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Offline Lisa in PA

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What do you read?
« on: February 08, 2013, 08:12:39 AM »
If you could only read four or five websites a day, which ones would you make sure to read to feel like you are pretty well informed?
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2013, 09:22:35 AM »
Drudge Report
The Blaze
Powerline
Hot Air
Something local...Pioneer Press, KSTP, KMSP
Here  ;D
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2013, 09:30:59 AM »
I usually rotate between Breitbart, Drudge, Hot Air, Gateway Pundit, Blaze, Ace o' Spades and here.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2013, 09:43:57 AM »
Quote from: Lisa in PA on February 08, 2013, 08:12:39 AM
If you could only read four or five websites a day, which ones would you make sure to read to feel like you are pretty well informed?

Well if you want to be well informed, that means looking at  what the evil idiots are saying so - see what is trending on  dailyKos , Look at headlines on  Huffington Post, Daily Beast and if you have a subscription the New York Times - the newspaper of record for the official leftist Narrative, see what Meme they are pushing today. If you aren't really mad yet, try reading on of the  biased or  fact less, illogical rants they call news.  . (I don't do this anymore. I can't stomach it. They say nothing new, and I can guess the spin  they put in 90% of the time.  The downside is I miss the 10%  that is so surprisingly stupid, I wasn't able to anticipate it)

Good, Now your blood pressure is up,  get some coffee.  Really get the blood flowing.  Then visit Memeorandum and Drudge Report.   Maybe twitchy.. but I still don't "get" twitter. Read comments, and get an  idea how other people are reacting to a story you find important.  

Then visit Hot Air (and its  green room) to see what the stupid idiots in the GOP are doing, and if there is not enough visit Gatewaypundit ( keeping in Mind that Hoft likes to exaggerate and doesn't always vet the info behind his stuff well enough. )  Then over to Breitbart, and then maybe big govt, big media etc.  Daily Caller is usually worth a visit too. The Guardian in the UK is usually worth a perusal, but you will probably have been over there already via drudge or instapundit.

Okay, good and mad now?

Great. Now visit Zerohedge for the financial news. Read the comments- they are often a hoot -whole ideological spectrum at that site, but dominated by Paul bots and alex jones types..  .  

Great- now you are probably in the mood for Infowars. Yeah, its tin foil hat time, but sadly, they are picking stuff up no one else will touch. Ignore the commentary and concentrate on the facts that can be verified. Open your mind to the possibilities.  Yeah, its mostly conspiracy theory. Most of it is crap. But like any muscle, your crap filter need exercise too.  Figure out why its crap and what factors led you to that conclusion.  

Finally visit the people's cube, the looking spoon, and imao.us. Browse the archive at Regresty if you aren't laughing yet. .  You need to laugh.  Feel better? Now come spend some time here at IAL and discuss/post  what you have learned and laughed at.

If you are bored  during the day, I recommend visiting some sites that post infrequently - barnhardt.biz, politicalcalculationsblog, watch Bill Whittle videos at pjtv or youtube, Read Thomas Sowell editorials (tsowell.com  is really the best place for that)   - or explore some blog rolls.. and of course visit here to see what others have come up with.

Oh, you only want five.  Pull a different one from each category each day. 
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2013, 10:22:12 AM »
Here, Tree of Liberty forum a few email aggregators and an occasional trip to Drudge and the Blaze
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2013, 11:20:54 AM »
Quote from: Lisa in PA on February 08, 2013, 08:12:39 AM
If you could only read four or five websites a day, which ones would you make sure to read to feel like you are pretty well informed?

So, I'm an engineer (engineers are always trying to find ways to be more efficient (we are lazy)), that being said I come here, all of you great people are my resources.  I still do fact checks when something just doesn't add up or if I want to make a pertinant post.  Even though I'm lazy, I don't want to be thought a fool or a sheeple.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2013, 11:44:17 AM »
1-IAL
2-Drudge
3-The Blaze
4-ZeroHedge
5-Gateway Pundit

If I can expand the list

6-AOS
7-IOTW
8-IMAO
9-WeasleZippers
10-Blackfive
11-SmallDeadAnimals
12-StrategyPage
13-Jerusalem Post
14-ThePeoplesCube
15-VDH

Oh heck I'm everywhere!
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2013, 11:54:09 AM »
Long ago, in my Amway days, that was the beginning of turning off the TV.
(Unfortunately, I replaced TV addiction with inyernet addiction.)

