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Monica Mori's avatar

One should assume that whenever Blinken opens his mouth, he is lying…especially on behalf of Netanyahu, Gallant, et al.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Makes one think that people such as these were born lying as soon as they came out of their mother's womb.

For an interesting look at another liar, check out this debate: [‘You’re a Sociopath’: Mehdi Hasan vs Eylon Levy on Gaza, FULL DEBATE] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQTgfS3PbI)

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Kojo's avatar

On behalf of the motherland he serves. It's not personal.

And no, I dont mean the one he took an oath of office for.

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Jack Lomax's avatar

The whole system is based on lies and these are presented by the system's media as news truths. And as for truth well as Cailin writes

"....None of the world’s worst people are in prison, but if you ever did anything to try to bring them to justice yourself you’d spend the rest of your life behind bars, or be executed. The law doesn’t exist to protect ordinary people from the worst of our society, it exists to protect the worst of our society from ordinary people...."

And that is an almost exact real life version of George Orwell's dystopia Nineteen Eighty Four

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Feral Finster's avatar

Of course Blinken lies continually. What is anyone going to do about it?

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Monica Mori's avatar

Pray that Kamala replaces him, FAST!

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Patrick Powers's avatar

K is 100% a tool of the oligarchy. That's why she was nominated in spite of her poor performance in the 2020 campaign. She dropped out of the race polling 3%. She had a lot of money but the more the voters saw the more her ratings decreased. She was chosen because K is 100% a tool of the oligarchy. Like Joe Biden, she could be relied upon to never take any initiative.

Same with Hillary. She was nominated in a heavily biased "democratic process" in spite of her unpopularity. Hey we can beat this game show host anyway....

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Monica Mori's avatar

Hillary was a MESS!

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Feral Finster's avatar

His replacement would be a different corporate imperialist muppet.

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narjis of many camels's avatar

Caitlin, my dear, get out of my head! I haven't been able to get Marcellus Williams off my mind all day, on this last day of his life. The inJustice system in the US has really shown its true colors. What else can we expect from genocidaires? With a year of this horrific genocide, the escalating terrorism against Lebanon, and now innocent men of color murdered by the state, and people with hearts are paralyzed by our governments, my heart is shattered.

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Scumbag white privilege legal system.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Please be strong, it's the only way they can be overcome.

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Diana van Eyk's avatar

How do Blinken and cronies live with themselves? How do they sleep at night?

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A Parseeker's avatar

Normal people cannot do this and live with themselves, never mind get a single night's sleep. These are not normal people, they are inhuman freaks.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

They are very human, unfortunately. We don't get to excuse our species for bringing forth such in our midst. We have to find a way to disarm them, and keep them, and us, safe. So far, we haven't found the way to do that. Dehumanizing them is not the solution.

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Humans ARE the worst animal. And, we think that god is on OUR side?? I seriously doubt that.

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lennontoeters's avatar

by never having to see what they do to people, and having a fat wallet as a result of it instead

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ShastaBetty's avatar

They are psychopaths and therefore are able to justify everything they do as being right.

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Feral Finster's avatar

They sleep like babies.

Sociopaths have no conscience.

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Dx's avatar

If only Palestinian babies could sleep like babies ...

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Excellent and sad comment.

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Marci Sudlow's avatar

They worship the god of money, and care nothing for anyone or anything else.

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Selina Sweet's avatar

Blinken's ancestors (some) died in Nazi concentration camps. Blinken reportedly has been a Zionist. His track record including his lying to Congress all appear in fidelity to protecting Israeli blood thirsty criminal forces and their genocidal mission. An argument could be made that he is in service to Israel's Zionist cause first. An agent of a foreign power, no? He probably sleeps quite well. Having his pseudo "boss" out of his own long running warmongering mind, Blinken's efforts in curbing anything emerging in that vacuous disturbance contrary to the Zionist mission probably constitutes his biggest worry. What's the definition of traitor?

