In The Wrestling Age

The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate

By Chris Hedges

May 27, 2019

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51676.htm

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The new media, Taibbi points out, still manufactures consent, but it does so by setting group against group, a consumer version of what George Orwell in his novel “1984” called the “Two Minutes Hate.” Our opinions and prejudices are skillfully catered to and reinforced, with the aid of a detailed digital analysis of our proclivities and habits, and then sold back to us. The result, Taibbi writes, is “packaged anger just for you.” The public is unable to speak across the manufactured divide. It is mesmerized by the fake dissent of the culture wars and competing conspiracy theories. Politics, under the assault, has atrophied into a tawdry reality show centered on political personalities. Civic discourse is defined by invective and insulting remarks on the internet. Power, meanwhile, is left unexamined and unchallenged. The result is political impotence among the populace. The moral swamp is not only a fertile place for demagogues such as Donald Trump—a creation of this media burlesque—but channels misplaced rage, intolerance and animosity toward those defined as internal enemies.

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“If you watch a [‘Sunday NFL] Countdown’ you’ll see the sets are designed exactly the same” as that of “Crossfire.” “The anchor on one side. There’s usually four commentators—two that represent each team. They have graphics that tell you what the score is, who is ahead, who is behind. We want people to perceive politics as something they have a rooting interest in. There’s no possibility of any gray area in any of this. Your political identity can’t possibly bleed into any other political identity. You are on one team or another. That’s it. We don’t even acknowledge the existence of people who have different types of ideas. For instance, anti-abortion but also pro-union. Whatever it is. That doesn’t exist in the media.”

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The template for news, Taibbi writes, is professional wrestling.

“Wrestling was a commercial formula that they figured out worked incredibly well,” Taibbi said of the corporate owners of news outlets. “There was a simplified morality play where there was a good guy, who was called the baby face, and a bad guy they called the heel. They relentlessly hyped the bad guy. The heel was more important in wrestling and more popular than the face. The amount of tickets they can sell is a direct correlation to how much people hate the bad guy. You have to have a hateable heel in order to make the formula work. This is how news works.”

Reporters, Taibbi writes in his book, “now regularly do the outraged hero, finger-pointing routine whenever they are within a mile of Trump. Jim Acosta’s confrontations with the president, for instance, seemed pulled straight from WWE [World Wrestling Entertainment] outtakes. Trump’s whole presidency has turned into a heel/hero promotion with Bob Mueller in the face role.”

Cargo Cult Thinking

The Postmodernist Cargo Cult Creates Carte Blanche for the Kakistocracy

May 30, 2019 Russ Winter

https://www.winterwatch.net/2019/05/the-postmodernist-cargo-cult-creates-carte-blanche-for-the-kakistocracy/

Postmodernism is a political ideology that developed in the late 20th century. It’s characterized by subjectivism and relativism and deconstructs Enlightenment concepts of reason, objectivity and merit. The root idea is that “everything is a social construct.” Thus, it asks, how can one identify and qualify merit. The other root idea is that no real effort, insight or knowledge is required to achieve and have value in society. 

... The very word “postmodernism” is Orwellian double-think gibberish. A better word is counter-Enlightenment.

... Special status and rights are given based on victim status. Additional power is gained by these “identity groups” by claiming they are oppressed, “not equal yet,” and for perpetuity. But it’s much like a land rush given that 99.9% of the people on the planet can claim some sort of ancestral oppression. So the “winners” of the postmodernist land rush are those con-artists who whine, and manipulate the loudest about so-called “grievances.” In practice it is not diversity, but shallow land grab diversity.

... The cult, once in ascendancy, can pursue the subjugation of the majority of the population (in this case, by targeting majority “identity groups”) on behalf of a numerically faux-oppressed elite (minority groups), who tell everyone else how they should think and what they can do and say. This is a bizarre “tyranny of the minority” or idiocracy/kakistocracy.

