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News-Like Shows

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Gene Stewart

As Paddy Chayevsky warned in the script for the astonishingly-prescient film NETWORK, in 1976 mind you, the first hard shove toward the complete downfall of media journalism came when news organizations were placed under the entertainment banner and became responsible … Continue reading →

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Turning Fear’s Key

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Religionist cons always offer eternal peace and love because they target the insecure even as they ramp up fear, hate, and anxiety. This combination of unrelenting pressure and an offer of refuge is irresistible to abused slaves. Hence Nietzsche’s dictum … Continue reading →

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A View from the Tip of the Iceberg We Hit

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Gene Stewart

How fake the world has become due to corporate domination.  Sitting in a parking lot at a shopping plaza within sight of a housing development, I gestured around us and said, Show me one real building or vehicle.  It’s all … Continue reading →

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Got A Light?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Gene Stewart

I broke down and cried in the car after the radio hit me with the double-whammy of “The Pretender” by Jackson Browne and “Roadhouse Blues” by the Doors.  Unblinking vicious truth followed by a hefty dose of fatalistic nihilism, y’know? … Continue reading →

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