Blog Heap of Links for the day 22 September 2018

Links in this view: 2
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Digital Tyranny

No Google

Here is my go-to Google search boilerplate when I am looking for news on a particular story:

"-site:cnn.com -site:nytimes.com -site:washingtonpost.com -site:cnbc.com -site:nbcnews.com -site:usatoday.com -site:latimes.com -site:abcnews.com -site:cbsnews.com -site:vanityfair.com -site:abcnews.go.com -site:bloomberg.com -site:independent.co.uk.com -site:vox.com"

FYI the "-" means "not." Good suggestion. Even better, use it on DuckDuckGo.com or other non-Googly search engines.
2:26pm CDT Sat 2018 Sep 22 :MW
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Breitbart is Here

Geezer

…On this day in 1823 Joseph Smith supposedly found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried. These 'plates', which none in the public has ever seen, supposedly contained the text of what became the Book of Mormon.…

Vic's headline links and comments begin each day with on this day. Happy Equinox.
11:22am CDT Sat 2018 Sep 22 :MW