"A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud." ~George Orwell
Speaking of fraud. Netanyahu has been on the ropes politically for corruption. He needed a Hail Mary. How about becoming the hero that cleansed Gaza and the West Bank of Palestinians. All he needed was a fraud, a false-flag, to do it.
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After Izzzy intelligence obtained Hamas' detailed plan for Oct 7th
they analyzed it.
Important for analysis would be continuous monitoring of whether the reality on the ground - Hamas' current activities - matched the detailed plans.
So that is what they did. Unit 8200 "the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps"
made the decision to stand-down and cease the real-time monitoring of the tactical
communication of Hamas operatives on their radios.
Wait! Did I really mean "stand-down and cease monitoring"? They instead increased their diligence in
monitoring. Right?
Nope. Unit 8200 claims that everyone up and down the military/intelligence chain of command approved the ceasing of monitoring.
So what is going on here?
It couldn't be a false-flag in progress as there are thousands of IDF troops surrounding the Gaza border, a false-flag could never work. Oh, there **were** thousands of troops until just before Oct 7th when they withdrew for temporary duty in the West Bank.
But a false-flag still wouldn't work. Hamas could be dispelled by the quick arrival of support troops.
Oh no, the troops didn't arrive in force for hours. What gives?
Still, a false-flag doesn't make sense unless there is a purpose. What good would the death of Izzzy civlians do? Oh, but it created blood lust which was then harnessed to "justify" the cleansing of Gaza and subsequently, the West Bank.
But, there would be no blood lust if the casualties were light. The Hannibal Directive wasn't implemented for that purpose was it? They didn't implement the Hannibal Directive for ulterior motives?
To follow the examples of Germany and Italy, when the (perhaps liberal) ruling class, the bourgeoisie, failed to do its job, a revolutionary movement arose (fascism) which displaced the bourgeoisie (or other ruling class) and instituted a state in which everyone was forced or commanded to do their jobs (as the revolutionaries envisioned "their jobs".) In the succeeding state of things, the totalitarians also would become corrupt (because power corrupts) and a new cycle would begin.
Indeed. But the problem is not government itself, but the corruption of government. Extreme wealth inequality, and mass poverty/exploitation plays a key role here - which is routinely overlooked by libertarians.
I know you're adamant in insisting there is a difference between a government and a corrupt government. It's puzzling to me that you imply such a thing could exist. It would be an ideal and as such is impossible.
Corruption needs an object. Government is just like any other and is subject to it.
As are Corporations - probably even more so. I am not for privatizing everything including the kitchen sink - and do believe a reasonably non-corrupt Government is the only entity that can stand against fanatical exploitation by the obscenely wealthy. Get rid of government - and you talk about fantasy idealism: that would be the Libertarian pure fantasy of unfettered Individualism -which is a myth - frequently exploited by the filthy rich and Wallstreet. I believe in taxes and a collaborative society - not social darwinism and everyone fending for themselves.
Corruption, immorality, cheating - Social Darwinism - has always been present throughout human history. But so has morality, cooperation, checks and balances - and decent human beings leading a society. Government is not always EVIL. But the obscenely rich certainly want you to believe that's always the case. Because for them - government is an obstacle to their absurd amount of exploitation and wealth.
Government is necessary to secure basic human rights, and human liberty - and without government - no one would have freedom except the filthy rich. A Free Society is not the same as a Free-For-All Society.
All wars are futile. New wars now are even more futile than previous wars because now they are adding to the climate crisis which may be hastening the demise of the entire planet. I have been watching shows such as "Chimp Empire" lately and the chimps and other animals are so much more reasonable than the so called humans of the Empire. And we are told that animals cannot reason. Neither, it seems,can the humans who have decided they should be in control.
We could debate this at length but suffice to say science is nothing more than religion without a baseline and repeated experimentation. None of the climate predictions have come true for over 30 years. That is the definition of a failed theory. Peace be with you.
sure pal. jump off a building, don't believe that nonsense about gravity. the projections have all been conservative. you are just repeating fossil fuel lobby bs.
The class name Homo Homo-Sapien or wise being has been thought to be well overdue for revision. History and Anthropology bring one to the same place, more or less, if that History and Anthropology is that of The Wise Being.
The one constant factor over the millennia - the human brain and a brain like no other.
I don't foresee the world per se and just massive change of the worlds super power. China and Russia. And thank God no more wars once America is finally forced to surrender. No more Israel but we all knew that was another USA proxy war - this time Iran!
