Tag Archives: Russia

The corporate media today

It used to be that the press understood their job as a check on the powerful but those days are well behind us. The corporatization of the media is a big reason for the change. Moreover, the press used to … Continue reading

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Lost in Space

Boeing is emblematic of the late stage American empire, where neoliberal, financial looting takes precedence over national security. The two lost astronauts, who NASA insists “are not stranded in space,” represent just how far a once great company–Boeing –and by … Continue reading

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Rolling the Dice

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 Hundred Year War

The US has been at war with Russia for over a hundred years. Technically it started out as a war against the Soviet Union, but the enmity remained after we defeated the godless communists. There was a brief interlude during … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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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Greenspan Moment

I keep waiting for a Greenspan moment from a prominent neocon where he admits that he has found a flaw in his ideological model. According to the wayback machine–in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street Crash, Alan Greenspan, the … Continue reading

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Reverse Touch

King Midas turned everything he touched to gold. The neocons who manage the American empire have the reverse touch. Everything they touch turns to shit. Ukraine is the latest example but the way they have managed Russia since the end … Continue reading

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The Unraveling

It’s only been 22 years since 9/11 but for the US empire it’s been a great unraveling. The American empire is now in unstoppable decline. Certainly there are things that could be done to stop it, but at this point … Continue reading

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