Completed: June 13, 2015 at 9:45 am CDT
⭕ Powers Behind the Throne
⭕ The Season Finale: 2:22 Tom Connolly
⭕ The Backdrop of The Cold War
⭕ Raymond Reddington: The KGB’s Greatest Enemy
⭕ The U.S. Navy at the End of the Cold War
⭕ So who are these people and what do they stand for?
⭕ War Without End, Amen
⭕ Two Tells
⭕ State Capitalism
⭕ The Climate Challenge
⭕ Can a New World Order Ever Be A Good Thing?
⭕ Conclusion: End of the Enlightenment?
⭕ Additional Reading
March 14, 2015
There is a genomic marker (SNP) sometimes called “the love gene” (GG variant for SNP rs53576) http://bit.ly/1wniMDR About 40% of Westerners have this variant. When combined with another gene (AA or AG for rs2254298) http://bit.ly/18nPCKM, what results, for males who grew up in non-nurturing early childhood environments, is a higher likelihood that a person will develop psychiatric disorders AND/OR that he will be a risk-taker. Both “genes” or SNPs are located on the Oxytocin molecule. The psychiatric disorders include depression, borderline personality, sociopathy and psychopathy.
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–– Boston Legal to The Blacklist
Jan 7, 2015
In Boston Legal (ABC, 2004-2008), James Spader played Alan Shore, an often politically incorrect advocate in many cases involving “lost causes” (most of which, in the make-believe world of the Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm, he actually won). His penchant for clarity and honesty was his weakness & his strength. In perhaps the most memorable episode, he even told “The Court Supreme” exactly what they needed to hear about the death penalty. Even his sexism was funny & endearing because it was – hey! – sincere. During the Bush years, Alan Shore’s truth-telling buoyed many a despondent liberal in the face of what Stephen Colbert dubbed “Truthiness”.
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This is kind of exciting. I knew Megan Boone had a write-up in CapitolFile (with stunning photographs). But what she says about social media and The Blacklist writing staff is relevant to what is done here and on other blogs. What I mostly inferred in my earlier post (the 12:49pm 11/19 one, after the gay part), she confirms:
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🔴 PRESS TO START A PODCAST
(Then open a new tab for BlacklistDCd. Don’t use back button)
2:8 Decembrist: State Capitalism & the Internet (11/25/2014)
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They are soliciting ideas on where The Blacklist should go. You may have read an earlier version (detail is at the links). I saw the “spoiler” link – it just says they are looking for someone to play one of the alliance guys Fitch mentioned before he exploded. So, this is a bit of a promo, I guess.
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