I dunno that I totally get your drift, but I don't think either Russia or China want to be a ruling superpower. They just want to exist in their own right with no constraints imposed by outside interests.
In fact, the whole concept of superpower belongs in the bin.
The world collapsing might qualify as Armageddon, but maybe that's what's needed. Money has been described as a 'Shared Delusion'- total collapse of the system might be the only thing able to shatter that delusion and awaken the patient to reality.
I think a total collapse of the planet and the demise of humans would be very good for the plants and oceans and the rest of the animals if they survived
Talk about MACHO MEN! The pitiful conscripts of the IsraHelli armed forces can’t hold a candle to the Hout’his. They’ve run from Gaza with their tails between their legs, saying, We are fighting ghosts there! All the IDF knows how to do is beat up ten year olds in the West Bank.
If I thought the Hout’his would accept a woman I’d join them 😁
They might just get one. In seven years or so the Amerikan - backed Saudis never managed to beat the Houthis, so prepare to see the US embarrassed. Again.
I'm assuming there are still some Yanks capable of embarrassment.
We are too numb to recognize mistakes. Prob we should start with our own genocide. When whites tell indians to go back where they can from, is illustrative.
They sure don't get much media coverage, all we hear is mostly outrage, racial hatred, homelessness, inequality ( which of course you can hear anywhere, including my country ) and of course, another war.
The US starts another war with the Houthis that will lead to American commercial ships being sunk... If you didn't think we were being screwed over by our government that uses our tax dollars to murder people around the world, our government wants to destroy our ships and kill American merchant marines as well. Go figure!
Sabrina Singh, John Kirby, Karine Jean Pierre - where do they find spokespeople like this without a single shred of human integrity? Is there a special indoctrination training programme they get sent to?
Yeah - they use a facade of diversity. Meanwhile apparently one of the reasons for the wave of dissent and resignations at State Dept is…” a lack of diversity in the ranks of senior decision making groups”, is was quoted recently in I think it was Politico. Or to be more blunt and say what they dared not say point blank: a bunch of Zionist neocons make all the decisions, then send dark skinned women out to the press podium to sell lies.
The UN ambassador Linda wassername is another one. And Kamala too. Tools.
The guy who resigned did so for policy reasons and spelled them out in a WaPoor NY Times Op-Ed. The State Department has a "dissent channel" and its been so swamped with comments that they are thinking of shutting it down. They use diversity to cover up that policy disputer ass well as use diversity for faux progressive cover.
Fantastic information from Michael Hudson. I've read his work over the years, but had not been following him recently. What an insightful perspective! Thanks!
Its over for the empire. Now the only question is how much more damage will they do before they wake up, if ever. Biden should be behind bars. He will be as famous as Nero, fiddling away while Washington burns. The presidential race is a mockery as sane voters can only choose "none of the above". That is how I will be voting in our next federal election. Party politics in Canada and US are as dead as the empire.
This. A lot of sane people are waking up to the uniparty/duopoly & the wealthy elites.
I'm personally going to vote for Claudia De La Cruz & Karina Garcia for President & Vice president or write them in. If I can't do either, I'll just leave the ballot blank, but I will NOT be voting Democrat EVER again for as long as I live! I haven't even done so for the past two years now!
The USA is gone, over, finished. Now it's just a question of mopping up! Although I respect John Mearsheimer this was superlative. If you can't watch it in it's entirety, watch it in snippets as I often do. In fact I watched it twice it was that good. Unlike John Michael puts all the pieces and variables together. I highly recommend watching this
Russia, Iran, and the Red Sea
NATO's War Economy Collapses
Michael Hudson • Thursday, January 18, 2024 • 10,200 Words
We need governments where people like Michael Hudson are advisors. What is so tragic about America is that it has great brain trust where their scholarship and wisdom is shut out in the halls of power and dumb monkies like Biden Blinken, Bolton, Pompeo, Nuland, Trump... are left unattended and unaccountable.
A renewed America is going to have to be reconstituted.
It's over they have completely destroyed this country with the corruption - we have passed the point of no return. The massive debt, unabated crime - over 50 million illegal immigrants. It's over.
Did you know Blinken's late stepfather was Samuel Pisar, the longtime lawyer and confidant of Robert Maxwell - a Mossad agent and father of Ghislaine Maxwell. Pisar was perhaps the last person to speak to Robert Maxwell before he died after falling off his yacht.
