tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post4788529196336065393..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Quickies: Concentrations Of InfluenceFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-51772870406940095762016-02-28T18:46:24.618-05:002016-02-28T18:46:24.618-05:00I've been using Yandex.com. It is a search eng...I've been using Yandex.com. It is a search engine out of the the Soviet Union. I figure that if I'm going to get spied on, it may as well be by professionals. Seriously though, over the past 20 years the ex-USSR has become what the US was supposed to be. Free enterprise, low tax rates, etc, etc. Despite the recent unpleasantness with Comrade Putin the Soviet Union has moved forward while US has retrenched into crony capitalism and Trump vs. Clinton. Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384381917302038581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-62241560178784491612016-02-28T07:40:50.889-05:002016-02-28T07:40:50.889-05:00I was going to write a post about this, but got bu...I was going to write a post about this, but got busy. Thanks - I'll spread it around.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-18450233499166193272016-02-27T23:25:51.692-05:002016-02-27T23:25:51.692-05:00I've been using Start Page and Ixquick for sev...I've been using Start Page and Ixquick for several years now, and Duck Duck Go more recently for searches. Supposedly these are separate from Google and Yahoo search engines, but I don't know that for a fact. Any idea if these are safer and less manipulated than Google? <br /><br />I've known for some time that Google searches limited and directed your searches. At first, I believed it was for economic purposes, pointing you towards favored (by Google) retailers, but I now believe it also directs you toward sites that lean toward agendas favored by Google and the Left, restricting access to more conservative sources of information, unless you know how to access them more directly. I'm pretty certain my search results have been limited by what Google (and Yahoo, if it is actually a different search engine) allow to come up as results.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.com