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shaky illusions of stability

Reality t.v. The ideological image of the wandering jew is a powerful one; this arbitrary condemnation to find redemption in death and symbolic target that encapsulates inconsistent fantastical elements that are part of the Western enlightenment narrative. Commercials where salvation … Continue reading

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natural born killers

Open the lamp. Unleash the genie. Sometimes simple narratives don’t provide answers. Or, simply the inertia devolves into populism, trite formulas, generic thinking, or a romantic nostalgia for an idyll by-gone era that never existed and we are back to … Continue reading

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minaret at the gates of vienna

The psychopath as superficially normal. The Eichmann syndrome where a mass murderer passes psychological testing with a sterling recommendation of a clinically normal individual who loves his family and is kind to pets. Hannah Arendt claimed his crime was thoughtlessness. … Continue reading

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shifting mainstream: a murky sideshow

You have to wonder whether the current, almost virulent anti-Arab and Muslim invective in America and to some extent in Canada is not induced by a larger effort, principally using the media, in order to enact behavior modification through a … Continue reading

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ideology: ready to drive the car

Anders Behring Breivik deemed his act as “atrocious” but necessary in his statement to police. It begs to ask the question if the current propaganda war between Democrat and Republican is not part of some far reaching new variations of … Continue reading

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