"It's over they have completely destroyed this country with the corruption - we have passed the point of no return. The massive debt, unabated crime - over 50 million illegal immigrants. It's over."
Those ultimately to blame are those who allowed it.
It's why I don't vote never did nor ever will. All you do is enable all of it. The corruption, the malfeasance, the subterfuge, the cronyisms You hired, them NOT ME! Want real change - boycott voting force them to actually earn your vote rather than buy it. 40% vote Republican while 40% Democrat canceling out each other. Leaving 20% less 3% for margin of error. If 10% would boycott voting it would send everything into a tailspin. After everything that was blindingly obvious in 2020 these imbeciles still go back for more thinking your vote really matters. You have a better change of changing the weather by farting then changing the government by voting. The government you have today is the direct result of choosing the lesser of two evils for generations.
Had this discussion with many - what has voting done for you? One of the most corrupt Governments in the world. It will never stop until it's finally overthrown and taken apart.
Vile actions speak louder than liberal lies. I am dreading to hear the decision on Israel from the World Court. I am going to vote third party, keep signing online petitions, boycott the Zionists, read Caitlin's Newsletter and protest if one comes to my town.
YES! OF COURSE! And failure is exactly what we need. It’s the only good thing Bidip has done in his whole life—fail miserably at all his wars and sanctions and “leadership”. He’s our best advocate for the Empire. 😄😁😆. That could even be a reason for voting for him! 😄😄😆.
The decision. Yes, what will it be? One way or the other will be known soon. I expect the usual legal weasel word salads. Why are they taking so long? If the political pressure pushes the judges into declaring that israel is saintly and can do no wrong, the activists of the world will not agree and a new and perhaps more violent approach will be taken as the rule of 'law' will have demonstrably failed opening the way for the preparation of the grand U$ofA/israel omelette while Russia, China & the whole of the global south watches on. The fat lady is probably singing the last verse backstage at the ICJ as we speak. Interesting times. The fall of the House of Rothschild concurrent with the fall of the House of Saxe Coburg-Gotha [alias Windsor] hopefully will herald the end of the tyranny of usury and monarchy!
Indeed, but I think it makes a huge difference to the millions of us who are patiently watching. Does the rule of 'law' mean anything? We'll soon see if real & abundant direct action comes pouring out of the world's activism reservoir, a) if the court decides it's not really anywhere near genocide of Palestinians but more like genocide of the poor starving & hard-done-by israelis or, b) it's genocide of the Palestinians alright but the US-backed israelis wave an arrogant middle finger at the court and the world as they unabashedly continue to rejoice in their murderous spree.
I agree with you, Realist. But their decision will be one more hole in the bottom of the sinking Western “rules based” hegemonic boat. And more people will be able to see it. Anshalla
I think so, yes. But I also know we can’t get to a solution before we have an accurate accounting of the problem. And we’ve only just begun at that. Half to three quarters of the middle class is still asleep or afraid, without conscience or courage. I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t recognize a solution if it bit ‘em in the ass.
"But I also know we can’t get to a solution before we have an accurate accounting of the problem."
For those who have lived a relatively long life and have paid attention to the world around them, we do have a pretty accurate accounting of the problem. The problem started, in earnest, at the end of WWII. The United States was physically untouched. A considerable part of the world was severely damaged physically and economically. Those so inclined to be rapacious and megalomaniacal took advantage of this opportunity. One advantage taken was the creation of the CIA in 1947 by Harry S. Truman, a somewhat distant cousin of mine. For an excellent account of this, read The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War by Stephen Kinzer.
In essence, the Deep State, Power Elite, or whatever you wish to call it, was born. In the ensuing seventy-nine years since the end of WWII, this entity has taken over the United States and, consequently, the rest of Western Civilization. Many years ago, our country became a plutocratic oligarchy, and the electoral process was null and void.
This reminds of when I would horse around with my brother and clutch my brothers hand and say stop hitting yourself while I slaped his face with it..(no hard, so don't get all karen)
For those of us who have been disgusted by the US's eight decades of disregard for one of its most important laws--that it must have a declaration of Congress to go to war--this latest rhetorical twist is a further insult:
This use of our military to kill people and blow things up in a foreign land can't be a war, because if it were a war, the US Congress would have had to declare it. They didn't, so it's not a war.
