JANUARY 29, 2021 (counterpunch.org) BY PAUL STREET Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “Leftists” I know have had their undies tied up in a nasty knot bunch over other leftists’ use of the F-word – fascism – to describe Trump and his backers. Fascism, seriously? Yes, absolutely, provided we have a reasonable… Continue reading
Council on Foreign Relations VICE on HBO looks at factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis and the efforts made by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Timothy Geithner, and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to save the United States from an economic collapse…. Continue reading
A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America by Michael Barkun What do UFO believers, Christian millennialists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists have in common? According to Michael Barkun in this fascinating yet disturbing book, quite a lot. It is well known that some Americans are obsessed with conspiracies. The Kennedy… Continue reading
Also, another vaccine on the horizon. BY DAVID DAYEN JANUARY 29, 2021 (Prospect.org) J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP PHOTO Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer isn’t waiting around for Republicans. It’s January 29, 2021 and welcome to First 100. You can sign up to have First 100 delivered to your email by clicking here. The… Continue reading
Thursday 2:10PM (theonion.com) SARASOTA, FL—The nation teetering on the edge of chaos far greater than he had yet comprehended, President Joe Biden reportedly continued reading a passage from The Pet Goat to schoolchildren Thursday after being informed of the GameStop situation. According to observers, White House chief of staff Ron Klain entered… Continue reading
From the coverage of the school names changes, apparently not. ByTIM REDMOND JANUARY 28, 2021 (48Hills.org I have to ask: Has the San Francisco Chronicle even noticed that this country is in the middle of a badly needed and way overdue discussion and reckoning about race? Apparently not. Let’s take a… Continue reading
First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your personal information network entraps you just like a cult C Thi Nguyen is an assistant professor of philosophy at Utah Valley University working in social epistemology, aesthetics and the philosophy of games. Previously, he wrote a column about food… Continue reading
Posted by u/anarcho-cannabist1 day ago Or hopefully a movement even more radical! Say what you will about the wall street bets GME/AMC investing circlejerk, but it has undeniably made people realize that the market is arbitrary bullshit. And I bet that consciousness will shift further when people realize that it’s… Continue reading
Elizabeth Diller|TEDWomen 2020 (ted.com) Cities are becoming increasingly privatized: commercial real estate dominates the streets, carving up open space that once belonged to the public and selling it as a commodity to the highest bidder. Architect Elizabeth Diller explores the causes and effects of this growing threat — and takes… Continue reading
