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The hidden dynamics of the 2012 campaign, and what it’s doing to America

By / 10 Comments / 9 February 2015

Summary:  John Robb’s open source insurgency nicely describes the quiet coup underway in America.  Like-minded rich people work together, and finance others to help them.  The 2012 election shows several of the mechanisms by which they’re doing so.  Solidarity works for them. Contents Distracting us with spectacles The Overton Window, recalibrating our sense of the …

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Renowned Physicists Cast Doubt on Gingrich’s Far-Fetched Scenario about EMP weapons

By / 30 Comments / 5 May 2015

Summary:  With Newt Gingrich leading in the Republican presidential polls, many of the hobby horses of the far right surge into view again.  They’ve invested considerable resources convincing Americans about things to hate or fear.  One such is EMP, a civilization-ending strike from the sky.  Today’s guest article by Nick Schwellenbach explains the reality behind the …

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