This is actually a song title of Frank Zappa’s — I can’t remember the lyrics right now, and I’m too lazy to go dig it up out of my archives … but I will say that I recall them as rather empty. My mind is also sort of empty right now. The mainstream propaganda machinery… Continue reading Let Me Take You to the Beach
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Nationalist Mainstreams
The degree to which other people might not be aware the things someone believes are central “mainstream” topics should not be underestimated. For example, how many people in Iran actually believe that whatever a so-called “media outlet” in the United States matters to the reality of the everyday life of an ordinary or average (Iranian)… Continue reading Nationalist Mainstreams
Irrational Media Maintains BBC Propaganda Was Merely Edit, Error, … Epic Fail !! ;)
What makes something someone publishes “Fake News”? What makes false statements, lies and deceit an epic fail? I have already written at length about the difference between rational media (based on natural language) and irrational media (based on brand names) — and also about my opinion that irrational media are distrustworthy* (i.e., that they are… Continue reading Irrational Media Maintains BBC Propaganda Was Merely Edit, Error, … Epic Fail !! 😉
Trusting the Sales Person
I have a hunch that gullible people are one of the biggest problems humanity faces today. It seems like used car sales persons have had a bad reputation since time immemorial, and what’s perhaps even more surprising is that time immemorial seems to go back no further than the invention of the automobile. Which people… Continue reading Trusting the Sales Person
