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		<title>The Squad&#8217;s Pressley Dismisses Brown, Black, Muslim, and Gays Not Like Her</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 13:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It never takes long for Democrats to cry racism at the same time they do or say racist things, so be very careful when anyone says liberals can&#8217;t walk and chew gum at the same time. At the whitest of annual progressive gatherings, Netroots Nation 2019, we got the latest from one of the Democrat [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It never takes long for Democrats to cry racism at the same time they do or say racist things, so be very careful when anyone says liberals can&#8217;t walk and chew gum at the same time.</p>
<p>At the whitest of annual progressive gatherings, Netroots Nation 2019, we got the latest from one of the Democrat freshmen big mouths who&#8217;re now targeting those within her own party who won&#8217;t do what SHE wants, when SHE wants it.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ayanna-Pressley.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4632" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ayanna-Pressley-150x84.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="84" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ayanna-Pressley-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ayanna-Pressley-500x281.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ayanna-Pressley.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a><span style="color: #808080;">I don’t want to bring a chair to an old table. This is the time to shake the table. This is the time to redefine that table. Because if you&#8217;re going to come to this table, all of you who have aspirations of running for office. </span><strong><span style="color: #808080;">If you’re not prepared to come to that table and represent that voice, don’t come, because we don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice. </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #808080;">We don’t need black faces that don’t want to be a black voice. We don’t need Muslims that don’t want to be a Muslim voice. We don’t need queers that don’t want to be a queer voice.</span></strong><span style="color: #808080;"> If you’re worried about being marginalized and stereotyped, please don’t even show up because we need you to represent that voice.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-squad-revolts-ayanna-pressley-says-no-more-black-faces-that-dont-want-to-be-a-black-voice" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)</a></p>
<p>Yeah, because just wanting be an American voice is such a waste.</p>
<p>And exactly who are these &#8220;we&#8221;?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AOC-Tlaib-Pressley.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-4633 size-medium" title="AOC, Tlaib, and Pressley" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AOC-Tlaib-Pressley-150x82.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="82" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AOC-Tlaib-Pressley-150x82.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AOC-Tlaib-Pressley-500x272.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AOC-Tlaib-Pressley.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>&#8220;The Squad&#8221; believes they alone are now setting the rules and anyone not willing to play by those rules will be targeted for political elimination. They have no problem publicly saying what would be called racist/xenophobic/homophobic if anyone else said what Pressley said, and it&#8217;s being noticed.</p>
<p>These humility-challenged, self-appointed women of color <em>(two of whom could play the white female card if convenient)</em> are again playing the victim and taking great offense at a series of Tweets by the president.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trump-on-the-phone.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-918 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trump-on-the-phone-150x100.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trump-on-the-phone-150x100.jpeg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trump-on-the-phone-500x333.jpeg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trump-on-the-phone-360x240.jpeg 360w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Trump-on-the-phone.jpeg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world <em>(if they even have a functioning government at all)</em>, now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. <strong>Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done.</strong> These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150381394234941448" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">President Donald Trump, 7/14/19</a></p>
<p>While the Democrat media has predictably run mostly with the &#8220;why don&#8217;t they go back&#8221; headline, President Trump does make some good points as <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2002/07/11/are-latinos-intellectually-inferior-liberals-have-always-thought-so/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">many have asked</a> those fleeing their #shithole countries why they aren&#8217;t staying home and organizing to make their homelands a better place. We wouldn&#8217;t want to have the United States become a <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2009/02/holder-nation-of-cowards-on-race-018999" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">nation of cowards</a>, right?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/12/1871313/-Who-are-the-Four-Women-of-the-Squad-and-Why-is-Nancy-Pelosi-So-Darn-Mean-to-Them" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-4636 size-medium" title="Daily Kos: &quot;Who are the Four Women of the Squad and Why is Nancy Pelosi So Darn Mean to Them?&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Squad-150x84.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="84" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Squad-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Squad-500x281.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Squad.jpg 550w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>These &#8220;Squad&#8221; women have shown the worst in those who believe they are not just elected representatives, but mini rulers. But they also exhibit immature weakness when defaulting to being a victim after they spit on someone bigger and have to start dodging punches.</p>
