Tag Archives: deep state
Are you a neocon?
Too many liberals have embraced regime-change for Russia due to their burning hatred for Vladimir Putin. Are you one of them? Much of the hatred derives from Putin’s association with Donald Trump thanks to the Russia-gate psy-op, but there is … Continue reading
Ink Stained Wretch
The corporate media in America has been corrupted beyond redemption and any talk of political reform must acknowledge this reality. The Constitutional founders included the press, or 4th Estate, with its unique ability to hold the powerful to account, in … Continue reading
The Cookie Monster exits stage right
The coming defeat for the US in their proxy war against Russia in Ukraine has already claimed its first resignation. Victoria Nuland’s “retirement” is a tell that Washington’s premier foreign policy project has failed. She was on the ground micro-managing … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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