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Source: Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias | Heat Street

The cacophony of shrill voices baying at any and all alleged transgressions by Donald Trump appears to be reaching a final crescendo.  The frenzied media are like crows at a picnic as they caw and shriek over every speck of food that appears,  no matter how inconsequential.  As the linked story reveals, it’s not the imagination of those of us that try to consume news.  It should be abundantly clear that the offerings of news from the mainstream outlets are about as unbiased as doting parents at their children’s soccer games.

And speaking of children, the political and media voices that invoke Russia and impeachment like they are hyphenated words are reminiscent of children who have lost an argument but keep repeating their whine as if it will make a difference.  The political zeitgeist of the United States has moved strongly from comedy to farce, since now, the loudest and most publicized voices are those of ‘comics’ and entertainers.  Think about that. People who are paid to juggle, sing and tell jokes for a living are the go to voices for political opinion.  Stephen Colbert as a political savant.  Really? That this is the case is simultaneously comical and tragic.  Can we imagine the direction of any other nation state being influenced by cultural gadflies?

It’s bad enough that the western system of democracy allows for the election of representatives of truly dubious intellectual capacity but whom nevertheless have risen to the top of their particular constituency.  Al Franken’s election was supposedly an aberration, but now, I dunno. Maxine Waters aka Muddy Waters, Raging Waters or Shallow Waters, anything but Deep Waters, sets new low water marks every time she says anything. Barring any outrageously stupid remark from these people, the general public would never hear of them.  But because of today’s ubiquity of ‘news’ conduits, both online and mainstream,  not to mention airport TV screens, the obtuse and shrill views of a very small few are magnified many times beyond their deserved influence.

The linked article is definitive proof that any objective news reporting by most of the large media concerns has been jettisoned in favor of breathless mean girls style of tabloid coverage. The convergence of objective news and paid for entertainment comedy is on full display.   It’s not even news now.  It’s all performance art.

link Islamist rebel urges total war with Russia.

Not that pleas  for a united front against the enemies of Islam are new, but refreshingly this time, it’s not against the Great Satan but against Russia.  I’m not sure how Russia stands in the Satan pecking order but since Great has been taken, the logical position is Pretty Big Satan, or Next Biggest Satan.   This may stir the competitive sensibilities of the Russians who do not like to be inferior to anyone.

A new twist in this plea for a united war is that they are calling for women to join the fight as well.  This can be regarded as progressive for that movement because in the past, women have never been considered as anything other than chattel.  Now they are at least being addressed as people.   I’m not sure how tempting the invitation is however, given that if they eventually win and an Islamist regime ensues, women will have the privelege of being subjugated and treated as less than human as a reward.  Hmm.  Wonder if option B is better?

This offer is no less preposterous than the situation that exists in the U.S.  When you think of the platform of the progressive movement, their model is just as ludicrous.  If you vote for them, they will spread the wealth and make sure that rules and regulations are in place that won’t allow any wealth creation.  The implication is that corporations and wealthy people will be taxed so that the ‘average’ person can have a good wage, whatever that is.  Those with some basic grasp of economics may figure out that if no one is rewarded for taking a chance on business, then no one will start one.   All of a sudden, the only employers are the various tentacles of  government, which of course are the people themselves.  In essence, people will be taxed at ever higher rates in order to pay… themselves. 

Oddly, in the case of the Islamists, some women will heed the call for the struggle.  Even more sadly, as has been proven over and over again, voters here are happy to be bought with their own money.  For example, as rabid a guy as Michael Moore is, he can still claim people who sympathize with his worldviews.   It shows that you don’t have to create elaborate stories to fool  the people.  You only need tell part of the truth to a gullible audience.