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

I also think we should not overlook the connection between Blinken and Robert Maxwell. How many dirty secrets yet to be discovered might also be a motivation? If you haven't heard of Robert Maxwell, you may well have heard of his daughter, Ghislaine.

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Judith Dyer's avatar

I think the germans are supporting because they are still genocidal Nazis who may be "sorry" on the surface but down deep they love eliminating an "inferior" people. Next they will be exporting gas chambers and ovens to Israel so it can move along faster. It is costing, depending on how many Palestinians are found under rubble: 200 -400K per. Not a frugal program of accomplishing a holocaust.

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russian_bot's avatar

Easy. They're not the firsts and won't be the lasts. They're not outstanding, they're your run-of-the-mill government employees.

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David 1260's avatar

They don't sleep. They are stored on shelves at night to recharge.

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Dx's avatar

if only their batteries would explode...

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Good one!

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

HaHa! Well said!

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Rukshana Afia's avatar

I like the image but doesn't it let them off ? If you are non-human you can't help not having a conscience ?

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Get used to it. Humans are bad. Have always been bad. Will continue to be bad.

Try to figure out how to avoid them. I know it's hard. They seem amusing, but cats are better, by far. Don't have children. Have cats. Or, dogs.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Check out Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his views. What you are talking of is the Hobbesian view of human nature. Also look into discussions about "Hobbes vs Rousseau" if you are interested (https://iai.tv/articles/hobbes-vs-rousseau-are-we-inherently-evil-or-good-auid-1221)

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Judith Dyer's avatar

OMG! More to read. Thanks, (I hope)

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

It's a short paragraph . Do a web search on "Hobbes vs Rousseau" for more detailed sources.

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Mark Donaghey's avatar

The Institute of Art and Ideas is just another fake NGO sponsored by the UK ruling class; check out their list of corporate partners, which includes... the Bank of England, BBC and Pfizer. https://iai.tv/support-the-iai/corporate-partnerships

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

That's the difference between people that HAVE "critical thinking skills" and people who DO NOT.

People who DO can listen to information (regardless of the source), think critically about it (biases, fallacies, heuristics, probability, statistics, logic, argumentation, etc.) and decide for themselves the arguments being made and their validity - AND can support and explain their opinions.

People who DO NOT (have adequate critical thinking skills) are often unable to analyze information adequately, and so come up with "excuses" and "apologies" about "funding, partnerships, etc." as a way to judge/evaluate information.

Sources, partnerships, funding, etc. are a SUBSET of all the things that go into an analysis of arguments and information - they are NOT substitutes.

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Rukshana Afia's avatar

Oh yes - by and large cats are MUCH better - but 'not all humans' etc . and sorry I already have a son !

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Nothing you can (legally) do about that. Just, have no more.

One benefits of cats and dogs: If they are bad or dirty, you can have them put down. With kids, the authorities come knocking.

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Rosalind Dalefield's avatar

Easily. People with no conscience sleep very easily.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

They think, "This system isn't my idea, I just work here. And I've got to feed and house my loved ones, don't I?"

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

I bet the drugs and alcohol help for those who still have a speck of a conscience. For the others, it's just business as usual, so no problems sleeping for them.

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Literally Mussolini's avatar

Rationalization. They tell themselves what they are doing is for the greater good: Advancing the cause of freedom against the forces of tyranny.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

War Is Freedom

Slavery Is Peace

Ignorance Is Strength

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Meredith Hobbs's avatar

A particularly brilliant column. This right here, people:

*This is what happens when you don’t prosecute your war criminals.*

! ! ! ! !

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Am's avatar

"The laws are really organized for the protection of the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world."

That line really hits home what we have to do to get true justice for the people, and not just "justice" for those in power

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Religions also....used to control a native population, or the women and children and the poor.

Totally SKIP religion. Try to worship nature like the American Indians, before we F'd them over.

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TS's avatar

Blinken's actions are unsurprising. After 10/7/23, he went to Israel and said, "I come here as a Jew."

