Editied again to point out this is off topic for the subject, I apologize. Maybe I wanted to share some joy. The world is still gonna work folks, stay in the game.
Completely with mspell but I listen to kmhd.org everynight. Been listening them since early 80's greater portland station and I love 'em.
Give 'em a try. I moved from LA TO oregon and these guys were the only jazz aro0und. And still there. LOVE THOSE FUCKERS!!
OK, I'm clearly drunk but let me spell this correctly, KMHD.ORG got some great music all the time and I love those guys and the boomer on Friday nights is fantastic.
phew, I'm a bit over the top of my skis tonight, sorry. But having a good time listening to KMHD.ORG.
I'm sorry for all the edit, I have been having some extra cheer this evening.
The recent events in New Orleans and Las Vegas of right wing domestic terrorists (both of whom were US military trained, and both also appear to have incel issues), killing and injuring civilians is just a taste of what MAGA has in store. I recently watched an excellent BBC documentary about The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1960-1990). The violence in Northern Ireland had deep roots going back well over a century. In the late 1960s, simmering sectarian divisions escalated quickly after heavy handed police, then military, responses to protests. An explosion of sectarian and geopolitical guerilla paramilitary groups then organized. The violence, which included bombing, murders, kidnapping, and terrorist acts increased when people became convinced there was no clear path to justice or peace through political means.
The US already has more dangerous, perfectly legal, weapons of war, more unhinged domestic terrorists, and more right wing militias https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map than any other country - all encouraged by the #MumpRegime.
I fear we are headed in a terrifying direction, and the random violence, death, and misery we will suffer in the US will make The Troubles in Northern Ireland look like a picnic in the park. We are deluding ourselves if we believe we are prepared for the horrors to come.
It's more 2016 gaslighting on steroids with a compliant media and ineffective opposition.
All I can see to hope for is that the idiot oligarchs will loudly and publicly tear themselves apart and then a *responsible party* will have to shoulder in around the wreckage and attempt to sweep up a bit until the place is presentable again. Then they get kicked out and the cycle repeats.
It's not just repeating lies, big and small, but that the MSM repeats them, and rarely refutes the lies. The MSM is in the hands of billionaires who support trump because of reasons, so they lie to us to stay in trump's good graces, even when he spews vitriol at them. They will take any abuse from him, and he will dish it out, but they know that they need each other. Hence, my boycott of the MSM.
It's so grim. But the bloody shirt is the nuclear bomb of political campaigning. And if you have an awful electorate, it really portends poorly for us going forward. This is only going to result in more violence as more of these stochastic terrorists lose the plot. And god help us if any of them are any sort of ethnic or racial minority.
Just the absolute worst possible incoming administration for a time like this.
It’s not that republicans have better messaging than the Democrats. It’s that they are better disciplined than we are at getting that message out.
The Daily show used to make fun of Fox News with Supercuts of all of their anchors saying the exact same thing. From the supposedly straight news reporters in the day time to Hannity and Laura at night. Same message. Same words. Verbatim.
With Democrats it’s a mixed bag. You might get a 30 second clip of Mayor Pete dunking on Bret Baier or you might get AOC dunking on the Twitter trolls. But the majority of Dem Messaging is wishy washy unsuredness.
It’s a bad excuse to say that “Trump tells too many lies to keep up with so why bother?” You don’t have to respond to every lie he tells. Just pick the most egregious one for that day, the one that makes the most impact and go with it.
And the MSM is firmly in repubs' corner, whether Dems realize it or not. AOC and Mayor Peter probably realize it, but I doubt that most other Dems do. Sigh.
And not only that, Republicans have expanded their platforms for messaging. Not only do they own traditional media like tv and radio, they now own the podcast realm, and YouTube, and social Media and tik Tok.
Republicans understood the assignment. They understand that who controls the media controls what people hear and see.
That is all true! A big problem with that is that there's big millionaire/billionaire money bankrolling that, and they also can offer the lies for free as a result. The greedy are essentially using pocket change to fund this.
Everything that gets you truth is more or less paywalled because you have to pay for the labor too.
And the long and short of it is, there's no money in fighting the powers that are bankrolled by big cash. That is a huuuuuuuge disadvantage. As a result you have a loose, slapdash patchwork of different Democrats who are freelancing. All the different sites are freelancing.
Brian Tyler Cohen has to get Chorus Media off the ground. I have no idea of the status of it yet; and I doubt I'd be able to get a reply if I asked with the deluge of followers he has.
