A disinformation campaign.
As an applied linguist (masters degree ’01), I am perpetually aware of words, how they’re being used, how meaning shifts and so when former National Security Advisor of the United States of America, and known mid-length enthusiast, Michael Flynn described subscribers of the popular QAnon theory as “kooks,” I was all ears.
You, as a grump local, are certainly aware of the “kook.” The uninformed male, female, non-gendered surfer that does not appropriately roll with our complex, but not difficult to understand, code of conduct.
I was out today, for example, with a heap of surf hatted folk on surf tractioned soft tops trying to go right on lefts.
Kooks.
The etymology is less clear.
Some scholars believe it was derived from the word “cuckoo” or “strange bird.” Others, smarter including surf historian Matt Warshaw, trust the root is “kūkae” from the Hawaiian language meaning “feces.
In either case, Flynn recently dropped it in a recorded telephone conversation with popular former president Donald J. Trump lawyer Lin Wood, saying, “I always believe that QAnon was a disinformation campaign to make people look like a bunch of kooks.”
The whole business is worth reading but, more importantly, the rise of the kook.
They are everywhere these days.
The CIA’s fault?
From what I witnessed today it would make too very much sense.
Many surf hats.
Tin foil adjacent.
More as the story develops.
1. I said rich and powerful, I didn’t mean your average DC Politician because they come and go too often. But those whose power is entrenched like Clintons and Trumps are the ones. I think their hunting grounds are all over the world, not in aDC pizza parlor.
2. I agree on that
3. I think that those people are untouchable. They know too much. The pimp in this case was part of a large operation to find underage girls to abuse. hundreds of girls were procured by maxwell for Epstein and his buddies. That’s a big person to take down and super rare for anybody like her to be actually on trial.
4 the comey thing is interesting. Suspicious as heck on the surface. But she has had success in convicting the gymnastics guy, so maybe it’s she is the best person for the job. Or maybe it’s both, she is obviously providing huge cover for trump/Clinton/p.Andrew and many others.. first witness on the stand today was Epstein s pilot, he said all that those guys were on his plane. So the trial started with that.
I think Epstein and maxwell were pawns being manipulated by something / someone else. He put powerful people in compromising positions that then made them controllable
I m sure there is a sex trafficking ring for the rich and powerful, has been since the beginning of time. No Epstein didn’t kidnap Haitian girls. Stop making things up. Why would they offer a plea deal ? Her crimes were vast and horrific and going after the big wigs is impossible. Prosecutors are elected in the US. Comeys worked on the prosecution of Epstein and that creepy gymnastic dude that molested all those girls. She has experience. Maxwell is going to prison for life
Very different. Epstein was paying people for sex. He wasnt kidnapping anyone. They volunteered or were coerced . The crime is that they were underage and mentally vulnerable to his predatory powers ,and that’s why he was a monster . I’m sure there is a lot of insanely terrible stuff going on out there with children though. Pizzagate just isn’t one of them
It’s an article From Atlantic magazine. Well researched. And BTW: Apple is the most financially successful in the history of business. So what are you laughing at?
He ignored the advice of CDC scientists regarding the threat of the covid-19 pandemic — because of his concern it might impact the economic stats he was ranting on — and as a result in less than 2 years time over 777,000 Americans have died. That is more Americans dead than during the entire WW2 time period. He betrayed America.
He lowered taxes on the top 10% of America — including his own — and drove up our National debt which is shouldered by the other 90%.
We also have no idea what he discussed in private with Putin, in light of his complex financial links to Russian real estate dealings — which are a fact:
https://apple.news/AhoImLXd…
https://m.youtube.com/watch…
I know , but one is plausible and the other is absurd
If you’re the president, wouldn’t trying to overturn a legitimate election count as treasonous?
Dude, only take half.
Miranda, Miranda, Miranda. Used to be a right wing puppet journalist for the Murdoch press in Australia before catching the eye of El Presidenté on Twitter. When she left the Australian media, quality journalism here rose significantly. You’re welcome to her.
There is a huge intellectual gap between believing that the treasonous Trump party would collude with Russia and believing in something as moronic as Pizzagate
I think this is extremely insulting to kooks.
How about leftists buying voter rolls over over multiple years to figure who consistently doesn’t vote, only to be used when needed.
https://www.americanthinker…
Seeings how you’re Australian, I guess you have zero appreciation for the history of how Democrats have manipulated elections for their own benefit. Kennedy & Cleveland.
