Red Dawn, and the absurd premise of who invades the U.S.

When I was a kid I went to see the 1984 movie, Red Dawn at a drive-in. I was still naive enough at the time to believe that the Soviets could invade the U.S., as the film shows. Heck, the Soviets might not even have had a navy that could have invaded Canada. But, at least...

No, troops really aren't fighting for your freedom

A common refrain is that troops give us freedom. They really don't. They just don't. In theory they could fight in a war for our freedom, but that has rarely been done. The wars that have been fought in some way for our freedom of religion, speech, assembly etc are less than...

The movie Paul, a pro-athiest theme to it?

I was watching the movie Paul, and I have to say, it definately had a very pro-atheist/humanist/reason perspective. Good. Rarely is there a movie or show that without hestitation or apology states that religion is not true. In particular, the movie strongly condemns...

Desensitizing Gangstalking

As Sam Vaknin, explained well in his work on stalking, "people are easier to control when they are afraid". Control is what the Organizers of gangstalking want. They are afraid of the Targets. One of the major ways to instill fear is through abuse, and then sensitizing the...

New trends: Using social media to predict FOREX or stock signals?

The Internet Time Machine project has recently seen a new evolution, harnessing its powers of insight into social signals not only for the power of online marketing, but now applying it to the foreign exchange market. The closest thing you can get to "insider trading," this...