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The CIA, Porn, Deep Fakes, AI, and a Post-Truth Society — Mickey Z.

(public domain) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 21, 2020 “Withdrawing in disgust is not the same thing as apathy.” (from the 1990 film, Slacker) We live on the cusp of an age during which virtually no one will be able to discern fact from fiction. Synthetic media technology has exploded in the past couple of years. So much so that your average YouTuber can now do a better job at “de-aging” ...

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Some ‘Rumble Fish’ Make Their Own Way Back to the River | Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot of a scene from Rumble Fish (1983) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 14, 2020 When I was in grade school, my classmates and I were introduced to the writer, S.E. Hinton. We wer ...

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In 1492, (buff) Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue | Mickey Z

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 11, 2020 Below the elevated platform at the Astoria Boulevard/Hoyt Avenue N train station, my neighborhood plays host to Columbus Square — which ...

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Dying Alone: When We Stopped Caring for Palestinian Prisoners | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 11, 2020 “No one cares about the prisoners.” Over the past few years, I have heard this phrase -- or some variation of it -- uttered many times b ...

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My Remembrance of Edward Van Halen | Mickey Z.

Edward Van Halen (probably early 1980s) — credit unknown Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 8, 2020 Edward Van Halen (EVH) was my favorite guitarist of all-time. As a disciple of what is now calle ...

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That Time When Negro League Legend Josh Gibson Hit a Ball Out of Yankee Stadium | Mickey Z.

Josh Gibson scoring a run for the Homestead Grays in a game against the Newark Eagles at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1942. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Z. -- World News Tr ...

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Black Lives Should Always Matter: Delinking Social Justice from Seasonal US Politics | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 4, 2020 After viewing the first U.S. Presidential debate on Sept. 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among ...

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Cabs and Cab-Nots | Mickey Z.

Still photo of Robert DeNiro on the set of “Taxi Driver” (credit unknown) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 4, 2020 Until recently, yellow cabs were a major part of the NYC experience. Thanks to ...

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Antifa in Theory and in Practice | Diana Johnstone

Photo by jcrakow | CC BY 2.0 (Editor's note: This CounterPunch story is from three years ago. -Francis Goodwin) “Fascists are divided into two categories: the fascists and the anti-fascists.” – Ennio ...

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The Mask of Disenchantment | John Michael Greer

Illustration: Kai and Sunny. The Guardian Sept 30. 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- When I noticed at the beginning of the month that September had five Wednesdays, and I didn’t have anything in mind to post ...

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My Dad, the Mafia, and Machine Guns in the Kitchen | Mickey Z.

My Dad (lower right) and his crew back in the day Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 29, 2020 Preface: I must’ve been about thirteen or so. My family was still living in a fourth-floor walk-up. ...

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