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The Primary Aim
I’m confused. Is America spreading democracy or enriching the military/industrial/complex (MIC)? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. Here’s arch-neocon Victoria Nuland, trying out multiple arguments for more Ukraine spending: “We will do what we have always done, which is defend democracy … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Bushnell, deep state, Joe Biden, Russia, Ukraine, Victoria Nuland
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Halfway around the world
The ongoing Russia-gate psy-op is demonstrating Mark Twain’s adage that: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” For the national-security-state, deep state, Blob, Russia-gate is literally the gift that keeps … Continue reading
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Tagged Blob, deep state, Donald Trump, Mark Twain, propaganda, Russia-gate
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Gradually, then suddenly
In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway, described how one went bankrupt–gradually, then suddenly. It’s the same with empires. One day they’re fit as a fiddle, then the next day multiple crisis’s reveal a brittle shell. The US is undergoing … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Crooke, deep state, Gaza, genocide, Israel, Joe Biden, William Butler Yeats
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Eye of the Beholder
Since Donald Trump’s surprise victory in 2016 I’ve lost respect for countless liberal writers. Count Rick Perlstein among them. In a new article, entitled American Fascism, Perlstein warns of the potential for American-style fascism should Trump win another term. The … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, fascism, Joe Biden, neoliberalism, Rick Perlstein
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Doom Blogging
I have been accused of doom blogging because all I ever write about is bad news. But, in my defense, chronicling the implosion of the American empire is good news because this state of affairs has become intolerable for a … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-imperialism, deep state, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, neocons, neoliberalism, propaganda
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Lesser Evil
It occurred to me that whole idea of the Democrats as the lesser evil is starting to look a bit frayed around the edges and shabby. Back when Biden won in 2020 liberals celebrated, we were sermonized on how the … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden administration, deep state, Democrats, Donald Trump, Gaza, neocons, neoliberalism, Russia-gate
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A Hole
As America sinks further into a moral abyss I think it appropriate to follow in the footsteps of the commentators at Naked Capitalism, who’ve changed the words of popular songs to offer up biting political satire. Here’s my clumsy attempt, … Continue reading
The Grifters
It’s almost impossible to manage an empire with neoliberalism as the operating system. Matt Stoller’s latest article about how the US cannot manufacture ammunition goes into copious detail on why that is so, but the short answer is Wall Street. … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, mattstoller, neoliberalism, US empire, Wall Street
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Priorities
At the end stages of empires the priorities of its elite diverge radically from those of its citizens. “The United States can certainly afford wars on two fronts,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Sky News. Not to be outdone in … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, Joe Biden, neocons, propaganda, Russia, Syria, US empire
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By their words you shall know them
There are bloodthirsty monsters in the Senate. Maybe it has always been thus but since 9/11 they have sanctioned an orgy of violence–bombing, assassinations, torture, invasions and proxy wars utilizing al Qaeda and Nazi terrorists. Their latest human sacrifice involves … Continue reading
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