Author Archives: camelotkidd

By their words you shall know them

There are bloodthirsty monsters in the Senate. Maybe it has always been thus but since 9/11 they have sanctioned an orgy of violence–bombing, assassinations, torture, invasions and proxy wars utilizing al Qaeda and Nazi terrorists. Their latest human sacrifice involves … Continue reading

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Lies and Lying Liars

I don’t believe anything anymore. If CNN or Fox or MSNBC told me that the sun was going to rise in the East I would need to check. And US government agencies are no better. The State Department or the … Continue reading

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A Natural State

With the trend of recent posts I feel it’s a propitious moment to resume our examination of power. Capital has come to be the preeminent power in the US. And by capital I mean the corporations, banks, trusts and assorted … Continue reading

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Most of the money

Sometimes US politicians blurt out the truth. Recently Mitch McConnell stated that: ” Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here … Continue reading

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Our Democracy

I swear if I hear some liberal politician or pundit use the expression “our democracy” again I’m going to scream. The whole idea of the US as a democracy is a joke. I don’t know exactly which cabal of Wall … Continue reading

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Absolution

David Brooks (of all people) has an op/ed in the Times, where he takes the professional/managerial/class (PMC) to task. “What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?” [David Brooks, New York Times]. “We built an entire social order that sorts and excludes … Continue reading

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Traditional

In an article last month, Matt Taibbi, asked “where are the rest of the “card-carrying” liberals from the seventies, eighties, and nineties — people like me, who always reflexively opposed restrictions on speech?” The short answer is, of course, Donald … Continue reading

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Cheap

We are going to have to learn to care for one another again. Neoliberalism has turned us into selfish assholes. We have followed Thatcher’s maxim that there is no society only individuals, and in the process have lost our humanity. … Continue reading

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Fight for your right to loot

I welcome the collapse of the US empire due to the sociopathy of our feral elite. The coming collapse could be brought about by the US and NATO’s defeat in their proxy war in Ukraine, hence all of the hysterical … Continue reading

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To Eleven

Seeing the polling results last week showing a majority of Americans support pouring more dollars down the Ukrainian rathole was depressing but not surprising. The US has a world-class propaganda system and the managers of empire have been bludgeoning the … Continue reading

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