Friday, July 2, 2021

Compendium Of Best "News From Barbaria" Posts, January Through July 2, 2021

 

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts About Trump's "Healthcare Deprivation Plan": "You're Going To Have Such Great Healthcare At A Tiny Fraction Of The Cost And It Is Going To Be So Easy"


"The GOP Isn't Doomed. It's Dead." From Now On The Republican Party Is A Putrescent Corpse Whose Stench Will Only Get Worse

The GOP: An Insane Asylum Run By The Inmates


The Trump Presidency Was A Catastrophe For American Christianity

"The Trump Presidency Was A Catastrophe For American Christianity": An Interview With "National Review" Columnist And Devout Evangelical Christian, David French

Donald Trump Damns His Own Followers As Witless, Manipulable Ass-Licks

InfoWars Alex Jones Probed By NPR's "This American Life." An Increasingly Air-Tight Case That Jones Is Not An Asshole... But An Asshole's Asshole


"The Deadly Oppression Of Black People: Best Pax Posts"

My Most Important Late-Life Findings: The Fundaments That Illuminate My Understanding Of The World
short form long form camps
late life

"Fear And Anxiety Drive Conservatives Political Attitudes": How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views

"The Role Of Fear And Anxiety In Political Affiliation": How The Values Of "Strict Father" -- Or "Nurturant Parent" -- Control Our Political Views


Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Masterclass: Teaches You How To Think - Learning How To Get Past "Thinking You're Right" To "Knowing When You're Wrong"

"The Facts Are In: The Republican Party Is Terrible For Prosperity But Unparalleled At Catastrophe"


The Gratitude Chain: A.J. Jacobs
TED Radio Hour
NPR

Images Of Yeshua, A Nazarene Carpenter

"There Is Neither Nobility, Nor Kindness, Nor Uplift In Trump's America"

A Comprehensive Review Of Trump's Racism (Featuring "Must-See Mash-Up Of Trump's Racist Preaching")

Compendium Of Best "Pax-Barbaria" Posts About Trump-Cult Cruelty

"Cruelty Is The Point": An Update On Donald Trump And His White "Christian" Base

The Monstrous Cruelty Of Family Separation, A Heinous "Crime Against Humanity"

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-brutal-cruelty-of-family-separation.html

"Family Separation And The Satanic Cruelty Of Most Republicans"


"More Of Trump's Cruelty"

Compendium Of Trump Videos That Reveal His Arrogance, Inhumanity, Stupidity And Cruelty


"Compendium Of Best Pax-Barbaria Posts About Democracy (And The Educational Process Needed To Keep Democracy Alive And Well)"

Compendium Of Best "Pax-Barbaria" Posts On Cheating (Among American Conservatives And Inside The Republican Party) - As Prelude To The Destruction Of Democracy

Tom Tomorrow: "The World's Greatest Democracy" (With Compendium Of Best "Pax-Barbaria" Posts)

Trump Has Created A "Sick Society: Those People Hate Democracy So Much!"

The End Of Democracy: Trump's Love For "The Poorly Educated," And Opinion-Trumping-Truth

"Why Obama Fears For Our Democracy," An Atlantic Interview With Barack Obama

When Uneducated Populists Marginalize Educated Elites, Democracy Itself Wanes

  The Shocking Academic Paper That Predicted "The End of Democracy" (Written By A Harvard-Yale-Oxford Grad) 

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-shocking-paper-predicting-end-of.html 



Ben Franklin On "No New Taxes" (And Other Taxation Surprises)

"Jesus Of Nazareth: Festive Tippler, Friend Of Whores, Sinners And Tax Collectors"

Check Out What Military Hard-Nose General Douglas MacArthur Had To Say About "Keeping Us In A Perpetual State Of Fear"

"The Holocaust Was Legal. Slavery Was Legal. Segregation Was Legal. Genocidal Theft Of What Became the United States Was Legal"

The Filibuster Must Be Eliminated In Order To Pass H.R. 1 --- "For The People Act" -- On Which The Survival Of American Democracy Depends


Plowshares Compendium

Plowshares Resistance: Friend Patrick O'Neill's Prison Diary - Entry #4


Why Hasn't A Consortium Of Well-Informed Celebrities And "Woke" Philanthropists Not Created A Truth-Friendly Alternative To Facebook?

Compendium Of "Pax-Barbaria" Posts About Abortion, And The Indispensable Distinction Between "Pro-Life" And "Pro-Birth"

Reprise: "So Banning Guns Won't Prevent Gun Violence But Banning Abortion Prevents Abortion"


Abortion, And The Indispensable Distinction Between "Pro-Life" And "Pro-Birth"


  "How Did Jesus Come To Love Guns, And Hate Sex?"  

Televangelist Jim Bakker And The End State Of "Conservative Christianity" (Which Is Neither)

Compendium of Christian Posts

TIME Magazine Article Shows Why Complaining About Welfare Cheats Is ALWAYS Misdirected Political Energy. Follow The Money! "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure"

Abraham Lincoln: "Capitalists Generally Act Harmoniously And In Concert To Fleece The People"

Watch Joe Biden's Superb Explanation Of His New Jobs-Infrastructure Renewal Plan: "Damn It … I’m Sick And Tired Of Ordinary People Being Fleeced!"

