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E Pluribus Unum:
In the simplest way to understand choices, you can say that there are always two paths; Coke or Pepsi, Black or White, Male or Female, etc.
By Samir M Goradia5 years ago in The Swamp
It's Show Time 2020!
BRYCE ON POLITICS - Finally, it's election day. Put the signs, the flags, and the hate away, it is finally time to make a decision; it is election day. Many of you have already voted by absentee ballot and early-voting, which is to be commended, but understand this, the lion's share of votes will come today. Out of a population of 331 million citizens, less than half will vote in the 2020 election. Estimates show a record high 150 million citizens will vote. As I recently reported, the candidates will end up spending another record of $11 Billion in campaigning, thereby assuring the media continues to grow unabated. At this rate, the candidates are spending approximately $73 on each voter.
By Tim Bryce5 years ago in The Swamp
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROPAGANDA: THE NEW POLITICS
Politics has now become reliant upon social media and propaganda as we believe and (even blindly) trust that the media will provide us with the facts and truth.
By Victoria Wu5 years ago in The Swamp
PANDEMIC IN THE TIME OF INEPT LEADERSHIP
We are facing a pandemic, people are dying while many others are being rushed to hospitals with symptoms of this horrible disease, -covid-19 or Corona Virus- And that lying criminal who is supposed to do everything in his power to heal the nation, instead goes on television on a daily basis to play down the situation, and criticize governor’s for asking for assistance and accusing them of being overly dramatic.
By Pedro A. Idarraga5 years ago in The Swamp
This is not good news
Last March the UK was put in coronavirus lockdown for 100 days. 100 days. But, it felt like forever. It felt like forever since we last had our hair cut since we had a chilled pint at our favourite pub since we wrapped our arms around our (still vulnerable) parents. For 100 days we couldn't go to the theatre or cinema. It was only March when Boris Johnson announced that Covid-19 posed a genuine risk to the UK and that we must "stay home, protect the NHS and save lives."
By Anton Black5 years ago in The Swamp
Does Anyone Miss the Old Days?
Has the world gone absolutely mad? I don't ever remember a time that politics had such a massive impact on every United States citizen.
By Jordan Rush5 years ago in The Swamp
The Greatest Country in the world… For Who?
The by line by every politician, “we live in the greatest country in the history of the world!” but the real question: is it really the greatest for everyone? Can everyone truly look inside themselves and say yes, this country Is great for me an I’m living my best life here.
By Andrew Legnani5 years ago in The Swamp
Maturity In The Workplace
Let’s talk about maturity in the work place, specifically, not forcing your political beliefs on others (which naturally seems like a given—but maybe that’s just me).
By HAIQEEM5 years ago in The Swamp
The Fruit of Neoliberalism
Politics is a tangled web of lies. Purposefully Spun; insidiously premier, [from descending memos] of a high-powered neoliberal "Deep State." This coup of manufactured consent is orchestrated with overwhelming force; thusly, hammered via its indestructible-propaganda-apparatus - the Mainstream Media, as the right wing tends to reference. Additionally, this apparatus incorporates Hollywood influence and the assistance of social media technocrats in Silicon Valley, to produce what is admittedly a well oiled Cabal; persistent in action by way of business interests, war profiteers, and other deeply pocketed tycoons of corporate industry. There is a two-faced reality that transpires: behind the scenes of decorum, conventional wisdom and social norms; the monstrous prime evil evidence of organized and discrete shadow government influence.
By Thomas Saulsberry5 years ago in The Swamp
How They Divide US
For ages the Democrat and Republican parties have been dividing the middle class against each other. one says it’s for law and order, the other says it’s for co-operative understanding and less harsher penalties. They use the divisive rhetoric of Gun control or abortion rights issues to get us grouped into camps either for or against specific key issues. What if I was to tell you they didn’t care about those issues? What if I said those were only catalysts for you to see your fellow worker as the "other" and not as a brother or sister?
By Andrew Legnani5 years ago in The Swamp
Saving Soldiers as well as Jihadis
We see in the news today the ultimatum given by China to Pakistan regarding China's need for land. Many people are unaware that China's dams are capable of depriving Pakistan of precious drinking water from the Indus River.
By Samir M Goradia5 years ago in The Swamp
As Florida Goes, So Goes the Country
BRYCE ON POLITICS – Bryce’s prediction for the 2020 presidential election. It’s time for me to announce my prediction for the 2020 presidential election. I was right on the money in 2016 and in 2018 for the mid-term elections, and I did it without the aid of the polls which, as I discovered, are totally useless. Instead, I rely on the voting data received from the Florida Board of Elections which routinely updates their numbers, thereby providing me with the means to study trends. Let me show you how I did it.
By Tim Bryce5 years ago in The Swamp