miscellany

modern monetary theory (MMT) in less than seven minutes

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I get asked about #MMT (modern monetary theory) all the time and I recently was asked again by a patron of my show (#EconomicUpdate) on Patreon:

"Please explain what is MMT, and more importantly, what it isn't."

Here is my short video answer: https://t.co/DT5Cv4vPeD
— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) December 17, 2018

the concluding “but” explains that – as a reply in the YouTube comments puts it – MMT is like the law of gravity in that it doesn’t tell you how to throw a ball, it simply tells you what happens when you do

Posthaven: “Post by email done right”

How could this not be Greece?

You can paste an image into an email, follow it with a caption – without a line break separating the two in the email – and then add whatever else before sending it to Posthaven to appear as a post like this one.

See links and notes below for details.

links and notes:

ColdType #173

Download CT173December2018.pdf

.@Jonathan_K_Cook @medialens @johnpilger The December issue of ColdType (Issue 173 ) is now online. 52 pages of great radical writing and superb photographs - It's at https://t.co/HLK9Q0mugH … and at https://t.co/PYykSZwNAj … pic.twitter.com/SjVypmzSjK
— ColdType (@ColdType1) December 3, 2018

“the last sane people alive”

“… killed by a hailfire of arrows after two warnings from the uncontacted people of North Sentinel Island” https://t.co/5ze6GBcqVx / see also Adivasi (indigenous peoples) https://t.co/iwwSm3mwCs
— George Atherton (@notrehta) December 1, 2018

closing sentence:

In rejecting Mr. Chau’s offer to join our dysfunctional culture, as extended by a dominant religion that has too often flirted with the very corruptions we once preached against, the North Sentinelese might just be the last sane people alive.

Caitlin Johnstone: The Real Red Pill

The Real Red Pill - A discussion of conspiracies and rabbit holes over drinks. https://t.co/lwdve3OlFh #svpol #pldebatt by @caitoz pic.twitter.com/3CsOLhbkNq
— rds (@robotnr7312) November 30, 2018

Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince

Download The_Happy_Prince__Oscar_Wilde_.pdf

text copied as is from here

Chris Hedges: Scum vs. Scum

The only explanation for the clownish antics of the GOP and Donald Trump is that they are but surface manifestations of deeper corruption in the government. How bad is it? In the .jpg is the conclusion of the article. Read it and weep.
ARTICLE=> https://t.co/kWzY9tsUax pic.twitter.com/SICxG3NFuS
— Rolf Auer 🇨🇦 (@Rolf_Auer) November 5, 2018

propaganda blitz

I would urge anyone who is interested in the media to read this book. The tentacles of propaganda are insidious but @medialens lay bare an intriguing and well-written catalogue of MSM deceit that is astounding for its audacity; a sort of 'I suspected as much- but not THIS much'
— Roy David (@roydavidwriter) October 22, 2018

Caitlin Johnstone: Today I Met a Space Alien

Today I Met A Space Alien — A Play by Caitlin Johnstone

"There is no copyright on this work. You are free to perform it, modify it, and expand on it however you like.

CHARACTERS
HUMAN Any gender, any age
ALIEN Any gender, any age"https://t.co/8Dnjx97Utg
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) October 17, 2018

Download TODAY_I_MET_A_SPACE_ALIEN_by_Caitlin_Johnstone.pdf

based on a short story linked to by this tweet:

A short story about an alien and a woman discussing life, humans and armageddon.https://t.co/AL8Q8MbmLE
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) October 17, 2018

cited 2018-10-16

Questioner: “… Your words ‘beyond the mind’ give me no clue.”
Maharaj: “While looking with the mind, you cannot go beyond it. …”

the Q&A above is from A Quiet Mind Is All You Need

https://notrehta.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/beyond-the-mind/
https://misc.posthaven.com/cited-2018-10-16 / for more

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