Category Archives: Propaganda

Preventable Childhood Diseases, The Measles Outbreak, and Anti-Vaxxers

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Measles outbreak fuels vaccine debate According to Face the Nation, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said “his agency is ‘very concerned’ about the possibility of a large measles outbreak … Continue reading →

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Who Are Charles and David Koch: True Libertarians? Billionaire Hypocrites? Crony Capitalists? Con Artists Looking to Rip You Off?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, officials for the Koch brothers’ political organization announced that the group had budgeted a “whopping $889 million” for the 2016 presidential campaign. Nancy Benac of the Associated Press reported that that amount was “more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Oil, Campaign Finance, Climate Change Deniers, Conservatives, Corruption, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Energy Policy, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Justice, Libertarians, Media, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Socialism, Tea Party, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 69 Comments

Barf Warning #2: Watching This Video of Mika Brzezinski Talking about Her Weekend with the Kochs May Also Induce Vomiting!

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro One would expect a conservative Republican like Joe Scarborough to be enamored of the billionaire Koch Brothers. Earlier this week, he spoke of Charles and David Koch in glowing terms on his MSNBC show Morning Joe after … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald on the Terrorism Expert Industrial Complex

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last week, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Intercept Jeremy Scahill confronted CNN International host Hala Gorani with a harsh criticism of some of the world leaders who showed solidarity toward France…and of CNN’s handling of the recent … Continue reading →

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“Our New Politics of Torture”: An Interview with Journalist Mark Danner

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Friday, Charlie Pierce posted an interesting article titled The CIA’s Willingness to Lie about Our Torture Regime: The Architecture of Unbelief on his Politics Blog at Esquire.  Pierce wrote about an interview with journalist Mark Danner that appeared in The New York Review of … Continue reading →

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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 4

Posted on January 12, 2015 by mespo727272

By Mark Esposito The following is the fourth installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here and the third part here. There are 1.5 to 2.0 billion Muslims … Continue reading →

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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 3

Posted on January 11, 2015 by mespo727272

By Mark Esposito The following is the third installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here. The discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia in 1939 … Continue reading →

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Regarding Bob McCulloch, the Ferguson Prosecution, and the “Jack in the Box” Case

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress) suggests that if you want to have a better understanding of Bob McCulloch and his prosecution in the case of the officer-involved shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson,  Missouri, you should learn more about the … Continue reading →

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Hollywood and War: “American Sniper”…a Movie about a Killer Hero

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro I have neither read Chris Kyle’s memoir American Sniper nor seen the movie based on his book. Kyle was the decorated Navy SEAL who became “the deadliest sniper in the annals of American warfare.” Writing for The … Continue reading →

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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 2

Posted on January 10, 2015 by mespo727272

By Mark Esposito The following is the second installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here. The clash between fundamentalism and modernity was an inevitable historical … Continue reading →

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