Optimism
Off the top of my head I have a hard time thinking of anything sleazier than smearing peace talks in order to gain partisan political points, but that has indeed been the theme of the last few days when it comes to the Singapore summit.
Evil Mutant Death Walrus — An Original Song
I made a song about Trump’s National Security Advisor. Check it out: https://youtu.be/wUV6U4TlloQ Lyrics: The time has come the Walrus said for us to bomb Iran Come on Mister Billionaire you are a bigly man Sign the order load the nukes and drop ’em on Tehran Don’t let ’em say that you are weak Show
Going Rogue, Episode 85: The Marathon Session
Catch-up session where we talk about Assange, Australia, war victims, tips for making sense of the world, and the centrists' crazy response to the Singapore summit. Also, a song.https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/ep-85-the-marathon-session
Centrists Are Very Concerned That Donald Fucking Trump Isn’t Hawkish Enough
Today American centrists (who only get to call themselves that because plutocratic media control has made Orwellian neoliberal neoconservatism the dominant ideology in the US) are deeply, profoundly concerned that Donald fucking Trump is insufficiently hawkish.This would be the same Donald Trump whose administration just
Twelve Tips For Making Sense Of The World
In an environment that is saturated with mass media propaganda, it can be hard to figure out which way's up, let alone get an accurate read on what's going on in the world. Here are a few tips I've learned which have given me a
There Are No War Heroes. There Are Only War Victims.
Yesterday President Donald Trump tweeted, "My thoughts and prayers are with the families of our serviceman who was killed and his fellow servicemen who were wounded in Somolia. They are truly all HEROES." Three hours later he tweeted it again, this time with the correct
Why Bringing Assange Home Would Be The Best Possible Thing For Australia
Well I'll be damned, it's about time.According to a new report by the Sydney Morning Herald, officials from Australia's High Commission have just been spotted leaving the Ecuadorian embassy in London, accompanied by Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson. Robinson confirmed that a meeting had taken place,
Going Rogue, Episode 84: Narrative, Propaganda, And Enlightenment
Whoever controls the narrative controls the world, but what if those stories didn't work on people anymore? We talk about the possibility of a solution to our systemic problems coming from way out of left field.https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/ep-84-narrative-propaganda-and-enlightenmentArticle 1: Whoever Controls The Narrative Controls The WorldArticle 2:
How Humanity Could Become Impossible To Propagandize
I've been writing a lot about how the ability to control public narratives is the only real power in this world, and how the need of the ruling elites to wield that power explains everything from the feigned panic about "Russian propaganda" to Wikipedia's bizarre
Whoever Controls The Narrative Controls The World
MSNBC host Joy Reid still has a job. Despite blatantly lying about time-traveling hackers bearing responsibility for bigoted posts a decade ago in her then-barely-known blog, despite her reportedly sparking an FBI investigation on false pretenses, despite her colleagues at MSNBC being completely fed up with how