... As the plebs inevitably begin to struggle and revolt against corporatism due to the externalities of predatory profit maximization, the Owners can opportunistically use postmodernism as an efficient way to suppress them. Again, this is accomplished thru the suppression of majority groups, using the facade of “freeing minorities” from oppressive majority-group tyranny (an imaginary enemy fabricated using their media assets). Additionally, the plutocrats can posture as “good” as they “protect” their minority tyrants.

Idiot's Revelation*

"It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bothers me, it is the parts I do understand." - Mark Twain

People's reactions when they see you are reading anything Bible related is funny.  My loving partner picked this book up, looked at me squint eyed, skimmed the pages and said, "You better not read this before bedtime.  You will have nightmares."  I reminded her that two nights earlier we had watched a fire breathing dragon make human charcoal of Kingsford Landing and have seriously watched weekly decapitations, heart stabbings and general blood letting of all types as television entertainment.  Dany the Dragon Queen ain't got nothing on destruction when it comes to an angry Jebus.

If you buy the generally accepted story (and everything is up for interpretation and argument), John the Apostle while 100 or so years old was banished to a deserted island in the Mediterranean where he dreamed a fantastic story of divine retribution to unbelievers and a New Jerusalem to be delivered to believers.  There is the warning of not dabbling in occult arts, meaning I assume black magic, fortune telling, astrology and the like (not that I advocate such things, believe me). But we are supposed to believe a long time bitter Christian has a psychotic break and his hallucinations as fact.  After a lifetime of abuse, as all Christians are prone to be turning the other cheek and all, John finally gets even with the bullies.  His God finally gets pissed and protects the meek.  God sends 100 pound hail, stinging locusts, boils, poisons the water, spreads death in a multitude of gory ways.  John must have slept well after this dream.

Bran the Broken has spoken! The days of "judge not, for ye shall be judged" is over.

But wait, there's more! If you were a believer in Jesus and survived to experience one of several bodily resurrections from the dead and you more than willing to fall on your face in praise of the Lord, you would be allowed to live in a splendid city with no want or pain or disease, and of course, death.  Reading this tract you are in the small minority of living souls able to collect.

The authors, Stan Campbell and James S. Bell, Jr., do a fine job taking the reader through this morass of dredge.  They are good hearted and respectful, not confrontational as I would be.  Sometimes their lightheartedness is exactly what is needed.  They start in the beginning to the end, as it is instructed to do, and comment without heavy handedness.  So much of art and literature is recognizable in these passages, common phrases, "grapes of wrath" (where God puts the unbelievers in a wine press), "for the birds" (where God sends the birds to eat the human carrion after Armageddon), "the Four Horsemen" (God's shock troops), The Elaborately Dressed, Blood-Drinking, Scarlet-Beast-Riding Prostitute (commonly referred to the Lady in Red), and of course the greatest villain of all time, the AntiChrist and his buddies the Beast and False Prophet.  As you might surmise, Game of Thrones is a fairy tale compared to this book.  The authors go further and explain the different theological approaches interpolating these passages, one more absurd than the next.  Thanks for the effort, fellas.

One real plot hole for me was releasing Satan from the Abyss to reign over the Earth, cause his usual havoc, for God (Jesus isn't mentioned beyond the intro) to throw him back into the Abyss for a thousand years.  Then he releases him again! WHY?  The usual bad things happen as you would expect, only then does God throw him into the burning sulpher lake and, I think, kills him.  Should have done it the first time, doncha think?

Accepting Jesus as your savior doesn't bother me in context of your living life.  The Golden Rule, be kind to strangers, help the needy and sick, the Beatitudes, all the wonderful parables are worthy and noble ways to live your life.  I commend people that uphold these concepts.  It makes for a better world all around, and especially because mean spirited assholes make it difficult while you do it. It's the fear based, guilt driven, herd mentality of psychopath religious leaders using this kind of literature on the stupid, unthinking masses that drives me mad.  Muhammad had his visions with an angel, look at the world he created. Let's all get our feet on the ground, shall we?

