Begins with Assange, continues with Greenwald:
https://youtu.be/PJKUnfftsf0
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Greenwald on Fake News @ the Post
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Video: 2016 — best year ever?
Lots of people are saying that 2016 was “the worst.” Dan Hannan disagrees:
Krist Novoselic, my colleague at FairVote.org, here gives a little talk about how we can change our democratic processes for the better. “We’re getting there,” he says, about the organization’s substantial election reform — a non-partisan variety of reform that, he says, will benefit all Americans. For some reason not many people have seen this video:
But are things really all that good? A lot of folks will say that the President-elect is the most dangerous trending topic. But Professor Gad Saad suggests, in this entry of The Saad Truth, that the worst trend is the victimology cult:
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Video: Christmas 2016
A holiday message from Paul Jacob:
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Video: Klavan on “Fake News”
Author and satirist Andrew Klavan has some words about Brian Williams and “fake news” and much, much more.
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Video: Red Pill Diaries
Comedian and conservative contrarian Gavin McInnes rants about the way mainline Third-Wave feminists have reacted to the documentary The Red Pill. Caution: “explicit language.”
Wondering about the movie itself? Here is a trailer for it:
And here is Dave Rubin interviewing documentarian Cassie Jaye:
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Video: The Deceptive Camera
Fake photography has mass repercussions on everyday life and experience:
It is worth noting that this site, ThisIsCommonSense.com, uses obviously manipulated photos. They are often collages, sometimes sketches or Photoshop cartoons. We have tried to be pretty forthright about this practice.
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Why Direct Democracy?
Last week, Paul attended an international conference on direct democracy. Listen and compare rationales:
If you speak Spanish, or are a monolingual English-speaking absurdist, you might enjoy this translated version.
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The Media Helped Elect Trump
From an interview on Swiss public television, Paul Jacob explains the Trump victory for concerned Europeans:
http://youtu.be/96WgWGxFWZQ
An article featuring Paul can be found here: “Election upset to boost direct democracy in US.”
Paul is scheduled to return to his home soil next week.
O, the Trump win was a thing to behold! Maybe you are like us here at Common Sense, and did not vote for the man. But you did not vote for Hillary Clinton, either.
So, are you to blame? Er, thank?
There were plenty of Jill Stein voters. And many more Gary Johnson voters — over four million, the largest return of any Libertarian Party candidate in the challenger party’s history.
At least one writer on the ostensible Left has argued that, had ALL of Stein voters “done their duty” and voted for Mrs. Clinton, and HALF of the Libertarian’s vote wised up and voted for the Anti-Trump possibility, Mrs. Clinton would have won. So, these folks blame minor party voters for a Clinton Loss . . . and its allegedly horrible flip side record, the surprising Trump Win.
Well, what do the Libertarians think of it?
As you can see: Not much. That is what. Here is Nicholas Sarwark, Libertarian Party chairperson, doubling down on what Gary Johnson said:
And they are right. How, exactly? Well, it is not just that Hillary/Tim voters took votes away from the Libertarians’ Gary/Bill ticket. It is also the case that, well, the responsible parties for Hillary Clinton losing are . . . Democratic Party voters!
Read the graph and weep, folks:
SO, WHY THE PRECIPITOUS DROP?
Could it be that Hillary Clinton was an awful candidate . . . even by leftist standards? And that is why so many Democrats could not even be bothered to go to the polls and vote for “their” sorry candidate?
The obvious answer is: Yes.
Afraid you’re going to blow it this election day? Here is a trifecta of voting recommendations to blow your mind instead . . .
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William Weld, the Libertarian Party’s VP candidate, says that, whatever you do, DON’T VOTE FOR TRUMP! Rachel Maddow speaks of a “gossamer ceiling,” colorfully indicating the too-fine-a-point put by the putative Libertarian:
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If you find that startling, then you might wish to consider the famous far-left (Hegelian Marxist) philosopher Slavoj Žižek, who makes the opposite case: WHATEVER YOU DO DON’T VOTE HILLARY:
https://youtu.be/b71CNNKdVRw
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Maybe Daniel Hannan will navigate these waters more closely to your taste: DON’T VOTE FOR AN UNFIT CANDIDATE:
Have you seen other recommendation “jaw droppers?” Let us know!