Posts Tagged: Propaganda
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Russia Discovers Genius Tactic of Arresting Civil Rights Protesters

| April 6th, 2012

For the first time, police in St. Petersburg, Russia, have made arrests on the strength of a new law banning the dissemination of information on homo-, bi- and transsexuality. Two men were arrested in the city center on Thursday after holding up a sign reading "Homosexuality Is Normal," according to the newswire Interfax.

Russia's second-largest city passed the controversial law on Feb. 29. The two men now face a possible maximum fine of 500,000 rubles (€12,800/$17,000). The maximum penalty is more than the average annual income in Russia.

—"At the end of March, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party introduced a bill in the country's parliament, the Duma, which [...]

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New Republican Attack Ad Is Insanely Insane

| April 30th, 2009

The out of control insane Republican Party has a new ad! It asks if the first 100 days of the Obama administration have led you to believe that the Pentagon is going to be blown up and how we will live without Guantanamo and if foreign people are going to burn the American flag and EAT YOUR BABIES. Oh and also how we will get by without torturing people. WHICH IS INSANE. The Republican party is clearly trying to rebrand itself as the party of torture, an identity which they are welcome to!

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Is Netanyahu Just Sarah Palin With A Much Bigger Army?

| June 2nd, 2010

Well, things have gone from bad to worse today, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the deported and/or detained Gaza "flotilla" activists as "Not the Love Boat," which, the mind was already boggling. In the tradition of Sarah Palin, he's also taken to his Facebook and Twitter (I know: seriously?) to spread a propaganda video.

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The Nanostory and the Healthcare Propaganda War

| August 11th, 2009

Bill Wasik, flash mob inventor/invigorator,and author of And Then There's This, is working to explain These Modern Times. His contention is that much of what passes for news is, obviously, roar and thunder. Current events explode in little bomb clusters of emotion-imbued waves of opinion-in part because the actual news is actually very difficult to understand. These "nanostories," he says, "serve as the lens through which we comprehend truly large, important, long-term stories."