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Housekeeping: Happy Third Birthday to RealityChek!

03 Saturday Jun 2017

Posted by Alan Tonelson in Housekeeping

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How the time does fly!  I can hardly believe that I’m sitting here at the keyboard to announce that today marks the third anniversary of the first substantive blog posted on RealityChek!

I’m sorry to report that there’s still “so much nonsense out there, and so little time” – if not more of the former!  But I did want to make sure again to say thank you to everyone who’s decided that dropping by here occasionally, or even more often, is worth their while.  Special thanks to those who have taken the time to comment, and to everyone who’s decided to register a “Like” or to follow.

I’m doing the best I can to keep up with your questions, criticisms, and observations, and hope that my performance on this score has improved somewhat.  But I also want to make sure that the Likers and followers know that they’re greatly appreciated, too.

As regulars here are aware, feedback is always welcome.  If anything, the nation (and world?) have gotten more polarized over these last three years, and it’s also increasingly clear to me that the subjects of these posts can evoke strong reactions among readers.  Therefore, I’m as interested as ever to hear from you, and to know how passionately you may feel in favor or against something I’ve written.  If you want to employ more than a little snark along the way to make your point, please feel free!  I’ve been known to take this tack myself.  And if you run across material you think I may not have seen, it’s always great to get these heads-ups

But if at all possible, please try to be specific and concrete with criticisms in particular. And be sure to leave the profanity at home, along with the name-calling. Because if you don’t, you won’t be welcome any more.  It’s not that I’m thin-skinned. It’s just that if you need these kinds of crutches to express yourself, you’re clearly not qualified to participate in constructive, informative debate.  And therefore, you’re wasting everyone’s time.

One of the most rewarding aspects of blogging here for the last three years has been the number of acquaintances and real friends I’ve made.  They’ve reinforced my belief that, for all the bilge that’s infected our public life, individuals of intelligence (of all kinds), quality, and good will still abound.  So many of you have taught me a great deal, and led me to look anew at any number of issues.  In large measure, these posts are an attempt at least partly to return the favor.

 

 

 

Housekeeping: Whereabouts, Privacy, Thanks & Thom Hartmann Video!

18 Saturday Feb 2017

Posted by Alan Tonelson in Housekeeping

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Housekeeping, RT America, Thom Hartmann, Trump

Since I’ve always been concerned about protecting my privacy since starting RealityChek and becoming active on social media, I’ve been content to let my sites go more or less dark during periods when personal and/or professional obligations prevent me from posting or tweeting or whatever. But I realize that the result of leaving readers and followers more or less in the dark during these periods could fairly be seen as inconsiderate.

So I’m writing today (briefly!) to confirm that I have been in one of those periods since the middle of this past week, and will probably be unable to put up much if any material of genuine substance till the end of this coming week. As some of you who engage with me on Facebook and Twitter know, I have been able to make some brief entries on those sites. But my activity will be pretty much limited to remarks of that nature for several days more. So thanks for your patience, and I’m sure to be back to my normal routine in a little over a week. And I’ll do a better job of informing you about these periods in the future.

I also, however, wanted to take this opportunity once again to thank everyone who has taken the time to comment on RealityChek posts. It’s been great to see how thoughtful the overwhelming majority of your reactions are, whether you agree or disagree, as well as how civil and substantive. And my apologies for any delays in responding or failures to respond on my part. As I’ve explained before, this one-man blogging operation is pretty time-consuming, but I really do value the chance to interact with everyone, and am trying my best to keep up.

In this vein, thanks so much also to everyone who’s decided to follow RealityChek. I’ll keep calling them as I see them, and I hope you will want to spread the word.

Finally, the link to my interview Tuesday night on Thom Hartmann’s RT America program is on-line. Click on this link for an intriguing discussion of the apparent tumult of the early weeks of the Trump administration, and what it could mean for the policy priorities President Trump stood for during his campaign.

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Im-Politic

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Those Stubborn Facts

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  • Following Up
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  • Golden Oldies
  • Guest Posts
  • Housekeeping
  • Housekeeping
  • Im-Politic
  • In the News
  • Making News
  • Our So-Called Foreign Policy
  • The Snide World of Sports
  • Those Stubborn Facts
  • Uncategorized

The Snide World of Sports

  • (What's Left of) Our Economy
  • Following Up
  • Glad I Didn't Say That!
  • Golden Oldies
  • Guest Posts
  • Housekeeping
  • Housekeeping
  • Im-Politic
  • In the News
  • Making News
  • Our So-Called Foreign Policy
  • The Snide World of Sports
  • Those Stubborn Facts
  • Uncategorized

Guest Posts

  • (What's Left of) Our Economy
  • Following Up
  • Glad I Didn't Say That!
  • Golden Oldies
  • Guest Posts
  • Housekeeping
  • Housekeeping
  • Im-Politic
  • In the News
  • Making News
  • Our So-Called Foreign Policy
  • The Snide World of Sports
  • Those Stubborn Facts
  • Uncategorized

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Current Thoughts on Trade

Terence P. Stewart

Protecting U.S. Workers

Marc to Market

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

Alastair Winter

Chief Economist at Daniel Stewart & Co - Trying to make sense of Global Markets, Macroeconomics & Politics

Smaulgld

Real Estate + Economics + Gold + Silver

Reclaim the American Dream

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

Mickey Kaus

Kausfiles

David Stockman's Contra Corner

Washington Decoded

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

Upon Closer inspection

Keep America At Work

Sober Look

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

Credit Writedowns

Finance, Economics and Markets

GubbmintCheese

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

VoxEU.org: Recent Articles

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

Michael Pettis' CHINA FINANCIAL MARKETS

New Economic Populist

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

George Magnus

So Much Nonsense Out There, So Little Time....

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