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Let’s enter Fantasyland for a moment. Let’s pretend for a sec that our country had a news media that was interested in bringing you the news, not in lecturing you about your moral inferiority (You’re so bad) or lying to you in transparently obvious ways (January 6 was an insurrection, guys) or even in forcing you to repeat whatever childish slogan they’ve come up with this week.Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. OK. Transwomen are women. All right. Say it or else.

By now you’ve probably heard about or even seen the video “Plandemic” that’s been spreading like wildfire through social media networks. This article is not the one you should give to your friend or relative or coworker who shared the video. This is an article for those who recognized the video as rife with conspiracy theories, misinformation and false claims, those who are frustrated and unsettled and disappointed in who they see sharing it, and those who want to know what to say when they see it. It explains why the video is successful, how to recognize propaganda like this...

Pathetic.h/t to stoat

As the true plans of the Forces of Evil and their political puppets in Washington begin to become clear, the average American appears to finally be getting it. The recent spectacle of our betters in Congress being shouted at by the rabble over the proposed Obamacare bill seems to have lit a fire under the body politic. Democracy in action, they say -- as if that were a good thing. But even though I am adamantly opposed to the federal government's proposed takeover of my most intimate affairs, I'd like to state for the record that even though the rabble...

From: "CNY Latino - Hugo" To: "Jon Alvarez" Subject: Pidiendo ayuda, por favor... Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:42:43 -0400 Hi: I have prepared this generic note, to selected people that have frequent communication with my monthly “bilingual” publication, and that also I think they might have influences and/or connections with business owners, key people in large organizations, distinguished people, or simply know "somebody" that could help us keep the CNY Latino newspaper alive... We are going through some financial difficulties; advertisement (the ONLY source of income for this publication) has been very low for the last four months (4...

Please no flames--I am at my wits end and just wanted to see if anyone has any ideas.

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You know all those annoying people who talk into their cell phones as if you weren't standing right next to them? It turns out that many of them aren't really talking to anybody. The New York Times recently described research at Rutgers University as well as the Ethics and Public Policy Center that found that a great number of cell phone users are faking it. A number of people make fake phone calls on their cell phones just for the benefit of those around them. Someone who's late for work may enter the office talking to "an important client" to...

Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill said Wednesday that The Chocolate Factory is using 'dirty tricks' after it released candid photographs showing the Democratic presidential hopeful, dressed in an Oompa Lumpa suit, crawling through the candy compound. Kerry, who did not have a golden ticket, gave a short 15-minute speech to a small crowd on the banks of the chocolate river. Cahill tells The Right-Wing Attack Machine, that the press was not supposed to be there and that no photos were to be taken during the tour. Democrats are blaming the owner of the factory, Willy Wonka, for the leak....