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- The Economic Normalcy Bias for 01/27/2012In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on an airstrip in the Canary Islands. According to accident investigators, those who survived the initial blast in one plane had time to escape before a fire consumed the wreckage. But eyewitnesses reported that many remained in their seat looking perfectly content — as if nothing was wrong. Not surprisingly, dozens of these ...
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- The Economic Normalcy Bias for 01/27/2012
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- Overconsumption won’t save America January 27, 2012In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on an airstrip in the Canary Islands. According to accident investigators, those who survived the initial blast in one plane had time to escape before a fire consumed the wreckage. But eyewitnesses reported that many remained in their seat looking perfectly content -- as if nothing was wrong.Not surprisingly, dozens of these ...
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- Overconsumption won’t save America January 27, 2012
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Hollywood Glorifies Military at Taxpayers’ Expense
San Francisco Chronicle
Since the taxpayer-supported “Wings” won the first Academy Award in 1927, the U.S. government has worked closely with Hollywood to promote, glorify and celebrate the armed forces. In the 1980s, this partnership became a highly political Military-Entertainment Complex, which today grants and denies filmmakers access to military hardware on the basis of filmmakers’ ideology and message.
The result is that many pro-war films are supported by huge public subsidies that underwrite studios’ use of military planes, boats and hardware – as long as those studios promise to produce a film that Pentagon spinmeisters approve of. Antimilitarist filmmakers, by contrast, are often barred by the government from even photographing the same hardware.
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Television Appearances
CURRENT: Is Ron Paul More Electable Than Mitt Romney?
Sirota appeared on Current TV’s “The Young Turks” to discuss the 10-year anniversary of the opening of Gitmo, and to look at polling data on whether Ron Paul is a more electable GOP nominee than Mitt Romney. Watch the clip here.
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Jack Abramoff on His Crimes and Corruption
Sirota interviewed convicted super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff about his new book “Capitol Punishment” and about the rampant corruption in Washington. Listen to the AM760 interview here.
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