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zero dark thirty…

The basic premise of the film Zero Dark Thirty is keeping Americans safe in a dangerous world. The aesthetics are beautiful but the film is mediocre and a bit of hack work glorified to the Temple of the Mundane. Here, … Continue reading

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coke or pepsi?

Who is more dishonest, the Left or the Right? If Nate Silver was polling this scientifically, he would likely -19 times out of 20 with 5% deposit refundable on the empties- call it leaning with a qualified toss-up. It ultimately … Continue reading

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horror stories: cages of folles

It reads like something out of Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault. The traditional narrative history witnessed  the nineteenth century medical treatment of what was considered madness or insanity as a kind of  enlightened liberation of the mad from the … Continue reading

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tunnel vision: rejigging the disposition matrix

Atheist reinforcement workshops. Death and destruction in the Middle East. Its always racist, violence and excessive. But its holy. Somehow sanctified under some tawdry pretext for the greater good and the glory of the almighty, someone’s almighty of the moment. … Continue reading

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carnival barkers

Just regular guys. Just hangin’ with the boys who have a little time on their hands on the weekend idling in Homs. Some have great senses of humor. You can sense the fiber of Mark Twain there mixed with O’Henry … Continue reading

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guess who’s coming to dinner

As Glenn Greenwald pointed out in a recent article, there is very little to differentiate the two candidates, the idea being to take minor and incidental differences that have little or no significant consequence and exaggerate them, inflate them beyond … Continue reading

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bank on it: riding the gatsby curve

Monopoly theories of profits. State sanctioned cartels. Wring out  last drop of blood, milking the last dollar. its ruling class economic-politics , closed and narrow, like minded, and they have a  self-perpetuating control of the key establishments of the state. And … Continue reading

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call it by another name

Semantics. The war on terror is such a large word, almost a motherhood statement. Who likes terror? But this War on Terror has masked an entire litany of crimes, created new industries and despite all the flashy rhetoric about human … Continue reading

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three cheers for the king

But before the cheering gets too enthusiastic lets remember the point of the whole exercise: moolah. Send more moolah, coz’ he’s runnin’ out of magic wands way down there on the Nile way.So lets drop the hammer and see who’s … Continue reading

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political science

The basics behind anti-Zionism and the despotic regimes, puppet enterprises around and affiliated with it can be traced back to a visceral antipathy towards colonialism in general. Colonialism as a demonic entity and deeply embedded within the fabric of the … Continue reading

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