Central Scrutinizer, Author at The Moon Bog Consortium

Daddy Bloomberg

2020-03-152020-02-20 by Central Scrutinizer

The delicate balance has shifted. The reception is fuzzy. The plot doesn’t add up. Old capital’s grip on political life is officially in shambles. The Corporate World has shown itself unable to compete with the new techno-addictions that keep the public distracted and divided. Mr. T. continues to fumblingly lead a nativist assault on the … Read moreDaddy Bloomberg

Salve the Anthropocene

2020-03-152020-02-16 by Central Scrutinizer

I was left a bit disturbed after reading Salvage Zone’s The Tragedy of the Worker: Towards the Proletarocene, which is a stark essay charting humanity’s misuse and disrespect for both each other and the environment. It is a beautiful essay detailing the failure of a neoliberalism and post-industrial capitalism to build a society where work … Read moreSalve the Anthropocene

Notes on the Moonbog & Modern Content Accessing

2020-03-152020-01-31 by Central Scrutinizer

I have been turned off by modern trends in digital content presentation, which has become saturated with advertising gimmicks that perpetuates in me a distrust of web content. Even sources of quality writing and analysis seem to be framed by cynical eyeball-retention tactics. Commercial media tend to consistently distract away from the content being presented … Read moreNotes on the Moonbog & Modern Content Accessing

Twitter Wars

2020-03-152020-01-14 by Central Scrutinizer

On January 11th, a memo was released by Politico detailing a Bernie volunteer’s script encouraging canvassers in Iowa to “go negative” on Warren. Although the document was promptly deleted by official Sanders organizers and was not an official campaign memo, the benign script set off a digital war over the weekend of January 10th. The … Read moreTwitter Wars

Notes on the Impending War; or, the World’s Oldest Big Mac

2020-03-152020-01-06 by Central Scrutinizer

What follows is not an informative or informational essay, but just some unorganized thoughts I’ve had following the assassination carried out by the U.S. military on Qassem Soleimani, a leader within the Iranian military and one of the more powerful political leaders in Iran. I have plans to write something more in-depth, but I wanted … Read moreNotes on the Impending War; or, the World’s Oldest Big Mac

The Left-Wing Rift is a Question of Tactics

2020-03-152019-11-17 by Central Scrutinizer

Warren revealed her Medicare for All (M4A) plan that did not include an increase in middle-class taxes, as she had consistently pseudo-promised over the past few months. The plan attracted criticism from both the centrist wing of the Democratic party and – most distressing for me – the left-wing. Any previous perusal of left-wing spaces, … Read moreThe Left-Wing Rift is a Question of Tactics

“The Handmaid’s Tale” prompted me to think about my own misogyny.

2020-03-152019-06-23 by Central Scrutinizer

I spent some time at home recently. As the ritual goes, much of this time was spent catching up on random TV and movies that my relatives had been consuming (side-note, people outside of DC watch a lot more cable). A lot of this were reruns of Family Feud. My sister however had a new … Read more“The Handmaid’s Tale” prompted me to think about my own misogyny.

Jordan Peele’s “Us” is fine.

2020-03-152019-04-11 by Central Scrutinizer

LIGHT SPOILER WARNING Us is fine. Really, it’s just fine. I liked it. It’s funny. It’ll keep you engaged. It’ll keep you away from our depressing reality for 116 minutes. If you haven’t seen a horror movie in the last two years, this movie is a good way to wade back into the genre. But … Read moreJordan Peele’s “Us” is fine.