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Is Our Attention for Sale?

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August 23, 2020

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"Remember who the real enemy is": The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and the Propaganda of Our Media Overlords

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More Insights from Laurie Garrett on CNN (May 7)

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Laurie Garrett predicts that the pandemic will continue for 36 months as the "best case scenario"

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"Mother Nature is a Serial Killer": A Discussion about World War Z (2013)

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"America is not a country. It's just a business": Layers of Venality in Killing Them Softly (2012)

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Boy Men: Notes on Step Brothers (2008)

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Anticipating the Die-Off: Notes and Quotes about Michael Rupport's Collapse

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