Tag Archives: deep state

The Safari Club

Posted on November 14, 2015 by camelotkidd

The Safari Club sounds like a seedy stripper bar on the wrong side of the tracks that sells cheap beer and has a condom machine in the mens room advertising–For Her Pleasure. In reality the Safari Club is an instructional story … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allen Dulles, CIA, Cold War, deep state, Devil's Chessboard, empire, Intelligence agencies, Jon Schwarz, proxies, The Church Committee, The Intercept, The Safari Club, Watergate | Leave a comment

The Kill Switch

Posted on November 11, 2015 by camelotkidd

New Zealand just released the draft of the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)and it is worse than we could have imagined. According to consumer advocate Ralph Nader, the TPP, “…allows corporations to bypass our three branches of government to impose enforceable sanctions … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Hedges, corporate coup, deep state, Exxon/Mobile, finance, Glass-Steagall Act, ISDS, military/intelligence/industrial complex, oil, Ralph Nader, RICO, TPP | 1 Comment

It’s the empire, stupid!

Posted on November 4, 2015 by camelotkidd

Why does the US pursue such boneheaded foreign policies? Can you say empire? Over at Colonel Pat Lang’s shop–Sic Semper Tyrannis , they write of the dilemma the US faces as an empire that’s dependent on allies to provide bases … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colonel Patrick Lang, deep state, empire of chaos, Ian Welsh, ISIS, Mike Lofgren, neoconservatives, proxies, proxy forces, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, terrorists, UAE | Leave a comment

Class-Warfare

Posted on October 27, 2015 by camelotkidd

The free-market economic policy our leaders have chosen for us–neoliberalism–requires coercion to make people participate. Enforcing market obedience is something I’ve written about at CK before. It’s also one of the salient points made about early capitalism in Karl Polanyi’s masterpiece, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Traffic Controllers, Argentina, Chile, Corey Robin, death squads, deep state, James Petras, Karl Polanyi, libertarians, military coup, neoliberalism, Pinochet, President Reagan, primitive accumulation, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, The Great Transformation, violence, X-Files | Leave a comment

It’s Their World

Posted on November 28, 2014 by camelotkidd

I think I’ve come up with a working definition/differentiation between neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Neoliberalism refers to the economic policies the United States pursues, specifically: free enterprise–state subsidized private power with no infringement on managerial prerogatives. Neoliberalism is not, contrary to what … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, greedy/ideology, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, Philip Mirowski | Leave a comment

Godzilla vs Mothra

Posted on October 8, 2014 by camelotkidd

With the dearth of investigative journalism and embrace of entertainment as news by our corporate press, sometimes the only way we learn about the important events shaping our world is when there is a dust up among our elite. Right … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AIG bailout case, Ben Bernanke, David Dayen, deep state, finance, Hank Greenberg, Henry Paulson, Naked Capitalism, Timothy Geithner, Yves Smith | Leave a comment

Why we can’t have nice stuff

Posted on October 6, 2014 by camelotkidd

We’ve been talking a lot about foreign policy lately, but why does US foreign policy matter to the American public? It matters because our elite are committed to empire. Empire is their political economy. Empire benefits them. Us, not so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Hedges, deep state, empire, military industrial complex, neo-feudalism, Noam Chomsky | Leave a comment

That time of year

Posted on September 17, 2014 by camelotkidd

Uh, oh. It’s after Labor Day and our political leaders are pining for war. Put away those whites and get out the camouflage. It’s funny what our leaders admit to when they think no one is paying attention. Remember the run … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Card, Charles Pierce, deep state, Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism, war as a product | 1 Comment

Don’t do stupid shit

Posted on September 9, 2014 by camelotkidd

What the fuck is going on in the Ukraine? And why does the US seem hell bent on starting a nuclear war over an area that has no relevance to it’s national security? Talk about stupid shit. According to conventional … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, John Mearsheimer, neoconservatives, not a bug but a feature, Robert Parry, Russia, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Deep State Blues

Posted on September 5, 2014 by camelotkidd

I have the “deep state” blues. Reading the speech President Obama gave in Estonia it’s clear that the neoconservatives, who were such a feature of the the Bush Administration, are still calling the shots. It appears that it doesn’t matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, Mike Lofgren, neoconservative, The Obama Doctrine | 1 Comment