One motivation behind the incredible change in the Middle East is self-interest. The region relies on tourism, and the oil-based economies are switching over to technology, manufacturing, and investment. Saudi Vision 2030 explains the plan. Peace and stability are necessary for the Middle East to survive. Just two Islamic State terrorist attacks wiped out the…
Social media can tell you who’s winning and losing wars
February 28, 2016
It’s no secret that the Russians have many thousands of fake accounts on social media. Most are under women’s names. The people running the accounts work for the Internet Research Agency, generally called the Agency. In my youth, I was a sucker for the sort of women who the Agency hires. Now, they’re as attractive…
Toad? Okay, I’m a toad. Consider becoming one yourself
February 25, 2016
I’m a toad. Like the poet Stephen Crane. Social media is the playpen of mental patients. Today someone who followed me on Twitter sent me this. You can tell a lot about people by what they find attractive. Sinister, mannered, bitter, hostile, grim, pompous old men don’t do it for me. Denise A. Rubin and…
I’ll never join your mob, so stop asking
June 26, 2015
Everything I say and do is carefully thought out. I don’t react to anything emotionally, because to be frank, I used up most of my emotions decades ago. Also, I don’t personalize things. So people need to stop telling me that I must say and do certain things. And everyone really should give up trying…
How social media benefits us
May 12, 2015
I have my problems with social media. A lot of completely insane people contact me and either make threats or waste my time. Today a man gave me a tremendous gift. He allowed me to see a face I’ve wondered about for forty years. I can’t begin to thank this man. When I was ten…
No post, but an announcement
April 24, 2015
I don’t have a post tonight. My Website was hacked about five hundred times, and then I had to catch six almost newborn kittens and take them to the pound. I’m exhausted. But I have an announcement. First, a clarification. In “Withdraw, but don’t be upset,” I wrote the following. This is the secret about…
Death to memes
April 17, 2015
Back when I was trying to be an author, my fake publicists opened a Twitter account for me. The publishing industry is full of stories about authors selling a million copies of their books by using social media. I’d looked at Twitter before July of 2013—that’s when I hired the fake publicists—and decided it wasn’t…
Ask Hamas
March 13, 2015
Currently there’s an “Ask Hamas” campaign on Twitter. If you don’t know how Twitter works, you’re not missing anything. Well, that’s not entirely true, so I’ll explain: You put a hashtag (#) in front of a subject, and all the tweets with that keyword are collected in one place. The terrorist organization’s hashtag is “#AskHamas.”…
Power is an addiction
April 2, 2014
After Scott Thunes alerted me that Mike Albee was a fraud, I began trying to teach myself as much as I could about creating my online presence. My Meniere’s disease prevents me from making appearances or doing book tours. Now I’m up to my neck in social media and online marketing. I’ve discovered that the…