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Throwing the baby out with the bathwater In two articles I wrote in 2019, Facing the Music: Religion, Nationalism and Sports Have Enchanted the Working Class; Socialism Hasn’t  and Re-Enchanting Socialism: How Not to Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater  I argued that socialism, at least in Yankeedom, has denied the use value of the techniques that religion, sports and nationalism use to create altered states of consciousness. They do this because, in one way or another, they serve the powers that be. Typically, Marxists and atheists dismiss these techniques as simply smoke and mirrors b...

Leave, quietly, off the record, on background, express dissat fak shcti faction. you have new reporting of another drawdown of troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: what we are now told, jim, is that the president has also ordered the pentagon to begin planning for drawing down, withdrawing about half of the u.s. troops in afghanistan. this could come out to somewhere like 7,000 troops. that will take some time. there's a lot of equipment there, a lot of u.s. special forces. but drawing down those troops, as well. the common theme we see tonight in u.s. national security is that the president is...

Whose views are aligned with yours, meaning his views are not aligned with mr. trump's. you cannot underestimate a key fact here. this is a secretary of defense, a retired general with 40 years on the job, who basically tonight has fallen on his sword. he has said, i can no longer support the president of the united states. jim? >> it is a remarkable moment. we've had a lot of officials leave, quietly, off the record, on background, express dissat faction. you have new reporting of another drawdown of troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: what we are now told, jim, is that the president has also...

Drawing down in afghanistan and that's a very justifiable argument, the way we do it matters. at the same time that we have this announcement about drawing down, we're negotiating with the taliban for peace. what does the taliban most want? their number one demand is to get the united states out. the idea that we're giving that up for nothing, that we're not getting them to the peace table and nettigotiating is really terrible negotiating, no matter what you think about whether our troops should go or stay. >> i want to get your response on what we heard from senator graham saying it's importa...

Obama administration prep for the daily brief. in the president is listening tonight, what do you want to tell him? >> start with syria, the president's remarks, whether fact or fiction in this decision to cut off syrian relief funding, are probably drawing a pause from the wrong crowds around the world. the syrian people, 500,000 or so who have died are probably dismayed. if they're gone, what's really holding assad back from attacking sill civilians more? the president mentioned isis in the clip you just aired. after these remarks for isis this is probably just a wait and see game. if they k...