I think even mechanically too, the Democratic Party has great ideological and geographic diversity, and the fact that the entire ethos of liberalism requires statutes and legislation. That is a completely different skillset than destruction and leverage of entropy like what the Republicans do.
That also means that getting everyone on the same message is easier when there's Republicans. The base answer of "no" to everything works and is also center to nationalist populism...the easy mode of politics. You don't have to advocate FOR something; you just have to say certain people should be eliminated...violently even.
Advocating FOR something is extremely difficult because not everyone responds to the same thing. And this past election shows we have a large number of people who are not even inhabiting reality, judging by their responses.
I said it before. There's no way to campaign if you have an electorate that isn't inhabiting reality.
That's lining up pretty perfectly with a mounting despair/fatalism re: society/politics at large that i haven't been able to articulate. Thanks, I guess?! 🤑🤮
I drifted away from following Chris Hedges' work years ago, mainly because 'Death of the Liberal Class' IS DEPRESSING AS FUCK.
But over the past nine months or so, everyone with any kind of megaphone that I come across who's both honest AND otherwise principled (e.g. SER!) is reflecting the same grim shit one waybor another. It's all i can do not to hole up with video games whenever I'm not on the clock. If I weren't married to a genuine human being, I might've already dropped off the map.
I've said this a few times, but this may be a case where we have to keep toiling till the electorate upgrades. With the way the Internet and other alternative media are "sticky" this may take longer.
It's not impossible; but it is going to take a lot of money to get media channels. Media costs money. And when you're not on the side of the billionaires it's going to cost a lot to get your message out.
Murc's Law says that if Democrats did that they'd be punished. If inability to get a campaign promise other primary candidates made enacted gets recoded as a lie, there is part of your answer.
Not if the police want to help out the rightwing media human centipede. And holy crap I've never seen such a thing done before, touring the home of a mass murderer. You can't tell me this isn't because the police in concert with the rightwing media human centipede want to wave a bloody shirt to whip up violent action against Muslims.
Editied again to point out this is off topic for the subject, I apologize. Maybe I wanted to share some joy. The world is still gonna work folks, stay in the game.
Completely with mspell but I listen to kmhd.org everynight. Been listening them since early 80's greater portland station and I love 'em.
Give 'em a try. I moved from LA TO oregon and these guys were the only jazz aro0und. And still there. LOVE THOSE FUCKERS!!
OK, I'm clearly drunk but let me spell this correctly, KMHD.ORG got some great music all the time and I love those guys and the boomer on Friday nights is fantastic.
phew, I'm a bit over the top of my skis tonight, sorry. But having a good time listening to KMHD.ORG.
I'm sorry for all the edit, I have been having some extra cheer this evening.
I swear I'm not like this all the time, but hell.
The recent events in New Orleans and Las Vegas of right wing domestic terrorists (both of whom were US military trained, and both also appear to have incel issues), killing and injuring civilians is just a taste of what MAGA has in store. I recently watched an excellent BBC documentary about The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1960-1990). The violence in Northern Ireland had deep roots going back well over a century. In the late 1960s, simmering sectarian divisions escalated quickly after heavy handed police, then military, responses to protests. An explosion of sectarian and geopolitical guerilla paramilitary groups then organized. The violence, which included bombing, murders, kidnapping, and terrorist acts increased when people became convinced there was no clear path to justice or peace through political means.
The US already has more dangerous, perfectly legal, weapons of war, more unhinged domestic terrorists, and more right wing militias https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map than any other country - all encouraged by the #MumpRegime.
I fear we are headed in a terrifying direction, and the random violence, death, and misery we will suffer in the US will make The Troubles in Northern Ireland look like a picnic in the park. We are deluding ourselves if we believe we are prepared for the horrors to come.
Repeat the lie until it becomes truth.
Until the truthtellers are marginalized, dead, exhausted.
It's more 2016 gaslighting on steroids with a compliant media and ineffective opposition.
All I can see to hope for is that the idiot oligarchs will loudly and publicly tear themselves apart and then a *responsible party* will have to shoulder in around the wreckage and attempt to sweep up a bit until the place is presentable again. Then they get kicked out and the cycle repeats.
Sigh. Palm Court looked lovely, though.
It's not just repeating lies, big and small, but that the MSM repeats them, and rarely refutes the lies. The MSM is in the hands of billionaires who support trump because of reasons, so they lie to us to stay in trump's good graces, even when he spews vitriol at them. They will take any abuse from him, and he will dish it out, but they know that they need each other. Hence, my boycott of the MSM.
