The Anatomy Of An Internet Troll - Mike Swanson (11/19/2014)
Topics: American Society and CultureInternet trolls are everywhere. You see them on Facebook playing gossip games and whenever there is a large forum or community on the internet they appear.They do...
View Article"The Shadow of Crisis Is Over" Declares Obama (01/21/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureJust as the US stock market reaches a bull market end President Obama declared that "the shadow of crisis is over" for the economy in his State of the Union address...
View ArticleHas Football Reached A Cultural Peak? - Mike Swanson (02/05/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureMy grandfather served in World War II.My Dad worked in the Pentagon.I was born in the 1970's and by the time I am an old man I will see the rise of China and India...
View ArticleHow Everyone Came To Be Scared All Of The Time - Mike Swanson (02/17/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureOver the weekend weather forecasters predicted snow where I live for Monday.I went to the grocery stores as I usually do on Sunday and there was total panic...
View ArticleHow Jeff Bezos Changed The Washington Post (02/24/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureFrom Spiegel Online: Jeff Bezos has come to offer his condolences to the Washington Post. The CEO of Amazon boarded a plane in Seattle late in the evening to arrive...
View ArticlePodcast: Conversations - Charles Hugh-Smith: Is The Web Destroying the...
Topics: American Society and CultureI just did this podcast with author Charles Hugh Smith of www.oftwominds.com we discussed what Smith calls the "cultural economy" and how the internet has influenced...
View ArticleLeonard Nimoy Is Dead - Mike Swanson (03/11/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureLeonard Nimoy is dead and that "Spock" they got in them movies now is an imposter.Of course the real Nimoy is more than "Spock" but through his acting as "Spock" he...
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Super Mario Ran From Left To Right Because Your Brain Demanded It (03/16/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureEver wonder why side-scrolling video games from the 80's and 90's almost always scroll in a single direction—left to right? This might seem like a silly question...
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Nintendo Is Bringing Super Mario To Your Mobile Phone (03/17/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureNintendo is now bringing Super Mario to your phone so that you will be able to stare at your phone for hours on end watching him run from left to right.According to...
View ArticleThe Rise Of The Machine Gun Cop (04/23/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureTalk by Radley Balko explains why the days of Andy Griffin style policing are over and how the machine gun cop became the norm:The Future of Freedom Foundation and...
View ArticleA Conversation with President Obama and The Wire Creator David Simon...
Topics: American Society and CulturePresident Barack Obama and David Simon, the creator of HBO’s The Wire, sat down to talk honestly about the challenges law enforcement face and the consequences...
View ArticlePanel - Stop the Wars on Drugs & Terrorism (05/04/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureThe Future of Freedom Foundation and Young Americans for Liberty presented a one-day conference on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin at the LBJ...
View ArticleCNN's "Big Story Approach" To The "News" (05/07/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureFrom the Baltimore Sun today:When Jeff Zucker became president of CNN at the beginning of 2013, it was tanking in the ratings. Viewers tuned in when there was a big...
View ArticlePodcast: Conversations - Charles Hugh-Smith: America's Nine...
Topics: American Society and CultureI just did this podcast with author Charles Hugh Smith of www.oftwominds.com. We discussed a series of posts Smith has made about changes in the American economy...
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The Ten Careers With The Most Pyschopaths (06/23/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureFrom an article on Rawstory.com:Just 1 percent of the overall population qualifies as psychopaths; in prison, that number skyrockets to 25 percent. Robert Hare...
View ArticleFacebook Fatigue - Mike Swanson (07/21/2015)
Topics: American Society and CultureEvery post on Facebook has one of three messages implied in it. The first and most common one is hey look at me I'm special! The second is look at me I am a victim...
View ArticleNew Money Monster Movie Mocks Cramer - Mike Swanson (01/26/2016)
Topics: American Society and CultureWatch this trailer for the upcoming Money Monster movie.It looks like the main character is a parody of Cramer.For my thoughts on the stock market go here.Tweet
View ArticleMillennials Change the Stock Market (02/01/2016)
Topics: American Society and CultureFad consumer stocks and restaurant stocks have benefited from millennial consumer spending, but they save no money and put nothing into the stock market.Bloomberg...
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Photo Shows Sick Reality Of Mass Media Society (02/24/2016) - Mike Swanson
Topics: American Society and CultureLook at this disturbing image carefully, because it is a window into the sick reality of the mass media culture we live in.As an article on TheVerge.com comments:The...
View ArticleLouis Theroux and Gambling - Casinos (02/26/2016)
Topics: American Society and CultureBritish documentary filmaker Louis Theroux goes to Vegas to study the gambler.When you understand the gambler you will understand the stock market bubble bull.Tweet
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