It’s difficult to look beyond Trump, as he demands so much of our attention, and rightfully so, but the issue we’re facing right now is far bigger than him. We live in a time of great uncertainty and fear, and people, not just in America, but across the globe, are beginning to gravitate toward authoritarianism. […]
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Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged America First, anti-immigrant, armageddon, authoritarianism, border security, border wall, Climate Change, concentration camps, dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Tusk, drought, European Council, famine, fear, fear mongering, G20, global climate change, Global Warming, human rights, immigration, Ivanka Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, liberalism, Mohammed bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, oligarchs, Osaka, Pearl Harbor, Russia, Saudi Arabia, southern border, The Origins of Totalitarianism, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin, western civilization 213 Comments
Ripping up the Iran deal… And why Trump can’t answer the very simple question, “How does this make us safer?”
About a week and a half ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, where he stood in front of an enormous “Iran lied” graphic, and talked of the country’s covert nuclear arms program. What wasn’t clear to everyone watching, however, was that none of […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, anti-Muslim, AT&T, Benjamin Netanyahu, bribery, China, Christiane Amanpour, Donald Trump, fast food, fat shaming, Hassan Rouhani, India, Iran, Iraq, JCPOA, Jean Henry, John Brennan, John Kerry, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, lies, Lynn, madness, McDonald’s, Michael Cohen, national security, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, post-truth, quotes, Russia, sanctions, Valerie Plame, Viktor Vekselberg 122 Comments
The Untold History of Zines… Doug Biggert on Tower Mag Hell
Many of us attribute the so-called golden age of zines to the rise of Kinko’s, and their notoriously lax oversight of night shift employees, who could always be counted on to fire up a copier and look the other way in exchange for a beer. Perhaps just as importantly, though, Tower Records was entering an […]
Posted in Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged Adrian Tomine, Answer Me, Beautiful America, Boiled Angel, Bud Martin, California, Chloe Colpé, Cometbus, Deftones, Desert Moon, Dishwasher, Don Junk, Doug Biggert, ESS, Factsheet Five, George Horton, hitchhiking, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Pete Jordan, Peter Principle, photography, propaganda, pubic hair, Russ Solomon, Sacramento, sandals, Tim Yohannon, Tony Valerio, Tower Mag Hell, Tower Records, Ulysses, Vancouver, Xavier Carcelle, Zasshi Jigoku, zines 29 Comments