More Democracy to Fix Democracy
This grand experiment in self-governance, known globally as democracy, is intended to function via decisions made by the people themselves, as an informed electorate in pursuit of a truly greater…
Category: Media Matters
Nowhere to Lie; Nowhere to Hide
“Be impeccable with your word”… Contemporary politics is a shatterhouse of messaging. Politicians spew nonsense, mostly to raise money to stay in office “to work for the people”, i.e., the…
We Are Not Paying Attention
The marketing drive for ever increasing “convenience” and overriding concern for the next quarter’s numbers have us failing to track our major, lethal stalker. Platitudes flop about like flounder dying…
Back to Basics ~ What Is Important
This is working out nicely. Facebook attempted to force me to hand over more information, because after thirteen years of posting and nearly five thousand “friends” there, Meta decided my…
From Hidden Persuaders to “Influencers”
The pressure is on… on our minds, actually, and pushed at us via almost every available mass media information provider. We are served the horrors of war next to something…
The Pathetic Whining of Whitely Entitled Males
I don’t think Tucker’s Testicle Tanning Tactics are going to make the point he is trying to raise. No flag pole, no flag. Nobody with sense is going to salute.…
Shifting Gears in Cyberspace
I don’t care for the apparition that is “Meta”. That “‘verse” is not for me. The system has threatened to lock my account if I don’t hand over more information…