Category Archives: Propaganda
Two current TV commercials that are bugging me a lot
Both are posing as “public service” announcements. Neither is, not truly. And neither clearly identifies the promoter/producer of the ad but it’s my guess PACs stoked with dark money are paying for them. One commercial starts with a man who … Continue reading
Animal news: Don’t blame Big Bird for the list the U.S. just made
From Harper’s Weekly Report: The Conservative Political Action Conference forbade the Sesame Street characters Elmo, Big Bird, and Bert and Ernie from attending the conference in February in response to a Twitter announcement about Big Bird’s vaccination status. For the … Continue reading
For my dear UK friends and relations: a consequence of Brexit
One of the unforeseen consequences of Brexit…was that it had elevated to positions of undue prominence any number of nasty little toerags. Ah well. The people had spoken. –From London Rules, by Mick Herron