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Disinformation Campaign Proves Effective as Anti-SOPA Strike-Breaker

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Max LaCosse

Two or three days ago, announcements were broadcast on various Media Outlets stating that two bills in the Congress and the Senate, SOPA and PROTECT-IP were effectively “Dead-in-the-Water,” resulting in the cancellation (or extreme reduction) of what would have been … Continue reading →

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Pseudomenos [Greek: liar].

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Max LaCosse

The confusion of truth with lies, which makes it nearly impossible to maintain the difference between the two, and which makes holding on to the simplest cognition a labor of Sisyphus, announces the victory of the principle in logical organization… Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Max LaCosse

If Murdoch is judged as “first and foremost a journalist,” the inevitable conclusion is that he is an enabler and purveyor of lies, hatred and criminal activity in the service of his ideological, financial and personal interests. A man like this deserves to be shunned, à la Bernie Madoff or Mel Gibson. That he is celebrated as some sort of hero by people who need not worry about their reputations tells you almost all you need to know about the insanity that grips our benighted political culture. Continue reading →

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from quotevadis.com

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Max LaCosse

Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. Continue reading →

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No Suprise: FOX Manufactures “News”

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Max LaCosse

Unlike the two top-rated radio mega-icons, Glenn Beck defends the pay-to-lie services, explaining that real people are too dull and too inhibited. Continue reading →

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Addendum to the World Trade Center / Mosque Controversy

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Max LaCosse

…the World Trade Center neighborhood is also filled with eyesores. When I walked from Park Place on the north side of the World Trade Center to Rector Street on the south side, what I encountered were a string of bars, betting parlors, and fast-food restaurants. And within this cluster of buildings, especially noticeable were two strip clubs, the New York Dolls Gentleman’s Club and the Pussycat Lounge, plus Thunder Lingerie and More, a sex shop with a peep show…

How, as a practical matter, are pole dancers less of an affront to the memory of the 9/11 dead than a community center that will have prayer space, a 500-seat auditorium, and a bookstore?
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Poll: Growing number of Americans succumb to Right-Wing Propaganda about Obama’s Religion

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Max LaCosse

Americans increasingly are convinced — incorrectly — that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and a growing number are thoroughly confused about his religion. Continue reading →

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Pseudomenos

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Max LaCosse

The extreme case of Germany is instructive of the general mechanism. When the National Socialists began to torture, they not only terrorized people inside and outside Germany, but the more secure from exposure the more wildly the horror incresed. The implausibility of their actions made it easy to disbelieve what nobody, for the sake of precious peace, wanted to believe, while at the same time capitulating to it. Continue reading →

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