A Private Back to the Future Museum in Hubbardston, Massachusetts. (via Boing Boing)
The US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it. (via TYWKIWDBI)
Vampire Grave Unearthed in Poland. They really didn't want this woman to come back. (Thanks, WTM!)
Roger Corman's Virtually Heroes to be Distributed, Nine Years Later.
A Twitter thread explaining what is happening to CNN.
SNAFU: The Air Force Just Survived a Reply-All Apocalypse.
Domino's Pizza Hired a Stray Dinosaur.
Behind the Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Radioactive "Elephant's Foot."
7 comments:
Says Bernie Sanders:
"Let us stand together and finally create an economy and a government that works for all, not just the 1%."
Stand together? Not much chance of that with extremists on both sides monopolizing what passes for political debate for the past decade or so.
And, no, IMO Mr. Sanders is not an extremist.
At one time, CNN was my homepage - for years. They lost their objectivity and I couldn't take it anymore. I tried Fox, but that lasted less than a week. So I finally settled on Digg. Better just to stay away from the news. So now I just scan through both sites looking at the headlines (it's fun to watch them take pot shots at each other). The changes at CNN are reflected in the articles and in the wording of their titles. I rarely read what passes for 'news' on Fox, but I've started clicking within CNN again. This is a good thing.
"Americans must stand up to the ruling class" doesn't have a chance as long as "what is happening to CNN" continues to happen.
"Americans must stand up to the ruling class" doesn't have a chance as long as...people continue to focus more on the political leanings of CNN and Fox than on seeking out actual news. It's out there if you you want it.
Re: the musical announcement...
Indianola, IA is about fourteen miles south of Des Moines, which is about a four-hour drive from my home base (it's also the site of a major hot-air balloon festival every August, but I digress). I just may have to throw my bike in the van and drive down there to see this, then combine it with a ride on the High Trestle Trail just north of there.
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Way back in history, the fifties to be precise, news wasn't expected to make money. It was a public service (Remember that?) that any broadcaster owed the nation for the privilege of using the public airwaves. They were required to remain unbiased, offer equal time (Remember that?) to opposing points of view. Networks maintained news bureaus around the world, not to make money but BECAUSE THEY OWED THE PUBLIC.
So now journalistic standards are pretty much gone because the Kennedy assassination proved they could make money on news, and as soon as you find out you CAN make money, you are OBLIGATED TO MAKE MONEY by the market. The news bureaus are gone now, replaced by opinionators who don't have to know what they're talking about because their appeal is entirely emotional, which gooses the ratings. And they're cheaper! All you need to be one is a suit, a chair, and a really loud voice.
As a corporation beholden only to stockholders, you are obligated to bribe Congress into tailoring the laws and regulations for your benefit. Corporations are virtual "people" who are obligated, by law, to behave like sociopaths, always seeking their own self interest to the exclusion of any other consideration. As far as the airwaves being public property, isn't that a quaint idea. The airwaves now belong to those who have the money to rig the system. Is it corruption, or is it capitalism at its finest? You decide.
Yes, that is a good synopsis to what we saw happen to not just the news programing but the entire way of life in the USA. We the people became what's in it for me.
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