#pseudojournalism

[merelygifted]

[mindologics]

Miscreants throw ink at him - plays victim and cries like a boo boo baby.

Bigoted shooter opens fire at peaceful protesters - declares the shooter as a victim of ‘provocation’.

[tking1974]

No trying-to-be objective and fair journalist, no citizen who cares about the country and its future can ignore what Donald Trump said today. When he suggested that "The Second Amendment People" can stop Hillary Clinton he crossed a line with dangerous potential. By any objective analysis, this is a new low and unprecedented in the history of American presidential politics. This is no longer about policy, civility, decency or even temperament. This is a direct threat of violence against a political rival. It is not just against the norms of American politics, it raises a serious question of whether it is against the law. If any other citizen had said this about a Presidential candidate, would the Secret Service be investigating? Candidate Trump will undoubtably issue an explanation; some of his surrogates are already engaged in trying to gloss it over, but once the words are out there they cannot be taken back. That is what inciting violence means. To anyone who still pretends this is a normal election of Republican against Democrat, history is watching. And I suspect its verdict will be harsh. Many have tried to do a side-shuffle and issue statements saying they strongly disagree with his rhetoric but still support the candidate. That is becoming woefully insufficient. The rhetoric is the candidate. This cannot be treated as just another outrageous moment in the campaign. We will see whether major newscasts explain how grave and unprecedented this is and whether the headlines in tomorrow's newspapers do it justice. We will soon know whether anyone who has publicly supported Trump explains how they can continue to do. We are a democratic republic governed by the rule of law. We are an honest, fair and decent people. In trying to come to terms with today's discouraging development the best I can do is to summon our greatest political poet Abraham Lincoln for perspective: "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." Lincoln used these stirring words to end his First Inaugural Address. It was the eve of the Civil War and sadly his call for sanity, cohesion and peace was met with horrific violence that almost left our precious Union asunder. We cannot let that happen again.

Dan Rather, August 9, 2016

Actually Dan, the "Second Amendment People" are law-abiding citizens who have the right to vote.  If the "Second Amendment People" view their constitutional rights as being unfairly discriminated against, they can stop the Democratic candidate, yes, indeed the "Second Amendment People" can stop her by VOTING for the other candidate.  By perpetuating this disgustingly sensationalized bullshit, you are in effect just calling every law abiding gun owner, every law enforcement agency, and every National Guardsman a violent criminal.  But that's how you, and your business operates, how the media brainwashes the nonsentient peons who can't think, act, or choose for themselves.  To me, that makes you "First Amendment People" far, far, far more dangerous, than even any terrorist, to the welfare of America.  "Journalist", my ass.

[amiwhoiseemtobe]

That's right

[difficultbeasy]

Hello.

Greetings make good starts, so I hereby welcome you to my new blog.

Throughout the next couple of weeks and months, I am going to write about what it’s like looking for work as a white European female humanities postgrad. What is so interesting about that, you might wonder. Let me elaborate:

I am going to document my attempt at not only finding any job, or even a ‘good’ job but the kind of job that will actually be related to my personal interests, my degree, and is at least distantly related to my dream profession. But let’s face it – this task is not going to be easy.

It wasn’t easy under economically stable conditions but now we are going through a recession, brought about by the same generation of people who told us that anything is possible, that there is just the ‘right’ job for anyone willing to educate themselves.

I will investigate the problems involved in finding this ‘right’ job, and question what the ‘right’ job is supposed to be. I will address the many obstacles I will have to face when looking for work and try to get to the root of them: for instance, why does the economy need so many trainee sales executives, marketing managers, data managers, and accountants? What is the deal with portfolios and how do you get one? Why are we supposed to dress business and send CVs including portrait photos?

But I will not stop there.

While I am going to write mostly about my own experience (backed up by research, of course), this is also a forum for you. You can contact me, tell me YOUR story and make this blog a little bit more interactive and, hopefully, generally relevant.

Stay tuned for more...