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Mike Huber Albany Times Union Ends Tea Party Blog

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

A while back the Albany Times Union started up a so-called “Tea Party” blog. Initially, it was at least partially stocked with actual Tea Party bloggers. Well, actually just two. That was, however, at least more than they have at the end. Which was none.

That is, unless you count Bill Claydon (see DailySok “Where’s Billdo”), renowned producer of graphic fetus videos and piston-like comment-replier (a “jump-the-shark” tactic Bill uses to bait the Lefties and artificially pump up his comment counts by providing near-concierge-level replies to every actual reader-submitted comment; effectively doubling the comment count).
Here’s Bill (or “Billdo”, a nickname he earned due to his non-appearance in any Albany Tea Party events prior to his TU blog career, like the famous “Waldo”).

Where's Billdo?

Mike Huber, or Mike “Hubris”, as many of the current TU News bloggers and journalists call him behind his back, self-styled “Blog Czar” and “Interactive Audience Manager” had this to say on 10 November 2010 in his little blog:

Background: We launched the Tea Party blog in June with four women and three men, all local and all agreeabeseven bloggers. I removed two bloggers in early September, after one posted a gruesome photo in violation of our terms of service. The second blogger was removed because, after a lengthy email correspondence, we decided it was best to end his association with timesunion.com blogs. We frown on bloggers using our online space to test the limits of common decency.

At the time, the remaining TP bloggers and I were unsure whether to continue with the blog. They’re busy people. They volunteer to write this blog, and now their names were unfairly tainted because of the actions of their co-bloggers. Who needs the aggravation? Ultimately, we met and talked things over and they collectively decided to continue. Good thing. Otherwise, the terrorists win.

MIke Huber Self-Proclaimed "Blog Master"

Wow, did he just say “Otherwise, the terrorists win.“? Hey Mike, I think the Terrorists “won” when they became part of the Times Union Green Blog.

Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones has been an environmental lobbyist around the Capitol for more than 15 years. He represents the Natural Resources Defense Council, Land Trust Alliance, and New Partners for Community Revitalization. He also directs the New York State Apollo Alliance, a coalition supporting green jobs in an emerging clean energy economy.

Wow, this sanitized version of “Green” Jeff Jones is a far cry from his salad days as an Actual-Terrorist and fugitive and member of the Weather Underground. Yep, the TU Green Blogger is that Jeff Jones.

And now he blogs for Mike Huber.

What a joke.

For anyone who doesn’t know the back story, as the 2010 Elections heated up, Mike Huber took to logging into the TU “Tea Party” blog and deleting comments and forbidding content that he didn’t like.
Here’s a related snippet from the Metroland coverage:

Well, the Times Union likes the Tea Party blog when it generates tens-of-thousands of page views and drives the click-ad revenue through the roof.

But they only like it when it is the sanitized and familiar view of the Tea party. Like the FBI version of the border. A nice, thick blanket over the body. Little folding numbers. You know – “we love guns” and “we hate commies” and “Progressives suck” and “we love God” and all that standard fare the far-left commenters churn on.

But when it gets too edgy, or ruffles some feathers, they start to cringe and censor. The Staff at the Times Union recently challenged the TU Tea Party bloggers to answer the question: “Is the Tea Party nothing more than a shill for the Republican Party?”, after a mind-numbingly repetitive series of Republican candidate-centric articles by a TU Tea Party blogger who doubles as a Tea Party Co-Organizer (at least since he became a TU blogger anyway). But, more recently, the TU Staff prohibited any content or material related to the Albany Tea Party / Capital District Tea Party Leader.

Read the whole thing here.

Mike Huber also logged in and deleted comments that a savvy (former) TU “Tea Party” blog reader posted detailing an internet search that he had conducted that “outed” a chronic TU commenter, “nick c” (or google site:timesunion.com “nick c” to see how your tax dollars are spent), that turned out to be an on-the-clock stateworker, posting blog comments all day day long from his cushy state job at DMV. No wonder Carl Paladino was “mad as hell”…hehe…

Anyways, for the record, I guest-posted (and also for the record – completely without Valerie’s prior knowledge) an edgy piece with an after-action picture of some Mexican Drug Cartel shootout carnage. Mike Huber (aka Mike Hubris) fired Valerie and Kevin, the only 2 TU bloggers that were actually even remotely associated with the Albany-Area Tea Party movement.

