https://www.bostonglobe.com/me...23egrEo2O/story.html

The first rule of seeing Barack Obama in Boston is don’t talk about seeing Barack Obama in Boston

The former president was scheduled to appear at a sports analytics conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday. But if you were not an attendee at the event, don’t expect to hear much about what Barack Obama shared.

Officials managing the 12th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center have put strict rules in place that extend beyond barring the media from divulging Obama’s insights.

An e-mail sent to those heading to the venue for the “conversation with Obama” read like a line from the movie “Fight Club”: The first rule of seeing the former commander-in-chief is don’t talk about seeing the former commander-in-chief.

During Obama’s panel, photography; video recording; streaming; and social media posting, including on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and other platforms will not be permitted — “without exception,” the warning spelled out.

The regulations went for after the event, too.

“Following the panel, the sharing or reporting of its contents on public platforms, including social media, will not be permitted,” the notice read. “Those who fail to adhere to this policy will be subject to removal from the conference and denied tickets to future SSAC conferences.”

After the Globe inquired about the rules, a second e-mail said “sharing or reporting of its contents” is strictly forbidden.

“This policy applies to all attendees, credentialed media included,” the second correspondence said.

A conference organizer described the statement as “self-explanatory” when asked by a Globe sports reporter who is attending events at the conference this weekend.

Obama “will discuss his time in office and the next chapter of his life” while here, according to a conference newsletter that came out when the announcement about the former president’s panel was made last month.

This year’s conference has more than 3,500 people from more than 35 countries representing some 600 organizations and 200 universities, conference co-chair Jessica Gelman said Friday during opening remarks.

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Watch him like a hawk. I don't trust that bastage. What he does in secrecy is bound to be destructive.

A man who throws a baseball like a girl and there is zero transcript evidence ever took a math class is at a sports analytics conference?

I think I read somewhere that his keynote speech is titled, "How to kneel like a boss...and get away with it".

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If I never hear his name mentioned or see his photo ever again as long as I live, it will be too soon.

I could NOT agree more, sigfreund!

I thought the worry at one time was that he was going to take over the Democrat party and we’d never stop seeing and hearing about him. He can remain as secretive as he wants as far as I’m concerned. If I never hear his name mentioned or see his photo ever again as long as I live, it will be too soon.

standard Obama BS and lies


https://reason.com/blog/2018/0...ama-mit-sloan-sports

On Friday, former President Barack Obama spoke for an hour to an audience of hundreds of people at a major sports policy conference at MIT, but his remarks were off-the-record and kept completely secret by virtually all attendees

Reason obtained a recording of the speech, however, and the most newsworthy thing about it is the simple fact that the public wasn't supposed to hear it.

Obama described social media platforms as a "hugely powerful potential force for good," but then immediately hedged. "What's also true is that our social media platforms are just a tool," he said. "ISIS can use that tool. Neo-Nazis can use that tool. I do think the large platforms—Google and Facebook being the most obvious, Twitter and others as well, are part of that ecosystem—have to have a conversation about their business model that recognizes they are a public good as well as a commercial enterprise. They're not just an invisible platform, they're shaping our culture in powerful ways."

Much of that shaping is bad, according to Obama. "Essentially we now have entirely different realities that are being created with not just different opinions, but now different facts,"

"And this isn't just by the way Russian inspired bots and fake news. This is Fox News vs. The New York Times editorial page. If you look at these different sources of information, they do not describe the same thing. In some cases, they don't even talk about the same thing. And so it is very difficult to figure out how democracy works over the long term in those circumstances."

It's okay to argue about how we should address climate change. It's not okay to deny the underlying science.

"I'll come back and say, 'well no it just turns out if we just invest in some smart technology and we create a smart regulatory framework that incentivizes investment in clean energy, we can actually solve this problem now, and if we don't it's going to be catastrophic.'"

Diversity isn't about "charity or political correctness, it's just common sense." And it's why his White House was scandal-free , according to the president.

other than corrupting every federal agency


he did stress that it should be a top priority for companies to make women feel safe and respected at work, give them equal pay for equal work, and make an effort to actually listen to what they are saying. If women are afraid to speak up, or are talked over by men, a good boss should call on them and ask their opinions.

"We didn't have a scandal that embarrassed us,"

Susan Rice, Loretta Lynch, Samantha Power

Obama thinks the stereotype about lazy government employees is wrong.

"At least at the top levels of the federal government, people work harder than in the private sector,"

Our folks were putting in 80-hour work weeks and barely getting vacations and under unimaginable pressure."

wasn't he always on vacation and golfing ?

There were no scandals because the MSM wouldn't dare report any.

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"We didn't have a scandal that embarrassed us,"

Because they have no conscience.

"... social media platforms are just a tool," he said. "ISIS can use that tool. Neo-Nazis can use that tool.

-Sounds exactly like BHO and his Presidency. Should we just call him Media Platform now, or just Tool?



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If not for being "secret" no one would care. I view it as a smug way of recapturing the spotlight without having to have done anything.

The gist at the end is Oh he's still alive and hasn't changed. Now back to obscurity.

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"At least at the top levels of the federal government, people work harder than in the private sector,"

Way to insult the private sector, i.e., most of the rest of us, jerkoff.

It would be a DEM problem for Obama to give this speech publicly w a lot of press coverage.

REPs would have a field day w "no scandals" given we have multiple congressional investigations into corruption at the top of the FBI and DoJ.

His climate change words would not be well received in general.

Think how much fun Donald Trump would have in tearing that speech apart.

It is quite significant that a year into the Trump administration, obama has to give his standard pitch in secrecy.

Is Stampy Feet's mother's name Lorraine by chance??

I take away from this is
1. There is a conspiracy being hatched.
2. The suppression of free speech is a tool.
3. Sports convention. Really?

Nuke everyone who attended.

The next time I read about Obummer I hope it is related to Federal crime charges filed against him!!

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"At least at the top levels of the federal government, people work harder than in the private sector,"

Way to insult the private sector, i.e., most of the rest of us, jerkoff.

He wouldn't have a fucking clue. When has he ever been in the private sector or had a real job?

O RLY?

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Originally posted by egregore:

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"At least at the top levels of the federal government, people work harder than in the private sector,"

Way to insult the private sector, i.e., most of the rest of us, jerkoff.

It's not just an insult, in his own words it's
"... we now have entirely different realities that are being created with not just different opinions, but now different facts ..."

Of course, his different facts are the best different facts.