The idea was that if something important happened, someone would let you know.

Libertas, you're a junkie.

I can relate.
I used to read 3 Sunday newspapers.

Now, I'm delightfully ignorant.

(Hope it doesn't show too bad)
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2013, 01:04:58 PM »
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Gateway Pundit -- Weisshaupt is right about Hoft, but it's a decent aggregator
HotAir  -- I mostly scan the headlines
The Smallest Minority
Drudge -- follow the linkies
American Thinker
PJ Media  -- meh, not so interesting anymore
Liberty's Torch
My local forum
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2013, 02:01:57 PM »
My regular rotation other than here is Moonbattery, Small Dead Animals, PJ Media, Barnhardt.biz, SteynOnline.  Somewhat less frequently I go to Ace of Spades and Gateway Pundit.

Starting with the gun control scare of mid-December, I even started going to Infowars because I was in the mood for bombastic rejections of the attempted gun grabs rather than the "let's all take a deep breath" tone so many of the more mainstream sites have. It's free-floating paranoia at Infowars, but like Weisshaupt said it gives you exercise at separating the wheat from the chaff. Plus I can't really fault them for having at least a good natural, instinctive distrust of authority even if they are a bunch of nuts for the most part.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2013, 02:07:35 PM »
I don't waste my time (or insult my intelligence) with DU or KOZ but I do check Huff~n~Puff on occasion. For most of my topicals I visit the FReepers. As we grow here we're doing better and better at aggregating news from sources just like the FReepers do. I don't bother with the lamer "primary sources" (cnn.com, fox news, PMSNBC) since none of them have any objectivity at all.

Every day is an adventure and I follow links that lead to links that sometimes bears fruit...
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2013, 09:08:50 PM »
Here
American thinker
Drudge
Bass masters
A few fishing sites.....


Sorry.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2013, 02:17:06 AM »
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Drudge
http://www.lucianne.com/
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2013, 03:16:10 AM »
Drudge
AoS
Breitbart
DC
Weasel Zippers
IAL
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2013, 11:15:35 AM »
Quote from: AmericanPatriot on February 08, 2013, 11:54:09 AM
Long ago, in my Amway days, that was the beginning of turning off the TV.
(Unfortunately, I replaced TV addiction with inyernet addiction.)

The idea was that if something important happened, someone would let you know.

Libertas, you're a junkie.

I can relate.
I used to read 3 Sunday newspapers.

Now, I'm delightfully ignorant.

(Hope it doesn't show too bad)

Hi, my name is Libertas, and I am an info-junkie.   ;D

And when I am not reading online I am reading good old fashioned books, the ones made from felled trees!   ;D

Reading is like breathing to me.

PS-You seem alright to me, you show good.   ::thumbsup::
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2013, 11:39:33 AM »
Libertas, you've got a good Jones.

For a long time, I had been off of reading anything that couldn't be scanned or read in a couple minutes.

Recently, I decided to start reading for fun and relaxation.
Sometimes, I read places other than the "library"

So, I started reading old science fiction.

Heinlein was my favorite through my early teen years until I got old enough to look for trouble.

So, for the last couple months, I have been rereading stuff that I probably read 45+ years ago.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2013, 12:57:26 PM »
Btw, I noticed Gateway Pundit has disabled comments in the last couple days.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2013, 02:35:57 PM »
Speaking of reading in general...maybe we should take a look at this new book. I have a feeling that we won't be seeing the author(s) featured on The Today Show.
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« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2013, 03:36:17 PM »

Yeah, it ought to be a good read although there is a little voice that's telling me it may be disinformation.

The has an article on it here.
It touches on one of the old time favorites ala Ollie North,  I'd like to hear/read his review of the book.

Daily Mail - Deputy National Security Advisor) John Brennan also ran a highly compartmentalized program out of the White House in regard to weapons transfers, and Stevens would not have been trusted with that type of information. Stevens likely helped consolidate as many weapons as possible after the war to safeguard them, at which point Brennan exported them overseas to start another conflict.

Drudge
IAL
The Other McCain
Ace
Zero
then it's follow the links where they may go.
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Re: What do you read?
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2013, 06:30:30 PM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on February 08, 2013, 09:30:59 AM
I usually rotate between Breitbart, Drudge, Hot Air, Gateway Pundit, Blaze, Ace o' Spades and here.

Ditto. First choice is us guys and gals.
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