<p>In politics, alliances have to be made; even unholy ones. If you wish to go it alone, fine but a martyr is only as good as the amount of people who appreciate the personal sacrifice. We&#8217;ll soon see if the artificial social media numbers of &#8220;friends&#8221; and &#8220;followers&#8221; will actually translate to votes in 2020 for &#8220;The Squad&#8221; because their actually support may be tenuous at best, they know it, and that&#8217;s why they&#8217;re lashing out at everyone around them.</p>
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		<title>Is Snopes.com Really Going Broke While the Mikkelsons Live Large?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don’t look to Snopes.com for the answer on this one. From the Daily Kos came this dire call to arms&#8230;. Snopes.com may shut down permanently A few minutes ago, I needed to check out the validity of a story at Snopes.com and along the way, I was shocked to see that the site may be [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don’t look to Snopes.com for the answer on this one.</p>
<p>From the Daily Kos came this dire call to arms&#8230;.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Snopes &quot;founder&quot; David Mikkelson" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-117142 size-medium" title="Snopes &quot;founder&quot; David Mikkelson" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson-150x113.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson-500x375.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-founder-David-Mikkelson.jpg 960w" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></a><span style="color: #808080;">Snopes.com may shut down permanently</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">A few minutes ago, I needed to check out the validity of a story at Snopes.com and along the way, I was shocked to see that the site may be shutting down for good.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">For me, Snopes.com is one of the best fact checkers in the world, second only to Wonder Woman’s rope.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">At a time when the country has to deal with alternative facts and a leader of the country whose chief export is lying lies, we need every truth teller and fact checker we can find.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">—</span> <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/24/1683647/-Snopes-com-may-shut-down-permanently" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily Kos, 7/24/17</a></p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Is this Snopes' hard working staff?" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-staff.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-117141 size-thumbnail" title="Is this Snopes' hard working staff?" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-staff-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-staff-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-staff-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="100" height="100" /></a>Seriously, “fact checking” is not that big a deal. Then again if you’re lazy and need to be spoon fed, going to Snopes has always been the easy way out.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">Our legal team is fighting hard for us, but, having been cut off from all revenue, we are facing the prospect of having no financial means to continue operating the site and paying our staff <em>(not to mention covering our legal fees)</em> in the meanwhile.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">—</span> <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/savesnopes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“SaveSnopes” GoFundMe page</a></p>
<p>Laura’s instinctive go-to is the Facebook accounts of the primaries involved. Their narcissism and need for attention exposes them almost every time.</p>
<p>As it looks like it takes a lot to keep up with David Mikkelson and wife Elyssa Young’s <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-Staff.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>(currently listed as a Snopes “Admin Assistant”)</em></a> financial responsibilities, let your own eyes determine their genuine level of need.</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons in Japan" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Japan-120316.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117143 " title="Mikkelsons in Japan" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Japan-120316-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Japan-120316-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Japan-120316-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="David Mikkelson in Tibet?" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Tebet.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117144 " title="David Mikkelson in Tibet?" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Tebet-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Tebet-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Tebet-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons in Varanasi, India" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Varanasi-India.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117145 " title="Mikkelsons in Varanasi, India" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Varanasi-India-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Varanasi-India-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Varanasi-India-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons at the Great Wall of China" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-the-Great-Wall-of-China.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117146 " title="Mikkelsons at the Great Wall of China" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-the-Great-Wall-of-China-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-the-Great-Wall-of-China-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-the-Great-Wall-of-China-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons in Madrid" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117149 " title="Mikkelsons in Madrid" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /> </a><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="The Mikkelsons hanging loose... somewhere" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-hanging-loose-somewhere.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117150 " title="The Mikkelsons hanging loose... somewhere" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-hanging-loose-somewhere-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-hanging-loose-somewhere-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-hanging-loose-somewhere-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /> </a><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mrs. Mikkelson enjoying &quot;Mexican food in Berlin&quot;" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Elyssa-Young-Mexican-food-in-Berlin.