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The left is protesting the firing of someone Hitler like

Duly noted.

Short of Hillary doing even more cheating, Trump has a pretty decent chance of winning thanks to the way the DNC has fractured their party in half. Bernie was treated poorly and the election was railroaded towards an inevitable Hillary win, and as a result some people are pledging to leave the DNC and start a new party, and many want him to run third anyway, while others are preparing to vote Johnson or Stein. Hillary is not even interested in offering any concessions to Sanders supporters, nevermind the fact that many would not trust her to keep her word anyway.

The irony is that so many expected the GOP to be the party that would cheat and pull shenanigans and deny the will of their constituents to avert a Trump nomination, and yet not only did they grudgingly accept it, it was the DNC that behaved more this way, opening the floodgates for all kinds of remarks from the right about commies and Leninists.

Me, at this point I'm cynical enough to assume that the real billionaires such as Charles Koch are going to beat Trump into submission, or make him go away, as things are further railroaded towards Hillary's coronation.

Don't for get to sign the MoveOn.org petition instruction the prez to veto S.169, the senate bill proposing an expansion of the H1B program.
http://www.petitions.moveon.or...

Sign the petition and maybe it would be: Petition to Drop Bennett.

Sign the petition and maybe we can get rid of him for good: Petition to Drop Bennett.

I tried submitting a long form submission about dealing with Bennet's crap. It started changing colors pretty fast but then disappeared. Here's what it said:

Submission:

I am sorry this is as long as a Bennett post, I strive to be both clear and concise (with one anecdote).

First, I have to assume Bennett is paid by Dice to write inane postings, and then automatically moved to the front page. I commented on his last submission yesterday: http://slashdot.org/comments.p... , and he even responded asking to be fed (the hidden comment, he likes cheese). He wants the attention.

He appears to basically be an attention whore. I don’t use whore in a derogatory way (for him maybe), but he seems to be on every street corner on Slashdot. In the past I’ve used a Vegas concierge to procure untoward services from a woman for a bachelor party and it was unassuming and not in your face (except in the room of course, thank goodness it didn’t descend into Very Bad Things).

Further, he’s done some respectable things, per his Wikipedia page, regarding First Amendment rights. But all of that is obviously in the past given his propensity to post to Slashdot (and get to the front page a lot, what’s up with that?). It feels like Slashdot is his day job.

I mean him no harm, I just wish that Slashdot was no longer his blog.

He is a scourge upon us, lowering the bar, I fear we may have to have James Cameron dive in his submersible to raise the bar again (South Park reference, great episode).

So how can we deal with this menace? Here are some recommended guidelines.

First, I would recommend many “first post” and “can I subscribe to your newsletter” responses to any Bennett front page article (maybe even “How would a Beowulf Cluster of Bennet handle this”). Do not comment on the submission, just unrelated posts. Post tons of them; thousands if possible (let’s break posting records people!). Let them have the page views, but show how much we care.

As well, when viewing Firehose, check the submitter, and try not to promote his postings.

I will point out that his Wikipedia page actually draws out his success posting to Slashdot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
Quote: Haselton is a frequent contributor to Slashdot, where he posts long-form essays rather than short text summaries of current events, a distinction from other contributors that frequently creates controversy.

Anyway, I would never suggest such things, but I would mention that his Wikipedia entry could be updated, maybe to add that his posts are universally loathed on Slashdot.

There seem to be forces at hand that are actively diminishing the quality of Slashdot. Can we do a “beta” smack down on an obviously corporate promoted Bennett? I think we can, and it can be fun!!!!

And big-ups to dnebing for creating a MoveOn.org petition against his postings, awesome:
http://petitions.moveon.org/si..."

Sign the petition to get rid of him: Drop Bennett Haselton.

I'm now a troll because I want people to sign the petition to get rid of him: Drop Bennett Haselton.

Another approach? Sign the petition to get rid of him: Drop Bennett Haselton.

