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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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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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Sacrifice Zone
Is it just me or are America’s priorities seriously fucked-up? While our feral elite blather on about freedom, democracy, rule based international order, etc., the American people are discovering that they live in a sacrifice zone. On Monday, President Biden, … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster capitalism, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, neoliberalism
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Mis, Dis and Mal-information
A recent Homeland Security alert made me laugh. “The United States remains in a heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, Joe Biden, propaganda, Russia, The Blob, Ukraine
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Performative Virtue Signaling
Why has the the modern Democratic Party become incapable of governing? Perhaps it’s because the Democratic Party has become defined by a contradiction: it simultaneously promises policies that benefit its corporate donors while also solving problems created by those same … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Reed Jr., identity politics, Joe Biden, Modern Democratic Party, Thomas Frank
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Your Health is in Your Hands
I’ve come to realize that the emphasis on vaccines to the exclusion of other public health measures is a neoliberal solution to the pandemic. It is not hard to understand why the magic bullet of vaccines–to the exclusion of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, feral elite, Joe Biden, neoliberalism, vaccines
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Failing Upward
It’s pretty rich that a lot of business and management books tend to be written by US military leaders even as they have a well documented record of failure. Here’s how it works. No American general has been disciplined for … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Donald Trump, failed state, feral elite, Joe Biden
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