2022-04-09

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The True Purpose of Propaganda - Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Propaganda is intended to instill fear in people, not brainwash them. The message is: You might not hold pro-regime values or attitudes. But we will make sure you are too frightened to do anything about it.
Barack Obama and Company Dishonestly Lecture UChicago Students on ‘Disinformation’ – The Chicago Thinker

Picasso's women make him ‘an idol that must be destroyed’, says guardian
Bandai Namco scrubs Ms. Pac-Man from its own classic game
Addressing racial and phenotypic bias in human neuroscience methods
Explaining the LGBT Explosion - by Bryan Caplan - Bet On It

While almost all studies find that genetics matters, virtually none asserts that the heritability of sexual orientation is even close to 100%. Ergo, homosexuality must, to some extent, be “acquired.” While that hardly implies that any specific mechanism - such "recruitment" or "media depictions" - works, the idea that homosexuality can be spread is the unheralded scientific consensus.
Transgendered in Kindergarten? What’s Really Behind the Insane New Sex Ed?

No Convictions For FBI-Directed 'White Supremacists': Whitmer Kidnapping Suspects Acquitted, Jury Deadlocked In Political Prosecution

Two of the four men were acquitted Friday for their role in the alleged plot (which, in reality, was cooked up by a gang of confidential informants embedded within the group, one of whom rose to second-in-command), while the other two ultimately faced a hung jury,
- Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more - ABC News
a stunning defeat for the government after a weekslong trial that centered on a remarkable FBI sting operation just before the 2020 election.