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117151 " title="Mrs. Mikkelson enjoying &quot;Mexican food in Berlin&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Elyssa-Young-Mexican-food-in-Berlin-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Elyssa-Young-Mexican-food-in-Berlin-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Elyssa-Young-Mexican-food-in-Berlin-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons at Royal Palace of Madrid" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Royal-Palace-of-Madrid.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117152 " title="Mikkelsons at Royal Palace of Madrid" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Royal-Palace-of-Madrid-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Royal-Palace-of-Madrid-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Royal-Palace-of-Madrid-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons &quot;near Madrid&quot;" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Madrid.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117153 " title="Mikkelsons &quot;near Madrid&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Madrid-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Madrid-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Madrid-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons in Madrid" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117154 " title="Mikkelsons in Madrid" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid2-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid2-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Madrid2-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons at The Louvre" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-The-Louvre.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117156 " title="Mikkelsons at The Louvre" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-The-Louvre-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-The-Louvre-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-The-Louvre-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="David Mikkelson at Hershey Park" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-at-Hershey-Park.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117158 " title="David Mikkelson at Hershey Park" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-at-Hershey-Park-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-at-Hershey-Park-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-at-Hershey-Park-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="David Mikkelson in Switzerland" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Switzerland.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117159 " title="David Mikkelson in Switzerland" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Switzerland-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Switzerland-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Switzerland-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons in Switzerland" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Switzerland.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117160 " title="Mikkelsons in Switzerland" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Switzerland-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Switzerland-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Switzerland-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons in Hong Kong" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Hong-Kong.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117161 " title="Mikkelsons in Hong Kong" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Hong-Kong-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Hong-Kong-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-Hong-Kong-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Hong-Kong-Disneyland-Resort.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117162 " title="Mikkelsons at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Hong-Kong-Disneyland-Resort-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Hong-Kong-Disneyland-Resort-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-at-Hong-Kong-Disneyland-Resort-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Mikkelsons &quot;near Nara, Japan&quot;" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Nara-Japan.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117163 " title="Mikkelsons &quot;near Nara, Japan&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Nara-Japan-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Nara-Japan-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-near-Nara-Japan-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="103" height="103" /></a></p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="David Mikkelson in Shanghai" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Shanghai.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-117166 size-thumbnail" title="David Mikkelson in Shanghai" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Shanghai-100x100.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Shanghai-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-Mikkelson-in-Shanghai-125x125.jpg 125w" alt="" width="100" height="100" /></a>Judging by some of the above pics, did you get the impression the Mikkelsons like to eat out?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ra.martinez.94/media_set?set=a.669581416585367.1073741913.100006005446080&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>European Food Trip 2017</strong></a> <span style="color: #808080;"><em>(Ra Martinez is one of the Snopes interns)</em></span></p>
<p>Thanks to those who generously donated to the GoFundMe campaign to keep them from going “broke”, it looks like the Mikkelsons will be able to maintain that lifestyle they’re accustomed to because as long as there are ignorant liberals, the dollar figure below will keep climbing.</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="#SaveSnopes GoFundMe page, 7/31/17" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117280" title="#SaveSnopes GoFundMe page, 7/31/17" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117.png 960w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117-150x112.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117-768x574.png 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117-500x374.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SaveSnopes-GoFundMe-073117-80x60.png 80w" alt="" width="795" height="595" /></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/janelytvynenko/snopes-fundraiser?utm_term=.btjD6Xzxk#.cyrR3ZyVo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Fact-Checker Snopes.com Met Its $500,000 Crowdfunding Goal In A Day</strong></a></p>
