3.05.2019

Tuesday

Cool Stuff






US Politicians vs Israel

A pretty good summary of the recent uproar - I am told I am anti-American if I am not pro-Israel’ and that’s problematic — Ilhan Omar stands strong amid blizzard of attacks

From the always good Naked Capitalism
























Fox: The Propaganda Network

Fox News’s propaganda isn’t just unethical — research shows it’s enormously influential

The Making of the Fox News White House: Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?

[IT ISN'T FOX THAT'S CHANGED].
"Fox is what it always was. It always shilled for the GOP, or at least the wing of the GOP that was the least conciliatory. It always used fear to radicalize its viewers and to win viewer loyalty. The only difference is that now one of those loyal marathon viewers is president."
I agree with Steve at the No More Mister Nice blog.  
Fox has been feeding fear and hate to fuel right-wing rage since day one. There was just never a wingnut candidate available to take the reins of the Fox cult and be the great leader.  
Several tried, Sarah Palin, Michell Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Herman Cain, Newt, etc. they all tried. These nuts did well on Fox, in the Iowa caucus, and a few other early primaries but the R party regulars were always against them and they just didn't have the skills or power-base to pull it off. 
Trump did! He shared (or had been filled with) all the same Fox wingnut ideas but he also had the image of a business leader and national media recognition. He pulled it off and became the leader of the Fox cult and Fox became state TV.


Socialism

US Left - "We want the government to do more to take care of people."

US Right - "That's Socialism. It sucks, look at Cuba and Venezuela."

US Left - "We don't want full Socialism like Cuba or Venezuela, government control of everything. We want Democratic Socialism like the European countries, Norway, Sweden, etc. where the free market can do what it does well and Government handles areas where the free market tends to fail, like healthcare, retirement, disabilities, education, childcare, infrastructure, etc.

US Right - "Norway isn't socialist so you can't have that! You dumb people"

Link Here: Sorry Bernie Bros But Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist

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