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Curious why our local nimrods aren’t “occupying” top spot on my Apple News feed now that LEO has finally started dispersing their wayward asses from public property. Top billing goes to Columbia University morons who have started occupying a building there, a full week after our useful idiots started their occupation.
Let me guess, if this was a sit-in supporting the 2nd amendment youd be saying the opposite and calling them brave.
Nimrod means hunter
Kym and site Nationally recognized, including linked into NYT’s:
When university administrators across the nation worry about the potential fallout from campus protests, they may have Siemens Hall in mind.
The building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, includes the campus president’s office and has been occupied for a week by pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside and fought off an early attempt by the police to remove them. Protesters have since tagged walls and renamed it “Intifada Hall” by ripping off most of the signage on the brick exterior.
Inside, they painted graffiti messages like “Time 2 Free Gaza,” “Pigs Not Allowed,” and “Land Back,” according to a video posted by the local news site Redheaded Blackbelt. They occupied and defaced the office of the president, Tom Jackson Jr., spraying “Blood On Your Hands” across one framed wall hanging and “I Will Live Free or Die Trying” on his door.
— NYT excerpt
Should stick with what you do best, PSA’s, road and fire information which you are by far the very best at.
And here i thought comments were a necessary evil for you all; though likely interesting also a lot to manage. Now i know it will support you I’ll blather on more readily! LOL. I’ve been enabled!
Yes I think kyms crew deserves extra everything good for having to read thru all the comments,some of them are just ridiculous
Well, it’s the comment on social media sites that support us. But as much as the comment section here is frustrating almost every day, at the same time it is a sign of vibrant life. I think other news sites that cut themselves off from commenters are isolating themselves inside ivory towers where they don’t have to be accountable for their actions to their readers.
Well put! Thanks for being extraordinary
Well, extraordinarily tired.
*cough* Loco *cough*
LoCo has a fairly vibrant comment section. I don’t read it because I have enough to do here but it looks like folks are active there.
only the ones that are not banned because they bow down and agree with komandant angie. those that do not agree are not allowed to post and are banned, like me. but i like it here better. open discussions from both sides and no one gets too butt hurt.
So true. Under another name i was banned there and I’ve never been banned from anything anywhere on line or otherwise …i just disagreed with something and was banned for a while. I think they let me back but i am just not as comfortable there now. I agreed with so much so it was especially weird..not like i had an ongoing over all feud with the moderator/s over a topic.
Back in my day, the push for divestment centered around apartheid in South Africa.
A request was that no schools send teams to South Africa until apartheid was eliminated.
That was too much for HSU. HSU sent a basketball team to play apartheid games, that night the HSU Forestry Building was burnt to the ground.
HSU sent no more teams to play apartheid games from then on out.
I did not know that. Thank you
Provide your sources if you expect to be believed. Links would be helpful.
I have no interest in campus insurrections other than shutting them down.
Focus on something regular people care about
I’m a regular person and I care about the protests. BUT even more tellingly, our coverage of the protests have brought us readers in larger numbers. Three of our top five stories this last month were about the protests.
If a bakery offers only sour dough bread, it will increase sales among those who eat sour dough bread. It does not mean that sour dough is more popular than hamburger buns.
Frankly, while knowing what is going on at CPH is important, news about local crimes and road issues and public schools and local farms and local businesses is more important for most. Just not so likely to attract multiple overheated comments from special interests, likely some outside the community.
Maybe not so much of one topic to the exclusion of others is the issue.
The things you like get plenty of coverage here. What is happening at CPH is pretty important WORLD news occuring just up the road. How could you justify not reporting on it?
That sounds like your crying “sour grapes”…
As far as what is popular, or not…
…note the down vote.
I like what’s on the menu at RHBB, it’s consistent, but not always the same, with lots of seasonal, and once in a lifetime, specials…
Variety is the Spice of Life…
Although Bread may be The Staff of Life…
I associate what RHBB has to offer, more with, The Tree of Knowledge…
She doesn’t only cover the protests. Duh.
Please explain your definition of a “regular person”, in detail if you must. It’s been my experience that the folks that claim this are anything but regular.
I’m stoked to say that I just took the number of subscribers to 1000 for RedHeaded Blackbelt on YouTube! Yay for me. But huge kudos to the RHBB team for all you do to keep us informed!
Jackie, that’s amazing! Thank you to everybody who pitched in by subscribing. I’m astounded it happened this fast. Huge hug to everyone who clicked that button. The first step to monetizing is to get 1000 subscribers!
About time!! I encouraged you in this direction two years ago!!
you only need is 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours in 12 months to get your channel monetized! You’re on the way.
There’s lots of videos how that works and how to break in, and interesting videos on what different content creators are making— serious $$$.
…and the streams of income become passive as views accumulate over time.. comments drive traffic and $$ as well..
I bet
With your readership reaching that goal of 1000 subs and 4000 hr could happen quickly .
Consider providing video or podcast versions of all (or just your especially pertinent) stories to boost content and traffic too !
Billions of hours are consumed on YouTube daily ; might as well tap in. . Apparently it’s all about search terms, being consistent, unique in some way, and filling a “niche”
. You have demonstrated all that! Seriously your team’s fortitude at churning out the news is (also)?
….Cheers
Bravo!! ?? Thank you for the boost!
I’m going there right now…didn’t catch that that was part of supporting the first time i looked at this article in this age of TMI.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING.
Dwain, thank you!
While the show must go on, and the reporting must continue, I want to thank the community for supporting local independent journalists, in all the ways that you do. While I am wiped out from the past week of intense ongoing Cal Poly coverage, I am also excited to say that I am now poised at Humboldt Freelance Reporting on YouTube to be able to earn ad revenue, (we shall see!) if the momentum keeps up. I thoroughly enjoy reporting live from protests, press conferences and community events, but this last week was more challenging than usual. So, THANK YOU! “Your support keeps my keyboard lit!”
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