The world should be reminded every day, every minute, every second.
Maybe the most obvious example is that this USA that endlessly brays about a "rules-based international order" and labels the Houthis as "terrorists" for blocking shipping is the same ones that blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.
(In fact, one of the latest ships they complain has to be rerouted around Africa is carrying liquified natural gas (LNG). The nerve of these people!)
The Empire loves murder. When it isn't facilitating murder by proxy, carrying out mass-murder of foreigners by its own bloodied hands, its destroying its own citizens at home. Truly an evil entity that despises humanity.
"What is shocking is the extreme, one note belligerence of his foreign policy, built in an echo chamber full of hawks and neo-imperialists of his own choosing.
When we all read of yet another US attack on any country of their choosing, so many since WWII, one wonders how it is that decent people in America can work for such a government, for such people as Biden, Blinken, Bolton, Pompeo, Clinton the Libyan witch, Nuland, the slippery Neocons thick on the ground in Washington and the Congress and House, both full to the brim with Israeli stooges. ...on the US payroll.
Even more so, I look then at the US Ambassador in Canberra, the daughter of a respected president of the USA, the last of the breed, and ponder how is it that she sees enough merit in the country she was born into in 1957 and in which her father was assassinated just 6 years later and can still work for a man with the qualities......of lack of same, like Biden,...... same party, same country, same White House, surrounded perhaps by some of the very same killers, still around from 1963. The very last of the presidents who objected strongly to Israel's demands to be a nuclear weapon maker, 400 Israeli nuclear weapons ago.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy attempted to persuade Israel to abandon its nuclear program, and very angry notes were exchanged between Kennedy and Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion in 1963. He was assassinated that same year.
A supreme test for any ambassasor's diplomatic skills, I would have thought.
He loves doing the tough guy act, including in foreign affairs. It matches his foul affection for using his physical presence to intimidate (and worse) people. Thuggish SOB.
"A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud." ~George Orwell
Speaking of fraud. Netanyahu has been on the ropes politically for corruption. He needed a Hail Mary. How about becoming the hero that cleansed Gaza and the West Bank of Palestinians. All he needed was a fraud, a false-flag, to do it.
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After Izzzy intelligence obtained Hamas' detailed plan for Oct 7th
they analyzed it.
Important for analysis would be continuous monitoring of whether the reality on the ground - Hamas' current activities - matched the detailed plans.
So that is what they did. Unit 8200 "the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps"
made the decision to stand-down and cease the real-time monitoring of the tactical
communication of Hamas operatives on their radios.
Wait! Did I really mean "stand-down and cease monitoring"? They instead increased their diligence in
monitoring. Right?
Nope. Unit 8200 claims that everyone up and down the military/intelligence chain of command approved the ceasing of monitoring.
So what is going on here?
It couldn't be a false-flag in progress as there are thousands of IDF troops surrounding the Gaza border, a false-flag could never work. Oh, there **were** thousands of troops until just before Oct 7th when they withdrew for temporary duty in the West Bank.
But a false-flag still wouldn't work. Hamas could be dispelled by the quick arrival of support troops.
Oh no, the troops didn't arrive in force for hours. What gives?
Still, a false-flag doesn't make sense unless there is a purpose. What good would the death of Izzzy civlians do? Oh, but it created blood lust which was then harnessed to "justify" the cleansing of Gaza and subsequently, the West Bank.
But, there would be no blood lust if the casualties were light. The Hannibal Directive wasn't implemented for that purpose was it? They didn't implement the Hannibal Directive for ulterior motives?
Or did they?
Netanyahu now refuses to hold elections, like Zelensky. And the corrupt Wash DC ideologues will continue to pretend these are democracies.
To follow the examples of Germany and Italy, when the (perhaps liberal) ruling class, the bourgeoisie, failed to do its job, a revolutionary movement arose (fascism) which displaced the bourgeoisie (or other ruling class) and instituted a state in which everyone was forced or commanded to do their jobs (as the revolutionaries envisioned "their jobs".) In the succeeding state of things, the totalitarians also would become corrupt (because power corrupts) and a new cycle would begin.
Indeed. But the problem is not government itself, but the corruption of government. Extreme wealth inequality, and mass poverty/exploitation plays a key role here - which is routinely overlooked by libertarians.
I know you're adamant in insisting there is a difference between a government and a corrupt government. It's puzzling to me that you imply such a thing could exist. It would be an ideal and as such is impossible.
