Paranoia

Alec Soth: Escape Artist

Catherine Despont | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Photography, Outlaw, America, Paranoia, Off the Grid, Sean Kelly Gallery, Tree House, Alec Soth, Portraits, Escape, Arts News

If there is something lonely and frightening in these images, there is also something dream-like and remembered -- something fed by our own fantasies -- the desire for freedom and safety, the desire to provide for oneself.

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Tips on Living a Fear-Free Life

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Stress, Depression, Fear, Anxiety, Paranoia, Stress Reduction, Spiritual Development, Healthy Living News

Actions that are based on fear are not going to give you a long term feeling of fulfillment. Fear also could be the root of anxiety, depression, and other internal disarrays.

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Sorry, But Bird Flu Bioterrorism Is Much Harder Than It Sounds

Scott Thill | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Avian Flu, Apocalypse, Infectious Diseases, Paranoia, National Security, Bioterrorism, Pandemic, Ron Fouchier, Aids, Terrrorism, Al Qaeda, Science News

It may be more of an existential threat than current global pandemics like AIDS or climate change, but it doesn't make it a workable bioweapon.

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Top Conspiracy Theories For Stoners

Tru TV | David Moye | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Ufos, Potheads, Nintendo, Marijuana, Paranoia, Wacky Weed, Stoners, The Munchies, Conspiracies, Video, Weird News News

Hey stoners! Watch out, "The Man" is coming for you and your beloved Tetrahydrocannabinol (a.k.a. reefer.) Drugs will make people believe anything ...

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Page One, The Other F Word, Bobby Fischer: New Docs Worth a Look

Linda Flanagan | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: The Other F Word, Paranoia, Page One - Inside the New York Times, Fischer Random, Boris Spassky, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Andrew Rossi, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Bobby Fischer Anti-Semitism, Brian Stelter, Nantucket Film Festival, Blink-182, Genius, David Carr, Liz Garbus, Entertainment News

Aging punk rockers and the New York Times might not seem to have much in common, but staying afloat in a rapidly changing digital world is a theme sha...

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Looks Like We're Not Yet Done With The 'Anthony Weiner Was A Secret Muslim' Rumors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Weinergate, Islamophobia, Anthony Weiner, Fearmongering, The Washington Times, Huma Abedin, Paranoia, Media News

Just over a week ago, we brought you word of an insanely paranoid screed published in "The Communities at the Washington Times" (a distinction that bo...

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The Paranoid Style in French Politics

Thomas A. Bass | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: France, Conspiracy Theories, Paranoid Style, French Politics, Paranoia, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, World News

With so much of the country's political machinery hidden from view, France is ripe for political rumors and palace intrigue.

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Here's Your Sharia Paranoiac Take On Weinergate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Weinergate, Islamophobia, Anthony Weiner, Fearmongering, The Washington Times, Huma Abedin, Paranoia, Media News

Times being what they are, there's no pseudo-event so "pseudo" that someone cannot dream up some utterly paranoid take on the matter. And, so this week, the Communities at Washington Times has delivered us up a hot plate of claptrap from Eliana Benador.

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The Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century Is on the Rise

Bernard Starr | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Bill Maher, Twitter, Financial Services, Paranoia, Disease, Ethics, Pandemic, Vaccine, Cure, Facebook, Remedies, Illness, Civility, Civilization, Comedy News

Police recently ejected a woman from an Amtrak quiet car after 16 hours of non-stop talking on her cell phone -- a new record for a PACS symptom flare-up.

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Fox News Ate My Nuclear Dolphins!

Mark Morford | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Fox News, Natural Disasters, Jim Berkland, Japan Earthquake, Fukushima, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Paranoia, Radiation, Media News

Near as I can tell, we are all going to die a slow incomprehensible radioactive death relatively soon now. Or we're not.

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Virginia Delegate Wants To Bring Back Confederate Money, Or Something

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Paranoia, Federal Reserve, Eat the Press, Bob Marshall, Tea Party, How Did This Happen, Politics News

As longtime Eat The Press readers may know, I have lived most of my life in the Commonwealth of Virginia. I schlepped around this state for many years...

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When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceutical Industry, Over Prescribing, Medicine, Health, Advertising, Paranoia, Drug Companies, Viagra, East Village, Home News

Almost everyone I know is on one kind of prescription drug or another. And what's worse is that an awful lot of them have been brainwashed into thinking that these pills hold the key to a healthy and happy life.

