by Jim Ball | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog, Frankfurt School, Random Notes, Repressive Tolerance
Back in a previous life I used to talk about, at least in broad brush, overview terms, as well as Antonio Gramsci ,The Frankfurt School. The attitude from many listeners I hate to say was pretty much, ho hum….that kind of thing will never... by Jim Ball | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog, Democrats, Random Notes, Reichstag Fire
Isn’t Twitter’s banning of Trump and Amazon’s taking down of Parler, simply fuelling further anger and outrage and inflaming passions amongst seventy five million Trump voters, in and of itself, provocation and incitement to violence? Isn’t this a digital... by Jim Ball | Dec 23, 2020 | Assange, Blog, Julian Assange, Random Notes
The acclaimed economic theorist, John Maynard Keynes, when confronted over some inconsistency in his thinking once said: “..When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?” This brings me to the subject of Julian Assange. Twelve... 
by Jim Ball | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog, Fact Checkers, Random Notes
Thinking recently about the Facebook and Twitter Thought Police, aka, “Fact Checkers” and it occurs to me how “fact checking” by supposed “independent” fact checkers, at least at the industrial level we now see them operating, are a recent phenomenon, a recent... by Jim Ball | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Random Notes, Trump, US Election
To rework Simon and Garfunkel’s, Mrs Robinson: “a nation turns it lonely eyes to you”. And The Supreme Court turned away and squibbed it. What a gaggle of milquetoast mediocrities they turned out to be in this hour of greatest need in the national interest of... by Jim Ball | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog, Media, Media Bias, Random Notes
It’s very easy to blame the media for their bias and misinformation and it really does exist but I think we need to assume that that is already baked into our assumptions and drives our skepticism and that it’s up to each person to ferret around and find out what’s...