The Times Union’s loss. The DailySok’s gain. We got two grassroots activists and terrific bloggers, and neither is a paid National Republican Congressional Committee employee, or spouse thereof.

And Mike Huber got the “DailyBill”.

And Fonzy on water skis.

For anyone not familiar with Mike Huber, Tu Blog Czar – see below (WARNING NSFW – This is a funny claymation depicting Mike Huber’s head being evacuated from a dog’s rectum).

For the record, I’d rather be a Huber-labeled Terrorist, than an asshole like you, Mike.

Blog on, dude!

DHS WatchList (Pt 1)

Monday, December 5th, 2011

I printed an article a few years ago about the Domestic Home Land Terrorist Watch List

I’m reprinting it today due to S1867 so that people have an idea of just who might be about to “vanish”, and why

Subsequent articles in this series will not doubt cover the Patriot Act and S1867

Part 1.

A friend of mine just mentioned that he’s already on the DHS watchlist, so I got to wondering just how many times am I on that list ?

Before I continue, I must give a warning about my language on this one

I swear a lot when I vent…

It’s obviously not a complete list, as they left out 2 important groups

Unborn babies, and dead people

Well, 3 actually

Wiccans aren’t on this list either

Lets go thru this list and see where each of us falls, shall we ?

Above ground – Term used to describe extremist groups or individuals who act within the law

Excuse me ?

So, if you don’t break the law, yer a terrorist ?

That makes 1 for me…

Alternative media- Various information sources that provide a forum for interpretations of events and issues that differ from those presented in mass media

So, what, if you don’t get your news from cnn or msnbc, yer a terrorist ?

Watch out DailySok readers, that means you, and maybe Matt Drudge

Anarchist extremism- groups or individuals who advocate a society devoid of governmental structure. Many embrace anticapitalism, antiglobalization, communist, socialist

Uh, yea, right. Show me one anarchist who supports communism

Please

Just one

Seriously, if you’re an anarchist who supports communism, you don’t know what communism is

Go read the Communist Manifesto, you’ll love it

Animal rights- groups or individuals who ascribe equal value to all living organisms and seek to end abuse and suffering of animals. They believe animals are sentient creatures that experience emotional, physical and mental awareness

Ok, I’m not an animal rights activist, but, I do have a cat, and I know he has awareness and feelings

Anti-abortion- groups or individuals who are virulently antiabortion, and advocate violence against abortion providers

Ok, that one makes sense

Anti-immigration- Groups or individuals who are vehemently opposed to illegal immigration

“opposed to illegal immigration” ????

Who writes this shit ?

Why are people who are opposed to something illegal being called terrorists ?

Ok, that’s 2…

Who cares, I’m still in the A’s

Antitechnology- groups or individuals opposed to technology. Also known as Neo-Luddites, or the Amish, which, I mean, seriously, they’ve got a horse and buggy, and the government has a computer controlled TANK… that can see in the dark… and target you from an invisible drone

How are these people a threat ?

Are you afraid that they’ll lob gobs of horse shit at you ?

What are you afraid of ?

Aryan prison gangs- individuals who form organized groups while in prison and advocate white supremacist views

Yep. You gotta watch out for a bunch of guys who are stuck behind bars

Black Bloc-Organized collection of anarchists who band together…

LOL

“anarchists banding together”

That’s just funny

Anarchists don’t band together

They’re ANARCHISTS for crying out loud

Black nationalism- term used by black separatists to … promote the establishment of a separate nation within the united states

Black power- term used by black separatists to describe their pride in and the perceived superiority of the black race

You mean it’s possible for a black person to be a racist ?

Shocking !

Black separatists- …

Been covered

Christian Identity- racist religious philosophy that maintains that non-Jewish whites are “God’s Chosen people” and the true descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

Um, guys, that would make you… JEWISH, not Christian

Think about it

Seriously, who thinks this shit up ?

Cuban independence- groups or individuals who do not recognize the legitimacy of the Communist Cuban Government and who attempt to subvert it through acts of violence within the United States

Yea, right. A few bombs go off in the US and Castro is just gonna up and quit being a dictator

What a frikken FANTASY LAND these people live in…

Decentralized terrorist movement- groups or individuals who pursue shared ideological goals through tactics of leaderless resistance independent of any larger terrorist group

What the… ?

