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The Federal Bureau of Investigation cannot tell us what we need to know about Donald Trump’s contacts with Russia. Why? Because doing so would jeopardize a long-running, ultra-sensitive operation targeting mobsters tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin — and to Trump.


- dave 3-29-2017 12:51 am [link] [1 comment]

The Architecture of Neoliberalism

How Contemporary Architecture Became an Instrument of Control and Compliance

 

- dave 3-29-2017 12:48 am [link] [add a comment]

Greenwald links to a piece in the NYRB by long time Putin critic Masha Gessen. I was going to say it is a worthwhile read, but I guess I really just mean, "this is what I think too*." In any case, there it is.

 

 

* Well, it's part of what I think. I'd also go much further than she does here concerning the motivations for neo-liberals who keep relentlessly pushing this story.


- jim 3-07-2017 1:12 pm [link] [10 comments]

Trial Balloon


- mark 1-30-2017 2:22 am [link] [3 comments]

in case of emergency, bomb new zealand.


- dave 1-23-2017 11:20 am [link] [1 comment]


 


- mark 1-23-2017 1:24 am [link] [add a comment]

for some reason i cant post a comment on the two most reason schwarz posts. maybe he closed comments?

This, I think, is why so many people support Trump even when they recognize his obvious mendacity. They’ve been successfully persuaded that everything is a lie, so the only political choice you have is to select the fiction that most fits your self-conception. This partially explains how Trump is able to command support from both anti-Semites and some Jews. Pro-Trump Jews have decided that Trump is lying to white supremacists, and vice versa; they tolerate those lies because everyone lies, and because they’ve decided that he’s more honest when speaking directly to them. The only semblance of anything real can be found in personal identification with a charismatic, orange-tinted hero figure.


- dave 12-08-2016 12:33 pm [link] [3 comments]


- dave 12-07-2016 1:35 pm [link] [1 comment]

white christmas


- steve 11-24-2016 10:09 am [link] [3 comments]

interesting article on Steve Bannon


- steve 11-21-2016 4:15 pm [link] [add a comment]






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