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MisterP

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16. of course that was to defend the Establishment--including corporate science--against the "anti-
Mon Dec 7, 2015, 12:07 AM
Dec 2015

intellectuals" of its day: hippies and muckrakers

democracy should be left up to the experts--heck, we got into Libya and Syria because we thought that without Dubya's morons around we could do intervention RIGHT that time around; which brings us to a little skirmish called "Vietnam" ...

(and the APA's involvement in "rectal feeding" swarthy, "threatening" foreigners is as much a part of race as anything else that inspired Dylann Roof)

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+1 navarth Dec 2015 #4
Absolutely! RecoveringJournalist Dec 2015 #6
Bingo. n/t DirkGently Dec 2015 #8
Every American should know about the Powell Memo!! lastlib Dec 2015 #11
+1 Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2015 #15
of course that was to defend the Establishment--including corporate science--against the "anti- MisterP Dec 2015 #16
Religion kills. nt valerief Dec 2015 #2
Sometimes true, but not so simple. Ron Green Dec 2015 #17
I so agree! smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #3
This is a culture in which many hifiguy Dec 2015 #5
K&R..... daleanime Dec 2015 #7
While it's worse now than ever, SheilaT Dec 2015 #9
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Lets not forget "Science is the Devil's Tool" Rosco T. Dec 2015 #13
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Once they Privatize education JEB Dec 2015 #18
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