TWITTER USER PRETENDING TO BE MEDAL of HONOR RECIPIENT STAFF SGT SALVATORE GIUNTA
November 16th, 2010
Earlier today, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta was awarded the nation`s highest medal for valor – the Medal of Honor.
Meanwhile, someone has been impersonating him on Twitter since mid September using @salvatoregiunta.
Impersonating another person on Twitter with the intent to deceive is a violation of Twitter`s Impersonation Policy.
The imposter posted a message hours earlier saying: `Thank you all so much for your kind words and support. Received the Medal of Honor from President Obama today.. it still feels like a dream`.
According to @USARMY, the Army`s official Twitter account (which is verified), @salvatoregiunta isn`t legit.
From MilBlogging.com
Everybody here understands the STORMBRINGER policy when it comes to phoney wannabe impersonators, and those who would dishonor the things which we hold sacred.
We find this loser, and then we shame him to death.
- Sean Linnane
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Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
YOU MIGHT BE A LIBERAL IF . . .
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you know gender is a social construct, but have no idea where electricity comes from.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the "evil" of Stalinist regimes is overstated and the tyranny of the American regime is never stated enough.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe portraying Bush as the Joker is political satire, but portraying Obama as the Joker is racist.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . if you believe Glenn Beck is an extremist because Keith Olbermann told you so.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . if you think America is a cesspool of fat lobotomized WalMart Jesusbots who have the gall to question your patriotism.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe in the separation of Church and State; Mosque and State, not so much.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that hurricanes are caused by people, and that crime is caused by the environment.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think that treating all people equally, regardless of race, is racist.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you burn tons of carbon to attend a global warming conference that only sanctions the cleanest nation on Earth.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe in having dialog with your opponents, and that they'd better shut up during this dialog.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think everyone would agree with you if they were open minded, and you refuse to listen to any other possibility.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that a mosque should be built at Ground Zero, but Jews shouldn't build apartments in East Jerusalem.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . if all your political arguments contain the phrase, "It's Bush's fault."
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that Pro-Life violates right of privacy, but you want to tell people they can't eat french fries.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that immersing a crucifix in urine is fine art, but depicting the prophet Mohammed is insensitive.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the problem is that Obama is just too darn moderate.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you spend your day telling people that a border fence can't work, then drive home to your gated community.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think Sarah Palin was too inexperienced to be VP but that Obama had plenty of experience to be President.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the Right needs to be rounded up in camps to prevent them from acting like Nazis.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think credit card companies are evil when they lend money, and mortgage companies are evil when they don't.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe education is A) the single most critical key to our future, and B) impossible to measure.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think people have too many kids, and that those kids need to pay for your Social Security.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the Government should be obsessed with race, but no one else should ever mention it.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think banks earning money on interest is wrong, but paying interest to China on the national debt is just peachy.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think subsidies are an entitlement, tax cuts are a gift, and liberty is a controlled substance.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you totally hate haters, and wish those violent bastards would just die.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you've ever worried about the threat of Tea Party violence during a Dick Cheney heart attack thread on Kos.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you are running low on Valium this weekend due to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally.

This priceless brilliance came to me via the Twitter phenomenon . . . S.L.
. . . you know gender is a social construct, but have no idea where electricity comes from.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the "evil" of Stalinist regimes is overstated and the tyranny of the American regime is never stated enough.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe portraying Bush as the Joker is political satire, but portraying Obama as the Joker is racist.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . if you believe Glenn Beck is an extremist because Keith Olbermann told you so.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . if you think America is a cesspool of fat lobotomized WalMart Jesusbots who have the gall to question your patriotism.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe in the separation of Church and State; Mosque and State, not so much.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that hurricanes are caused by people, and that crime is caused by the environment.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think that treating all people equally, regardless of race, is racist.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you burn tons of carbon to attend a global warming conference that only sanctions the cleanest nation on Earth.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe in having dialog with your opponents, and that they'd better shut up during this dialog.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think everyone would agree with you if they were open minded, and you refuse to listen to any other possibility.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that a mosque should be built at Ground Zero, but Jews shouldn't build apartments in East Jerusalem.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . if all your political arguments contain the phrase, "It's Bush's fault."
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that Pro-Life violates right of privacy, but you want to tell people they can't eat french fries.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe that immersing a crucifix in urine is fine art, but depicting the prophet Mohammed is insensitive.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the problem is that Obama is just too darn moderate.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you spend your day telling people that a border fence can't work, then drive home to your gated community.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think Sarah Palin was too inexperienced to be VP but that Obama had plenty of experience to be President.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the Right needs to be rounded up in camps to prevent them from acting like Nazis.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think credit card companies are evil when they lend money, and mortgage companies are evil when they don't.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you believe education is A) the single most critical key to our future, and B) impossible to measure.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think people have too many kids, and that those kids need to pay for your Social Security.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think the Government should be obsessed with race, but no one else should ever mention it.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think banks earning money on interest is wrong, but paying interest to China on the national debt is just peachy.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you think subsidies are an entitlement, tax cuts are a gift, and liberty is a controlled substance.
You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you totally hate haters, and wish those violent bastards would just die.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you've ever worried about the threat of Tea Party violence during a Dick Cheney heart attack thread on Kos.

