Save Us from Narcissists and Fools
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Save Us from Narcissists and Fools

By Jim Hoover If not for fools and narcissists in our public scene, what would the media have to fill hours of news programs? Celebrities, politicians, sports figures, and megalomaniacs dominate media attention, some annoying and some amusing, but when put in positions of power and authority, potentially dangerous.…

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August 26, 2011
Wake-Up Call — Satire
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Wake-Up Call — Satire

By Jim Hoover The Reverend Jeremy Hollowhead, a radical left-wing televangelist, claims that God sent the earthquake to House leader Eric Cantor’s Congressional district to show His / Her anger. Rev. Hollowhead says that God abhors hypocrites and fabricators more than he does fornicators. That is why God never…

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August 24, 2011
Black Is White, Not Obama; He is Evil
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Black Is White, Not Obama; He is Evil

By Jim Hoover There is a surety in the American political scene, promoted by the deceit that is Republican, but conveyed, perhaps surreptitious, perhaps coded, but conveyed all the same, by a pliable, for-profit mainstream media. For example, a few months ago, CBS Face the Nation, allowed false statements…

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August 23, 2011
Health Care Systems: The French Is Best
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Health Care Systems: The French Is Best

By Jim Hoover In the last ranking in 2000, The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the French health care system the best in the world. Who ranked the U.S. 37th, close behind Costa Rica, Dominica, and Chile. Statistics supporting this ranking seem to persist today. If you remove…

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August 21, 2011
Yuja Wang Performs
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Yuja Wang Performs

By Jim Hoover In August of 2011 at the Hollywood Bowl, Pianist Yuja Wang, the 24-year-old Chinese soloist, struck many glorious chords on the piano, chords that Sergei Rachmaninoff composed for his first tour of the United States as a pianist in 1909. Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto is considered by…

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August 21, 2011
Legal Looting
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Legal Looting

By: Jim Hoover Matt Taibbi in Griftopia does an effective job of tracing the myriad of ways average Americans have been screwed by a wide network of what he calls grifters, or swindlers, in a confidence game that was blessed by government officials in all branches and at most…

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August 20, 2011
Perry forward, or back?
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Perry forward, or back?

By Jim Hoover Political campaigns -- long, cumbersome, intrinsically boring, and wordy – are covered by the media and bloggers, both having the job of making money first, and if their coverage informs the public, that’s an accident. Online especially, all media, including bloggers, thrust with titillating verbal cuts…

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August 18, 2011
The influence of money creates our economic problems
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The influence of money creates our economic problems

By Jim Hoover If you think that our most influential institutions have not been compromised by the power elite’s money, you only need to look at the Standard and Poor (S&P) credit-rating agency that just downgraded the US’s credit rating from AAA to AA+. You would have to be…

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August 15, 2011
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