by Casey | May 26, 2016 | Blog, Podcast
Did Facebook Give Democrats the Upper Hand? – The Atlantic
They’ve done a very similar experiment before, and the results were significant. In a paper published earlier this year in Nature, Fowler and his colleagues announced that a #Facebook message and behavior-sharing communication increased the probability that a person votes by slightly more than 2 percent. That may not seem like a huge effect, but when you have a huge population, as Facebook does, a small uptick in probability means substantial changes in voting behavior.
How Facebook and Google’s Algorithms Are Affecting Our Political Viewpoints
Facebook confirmed in a paper in Science that it often shows users news from users with similar political beliefs, and on average, you’re about 6 percent less likely to see content that the other political side favors. This means that who you’re friends with and their political beliefs influence what you see more than th algorithm does.
The new mind control
What happens, though, if such technologies are misused by the companies that own them? A study by Robert M Bond, now a political science professor at Ohio State University, and others published in Nature in 2012 described an ethically questionable experiment in which, on #election day in 2010, Facebook sent ‘go out and vote’ reminders to more than 60 million of its users. The reminders caused about 340,000 people to vote who otherwise would not have. Writing in the New Republic in 2014, Jonathan Zittrain, professor of international law at Harvard University, pointed out that, given the massive amount of information it has collected about its users, Facebook could easily send such messages only to people who support one particular party or candidate, and that doing so could easily flip a close election – with no one knowing that this has occurred. And because advertisements, like search rankings, are ephemeral, manipulating an election in this way would leave no paper trail.
by Casey | May 26, 2016 | Blog, Podcast
Robert E. Lee Elementary to be Renamed | Truth Revolt
Gonzalez pressed the SDUSD for the name change presumably for her own personal reasons, because she certainly wasn’t prompted by any public outcry. As reported by Breitbart:
School City of Mishawaka considering referendums to pay for school improvements – 953MNC.com
#School City of Mishawaka is looking to make several improvements at its schools, but it needs approval from the #school board and from Mishawaka voters first.
Watch: Sen. Tom Cotton Make Harry Reid His Female Dog | The Burning Truth
Remember when #Harry Reid denied ever saying ‘This #war is lost‘ on my show?
by Casey | May 26, 2016 | Blog, Podcast
Surprise! Katie Couric LIED In Anti-Gun ‘Documentary’ | The Burning Truth
Here we are a few weeks later, and we have already acquired the proof that #Katie Couric’s ‘Under the #Gun’ is about as accurate as the NY Times’ discredited hit piece on Trump.
Visit South Bend Mishawaka ends promotional campaign after complaints it was copied from Utah agency – 953MNC.com
“We did quote-unquote debut it last week. But we have no intention of doing anything with it, if you will,” DeCleene told AdWeek. “It’s literally a one-off, isolated promotion. If anything, it’s truly meant to give props to #Salt Lake, because for a city that size, 1,500 miles away from us, we just thought, ‘Wow, that’s killer.’ “
by Casey | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Podcast
The #Congressional Budget Office recently released a report that has some troubling numbers for young men in the United States. The report highlighted that #minimum wage laws were leading to more young men being unemployed.
The downsizing of the military was also removing a traditional option for job training and leadership experience.
As a result of more #unemployment, and fewer options, many young men turn to crime.
This segment was from my show on May 17. I address hiring managers with ridiculous standards for entry-level applicants, how rising minimum wage standards price young people out of the market, and other issues affecting young people.
by Casey | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Podcast
John Banzhaf: Smokers Should Lose Custody Of Their Children | The Daily Caller
Attendees were instructed how to inject parental smoking in #custody proceedings and how to deny custody to parents who smoke. Banzhaf explained several cases where parents lost custody of their kids because they smoked.
Clinton email use broke federal rules: inspector’s report
The 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, says #Clinton ignored clear directives. She never sought approval to conduct government business over private #email, and never demonstrated the server or the Blackberry she used while in office “met minimum information security requirements.”
DePaul University, We Want Our Money Back – Breitbart
The event was shut down after activists stormed the stage and issued threats of violence. Black Lives Matters protesters, who grabbed the microphone out the interviewer’s hands and threatened to physically assault Yiannopoulos, were left free to ruin the event after security refused to intervene.
Stoned sheep went on ‘psychotic rampage’ after eating cannabis | Daily Mail Online
Stoned sheep have allegedly gone on a ‘psychotic rampage’ and are causing havoc after eating cannabis plants which were dumped in a quiet village.
North Carolina Schools Consider Ban on Skinny Jeans
A #North Carolina school system is proposing a ban on #skinny jeans and other tight leggings in order to stop “bullying.”
