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Sorcha faal: standard CT patter, but primo content From:Shameless distraction. Finally a CT about LV that makes sense: patsy.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:09pm		2	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 10:14pm
By themselves, each of your points is "plausible"... From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 04:49pm		0
Thanks for that detail. From:Shameless distraction. Finally a CT about LV that makes sense: patsy.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 04:29pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 04:43pm
Oh, CT if fine, as long as its acknowledged as such From:Shameless distraction. Finally a CT about LV that makes sense: patsy.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 04:27pm		2	Tue, 10/10/2017 - 09:55am
There is no footage about anything. From:Shameless distraction. Finally a CT about LV that makes sense: patsy.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 03:12pm		2	Wed, 10/11/2017 - 12:27am
That's an Agatha Christie plot From:Shameless distraction. Finally a CT about LV that makes sense: patsy.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 03:07pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 03:34pm
All I know is that my reality is mediated by the media From:Shameless distraction. Finally a CT about LV that makes sense: patsy.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 02:33pm		0
Medicine goes better with a spoonful of sugar. :-) n/t From:Trump is Insane, But Hillary Clinton is the Devil	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 02:13pm		0
Thanks for "The Trap". I was wondering where game theory... From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 01:43pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 03:08pm
Game of Thrones isn't fiction, it's indoctrination From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 01:29pm		0
That's a good point. Bundy was high-functioning. From:Trump is Insane, But Hillary Clinton is the Devil	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 01:13pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 01:36pm
Clinton/Trump was about the same choice as... From:Trump is Insane, But Hillary Clinton is the Devil	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 12:02pm		2	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 01:18pm
I remembered! The golden path to Zuckerdom From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 11:39am		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 10:23am
I agree about the connection, disagree about who is in charge. From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 11:32am		2	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:11am
Re: Meritocracy: A Harvard grad whom I know... From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 11:24am		0
Wow, just wow. Thank you so much. From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 11:13am		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 12:19pm
Yes, George is sort of raw news... From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:45am		0
Thanks for YOUR essays against neoliberalism From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:37am		0
I didn't reject the story. I said it was attackable. From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:34am		0
Its like that old joke about history... From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:54am		0
Thanks. I forgot the demolition of education. From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:50am		2	Tue, 10/10/2017 - 06:43pm
I am saving that list! Thanks. n/t From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:30am		0
I couldn't bear to read such depressingly realistic fiction From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:29am		0
While I agree that the Awan story has been disappeared... From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 08:21am		2	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:28am
It was a spur of the moment analogy, From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 11:13pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 01:35am
What you said. n/t From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 10:35pm		0
Yes, people do not understand the threat of neoliberalism From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 10:34pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 07:37am
Its hard to tell if these are quotes or paraphrases of Marx From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 10:29pm		1	Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:24am
Libertarians are the useful idiots for the Capitalist Politburo From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 10:27pm		0
I share your attitude From:The controlled demolition of the First World Nation states.	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 10:27pm		1	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 11:02pm
The "shape shifting" is a key idea in Mirowski's analysis From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 12:40pm		0
Truly, that Mirowski article is super-dense, super-nauseating From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 12:35pm		0
Thanks for that one From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sun, 10/08/2017 - 12:28pm		1	Mon, 10/12/2020 - 06:55am
I see by your correction that it is neoliberalism. n/t From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 03:03pm		0
The Slacker Manifesto was funny/depressing From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 03:02pm		0
Its hard to have a GUT for neoliberalism, since it is... From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 02:49pm		2	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 06:56pm
Didn't know that about Thiel. As you say, its beyond hypocrisy From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 11:18am		0
I agree. But that often shows up as techno-libertarianism From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:33am		2	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 03:32pm
Umair Haque - interesting. Haven't decided about him yet. From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:28am		1	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 03:03pm
I hear your caution, but I sorta doubt it. From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:27am		0
Thanks for link to the original From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:22am		0
OH. 95% of the content are inclusions from relevant stories... From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:21am		0
Here's a gigantic section on neofascism. (IT website, huh?) From:A gob-smacking website on neoliberalism, from an IT guy: Softpanorama	arendt	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:06am		2	Sat, 10/07/2017 - 10:25am
You need to differentiate genuine struggle vs Hybrid Warfare From:How About a National Referendum Against Oligarchy and Plutocracy?	arendt	Fri, 10/06/2017 - 02:45pm		2	Fri, 10/06/2017 - 05:19pm
The CIA learned so much from our secret war in Laos From:Afghanistan, Opium, and the CIA	arendt	Wed, 10/04/2017 - 06:13pm		0
I know just enough to know what to Google. From:Ken Burns' Vietnam - Let us now praise famous grunts	arendt	Wed, 10/04/2017 - 06:14am		0
Good movie. From:Ken Burns' Vietnam - Let us now praise famous grunts	arendt	Tue, 10/03/2017 - 09:30pm		0
Yes, quite even handedly. From:Ken Burns' Vietnam - Let us now praise famous grunts	arendt	Tue, 10/03/2017 - 09:25pm		0
Yes. That's what I said to Alligator Ed, quoting Kinzer From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sun, 10/01/2017 - 02:30pm		0
I'm certainly not a professional writer. From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sun, 10/01/2017 - 12:35pm		0
