Re: 1994, Visions Of Heaven and Hell

2018-03-02 Thread C.Robbins
Some of us realized this at the time On Mar 2, 2018, at 10:04 AM, carlo von lynX wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 02:06:55PM +0100, Menno Grootveld wrote: >> The URL is wrong. The correct one is >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwt-Jrmd5Ns > > Sorry folks, this is indeed the URL I intend

Re: The Trump Speech

2017-01-24 Thread C.Robbins
This strikes me as somewhat of a myopic POV ... not to mention a tad inaccurate if we were splitting hairs. Reportedly DJT's first executive order was either to "ease the burden of Obamacare." http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-signs-executive-order-minimizing-economic-burden/story?

Re: January 23, Trump Question

2017-01-23 Thread C.Robbins
I believe that DJT's impeachment has been pivotal to the Republican intent and strategy since he won the primaries. Thru their unholy alliance they were able to prevail in the 2016 election, as they simply could not win without one another's constituents ( leaving the Russians out of this.) I a

Re: The Meme Wars

2017-01-16 Thread C.Robbins
Hi David, Thx so much for this explication - It strikes me that "post-truth" may be an appropriation of some academic jargon that I've heard bantered around at conferences ... as a rhetorical signifier of the MSM's hip intellectual pose in their never-ending attempt to keep ahead. > I believe

Re: The Meme Wars

2017-01-14 Thread C.Robbins
Absolutely - this is crucial .An explication of your statement would prove productive: > On a related note, I think that an important part of this discussion > will be to challenge the shallow discourse of "fake news" and > "post-truth” which only serves to set up a smoke screen covering the

Re: The Guardian's Summary of Julian Assange's Interview Went Viral and

2017-01-02 Thread C.Robbins
Without question the article on Assange was the epitomy of "bad journalism", "Fake news" or whatever trending tagline one wishes to assign to biased delivery of, and 24/7 consumption of propaganda ... and, yes, Ben Jacobs, accompanied by thousands of other "journalists", should be hung out to d