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  Stephen Russell

  07/09/2019 05:08 PM

  2020 Census: NO citizenship question/.s WILL Toss form, why bother aiding the Dems abuse more power.
  Why bother.
  Ideas,comments as why I should
  CA has been Dem since Reagen left White House

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  Kenneth Nicholson

  07/09/2019 04:29 PM

  Federal Court ruled Trump could not restrict people from his Twitter account. It was a violation of 1st amendment. So, is it a violation of 1st amendment for Twitter to restrict access to the account?

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  Don Sprague

  07/09/2019 01:54 PM

  My wife told me about the quiz in your news letter with the question about the origin of the internet.

  Your answer is not entirely accurate. The name”Internet” does come from people who have ARPANET background. However; before the ARPANET, there was

  - SAGE initiated in 1949, the First National Air Defense Network was fully deployed in 1963
  - SABRE initiated in 1953, the first online order reservation system operational in 1960.
  - ARPANET initiated in 1962, It’s first failed logon attempt was in 1969.

  Thus, you can see that ARPANET was not the first network but it was in the direct path to the name “internet” and the Internet Protocol.

  
  According to a 1995 definition of the Internet, provided by the U.S. Federal Networking Council, their definition of the “Internet” refers to the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-ons. Thus, the use of IP is not a necessary component of the Internet.

  In an article called; “What Is The Internet (And What Makes It Work) - December, 1999 By Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf” they write:

  “For a long time, the federal government did not allow organizations to connect to the Internet to carry out commercial activities. By 1988, it was becoming apparent, however, that the Internet's growth and use in the business sector might be seriously inhibited by this restriction.”

  The commercial activity they refer to was led by the IBM Information Network. It’s 1984 Business Model Architecture and Strategy was to interconnect all users on all networks do electronic business. That architecture and strategy was based on the statement that “anything that can be recorded electronically can be delivered electronically. The architecture and strategy was originally written in IBM in 1980.

  
  When the Internet Business Model was 8 years old and in place, it was adopted by the developers of IP.

  
  The IBM Information Network and other commercial Value added networks were already delivering internet services before the government funded 1988 Internet Protocol development.

  If the Internet Protocol had never been thought of, we still would still have the Internet by another name. The IBM information Network had most of IBM’s corporate customers connected by the 1988 government funded project to build another closed network that did not allow business. Companies like AOL were connecting individuals. Any to any had begun before the commercial services providers switched to use IP.
  

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  Julie Robbins

  07/09/2019 01:12 PM

  **in case YOU missed it**
  (as a Christian their wording is SO unsettling...almost threatening)
  Taken from FB post by our little local paper The Real GC News
  "Rep Terri Bryant Releases Statement About State Fair Debacle
  Category: Local News
  I have been trying to sort truth from fiction in the issue of entertainment decisions at our two State Fairs. I know people are polarized on the issue, but it is always important to get facts. While in Chicago today to attend a hearing I was able to secure a meeting with two high-ranking members of Gov. Pritzker’s Exec. Staff.

  I also asked Rep. Tim Butler to join us as he represents the State fairgrounds in Springfield.

  The meeting was multi-fold. I wanted to identify for my constituents who made the call to cancel the contract with Confederate Railroad and the official reason for why it was done. I also wanted to express my absolute disagreement with the cancelation. In addition, I wanted an explanation for the booking of Snoop Dogg in Springfield considering his album cover has a picture of what appears to be a dead President Trump on a slab covered with a flag while Snoop Dogg stands over him in a defiant manner.

  I wanted the Administration to know I expected Confederate Railroad’s contract to be reinstated. I argued that if Confederate Railroad is canceled, then Snoop Dogg should be canceled too.

  I was informed in no uncertain terms, that the decision to cancel CR was made by the Pritzker administration, including the two people sitting with me at the table. They affirmed that the decision was not made by DuQuoin Fair officials or by Director Sullivan.

  They refused my insistence that Confederate Railroad be permitted to perform. Their reasoning was that they have a hard fast rule not to permit any use of the Confederate flag in any way. When I asked what their policy was pertaining to a sitting President being depicted in the way President Trump is depicted on Snoop Dogg’s album cover, they said, they had no such policy.

  In fact, I was told by one of the Governor’s staffers that I should use this case as a “teachable moment” for the people of Southern Illinois. I am serious…that is what the staffer said.
  In short, the Pritzker administration canceled Confederate Railroad because the Confederate flag offends many people.

  They refused to cancel Snoop Dogg even though it offends many people. I believe in very limited government censorship. I believe even less in double standards.

  In light of all of this, it is understandable that many want to boycott the DuQuoin Fair. I fear that any such boycott will be a harsh blow to Southern Illinois’ economy and unfairly punish small businesses that count on the fair to keep people employed. These small businesses did nothing to cause any kind of boycott.

  I told the Pritzker people to believe the boycott is real and that they will ultimately own the resulting economic damage that results from this hypocritical decision."
  
  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2340840565993552&id=168489319895365