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Archives for August 2025

Sundance Film Lurker Shows We’re All Stalkers Now

Friday, August 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Lurker Indie film exposes the normalizing of stalking

Sundance’s Lurker turns parasocial lurking into high art, holding up a mirror to our own digital voyeurism. From Instagram scrolling to celebrity feeds, iPINIONS argues that stalking has gone mainstream. Read the full commentary on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/sundance-film-lurker-shows-were-all Read more.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Celebrity obsession, Digital voyeurism, Film commentary, Indie films, iPINIONS, Lurker, Parasocial relationships, Stalker culture, Sundance Film Festival

Yet Again: Israel Bombs a Gaza Hospital, ‘Never Again’ Be Damned

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Israel bombing hospital in Gaza with a cartoon image of Netanyahu saying mission accomplished

Israel bombed yet another hospital in Gaza, killing civilians and making Orwellian mockery of “Never Again.” From famine to settler pogroms, Netanyahu’s genocidal war has stripped Israel of moral authority. iPINIONS lays bare the dark inversion of values once claimed as sacred. Read my take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/yet-again-israel-bombs-a-gaza-hospital Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Antisemitism, famine, Gaza, Hamas, Hospitals, humanitarian crisis, iPINIONS, Israel, Netanyahu, war crimes

From Brain Rot to AI Rule: Social Media Is Making Dinosaurs of Us All

Monday, August 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
AI as Frankenstein who might destroy us

Social media is doing to our brains what asteroids did to the dinosaurs, hastening our extinction. MRI scans show the damage, tech insiders confess their guilt, and Geoffrey Hinton warns AI may soon decide we’re more useful as its tools than its masters. iPINIONS warns the signs aren’t satire anymore; they’re prophecy. Read the full… Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: AI dangers, digital addiction, dopamine hijack, Geoffrey Hinton, social media brain rot

Smart TV: When Remote Control Becomes State Control

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
your TV is watching you

When your smart TV starts watching you more than you watch it, Big Brother doesn’t need telescreens anymore. Orwell saw it coming. iPINIONS thinks this cartoon proves it. Read more on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/smart-tv-when-remote-control-becomes Read more.

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Big Brother smart TV, iPINIONS, Orwell and technology, smart TV privacy risks, smart TV spying, surveillance technology in the home

Pope Leo XIV Roommate Controversy: Five’s Company

Friday, August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Pope Leo and his roommate with images of Vatican Palace apartment and Francis guesthouse

Pope Leo XIV is breaking with tradition by inviting four men to live with him in the papal apartment. With Francis as the model of humility, this move raises serious questions about papal authority, moral leadership, and the Church’s future. iPINIONS argues this living arrangement is less about community and more about hypocrisy. Read my… Read more.

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Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: Catholic Church, iPINIONS, papal apartment, Pope Leo XIV, roommates, scandal, Vatican

DA Fani Willis Disqualified, Mayor LaToya Cantrell Indicted: Alas, Sex Makes Women Do Stupid Things, Too

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Mayor Cantrell on date with her bodyguard with images of Trump, Letitia James, and Fani Willis

From Profumo to Clinton to Trump, sex scandals have toppled powerful men. But now Fani Willis and LaToya Cantrell show women can squander power just as recklessly — in the age-old art of trading lasting power for fleeting sex. iPINIONS cuts through the scandal, the self-sabotage, and the tragic farce of two women who should’ve… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Fani Willis, iPINIONS, LaToya Cantrell, sex scandals, Trump indictments, women in politics

TACO Trump Puts $50m Bounty on Maduro’s Head

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump point a gasoline nozzle at head of Maduro with image of Bush Sr. and Noriega inset

Trump has slapped a $50m bounty on Nicolás Maduro, parading weakness as strength and turning U.S. foreign policy into a cheap Wild West stunt. But this bounty circus is more than hollow bravado. It exposes how Trump waves cash around when he can’t deliver power, while America’s history of covert action shows that real regime… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Bounties and diplomacy, CIA history, iPINIONS, Nicolas Maduro, TACO Trump, Trump foreign policy, US hypocrisy, Venezuela

Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska 2025: A Helsinki Rerun of National Embarrassment

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska with Trump looking sad and weary at the end

Trump rolled out the red carpet in Alaska,  literally, only to let Putin strut as the puppet master. No deals, no ceasefire, just humiliation for America and a PR win for a war criminal. iPINIONS warned it would be so… Read it on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-putin-summit-alaska-2025-played Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Alaska Summit, autocracy, democracy, foreign policy, Helsinki 2018, Putin, Trump, U.S. politics, Ukraine War

The Kennedys: From Camelot to Spamalot

Friday, August 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
The Kennedys feature RFK and Jack Schlossberg

Not that long ago, Americans treated the Kennedys like royalty. JFK inspired a nation. RFK embodied its conscience. Today, the family name is trading like a meme coin — bouncing between cable nostalgia docs and social media trainwrecks. iPINIONS contends that, from JFK’s White House glamour to his grandson’s TikTok stunts, Camelot has morphed into… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: American politics, Camelot, Jack Schlossberg, JFK, Kennedys, political dynasties, political satire, RFK Jr., social media scandals, Spamalot

Trump Deploys National Guard in DC — Laying Groundwork for Coup 2.0

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump deploying National Guard to DC

Trump just deployed the National Guard in DC and told cops “if they spit, we hit”… even as he pardoned over 1,000 Jan. 6 loyalists who spat on and brutalized police. He claims DC is “more violent than Baghdad,” but FBI data shows violent crime is falling. iPINIONS contends that this isn’t about safety; it’s… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Authoritarianism, Coup 2.0, DEI, January 6, Jim Crow, MAGA, National Guard, Supreme Court, Trump, Washington DC

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