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Some clever person over at a subterranean right-wing websitethinks he/she's being even more clever by posting about me and my posts on DU by using my meatspace name in his/her postings. I think that's pretty amusing, since I include a link in my signature line on DU that leads anyone who wants to click it to that information. I gave up pretending that I was anonymous on the internet many years ago. I used to have another link in my signature line that did the same thing, but dropped that link because someone accused me of advertising my tiny little web content business. It's a losing battle, trying to maintain anonymity, if you're active online. So, I stopped pretending long ago. I use the name MineralMan on DU because screen names are a standard sort of thing here. I've used it on every political website I've joined for many years. But, I'm not anonymous, nor do I pretend to be. I'm not anonymous in any way, nor do I care about such things. So, posting my name somewhere isn't some sort of subtle threat nor does it reveal some sort of secret knowledge. Anyone who thinks so is just silly. Someone told me in a private message about this. I simply laughed. It's meaningless.
Ted Kennedy is the only person with an actual confirmed kill in the war on women.
MineralManSo, posting my name somewhere isn't some sort of subtle threat nor does it reveal some sort of secret knowledge. Anyone who thinks so is just silly.
Response to MineralMan (Reply #3)Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:09 PMStar Member Ken Burch (44,254 posts) 15. And I assume that's your portrait as your avatar.Sorry to hear this is being done to you. It's an attempt to intimidate and that is not acceptable.
Response to Ken Burch (Reply #15)Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:13 PMStar Member MineralMan (88,441 posts) 16. It is. I use the same caricature on Facebook, too.I like it. It looks like me, and I got it for free when a company I write for occasionally paid an artist to make it for their contributor profile page. I reduced its size to avatar size and find that it works great as a tiny image. I'm not easily intimidated, though. A number of people have tried to do that, but have failed to succeed. I'm a crusty old fart who takes little seriously that is directed at me, frankly. It's amazing how often it happens though, and where, too...
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:43 PMStar Member MineralMan (88,447 posts)Postmortems are useful, but don't get your hopes up.The odds of reversing this election approach zero. The EC will vote according to the results in those states. Recounts will not reverse the results. We're going to have an orange-haired nitwit in the White House and Republicans in charge of both houses of Congress. I cannot see any way that's going to change, realistically. It's time to start trying to figure out how to minimize the damage, not to try to find ways to change the outcome of the 2016 election. I can't imagine that happening in any conceivable way. It's time to plan for how to keep this cluster-**** from destroying our country. That's the real discussion. Sorry to be blunt. Sorry to disappoint. Sorry we lost, especially. I voted for Hillary. Hillary carried my state. Minnesota voters kept our Democratic House members. This is where I live. Others live in places where Hillary lost. I can't explain what happened there. Moving on...
Response to MineralMan (Original post)Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:09 PMLexVegas (2,873 posts) 12. Thanks, Captain Obvious. nt
I'm moving on to look for ways to obstruct the Republicans' plans, frankly. The election is over.Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here PermalinkResponse to MineralMan (Reply #8)Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:07 PMStar Member libtodeath (2,325 posts) Quote9. What ways are you suggesting?Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here PermalinkResponse to libtodeath (Reply #9)Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:15 PMStar Member MineralMan (88,447 posts) Quote10. I don't know, but that's what my focus is now.I'll start by upping my communications with my elected representatives, all of whom are Democrats, except for the President-elect. I'll also be talking with other Democrats in my area to see what we can come up with. We have two Democratic Senators and one Democratic House member in my district. They will be working tirelessly to block terrible appointments and actions, and will be working to convince some Republicans in Congress to act with them. As for myself, I'm not a powerful person, politically. I'm just a lowly precinct chair in St. Paul, MN. Individually, I'm not sure what I'll be able to do.
9. What ways are you suggesting?Reply to this postBack to top Alert abuse Link here PermalinkResponse to libtodeath (Reply #9)Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:15 PMStar Member MineralMan (88,447 posts) Quote10. I don't know, but that's what my focus is now.I'll start by upping my communications with my elected representatives, all of whom are Democrats, except for the President-elect. I'll also be talking with other Democrats in my area to see what we can come up with. We have two Democratic Senators and one Democratic House member in my district. They will be working tirelessly to block terrible appointments and actions, and will be working to convince some Republicans in Congress to act with them. As for myself, I'm not a powerful person, politically. I'm just a lowly precinct chair in St. Paul, MN. Individually, I'm not sure what I'll be able to do.
10. I don't know, but that's what my focus is now.I'll start by upping my communications with my elected representatives, all of whom are Democrats, except for the President-elect. I'll also be talking with other Democrats in my area to see what we can come up with. We have two Democratic Senators and one Democratic House member in my district. They will be working tirelessly to block terrible appointments and actions, and will be working to convince some Republicans in Congress to act with them. As for myself, I'm not a powerful person, politically. I'm just a lowly precinct chair in St. Paul, MN. Individually, I'm not sure what I'll be able to do.
As for myself, I'm not a powerful person, politically. I'm just a lowly precinct wheelchair in St. Paul, MN. Individually, I'm not sure what I'll be able to do.
We're toasted legs.
We're toasted legs. He's upping his communications.
