Category Archives: propaganda

Scandalous

Posted on August 1, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Michelle Obama is making the rounds with a curious claim. In a recent interview with CBS This Morning host Gayle King, she contrasted her husband’s presidency with that of his successor by claiming that unlike Trump, the Obama family had … Continue reading →

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Sacred Cows

Posted on July 18, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Immigration has been a divisive force throughout American history, simmering just below the surface before exploding into paroxysm’s of violence where riots, lynching and murder are the order of the day. In a future shaped by extreme climate disruption immigration … Continue reading →

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It’s all projection

Posted on July 11, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Let’s review what Russia-gate was all about. And no, it wasn’t about Russia interfering in our precious democracy. It was in response to Russian actions in the Middle-East and in the Ukraine that thwarted US plans for domination. Indeed, … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on July 3, 2019 by camelotkidd

  As we head into Independence Day, I think it’s time for another revolution. Not from England, silly, but from the feral elite who might as well be living in another country for all the ways in which their interests … Continue reading →

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Unlikely Savior

Posted on June 20, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Trump came into office critical of the bi-partisan foreign policy establishment while promising to end America’s endless wars. Since then he’s been under relentless pressure, like Obama before him, to follow the “Washington Playbook.” Whether, North Korea or Syria … Continue reading →

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The Blob

Posted on June 14, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Perhaps–The Blob–is a better description of America’s permanent national security bureaucracy than–Deep State. Former President Obama certainly thought so. The moniker comes from Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes who nicknamed the US foreign policy establishment as “The Blob” … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Representation

Posted on May 30, 2019 by camelotkidd

  The United States is nominally a democratic republic, where we have congressional members and senators who represent us, but I’ve come to understand that it’s more like a managed democracy. In Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, published … Continue reading →

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The Opportunity Costs of Empire

Posted on May 8, 2019 by camelotkidd

  So far, the large and growing cohort of Democratic presidential candidates have been focused on domestic policies and largely avoided (with the sole exception of Tulsi Gabbard) examining America’s empire. Conventional wisdom has it that Americans vote their pocketbooks. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Propaganda is Bipartisan

Posted on April 18, 2019 by camelotkidd

  “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, consevatives were whipped into a frenzy by propaganda. During Russia-gate, it’s been the liberals turn … Continue reading →

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The Power of Narrative

Posted on April 3, 2019 by camelotkidd

  The reason that I always doubted Russia-gate is because I read. A lot. I started out with tons of fiction but then moved to non-fiction, with a heavy emphasis on the history of empires. Oswald Spengler’s, Decline of the … Continue reading →

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