After that, it is not unexpected that he be shown to be acting in Israel's interests, rather than in the interests of the nation of which he is Secretary of State.

I suppose one can't blame all the people who compiled the reports, who knew he was lying, from leaking them, since they knew there would be no consequences.

Laws bend around "important" people like gravity.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

He came as a Zionist, one who would conflate Zionism with Judiasm, and wishes everyone else to do the same.

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John Mann's avatar

Very true. And, to be honest, I also have a problem with those who conflate people who were born to a Jewish mother with people who hold to the teachings of the Jewish faith. Is Judaism an ethnicity, or a religion?

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David D's avatar

“I come here as a Jew” and a lying fascist zionist genocidaire.

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Judith Dyer's avatar

Then there's Biden, a born again Zionist.

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Monica Mori's avatar

Thank you, TS! I remember that, but was so horrified that I thought I might have hallucinated

it! For whom did Blinken say it, since Netanyahu clearly knew that without being told. Was that said to let all of us innocents know where he stood?

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TS's avatar

Blinken said it at the press conference in Israel on Oct 12, 2023, in reply to Netanyahu's speech in greeting.

https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-after-their-meeting-2/

Considering what has followed, I think he did it to bow the knee and demonstrate his true allegiance. As he has done ever since.

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Monica Mori's avatar

Thank you, TS. I wasn’t hallucinating, it was even worse than I remembered.

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TS's avatar

Happy to oblige.

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Judith Dyer's avatar

The scary thing is how many Jewish Americans are more Jewish than American.

That was a big question of Kennedy: what about his Catholicism? He answered it.

I ask: where will Jews go after Israel F's itself up and America is destroyed by the Lobby?

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Pippi Smythe's avatar

Ukraine

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A Parseeker's avatar

Of course, Caitlin, you had to write about the heinous murder of Marcellus Williams, before I could. Thank you! May his soul rest in gardens of bliss. May his murderers and the mass-murderers of so many innocents be denied mercy.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

I believe all deserve mercy. Who are we to decide who is deserving, and who not? Isn't that the very thing we despise in our enemies? Brings to mind that line of the great bard, Bob Dylan:

"In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand

At the mongrel dogs who teach

Fearing not I'd become my enemy

In the instant that I preach"

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JohnAlbert Eadie's avatar

True. He knows he'll get away with it. So dismaying

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Selina Sweet's avatar

Raise cane with your Senators and Representatives. Burn their ear with your disgust et al.Call up and email the White House. I called the White House today. It was the first time I was told I was 25th in line and had to wait....people, our fellow citizens probably don't like "Biden aka Blinken's" support of these Israeli thugs after learning about their terrorizing the Lebanese with explosive phones, pagers, walkie talkies. Somewhere, maybe Democracy Now announced that for many wounded by those devices, the explosives had blinded them. Blinded them! For life! Take 30 minutes every day, and burn the telephone lines with your Reps and Presidents with your all. Have a book close by in case you have to wait. They should not be allowed rest or silence for their support of all these obscene vicious actions.

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Alan's avatar

Do you really think this will make any difference? I cannot imagine the White House caringvone iota.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Perhaps, it's time to abandon both of the Uniparty candidates, and vote for someone who will answer to you, but who would never need to be called about this.

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JennyStokes's avatar

Everything is worth a try.

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The Pacific Herald's avatar

I am convinced that despite all the lies and deception, Israel will receive the justice it deserves. Check out my article “Israel’s race to the abyss”:

https://open.substack.com/pub/andrewsurman/p/israels-race-to-the-abyss?r=2jrz7r&utm_medium=ios

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7swordMary's avatar

HANG that MASS MURDERING ZioNazi, IN PUBLIC AFTER, forcing his family to watch him getting gang raped by I.O.F. who shove a cattle prod and hot iron poker up his as* right through his intestines etc

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Sam's avatar

No! Rape should never be okay with anyone. My gawd why do people think we should lower our ethics so that we can punish others? That puts us on par with the sociopaths. Ugh! And that goes for everyone who rec'd this comment.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Becoming what you despise? That is a never-ending spiral of death and destruction. Definitely the wrong approach.

