Author Archives: camelotkidd

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda…

Posted on November 9, 2018 by camelotkidd

If we had a real opposition party, you know–one with real alternative policy proposals–said party would have won the midterms in a landslide. Recent history has demonstrated that American voters are willing to support any candidate that offers an … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberalism, Republican Party | Leave a comment

Told You So

Posted on November 1, 2018 by camelotkidd

As Russia-gate staggers to the finish it’s becoming increasingly clear that what I warned about two years ago has come to pass. The narrative that our president is controlled by Putin has brought about a new and more dangerous … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, deep state, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, doomsday clock, Hillary Clinton, new Cold War, Putin, Russia, Russia-gate | Leave a comment

Return to Sender

Posted on October 26, 2018 by camelotkidd

Crimes committed on the periphery of empire always return to the homeland. Always. Following this logic, perhaps the pipe bombs mailed to George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama are not from a Trump supporter like the media has … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Barak Obama, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Moammar Gaddafi, pipe bombs, return to sender, Saudi Arabia, Yemen | Leave a comment

The Gatekeepers

Posted on October 17, 2018 by camelotkidd

When they silenced Alex Jones, I was certain that that wouldn’t be the end of the online censorship. And, now the other shoe has dropped with Facebook’s and Twitter’s recent purging of alternative sites and accounts that challenge conventional … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Alex Jones, Atlantic Council, censorship, corporate censorship is government censorship, Facebook, neoliberalism, propaganda, PropOrNot, Russia-gate, Twitter, washington post | Leave a comment

Après moi, le déluge

Posted on October 12, 2018 by camelotkidd

Last week, I neglected to mention one of the key drivers of American nihilism–elite impunity. As David Sirota recounts in a new article, since Enron, America has become an elite accountability free-zone. “Our society has been fundamentally altered by … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, propaganda | Tagged 9/11, American nihilism, Après moi, CIA, CIA torture, David Sirota, Eric Holder, feral elite, invasion of Iraq, le déluge", Libor scandal, Purdue Pharma, retroactive legal immunity, Too Big to Jail, wall street crash | Leave a comment

American Nihilism

Posted on October 4, 2018 by camelotkidd

Why are Americans so desperately unhappy? What’s up with the opioid addiction, the mass murders, the deaths of despair, and the deep cynicism, that I’ve come to call American nihilism? Maybe this is all because we’ve embraced economic policies that condemned millions … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, propaganda | Tagged American nihilism, austerity, Donald Trump, free trade, global warming, Jimmy Carter, Make America Great Again, malaise speech, Morning in America, peak oil, Ronald Reagan | 1 Comment

Kayfabe

Posted on September 27, 2018 by camelotkidd

The resistance to President Trump leaves much to be desired. While it’s true that substantial numbers of Americans oppose Trump, the #Resistance, led by establishment Democrats is anything but resistance. More like kayfabe. The recent Defense spending bill is … Continue reading →

Posted in propaganda | Tagged corporate media, deep state, Donald Trump, Kayfabe, propaganda, resistance | 1 Comment

Ten Years After

Posted on September 20, 2018 by camelotkidd

Ten years ago the US stock market tanked, and for the next several weeks financial markets were a cluster-fuck of panic and chaos. Americans were frightened of what was happening in the economy. The real estate market had collapsed. Venerable Wall … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Barak Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Black, Donald Trump, Henry Paulson, Matt Stoller, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Timothy Geithner, Too Big to Jail, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Profiles in Courage

Posted on September 15, 2018 by camelotkidd

In a courageous speech delivered on the House floor just two days after the nation memorialized 9/11, Democratic Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday slammed Washington’s longtime support to anti-Assad jihadists in Syria, while also sounding the alarm over the current … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al-Qaeda, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria, US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard | Leave a comment

Quagmires

Posted on September 13, 2018 by camelotkidd

I still wonder if Trump would have carried out his promise of better relations with Russia and less interventionist foreign policies absent Russia-gate? I ask this question because a confluence of events in Syria is increasing the danger of war with … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Al-Qaeda, deep state, Donald Trump, military industrial complex, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria, terrorist proxy | Leave a comment