I'm a Journalist who left Journalism after being censored during my coverage of the 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC and subsequently being blacklisted due to the blanket policy Newsday instituted during their circulation scandal (Two unrelated & unfortunate affairs).
I've decided to re-enter the Journalistic arena due mainly in part to the various Youtubers whom have breathed new life into my Field as of late, with their coverage of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election firmly entrenching these various folks as the new standard in freelance Journalism.
As I am re-entering my field, I felt this would be the perfect place to start, especially since Mr. Dave Cullen (@DaveCullen) of Computing Forever fame is one of the people I cite as reinvigorating my faith in the field.
I appreciate his indirect hand in making this decision as well as his direct affect he has had by guiding me to this website.
Hopefully I will be able to utilize this site to the full extent of its promising potential. Again, Dave, my thanks to you sir.
About Me:
- From New York, born, raised, currently reside.
-Generation Y
-Second Generation American, my Family came here in the 1930's
-Youngest of seven Siblings, One Brother, Five Sisters
- Sicilian Father, Irish Mother, both Catholic
-American and doesn't go in for invisible winged people with bathrobes and harps that live in the clouds dictating my actions
-Lapsed Traditionalist Catholic
-Urban Layman
- Hates Manhattan, except for the food vendors
-Grew up as a Bayman working the waters around Long Island with my Father and Sisters, developed a fear of the water from it
-The Black Sheep of a Military Family
-Shot in the back of the head point-blank with a .22 Pistol and survived back in '97.
-Got my head stomped in purple by a pack of Latin Gangbangers I pissed off up on DPA back in '98.
-Unintentionally caused the riots at Woodstock '99 (My Bad)
-Eyewitness to the Miami Beach Bath-Salt Zombie Apocalypse
-The Son of the Man that poured the foundations for the original World Trade Center Complex and Trump Tower
-Straight Off-White Male and Loves Naturally Curvy Voluoptuous Buxom Hourglass Women
-Constantly writes 'LOL' in posts, because I mean it, lol
-If you Subscribe to me, I make it a point to try and Subscribe to you too
-I don't drink alcohol
-I don't smoke tobacco
-I don't take drugs
-I don't eat junk food
-I don't watch Television
-I don't listen to the Radio
-Pro-Marijuana
-Anti-Opiate
-Libertarians irritate me
-Conservatives annoy me
-Liberals piss me off
-I don't like Republicans
-I can't stand Democrats
-I hate Progressives
-Ignore the Feminists
-Screw the Socialists
-Death to Communists
-Independent Undeclared/Undecided Centrist
-Progressive-Liberal/Conservative
-Critical Rationalist/Skeptical Analyst
-Patriotic Seditionist
-'Neutral Good' Alignment
-Environmentalist
-Climate Realist
-Pro-Green Energy (when it's finally fully viable, that is)
-Anti-Feminist (I'm Pro-Woman)
-Anti-Lbgtqr5*&@%#$? (I'm Pro-Gay/Trans)
-Anti-Globalist (I'm Pro-Humanity)
-Anti-Nationalist (I'm Pro-American)
-Anti-Buzzword (See previous four statements)
-Anthropological Journalist
-Amateur Linguist/Phoneticist/Translator
-Crippled New York State employee that got screwed by NYS, so no money. (I used to deliver the Solar Panels to the houses in the Green Energy Programs as part of my job)
-Former Bouncer (Queens/Nassau/Suffolk)
-Cook
- Comic Book Freak (until SJWs destroyed my faith)
- Crafter of Gundams
- Part time Dungeon Master
- Turntablist (Scratch DJing Academy, class of '06)
- Disc Jockey (Former on-air affiliate 90.3 F.M. Garden City, NY & 1440 A.M. West Babylon, NY)
-Kenjutsu Enthusiast
-Left defensive wing (Street Hockey)
-Point Guard (Basketball, F-League)
-Rescuer of Puppies
-Bonsai Aficionado
-Fish keeping enthusiast
-Amateur Drummer/Percussionist
-Amateur Guitarist
-Kayaker (currently in-between Kayaks)
-Ikebana Practitioner
-Kite Flyer
-Only New Yorker I know off that plays the Didgeridoo. (That would be me.)
-PATRIOT
-MY GROUPS:
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Bayesian Scientific Skeptic / Sceptic, Atheist, Humanist, Critical Thinking, Science & Technology, Science-based Medicine (retired Neurologist), Internet Triangulator and Sarcastic Curmudgeon from the Baby Boomer Generation.
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Hobbies/Interests:
Beekeeping
Homebrew
Gardening
CBS Survivor fan
MMA fan
Reality-based Medicine
Psychology
Neurology
Medicine
Engineering
Ordained Atheist Minister in ULC
Irreligiosophy Skunk Dick & PhD
Pope of Atheism Minus
Anti-theist
ProChoice
ProGun
ProGMO
ProVaccine
Proud Glober
AntiCensorship
You can't reason with delusion.
Not to mention apophasis - my favorite paralipsis.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Trust no one. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
All Skeptics are Atheists. Not all Atheists are Skeptics. Be Skeptical.
You are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own (made up) facts.
Facebook is about Friends and Family. Twitter is about Events. Nextdoor is about Neighbors. Discord is about Gaming and multiple chat channels. Google+ is about Topics and Information. Minds and Emenator are about Freedom of Expression without censorship.
Cheers!
Currently Writing a TV show and Trying to undermine Physics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyi-BYummkhttps://t.me/AtticusHerodes
I only want to regret the things i say and do. I never want to regret all the things i never said or did.
https://www.patreon.com/osaspacerangershttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt7975392/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
io psychologist going for counseling next.
โFailure doesn't mean anything, it just means changing paths.โ
โ Alejandro Jodorowsky
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. H. L. Mencken
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/h_l_mencken_102299
You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me. Zora Neale Hurston
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me. Calvin Coolidge
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โWhat you learn about America is people are a lot less interested in race than they are in character.โ โ Kevin Jackson, author, political commentator, and talk radio host.
โThe illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.โ
โ Alvin Toffler
starting to find evidence that the skeptic community was used by the deep state or one hell of a coincidence. lol