Corruption needs an object. Government is just like any other and is subject to it.
As are Corporations - probably even more so. I am not for privatizing everything including the kitchen sink - and do believe a reasonably non-corrupt Government is the only entity that can stand against fanatical exploitation by the obscenely wealthy. Get rid of government - and you talk about fantasy idealism: that would be the Libertarian pure fantasy of unfettered Individualism -which is a myth - frequently exploited by the filthy rich and Wallstreet. I believe in taxes and a collaborative society - not social darwinism and everyone fending for themselves.
Of course, though degree is debatable. Whatever instrument has more power - that one is bound to be more corrupt.
Corruption, immorality, cheating - Social Darwinism - has always been present throughout human history. But so has morality, cooperation, checks and balances - and decent human beings leading a society. Government is not always EVIL. But the obscenely rich certainly want you to believe that's always the case. Because for them - government is an obstacle to their absurd amount of exploitation and wealth.
Government is necessary to secure basic human rights, and human liberty - and without government - no one would have freedom except the filthy rich. A Free Society is not the same as a Free-For-All Society.
Ansarallah have already begun deploying Sea Mines & ASBMs to counter US aggression.
Northern Yemen is mountain terrain where ‘boots on the ground’ will fare poorly UNLESS they are locals with the relevant know-how.
This war will BREAK the back of the Empire of Lies. Bankruptcy & Implosion is now the inevitable end result of such a futile war!
All wars are futile. New wars now are even more futile than previous wars because now they are adding to the climate crisis which may be hastening the demise of the entire planet. I have been watching shows such as "Chimp Empire" lately and the chimps and other animals are so much more reasonable than the so called humans of the Empire. And we are told that animals cannot reason. Neither, it seems,can the humans who have decided they should be in control.
The climate crisis as you call it is a joke, its nothing but junk science and fear marketing.
I wish you were right. But you are not
We could debate this at length but suffice to say science is nothing more than religion without a baseline and repeated experimentation. None of the climate predictions have come true for over 30 years. That is the definition of a failed theory. Peace be with you.
guess you live on another planet
No, I just have a harder view of real science than most people. Correlation does not equal causation.
sure pal. jump off a building, don't believe that nonsense about gravity. the projections have all been conservative. you are just repeating fossil fuel lobby bs.
Differences between the ever so closely related Chimpanzees and Homo Homo-Sapiens occasionally touched on here within . . .
https://les7eb.substack.com/
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The class name Homo Homo-Sapien or wise being has been thought to be well overdue for revision. History and Anthropology bring one to the same place, more or less, if that History and Anthropology is that of The Wise Being.
The one constant factor over the millennia - the human brain and a brain like no other.
too bad it gets used so often to make money and pollute the world with stuff and lies.
(For those interested)
If you wish to read (& listen!) to more of My commentary, here is my Main Stack:
https://thefallofthewest.substack.com
Thank You Kindly to everyone!
I hope so!
Would to God.
THANK GOD! The question is where will we live? Hungary? Perhaps Denmark or even Russia!
the question is will we live.
True Sue True. Armageddon is coming.
or just the world collapsing because of a bunch of stupid, greedy, selfish people who made a bunch of money and took over. This did not need to happen
I don't foresee the world per se and just massive change of the worlds super power. China and Russia. And thank God no more wars once America is finally forced to surrender. No more Israel but we all knew that was another USA proxy war - this time Iran!
I dunno that I totally get your drift, but I don't think either Russia or China want to be a ruling superpower. They just want to exist in their own right with no constraints imposed by outside interests.
In fact, the whole concept of superpower belongs in the bin.
Yes I think so.
For some reason the US hates Iran.
They are very intelligent smart people so this conflagration will be horrific.
The world collapsing might qualify as Armageddon, but maybe that's what's needed. Money has been described as a 'Shared Delusion'- total collapse of the system might be the only thing able to shatter that delusion and awaken the patient to reality.
I think a total collapse of the planet and the demise of humans would be very good for the plants and oceans and the rest of the animals if they survived
Mexico for me, BJ.
You bet they can, and WILL, Che.
Talk about MACHO MEN! The pitiful conscripts of the IsraHelli armed forces can’t hold a candle to the Hout’his. They’ve run from Gaza with their tails between their legs, saying, We are fighting ghosts there! All the IDF knows how to do is beat up ten year olds in the West Bank.