It's so grim. But the bloody shirt is the nuclear bomb of political campaigning. And if you have an awful electorate, it really portends poorly for us going forward. This is only going to result in more violence as more of these stochastic terrorists lose the plot. And god help us if any of them are any sort of ethnic or racial minority.
Just the absolute worst possible incoming administration for a time like this.
It’s not that republicans have better messaging than the Democrats. It’s that they are better disciplined than we are at getting that message out.
The Daily show used to make fun of Fox News with Supercuts of all of their anchors saying the exact same thing. From the supposedly straight news reporters in the day time to Hannity and Laura at night. Same message. Same words. Verbatim.
With Democrats it’s a mixed bag. You might get a 30 second clip of Mayor Pete dunking on Bret Baier or you might get AOC dunking on the Twitter trolls. But the majority of Dem Messaging is wishy washy unsuredness.
It’s a bad excuse to say that “Trump tells too many lies to keep up with so why bother?” You don’t have to respond to every lie he tells. Just pick the most egregious one for that day, the one that makes the most impact and go with it.
It’s mainly that they can consistently lie without shame.
And the MSM is firmly in repubs' corner, whether Dems realize it or not. AOC and Mayor Peter probably realize it, but I doubt that most other Dems do. Sigh.
And not only that, Republicans have expanded their platforms for messaging. Not only do they own traditional media like tv and radio, they now own the podcast realm, and YouTube, and social Media and tik Tok.
Republicans understood the assignment. They understand that who controls the media controls what people hear and see.
That is all true! A big problem with that is that there's big millionaire/billionaire money bankrolling that, and they also can offer the lies for free as a result. The greedy are essentially using pocket change to fund this.
Everything that gets you truth is more or less paywalled because you have to pay for the labor too.
And the long and short of it is, there's no money in fighting the powers that are bankrolled by big cash. That is a huuuuuuuge disadvantage. As a result you have a loose, slapdash patchwork of different Democrats who are freelancing. All the different sites are freelancing.
Brian Tyler Cohen has to get Chorus Media off the ground. I have no idea of the status of it yet; and I doubt I'd be able to get a reply if I asked with the deluge of followers he has.
I think even mechanically too, the Democratic Party has great ideological and geographic diversity, and the fact that the entire ethos of liberalism requires statutes and legislation. That is a completely different skillset than destruction and leverage of entropy like what the Republicans do.
That also means that getting everyone on the same message is easier when there's Republicans. The base answer of "no" to everything works and is also center to nationalist populism...the easy mode of politics. You don't have to advocate FOR something; you just have to say certain people should be eliminated...violently even.
Advocating FOR something is extremely difficult because not everyone responds to the same thing. And this past election shows we have a large number of people who are not even inhabiting reality, judging by their responses.
I said it before. There's no way to campaign if you have an electorate that isn't inhabiting reality.
That's lining up pretty perfectly with a mounting despair/fatalism re: society/politics at large that i haven't been able to articulate. Thanks, I guess?! 🤑🤮
I drifted away from following Chris Hedges' work years ago, mainly because 'Death of the Liberal Class' IS DEPRESSING AS FUCK.
But over the past nine months or so, everyone with any kind of megaphone that I come across who's both honest AND otherwise principled (e.g. SER!) is reflecting the same grim shit one waybor another. It's all i can do not to hole up with video games whenever I'm not on the clock. If I weren't married to a genuine human being, I might've already dropped off the map.
I've said this a few times, but this may be a case where we have to keep toiling till the electorate upgrades. With the way the Internet and other alternative media are "sticky" this may take longer.
It's not impossible; but it is going to take a lot of money to get media channels. Media costs money. And when you're not on the side of the billionaires it's going to cost a lot to get your message out.
Are we ever going to become a country where telling lies to the public works to the detriment of a political party, rather than to their benefit?
At this point, the answer I see is no.
Nope.
Murc's Law says that if Democrats did that they'd be punished. If inability to get a campaign promise other primary candidates made enacted gets recoded as a lie, there is part of your answer.
How does a reporter have access to walk around this guy's house? Shouldn't it be closed off for investigators?
Not if the police want to help out the rightwing media human centipede. And holy crap I've never seen such a thing done before, touring the home of a mass murderer. You can't tell me this isn't because the police in concert with the rightwing media human centipede want to wave a bloody shirt to whip up violent action against Muslims.
I can just hear some cop guild stooge replying "well you wanted transparency!"
that is exactly what i was wondering too. 🤦🏽♀️
When can we give Texas back to Mexico? Asking for a friend.
Mexico doesn't want Texas now.
I think you're asking on behalf of a LOT of friends.
something something good company?