Only fools believe Biden actually won. Zuckerberg poured 340M into locales, as in private money was used to run elections. His money went into where votes were being counted. Unprecedented. Voter rolls are a huge issue. You don’t get it, cause you’re not American. Stop pretending to know so much. I don’t venture to guess how shit works over there. Why do you here?
The fact that lefties are buying voter rolls is a big fucking deal.
My country has gone to shit since Biden got into office. You can’t convince me that this is what Americans wanted. Never. Maybe you Australians wanted it, but who gives a fuck what you think about our elections.
Lefties buying voter rolls? Don’t you mean sushi rolls? This is funny shit, mate. None of it true… none of it. But voter suppression is rampant on the right – and in red states, elections are being rigged, votes of people of color are being suppressed, democracy is under attack, yet you want to bitch about George Soros and Pelosi being the enemy? It’s Trump and his ass kissing goons and the weak right wing clowns in the senate and congress that are the threat, the Proud Boys and 3%er cosplayers. The Dems are saving democracy. You’re on the wrong side.
We’re a Constitutional Republic. Not a Democracy.
Democrats have always been fighting for something this country is not. A Democracy.
Trump was a great President. He effectively pulled the curtain on Democrats and coerced you all to reveal the evil fucks you really are.
Look at the pedophile shit you all support having in books accessible to kids in the school libraries. Minors performing sexual acts on adults, under the guise of Democrat inclusion. You’re one sick fuck. You’re a pedophile just like what you support. That is evil. Until you decide that that is wrong, you should just seriously shut the fuck up about what your opinion is of evil.
Democrat policies are the fucking worst. Economy killing, inflation inducing, un-American bullshit that Americans don’t want.
Joe Biden needs to fuck off. And all you pedophile supporting fucks too.
Sorry to hear about that brain problem Otto. Science can cure may things nowadays, not sure about your infestation tho…Get well soon!
You’re legit cray. You wanna be fascist loser.
No, it appears you’re a legit pedophile.
Is your name Allyn Walker, that professor that refers to pedos as MAPS? I bet you are!
https://www.newsweek.com/al…
If I’m a fascist because I’m against this shit, then yes, I’m a fascist. And you’re a pedophile who needs to be dispatched.
https://redstate.com/brando…
You like to ask little kids inappropriate questions about their sex lives don’t you?
You pedophile.
https://redstate.com/alexpa…
Just because you’re a little cry-baby fascist, that doesn’t make me a pedo.
You’re as stupid as Trump, Flynn and all of their idiot followers.
You couldn’t dispatch a snail.
Nope. You’re a pedo.
Says “OttoBeenThere” while looking directly into the mirror.
Seek help crybaby, you’re pseudo-intellectual politics are delusional. At best.
You haven’t once said you disagree with the books progressives are putting into school libraries. You haven’t once said you disagree with the progressive transgender agenda teaching kindergartners about transgender shit and 3rd graders on up about oral sex amongst other age inappropriate subjects.
Since you agree that is good, you’re a fucking pedophile Mik.
Listen loon, you make all kinds of ridiculous claims w/o citing details.
I don’t know where the f you live, but in Calif., Sex Ed isn’t taught to 3rd graders like, it’s taught to 7th graders (https://edsource.org/2019/c…….
And your wild generalizations that Democrats are all pedo is beyond ridiculous.
Democrats are the Patriots who work hard to make public education accessible, and better; who structured Social Security; who fight for environmental protections; who are finally addressing climate change issues. All to improve the quality of life in America for the familes.
Repubs stand for one thing and one thing only: lower taxes on the wealthy. They manipulate uneducated Red State losers to vote for them with all of the BS you spout off.
Financially Repubs ALWAYS run up the national debt. GW Bush ran-up the national debt to cray levels, following Clinton Gore’s epic billion dollar surplus… Bush’s illegal invasion of Iraq, based on fraud, also resulted in the $USD devalued by 50% against the Euro, and even more against the British Pound!!!!
Trump is a pathological liar, proven, and you spout off about nothing but BS. He lost the election by 7M votes because he’s an ass.
You better be careful who you call a pedo, you little crybaby.
Goddamn, could you be any more full of shit?! Dems are patriots. Ha! No, you’re not. You’re fucking cowards who have always fought against this Republic.
You mismanaged Social Security right into the ground. Same with Medicare.