If I thought the Hout’his would accept a woman I’d join them 😁
I don't understand. Why would the Houthis not accept a woman?
Well, I’m disgusted with Biden and USA! Not in my name are people, countries harmed.
"Well, I’m disgusted with Biden and USA! "
Your 'disgust' resolves nothing.
"Not in my name are people, countries harmed."
That declaration does not absolve you.
I suppose it's a start. What's your suggestion?
Revolution, Starry.
Don’t worry. It’s coming. But you’re not going to like it.
Jeano, I assure you, I will RELISH it; been waiting for it my entire life.
"I declare bankruptcy."
- Michael Scott
Destroy the Deep State.
Usa needs a BIG lesson 💥 sick society
They might just get one. In seven years or so the Amerikan - backed Saudis never managed to beat the Houthis, so prepare to see the US embarrassed. Again.
I'm assuming there are still some Yanks capable of embarrassment.
We are too numb to recognize mistakes. Prob we should start with our own genocide. When whites tell indians to go back where they can from, is illustrative.
"still some Yanks capable of embarrassment" - the percentage has always been in the majority and unlikely to change.
They sure don't get much media coverage, all we hear is mostly outrage, racial hatred, homelessness, inequality ( which of course you can hear anywhere, including my country ) and of course, another war.
The US starts another war with the Houthis that will lead to American commercial ships being sunk... If you didn't think we were being screwed over by our government that uses our tax dollars to murder people around the world, our government wants to destroy our ships and kill American merchant marines as well. Go figure!
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.” - Jodi Picoul so ......I''ll stop here!
Sabrina Singh, John Kirby, Karine Jean Pierre - where do they find spokespeople like this without a single shred of human integrity? Is there a special indoctrination training programme they get sent to?
First sing the children's song - "one of these things is not like the other"
Hint: 2 of the 3 check the diversity/identity politics box. The other is just your typical corrupt MIC institutional hack.
Yeah - they use a facade of diversity. Meanwhile apparently one of the reasons for the wave of dissent and resignations at State Dept is…” a lack of diversity in the ranks of senior decision making groups”, is was quoted recently in I think it was Politico. Or to be more blunt and say what they dared not say point blank: a bunch of Zionist neocons make all the decisions, then send dark skinned women out to the press podium to sell lies.
The UN ambassador Linda wassername is another one. And Kamala too. Tools.
The guy who resigned did so for policy reasons and spelled them out in a WaPoor NY Times Op-Ed. The State Department has a "dissent channel" and its been so swamped with comments that they are thinking of shutting it down. They use diversity to cover up that policy disputer ass well as use diversity for faux progressive cover.
When you assemble a bunch of israeli-approved zionists and you have them running the US government, well the results should be predictable:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/all-the-jews-biden-has-tapped-for-top-roles-in-his-new-administration/
https://forward.com/news/462330/enough-for-a-minyan-a-jewish-whos-who-of-bidens-cabinet-to-be/
"- where do they find spokespeople like this without a single shred of human integrity?"
Intelligence and integrity are two of the most important human traits... sadly, the most lacking.
Fantastic information from Michael Hudson. I've read his work over the years, but had not been following him recently. What an insightful perspective! Thanks!
In sum, Briben is a shitstain on the face of history.
Thank you for this perspective. Just another day on Substack, exposing the failures of the US.
And with nary a solution.
Of COURSE there’s a solution.
Militias rise up against corrupt DC sewer-dwellers.
Are we up to it?
Its over for the empire. Now the only question is how much more damage will they do before they wake up, if ever. Biden should be behind bars. He will be as famous as Nero, fiddling away while Washington burns. The presidential race is a mockery as sane voters can only choose "none of the above". That is how I will be voting in our next federal election. Party politics in Canada and US are as dead as the empire.
Vote for Rashida Tlaib! She’s EFFECTIVE!
This. A lot of sane people are waking up to the uniparty/duopoly & the wealthy elites.
I'm personally going to vote for Claudia De La Cruz & Karina Garcia for President & Vice president or write them in. If I can't do either, I'll just leave the ballot blank, but I will NOT be voting Democrat EVER again for as long as I live! I haven't even done so for the past two years now!