Are they just throwing random words together ?

What does that even mean ?

I don’t think I’ll count that one though because I have no idea what it means

Denial of service attack

(This is also known as a DDOS attack. It’s where hackers take the zombie computers they’ve taken control of thru spyware and viruses and make them all attack one single website, eating up all the bandwidth, thus not allowing normal traffic to flow, thus effectively shutting down the website)

Direct action- lawful or unlawful acts of civil disobedience

Ok, now Ghandi and Martin Luther King are terrorists too

I think that maybe that makes 3…

Or 4. Who knows…

Environmental extremism- groups or individuals who use acts of violence to end what they perceive as degradation of the natural environment by humans.

Also known as ecoterrorism, also known as “Agenda 21″, but, they’re sanctioned by the United Nations, so they’re okay

Ethnic based extremism- groups or individuals who are drawn together and form extremist beliefs based on their cultural background

Also known as racists (see also: Archie Bunker)

Extremist groups-… Blah blah blah, lumping them all together now, aren’t ya ?

Green anarchism- groups or individuals who combine an anarchist ideology with an environmental focus

Wasn’t that covered under ecoterrorism ?

Hacktivism- The use of cyber technologies to achieve a political end. Hactivism might include defacement of websites, DoS attacks, hacking into the target’s network to introduce malicious software (malware) or information theft

LOL !

I didn’t even know hacktivism was a WORD !!

I’m gonna hafta check Merriam Webster on that one

Hate groups- blah blah blah racists

Jewish extremism- Also known as self defense

Leaderless resistance- strategy that stresses the importance of individuals and small cells acting independently and anonymously outside formalized organizational structures

More random words that have no business being in the same sentence

However, I think it covers me tho, maybe, so that’s 5

Left wing extremism- groups or individuals that embrace Communist or Socialist doctrines and seeks to bring about CHANGE through violent revolution rather than through the established political process. (also: far left, extreme left)

Whoa, the president is a terrorist ???

Lone terrorist- blah blah blah, I guess that would be Timothy McVeigh. I think Lee Harvey Oswold is also one

Yea, they acted alone, didn’t they ?

Right ?

(The government TOLD us they acted alone, so it MUST be true)

Mexican separatism- groups or individuals who advocate the secession of the southwestern United States to join with Mexico

Uh, what ?

Guys, if Texas secedes from the Union, it will no longer be part of the United States, and will no longer give away the free stuff that you guys have been looking for !

What the hell are you thinking ?

Holy shit, if this group actually exists, there can’t be 12 brain cells between them

Militia movement- (my bullshit-o-meter is going off the scale on this one) right wing extremist group composed of individuals who adhere to an antigovernment ideology (also known as the Constitution) often incorporating various conspiracy theories (which are mostly true). Members oppose most federal and state laws, (because they’re fucking un-Constitutional !!) regulations and authority, particularly firearms laws and regulations

Did any of you people ever even READ the Constitution ???????

Have you ever heard of the Second Amendment ??

The Heller decision stated that the Second Amendment states that a citizen HAS THE RIGHT to keep and bear arms for the defense of his home

That one I’m sure of, that’s 6…

Neo-nazis-blah blah blah.

They’re NAZI’s! Do I have to say more ?

Crackpots who nobody ever listens to

And thank God for that

Patriot Movement- (yer setting off my bullshit-o-meter again…) term used by right wing extremists to link their beliefs to those commonly associated with the American revolution. The Patriot Movement primarily comprises violent (bullshit) antigovernment (anti BIG government) groups such as militias and sovereign citizens. (see also : Christian Patriots, patriot group, Constitutionalists, Constitutionists)

I believe that the country was founded on the Constitution, and that the government should FOLLOW the Constitution, and that makes me a fucking terrorist
?

These people make my blood boil

And yes, that’s 7…

Phineas Priesthood- A Christian Identity doctrine derived from the Biblical story of Phineas, which adherents interpret as justifying inter-racial killing

Ok, those guys are terrorists

Puerto Rican independence extremists- Groups or individualists who engage in criminal activity and advocate Puerto Rican independence

LOL

Guys, if ya want Puerto Rico back, you can have it

And take Washington D.C. too while yer at it, will ya ?

