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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/umwa-don-blankenship-tv-advertisement_us_59b6c255e4b036fd85cce450?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)involved in what we do!
madokie
(51,076 posts)death is too easy for murderers like him. IMO
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The subject line poses a riddle which can only be answered by going to another site. For those who come to DU to read DU, it is an annoying habit that some posters have, who are under the apparent belief that contributing consists of "Hey, go to some other site to find out what the fuck I'm talking about!"
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)thank you for pointing that out
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Response to jberryhill (Reply #9)
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Even sites like Huffpo are annoying as hell on mobile devices. At best, you get two lines of text squeezed between twitchy advertisements.
If you think something is important enough to have potentially hundreds of people click on it, then it doesn't take a lot of effort to say a few words as to why.
It's just basic courtesy.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,273 posts)You're welcome.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)No, the full URL is not visible in mobile view, and the cost of going to other sites on mobile is endless annoyance with ads.
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)Mining Union Blasts Appalling New TV Ads By Criminal Coal Baron
Don Blankenship is attempting to shift the blame for a decade of death, destruction and despair, said union president Cecil Roberts.
By Chris DAngelo
WASHINGTON The nations largest mining union is slamming a series of new TV advertisements by former Massey Energy executive Don Blankenship as his latest appalling attempt to skirt responsibility for the deaths of 29 West Virginia coal miners in 2010.
United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts said in a statement Monday that he was disgusted by the ads, which he called a desperate, low-life attempt to once again shift the blame for a decade of death, destruction and despair at Massey Energy while Blankenship was CEO.
The ads, released last week under the label For the Sake of Coal Miners, point the finger at the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration for the explosion at Upper Big Branch mine and urge Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to tell the truth about the incident.
Blankenship was convicted of misdemeanor conspiracy for safety violations that led to the Upper Big Branch disaster and served a year in prison. Upon his release in May, he erupted with a series of aggrieved posts on Twitter, lashing out at Manchin and former Labor Department official Joe Main, who headed up the MSHA during the tragedy.
With their political tone, the advertisements seem to further signal Blankenships intent to run against Manchin in the 2018 U.S. Senate race.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)His mines were a death trap and he made millions. You know the old story.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Yes I remember him. No, the OP provided no clue who was the person in question.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)running against Manchin. That one should be an interesting race.