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The Whale Watcher: Barfing About Blubber

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Watching The Whale I was struck by several insights into the issues raised by this film. Firstly, by how un-American this movie was. Where were all...

Bite & Smile PDF Version by Robert Sudha Hamilton

Bite & Smile: Delving into Dental Care for an Informed Choice PDF version by Robert Sudha Hamilton. A Midas Word Publication. 350 pages of oral care gold. Easy to read and full of fun facts.

Bite & Smile: Delving into Dental Care for an Informed Choice is written to provide information and relevant content related to dentistry. It is hoped that you will find within its pages useful stuff, so that you can decide on the right course of action. Sometimes, when you are suffering from tooth ache it is not the best time to make those calls you know nothing about. Your dentist might say to you in the chair, “well, what’s it to be extraction or root canal? “ At the time, you are in agony, on your way to a numb cheek and lips, and might be playing with limited resources. Therefore, your decision weighs a lot and do you really have all the necessary data at hand?

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America Matters PDF version

Get the America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump PDF ebook. By Robert Sudha Hamilton.

If you read one book this year make it this one. Knowledge is power & time is running out folks. Every page is filled with insight and truthful accounts of what drives America now and in its past. Great reading for a world on the brink of massive changes – which way will the pendulum tip? Can the greatest nation on earth pull itself out of a tail spin? More than 250 pages of truth serum.

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Episode 12: The Politics of Grievance - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

America is the great democratic experiment. Although, this is getting on for some 250 years now. This nation is in the grip of the politics of grievance. Partisan politics in America is more about hating the other side than particularly loving the side you are voting for. Americans have been encouraged to focus their attention upon their grievances via decades of negative campaigning and attack ads. Demonizing ‘the other’ is the favoured political pastime in the 21C. Identity politics and social values are the main game these days. Economic issues are now seen through this ideological filter.Murdoch, Fox & Stirring Grievance In AmericaRupert Murdoch and his Fox News are merchants of toxic polarization. This network is spewing out lies and fake news 24/7. Every presentation is top heavy in anti-woke content and a right wing bias. Regular viewers are sucked into a spin cycle of libertarian anti-government GOP grievance stoking. Old white men upset at their changing worlds, where heaven forbid minorities are now getting a say. OMG the sky is going to fall in. In this partisan realm complaints about there being too many coloured faces on TV and LGBTQIA folk making too much noise are legion. Uppity women talking about sexual harassment and such like make their viewer’s blood boil – which is the whole idea for Fox. Getting their audience riled up keeps eyeballs on them and advertising rates going up for their revenue.Popularizing Poisonous Issues For Political GainThe politics of grievance is all about popularizing these causes for the benefit of candidates and the party. The party promoting these grievances doesn’t need positive policies. They just bang on about how the other side is to blame for the problem.

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