Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

 Really? It was once said that when it comes to the press, you should never fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel.  Today would be to never pick a fight with someone with a Substack.  I'm building a substack called View from the Plateau so this page is an experiment in making up a page Test posting for View from the Plateau Permalink https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/conrad-black-though-postponed-tariff-threat-presents-a-range-of-opportunities-for-canada-5803349?utm_source=left-sharing-widget-v3&utm_medium=copyLink

Introducing The Sunday Journalist  C. Mark Cooper As you can tell - there wasn't much going on in 2022 for my Blogging. I did (and still do) most of my posting on Facebook. Both  Quotes of the day  and  Column of the day  are part of what I have been doing as a hobbyist communication and content creation blogger. But I have been spending more time reading and cross-posting than creating. Passing on other people's writing rather than creating my own. While it gave me a more significant following and audience than posting in the  Cole's Notes   Blog, I was doing it the lazy way by using my iPhone to curate and post on Twitter and Facebook. I was spending more time browsing Facebook and Quora than doing any writing for myself.  So today - I'm starting to revise this Blog and my online profiles to reflect my new Pen name. Well, back in 2020 - I was working two jobs unrelated to journalism and had reached the age where I look back on what I'm doing wit...

Cole's Note from The Sunday Journalist I realized that in 2020 and 2021 where madness reigned in the Journalism profession - and in the governments in Canada so I stopped blogging as the Sunday Journalist. As a result - I turned to lurk on Social media - mainly watching the Covid Theatre and reading the non-mainstream media.  While there I ran across a unique columnist/blogger and author - thezman.  So for my first post for 2022 - I'm reproducing what I think is his best post of the year.  If you agree - buy him a beer.  

https://quillette.com/2020/02/27/the-two-middle-classes/ ECONOMICS ,  MUST READS ,  POLITICS ,  TOP STORIES Published on  February 27, 2020 The Two Middle Classes written by  Joel Kotkin Politicians across the Western world like to speak fondly of the “middle class” as if it is one large constituency with common interests and aspirations. But, as Karl Marx observed, the middle class has always been divided by sources of wealth and worldview. Today, it is split into two distinct, and often opposing, middle classes. First there is the yeomanry or the traditional middle class, which consists of small business owners, minor landowners, craftspeople, and artisans, or what we would define historically as the bourgeoisie, or the old French Third Estate, deeply embedded in the private economy. The other middle class, now in ascendancy, is the clerisy , a group that makes its living largely in quasi-public institutions, notably universities, media, the non-profit world,...

"We're not just fighting an epidemic; we're fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous." https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2020/03/25/how-do-we-flatten-the-curve-on-panic-n2565739

RealClearPolitics - Articles – Erick Erickson The Press Corps' Sturm und Drang Mar 27, 2020, 4:32 AM If there is one thing we know for certain about the American press corps' interaction with President Donald Trump, it is that they presuppose him an unserious and very vain dolt. If anyone grabs too much of the spotlight or utters anything disloyal, the President throws them out the door. That is what so much of the press believes. In fact, I suspect some of you readers believe it, too. Certainly, some in the White House believe it. They have tried to exploit it by circulating rumors about various people riding too high in the saddle. The press has tried to drum up divisions between the... Coleman Cooper iPhone coleman.cooper@icloud.com

Sickness and Stoicism "There's nothing to stop you from enjoying the company of absent friends, as often as you like, too, and for as long as you like. This pleasure in their company...is one we enjoy the more when we're absent from one another…" Seneca Quillette – Roy Wayne Meredith III Sickness and Stoicism Apr 5, 2020 at 8:58 AM In less than three months, COVID-19 has changed from a peripheral concern, barely registering in presidential debates, to the greatest global crisis since World War II. We are living in extraordinary times, and there is scarcely an industry or country that has escaped the impact of the new virus. In the United States, the Federal Reserve estimates that the unemployment rate could briefly skyrocket to 32 percent —higher than anything the country experienced during the Great Depression. People have lost their livelihoods. Many others are scared about what is to come when they develop a fever or cough. Illness, financial hardship, and lone...

Long quote - Beware of the experts.   Remember this when the next politician, celebrity, entertainer, AUPE or CUPE or journalist "working from home" encourages some more sacrifice to stop Covid-19.  "We now see that shared sacrifice has its limits. The fact is that half of our citizens are being asked to bear the costs of "flattening the curve." The other half continue to get their pensions, social security and salaries. Would government workers be as quiet if they were furloughed in proportionate numbers to the layoffs in the private sector? Would some professors be demanding that colleges reopen if they weren't getting paid?" The Problem with Experts https://townhall.com/columnists/gilgutknecht/2020/04/05/the-problem-with-experts-n2566365

On being a "Retired" Journalist So here it is 2020 - I got out of 2019 with minimal damage. As you can tell - there's wasn't much going on on in 2019 for my Blogging. I did (and still do) most of my posting on Facebook. Both Quotes of the day and Column of the day are part of what I have been doing as a hobbyist communication and content creation blogger. But I have been spending more time reading and cross-posting than creating.  Passing on other people's writing rather than creating my own. I was trying to build an audience and connect to more folks as well. While it did give me a more significant following and audience than posting in the Cole's Notes Blog was doing I was doing it it was the lazy man way by using my iPhone to curate and post on Twitter and Facebook. Also, I linked the Blog to my  Cooper's place page on Facebook and G+. Well, for 2020, I'm updating all this stuff to cut back on the Social Media to spend more time doing...

The Sunday Comic Page Perhaps this marks me as an old coot, but I miss the old Sunday Comic pages from the local newspaper.  There are always websites to serve up comics and it is a way for cartoonists to reach audiences - but the Sunday comic was always a reason to sit back with the paper and a cup of coffee and relax on a Sunday. Somehow it doesn't translate very well to the Internet Journalism of today. Jeff MacNelly's Shoe I've always loved this strip - I identify with Cosmo Fishhawk. I've had a few mornings like this Pluggers Now a days the Sunday comic is on an website - one of my favorites is Pluggers. Today on Pluggers - Comics by Gary Brookins - GoComics The First Pluggers from April 2001