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ufarn posted:I've been soured on Democracy Now since they had a fluoride crank on the show to do his book-tour thing and did nothing but gasp "Oh wow", when he told the captive audience that the fluoride we put in water is normally used as rat poison.
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ReindeerF posted:I've been bitching about her interview style for years, it's so awful. I'm always split, because on the one hand she talks about poo poo no one does and gets some great guests, but on the other hand she's so hamfisted and inelegant that it's painful to listen to her. She should just invite guests on and be like, "Say thing." Then sit there. Yup. I stopped listening because if you know who the guest is you can predict exactly what they will say about the topic and she will never, ever ask a question to bump them out of their monologue. It's the same reason I had to stop reading Greenwald posts years ago.
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It took me a year and a half to deprogram a Canadian I know who loves Greenwald. After all that time planting seeds, what finally turned him was reading Greenwald's latest book. "It's all about him," he said. "It's so self-absorbed." Victory is mine.
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Joementum posted:Welcome to Democracy Now Democracy Now Dot Org the War and Peace Report I'm Amy Goodman talking to Noam Chomsky. Noam this company is exploiting Palestinian children to destroy the environment and take away people's personal liberties. Discuss that. Was this a real episode. Is there a podcast of it.
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What do you all think is the more likely scenario with Alex Jones: legitimately insane or putting on a show for money? I mean, it's probably a bit of a mix, but which is the bigger aspect of his show/personality? euphronius posted:Was this a real episode. Is there a podcast of it. No, I tried to make up something that would be a semi-plausible pastiche of common issues discussed on the show.
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Zeitgueist posted:NPR was essentially created to destroy Pacifica and it worked pretty well. Sounds like Pacifica didn't need any help!
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Joementum posted:What do you all think is the more likely scenario with Alex Jones: legitimately insane or putting on a show for money?
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ReindeerF posted:"TALK ABOUT POISON, DR. WHATEVER, AND THE EFFECT IT'S HAVING ON OUR CHILDREN." People suck at the concept of concentration just as much as probability.
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Joementum posted:What do you all think is the more likely scenario with Alex Jones: legitimately insane or putting on a show for money? Shouting for hours on-end is really, really difficult and he wallowed in obscurity for years before Obama was elected. The only time I'd see anything advertising him were home-made painted blankets strung up in the west campus neighborhoods abutting Mopac.
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Joementum posted:What do you all think is the more likely scenario with Alex Jones: legitimately insane or putting on a show for money?
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I saw Alex Jones in a convenience store once. Denim shirt, denim pants. Oh and he's a true believer.
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Aliquid posted:Shouting for hours on-end is really, really difficult and he wallowed in obscurity for years before Obama was elected. The only time I'd see anything advertising him were home-made painted blankets strung up in the west campus neighborhoods abutting Mopac. Also, at this time, Larry The Cable Guy was just making his bones as the morning drivetime humorous character that would call in to the morning show. He was legit funny and not yet political (though still very off-color).
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Jul 24, 2014 00:24
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speaking of complaining about government regulations, what's John Stossel been up to lately?
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DemeaninDemon posted:People suck at the concept of concentration just as much as probability. Ice cream, Mandrake! Children's ice cream!
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Jul 24, 2014 00:25
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John Stossel? Give me a break!
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Jul 24, 2014 00:26
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Guy in the office next door is blasting Phish, I'm up for some poison.
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Solkanar512 posted:Sounds like Pacifica didn't need any help! No NPR won years ago this is just the ignominious death. But Pacifica was at one time a politically and socially relevant thing.
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What's it like working in Burlington's most powerful law firm, Warszawa? Did you guys get the coat factory account?
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ReindeerF posted:What's it like working in Burlington's most powerful law firm, Warszawa? Did you guys get the coat factory account? The guy is from New England, shockingly.
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Jul 24, 2014 00:37
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ReindeerF posted:What's it like working in Burlington's most powerful law firm, Warszawa? Did you guys get the coat factory account? The Burlington in Burlington Coat Factory is the one in New Jersey, not Vermont. Cheap coats won't fly up here, thank you very much.
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I was going to make a Vermont joke but it turns out the only ones I know are New Hampshire jokes.
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Phish, Ben and Jerry's and ???
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The Warszawa posted:I was going to make a Vermont joke but it turns out the only ones I know are New Hampshire jokes. 
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The Warszawa posted:I was going to make a Vermont joke but it turns out the only ones I know are New Hampshire jokes. In case the person asking about microaggression earlier wanted an example ^^^^^^^
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Jul 24, 2014 00:43
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Speaking of jokes, the fact that Tucker Carlson was an unwitting agent of Communist Cuban propaganda never fails to amuse me.
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Jul 24, 2014 00:48
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Jul 24, 2014 00:49
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ReindeerF posted:Do tell. Remember the Mendendez hooker story? According to WaPo, stories about the Senator's Freedom Tower may have been planted by Havana.
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Jul 24, 2014 00:52
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Hahah, gently caress, I was about to say, "Is this about Menendez?" but I figured that was too far-felched. That's hilarious. So in theory Fidel just hated old Menendez enough to pull one last ratfucking on him?
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Jul 24, 2014 00:54
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ReindeerF posted:Hahah, gently caress, I was about to say, "Is this about Menendez?" but I figured that was too far-felched. That's hilarious. So in theory Fidel just hated old Menendez enough to pull one last ratfucking on him? He's old, he's bored. (Menendez is probably the biggest Democratic roadblock to ending the embargo.)
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ReindeerF posted:So in theory Fidel just hated old Menendez enough to pull one last ratfucking on him? The story was planted at the time Menendez was slated to become Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chair if Kerry became Secretary of State. Which ended up happening anyway because nobody believed Tucker, but it was a nice try!
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goddamn before the storm is amazing how can a 500 page book about one presidential campaign be so completely riveting the entire time
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Because presidential campaigns are loving amazing topics?
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And the Goldwater campaign was especially interesting because of how poorly it was managed and because it's the story of the institutionalization of the movement right.
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Oh you mean the Goldwater book? Yea that's an amazing book, great read.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Because presidential campaigns are loving amazing topics? i usually shy away from political books, i think the only ones i've read recently were Griftopia and Drift, but after reading an eisenhower and an FDR biography i finally decided to read Nixonland and now i wonder what i've been missing. after this it's gonna be Age of Reagan to tide me over until Invisible Bridge comes out. i'm almost giddy with anticipation i think Clif White is my favorite character in Before the Storm. his carefully laid plans keep getting foiled by those bumbling arizonans baw fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Before the Storm is such a great book it made me kinda feel bad for Barry loving Goldwater just because it showed that no matter how genuine his belief in his politics being the right way was, they constantly attracted the craziest, dumbest, most useless, pieces of poo poo to 'help' him. Like, don't get me wrong they were repugnant ideas that deserved to be reserved for those people, but you almost feel bad for him seeing his beliefs spawning a non stop parade of dregs.
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I've said this before, but if you liked Nixonland and Before the Storm (or even if you haven't read those) you owe it to yourself to read Nixon Agonistes.
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