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Monthly Archives: November 2016

Civil War of the Mind: Adam Curtis and Hypernormalisation & Algorithmic Tyranny — southern nights

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Watching the recent elections and of various artists confrontations, along with the reaction on the Left, I’m beginning to see that our moment has opened a great gap or crack between these opposing views of our life world, a gap so huge that those on each side of this divide can no longer tolerate the […]

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The Pain of the World — southern nights

23 Wednesday Nov 2016

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The eyes are not here There are no eyes here In this valley of dying stars In this hollow valley This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms In this last of meeting places We grope together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river Sightless, unless The eyes reappear As the perpetual […]

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Stephen Colbert and John Oliver Are Not Looking Forward to Writing Jokes About a Trump Presidency — Flavorwire

21 Monday Nov 2016

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Don’t even think of asking Stephen Colbert or John Oliver if they’re secretly happy about the election results. The Daily Show alums will have you know they’re not having any fun, either. During a fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival on Saturday, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Colbert and Oliver sat down for a discussion…

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Who runs America? — southern nights

19 Saturday Nov 2016

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Who truly runs America? The wealthiest 1 percent of families in 1890 owned 51 percent of the real and personal property; the 44 percent of families at the bottom owned only 1.2 percent of all the property. Together, the wealthy and well-to-do (12 percent of families) owned 86 percent of the wealth. The poorer and […]

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Alain Badiou on Our Recent Elections — southern nights

19 Saturday Nov 2016

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We can do some­thing. And we must do, because if we do noth­ing at all, we are only in the fas­cin­a­tion, the stu­pid­ity of fas­cin­a­tion… —Alain Badiou Badiou’s view of the Left’s Bankruptcy and where we might go from here. After reading his speech I ask myself if we are enacting pre-Weimer Germany but on […]

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Why America Should Adapt The Irish Electoral System — Whistling In The Wind

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

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After an extraordinary campaign, Americans are finally voting. One of the most incredible things about the American electoral system is how dysfunctional it is. What’s even more incredible is that everyone knows this. From the insane amounts of money spent, the stifling two party system, the inexplicable electoral college, the incredibly long campaigns, extreme partisanship, […]

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5 Things For My Significant Other With Depression To Remember — MakeItUltra™

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Written by Official MakeItUltra™ Contributor: Katy B. Recently I started a relationship with a person with depression. Note that I don’t say a “depressed person” but rather “a person with depression” because their illness does not define them. I do not only love them because of their illness, but I also don’t love them in spite of […]

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