‘Teen Culture’, The Imperialism Of Consumerism
"The most effective form of advertising is to create a sub-culture through which to sell products."
Lasers reveal lost Mayan civilization of ‘unimaginable scale’
"Researchers now believe the Maya had a population of 10 million, 'much higher' than previous estimates. The discoveries include urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, ceremonial centers, irrigation canals and fortifications."
50 Cent forgot he had a stash of Bitcoin now worth $8m
"In 2014, he released the album Animal Ambition and became the first artist to accept Bitcoin as payment. The rapper received more than 700 Bitcoins under the deal, but then forgot about the cryptocurrency, according to celebrity news site TMZ."
I Paid To See A Movie About Singing. I Got 90 Minutes Of Pentagon Propaganda.
"Retired Army lieutenant colonel Thomas Lesnieski, who was involved with the production of the film, says that in order to 'make sure that the way the military is portrayed is done right,' changes were made to the script of Pitch Perfect 3 after the film enlisted 'DoD support'."
Wormwood and a Shocking Secret of War
"Should the CIA be allowed to carry on its criminal activities just to protect Seymour Hersh’s sources? Should the truth about germ warfare be buried for ever behind a shield of deniability?"
Governments Try to Control Language to Hilarious Results
"The people of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro all speak the same language, the Serbo-Croatian language, yet their respective governments claim that they speak Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin. In reality, the differences between how people speak in the former Yugoslavia are as little as the differences between English in Britain and the United States. Nonetheless, their respective governments sought to courageously protect their people from not speaking a language named after their national identity."
French actress denounced for defending men’s right to seduce women
"She is one of 100 French women who wrote an open letter, warning about a new 'puritanism' sparked by recent sexual harassment scandals. It deplores a wave of 'denunciations', following rape allegations made against US movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. A group of French feminists condemned the letter, accusing the signatories of trivialising sexual violence."
In North Korea, Black Markets Are Saving Lives
"Initially, these markets consisted of disorganized traders meeting in fields, facing seizure from police if they did not come up with a bribe. Today, the jangmadang practice has led to fully-fledged markets, complete with stalls selling street food, smuggled electronics, ingredients, and clothes; certain markets allegedly grew to encompass upwards of a thousand stalls. Today, the markets remain a crucial element of survival for many North Koreans, with some reports estimating that around 5 million (around a fifth of the overall population) are 'directly or indirectly dependent on the markets'."
Coddingtons Corner: From Nuisance to Threat – The High Cost of Truth by Paul Craig Roberts
I am convinced that the US, and probably the entire Western world, that is, the American Empire, has entered an era in which respect for truth does not exist in public and private institutions. We have been watching this develop for some time. Think, for example, back to August 3, 2002, a recent time in terms of our present predicament, but a time prior to political consciousness of anyone younger today than 33 years old. In the summer of 2002, the world was being prepared by propaganda for a US invasion of Iraq. On August 3 of that year, the prestigious British publication, The Economist, summed up the consensus of ruling opinion in two sentences: “The honest choices now are to give up and give in, or to remove Mr. Hussein before he gets his [nuclear] bomb. Painful as it is, our vote is for war.” As Lewis Lapham, myself and others asked at the time, what bomb? Read more via source post:
Oh yeah! Now I remember why I lost interest in my political blog, it was because both sides suck!
Nobody to pull for who won’t cave to leftists. Repeal Obamacare? Sure! They can do that! On day 1 even. Except the Republicans in the House are gutless. The “Day One” repeal becomes over a month in, and then it … Continue reading →