drome Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) . On 7/22/2018 at 2:15 AM, Braintree said: Cross posting for posterity: https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america Quote Could these right-wing capitalists allow private companies to fill prisons with helpless citizens—or, more profitable still, right-less undocumented immigrants? They could, and have. Might they engineer a retirement crisis by moving Americans to inadequate 401(k)s? Done. Take away the rights of consumers and workers to bring grievances to court by making them sign forced arbitration agreements? Check. Gut public education to the point where ordinary people have such bleak prospects that they have no energy to fight back? Getting it done. Would they even refuse children clean water? Actually, yes. Good find Edited July 22, 2018 by drome Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2649973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 On 7/22/2018 at 2:15 AM, Braintree said: Cross posting for posterity: https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america Quote Could these right-wing capitalists allow private companies to fill prisons with helpless citizens—or, more profitable still, right-less undocumented immigrants? They could, and have. Might they engineer a retirement crisis by moving Americans to inadequate 401(k)s? Done. Take away the rights of consumers and workers to bring grievances to court by making them sign forced arbitration agreements? Check. Gut public education to the point where ordinary people have such bleak prospects that they have no energy to fight back? Getting it done.Would they even refuse children clean water? Actually, yes. Reminds me of the Powell Memorandum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.#Powell_Memorandum Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2649992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManjuShri Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Thanks to span and ghOsty: A Story of Slavery in Modern America Quote To our American neighbors, we were model immigrants, a poster family. They told us so. My father had a law degree, my mother was on her way to becoming a doctor, and my siblings and I got good grades and always said “please” and “thank you.” We never talked about Lola. Our secret went to the core of who we were and, at least for us kids, who we wanted to be. After my mother died of leukemia, in 1999, Lola came to live with me in a small town north of Seattle. I had a family, a career, a house in the suburbs—the American dream. And then I had a slave. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ManjuShri's signature Hide all signatures འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔ ཨོཾ་ཧ་ནུ་པྷ་ཤ་བྷ་ར་ཧེ་ཡེ་སྭཱ་ཧཱ།། ཨཱོཾ་མ་ཏྲི་མུ་ཡེ་སལེ་འདུ།། Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2650457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Boring dystopia you say? All hail the banality of evil. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/06/boring-dystopia-way-world-ends-not-with-bang-wimple Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2654676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 Being skeptical of warmongers with a track record of blatant lies and misinformation does not make you mentally ill. Labeling us as nuts is insulting and tantamount to abusive gaslighting folks. Pls read: https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/04/25/never-let-anyone-call-you-crazy-for-doubting-establishment-war-narratives/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2657686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 ...but you are? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2657703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 8:40 PM, caze said: ...but you are?Pffft. Stick your head in the sand where it belongs. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2657791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) On 8/15/2018 at 8:40 PM, caze said: ...but you are?You are? Boy’s Town defender. I remember. Edited August 16, 2018 by drome Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2657794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Town_(film) On 8/16/2018 at 12:27 AM, drome said: On 8/15/2018 at 8:40 PM, caze said: ...but you are? Pffft. Stick your head in the sand where it belongs. If that's the best place to avoid hearing from useful idiots for the world's worst despots, like Caitlin Johnstone, then fine. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2657833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 2:17 AM, caze said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Town_(film) On 8/16/2018 at 12:27 AM, drome said: On 8/15/2018 at 8:40 PM, caze said: ...but you are? Pffft. Stick your head in the sand where it belongs. If that's the best place to avoid hearing from useful idiots for the world's worst despots, like Caitlin Johnstone, then fine. Useful idiot would be best used closer to home as you have a fine track record of leaping to the defense of anyone in authority who’s accused of wrongdoing. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2657946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 9:54 AM, drome said: Useful idiot would be best used closer to home as you have a fine track record of leaping to the defense of anyone in authority who’s accused of wrongdoing. For example? You seem to have a fine record for deflection btw. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2658194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 10:59 PM, caze said: On 8/16/2018 at 9:54 AM, drome said: Useful idiot would be best used closer to home as you have a fine track record of leaping to the defense of anyone in authority who’s accused of wrongdoing.For example? You seem to have a fine record for deflection btw. Franklin scandal cover-up, for one (pizzagate thread). Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2658328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 8:40 PM, caze said: ...but you are?ggggggggaslight! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2658330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/06/inside-the-booming-business-of-background-music Quote Inside the booming business of background musicOnce derided, the successors to muzak have grown more sophisticated – and influential – than any of us realise. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2676439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 On 11/6/2018 at 11:14 AM, iococoi said: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/nov/06/inside-the-booming-business-of-background-music Quote Inside the booming business of background music Once derided, the successors to muzak have grown more sophisticated – and influential – than any of us realise. If anyone is in New York City, they can check out the BGM in context as curated by Ryuichi Sakamoto at Kokage/Kajitsu (be prepared to spend a little, lol), with his efforts detailed in this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/dining/restaurant-music-playlists-ryuichi-sakamoto.html Or you can just cook up some instant ramen, and listen to the playlist here: http://www.factmag.com/2018/07/24/ryuichi-sakamoto-makes-a-stand-against-terrible-restaurant-music/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2676690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-midterms-wahl-wahlmanipulation-1.4192865 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dingformung's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2676703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 https://aeon.co/essays/how-baring-and-sharing-online-increases-social-conformity Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2677821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/bernard-parmegiani_sound-thinking Quote Read an interview with the late composer Bernard Parmegiani, by Rahma Khazam. First published in The Wire 176, October 1998. Edited January 2, 2019 by iococoi Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2689061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 Jeff Mills mistakenly releases another producer's track as his own https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/43305 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2698729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 8/15/2018 at 7:40 PM, drome said: Being skeptical of warmongers with a track record of blatant lies and misinformation does not make you mentally ill. In fact, it makes you amongst the most humane, fit to walk with the likes of King and Gandhi. This article does nice work addressing the often neglected but highest cost of wars, those who fight: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-deep-unfairness-of-americas-all-volunteer-force/ Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2698733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mind-control-by-cell/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/sprint-5G-is-coming-soon/ Edited March 3, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2701235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Lol aren’t they doing this already: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/solar-geoengineering-sun-blocking-spray-climate-change-global-warming-harvard-a8817506.html Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2703270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drome Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 5:30 PM, Drum Up said: On 8/15/2018 at 7:40 PM, drome said: Being skeptical of warmongers with a track record of blatant lies and misinformation does not make you mentally ill. In fact, it makes you amongst the most humane, fit to walk with the likes of King and Gandhi. This article does nice work addressing the often neglected but highest cost of wars, those who fight: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-deep-unfairness-of-americas-all-volunteer-force/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2703272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadellisTheSixth Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) understanding the palestinian catastrophe https://redflag.org.au/node/6328 Edited March 12, 2019 by MadellisTheSixth Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2703293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadellisTheSixth Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 https://theintercept.com/2019/03/10/nyts-expose-on-the-lies-about-burning-humanitarian-trucks-in-venezuela-shows-how-us-govt-and-media-spread-fake-news/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69991-the-articles-thread/page/2/#findComment-2703294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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