Tom Tomorrow: "The World's Greatest Democracy" (With Compendium Of Best "Pax-Barbaria" Posts)

Howard Stern Slams Trump Supporters: "The People Trump Despises Most, Love Him The Most"

The United States Of America: "We're #1!!!" - 40 Shameful Categories In Which America Leads The World

"Oh, Canada!" (The Many Wonders Of "Our Neighbor To The North," And The Relative Horror Of Gringolandia)


"Is Wall Street Full Of Sociopaths?"

Faulty Risk Assessment: "Self-Terrorization Is The National Pastime"


Netflix Documentary "The Great Hack" Reveals The Inner Workings Of "1984" Today  

Ted Nugent Reveals The Essential Piggishness Of The Good Christians' "Party Of Family Values"

A Very Inconvenient Truth: I Wish I Had Better News Than This Moribund Prognosis For "Conservative" "Christianity"

"Why America Is an Ultra Violent Society," Umair Haque


"Donald Trump, Felon"

"Stupid People Are Too Stupid To Know They're Stupid"... And That's Just The Beginning

A Lesson From Europe: How American Cops Should Handle "Pullovers"

"National Catholic Reporter's" Movie Reviewer, Sister Rose Pacatte, Discusses The 2021 Oscar Nominees: She Considers "Sound Of Metal" This Year's Best Movie

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/04/national-catholic-reporters-movie.html

"How About An Oscar For 'Most Prophetic Film?'" (An Updated Reprise First Posted March 3, 2014)

Full Videos Of Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner "Routines"

Remember "The Legion Of Decency?": My Correspondence With Good Friend Mary W Concerning Movie-Reviewing As A Potential Cottage Industry For Catholic Nuns

"He's Just 23 Chromosomes": Update On Anya Steinberg And Son Danny's Submission To NPR's "Student Podcast Challenge"

"The Vulture," A Colorado College "Storytelling Through Sound" Production, Written, Directed By Danny Archibald

Know Whom You're Sleeping With: Here Are The People Who Put Trump In The WHITE House

General William Tecumseh Sherman Advocated The "Extermination" Of Native Americans: "The Only Good Indian Is A Dead Indian..." "How The Civil War Became The Indian Wars"

Making Music With My Oaxaca Band, "Túnel Del Tiempo"


More Disagreements and Contradictions In The New Testament
bible

Biblical "Literalism" And The Cultivation Of Hatred

"Amy Coney Barrett: Parallels Between Biblical Literalism And Constitutional Literalism"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/09/amy-coney-barrett-parallels-between.html

"Trump's Presidency Builds On The Reality TV Shtick He Launched With Professional Wrestling"

"We Wildly Overestimate The Power Of Free Will And Will Power"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/04/we-wildly-overestimate-power-of-free.html

More Contradictions And Disagreements In The Gospels: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

"Since God Doesn't Heal Amputees, Humankind Will. The Future Of Christian Theology"

Truth, Justice, and Public Good: Simone Weil On Political Manipulation, The Dangers Of “For” And “Against,” And How To Save Thinking From Opinion

evil when we are in its grasp

"2020 Is The Year Climate Change Is Becoming Terrifyingly Real," Umair Haque

Nicholas Kristof Follows Up On Trump's 280 Campaign Promises To See How He's Did

Compendium Of Best Posts About Trump's "Healthcare Deprivation Plan": "You're Going To Have Such Great Healthcare At A Tiny Fraction Of The Cost And It Is Going To Be So Easy"


The Linchpin Work Of Duke History Professor Nancy MacLean Who Stumbled On Prima Facie Evidence That The Koch Brothers And Their Ideological Associates Despise Their Inferiors, Seeing Society As "The Riders And The Ridden"

Boston College Historian Heather Cox Richardson's "Letter From An American," May 17, 2021, Featuring Liz Cheney's Televised Comments Concerning Trump's "Big Lie" And The Civil War In The Republican Party

My Correspondence With A Christian Fundamentalist: "The Best... Becomes Evil"

"Why the Working Class Is Turning To Fascism The Working Class Is Choosing Regress Over Progress, Around The World," Umair Haque

"The Fire Hose Of Falsehood" Is A Russian Propaganda Technique Used By Trump Cult (And Other Fascist-Populist Movements) To Enforce Doubt Through Torrents Of Lies, Unfounded Insinuation, And Deceptive Hypotheses

What does Jesus mean when he says '"Be perfect..."?

The Perfect Photo To Epitomize The Horror Of Trump: Not Only Does He Inflame The Worst Angels Of Our Nature, HeTeaches His Followers That It's Okay -- Indeed, Virtuous - To Laugh At Murderous Cruelty

Chesterton: "Fairy Tales Are More Than True" (With Follow-Up Commentary By Rev. J. Edgar Bruns, My Most Notable Professor)


"When The Electorate Is THIS Stupid, Is ANY Delusional Thinking Out Of Bounds?"