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Idiots+revelation&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2019/04/islam-04.html

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more EWS:

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2019/04/unholy-alliance.html

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2019/03/

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2019/02/islam-facts-01.html

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2019/08/religion-our-friend.html

Stock Up

Crop Catastrophe In The Midwest – Latest USDA Crop Progress Report Indicates That A Nightmare Scenario Is Upon Us

May 26, 2019 by Michael Snyder

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/crop-catastrophe-in-the-midwest-latest-usda-crop-progress-report-indicates-that-a-nightmare-scenario-is-upon-us

The last 12 months have been the wettest in all of U.S. history, and this has created absolutely horrific conditions for U.S. farmers.  Thanks to endless rain and historic flooding that has stretched on for months, many farmers have not been able to plant crops at all, and a lot of the crops that have actually been planted are deeply struggling.  What this means is that U.S. agricultural production is going to be way, way down this year.  The numbers that I am about to share with you are deeply alarming, and they should serve as a wake up call for all of us.  The food that each one of us eats every day is produced by our farmers, and right now our farmers are truly facing a nightmare scenario.

...Last year, 78 percent of all corn acreage had been planted by now.  This year, that number is sitting at just 49 percent.

... Last year, 53 percent of all soybean acreage had been planted by now.  This year, that number has fallen to 19 percent.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48589651

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/major-crop-disaster-historic-midwest-blizzard-has-farmers-expecting-massive-crop-losses-as-devastating-as-weve-ever-seen

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/nightmarish-weather-has-many-midwest-farmers-fearing-widespread-crop-failures-and-a-record-low-harvest-in-2019

Pesky 2nd Amendment

"Let the enemies of the working class remember that any person who is arrested with a gun in his hands, without the corresponding permission and identification, is subject to immediate execution, and any person who dares talk against Soviet power will be immediately arested and put in a concentration camp.  The members of the bourgeoisie must feel the heavy hand of the working class.  All capitalist robbers, marauders and speculators will be sent to compulsory public works, their property will be confiscated, and persons involved in counter-revolutionary plots will be destroyed and smashed by the heavy hammer of the revolutionary proletariat."

- Vice-Chairman Peters of the Cheka

OregonMuse... 01

"Progressives like to claim that the economic disparities between blacks and whites are due to white privilege. Ignoring the fact that Asian immigrants generally do quite well in this country, what can be done to lessen the disparity? Well, it's not like white privilege is any big secret. Anyone can reach out and take some. Here's how you do it: Go to school and study your ass off. Graduate from high school. Obey the law. Avoid recreational drugs and alcohol. Get a job. Consider no job, if it is honest work, to be beneath you. Work your ass off. Go to church. Avoid pre-marital sex and all-night partying. Do not have a child unless you're married and are able to support one. Live beneath your means. Save money for emergencies. Do not hang out with criminals, slackers, or losers. This is white privilege in a nutshell. And what's great about white privilege is, get this, you don't have to be white to get it. These rules will work for anyone, regardless of race or religion or country of origin. All you have to do is follow them and good things will come your way. Usually. The problem is that, due to the unevenness of life, the benefits of white privilege are not evenly distributed, so it's better if you live in a community where everyone practices these rules. In this way, you will maximize your chances of benefitting from white privilege. But you're not done yet. You also must teach these rules to your children, and teach them to teach the rules to their own children. Because the benefits of white privilege accrue like compound interest over generations. And it only takes one generation, maybe two, to break this golden chain and then you're back to square one, back to the misery, starvation, ignorance, and squalor that have been endemic to human societies since time immemorial. White privilege is the only path that has ever lead to prosperity for the many, rather than just for the few. So what this world needs is not less white privilege, but more."

http://ace.mu.nu/

Talk 'girl'*

I don't talk 'girl'. 

Rushing to get to the roller coaster for the most awesomest moment to the crashing depths of dissatisfaction, sometimes in the same sentence. Conversational-wise I'm more of a Dragon Wagon, some bumps along the way and back to the beginning is my style.

I have observed that women that use the fetishizing talk of everything being 'super', and 'amazing' and the 'best' are also the most chronic complainers. It's as if you have to go along with the ride and are fixed in your seat unable to escape the screams of dissatisfaction using 'disgusting', 'horrible', despicable', etc. It seems those that 'put on a happy face' are those that are the most disgruntled. Also, their compliments ring hollow.