Sheesh

Racial Nordic mysticism- …

Oh for Pete’s sake. I once prayed that Thor would drop his hammer on your stupid head, so I’m a terrorist

That’s 8

Racist skinheads- Dress code includes Doc Martens, bomber jacket, and tattoos

Wow, now being a terrorist is based on how you dress

That’s just fucked up

(I can’t believe somebody actually got PAID to think this shit up)

Right wing extremism- movement of right wing groups or individuals who can be broadly divided into those who are primarily hate- oriented, (who wrote this shit?) and those who are mainly anti-government and reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority. (see also: far right, extreme right)

This would be the 10th amendment people…

Yes, I reject federal authority in favor of state and local authority. It’s written in the Constitution, and there’s a reason it’s written there

To stop you idiots from taking over

The job of the federal government is to protect and defend the country as a whole.

Not turn it into the united states of Russia

The states were supposed to be sovereign you

Did anybody actually read this before you guys printed it ?

And yes, that makes 9…

skinheads- blah blah blah

So, now, anybody who’s bald is a fucking terrorist ?

That certainly explains William Shatner’s toupee…

Sovereign citizen movement- right wing extremist movement composed of groups or individualists who reject the notion of U.S. citizenship. They claim to follow only what they believe to be God’s law or common law and the original 10 Amendments (Bill of Rights) to the Constitution

Exactly what about following the Constitution is it that makes me a terrorist ?

Okay, that’s 10…

Tax resistance movement- groups or individualists who vehemently believe that taxes violate their Constitutional Rights (which they do). Among their beliefs are that wages
are not income, paying taxes is voluntary, and that the 16th Amendment, which allowed Congress to levy taxes, was not properly ratified.

Gee, those wacky right wingers, always asking us to follow the Constitution

Yea, ok, I guess that’s 11…

Underground- term used to describe clandestine extremist groups, individuals, or their activities

What does that even mean ?

Any group you don’t know about is underground ?

Do we have to register as a group or something now ?

Violent religious groups-Religious groups predisposed toward violence

How come Islamofascist isn’t on this list anywhere ?

Maybe you could call them muslim terrorists, I mean, SOMETHING. Put them on the list already damn it

So this was part 1. At some point I intend to actually get into the nuts and bolts of S1867 and the related bills…

Stay tuned

Budget Battle of the Century ! : Outcome

Monday, August 1st, 2011
Laurel and Hardey starring as Republicans and Democrats

Laurel and Hardey starring as Republicans and Democrats

I’m so glad that a deal was reached concerning this “Budget Battle”

Just look at all the good things that came out of it…

We got a Balanced Budget Amendment to The Constitution…

Well, not quite. What happened was that somebody mentioned it in passing while discussing another topic on his way to the watercooler

Our National credit rating was saved…

No, not so much. See, Moody’s and Standard and Poors wanted $4 Trillion in cuts in order to keep our current AAA rating, while the representatives (both House and Senate) only gave $3 Trillion in “cuts” which weren’t cuts, but, we’ll discuss that later

The size of our Federal Government shrank…

Nope. Wrong again. We’ll now have yet ANOTHER committee called a “Super Congress” to make decisions that the regular congress can’t seem to pull themselves together to make.

Don’t worry, when it turns out that THEY can’t get the job done either, they’ll create the “Super Duper Congress” consisting of only TWO people, and when THAT fails, they’ll create the post of “Dictator”, which I’m sure we’ll all be quite happy with cuz it’s so much easier than actually voting on things, or having to make any kinds of decisions for yourself or anything

We finally managed to cut government spending…

Right. Like THAT was ever gonna happen. You need to remember that there’s a difference between “gov-speak” and the English language

“Spending cuts” in “gov-speak” actually means “Less of an increase than we originally planned on”

At least taxes didn’t go up…

LOL ! Wrong again !

Remember the whole “gov-speak” thing ? Well, in gov-speak, revenue=taxes. In this new deal, revenue will be increased by repealing the “Bush Tax Cuts”. For those of you not yet paying attention, repealing a tax cut is the same as raising taxes

At least that new law of posting the legislation for 72 hours prior to the vote worked out well

Yea, right. THEY didn’t know what the hell they were voting on, why the hell should WE ?

This was a GREAT deal !

Yea, um… no. This was We The People getting screwed again by BOTH republicans and democrats

Maybe next time you’ll pay attention

Class dismissed