Independent Media
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(Directed by Nagisa Oshima) and the Problems of Humanism, by Jung-Freud
If war movies generally dwell on the physical manifestations of war, understandable given its nature, there is a subset of the genre that deal with the POW experience away from the battlefield — THE GREAT ESCAPE begins in a prisoner-of-war camp but belongs more in the prison-break genre. Because we are shown enemies co-existing in...
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:28:09
Although the November 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy was surely one of the most famous events of the twentieth century, its sixtieth anniversary passed a few months ago with relatively little attention, probably overshadowed by the looming defeat of Ukraine in its war with Russia and also the enormous civilian casualties following...
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:10:09
In February 2023, Judd Blevins won a seat on the city council of Enid, Oklahoma. It is a conservative city in a conservative state, with more than 60 percent of voters leaning GOP. However, a coalition of extreme left-wing organizers, in alliance with national media, is trying to recall him. Mr. Blevins was reportedly a...
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:56
For the essential world history lessons spoon-fed to most Americans, it probably goes something like this: Out of thin air, the Germans began hating the Jews, mistreating them, and then they sparked World War II as a means to conquer the planet. For many sixth-grade students today, this simplified history concept begins by assigning them...
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:56
I don’t even think the US media would attempt to claim that this election is somehow “rigged.” They can whine about Navalny, but the reality is, all polls show that Putin has this much support. Reuters:
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:54
With a 75% voter turnout, 87% of the turnout voted for Putin. No, the election was not rigged. Americans are so accustomed to their elections being rigged that they think all other countries’ elections are rigged also. The whore American media instantly began the required chant: “a fishy election.” Of course, American elections are never...
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:32
President Biden may have recently made history as the first president to discuss snack chips in the State of the Union message. He used snack chips to illustrate the phenomenon of shrinkflation. Shrinkflation occurs when businesses reduce the amount of goods sold in order to avoid raising prices. President Biden pointed out that businesses hope...
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:06
The Democratic Party had one last chance to implement the kind of New Deal Reforms that could save us from another Trump presidency and Christian fascism. It failed. Joe Biden and the Democratic Party made a Trump presidency possible once and look set to make it possible again. If Trump returns to power, it will...
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 04:10:26
Here’s a film about the 1950s – “The World As It Was” – that will tell you a great deal about life in the U.S.A. today, while disabusing anyone of the notion that nostalgia for that mephitic decade is in order, for it was a time when “democracy” tended toward totalitarianism. In doing so, it...
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 04:05:20
West Point Drops “Duty, Honor, Country” from Its Motto and Replaces It with “Army Values” in Its Mission Statement Does this mean that “duty, honor, country” are no longer Army values? Are we moving toward a military academy whose values will be transformed in keeping with the woke ideology that has taken over the universities,...
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 04:00:02
Corporate Media
Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:44:51
Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says
• Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies
Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:01:11
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.
Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:28:17
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said.
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:17:44
• DeSantis goes to Washington, a place he once despised, looking for support to take on Trump
• Opinion: For the GOP to win, it must ditch Trump
• Chris Christie mulling 2024 White House bid
• Analysis: The fire next time has begun burning in Tennessee
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:34:45
• 'A major part of Ralph died': Aunt of teen shot after ringing wrong doorbell speaks
• 20-year-old woman shot after friend turned into the wrong driveway in upstate New York, officials say
Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:29:05
Newly released body camera footage shows firefighters and sheriff's deputies rushing to help actor Jeremy Renner after a near-fatal snowplow accident in January. The "Avengers" actor broke more than 30 bones and suffered other severe injuries. CNN's Chloe Melas has more.
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:09:43
It's sourdough bread and handstands for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:40:32
A tiny intruder infiltrated White House grounds Tuesday, prompting a swift response from the US Secret Service.
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:38:16