Eclectic 5/12/21 Eclectic 5/12/21

The media’s oneside-ing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Twosides-ing it would be bad enough. But they’re oneside-ing it. The media are for serving as a PR arm of the Israeli establishment.

Eclectic 5/11/21 Eclectic 5/11/21

Ghif or jif? Mishellanea or Missellanea? Does it really matter?

On two recent episodes of The Young Turks, they’ve talked about how to pronounce my username. And now I feel bad and wonder: should I have clarified sooner how it was pronounced?

Eclectic 5/10/21 Eclectic 5/10/21

Six great organizations. You decide who gets a $50 donation

Fun Fact: April Showers also bring May Allergies. May is now well under way, so it’s time to vote in the poll for May’s $50 donation from eclecticmisc.org!

Eclectic 5/4/21 Eclectic 5/4/21

A classic eclecticmisc post: Cenk vs. Ana vs. John—And the winner is…

Eclectic 5/3/21 Eclectic 5/3/21

April’s donation: Richard Wolff’s Economic Update and Doctors without Borders

Eclectic 4/30/21 Eclectic 4/30/21

Today’s the day — Twitter thread on this month’s choices for the $50 donation

Eclectic 4/28/21 Eclectic 4/28/21

It’s that time again!

Eclectic 4/27/21 Eclectic 4/27/21

Cancel the Stones? (and 100s of other songwriters)

Should songs with outdated, offensive, disgusting or outright abusive lyrics get “cancelled”? There are so many examples in music once you start to actually listen to the words. Sometimes I’m listening to a song and get uncomfortable listening to it. I think it probably depends and there’s no one clear answer.

Eclectic 4/26/21 Eclectic 4/26/21

Taxpayer-funded lie

I’m pissed. Got a letter in the mail which the envelope said was from the IRS, but turned out to be a blatant lie from the current president. Using taxpayer funds, to spread provenly false propaganda…

Eclectic 4/23/21 Eclectic 4/23/21

Friday! Friday! Ge’in' down on Friday!

Sometimes I hate Fridays. Why. Because of that damn song by Rebecca Black. Every. Single. Goddamn. Friday, I think of that song.

Eclectic 4/22/21 Eclectic 4/22/21

Krystal Kyle & Friends

Thursday on EclecticMisc.org is “So We Meet (again)” day, where I explore a progressive show or organization…For today, I looked at Krystal Kyle and Friends. Thanks to…

Eclectic 4/21/21 Eclectic 4/21/21

After the Chauvin verdict, has anything changed?

It was very good news to hear that Derrick Chauvin was found guilty on the three counts against him for murdering George Floyd. It is now officially called a murder. I hope it gives the family at least some sense of closure, although I’m sure that Chauvin will be appealing and putting them through even more hell. What happens now?