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Lies and more lies – greenhouse gas and global warming

Realizing the article we will comment on is a couple of months old, it is still worth discussing. Virtually daily we are pounded with a dozen agitprop tales of manmade global warming from dozens of sources. On the internet, newspapers, … Continue reading

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Brainwash open for business – as usual

A recent radio news hour reported that a “poll” said that a majority of Americans thought that people wearing masks are more attractive than those not wearing masks – and specifically those wearing “medical-type” masks. Okay, I said, lets look … Continue reading

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Countering propaganda – in the pandemic panic

A few weeks back, The Atlanta published a well-written piece of propaganda about “Rural America’s False Sense of Security” which you can read on Newsbreak at the link. It of course deals with SARS-CoV2 – Beer Flu and how rural … Continue reading

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Those who forget their history …

… are doomed to repeat it. The original version of this statement is attributed to George Santayana, an American philosopher. The exact quote is “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” from his work, The Life of Reason: … Continue reading

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The joke continues

A friend reminded me of this little tidbit from nine months ago. Thanks to fine people like Tom Woods and many others, we know that this statement, in the esteemed publication, continues to prove to be TRUE.

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The 24-hour hate

In the novel 1984, George Orwell explained the politico-religious ritual in Oceania called “The Two-Minute Hate.” In this, the entire people: Inner Party, Outer Party, and Proles, were involved. The object of their hatred, expressed in vile, coarse terms, was … Continue reading

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The first cyber-civil-war?

Merriam-Webster defines cyberwarfare as “the use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or organization, especially the deliberate attacking of information systems for strategic or military purposes.” We have seen that in the 2020 election cycle, and … Continue reading

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More about propaganda and making poor choices

As discussed in a recent commentary, when the truth is not told, or is buried and hard to find, people make bad decisions because they are not fully informed of the actual situation. This is true for individuals and families … Continue reading

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A little example of brainwashing in 2020 – who pays for stupid ideas?

A frequent campaign promise and issue, forgiving student debt seems to be fairly high up the agenda of the potentially-incoming Biden-Harris regime. We are talking big bucks, and that naturally has a lot of us riled. The response to the … Continue reading

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Propaganda wars in full swing – those EVIL anti-maskers and more

As the Fifty States stagger on through month eleven of this Annus Horribilis, we see things are again heating up. We’ve not had the massive riots, and the protests have been nowhere close to what was promised and predicted. But … Continue reading

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