Author Archives: camelotkidd

Doublethink

Posted on January 5, 2016 by camelotkidd

Doublethink, or the act of ordinary people simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, is an essential means of population control for the U.S. government and corporate media. In this up-meets-down funhouse, destructive economic and foreign policies and narratives go largely unquestioned … Continue reading →

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Factions

Posted on December 24, 2015 by camelotkidd

Seymour Hersh’s new article makes abundantly clear that the American deep state has factions that are vying for supremacy. “…at some point some other military leaders decided that they couldn’t follow the policy, because it was nonsensical, and did something … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, Joint Chief, kremlinologist, President Obama, Putin, Russia, seymour hersh, Sunni terrorism, Syria, Wall Street | Leave a comment

The Shotgun Sings the Song

Posted on December 19, 2015 by camelotkidd

It’s becoming clear just what Margaret Thatcher meant when she told everyone that there was no alternative to neoliberalism. In an absolutely stunning article, economist Michael Hudson explains how the US is wielding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, Cold War, IMF, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Hudson, neoconservative, neoliberal, no alternative, Russia, The Who, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Rollback

Posted on December 16, 2015 by camelotkidd

The US is waging a novel type of hybrid warfare in a desperate attempt to maintain its hegemony and counter the rise of a multi-polar world led by Russia and China. The war on terror is a hoax, used as a … Continue reading →

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Return to Sender

Posted on December 9, 2015 by camelotkidd

Crimes committed by the empire on the periphery always return to the center. Always. Bombing, murder, torture, drone assassinations, and employing terrorist proxies as cut-outs are some of the many crimes carried out by the US government in an effort to … Continue reading →

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Control

Posted on December 2, 2015 by camelotkidd

If Americans appear clueless about foreign policy it’s by design. The rationales offered range from fighting terrorists who threaten our homeland, to protecting helpless civilians, to spreading peace and democracy. Hopefully you, dear reader, don’t need me to point out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al-Qaida, Cold War, control, Council on Foreign Relations, Deterring Democracy, dollars, empire of chaos, indigenous nationalism, ISIS, neoconservatives, oil and gas pipelines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Syria, US foreign policy, Wall Street, Washington consensus | Leave a comment

The Great Game

Posted on November 25, 2015 by camelotkidd

I’ve always wondered if Obama is a figure-head for the deep state or if he’s in on it. Paul Craig Roberts is wondering the same thing in response to Turkey shooting down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, ISIS, Paul Craig Roberts, President Obama, Russia, Sunni terrorists, Syria, the great game, Turkey | 1 Comment

We’ve Always Been at War With Eastasia

Posted on November 25, 2015 by camelotkidd

Behind the smokescreen of American exceptionalism, the US is the dominant world-wide empire, working assiduously to prevent other countries from threatening their status. To the uninitiated US foreign policy appears to be a sea of absolute incoherence, but there is a method … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cold War, empire of chaos, General Wesley Clark, Iran, Iraq, Pat Lange, Paul Wolfowitz, Pepe Escobar, Russia, Sic Semper Tyrannis, Soviet Union, Syria, Ukraine | 1 Comment

The Rabbit Hole

Posted on November 19, 2015 by camelotkidd

Why is it that the CIA, while ostensibly an intelligence agency, instead has operated as a para-military unit fomenting coups and instigating regime change in numerous foreign countries? Also, has the CIA been operating as a rogue agent carrying out these policies or … Continue reading →

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Broken Record

Posted on November 18, 2015 by camelotkidd

At risk of sounding, once again, like a broken record, here’s a very easy point to remember–if you deplore terrorism, don’t employ terrorists. Also, for those who still have a hard time accepting that our country does bad things, here … Continue reading →

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