May 2012
20 posts
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Western Europe and the Mid-West: Why Austerity...
What does a Mid-Western governor have in common with Western European leaders? Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker stands among Angela Merkel and David Cameron in the argument for austerity and budget cuts. Their answer to the economy is to erase their deficits through large cuts in public funding, that way investors will feel “confidence”, and create jobs in their nation/state. But the jobs haven’t...
May 22nd
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Rednecks, Good old-boys, and the meaning of...
Undoubtedly you’ve seen these people. They’re not “bad” people, usually. They’re merely archetypal and predictable. They play sports, are clean cut, go to church, good with tools and fixing things, blue jeans, probably hunt & fish. You know, a “real man”. One who is strong and tough. Doesn’t like nerds, fancy book learnin’, “liberals”, or fruity things like food that is actually fruit. This...
May 18th
May 18th
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May 18th
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“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
–  Fyodor Dostoevsky
May 18th
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Salman Rushdie on censorship →
May 17th
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May 17th
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“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the...”
–  George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
May 14th
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Noam Chomsky Interview →
Great, lengthy interview with Noam Chomsky over at The Nation. “Concision is a technique of propaganda. It ensures you cannot do anything except repeat clichés, the standard doctrine, or sound like a lunatic.”
May 14th
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May 4th
48 notes
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Privatization: Useless Maxim
One of the most popular phrases in American politics is that an ideal government should function like a business. It stems from the notion that government is inherently flawed and inefficient because there is no incentive to earn a profit. Therefore, the smaller government is and the larger the private sector is; the better. Yet in a democracy, this rhetoric is illogical. In a democratic...
May 2nd
“to take apart the system of illusions and deception which functions to prevent...”
– The Chomsky Reader - Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
May 2nd
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"Avoid All Protests" →
This is what a police state looks like.
May 2nd
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International Workers Day is now "Loyalty Day" →
“WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, AND IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” -George Orwell, 1984
May 2nd
April 2012
19 posts
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Paul Ryan's Claim That His Budget Reflects... →
A look at the hypocrisy of Paul Ryan’s budget.
Apr 30th
Apr 30th
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Colbert and Don McElroy →
Former Texas Board of Education Chairman Don McElroy’s appearance on The Colbert Report from Monday night. McElroy was influential in the Texas board’s decision to re-write the school curriculum to favor conservative views. This is Colbert at his wittiest. “I have always been a fan of reality by majority vote”.
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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“To exchange one orthodoxy for another is not necessarily an advance. The enemy...”
–  George Orwell, preface to Animal Farm
Apr 24th
“His system was so idiotically simple that some people can’t understand it, no...”
–  Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
Apr 20th