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UPDATE: 20091207

I cannot explain the continued popularity of this post, and what is driving the traffic here from all over the globe. It may be partly because the automatic “translate” feature works so well.

If some realders would telll me how they got here, I’d appreciate it. There is nothing in my access logs to explain it — no search terms and no referring sites

Haltman’s home feed on Oct. 5, 2009 - hitler hitler hitler hitler hitler czar czar czar czar czar

In February of 2009, only a short time after the new president was elected, a vibrant FriendFeed group “Us Politics” was joined by a certain Michael Haltman.

N.B. Allegations of his being a neo-con were never proven, or acknowledged by him. Nor did he deny being a  neo-con, or disagree with any neo-con policy.

Alas, his presence there was not a long-term commitment. At least he announced his departure in March publicly!

I think he may have been shamed him into departing. He was flagrantly misusing the group to push his political agenda, and his private business interests which - surprise, surprise - benefit from the sort of gross negligence we’ve seen recently at the highest levels in the financial sector.

I don’t usually see such neo-cons in the wild, so this was an interesting surprise encounter that I thought should be noted for the record.