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Both writers (Bouie & Rensin) do a great job describing the problems with the Democratic party. It's just not one thing but a mixture of things that drove out white working class, but Bouie's reasoning I think really hits at what drove most WWC in droves. It happened with my father and the WWC that surrounded me growing up (anecdotal evidence, I know). He was a huge Democratic man until the Democratics started moving more towards blacks and he thought he was getting screwed because he was white and blacks were getting it good in welfare. A lot of the WWC people I hung out with or talked too thought the same. The smugness was one part of the drove them away, but race played a huger role.

Great read into the Alt-Right movement. Also, be sure to check out most the links within the article. http://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11434098/alt-right-explained What's a bit sad is that the writer didn't really delve or talk about how "extreme" music helped spread the Alt-Right's beliefs. I remember when I got into to the black metal, industrial and neo-folk scene, the Alt-Right's beliefs were being played with--bands playing with fascist and nazi imagery--or beginning to gain ground. Hell, that love for nationalism and traditionalism has been a big part of the black metal scene since it's beginnings. The Alt-Right beliefs beginnings really mixed well with those genres--I think it mixed well because it was a fringe mixture of ideas mixed with fringe genres of music and people. It also gave people a feeling of empowerment, place and to an extent, gave them an identity; they knew why they felt like outsiders and knew who to target. The black metal, industrial and punk scenes embraced the Alt-Right's beliefs with open hearts. It's fascinating/depressing to see this movement grow through the years. Hell, I almost was a part of it and at times fallen into the bullshit they spouted. It still gets me to this day! I've spent so much time--my late teens, early and mid-twenties--in those genres and being surrounded by those beliefs, it's tainted me. EDIT: I'd be a fucking liar if I didn't listen to some of those bands that played or are white nationalists or alt-right. I've moved away heavily from them since, but man, they are a part of me whether I like it or not. Fuck this white supremacist world and the compromises I've had to make to live in it.

Goldeneye 007 us being remade with the Doom engine http://motherboard.vice.com/read/goldeneye-007-is-being-remade-in-the-doom-engine-and-it-looks-great Also, do we have an all encompassing Doom thread? Can't find one

Came across this through this article http://vectorsdev.usc.edu/NYCsound/777b.html This is fucking amazing

Rumble Strip Vermont's newest episode gives an intimate look at having a meth-addicted parent http://www.rumblestripvermont.com/2016/04/jesse/ Gravy looks how agriculture and racism are so intertwined https://www.southernfoodways.org/gravy/fighting-for-the-promised-land-a-story-of-farming-and-racism-gravy-ep-29/ I've really fallen in love with Wish We Were Here. They delve into India Wood's life and her discovery of "one of the finest Allosaurus fossils ever found." http://krcc.org/post/wish-we-were-here-episode-13-girl-who-dug-dinosaurs

Fuck... http://www.vox.com/2016/4/11/11355702/prison-transgender

I'm not into comedy podcasts. So when I came across 2 Dope Queens, I was wary. I was so fucking wrong. http://www.wnyc.org/story/2-dope-queens-podcast-episode-2-billy-joel/ Please, check it out

CURRY! Also, the new bersarin quartett is top.

Man, fuck that bullshit. There's a difference between doing that (which I have problems with myself because people misuse it) and using that to hold it over someone's head. Gorm, you seem a cool, legit person and you don't need that in your life. You've grown and learned and if they want to bring it up, it's their problem, not yours. I would personally drop her and move on. Also, you don't have keep fences mended; the past is the past and keep it there. You don't have to keep apologizing for it or keep up with it. I personal don't want to or feel like keeping with people I dated or friended with back when I was younger. Who I was back then is not who I am now which means my interaction with is going to be radically different. Sometimes that difference stops me from growing, so I need to drop them and move on and I won't apologize for it.

Reveal goes in-depth with workers comp scam https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/billion-dollar-scam/ How the Panama Papers were executed http://www.wnyc.org/story/behind-panama-papers/

With the whole Panama Papers going on, this is a good listen to understand how shell companies work. Funny to boot too http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/03/30/472452808/episode-403-what-can-we-do-with-our-shell-companies

You're a nobody till somebody loves you. You're nobody till somebody cares.

Giant leak from Mossack Fonseca that shows various high-levels of corruption and wealth hiding https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-panama-papers-global-overview.html https://panamapapers.icij.org/video/

Life of the Law does a beautiful job delving into sterilizing and eugenics http://www.lifeofthelaw.org/2016/03/sterilized/ http://www.lifeofthelaw.org/2016/03/bonus-episode-1-conversation-eugenics-law/ EDIT: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations

Couple of interesting articles on Automation http://www.vox.com/2016/4/2/11348148/minimum-wage-robots http://www.vox.com/2015/7/27/9038829/automation-myth

NPR has a new podcast called Embedded, in which they go deep into a story. The first has to do with Opioid abuse http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/31/469525114/inside-a-small-brick-house-at-the-heart-of-indianas-opioid-crisis So what does Trump's hands, the CIA, Abstract Painting and Conspiracy theories have to do with each other? Listen and find out https://toe.prx.org/2016/03/a-light-touch-and-a-slight-nudge/ The best comic podcast, forget all else http://www.factualopinion.com/the_factual_opinion/2016/02/mark-millar-the-last-great-traditionalist.html http://www.factualopinion.com/the_factual_opinion/2016/03/barry-windsor-smith-and-egon-schiele.html

If you ain't listening to Below the Ten, you missing out. Heart wrenching, beautifully poignant stories. http://belowtheten.kcrw.com/peacemakers-the-interventionist/ http://belowtheten.kcrw.com/peacemakers-the-activist/ http://belowtheten.kcrw.com/grace-of-the-sea/

It's as if the GOP wants to leave nothing but rubble in Kansas. This is insane.

What a sobering and somber read on the future of welfare. Fuck. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/the-end-of-welfare-as-we-know-it/476322/

1. That Hippo bib is aaaadorable 2. It looks like your kid is trying to escape. 3. Cute picture

D'aww, thank you

SANTIGOLD!

http://www.radiodiaries.org/the-man-in-the-zoo/ http://thememorypalace.us/2016/03/aka-leo/ http://loveandradio.org/2014/02/the-silver-dollar/ Check them out, they're wonderful, but also infuriating

Whaaa. I never thought of it as this.I need to re-watch Children of Men. I love that film.