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An Assassin Showed Just How Angry America Really Is

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  An Assassin Showed Just How Angry America Really Is The murder of UnitedHealth Care CEO Brian Thompson was brutal. The reactions were telling. Elite disdain for the rule of law is leading to a society that is spinning out of control. Matt Stoller In his speech for the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890, Senator John Sherman of Ohio made a number of legal points about how to understand competition. But the thrust of his argument was about law and order, for the specter of violence was hanging over a nation that had within living memory experienced a massive and traumatic civil war. And there had been significant, and violent, strikes involving railroads, sometimes nationwide. Sherman believed America as a free people simply could not sustain the rise of immense concentrations of power in the industrial corporations he saw in his day. Congress had to act, or chaos would reign. Here’s what  he said : You must heed their appeal or be ready for the socialist, the communist, and the ni...

Death of a Salesman

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  Death of a Salesman A Complex Tragedy Librarian of Celaeno On the morning of December 4th, at 6:45 AM, Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, was murdered in Times Square as he was on his way to a shareholder meeting. At the time this is being written, the identity of the killer is unknown, and the motive yet to be definitively determined. However, much speculation has emerged around words written on shell casings left at the scene- “deny,” “defend,” and “depose.” These terms echo what trial lawyers  have labeled basic insurance company tactics to avoid paying claims - “delay, deny, defend.” In other words, it seems the killer may have been motivated by revenge for some wrong done to him, perhaps a denied claim on his or a loved one’s behalf, which caused him to seek out and kill Thompson as an act of retribution. This information has in turn led to some social media unpleasantness. Thompson’s death was roundly mocked on X, with people claiming to need  prior authori...

WORLD WAR THREE WILL NOT TAKE PLACE

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 Another point of view... WORLD WAR THREE WILL NOT TAKE PLACE Mass hysteria and the end of the New World Order Frank Wright The “ Four Horsemen ” of Atheism, reprising another mass cultural product. Etc. Today I go on about why we are not all going to die in a massive war,  and what is likely to happen before we all pop our clogs anyway. I am on about  the production of mass culture and its effects  here, with reference to the  present crisis and the near future  beyond it. IN BRIEF There is not going to be a nuclear war in Europe. There are good reasons for this, and I have explained them here. Click the image. Yes, I know. I don’t get to write the headlines. If you read this I explain the danger and where it is coming from and why this is not going to kick off. It makes me unpopular to say so,  but we are not all doomed. Today I will explain how the end of the world is a useful concept - aside from being weapons-grade clickbait. It is now being used ...