The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine founded in 1995 by William Kristol and Fred Barnes with Rupert Murdochâs money, has expired. Its final issue will be published on Monday.
Most famous for making the case for the catastrophic invasion of Iraq, the magazine was born just one year before Murdoch created Fox News. Both outlets were extremely effective at achieving the same goals via different tactics. Fox was chum for the rubes; the Weekly Standard was chum for Ivy League rubes. Fox pushed mindless belligerence, conspiracism and a deep hatred for reality; the Weekly Standard did the same thing, but with less cleavage and more quotes from Cicero. (In 2009 Murdoch sold it to Philip Anschutz, a fellow billionaire who if anything is more conservative than Murdoch.)
Put another way, Fox was the conservative movementâs amygdala, while the Weekly Standard was its cerebrum, both driving it forward until Trumpâs election proved it no longer needed any higher brain functions. But together they played a powerful role in pushing the GOP to where it stands today. (...)
Zuckerberg, in his testimony, made some comment about how he admitted that Silicon Valley was left-leaning.
We need to stop that shit right now. We need to start using the term "not right wing conservative" instead, so we acknowledge that the people running the media, the internet, a lot of the businesses in our nation, and just the folks living in America have a varied nature: moderate, liberal, and even middle of the road Republican. By framing the majority of the nation as "not you" we get to redirect the conversation away from a far-left, far-right fiction, and towards a "most of the country, and then there's you guys" sort of scenario.
Do U.S. Oligarchs Exist? Not in Mainstream Media Word choice is revealing when one considers an indisputable fact: U.S. oligarchs have done far more to undermine U.S. democracy than any Russian ever could
Good points. Does it bother you that you and I seem to agree on matters concerning Russia? What a strange and complex world we live in! lol
I think it's fantastic. Because our society in general is getting bogged down in nit picky things and missing the big picture issues (truth, fairness, interpersonal relationships).
So, leaving behind the "little" issue of Russia and worrying instead - and agreeing on the idea - of honesty and fairness... that's a level of discussion that's absolutely worth it.
Agreed. Â Intellectual libertarians have consistently opposed US military meddling and signalled the threat of blowback.
Funny though, lots of folks in both Canada and the USA like to think of themselves as "libertarians" but continue to promote pro-war, pro 'kill and take' policies. Â
If there were more honest-to-god libertarians, classic liberals and Quakers in North America, perhaps this cycle of endless wealth-destroying war would slow down a bit? Â
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Yea, but I wouldn't hold my breath the duopoly has us by a chokehold. :-(
Well there is a small, but vocal and CONSISTENT contigent of Americans who oppose war and US perpetual meddling at every turn and we are called Libertarians.
Agreed. Intellectual libertarians have consistently opposed US military meddling and signalled the threat of blowback.
Funny though, lots of folks in both Canada and the USA like to think of themselves as "libertarians" but continue to promote pro-war, pro 'kill and take' policies.
If there were more honest-to-god libertarians, classic liberals and Quakers in North America, perhaps this cycle of endless wealth-destroying war would slow down a bit?
Well there is a small, but vocal and CONSISTENT contigent of Americans who oppose war and US perpetual meddling at every turn and we are called Libertarians.
The truth is not pleasant: many Americans love guns more than they love their fellow Americans. Happy 4th of July.
=> Damn right, the only thing we love more than guns is eating babies, not just humans, but puppies and kittens as well. Happy 4th to you too!
Eating babies? No, you love aerial-bombing babies. Apparently it is a classy, socially acceptable way of killing grandchildren and grandparents. And of course, because all these civilian, non-terrorist deaths are righteous, there is no threat of blowback.
Interesting. Been reading maps for a very long time, published a couple of books and a few more articles including peer-reviewed journal articles. I have seen lots of alignment marks over the years and would NEVER mistake them for cross-hairs....
Just to help clarify that issue, which I thought was cleared up years ago:
Those so called cross hairs are actually surveyors marks or alignment marks commonly used in printing. And it was Bob Beckel, a Democratic strategist who first used those kinds of marks on a political map in the 90's similar to the one referenced as Palin's.
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Interesting. Been reading maps for a very long time, published a couple of books and a few more articles including peer-reviewed journal articles. I have seen lots of alignment marks over the years and would NEVER mistake them for cross-hairs.
Are you sure you are correct about this kurtster? As for If I was American, I would be tempted to shoot her myself, that is a remark aimed at your culture. 'Cause you Americans love guns and love shooting each other.
Within the western world, Americans are unique for their love of shooting each other. Once upon a time I spent half a decade hitch-hiking and backpacking through South America and Africa. I went into some extremely dangerous areas. When I recount this story to regular Americans, I would often get the same question: why did I not pack a gun? Often that question was accompanied by disbelief and bewilderment.
Well, there are all kinds of really good reasons why I did not pack a gun. In fact, I am alive today, precisely because I was not carrying a firearm.
The point is that only Americans asked that question. Nobody else from poor developing countries, emerging economies or other rich OECD countries ever asked that question.
The truth is not pleasant: many Americans love guns more than they love their fellow Americans. Happy 4th of July.
