The Cult of Fools – “Rep Madison Cawthorn groped by male associate” – May 1, 2022
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
How can you get around Book Censorship?
Banning and perhaps even burning books has been a popular pastime for some. I can only wonder if those motivated to embark upon this path have ever actually read Ray Bradbury‘s dystopian “Fahrenheit 451“. For those unfamiliar with that, it is a 1953 book about a future American society in which all books have been … Read more
Can we Fix the Current Mess?: Public Media vs Commercial Media
Give it some thought and you will perhaps appreciate that the advantages of a well-funded public media are abundant. Commercial media is driven by a profit motive. They are literally motivated to provide content that keeps us constantly enraged so that we remain hooked to them and thus generate revenue via advertising income. That is … Read more
The Cult of Fools – “Mickey and Pluto Sex Scenes” – Apr 24, 2022
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Exposure of gross Christian Hypocrisy
On the floor Michigan Senate, State Sen. Mallory McMorrow gave a mind-blowing speech. It exposes the gross Hypocrisy, blatant lies, and utter moral bankruptcy of Republican members who have weaponised Christianity for their own personal gain. The five minute speech has gone mainstream and is quite rightly being reported via many outlets. Despite that, I … Read more
How do the Fact Checkers actually Fact Check?
We all know that misinformation and disinformation abounds and is currently running rampant. Thankfully there are also some very useful resources that can really help: To be specific, I mean the fact-checkers. Well-known examples of organizations that are wholly and completely focused on fact-checking include … FactCheck.org PolitiFact Snopes etc… There are of course many … Read more