Reflections and Rant for the End of Days
Posted in Politics, Propaganda, Thinking on Dec 9th, 2008
(List Courtesy of www.alternativereel.com)
#10 - Jean Anouilh
“Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.”
—Jean Anouilh, L’Alouette, 1952
#09 - George Orwell
“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies [...]
Posted in Babylon, Politics, Propaganda, Thinking on Dec 9th, 2008
Top 10 Quotes from Orwell’s 1984
(List courtesy of www.alternativereel.com)
#10 - TRAMPLED UPON
“Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, [...]
Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Propaganda on Dec 9th, 2008
Note: The word “shill” comes from the Yiddish shillaber. The word originally denoted a carnival worker who pretends to be a member of the audience in an attempt to elicit interest in an attraction.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. [...]
Posted in Propaganda on Dec 9th, 2008
I once highlighted (in red) all fearmongering words in one of GW Bush’s speeches dealing with national security. When I was finished, the page was dripping in blood (see the text listed after the video, shown below):
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From cnn.com
Transcript of President Bush’s Ohio speech
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — President Bush delivered a high-profile [...]
Posted in Politics, Propaganda on Dec 8th, 2008
Obama is anti-war? Tell that to Dr. Ron Paul, please.
Obama and the Neocon Middle East War Agenda
Posted in Babylon, Politics, Propaganda, Zion on Dec 3rd, 2008
This is downright creepy. The Roman Emperor Hadrian (ruled c. 117-138 AD) was first thought to be an illegal alien before taking power, then dealt with (an inherited) war in Mesopotamia (Iraq) - from which he withdrew Roman forces - and later gained the favor of the world by building up nationalism in various provinces (i.e., [...]
Posted in Fascism, Politics, Propaganda on Dec 3rd, 2008
How Hitler perverted the course of science
The Nazis’ gruesome experiments became an accepted part of German medical research, according to the author of a new history
We all have an image in our minds of the role of scientists in Nazi Germany: sinister, lab-coated figures who spent half their time conducting gruesome – and largely pointless [...]
Posted in Kulture, Politics, Propaganda on Dec 3rd, 2008
The New, ultra-PC Capitol Visitor Center
Delete Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) from the list of admirers of the new Capitol Visitor Center.
DeMint issued a statement Tuesday criticizing the new facility for “omitting the history of faith.” DeMint noted that the new tourist spot ignored his request to include the phrase “In God We Trust” and the [...]
Posted in Fascism, Politics, Propaganda on Dec 1st, 2008
Posse Comitatus Act is dead… 9-11 was the catalyst for fascism.
Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
Monday, December 1, 2008; A01
(Washington Post) The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic [...]
Posted in Numbers, Politics, Propaganda on Nov 26th, 2008
By Barry Ritholtz
Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total [...]