The USA is gone, over, finished. Now it's just a question of mopping up! Although I respect John Mearsheimer this was superlative. If you can't watch it in it's entirety, watch it in snippets as I often do. In fact I watched it twice it was that good. Unlike John Michael puts all the pieces and variables together. I highly recommend watching this
Russia, Iran, and the Red Sea
NATO's War Economy Collapses
Michael Hudson • Thursday, January 18, 2024 • 10,200 Words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imiA3-ygTkk
We need governments where people like Michael Hudson are advisors. What is so tragic about America is that it has great brain trust where their scholarship and wisdom is shut out in the halls of power and dumb monkies like Biden Blinken, Bolton, Pompeo, Nuland, Trump... are left unattended and unaccountable.
A renewed America is going to have to be reconstituted.
It's over they have completely destroyed this country with the corruption - we have passed the point of no return. The massive debt, unabated crime - over 50 million illegal immigrants. It's over.
Did you know Blinken's late stepfather was Samuel Pisar, the longtime lawyer and confidant of Robert Maxwell - a Mossad agent and father of Ghislaine Maxwell. Pisar was perhaps the last person to speak to Robert Maxwell before he died after falling off his yacht.
Actually his father was also a U.S. spook.
That I did not know . . . .
Donald Blinken
"It's over they have completely destroyed this country with the corruption - we have passed the point of no return. The massive debt, unabated crime - over 50 million illegal immigrants. It's over."
Those ultimately to blame are those who allowed it.
It's why I don't vote never did nor ever will. All you do is enable all of it. The corruption, the malfeasance, the subterfuge, the cronyisms You hired, them NOT ME! Want real change - boycott voting force them to actually earn your vote rather than buy it. 40% vote Republican while 40% Democrat canceling out each other. Leaving 20% less 3% for margin of error. If 10% would boycott voting it would send everything into a tailspin. After everything that was blindingly obvious in 2020 these imbeciles still go back for more thinking your vote really matters. You have a better change of changing the weather by farting then changing the government by voting. The government you have today is the direct result of choosing the lesser of two evils for generations.
I disagree with the concept of not voting, BJ. If all Amerikkkans cease to vote for the Lesser of Two Evils, Jill Stein would be our next president.
Yes, it takes more than not voting; the Deep State must be destroyed.
Had this discussion with many - what has voting done for you? One of the most corrupt Governments in the world. It will never stop until it's finally overthrown and taken apart.
Good calm thoughtful.
Vile actions speak louder than liberal lies. I am dreading to hear the decision on Israel from the World Court. I am going to vote third party, keep signing online petitions, boycott the Zionists, read Caitlin's Newsletter and protest if one comes to my town.
"I am going to vote third party, keep signing online petitions, boycott the Zionists, read Caitlin's Newsletter and protest if one comes to my town."
Sounds like a recipe for failure
YES! OF COURSE! And failure is exactly what we need. It’s the only good thing Bidip has done in his whole life—fail miserably at all his wars and sanctions and “leadership”. He’s our best advocate for the Empire. 😄😁😆. That could even be a reason for voting for him! 😄😄😆.
Your pessimism is NOT HELPING.
@Realist
The decision. Yes, what will it be? One way or the other will be known soon. I expect the usual legal weasel word salads. Why are they taking so long? If the political pressure pushes the judges into declaring that israel is saintly and can do no wrong, the activists of the world will not agree and a new and perhaps more violent approach will be taken as the rule of 'law' will have demonstrably failed opening the way for the preparation of the grand U$ofA/israel omelette while Russia, China & the whole of the global south watches on. The fat lady is probably singing the last verse backstage at the ICJ as we speak. Interesting times. The fall of the House of Rothschild concurrent with the fall of the House of Saxe Coburg-Gotha [alias Windsor] hopefully will herald the end of the tyranny of usury and monarchy!
It makes no difference which way the court decides...they have no authority.
Indeed, but I think it makes a huge difference to the millions of us who are patiently watching. Does the rule of 'law' mean anything? We'll soon see if real & abundant direct action comes pouring out of the world's activism reservoir, a) if the court decides it's not really anywhere near genocide of Palestinians but more like genocide of the poor starving & hard-done-by israelis or, b) it's genocide of the Palestinians alright but the US-backed israelis wave an arrogant middle finger at the court and the world as they unabashedly continue to rejoice in their murderous spree.
I agree with you, Realist. But their decision will be one more hole in the bottom of the sinking Western “rules based” hegemonic boat. And more people will be able to see it. Anshalla
"And more people will be able to see it."
To what end? A solution?
