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Mystery shrouds closures of blog, forum platforms
CNET News ^ | 7-19-10 | Greg Sandoval

Posted on 07/19/2010 6:23:12 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

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To: mware

FreeDominion operated off shore because of repressive speech in Canada.

We are screwed.

Where off shore could we go?


21 posted on 07/19/2010 7:14:19 AM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: MizSterious

do you think having an offshore site would help? A black-ops team can operate anywhere in the world and take out a soft target like that in no time flat. hell, obama is targeting and taking out US citizens with drones anywhere he pleases. But even that would not be necessary. A bribe here or there to the right official and the plug gets pulled anywhere in the world.


22 posted on 07/19/2010 7:17:29 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: Chickensoup

I guess I would try to get to Michele Malkins site and those other conservatives sites, biggoverment, etc and try to keep up with what was going on.


23 posted on 07/19/2010 7:18:19 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: drangundsturm

I’m sure the ACLU will be diving into this 1st Amendment issue real soon. . . . /sarc/


24 posted on 07/19/2010 7:26:14 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I see no evidence here that any nefarious gvt entity ordered the shutdown.

Instead, I suspect they both just went bankrupt and closed. And now some clown will try to make a conspiracy theory out of it.


25 posted on 07/19/2010 7:42:19 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: drangundsturm

Feels like Dune


26 posted on 07/19/2010 7:42:32 AM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: raybbr

Blogetery was apparently affiliated with (subsidiary of?) Wordpress. The main Wordpress domain and the blogs there are fine.

}:-)4


27 posted on 07/19/2010 7:43:33 AM PDT by Moose4 (November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
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To: mware

I guess I would try to get to Michele Malkins site and those other conservatives sites, biggoverment, etc and try to keep up with what was going on.

If FR goes, all conservative sites will be blocked or destroyed.

If this happens all conservative radio will be stopped. There will be arrests. There will be deaths.


28 posted on 07/19/2010 7:44:35 AM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: mware

They are off shore now.


29 posted on 07/19/2010 7:45:15 AM PDT by Chickensoup (The Acting President....is an incompetent puppet of Soros.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The next time, host your blof offshore. Having to go to this extreme in order to exercise free speech is a very sad point in the history of our nation. We are now living in the land of the used-to-be-free.


30 posted on 07/19/2010 7:48:42 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Boomarked


31 posted on 07/19/2010 7:58:58 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: Pessimist

Do you mean “went bankrupt” as in “filed bankruptcy”? That should be easy to determine. Or, do you mean just ran out of money and walked away?


32 posted on 07/19/2010 8:00:52 AM PDT by John W
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To: Pessimist
I see no evidence here that any nefarious gvt entity ordered the shutdown.

From the article:

In each case, those with knowledge of who ordered the closures or the reasons why said they are legally required not to disclose that information.

...

"I can not disclose which agency or why they [ordered the action].

...

Another person identifying himself as an administrator and using the handle Catfriedrice told a former user: "Can't tell you anything about it. Sorry, I'm bound to this secret by law."

Instead, I suspect they both just went bankrupt and closed.

And your suspicion is based on what? There's nothing in this article indicating that any financial difficulties were involved. Do you have more information on these companies than is contained in the article? If so, please provide a link to it.

And now some clown will try to make a conspiracy theory out of it.

As opposed to your speculation that it was financial problems?

33 posted on 07/19/2010 8:24:13 AM PDT by Bob
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To: MizSterious

The left’s fears is now our reality.


34 posted on 07/19/2010 8:29:28 AM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
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To: John W

I don’t know, really.

It just seems to me the article basically quotes people as saing “I can’t say”, and they try to spin that into a consipracy.


35 posted on 07/19/2010 9:50:14 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"iPBFree is gone forever and it's not possible to retrieve anything," said one of the service's administrators who went by the Twitter handle Connormccarthy. "It wasn't planned. We're exceptionally sorry."
36 posted on 07/19/2010 10:15:04 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Remember, guys, the enemy is to the left and the middle.)
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To: Chickensoup
Feels like Dune

Funny story about that. I was in high school and was reading Dune for the second time in study hall one day, when a liberal english teacher walked up to me and said, "Dune, good book, it's about ecology." To which I replied, "Saying Dune is about ecology is like saying Moby Dick is about fishing." I felt like rending him for his water ;)

37 posted on 07/19/2010 2:35:30 PM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Say this 3 times fast in a scottish accent:

Whale. Oil. Beef. Hooked.


38 posted on 07/20/2010 3:48:07 AM PDT by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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