An American tourist in Russia
Ian Kummer 
From her childhood in Iran to her death this month in Paris, Marjane Satrapi witnessed the early days of the revolution, the war with Iraq, and finally, the country’s ascendance as a world power. Her life’s work to bring about regime change in Iran ended in failure, but is a textbook example of propaganda that should be studied.
Why does everyone have to put their pronouns in their email signatures and wear rainbow pins, and face severe consequences if they don’t? In short, it’s because acts of active consent, as opposed to passive or silent consent, is a powerful tool of to establish a new order, and destroy opposition to that order at the lowest level; within the very minds of the people.
Every nafoid should light a candle and say a little prayer every day for Putin’s continuing good health. Or maybe a little dance. Putin’s main political advantage is that he has a lot of street cred for rebuilding the Russian economy almost from scratch. He can get away with so much restraint because, literally, “trust … Read more
Here are six widely believed but untrue plot holes in Star Wars. Leia Leading the Empire back to the rebel base In Star Wars: A New Hope, people frequently claim that it was a plot hole for Leia to know about the imperial tracking device on the Millennium Falcon but still fly back to the … Read more