<p>As we ARE talking about sanctimonious liberals without conscience, here’s a fact check of just whom we’re dealing with here.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4042194/Facebook-fact-checker-arbitrate-fake-news-accused-defrauding-website-pay-prostitutes-staff-includes-escort-porn-star-Vice-Vixen-domme.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Facebook ‘fact checker’ who will arbitrate on ‘fake news’ is accused of defrauding website to pay for prostitutes – and its staff includes an escort-porn star and ‘Vice Vixen domme’</strong></a></p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Barbara Mikkelson claim against Snopes" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Barbara-Mikkelson-claim.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117288" title="Barbara Mikkelson claim against Snopes" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Barbara-Mikkelson-claim.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Barbara-Mikkelson-claim.jpg 634w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Barbara-Mikkelson-claim-150x44.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Barbara-Mikkelson-claim-500x146.jpg 500w" alt="" width="480" height="140" /></a><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="David and Barbara Mikkelson" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-and-Barbara-Mikkelson.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117289" title="David and Barbara Mikkelson" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-and-Barbara-Mikkelson.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-and-Barbara-Mikkelson.jpg 800w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-and-Barbara-Mikkelson-150x79.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-and-Barbara-Mikkelson-768x403.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/David-and-Barbara-Mikkelson-500x263.jpg 500w" alt="" width="267" height="140" /></a></p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="David and Elyssa &quot;setting the date&quot; in India" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-India.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-117165 " title="David and Elyssa &quot;setting the date&quot; in India" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-India-150x209.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-India-150x209.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-India-500x696.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mikkelsons-in-India.jpg 687w" alt="" width="90" height="126" /></a>SO, was Snopes really going broke or was this a slick excuse for a fundraiser so David Mikkelson and Elyssa Young <a href="http://erinobryn.callgirlfiles.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Erin O’Bryn”</a> Mikkelson can not only meet payroll but maintain an opulent lifestyle?</p>
<p>Speaking of &#8220;Erin O&#8217;Bryn&#8221;, when you click on the link, you get a <a href="http://erinobryn.callgirlfiles.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">brief runaround</a> and with good reason.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.secretbenefits.com/welcome/voluum_barcelona_d_1/edpark_u1/not%20escorts?utm_campaign=edpark_u1&amp;utm_source=edpark_u1&amp;utm_medium=park&amp;utm_term=not%20escorts&amp;utm_content=park&amp;cep=kmEb_UltFT38IHja2Fm1QMCrzRw4yjhnFrPrtf813VWh0xW4cYJrWMjHWYfoIWf2V9ddALdmKBM-vka5rl4ORXdF3QgDlDYgYF9CG8SQYybvFN-4yLMhejzWZhJQNuqj4KEG-GajkHZX-6DoeoFTlkS24vgRF1yfn2fq6sMWcWOmMEU4sOd33Peqq9A16MZnrVFkJBwIsS1LD2qq3qGMEV_LMDrkpHZ_gW22vPhbOsA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-333" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Escorts.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="480" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Escorts.jpg 800w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Escorts-150x103.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Escorts-768x527.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Escorts-500x343.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">According to &#8220;Whois Secretbenefits.com&#8221;, Secretbenefits is owned by <i>PRIVACYDOTLINK CUSTOMER 3776160</i> since 2018. Secretbenefits was registered with <i>Uniregistrar Corp</i> on August 06, 2014. <i>PRIVACYDOTLINK CUSTOMER 3776160</i> resides in SEVEN MILE BEACH, Cayman Islands and their email is 3776160@PRIVACY-LINK.COM.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://whois.easycounter.com/secretbenefits.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">whois.easycounter.com</a></p>
<p>Hmm&#8230; like the <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2017/05/17/the-near-lily-white-outhern-poverty-law-center-leadership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Southern Poverty Law Center</a>, liberal nonprofits tend to like stashing their money in the Caymans and the Mikkelsons DO like to travel, so a slight detour is entirely possible. If Mrs. Mikkelson is still involved in her former trade on the side, those who donated might be slightly taken aback, but back to the original issue.</p>
<p>One could advise the primaries not to spend on fairly frequent and vacations while the business is on shaky ground. Then again, we are talking about social liberals who claim to be keeping us all on the straight and narrow.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2016/12/15/facebook-allow-snopes-poynter-soros-label-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Poynter Institute</a> let the cat out of the bag.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.poynter.org/2017/snopes-met-its-500k-fundraising-goal-now-what/468113/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Snopes met its $500K fundraising goal. Now what?</strong></a><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">In one day, Snopes received more than $500,000 worth of donations from nearly 20,000 people</span> <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/savesnopes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on GoFundMe</a> <span style="color: #808080;">in order to keep its doors open.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">“Stunned and humbled by this. The money is incredibly helpful. The support is priceless,” Managing Editor Brooke Binkowski</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/brooklynmarie/status/889861169145462784" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote in a tweet</a> <span style="color: #808080;">Tuesday. “We won’t forget. Thank you.”</span></p>
