Tag Archives: Israel

October Surprise?

Posted on October 4, 2024 by camelotkidd

Wow! Leave town for a while and all hell breaks out, although I suppose that’s to be expected when we’re living through the the Raging Twenties. Historically an October Surprise occurs when when one of our political parties utilizes a … Continue reading →

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Rolling the Dice

Posted on August 16, 2024 by camelotkidd

All empires fall. And all empires experience a sort of go-for-broke response from the ruling elite, who fight to preserve their wealth and privilege, while committing monstrous atrocities along the way. In Ukraine and the Middle-East, the American empire is … Continue reading →

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The Guns of August

Posted on August 9, 2024 by camelotkidd

August is usually a slow month where people are on vacation but this year feels different. The Guns of August, written by Barbara W. Tuchman, in 1962, is centered on the first month of World War I, where Tuchman describes in … Continue reading →

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A declining empire run by bad people

Posted on June 7, 2024 by camelotkidd

In a recent poll young Americans were pessimistic about their future, describing the US as a declining empire led by bad people. “Young voters overwhelmingly believe that almost all politicians are corrupt and that the country will end up worse … Continue reading →

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The Host

Posted on May 10, 2024 by camelotkidd

Despite conventional, bi-partisan opinion America’s fulsome support for Israel is a fatal weakness. The rest of the world can witness how a small country in the Middle East and a Zionist diaspora controls US foreign and economic policies. At the … Continue reading →

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The mask come off

Posted on May 3, 2024 by camelotkidd

The student protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza have forced our feral elite to take their mask off, and what we are witnessing is monstrous. The fulsome US support of the genocide Gaza is simply indefensible. And the students sense this … Continue reading →

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A clash of ideologies

Posted on April 26, 2024 by camelotkidd

Current events are what drives this blog but originally I began writing about ideologies–specifically neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The whole messianic belief in markets as a way to organize society with its insistence that there was “no alternative” made me furious. … Continue reading →

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New Era

Posted on April 19, 2024 by camelotkidd

The Iranian drone, cruise missile and ballistic missile attack on Israel represents a new era in the Middle East. I’m traveling and don’t have the time or bandwidth to put together a post detailing the momentous significance of Iran’s response. … Continue reading →

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What’s the plan Stan?

Posted on April 5, 2024 by camelotkidd

What is the plan for the American empire? Do our feral elite even have one or are they just winging it? There was the Wolfowitz Doctrine, that outlined a policy of unilateralism and pre-emptive military action to suppress potential threats from other … Continue reading →

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Gradually, then suddenly

Posted on February 15, 2024 by camelotkidd

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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