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ritaxis

A small but very dirty trick

Sep 28, 2010 20:26

So I use my friends' list as an RSS list. I read a number of progressive blogs this way -- The Sideshow, Crooks and Liars, Atrios, Digby, calitics -- a few others. (I dropped DailyKos because I can't keep up with it). I also have RSS feeds to some science blogs and The Scientific American, and so on ( Read more... )

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randwolf September 29 2010, 13:36:47 UTC

's funny. I remember Jerry "moonbeam" Brown. But people change, and being mayor is one of the most practical elected offices there is.

As to the right-wing ads, I suspect they are auto-generated by purchased keywords. I use Google Reader rather than LJ, and anti-script and blocking software, so I don't see most of the ads, but that's been happening all along. It even shows up on Making Light sometimes.

ritaxis September 29 2010, 13:59:44 UTC

Actually, Jerry Brown's governorship was really successful. He lost some of my respect with his mayorship: Oakland is a hard city to govern. (not necessarily for the reasons most would think of) His policies seemed off the point at the time, but over the years they have borne fruit and the city is better off for them ( ... )

randwolf September 29 2010, 19:51:36 UTC

You're right, he was a good governor. But he was also a bit of a flake and, IIRC, more conservative than his reputation, which he still is. &, yes, compared to Whitman he's a saint, sigh.

green_knight September 29 2010, 15:01:08 UTC

I had a quick look at your flist, and it appears to me as if the ads are google ads put there by the content providers to 'monetize their content'. If LJ also adds adverts, I can't tell (I don't get to see those).

This is a major problem with google. Places like Making Light and Writer Beware get served 'self-publish and pay $$$$' ads, etc etc: they pick up on certain keywords, whether you approve of the advert or not.