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The Empire Strikes Back
We knew it was coming and with the recent attacks on Russia and now Iran, the US national-security-state is rolling the dice. It’s game-on. As the American empire loses primacy, and as it’s major weapons systems turn out to be … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, feral elite, propaganda
Tagged BRICS, deep state, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, neocons, propaganda, Russia
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Oligarchy
The problem with oligarchy is the capriciousness. Under a system of laws, there’s a known quality of acceptable behavior, while with oligarchy everything can change in an instant, as demonstrated with the Trump/Musk dust-up. The problem with Musk is not … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Alex Karp, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, neoliberalism, Palantir, Wall Street
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Playing With Matches
I wonder about the national-security-state types who continue the dangerous proxy war against Russia. What part of don’t fuck with Russia do they not understand? Are are they simply historically illiterate? Or is it something larger–the loss of their proxy … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, neocons, Nicolle Wallace, propaganda, Rachel Maddow, Russia, Russia-gate, Ukraine
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Malpractice
Thanks to decades of neoliberal economic malpractice it’s difficult, if not impossible, to run a small business in America. The last election made it clear that this state of affairs is a political problem as well as an economic one. … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, Friedrich Hayek, neoliberalism, Philip Pilkington, propaganda
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Lost in the Flood
In the wake of the 2024 beat-down, the Democrats and their various interest groups promised introspection–as in how the fuck did we get to a point where Trump could make it to the White House, not once but twice? But, … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, matt taibbi, neoliberalism, Powell memo, propaganda
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No Carrot, Just Stick
US diplomacy is significant for it’s lack of diplomacy. We don’t do diplomacy, we just issue edicts that if not obeyed lead to sanctions, covert-ops and invasions. The imperial rational was articulated by Karl Rove, in the aftermath of the … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged 911, deep state, Donald Trump, Karl Rove, Russia, Ukraine
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Apostasy
To be an intellectual is to be an apostate. In our neoliberal milieu, where everything has been commodified, intellectual thought, discourse and opinion has lost any of the verve that makes it precious and has thus become debased. Therefore, intellectualism … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, Larry Summers, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Wall Street
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A Clockwork Orange
I live in a liberal neighborhood replete with Ukrainian flags, and wonder if the display is a sort of unconscious projection? Liberals have been taught their whole lives that the Holocaust was the greatest crime ever and were instructed to … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, Gaza, genocide, Israel, neocons, propaganda, Russia-gate
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Won’t Get Fooled Again
Lots of friends went to the Bernie/AOC rally, and wondered why the one with the most radical politics, did not join. Anyone who has read this blog and contemplated what I write about already knows but, in a nutshell, the … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, propaganda
Tagged AOC, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neocons, neoliberalism
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Now They Tell Us
As the Trump Administration embarks on a campaign of domestic rendition to silence critics of Israel’s genocide it’s important to acknowledge that the Biden Administration and corporate media lied to us about the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, new york times, propaganda, Russia, Russia-gate, Ukraine
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