America didn't change. It was just that you woke up to it. From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sun, 10/01/2017 - 12:25pm		1	Sun, 10/01/2017 - 05:53pm
Support 4 KR was "enemy of my enemy" From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 11:20pm		1	Sun, 10/01/2017 - 04:43am
The explanation for Cambodia is essentially "mission creep" From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 10:24pm		0
I watch intelligent people buy into this shmaltzy agitprop From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 04:12pm		1	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 08:01pm
Trump is just another distraction served up by TPTB From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 04:06pm		0
Its important to resuce would-be grunts from this agitprop From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 04:00pm		0
History is important, even if it is revolting From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 02:51pm		2	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 03:28pm
(No subject) From:Ken Burns, Episode 10 - "This is the end, beautiful friend"	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 02:40pm		1	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 03:32pm
I wasn't reading for content, just looking for CT From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 12:44pm		0
Here is the link I found before From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 11:10am		1	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 11:25am
No doubt From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 09:37am		1	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 11:10am
Here's one link, from 1997 From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Fri, 09/29/2017 - 08:42pm		1	Sat, 09/30/2017 - 06:37am
oh. I get it. From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Fri, 09/29/2017 - 07:11pm		1	Fri, 09/29/2017 - 07:46pm
Hmm, some history I missed... From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Fri, 09/29/2017 - 01:06pm		1	Fri, 09/29/2017 - 04:20pm
Peru. Wow. How did you come to be there? From:Episode 9 (first hour) - Nixon as a "tamper" in the Tet A-bomb (UPDATE: HOUR2)	arendt	Thu, 09/28/2017 - 02:26pm		1	Thu, 09/28/2017 - 03:46pm
They gave it about two minutes From:Episode 9 (first hour) - Nixon as a "tamper" in the Tet A-bomb (UPDATE: HOUR2)	arendt	Thu, 09/28/2017 - 02:12pm		1	Thu, 09/28/2017 - 03:46pm
This is mindful crap. Why watch TV at all? From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Thu, 09/28/2017 - 08:25am		1	Thu, 09/28/2017 - 11:20am
Apparently, never From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:37pm		0
It was only a figure of speech From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:02pm		0
I agree. As I said above From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 08:43pm		1	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 10:45pm
Its Episode 8, and we know the whole thing is a nothingburger From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 08:17pm		1	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 08:37pm
Burns will say that this is his style, that it is no surprise From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 08:16pm		1	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 10:20pm
They wanted to make the bombing into black/white situation From:Burns, Episode 8 - The Post-Tet Landscape	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 08:07pm		0
As I said in some other essay... From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 06:19pm		0
You just don't get it. And you didnt answer my question. From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 06:16pm		0
Could you be a little more specific? From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 01:26pm		1	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 04:10pm
Thanks for sharing From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:19am		1	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 12:10pm
That's why I timed out every sub-story From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 07:58pm		1	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 11:41pm
No high school teaches history closer than 50 years to today From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 07:53pm		0
You have to ask what kind of collective karma... From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 07:00pm		3	Wed, 09/27/2017 - 03:30pm
I had a draft card in Vietnam From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 06:53pm		0
The CIA is almost completely non-existent in this series From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 05:54pm		0
Damn you hit on Paul Carell and the comparison to Nazi apologia From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 05:49pm		1	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 09:30pm
Here's link to a "Vietnam Full Disclosure" review of the series From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 05:33pm		0
As a naive twenty-something, I read Paul Carell's stuff From:Burns, Episode 7 - It's all about airtime and personalization.	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 05:29pm		1	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 05:49pm
See my correction about Phoenix in my Episode 7 writeup From:Burns, Episode 6 - Phoenix Program, what Phoenix Program? (UPDATE2: protestors)	arendt	Tue, 09/26/2017 - 04:19pm		0
To Amanda Woods, Linda Matthews, native From:Burns, Episode 6 - Phoenix Program, what Phoenix Program? (UPDATE2: protestors)	arendt	Mon, 09/25/2017 - 02:13pm		1	Mon, 09/25/2017 - 03:43pm
Thanks to those posting links to other stories From:Burns, Episode 6 - Phoenix Program, what Phoenix Program? (UPDATE2: protestors)	arendt	Mon, 09/25/2017 - 08:58am		1	Mon, 09/25/2017 - 08:55pm
All part of the overall ruling class paradigm From:Burns, Episodes 4 and 5 - CIA, what CIA? Jasons, what Jasons?	arendt	Fri, 09/22/2017 - 10:28pm		0
Apparently, Phoenix was set up to unify rival programs... From:Burns, Episodes 4 and 5 - CIA, what CIA? Jasons, what Jasons?	arendt	Fri, 09/22/2017 - 03:51pm		0
It is merely trying to keep my sanity. From:Burns, Episodes 4 and 5 - CIA, what CIA? Jasons, what Jasons?	arendt	Fri, 09/22/2017 - 03:03pm		0
Never try to teach a pig (PBS) to sing From:Burns, Episodes 4 and 5 - CIA, what CIA? Jasons, what Jasons?	arendt	Fri, 09/22/2017 - 03:02pm		0
That's especially useful From:Burns, Episodes 4 and 5 - CIA, what CIA? Jasons, what Jasons?	arendt	Fri, 09/22/2017 - 01:15pm		0
Thanks. Its good to be validated. From:Burns, Episode 3 - More missing history	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 04:53pm		1	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 06:36pm
Stanley Karnow's "Vietnam: A History" is considered... From:A Vietnam War biblio	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 01:19pm		0
Ugh, the 25th "anniversary" of Princess Di's death... From:Burns, Episode 2 - The Whitewash of the CIA continues	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 09:40am		0
He was on the board of WGBH, the flagship PBS station From:Burns, Episode 2 - The Whitewash of the CIA continues	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 09:33am		0
You really get this From:Burns, Episode 2 - The Whitewash of the CIA continues	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 08:59am		1	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 10:44am
Oh, I agree that Eisenhower locked in the disaster From:A Vietnam War biblio	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 08:56am		1	Thu, 09/21/2017 - 12:39pm
It begins with JFK's administration... From:A Vietnam War biblio	arendt	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 06:25am		1	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 07:01am

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