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What the Tea Party Is Really All About

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Conspiracy Theories, History, U.S. Government, Teabaggers, Conservatives, Paranoia, u.s. History, Founders, Frank Rich, Tea Party, Federalist Papers, Barack Obama, Politics News

It is simply ridiculous to suggest that the Teabaggers are engaged in a "spirited defense of fundamental American principles." That's giving them too much credit.

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Ground Zero Mosque Opponents React Hysterically To Bloomberg Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fearmongering, Mosque Ground Zero, Michael Bloomberg, Newt Gingrich Ground Zero Mosque, Ground Zero Mosque, Paranoia, Newt Gingrich, Eat the Press, Politics News

Yesterday, the Landmarks Preservation Committee "voted against protecting the 152-year-old building standing in the way of" the so-called "Ground Zero...

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Ground Zero Mosque Opposition: The Paranoia About Sharia Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Fearmongering, Paranoia, Newt Gingrich Ground Zero Mosque, Mosque Ground Zero, Newt Gingrich, Eat the Press, Media News

This boils down to whether you accept that Faisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" -- after having a long career building interfaith bridges -- has now accidentally exposed his secret plot to destroy America.

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Attacking Muslims Is In Vogue Again Among Conservatives [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fearmongering, Paranoia, Glenn Beck, Media Criticism, Muslim Americans, Six Flags, Eat the Press, Media News

Recently in the land of the demented, it's become ultra-voguish to hate Americans who are practitioners of Islam. Loud, angry, scare-bears have made ...

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Dick Cheney's Tips for Happy Motoring

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeland Security, Paranoia, Humor, Cheney, Comedy News

A summer outing on the open road is one of America's most revered national traditions. But never forget that eternal vigilance is the price of having a Democrat in the White House.

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There Goes the Neighborhood: Which Groups Make Americans Nervous?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

For the most part, I've been pretty lucky when it comes to my neighbors. I've gotten along with the vast majority of them, and I've never had cross-ya...

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Brad Sherman's Middle East Town Hall Rife With Fear and Aggression

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

On July 3, 2010, I received an email from a friend informing me that Congressman Brad Sherman, who is seeking reelection to his 8th term in California...

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Cinefantastique Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Podcast - v1n3: The Crazies

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Olyphant, Conspiracy Theories, Bioweapons, Paranoia, The Seventies, Horror Movies, Breck Eisner, Film, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Movies, Fantasy, George Romero, Cinefantastique Podcast, Cfq, Cinefantastique, Entertainment News

Dan Persons, Steve Biodrowski, and Lawrence French are back with an in-depth discussion of The Crazies, the new horror-thriller about a small town cau...

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Neo Rauch: The Work and the Worked

Joshua Elias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Art, Fine Art, Painting, Leipziger School, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rauch, Paranoia, Wikipedia, Munich, Neo, Art in America International, Arts News

Neo Rauch turned 50 in April, and he has a huge retrospective at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.

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Get Gmail. Now. Or else.

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gmail, Electronic Communications, Paranoia, Human Resources, E-Mail, Digital Devices, Big Brother, Google, Totalitarianism, Business News

During the course of the last year or so, I have detected a trend in corporate life that bears momentary scrutiny, then universal action by anybody wh...

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Stand Up and Be Counted... Or Not: Why Latinos Have Issues With the Census

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Latino, Paranoia, Ethnicity, President Barack Obama, US Census Hispanic Count, Hispanic, US Census, Multiracial Americans, Multiracial, Right Wing, Hispanics, Race, Racial Discrimination, Barack Obama, Pew Hispanic Center, Racial Politics, Census, 2010 Census, Michele Bachmann, Ethnicities, US Census Bureau, Christopher Lambert, Right Wing Paranoia, African Americans, Bigotry, Fortress, Politics News

It seems that right-wing nuts aren't the only ones who believe the Census is all a plot. Just 57 percent of native-born Latinos believe that census participation is good for their community.

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ReelzChannel: Top 5 "We Own You" Movies

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reelzchannel, Video, Jude Law, Paranoia, Humor, Top 5, Film, Science Fiction, Robots, Movies, Martial Arts, Repo Men, Entertainment News

Repo Men wasn't the first film to capitalize on our creeping anxiety that we may not be as autonomous we want to believe. From collared martial artist...

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South Carolina To Root Out 'Subversives', Make Them Pay Five Dollars

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureaucracy, South Carolina, Paranoia, Subversives, South Carolina Secretary of State, Eat the Press, Politics News

CLARIFICATION: Contra the available reports, this inane law has actually been on the books since 1951. It's garnered renewed attention because a repea...

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