You might be a liberal if . . .
. . . you are running low on Valium this weekend due to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally.

This priceless brilliance came to me via the Twitter phenomenon . . . S.L.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
TWITTER GOES TO WAR


This is the story I was trying to tell . . . I just couldn't get my head around the Twitter, Tweet, Twit of it all . . . - Sean Linnane
Twitter Provides Latest News on Bangkok Political Violence
May 19 - PMNY Destinations Examiner - Leslie Koch
English-speakers used their smart phones and laptops to access Twitter and find out which streets were safe from the violence.
A simple search for #Bangkok provided a steady stream of tweets on Wednesday.
Many tweets were first-hand accounts posted by journalists, expats and other Bangkok residents.

Freelance journalist Florian Witulski ("Vaitor") kept his 4,759 Twitter followers glued to their laptops with his posts from the Bangkok streets:
Here are a few tweets from Vaitor's stream on Wednesday (times are Bangkok time). You can see the events unfold in chronological order:
o its getting bloody here, can confirm two foreign reporters shot, two more dead red shirt bodies leaving Lumpini (About noon in Bangkok)
o for other journalist at DinDaeng: get rid of camera and green batch otherwise you get caught by reds! (About noon in Bangkok)
o reds in DinDaeng are really aggressive, destroyed camera of French journalist near front lines of DinDaeng. (About 1 PM Bangkok)
o followed by gunfire . . . can't see what's going on right now, but there must be something on fire, big smoke clouds again! (About 2 PM Bangkok)
o one more military helicopter in the air . . . looks like . . . teargas! (about 4 PM Bangkok)
o sorry for tweet delay, low battery . . . still in front lines. (about 4 PM Bangkok)
o another dead body leaving SalaDaeng! still smoke, sirens in the background, couldn't be anymore dramatic here! (about 4 PM Bangkok)
o nearly whole bangkok downtown is covered in smoke... (about 5 PM Bangkok)
o people looting Central World . . . they don't care for the fire . . . (about 6 PM Bangkok)
o thai guy in front of me with two different new adidas shoes and a brand new jacket . . . he is one of the only happy guys today! (about 7 PM Bangkok)
o small fires and destroyed shops around siam paragon, soldiers and firemen try everything to get in control! (about 7 PM Bangkok)
o still in red territory, cinema fire nearly erased, Central World still burning, infrequent shots around the temple! (about 10 PM Bangkok)
o borrowed a night scope from a soldier . . . this thing is awesome. not shots at the moment, just dead silence! (about 11 PM Bangkok)
o soldiers got the sniper i guess . . . no shots in the last 15mins (about 11 PM Bangkok)
o alright, been on the ground since 4am, time to sleep - thanks so much! i'm home+fine, see you tmr! (about midnight in Bangkok)
With the 11 hour time difference between New York City and Bangkok, Witulski was heading to bed just as the news story heated up in the US.
OK it's obvious I need a class in this new Tweet thingie technology so I can harness the power of the Twitter phenomena . . . I mean, I'm a member of it, have an Twit address and everything, transmit over it . . . and I don't even know what it IS . . . your comments & suggestions are welcome - Sean Linnane

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

Here's something we found over at milblog Ace of Spades HQ
:
The Iranian government is searching for dissident twitterers.
If you have an account, change your location and timezone to Tehran.
Ace of Spades admits: "I'm not sure that will help, but it can't hurt to try to flood the secret police with a buttload of suspected accounts."
Posted by VA Shepard
Here at STORMBRINGER we ask: "Is there a more worthy cause?"
For thoughtful insight on the post-election situation in Iranian, why it matters to us and the world, and how it affects the Obama Administration, please read David Frum's posts on the subject over at NewMajority.
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