Month: October 2016
Hillary Clinton To Make Direct Appeal To Less-Educated, White, Male Voters
In the final run-up to the US presidential elections, Hillary Clinton is hoping to ensure victory by winning-over the one demographic group that Donald Trump has yet failed to insult or alienate. That group consists of white American men without…
Breaking News: Woman Claims Trump Didn’t Grope Her
A woman from Broken Springs, Michigan has come forward to insist that Donald Trump has not groped her, despite many opportunities to do so. Allison McGregor, a 47-year-old housekeeper who used to work at Trump’s Mar-o Lago hotel/resort in Florida,…
Conspiracy Theorists are Foolish: the ‘Hume’s Leap’ Fallacy
Some years ago, someone spoke with me about 9/11 conspiracy theories, and said that he ‘wouldn’t put it past them,’ or words to that effect. This sentence from the person who spoke with me years ago, arguably shines a…
4K Glossy News Podcast 064 (10-10-16)
The 4K/UHD podcast is back again with so much good stuff. Here are just some of the topics covered in the the October 10th, 2016 edition. * The anatomy of “How it’s REALLY Made” videos are REALLY made. There’s so…
Republicans Praised for Reducing Stigma for Psychopaths
Dateline: WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Institute of Mental Health congratulated the Republican Party for helping to accustom Americans to those with mental illness, by elevating obvious psychopaths to positions of high office. Doctor Fernando Lamas, chairman of the Institute, said at…
Glossy News Contributor Book Showcase 2: Rfreed’s ‘9/12/01’
Rfreed’s 9/12/01 is an alternate history novel with a single, intriguing premise. The blurb expresses the underlying concept quite nicely:
Ever Wanted to Burn Your Money? Well Now You Can
Ever spent so much that it literally felt like you were burning money? While it’s never a good idea to spend more than you can afford, the idea of burning your money isn’t quite as bad as it used to…
Saved by the Bell: When Your Phone Saves you from Boredom
When the idea of the mobile phone was made a reality back in the early 1980s, it was done so with the aim of enabling people to make and receive calls from wherever they were.
Glossy News Contributor Book Showcase 1: Swan Morrison’s ‘Judgement Day’
For the next three days, we are showcasing three ebooks, from three Glossy News writers! First of all, here is ‘Judgment Day’ by Swan Morrison. Aside from his various humorous ebooks, Swan Morrison runs the site Short Humour. ‘Judgment Day’ is his…
“I, for one, am not an anti-Neoliberal”
On the one hand, people who claim neoliberalism exists say that Hayek thought capitalism and free markets could aid democracy, but if not, well too bad! But on the other hand, people who claim neoliberalism exists say that Hayek was…