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7swordMary's avatar

So your solution (from apparent willful ignorance) is to just let the ACTIVE SHOOTER MASS MURDERERS, who speak ONLY in of, from and for RabidlyRACIST Violent $$upremacy, to continue to MOW DOWN ALL HUMANITY for having the gall to demand Human Rights Justice and Economic Equity for the Indigenous Peoples whose HOMES LAND CROPS, ORGANS, SKIN and children they steal❓

How’s THAT worked, since the 1800s, to END this SELF-ENTITLED Sadistic ZioTERRORIST MADNESS❓

Pathological GREED of Criminally Depraved Politicians and their CAREER-LONG Prostitution of democracy to ZionistMossadMafia TERRORISTS got us here~

TotalitarianFascist MassMurderers thwarting Human Rights, International Law AND the WILL of 85% of EARTH’s People, to GRANT the Rabidly-Racist, BLOOD-LUST OBSESSION of ▪️1/5th of ONE percent of Humankind▪️

▪️Over a CENTURY of Peace efforts to effect compromises that PLEASE THEM have failed. ZioNazis repeatedly OPENLY declare they will not tolerate a Peace that requires ANY Compromise from them, or forces them to Peacefully CoExist WITH Humanity vs. OVER Humanity

▪️Peace IS the ZioTerrorists “Enemy. “ PEACE is the imaginary “Threat” obstructing fruition of their RabidlyRacist GlobalDomination Obsession

▪️POWER for them is ASSASSINATION of EVERY LEADER On EARTH WHO PURSUES PEACE

They are determined to be “Heard” by ONE SINGLE LANGUAGE ONLY, The BLOOD Of INNOCENTS ~ WANTON, SADISTIC MassMurderTERRORISM.

For over a Century they’ve demanded We deal with them on THEIR TERMS ONLY.

For over a CENTURY We patiently said, “Now, Now. No more Land for YOU, mister.” They remain implacable in REFUSING to CEASE THEIR LAND THEFT

For over a CENTURY WE ARE COMPLICIT in escalating ZioNaziIsraHELLz Sadistic Satanic HumanSacrifice MASS MURDER Violence

AND to fulfill their obsessive BLOOD-LUST for TotalitarianFascist GlobalDomination

IF a RATIONAL permanent withdrawal of ALL WEAPONS, MONEY and LAND from this Illegal Terrorist State, created, funded and armed by Britain and DC, is obstructed by traitorous “Leaders” WHO ASCENT to the ZioNaziTERRORISTs WILL to annihilate ALL LIFE on Earth if they don’t get to RULE US ALL, then UnFortunately, We are OBLIGATED for the sake of ALL LIFE On EARTH, to at last, “speak their language” and FOREVER END the heinous violence obsession of this CRIMINALLY Depraved, ZioTerroristMossadMafia.

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7swordMary's avatar

Wisdom & Mercy do NOT permit the Evil-Possessed to continue to heap on to themselves evermore judgements for insatiably FEASTING on evermore Evil

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

I second your wonderful suggestion. Let's make a new LAW regarding this. Now we just need enforces that can uphold the law. Isn't that what the "power elite" keep harping about - "Law and Order"? So let the people now make some LAWS and bring ORDER to this upside-down world...

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Rosalind Dalefield's avatar

IOF would not rape him because he is one of the Tribe.

I second the idea of hanging, but please may we use piano wire?