<p>And &#8220;forget&#8221; they sure as hell didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>One would think after successfully <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reaching their goal</a>, Snopes would gratefully end their GoFundMe campaign. Then again, as long as there are lazy sycophants, Snopes will keep their hands out for the cash.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/savesnopes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-10541 alignnone" title="Snopes fundraiser as of 1/30/20" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-fundraiser.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="512" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-fundraiser.jpg 1135w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-fundraiser-150x96.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-fundraiser-500x320.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Snopes-fundraiser-768x492.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></p>
<p>So now that they&#8217;re out of the red, what exactly is Snopes using the money for?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">“The money we raised will be used to meet our basic operating expenses, the overwhelming bulk of which is the salaries of our staff,” Snopes founder David Mikkelson told Poynter in an email Tuesday.</span></p>
<p>And a modest vacation from time to time.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Call it intellectual regression or timely hypocrisy, but there was a time when liberals understood and articulated the wisdom of the very Electoral College system that has them unhinged today. Although back in 2008, it wasn’t about so-called voter suppression of blacks by Republicans. It was even more important: the possible “disenfranchisement” of white Democrats [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Call it intellectual regression or timely hypocrisy, but there was a time when liberals understood and articulated the wisdom of the very Electoral College system that has them unhinged today.</p>
<p>Although back in 2008, it wasn’t about so-called voter suppression of blacks by Republicans. It was even more important: the possible “disenfranchisement” of white Democrats by Hillary’s Democrats.</p>
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<p>As we all know, getting rid of the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote <em>(as mentioned above)</em> means candidates would only campaign in the large urban areas and disregard the more Republican rural areas.</p>
<p>One thing the liberal media and Democrat pundits conveniently haven’t mentioned that there are also millions of Democrats who live in those red areas as well. Democrats who volunteer and donate to the party. Wouldn’t want to have the ground machines halted and potentially lose out on those all-important dollars squandered on politicians who will blow off their states altogether.</p>
<p>But they’ll find a way to justify that later.</p>
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		<title>FreeRepublic and the Culture of Content Theft</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[We try and observe journalistic ethics, which includes the obvious: NOT cutting-and-pasting entire pieces other people wrote. We’ve only done that ONCE because the content was important and it was feared the original source would remove it out of social pressure and intimidation (and it turns to have been a good call). Over the years, [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We try and observe journalistic ethics, which includes the obvious: NOT cutting-and-pasting <span style="text-decoration: underline;">entire pieces</span> other people wrote. We’ve only done that <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2013/07/01/before-its-deleted-of-the-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ONCE</a> because the content was important and it was feared the original source would remove it out of social pressure and intimidation <em>(and it turns to have been <a href="http://stlouis.craigslist.org/rnr/3902373798.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a good call</a>)</em>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Free_Republic_logo.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-9258 size-thumbnail" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Free_Republic_logo-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Free_Republic_logo-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Free_Republic_logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Free_Republic_logo-125x125.jpg 125w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Free_Republic_logo.jpg 315w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a>Over the years, we’ve attempted to share our content on FreeRepublic.com, a conservative online forum with huge reach. However, their members are at times extremely hostile to anyone sharing their content for the sake of gaining hits <em>(which is the ultimate goal of any online entity)</em>, and they demand a full cut-and-paste version of other people’s content, thus draining hits from the original source, because it would appear some who frequent that forum are just too lazy to have to go from one website to another.</p>
<p>Despite their being sued by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for repeated cut-and-pasting of full columns, FreeRepublic users continue to lift entire pieces for others who could be bothered to click on a link.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-121422 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Las-Vegas-RJ-150x107.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Las-Vegas-RJ-150x107.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Las-Vegas-RJ-768x550.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Las-Vegas-RJ-500x358.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Las-Vegas-RJ.jpg 1054w" alt="" width="150" height="107" /><span style="color: #808080;"><strong>A conservative news-sharing website with plenty of experience in dealing with copyright issues has been sued for copyright infringement after Las Vegas Review-Journal stories allegedly were posted on its site.</strong> Free Republic LLC, James C. Robinson and John Robinson, who are associated with the website www.freerepublic.com in Fresno, Calif., were sued in federal court in Las Vegas on Monday over the postings.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">These postings amount to copyright infringement, charges the lawsuit filed by Righthaven LLC, which has partnered with the Review-Journal to sue website operators around the country. The suit seeks damages of $75,000. </span><span style="color: #808080;">The site also includes a long list of newspapers that have requested the site not post their stories, or post only excerpts and links.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">—</span> <a href="https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/20/conservative-website-among-3-sued-over-r-j-copyrig/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Las Vegas Sun, 7/20/10</a></p>
