All Blog Posts Tagged 'propaganda' (16)

Part two of the Florrie Saga, with two questions from Redditors.

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Candy 11

Alleee 1

The Moog Machine * Let the Sunshine In

Alvis Wayne * I Gottum

Candy 12

The Sound of Criss Cross/J.S. Bach * Badinerie

TV Magic * Be a Better Magician

Candy 13

Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band * Love and Understanding

Bo Carter * Banana in Your…

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Florrie Fisher shared her life as a "boozer, user, and a loser," with rather sophisticated New York high school students, about 30 years before Amy Sedaris (sort of) portrayed her on the Comedy Central show, Strangers with Candy.

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Candy 1

Alleee 1

Country Trip

Pat Boone, George Otis, Harald Bredesen * Crisis America

Candy 2

Devo * Don't Roof Rack Me,…

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Christianity has an awesome propaganda machine that regularly pumps out information, misinformation and down right lies, which the media regularly promotes as gospel rather than investing a little critical thought and just a smidgeon of skepticism (default mode for real journalists).



A good example of poor journalism, sloppy work and plain laziness comes in a story picked up by the national media from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. As a research organization, Pew's… Continue

Various Christian scarefilm clips. Proving once again that the world would be much poorer in the Great Arts without the contributions of Christians.



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One-Way Ticket 1

Alleee 1

Link Wray & the Raymen * Batman Theme

Le Mur * Believe it or Kill Me 1

MAD Disco * Disco Suicide

One-Way Ticket 2

Armand Migiani and Couroyer * Venus

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Despite being 11 years into the 21st century, in the United States the train of ignorance rolls on and shows no signs of slowing down. Before, I start in on this rant (yes, it is a rant) I must admit that I am highly disgusted by the colossal amount of misinformation the black church passes along. I am incensed by the ignorance it encourages and more importantly, I am frightened by the amount of, what else can I call it, bullshit the community actually…

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Did the new RNC chair, Riense Priebus, set a new tone for the question of Church and State separation? Read more: http://wp.me/pDkAX-5r

Mr Chris and the Gassy Bubbles:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7D9peArf0

http://www.mrchrisandthegassybubbles.com/



LSD: Battle for the Mind attempts to show the harm LSD is doing to 1960's Society, unlike racism, sexism, war and killing all the brown people in… Continue

Does hypocrisy know no bounds? The English branch is now saying that society is selfish, irresponsible and is suffering form 'a lack of trust'. Continue

The clips this week comes from an old propaganda/brainwashing American men film, "Your job in Germany." Isn't it horrible how a country believes its so superior that it has the right to invade other countries so it can be the world's superpower? And the use of propaganda! Tsk! I guess the picture is right. They are born and bred with this belief of superiority. (snark)



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This is a very interesting article, and well worth the long read. While this does not address atheism or theism in particular, I think understanding this information can be useful in many different situations.



Oops, wrong brain



What on earth are we thinking when we go into shops and buy lots of pointless stuff we just don’t need? John Naish says it’s not so much what’s on our minds, but which brain we use when we spend.



The past 20 years have given… Continue

This is a story about language that was on NPR this morning. If you've by chance read my bio, you'll know that one of my interests is language. This story is about how our cultural use of language conditions how we perceive or define the world/issues/people. This is really quite interesting. You can listen to it here. Be sure to read the introduction below, which is… Continue

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The Elders of Zion [*], the venerable and shadowy Jewish organization that controls the international banking industry, news media and Hollywood, has announced that it is disbanding so that members can retire to Florida and live out their golden… Continue

Been a couple of posts (again) yesterday about the vile propaganda and raw hatred that gets directed our way from theists that are immune to any kind of basic logic or argument a 5-year old can understand. It does nothing other than encourage renewed, freshly envigorated assaults. I summised the mentality as follows here -



"Smear, ridicule, noise, distraction, slander and outright falsehoods.… Continue

In the recent edition of the Osservatore Romano (16-17 Feb 2009) there is a very short piece entitled "In the footsteps of Galileo science must value faith and reason." The message is spelled out in the first sentence, stating that scientists are called upon by the Vatican to not renounce "neither reason nor faith". To suggest that scientists do not value reason is an insult of the highest order. But the abuse of language which is one of the hallmarks of Vatican propaganda needs not only to be… Continue

[This is a call for correspondence to the party responsible for the article. If you wish to comment, please do it on the forum copy of this article]



From the Sydney Morning Herald of all places. This is disturbing.



The problem I face is weariness with science-based… Continue

Happy New Year! As you may know, the Sc-Fi channel runs a Twilight Zone marathon on New Years's Eve and New Year's Day. It's fun to see all the old filmmaking techniques, the occasional bad acting, the weirdness of the stories and how freaky that narrator is (Futurama does a perfect parody called "The Scary Door".) But it's also fun to see American culture and weird beliefs in this era.



One episode called "The Obsolete Man" had this weird "git them godliss commies!" feel to it. A… Continue