrogant, pompous and power hungry, though he visits too often for my taste, there is nothing "sensitive” there. People of higher position, of more intelligence and influence have been there done that before me and in a whole lot more public manner. Thus, again, what's the deal here? Where's the beef? Where's the sensitive information?
His poll numbers are dropping like a lead sinker, becoming one of the most unpopular presidents of seven decades. One might agree or disagree with that but the United States of America, that champion of freedom of speech, of the rights of all to speak their piece unless they speak words of hate and citing of violence. When did all this change? When did we decide to abdicate our role in history, our obligation to the world to lead it. To conduct it. To reach home safe and sound.
So, the facts, just the facts? Here are the facts. I am 77 years old, closer to 78, on the shady side of life. I live in two backwater areas, one in Israel and one in CVWPB and have yet to be consulted for my opinion be it political, of life itself and foreign policy, of the economy which Trump is stifling via crazed tariff policy, in just any area of life. Is it a deep dark secret hidden from the nations of the world that the man is demented and dangerously mercurial in behavior and words, insanely committed to a policy of wreaking revenge on all opponents, real or imaginary? I think not. In fact, I know not. I would like to know the basis of this censorship and removal of the posting, to have this possible 'sensitive information with catastrophic results' to be clearly delineated.
Possibilities of heretofore unknown sources of security information, oh so causative of garnering information?
The president lives much of the time in Mar a Lago. Nope.
The president is a confused demented sly creature who is running this nation as a private fiefdom for his own enhancement of wealth and power. Nope.
The man is a convicted felon on 34 counts for which he has yet to spend one day in jail, or a dollar in fines, not to omit his 'misbehavior' re women. Nah!
Avoids consequences for his offenses. Nope.
Using devious manner and influence the man is openly questioning as to why he should not ignore the constitution, defy it and those who abide by it? No.
The man has tantrums worthy of an expert 5 year old tantrum thrower. No.
Let's see - no, running out of any ideas and I'll be danged if I can see anything secret or sensitive or unknown, so do me a favor Facebook, and do the right thing for once. Keep on censoring those who spew hate and urge violence but not people who uphold the laws of this country or abide by them cherish them. And wish to see them remain in place and then take notice of your views.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow, it makes no difference. A lie is a lie and the same with Falsehood and honesty. Stop discounting the wrong people. Stop the censorship of those who speak as Americans. Pay attention to the others. Who wish to divide us further. Falsehoods are outed and people discounted. Stop censoring those who speak as Americans Go pay attention to those who spew filthy words of hate and violence deep, harmful antagonism and actualization of the words they speak. Go bother someone else and here are some suggestions. Perhaps you are at a loss for names. I will give you some. Putin, Erdogan, the leaders of Iran. Here are some more Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, the Houthis. That should keep your little gremlins happy and busy for quite some time
Leave me alone. Go bother with someone else Or better yet do your job. Don't take advances where you do not belong
Not yesterday, not today, nor tomorrow
This is and remain so as long as there is a United States of America and I am a citizen of that nation there is nothing on that blog or any of my blogs which contravenes any security issues you might gin up. Criticism of our political leaders has been a favorite activity of Americans before they were Americans.
As my great grandson likes to say to any bug he sees "GO Away go outside!" I think that is pretty good advice.
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