Trump Is The Most Gifted Criminal Genius In The History Of The World - A Houdini Who Can Make Personal Responsibility Disappear. "Malignant Messiah" Can Shoot Someone On 5th Avenue -- In Broad Daylight -- And Not Lose Any Voters. But "Getting Away With Murder" Is The Least Of It. "Lingering Orange Fart" Attempted A Coup D' Etat And Then Persuaded Half The Nation That He Deserves A Mulligan

"The Threat Of Violence Now Infuses GOP Politics. We Should All Be Afraid." By Michael Gerson, Lifelong Republican, Speechwriter For U.S. Presidents, And - According To Time Magazine - The 9th Most Influential Evangelical In America


"Here Is Where Contemporary 'Conservatism' Ran Off The Rails: America's Cultural Crisis Distills To The Ascertainment Of Social, Political And Historical Truth. The Linchpin Question Is This... Will Absolutistism/Authoritarianism Rule Our Epistemological Mindscape? Or Will Intellectual Rigor And Multifaceted Contextualization Prevail?"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/06/here-is-where-american-conservatives.html

Trump Is The Most Gifted Criminal Genius In The History Of The World - A Houdini Who Can Make Personal Responsibility Disappear. "Malignant Messiah" Can Shoot Someone On 5th Avenue -- In Broad Daylight -- And Not Lose Any Voters. But "Getting Away With Murder" Is The Least Of It. "Lingering Orange Fart" Attempted A Coup D' Etat And Then Persuaded Half The Nation That He Deserves A Mulligan
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/05/trump-is-most-talented-criminal-in.html

"The Threat Of Violence Now Infuses GOP Politics. We Should All Be Afraid." By Michael Gerson, Lifelong Republican, Speechwriter For U.S. Presidents, And - According To Time Magazine - The 9th Most Influential Evangelical In America
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-threat-of-violence-now-infuses-gop.html

"When The Electorate Is THIS Stupid, Is ANY Delusional Thinking Out Of Bounds?"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/11/when-electorate-is-this-stupid-is-any.html 

NPR's "1A" "Teaching Race And History In America’s Schools"

(Patriotic American History Teaching)

A History Of American Policing (With Wide-Eyed Attention To The "Slave Patrol Roots" Of Mass Incarceration)

Trump's Unrelenting Fog Of Fecal Flecks: For Malignant Messiah, Lying Is Easier Than Metabolism

"Is Aaron Burr Really The Father Of The Filibuster?"

NPR's "1A" "Teaching Race And History In America’s Schools"

Rev. Pierre Teilhard De Chardin SJ: "Research Is Adoration"


Ivan Illich On Gender

A Compendium Of Pope Francis' Links With An Inter-Related Critique Of "Conservative" "Christianity" (Which Is Neither)

"Emo Philips Tells A Story About Heretic Scum. Trump Picks Up Where Emo Leaves Off"

To Proclaim That God Is On Your "Side" Is A Unique Blend Of Hubris And Self-Apotheosis (What Do Jesus' Prostitute Ancestors Have To Do With This?)


"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

1 John 4:18, "There Is No Fear In Love." But Fear Is Fundamental To Every "Conservative" "Christian" Church

"Everything Jesus (And The Apostles) Had To Say About Rich People And Poor People"

"Caribou": Audio Files From The Hour-Long Concert Danny And I Gave Last Night On The Lawn At El Restaurante Ixtapa, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Bad Religion: "Men Never Do Evil So Completely And Cheerfully As When They Do It From Religious Conviction" (Devout Christian Blaise Pascal)

Compendium Of "Pax-Barbaria" Posts About "Conservatives" And "Conservatism"


"Spit, Mud,Miracle"

"19 Miles From Davis" Plays At Margaret and Harold's 50th Anniversary Celebration, "The Crossings" Golf Club, Durham, North Carolina, June 26, 2021 (plus six rehearsal recordings)

"I Created ‘The X-Files.’ Here’s Why I’m Skeptical of the New U.F.O. Report," New York Times

Garry Wills: "The Bishops Are Wrong About Biden — and Abortion"

Trump, Truth And The Calculated Replacement Of Citizens With Assholes: Here's Where American Conservatives Ran Off The Rails


How To Talk With People On The Other Side Of The Aisle: "Meet A Black Man Who Gets Racists To Leave The K.K.K." By Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Watch Joint Chief Of Staff General Mark Milley Explain To Congress How Good Citizens And Educated People Study The World

Nicholas Kristof Probes The Republican Party's Opposition To Voting Rights And America's Apparent Decline Into Mediocrity... If Not Worse

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/06/nicholas-kristof-probes-republican.html

Cancel Culture; The Origin Of COVID 19; "Title IX's" Seismic Gender Shift; And The Southern Baptist Convention Wrestles With Truth And Trumpism

Best Pax-Barbaria Posts On Mercy, Forgiveness, Retribution, Punishment

"The Pharisees Are Always With Us. They Are The People Who..."


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