"Basic research is like shooting an arrow into the air and, where it lands, painting a target." --Homer Burton Adkins (1892-1949, American organic chemist)
"Paranoia will destroy ya" --Kinks
New poll! This is a followup to an earlier diary I wrote wondering why I was banned from commenting on Huffington Post. Several Kossacks replied that they had recently been banned or knew of others who had been banned too. None of the banned knew why, and only one had been reinstated.
I had wondered about every possible reason I could think of why I might have been banned by Huffington Post (or disappeared by AT&T!) and left a poll in my earlier diary. With 50 votes, the top vote-getters were (16 votes) decline to state for fear of being disappeared too, (12) other, (11) Clinton moles, and (4) Dick Cheney/AT&T.
Arianna Huffington replied to my e-mail (after my e-mail to Info was not answered) and apologized, said it was a technical error, and she directed a blog editor to reinstate me. Soon I was undead.
It's such a curious error, now I'm looking for banning patterns, see below, there may be method to this madness.
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