You want it to stop? Sign the petition to get rid of him: Drop Bennett Haselton.

So sign the petition: Drop Bennet Haselton.

Not only does he write his own wikipedia page, he goes back in on a regular basis to remove valid edits from people who don't believe his bs.

Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

Slashdot et al now see me as a troll, but sign the petition anyway: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

Sign the fucking petition too! http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton

Flaming each other won't help, sign the petition instead: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton

Help give them the hint, sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

That and no one asked Bennett how to fix the problem incorrectly! http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Roast him yourself, sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Show your dislike of BH posts, sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Give yourself the gift and sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

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The gift that keeps on giving, sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

While you're still here, why not sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Thanks for the suggestion, but slashdot is mostly in my rear-view mirror now, so I'll let it be.

Step 3: Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

It's not going to come from within. Sign the petition! http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

While you're still here, why not sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Brilliant! Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

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Sign the #petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

No, they just don't care. Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Sign the petition! http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

So sign the petition and let's get him dropped: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

Take a stand and sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

Just sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

I don't care about Bennett's opinion on a great deal of things, and I really want to not click on his posts to NOT generate traffic - hopefully thinking that he will eventually if no one is reading his posts. But then, I REALLY like to see people make fun of him in the comments, so I click on the post. But then that adds page views to the post meaning Bennett will do more of these in the future. It's a vicious, ugly cycle. I want to break it, but it's so much fun to make fun of Bennett....

So you're part of the problem.... and unfortunately, so am I.

Me too, but we have to get the word out about the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-bennett-haselton.

Take the middle ground and sign the petition to get him dropped: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Exactly! Sign the petition to get him banned! http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Nobody! But slashdot readers aren't organized to get him banned. Sign the petition! http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Instead of whining about it, sign the petition. Slashdot has no idea how many people hate Bennett's crap - sign the petition so we can show how much! http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Check out the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Petition to drop bennett: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Sign the petition to get rid of bennett haselton: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Sign up here to get Slashdot to stop accepting blog posts from Bennett Haselton.

Will you sign this petition? Click here:

Petition to Drop Bennett Haselton

Thanks!

> Under Obama, for example, a former Monsanto Exec became the head of the FDA.

Can you do a fact check on that one please?

Seriously? This is NOT a hard thing to find out. The guy's name is Michael Taylor, and he's been bouncing back and forth between Monsanto lobbyist or executive, the FDA, and the USDA for decades. Of course, on his official FDA page, you need to read to the very last sentence to find out that he was tied to Monsanto. (I'll have to give them a little credit for mentioning it at all.) I mean, really -- this is a pretty high profile thing. There's even a petition with over 463,000 signatures online to get this guy removed.

You're right about one thing, though -- he never actually became "head" of the FDA, if by which you mean the actual "Commissioner of Food and Drugs." He was only appointed as "Senior Advisor to the FDA Commissioner." So I guess he wasn't the head of the FDA -- but he was chosen for a top position, just one of the top guys who had the most influence and input to the head of the FDA.

I know nothing about this guy's personal policies or integrity or whatever. But I do agree that this guy is a perfect example of the "revolving door" of some dude working for a big corporation, then going to a government agency which is supposed to regulate that corporation, then back to the corporation, then back to the government, etc. And whether this guy is good or evil or whatever, that general trend is a bad one.

If you can't stand these priorities, please consider signing this: http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Great. More "for the children" bullshit. Why should children be treated as special? If we deport adults, I think we should deport children. If we don't deport children, I think we shouldn't deport adults, either. Pick one, or find another solution that's at least consistent. I'm tired of ageist bullshit.

How's Moveon.org for Left and a petition for concerted?

http://petitions.moveon.org/si...

Or attempts from the administration themselves to study.

http://www.texasinsider.org/go...

What about an actual Democrat representative making legislative efforts to bring it the fuck back?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...

Bullshit claim countered.