Category Archives: media

Uygur and “Young Turks” To Join Current TV

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Good news for progressive TV cable news junkies!  Cenk Uygur will be back on television. Like Keith Olbermann, Cenk Uygur got a little too controversial for the suits at MSNBC and was nudged out. But Cenk and his “Young Turks” … Continue reading →

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A Republican Sweep in 2012?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Significant trends point to a Republican Party  sweep of the 2012 elections, bringing with it the most right-wing government in American history. Just as Scott Brown’s upset win in the January 2010 Massachusetts Senate special election foretold the decisive GOP … Continue reading →

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The Death of Mark Pittman

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Mark Pittman, one of the Bloomberg reporters mentioned in my August 5 post, The Death of Capitalism, was an award-winning finance journalist who predicted the collapse of the banking system in 2007, and in conjunction with Bloomberg News, became the … Continue reading →

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Bin Laden Death Suspicious?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

There is an interesting syndicated column passing through the conspiracy blogs. “Fabricating Evidence Where There Is None,” by Paul Craig Roberts. In his column, Roberts expresses skepticism of the recent New Yorker article by Nicholas Schmidle (“planted…by unidentified sources”) detailing the capture of … Continue reading →

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“Unsuspicious” Death

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The day before Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch testified before the British Parliament about their part in a widespread phone hacking scandal, Sean Hoare was found dead. It’s been eerily quiet of late when it comes to discussion … Continue reading →

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Banned From SNL

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

This animated short, Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel, aired on Saturday Night Live in 1998, but disappeared from subsequent re-runs.  A fair assumption would be that NBC, owned by GE, did not like the way it was portrayed.  

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Get Out of Jail Cards for Wall St.

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Did you ever wonder why nobody is getting prosecuted for the biggest white-collar crime in the history of the world–the worldwide financial collapse of 2007-2008? The answers are starting to come out. The explanation involves a remarkably lenient  U.S. Department … Continue reading →

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