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The Child That Christmas Forgot: How Would Jesus Fare in the American Police State?
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child’s cry, a blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven’t forgotten that night down the centuries. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Inequality, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war on terror
Tagged activism, Christmas, Department of Homeland Security, Dissidents, Dystopia, Education, empire, Immigrants, Jesus, Mass Incarceration, police state, Private Prisons, Refugees, Roman Empire, surveillance state, Technocracy, terrorism, WWJD
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This holiday season, American workers have little to celebrate
By Danny Haiphong Source: Intrepid Report Every year, much of the U.S. population celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas to show appreciation for their families and friends. Thanksgiving normalizes the colonial origins of the United States and erases the brutality of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Alienation, austerity, capitalism, Christmas, Debt, economic crisis, Economics, Education, Financial Crash, healthcare, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Poverty, privatization, protests, Stagnant Wages, Thanksgiving, Working Class
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And So This Is Christmas
By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Christmas Day. Very late on this day and into the morning of the 26th in 1776, George Washington led a surprise night crossing of the Delaware River and bloody pre-dawn attack on unarmed hung-over-from-Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, corporate news, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, news, society, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged 1914 Christmas Truce, activism, Christianity, Christmas, corporate media, empire, history, imperialism, Jesus, Morality, Peace, Syria, war, Yemen
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Jesus Was Born in a Police State
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Jesus is too much for us. The church’s later treatment of the gospels is one long effort to rescue Jesus from ‘extremism.’”—author Gary Wills, What Jesus Meant The Christmas narrative of a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, education, Empire, Health, History, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged Albert Camus, Authoritarianism, Bethlehem, Christianity, Christmas, conditioning, Education, empire, fascism, Government, Immigrants, Jesus, Philosophy, police state, Roman Empire, society, spirituality, surveillance, surveillance state
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Saturday Matinee: Rare Exports
“Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale” (2010) is a Finnish holiday horror satire written and directed by Jalmari Helander. Combining Santa folklore with “The Thing”, the film explore the dark side of Christmas through the eyes of Pieteri, a kid who discovers … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Christmas, Cult film, Finnish Cinema, Horror Comedy, Jalmari Helander, Rare Exports, Santa
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Santa, the Reindeer Shaman
By Jerry B. Brown Ph.D. and Julie M. Brown M.A. Source: Reality Sandwich The following is excerpted from The Psychedelic Gospels by Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D. and Julie M. Brown, M.A., published by Inner Traditions. On Christmas Eve, when the streets are … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Environment, History, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Amanita Muscaria, Cairngorms National Park, Christmas, Entheogens, Gordon Wasson, Jerry B. Brown, Julie M. Brown, Mushrooms, Psychedelics, Reindeer, Saint Nick, Santa, Shamanism, Siberia, The Psychedelic Gospels
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Saturday Matinee: BoJack Horseman Christmas Special
For those not familiar with the animated series “BoJack Horseman”, it’s a satire of Hollywood and celebrity culture centering on BoJack, a washed-out and self-destructive former star of a 90’s sitcom. In the BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina’s Wish, BoJack … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Humor, media, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Aaron Paul, Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, BoJack Horseman, Christmas, Sabrina's Christmas Wish, satire, Sitcoms, Will Arnett
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Saturday Matinee: Tokyo Godfathers
Who would have guessed that the greatest animated Christmas story would be an anime set in Tokyo? I would have had my doubts before seeing Satoshi Kon’s “Tokyo Godfathers” (2003). Unlike the majority of Kon’s filmography, the film’s relatively simple … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Humor, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Anime, Christmas, Cult film, Homelessness, Satoshi Kon
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