I'm the kind of man that appreciates the labor that goes into something more than the finished product. I don't impress easily. Life isn't magic to me. If I run across 'amazing', man-made that is, I want to figure out how it was made or works. I won't stand dumbfounded or fall into immediate ass-kissing. Celebrity culture, Hollywood, and the music biz is completely propped up by shallow astonishment of a performer, make-up, costumes and digital software that makes one sing in tune. Gossip is the inverse, there to tear someone down. This is all human behavior, but I observe it more in the women's mindset. I can't play along with either game. 

I once was in a conversation about love and relationship with a woman who made the point of saying, "She just wanted to be adored". She wasn't joking. I said, "Good luck with that." I knew her fairly well. She didn't work. She had a child. She was very self-centered. She was grossly overweight. And she talked constantly. 

Talk is not conversation. I demand conversation. Information must be shared to a greater end. Talk is weaponized listening, a cross examination. Anything you say will be used against you later. I have come not to trust women on this account. They are not asking a question because they are interested. They are building a case against you. They won't forget. Don't freely give them the information, make them work for it.

RESISTANCE

RESISTANCE

THERE IS RESISTANCE IN THE AIR

IT MAKES MY WORDS FALL TO THE FLOOR

HALFWAY TO THE RECIPIENT

TO GET THE RESPONSE, "OH, REALLY?"

THERE IS RESISTANCE IN THE AIR

WHEN MY REQUEST IS MET WITH, "YOU NEED THIS."

I STATE WHAT I WANT 

AND I GET WHAT I GET

THERE IS RESISTANCE IN THE AIR

PUT IN MY PLACE AT THE END OF THE LINE

DRIVING ME INTO MY MIND

WHEN CONVERSATION BECOMES A REASON TO TALK

THERE IS RESISTANCE IN THE AIR

WHEN FIVE WORDS ARE SAID BEFORE INTERRUPTION

AND CORRECTION

NO MATTER WHAT I SAY

RESISTANCE IS IN THE AIR

MY WORDS SPIRAL OUT CLOCKWISE INTO DECREASING RINGS

TO A POINT HALFWAY

THEN REVERSE INTO A LARGER SPIRAL INTO THE EAR

AND  HEARD AS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF MY INTENTION

THERE IS RESISTANCE IN THE AIR

Blown for Good*

Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology

by Marc Headley | Nov 6, 2009

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Marc+Headley&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

The mind prison that is Scientology fascinates me. The recent A and E show with the actress and former PR guy of this so-called 'religion' is powerful as they lay out all the crimes, leaving the watcher with "How in the hell?..." It's obvious to me the G, particularly the Office of Naval Intelligence, has a keen interest in keeping this mind control program going.

There are those that join and those that are born into it. Life, as such, is a constant deprogramming effort for some. Others are just fools. Mr. Headley was directed as a young child by his divorced mother to attend Scientology schools. His friends and life became sucked into supporting the effort of 'clearing' the Earth - mainly by clearing the bank accounts of Hollywood creatives. As a teen wandering and searching, he joins SeaOrg, signing a billion year contract of slavery. Yes, billion. As he proves his worth of unquestioning loyalty he is 'promoted' to join the Int Base, or Central Committee if you will, located in Gilman, CA.

For 15 years, working 100 work weeks for $35, he witnesses and is subjected to degradations of extreme latitudes. It makes the reader ask, "What the hell?", again. These people have been stripped, or voluntarily stripped, all self-esteem and self-worth. Where are the backbones of this crew? Thankfully, some do, as more and more escaped the tyranny of such mind control. The level of security surrounding the working minions is more than highly paid security guards. They have a constant watch and reclaim quickly anyone defecting, with force if need be. The laws of freedom broken by this organization is endless, yet they go tax free. It's a cult when not allowed to leave.

My connection with Mr Headley is his working with the Audio Visual department. I understood his descriptions of video formats, production techniques and deadlines of completion because I, also, thoughout the 90's and early 2000's did the same type of work, long hours, no pay. My mind contoller was the Communist Party, though not directly. We were going to get our message of trade unionism through the up and coming technology of hand held cameras and cable TV, and we worked very hard at it. I was able to walk away from that life without being harrassed besides the basic character assassination, but I understand now a good salesman needs a good product and a customer deserving life improvment. Scientology or Communism do not offer this quality.

