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At least 70 have died in a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma. This is yet another chemical attack in what is an ongoing string of gross human rights abuses in the war torn country. The State Department is blaming the Syrian and Russian governments for the attack. The Syrian and Russian governments are claiming the attack […]
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“War is a racket” General Smedley Butler Most voters aren’t happy with the U.S. government. The President’s approval rating is barely above 40%, and Congress is at an abysmal 13.8% approval rating. There is an overwhelming sentiment that the elected politicians don’t represent the interests and desires of the American people. That sentiment got Trump elected, that sentiment looks […]
Read moreAt the end of the Good News Everyone post I said. “Expect a post Christmas article about the BBC, one of the most relentlessly and obviously fraudulent news outlets in the world.” I have amended that statement to say, “Expect a post Christmas article about the BBC, in this post I will examine a long and well established history of […]
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“The Post, which did not name any of the sites, does not itself vouch for the validity of PropOrNot’s findings regarding any individual media outlet, nor did the article purport to do so.” The Washington Post on the importance of checking its primary sources when calling people agents of the Kremlin. As the previous quote may have made abundantly clear […]
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Goldman Sachs just got it’s third appointee into the Trump administration, it’s stock value has climbed more than 50% over the last half of the year, and it’s executives (along with high level bankers at other major institutions) are dumping their portfolios at a dizzying speed. They aren’t selling because they’re fools, they’re selling because bankers expect a collapse. As […]
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http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m9ds7s/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-exclusive—tomi-lahren-extended-interview Disclaimer. I’m not posting this to examine and assess ideology, I’m posting this to discuss news mechanics and the dangers of being blinded by one’s own intellectual bubbles. I’m tired of people saying this political figure destroyed that political figure while big questions go unanswered. I’m tired of hearing the people I agree with fail to effectively challenge their ideological […]
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“We do God’s work.” Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, seen above center at a business awards event after helping engineer the financial crash of 2007. In the leadup to The Great Depression Goldman Sachs had found out a highly unethical, if still legal way to increase their stock price. After issuing a large series of shares at $100 […]
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“Anybody from the Democratic side of the fence.. whose terrified of the possibility of President Trump better vote, better get active, better get involved… and we’d better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the republican ticket.” Keith Ellison July 2015 “HAHAHAHA! I know you don’t believe that! HAHAHAHA!” George Stephanopoulos, ABC host, in response to Ellison […]
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“I’m not going to pay for that f**king wall!” Former Mexican President Vicente Fox, featured above looking incredulous. Thanksgiving is almost upon us. For some this is a celebration of togetherness and unity, a time in which Americans pay respects to a rich centuries long heritage and give thanks for a life saving dinner immigrant ancestors shared with the […]
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“The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That’s not true with non-fiction.” Tom Wolfe “That’s right. I’m going to f**k the fear turkey.” Alucard According to an October poll conducted by Chapman University Americans are afraid of three things above all else: 60.6% of Americans are afraid of corrupt politicians, 41% are afraid of Terrorist attacks, and […]
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