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Kelly Baker on Academia as a “Cult.”

Posted onOctober 5, 2015February 7, 2019 By David Perry

One of the principles of this site is that language has power. Language and the world exist in close, multi-vectored, relationships, and the words we use to define the world shape some of the ways in which we act. I use the word “cult” in the context of the “cult of compliance.” I chose the … Continue ReadingKelly Baker on Academia as a “Cult.”

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Two questions about the 1/6 coup attempt. Please read and share.

1) Who removed the panic buttons from Rep. Ayanna Pressley's office?

2) Who sent Facebook messages to militia members detailing the locations of congressmembers during the attack?

There are lots of questions that need answering about the assault, but these two concrete ones will help reveal the extent to which there was or was not a conspiracy.

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New Post: #TanSuit coverage of the Joe Biden White House has already begun. Apparently *gasp* he's got a peloton.

But what if instead we focused on covering how policy affects peoples lives? How about we try to inform about things that matter. Please read and share (post is open).

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University of Colorado - Colorado Springs wants to hire a new professor of special education. Disabled people need not apply.

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"This isn’t about justice, although justice should be the aspirational goal. President Trump is going to exit the White House with an unprecedented flurry of preemptive pardons for everyone who might possibly implicate him in anything. President-elect Biden has indicated he’ll let the Justice Department decide who to prosecute, but I’m skeptical this will happen. Influential voices are lining up against prosecuting Trump. Biden is wary that prosecutions would be a distraction. And after all, Nixon was pardoned, Iran-Contra forgotten, and Obama famously chose to “look forward, not backwards,” when choosing not to investigate the Bush-era use of torture. Letting Republican administrations off the hook for malfeasance has been common, but not in the end restorative."

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ELVIS PRESLEY HELPS US DEFEAT COVID (ok ok not really but go ahead and read it)

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Bill Barr, Attorney General, is killing people in your name.

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As Trump and Barr ramp up executions, Biden must rally America to end the death penalty
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