2018 Winter Olympics

Majority of Russians banned from winter olympics. Article explores who would benefit from athlete banishment. Gist is the CIA is just trying to discredit Russia in world opinion.

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/26/who-benefits-from-russias-very-peculiar-doping-violations/

The Right’s Second Amendment Lies

Another school shooting this time a few miles from where used to live, Parkland, Florida.
Article by Robert Parry on the second amendment and how the right distorts it's meaning to suit it's own corruption.
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/16/the-rights-second-amendment-lies-2/

Demonizing Putin and Russia

Western media (especially US) has been attacking Russia relentlessly in the media and otherwise since the Cold War. Consortium News head Robert Parry just died recently unfortunately of pancreatic cancer. Big loss for declining vestiges of quality media.

https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/06/understanding-russia-un-demonizing-putin/

Some of other remaining quality media sources:
Harper's Magazine
Democracy Now
Last Week Tonight (John Oliver)
The Young Turks
On Contact (Chris Hedges)
Redacted Tonight (Lee Camp)
The Guardian (aside from the blatant propaganda)

Project Veritas

Corrupt political group which tries to generate false accusations on good people.

https://theintercept.com/2018/01/03/project-veritas-james-okeefe-washington-post-roy-moore/

https://www.projectveritas.exposed/

2017 Movies

Favorite movies which saw during 2017.

Captain Fantastic (2016)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974): Reason so many liked Gena Rowlands
Elle (2016) French film with Isabelle Huppert, very controversial subject
Two Days, One Night (2014) French film
Land of Mine (2015) German WWII film
Paterson (2016)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Joi was great
The Florida Project (2017) Kissimmee
Toni Erdmann (2016) German file, hysterical
Where to Invade Next (2015) One of Michael Moore's best
The Heiress (1949)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Dunkirk (2017)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Ingrid Goes West (2017) Comedy with some very awkward moments

Television shows:
Halt and Catch Fire: Tech industry drama from 1980 going forward
Freaks and Geeks (1999) How could there only be one season?
Last Week with John Oliver: Hysterical and Educational

Metacritic Critics Picks
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-list-the-top-10-movies-of-2017

Spirit Awards
https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/nominees/

The Dumbing Down of America

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-dumbing-down-of-america-by-design/5395928

RussiaGate and the Rationalization of Censorship

Interesting article on how government and media are collaborating on supposed Russian election interference to endorse censorship. The DNC is also using RussiaGate to avoid addressing the reasons why Clinton was not electable. They still want us to settle for the lesser of two evils.

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/12/04/how-russia-gate-rationalizes-censorship/

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/12/05/the-tangled-threads-of-russia-gate/

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/12/07/russia-gates-reach-into-journalism/

https://theintercept.com/2017/12/09/the-u-s-media-yesterday-suffered-its-most-humiliating-debacle-in-ages-now-refuses-all-transparency-over-what-happened/

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

https://consortiumnews.com/2023/04/30/the-most-powerful-demolition-of-russiagate-yet/