Where are you getting your 50% devaluation figures? No currency could survive that. I call BS.
And yes, you’re a pedo if you’re okay with inappropriate books being available to young school children.
https://redstate.com/brando…
Those same books are available in CA. Try referencing something a bit more current than 2019 you coward. edsource 2019? Really? You’re all a bunch of pedos.
Graphic sex books of any form are inappropriate in Elementary, Middle, or HS libraries. Agreed.
But to call all Democrats pedo, and anti USA, is loony, and that is what YOU are.
No one is afraid of Red State crackpots. There’s plenty of Dems who will fight to the death for American Freedom. And win.
Then why are zero Democrats speaking out against these books? Zero. Until one single Democrat lawmaker speaks out against these books, the generalization sticks.
What American Freedoms are conservatives preventing Dems from having?
When Dems advocate for bigger government, how is it you don’t see Dems are who’s really threatening your freedoms?
So you’re saying that you know everything every Dem says about everything? Because your paranoia-bent half-mind is omnisciently crazy?
GFYS crybaby… Your rant is getting weaker by the letter…
Met one Dem, met them all.
Know everything one Dem says, know everything they all do.
Got one Dem on the hook like a fish, got every Dem on the hook like a fish.
What’s up fish.
Can you believe this guy thinks that skyrocketing debt, tax cuts for the rich, negative jobs growth, killing near 1 million Americans and on and on was a ‘great’ president? LMFAO.
Like I say, never argue with an idiot, they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Goof ass holding his whip with the leash in front. Is it still on his foot?
he’s clearly a kook but if it super windy walking with your fins forward is actually a pro move. Try it out keeps your board from being a kite in your hand.
WHOA, I come to BG to escape the real world and now you infect the site with a Flynn article! Painful!
Takes a kook to know one. And Flynn is clearly a kook to ride a board that size in such pathetic tiny fucking waves.
Trump won
You sore losers are hilarious
Aren’t they? Bunch of fucking whiners. Only thing trump won was getting his ass kicked out of DC in a landslide. The dotard was responsible for fucking up the economy and killing nearly 1m Americans, but some idiots somehow think that was a good job. LMFAO.
Word.
If you turn this graph upside down he’s a winner. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Sounds like Bukkake to me!!!
BBB
Biden Barney Brigade
Chas and Derek, you guys have to fix this comments section appearing on the wrong article problem. It’s dead set fucking irritating now, just turns me off wanting to comment
Well if the consequences of such a mistake result in you not commenting then I’m sure they will get right on it.
I’m sure whatever you comment will be relevant lately.
When you click on the comments tab give it a full ten seconds before you scroll down. That seems to help. But I agree it’s fucking irritating
Yeah, gotta let the ads load.
Yep—-it’s brutal
They drove away all the best commenters.
There used to be funny and witty people here, now it’s mostly non surfing wankers
Then riddle me this mate, isn’t he meaning to say ‘misinformation’. Because as an applied linguist you know the difference. I could still be wrong, I am not an applied linguist for the record.
Dis, mis, potato, potato. That’s what I got my masters degree in.
Ay ?
Ya got a degree in potatoes ?
Would that be growin’ or cookin’ ’em ?
What sorta meat and other veges d’ya grow, or cook with ?
I thought ya said ya degree was somethin’ to do with apple and linguine, which I thought was an odd combination…
Vodka.
Of course
The most noble of the potato arts
Haha you’re such a cunt xox
good point, he’s actually trying to say that it attempts to make Q believers look like kooks? …he’s actually the kook, like Major General Kook!
In the intelligence community disinformation refers to deliberate fabrication for ideological purposes.
Misinformation on the other hand would just be your simple misreporting like, for instance, saying Trinidad and Tobago was part of the French Caribbean
There’s a cool part in “the departed” when Nicholson knows there’s a rat in his mob so he starts telling his henchmen different places where the drug shipment will be.
Di caprio call the cops to tell them and they are like “got him!” And di caprio says no way don’t go there you kooks, it could be dis information!
I honestly thought misinformation was purposely misleading information. I’m confused but I have been partying again so there’s that too.
Well of course the above could be disinformation itself. Wait… I mean misinformation. Oh shit, they got me too!
Fuck me… https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
So how do we define BeachGrit?
Misinformed? Disinformed?
why over complicate it, how about uniformed?
Uninformed?
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