I think so, yes. But I also know we can’t get to a solution before we have an accurate accounting of the problem. And we’ve only just begun at that. Half to three quarters of the middle class is still asleep or afraid, without conscience or courage. I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t recognize a solution if it bit ‘em in the ass.
"But I also know we can’t get to a solution before we have an accurate accounting of the problem."
For those who have lived a relatively long life and have paid attention to the world around them, we do have a pretty accurate accounting of the problem. The problem started, in earnest, at the end of WWII. The United States was physically untouched. A considerable part of the world was severely damaged physically and economically. Those so inclined to be rapacious and megalomaniacal took advantage of this opportunity. One advantage taken was the creation of the CIA in 1947 by Harry S. Truman, a somewhat distant cousin of mine. For an excellent account of this, read The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War by Stephen Kinzer.
In essence, the Deep State, Power Elite, or whatever you wish to call it, was born. In the ensuing seventy-nine years since the end of WWII, this entity has taken over the United States and, consequently, the rest of Western Civilization. Many years ago, our country became a plutocratic oligarchy, and the electoral process was null and void.
USA, "but I'm not hitting you" *smack*
This reminds of when I would horse around with my brother and clutch my brothers hand and say stop hitting yourself while I slaped his face with it..(no hard, so don't get all karen)
😂
Apparently you didn't clutch his pearls. Or you'd get slapped for real and go all Karen yourself.
You really are that butt hurt arnta?
You tried that route with him too? Is that what caused the brain damage you exhibit nowadays?
No wonder. There should be limits to the horseplay, even between brothers.
Not limited to brothers, RB. My sister and I used to go at each other like a couple of wildcats.
Of course. But only a few might venture to explore back doors the way Chazzy suggests.
Your desperation is pathetic.
For those of us who have been disgusted by the US's eight decades of disregard for one of its most important laws--that it must have a declaration of Congress to go to war--this latest rhetorical twist is a further insult:
This use of our military to kill people and blow things up in a foreign land can't be a war, because if it were a war, the US Congress would have had to declare it. They didn't, so it's not a war.
It's about time the world realized - a law is something the USA impels others to conform to, not what it itself is bound by.
The world should be reminded every day, every minute, every second.
Maybe the most obvious example is that this USA that endlessly brays about a "rules-based international order" and labels the Houthis as "terrorists" for blocking shipping is the same ones that blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.
(In fact, one of the latest ships they complain has to be rerouted around Africa is carrying liquified natural gas (LNG). The nerve of these people!)
Of course it's not a war. It's a Special Military Operation.
The Empire loves murder. When it isn't facilitating murder by proxy, carrying out mass-murder of foreigners by its own bloodied hands, its destroying its own citizens at home. Truly an evil entity that despises humanity.
Of course he has.
"What is shocking is the extreme, one note belligerence of his foreign policy, built in an echo chamber full of hawks and neo-imperialists of his own choosing.
This coterie of war mongering crazies he chose as his interlocutors and advisors have assured no voices of reason or moderation get in the way of his long held belief in force and confrontation based policies." https://open.substack.com/pub/ourimperialpress/p/the-imperial-endtimers-part-two?r=nv5i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
When we all read of yet another US attack on any country of their choosing, so many since WWII, one wonders how it is that decent people in America can work for such a government, for such people as Biden, Blinken, Bolton, Pompeo, Clinton the Libyan witch, Nuland, the slippery Neocons thick on the ground in Washington and the Congress and House, both full to the brim with Israeli stooges. ...on the US payroll.
Even more so, I look then at the US Ambassador in Canberra, the daughter of a respected president of the USA, the last of the breed, and ponder how is it that she sees enough merit in the country she was born into in 1957 and in which her father was assassinated just 6 years later and can still work for a man with the qualities......of lack of same, like Biden,...... same party, same country, same White House, surrounded perhaps by some of the very same killers, still around from 1963. The very last of the presidents who objected strongly to Israel's demands to be a nuclear weapon maker, 400 Israeli nuclear weapons ago.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy attempted to persuade Israel to abandon its nuclear program, and very angry notes were exchanged between Kennedy and Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion in 1963. He was assassinated that same year.
A supreme test for any ambassasor's diplomatic skills, I would have thought.
Biden gets off on war.
He loves doing the tough guy act, including in foreign affairs. It matches his foul affection for using his physical presence to intimidate (and worse) people. Thuggish SOB.