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Category Archives: media
Why We Think What We Think
BPR Quote of the Day: “What is thought to be the responsible public opinion is, at any given time, a reflection of the needs and interests of the corporate technostructure.” John Kenneth Galbraith
Posted in media, political cartoon, Quotations
Tagged corporate technostructure, Don Addis, John Kenneth Galbraith
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Satan’s Home Town: Washington, DC
Hugo Chavez By Paul Craig Roberts/ paulcraigroberts.org/ March 12, 2013 On March 5, 2013, Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela and world leader against imperialism, died. Washington imperialists and their media and think tank whores expressed gleeful sighs of relief as … Continue reading
Posted in foreign policy, media, politics
Tagged Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez, Hugo Chavez U.N. speech, Paul Craig Roberts, Rafael Correa, Venezuela
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Opinions = Facts
BPR Quote of the Day: “Print-based culture, in which fact and assertion could be traced and distinguished, has ceded to a culture of emotionally driven narratives where facts and opinions are interchangeable. This is a decline and a degeneration that … Continue reading
Posted in media, Quotations
Tagged Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class, print-based culture, reality-based culture
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…And We Are Screwed
We Are Bradley Manning By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 3, 2012 I was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. The hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Justice, law, media, military, Terrorism
Tagged Bradley Manning, Chris Hedges, Truthdig
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BPR Quote of the Day:
American Soldiers: Heroes or Victims?
By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report “There was never a good war, or a bad peace.” — Benjamin Franklin Clint Romesha was awarded the Medal of Honor Monday by President Obama, but with “mixed emotions” as he thought about … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, foreign policy, Iraq, Iraq war, media, military, war
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Chris Kyle, Clint Romesha, Harry Patch, hero, heroes, William Tecumseh Sherman
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Constitutional Convention?
This country will never regain the democracy that’s been lost without getting money out of politics. But how? A constitutional amendment is the best way, but getting that through Congress isn’t realistic. The Constitution has given us another way that … Continue reading
New Radio Show: PoliTalk Sunday
Announcing the debut of a new radio show: POLITALK SUNDAY (AKA Two Guys With Issues) Arlen Grossman and Paul Karrer will cover the news and issues of the day–local, national and global, and give you a chance to sound off … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, media
Tagged Arlen Grossman, KRXA, Paul Karrer, PoliTalk Sunday, Two Dudes With Issues
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