The Evening Blues - 8-2-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 3:00pm
Open Thread - 08-02-24 - Your Mind is on Vacation
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 08/02/2024 - 7:51am
Is there any doubt now?
The media controls the masses, especially television. I've written many times in the past about the war on our minds. The events from the past few weeks have brought the media's techniques front and center. It's on full display.
It's amazing how Joe Biden went from the greatest president ever to persona non grata overnight and Kamala Harris went from a ditzy air head to a media darling as they hang on every word she says much like Ernest T. Bass' crush on Miss Crump, the school teacher, on The Andy Griffith Show.
The average working stiff doesn't have the time to be well informed like we political junkies. They go to work in the morning, come home in the early evening and maybe have enough time to watch the evening news before dinner. That's not to mention the subtle political and social nudging proliferated on regular television programming. Ditto that for the written media and internet as well. The Bernays of the world recognize that situation and use it to its fullest extent and it obviously works. It seems rather easy to corral a mind when it's fenced in by short spurts of a short attention span. They are easy targets.
The human mind is malleable like a clump of clay longing to be formed into a useful piece of pottery. The media is the potter's wheel and the propagandist is the potter.
Attribution: MattysFlicks at PxHere
China, Korea news items
Submitted by soryang on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 8:50pmThe title of this Newsweek article probably should say "list of undercover agents for ally leaked in intelligence breach."
List of Undercover Agents Leaked in Intelligence Breach for US Ally
U.S. bombs Iraq...again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 7:26pmAmerica has gone back to doing what it does best - bombing Iraq - although the justification varies.
Was it pre-emptive or defensive? Which is it? Who cares?
The Evening Blues - 8-1-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 3:00pm
HEY! (y'all) It's Jerry Day!
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 11:23amJerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)
WEIRDEST TEXT YET
Submitted by fire with fire on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 11:00amPositive Virtue
“Sometimes the American republic does not seem to have any virtue to spare, but there is always enough." William Seward, Secretary of State, 1864
Open letter to the Democrats
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 8:13amDear Democrats:
Open Thread - Thurs 01 Aug 2024 - This is Why!
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 5:00am1 August 2024 - This is Why!
The Lever recently published an article, called 'The Toxic Harvest', which examines a new study, amongst others, about agricultural chemicals, basically pesticides (and herbicides), and how exposure to them may be as bad for a human as smoking in terms of health consequences.
Applying Pesticides. Image from The Lever article.
The Evening Blues - 7-31-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 07/31/2024 - 3:00pm