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7swordMary's avatar

Exactly what makes it a compensatory sentence

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russian_bot's avatar

"As men with white skin lie with impunity to help butcher brown-skinned civilians in the middle east, I personally find this noteworthy." - when their power is endangered it doesn't matter the skin. JFK was white and a President to boot. Read Jim Garrison's "On the Trail of the Assassins" to see what's been done to his investigation and to him personally. It's well worth it. Plenty documented examples of lying to congress, commission, etc. https://archive.org/details/ontrailofassas00garr

One excerpt:

"With the murder plainly unsolved, a succession of Presidents and attorneys general, each with the resources of the F.B.I. and the entire federal government at their command, made no effort to get to the truth.

On the contrary, when I atempted a real investigation of the assassination, federal officials sought to supress the truth. I received no cooperation when I sought to subpoena key witneses like Allen Dulles. I found crucial federal records destroyed, altered, classified as secret, or sealed by the federal government for 75 years. I found myself denounced by the President, the attorney general, and the Chief Justice. I found my investigation infiltrated and subverted by federal agents. And ultimately I found myself on trial in a trumped-up federal case. That is what happens to you when you do not go along with the new government's ratification of the coup.

The government's cover-up and ratification of the assassination have been aided by a flood of disinformation appearing in the major media. Dissemination of disinformation is the last element necessary for a successful coup d'etat, and it also happens to be one of the specialties of the C.I.A. For many years the Agency secretly had on its payroll journalists ostensibly working for the major media but in fact disseminating propaganda for consumption by the American people. It has also subsidized the publication of more than 1,000 books."

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TS's avatar

Thank you.

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AussieManDust's avatar

It is appalling... until one realises that NO RULES, NO LAW matters now. 😊 Load. Stack. Defend. Come and try and inject me... eh eh. Our Governments are LITERALLY The Mafia (not hyperbole at all - they kill us, they lie to us, they steal from us), Enemy Targets in a War of Attrition. WWIII is State versus Individuals. Let The Borg die first, in line for the "showers"... I mean injections 💉 😏 we will be ready for the sickly survivors. 😉

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Gregor McIntosh's avatar

Anti-vax crap

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Patrick Powers's avatar

Can you believe it? I survived the vax!

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Shaista Ali's avatar

Sadly I’m wondering what if he had admitted the findings to Congress? Would it even matter? Who would hold who accountable? Let’s not pretend Congress is full of truth keepers.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

Congress would call up the comatose Prez and demand Blinken's replacement with a more reliable stooge. And they would get it.

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Shaista Ali's avatar

Sure. But the weapons would have found a way to be sent.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

CJ>>"The law doesn’t exist to protect ordinary people from the worst of our society, it exists to protect the worst of our society from ordinary people."

THIS! Convert the above sentence into a biochemical and inject it into the veins of every human on the planet until it changes the DNA of every cell. People need to understand this! People need to STOP being subservient slaves (or mindless automatons) following orders from their overloards to "fit-in" into the existing systems and status quo. CONFORMITY is a curse that keeps the status quo in power. Will anything wake up these lost/comatose souls (all around us) that keep trusting the "system" as is?

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A Parseeker's avatar

Alas, Chang, we have to take the harder path -- through the cognitive apparatus, if it's working, that is.

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Whatistobedone's avatar

No.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

That Clarence Darrow quote is awesome and so true. Why did he say it at the Cook Co. jail in particular at that point in time, do you know?

"Blinken knew he’d never be jailed for lying in facilitation of horrific war crimes. Blinken has watched George W Bush’s entire cabinet not only walk free but continue to have high-profile careers in government, punditry, think tanks and the military-industrial complex..."

And there's proof of what Darrow said. Rich white men (in particular) who do the bidding of the oligarchy/billionaires/our true rulers are almost always protected from actual justice. So they can continue to act like lying sociopaths/psychopaths with impunity. It's high time to lock these genocidal maniacs up once and for all. Send Blinken, Biden and Harris to The Hague!

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James P Hannley's avatar

This is outrageous and accurate. Blinken knows he can lie to Congress because he has so many examples of predecessors who did likewise and suffered no adverse consequences.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

If he told the truth Congress would call up the comatose Prez and demand Blinken's replacement with a more reliable stooge. And they would get it.

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