<p>Cognizant of their users&#8217; practice, FreeRepublic issued the following.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">Concerning copyrights, the website says: &#8220;Free Republic has settled the alleged copyright infringement suit brought by the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post and has agreed<strong> not to post full text articles from their publications</strong> or any of their related subsidiaries and affiliates. <strong>Please do not post full text from these sources.</strong>&#8220;</span></p>
<p>Translation: everyone else&#8217;s content is still fair game.</p>
<p>One such example is our post, <strong><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2009/01/14/democrat-race-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Democrat Race Lie</a></strong>, cut and pasted in its entirety on FreeRepublic, and the user was repeatedly thanked for stealing the entire piece.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-100280 size-large aligncenter" title="Comment on FreeRepublic's posting of the entire &quot;Democrat Race Lie&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep1-500x156.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep1-500x156.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep1-150x47.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep1.png 663w" alt="" width="500" height="156" /><br />
Obviously B&amp;R’s content is good enough to steal and inspire others to donate for that content… to FreeRepublic!</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Responses to &quot;scottfactor&quot; post" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep3.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-100284 size-large aligncenter" title="Responses to &quot;scottfactor&quot; post" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep3-500x179.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep3-500x179.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep3-150x54.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep3.png 1154w" alt="" width="500" height="179" /></a><br />
At the top of his entry, this “scottfactor” claims I gave him permission to post <strong>The Democrat Race Lie</strong> on his blog. I believe I would have let him link to it, but not repost it whole, and his posting the whole article on FreeRepublic was certainly something I wouldn’t authorize.</p>
<p>As we’ve said before, everything people create and offer the public has a monetary value because of the time it takes to create and people choose to consume. FreeRepublic is a forum that offers a service and they have consistently successful fundraisers where they haul in over $80,000 per quarter.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-100304" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep5.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep5.png 1363w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep5-150x15.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep5-500x50.png 500w" alt="" width="800" height="80" /><br />
One could rightfully argue that by their users cutting-and-pasting entire articles, revenue is being siphoned from the rightful creators.</p>
<p>Sites “Marginize” and “FreedomWorks Connector” have also found ways to capture <strong>The Democrat Race Lie</strong> and keep thousands of hits for themselves. Someone at <a href="http://straightpalechristianrepublicans.tumblr.com/post/111028583902/the-forward-observer-gop-tea-pub" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Straight Pale Christian Republicans</a> cut-and-pasted the entire <strong>Democrat Race Lie</strong> AND <strong>Dixiecrat Myth</strong> posts.</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Marginize" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Marginize1.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-100286" title="Marginize" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Marginize1-500x225.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Marginize1-500x225.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Marginize1-150x68.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Marginize1-1400x632.png 1400w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Marginize1.png 1404w" alt="" width="378" height="170" /></a> <a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="FreedomConnector" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FreedomConnector1.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-100288" title="FreedomConnector" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FreedomConnector1-500x235.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FreedomConnector1-500x235.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FreedomConnector1-150x71.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FreedomConnector1.png 1385w" alt="" width="362" height="170" /></a><br />
The uber-leftist Daily Kos <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/08/1129446/-A-Little-Help-Here-Has-the-Democratic-Party-always-been-a-party-of-good">also linked to <strong>The Democrat Race Lie</strong></a>, and they surprisingly did so properly. They presented a short segment, linked back to the original, and their readers actually seemed to learn something about the history of the Democrat Party, which is the ultimate goal of B&amp;R and B&amp;B Media….</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-100281 size-large aligncenter" title="Daiky Kos poll on The Democrat Race Lie" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Daiky-Kos1-500x297.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Daiky-Kos1-500x297.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Daiky-Kos1-150x89.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Daiky-Kos1.png 606w" alt="" width="500" height="297" /><br />
We have sites that do nothing but bleed our content, like “Dude With An Attitude” who <a href="http://dudewithanattitude.com/category/black-right/">even created a category</a> called “Black &amp; Right” and the theft was automated.</p>
<p><a title="&quot;Black &amp; Right&quot; category from Dude With An Attitude" href="http://dudewithanattitude.com/category/black-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-100282 size-large aligncenter" title="&quot;Black &amp; Right&quot; category from Dude With An Attitude" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dude1-500x312.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dude1-500x312.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dude1-150x94.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dude1-400x250.png 400w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dude1.png 648w" alt="" width="500" height="312" /></a><br />
