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The concept of “government free” free market is so cute. The drive for any company is always to monopolize, crush start-ups, control pricing and optimize profit over any and all social, environmental, or human welfare concerns. As an engineering manager with a 20 million annual budget working on a 250-million-dollar project; I was high enough to…[Read more]

Wondering if all of this slashing of services and tariff waring will actually result in tax cuts for what is left of the middle class. I doubt it will be more than a token break. It is the upper middle working class that carries the burden. People such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants who get a W2 and honest small business owners as…[Read more]

The country is chock full of “single issue” voters who align with one party or the other. I do not agree that hating Jews or supporting Hamas is “liberal” or “left”.

White Christian Nationals despise Jews. Israel is just a necessary piece of the prophecy that brings their Jeebus back. If Israel goes away without the rapture, so does the whole…[Read more]

Enco, I promise I was only reviewing this thread, starting with its first post back in December, and my purpose was not to find examples of the kind of stuff that you write. But the following comment spurred me to point out that Jason Stanley is not the only pontificator conflating “Fascism” with policies they criticize:

TheEncogitationer…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
And now the Universities and this psycho, self-hating, suicidal egghead Jason Stanley have the nerve to scream “Fascism” when anyone–and this is not just Trump and MAGA–wants to put an end to all this nonsense???

I’ve made it a habit to just skip comments like this, so I’ve lost count. How does that come out so easily…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
If Universities accept taxdollars, they are by definition willing instruments of the State.

OK, “by definition” according to certain idealisms, but not long-standing traditions of giving academia and upper educational institutions some freedom to define curriculum and policies. Otherwise, an “instrument of the state”, by…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
[…]Citizens United was defending anyone’s right to express themselves via donations.

What It Takes to Speak Freely: A Defense of Citizens United Written By Eli Solomon https://hulr.org/fall-2024/what-it-takes-to-speak-freely-a-defense-of-citizens-united

That article emphasizes more than once, I’m paraphrasing, that “…[Read more]

Leftism vs Authoritarianism in America, are those the only main characters left playing now?

The 19-1/2 minute video is about Fascism taking down or converting universities into instruments of the state. Side note, “they” now want NPR and PBS to be next on the chopping block.

Well, we allow billionaires who own mass media channels and social media websites to contribute hundreds of millions to political candidates.

Go ahead and tell me about “free” speech. What a crock of bullshit. Speech is not free…it is for sale and is owned by billionaires.

Having professional, educated people who are experts in their areas and…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert,

If you think any of that (some that were honest mistakes) even compares to today’s Fox news or Newmax, you are nuts. They tell more lies a day than the multi-decade events you posted. Just look at our president, what an honest guy…literally controlling the chicken-shit media, suing the crap out of them. No, you…

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The problems with news media started with the loss of local newspapers. . Many areas had 2 or more regular papers with opposing views. Local reporters kept local politicians and officials in check. In the last 20 years most of these have fallen victim to the mega corporations and local politicians “get away with more”. These “news deserts” were…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert,

I remember the days when TV news agencies were not hype-driven profit centers. Newspaper reporting was serious business, and reliable sources were a requirement. Retractions were printed if mistakes were made. It’s almost like people had…….what’s that word…..it’s been so long…..Oh yes, “integrity”.…

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I remember the days when TV news agencies were not hype-driven profit centers. Newspaper reporting was serious business, and reliable sources were a requirement.  Retractions were printed if mistakes were made.

It’s almost like people had…….what’s that word…..it’s been so long…..Oh yes, “integrity”. I vaguely remember that.

Yes, it has nothing to do with land. It is just the indoctrinated hatred of Jews by the poisoned minds of Islamist’s that is the problem. In the article I posted above about measles “that made me angry and sad”, the mother meets with RFK after her child dies from measles. A totally preventable death but she does not see that. She is still on “Team…[Read more]

I was recently told that I am deliberately refusing to listen to god calling me. I asked them how they knew which god was calling out to me. Then I told them this silly joke…

A hurricane is headed for a small town. The news says that everyone needs to evacuate. A religious man in the town says “I’m not going to leave my home, God will protect…[Read more]