It must be comforting to be a slave, no worries, roof over your head and some food. Just spend your life making someone else live on Easy Street. It seems so many like that kind of life. Utter some magic words, internally believe that you are so special and saved, look down your nose at all the losers, the mental prisons are so safe and reassuring. Your fellow prisoners will tell you how lucky you are. I only wish more people would figuratively get on their motor bikes and ride away, or cut their chains, and realize a life worth living. I give an enormous credit to Marc Headley, his wife Clare and their personal love that made them see it and act on it.

Don't I Know

“Shooting The Messenger” Is A Psychological Reality – Share Bad News And People Will Like You Less

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/05/08/shooting-the-messenger-is-a-psychological-reality-share-bad-news-and-people-will-like-you-less/#more-37074

By Matthew Warren

... We all know the movie scene: a nervous aide has to deliver bad news to his villainous boss, stumbling over his words and incessantly apologizing. For a second, it looks like he will be OK – until the boss turns around and summarily executes him.

...But it turns out this phenomenon of “shooting the messenger” is not just restricted to fiction. A new paper in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General has demonstrated that we do tend to take a dim view of the bearers of bad news – even when these people are simply innocent messengers. 

... Altogether, the research suggests that “shooting the messenger” has a real basis in the way people act in everyday situations. It seems to stem from a number of sources, including a desire to make sense of negative or unexpected situations, and a tendency to misattribute malicious motives to messengers. While the researchers concentrated on the “likability” of the messenger, they add that participants could be making other negative judgments as well: for example, one of the studies found that people also judge bringers of bad news as less competent. 

Wesley Says... 016

 

TALES FROM THE FRONT

https://escapedwageslave.blogspot.com/2018/11/

1) One "Aw, shit" erases a lot of "Attaboys".

2) I came with and address and a bad attitude.

3) I came here looking for a job, I'll be leaving looking for a job.

4) I quit and my partner thinks your an asshole.

5) I'm not here for a long time, but I'm here for a good time.

6) Are you a real electrician or are you a guy from the Hall?

7) Fired for 'Mopery with intent to gawk'.

8) I'm here to help.

9) Ask a man with 6 months to live whether he wants to work overtime.

10) "Are you done yet" is Hungarian for "Good job".

1000 YEARS

WE HAVE FED YOU ALL FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

 - by an Unknown Proletariat  (1905)

WE HAVE FED YOU ALL FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

AND YOU HAIL US STILL UNFED

NEVER A DOLLAR OF ALL YOUR WEALTH

MARKS THE WORKERS DEAD

WE HAVE YIELDED OUR BEST

TO GIVE YOU REST

AND YOU LIE ON CRIMSON WOOL

IF THAT BE THE PRICE OF YOUR CURSED WEALTH

GOOD GOD, WE HAVE PAID IN FULL

THERE IS NEVER A MINE BLOWN SKYWARD NOW

THAT WE AREN'T BURIED ALIVE FOR YOU

NEVER A WRECK DRIFT SHOREWARD NOW

WE AREN'T IT'S GHASTLY CREW

GO SUFFER OUR DEAD BY THE FORGES RED

AND THE FACTORIES WHERE WE SPIN

IF THAT BE THE PRICE OF YOUR CURSED WEALTH

GOOD GOD, WE HAVE PAID IT IN

WE HAVE FED YOU ALL FOR A THOUSAND YEARS

FOR THAT WAS OUR DOOM YOU KNOW

FROM THE DAY YOU CHAINED US IN YOUR FIELD

TO A STRIKE OF A WEEK AGO

YOU'VE TAKEN LIVES, OUR CHILDREN AND WIVES

AND CALLED IT YOUR LEGAL SHARE

IF THAT BE THE PRICE OF YOUR CURSED WEALTH

GOOD GOD, WE HAVE BOUGHT IT FAIR