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No joke! Meet Obama's new 'nudge' czar
WND ^ | July 31, 2013 | Aaron Klein

Posted on 08/01/2013 6:40:28 AM PDT by upbeat5

Maya Shankar, a White House adviser cultivating a team tasked with subtly influencing Americans’ behavior, previously worked closely with the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress, WND has learned.

Shankar has discussed utilizing cognitive science for social activism and is a champion of so-called social justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: behavior; behavioralscience; behaviormodification; cap; casssunstein; czar; mayashankar; nudge; nudgeczar; obama; propaganda; socialjustice; soros; thenudge
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Reminds me of this passage of scripture:

Ephesians 6:12 NIV

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."

This is nothing more than "Thought Police".

1 posted on 08/01/2013 6:40:28 AM PDT by upbeat5
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To: upbeat5

that is creepy


2 posted on 08/01/2013 6:41:37 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: upbeat5
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3 posted on 08/01/2013 6:41:55 AM PDT by baddog 219
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Dems are turning sociopathic manipulation into an art form...
4 posted on 08/01/2013 6:42:11 AM PDT by GOPJ (Sob stories make bad law...)
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To: upbeat5

“Nudge Czar” because “Ministry of Propaganda” has such a negative ring to it.


5 posted on 08/01/2013 6:45:27 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: upbeat5

Just when I think Obama can’t do anything more disgusting, he does. This is just sick.

I loathe Obama and his devil minions.


6 posted on 08/01/2013 6:46:33 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: upbeat5

the only institution I am letting nudge me is the Catholic Church


7 posted on 08/01/2013 6:46:46 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: GOPJ

My tagline says it: Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out. Liberals want to control EVERYTHING.


8 posted on 08/01/2013 6:47:11 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: upbeat5

Sort of like Brave New World, where everyone is “nudged” into conforming to societal “norms” set by committees. Endless subliminals and propaganda and “everyone does this, you should too”. Slogans, slogans, slogans.

I expect the big nudges will be vegetarianism and an ingrained loathing for forearms, or maybe perceived weapons of all types.

Add legal dope and you’ve got Brave New World, where “a damn is worth a gram” of Soma.


9 posted on 08/01/2013 6:47:38 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: upbeat5
Social Justice is for communists and redistribution whores. Speaking of whom, here's the new O-bot...


10 posted on 08/01/2013 6:48:49 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: upbeat5

Doonesbury portrayed the Carter Administration as having a Department of Symbolism, or something to that effect. Duane Delacourt, maybe? Truth is stranger than fiction.


11 posted on 08/01/2013 6:49:42 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Be seeing you...)
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To: upbeat5

Obama is a profoundly wicked man.


12 posted on 08/01/2013 6:49:45 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: tbpiper
“Statism is inherently paranoid.
Dissenters are the enemies of progress.”
13 posted on 08/01/2013 6:53:27 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: upbeat5

Maya could nudge them along with her schnoze.

14 posted on 08/01/2013 6:56:39 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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“Nudge Czar” because “Ministry of Propaganda” has such a negative ring to it.

But it sounds so soft and cuddly and she's such a cute little thing, how can you say such a thing?

15 posted on 08/01/2013 6:56:59 AM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us about 0bama's America)
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To: IbJensen

"Is, uh,...Is she a goer, eh? Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more?"

16 posted on 08/01/2013 6:58:20 AM PDT by dfwgator
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The Center for American Progress

The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan educational institute under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code. Donations are tax-deductible.

This is outrageous! Hey Obama's IRS! Audit these commie bastards.

17 posted on 08/01/2013 6:58:38 AM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: IbJensen

And ego. . .or better yet. . her ‘self-esteem’. . .not to be confused with hard-earned self-respect (she has none).


18 posted on 08/01/2013 6:58:53 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Mich Patriot

Great. Another inexperienced kid with lots of power.
I just bristle at the whole idea of “redistribution”. That word implies that the fedgov did the distribution in the first place and now they want to re distribute.

It is just reparations with a shiny wrapper.


19 posted on 08/01/2013 7:04:15 AM PDT by Texas resident (Watch the other hand.)
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To: upbeat5
"Thought Police"

No kidding. Reeducation camps hiding in plain sight...

20 posted on 08/01/2013 7:04:18 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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