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The (Olympic) Games People Play | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 25, 2012. "What does the billboard say?/Come and play, Come and play/Forget about the movement." --Zack de la Rocha The Great Distraction Machine™ is rolling out yet another Summer Olympic Games -- perfectly timed to help keep the growing wave of global uprisings off the mainstream radar. Of course, beneath all the diversion...
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All Screaming Id, No Brains, No Honor (James Howard Kunstler)
Flying Nuclear Robot. Credit: Irregular Times James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2012 -- A Martian psychoanalyst observing the U.S. Superbowl on TV would be shocked by the vicious animal spirits emanating from that spectacle, starting with the triumphal trumpet blasts borrowed straight from the old 1950s Hollywood epic movies echoing the prideful mis-steps of ancient Rome, alo...
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Gaza Marathon: A Race for Freedom and Summer Camps (Ramzy Baroud)
Nader al-Masri trains on the sandy streets of Gaza City in 2008. Photo credit: Hatem Moussa, AP Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 10, 2011 -- Nader al-Masri is an inspiration. The 31-year-old Gaza athlete seems completely oblivious to challenges that would seem insurmountable to most. On May 5th, he led a small pack of nine runners into the finish line of Gaza’s first marathon. Behind...
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