After being publicly called out on Facebook, “Dude” deleted the hundreds of our posts he stole.</p>
<p><strong>The Democrat Race Lie</strong> has also been stolen by sites and it ranks very high on search engines coming from those sites as well.</p>
<p>It’s been cut-and-pasted by John Malcolm <em>(who calls himself a “Christian”)</em> in its entirety on Before It’s News…</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-on-BeforeItsNews.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-114142 size-large aligncenter" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-on-BeforeItsNews-500x513.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-on-BeforeItsNews-500x513.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-on-BeforeItsNews-150x154.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-on-BeforeItsNews.png 672w" alt="" width="500" height="513" /></a><br />
In its entirety on the Romantic Poet…</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Romantic-Poet-DRL.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-114271 size-large aligncenter" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Romantic-Poet-DRL-500x449.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Romantic-Poet-DRL-500x449.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Romantic-Poet-DRL-150x135.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Romantic-Poet-DRL.jpg 762w" alt="" width="500" height="449" /></a><br />
<a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Dupree awarded CPAC 2015 Blogger of the Year" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dupree-CPAC.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-102974 size-medium" title="Dupree awarded CPAC 2015 Blogger of the Year" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dupree-CPAC-150x113.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dupree-CPAC-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dupree-CPAC-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dupree-CPAC.jpg 300w" alt="" width="150" height="113" /></a>And Wayne Dupree, who used the title while only cutting-and pasting the first few paragraphs, gave all appearances as if those words were his. Incidentally, Dupree “earned” the honor of <a href="http://cpac.conservative.org/speakers/wayne-dupree/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CPAC 2015 Blogger of the Year</a>.</p>
<p><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-Dupree.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-114144 size-large alignnone" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-Dupree-500x520.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-Dupree-500x520.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-Dupree-150x156.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DRL-Dupree.png 662w" alt="" width="500" height="520" /></a><br />
Makes one wonder how many of his posts were ripped whole from others and passed off as his own original works.</p>
<p>Obviously, B&amp;R’s content is good enough to steal and we’d hope it’s also worthy of donations as well. While $88,000 a quarter would enable us to do wonderful things, less than $50 per month we DO receive is appreciated. The theft of our content certainly doesn’t help.</p>
<p><strong><a class="cb-lightbox fs-lightbox-element" title="Thread &quot;Pulled&quot;" href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep6.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-100323 size-medium" title="Thread &quot;Pulled&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep6-150x56.png" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep6-150x56.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep6-500x186.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freep6.png 562w" alt="" width="150" height="56" /></a><em>NOTE</em></strong><em>: This post was linked to on FreeRepublic. I was just informed in less than an hour it was <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3300904/posts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">removed</a>. So much for principled “conservatives”….</em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a Daily Kos piece entitled “Afroturfed” by kid funkadelic, They’re calling it Diversetea but it’s the same old shit we have been swallowing here for almost 500 years. The Right has started a campaign to go into the Black community for outreach. They want to show Tea Baggers that America treated blacks and other [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Daily-Kos-logo.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-13935 alignright" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Daily-Kos-logo-150x92.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="92" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Daily-Kos-logo-150x92.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Daily-Kos-logo-500x305.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Daily-Kos-logo.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a></span>In a Daily Kos piece entitled “<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/9/17/902724/-Afroturfed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Afroturfed</a>” by kid funkadelic,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">They’re calling it</span> <a href="http://www.freedomworks.org/press-releases/freedomworks-launches-%E2%80%9Cdiverseteacom%E2%80%9D-to-combat-ac" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Diversetea</a> <span style="color: #808080;">but it’s the same old shit we have been swallowing here for almost 500 years. The Right has started a campaign to go into the Black community for outreach. They want to show Tea Baggers that America treated blacks and other minorities really good. Now it’s time for minorities to shut up and Conservatives (racist white folks) to take the country back and rule again.</span></p>
<p>Nothing new here. However, one of the comments is not very tolerant and would be raising all kinds of hell if things were the other way around.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a title="yep....Harriet would have had to shoot them" href="https://www.dailykos.com/comments/2010/9/17/104343/999/3#c3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-44644" title="yep....Harriet would have had to shoot them" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Kos-hate.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Kos-hate.jpg 471w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Kos-hate-150x37.jpg 150w" alt="" width="471" height="119" /></a></p>
<p>I’ve always said that blacks are the only people in America not allowed a diversity of political opinion. I think again I’ve proved my point.</p>
<p><em>h/t Deborah M</em></p>
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