Thanks for your morning shot of clarity and sanity about the world we live in today. Actually, this world is terrifying beyond words. We may not have to worry about drastic climate change with all this cavalier talk about 'winning" a nuclear war. I'm a nuclear physicist and I studied how nuclear radiation can affect and slowly kill a person - witness that Russian agent in the UK slowly dying of radioactive Polonium poisoning a few years ago.
The "empire" is on its last legs, Caitlin, you and I and Chris Hedges know this. It's scrambling for all it's worth to prevent its demise, even if it takes down the whole world with it. The coup d'etat that took place in the US on November 22, 1963, has led to where we and the world are today. JFK was truly the last non- war criminal president we ever had. Yes, he and his brother were following the dictates of the empire in harassing Castro with exploding cigars and other foolish activities, while he was establishing a line of communication with Fidel - secretly, of course, and exchanging letters with Khrushchev in an attempt to end the cold war that mass murderer, Truman, began after WWII. Both JFK and Khrushchev knew how dangerous their secret talks were, and which ended in Dealy Plaza with an assassin's bullet shot from the grassy knoll.
Thank you for bringing to our attention the crimes of empire aided and abetted by John McCain and so many others in the name of the US empire. The "chickens are coming home to roost" as Malcolm X opined on the murder of JFK. His insight applies to the terror we all face today.
I note that victims of "ras-putin" always seem to "hamlet" - that is, soliloquy across the world stage as they expire (or, more likely, do not) and leave the msm railing against the dastardly
Putin. I get tired of the absurdity: Putin is an evil genius that does not understand that poisoning his enemies as they command the world's attention will adversely affect the perception of Russia to the western world. The rest of your comment was spot on, though. Whether you meant it or not, I wanted to comment in this manner to that particular mention.
This was a big international story about 15 years ago, I think. This man, Alexander Litvenenko, was poisoned with radioactive Polonium added to his tea he always had in a small restaurant in London. He died in hospital in excruciating pain, except for massive pain killers he was given.
Hi Caitlin,
Thanks for your morning shot of clarity and sanity about the world we live in today. Actually, this world is terrifying beyond words. We may not have to worry about drastic climate change with all this cavalier talk about 'winning" a nuclear war. I'm a nuclear physicist and I studied how nuclear radiation can affect and slowly kill a person - witness that Russian agent in the UK slowly dying of radioactive Polonium poisoning a few years ago.
The "empire" is on its last legs, Caitlin, you and I and Chris Hedges know this. It's scrambling for all it's worth to prevent its demise, even if it takes down the whole world with it. The coup d'etat that took place in the US on November 22, 1963, has led to where we and the world are today. JFK was truly the last non- war criminal president we ever had. Yes, he and his brother were following the dictates of the empire in harassing Castro with exploding cigars and other foolish activities, while he was establishing a line of communication with Fidel - secretly, of course, and exchanging letters with Khrushchev in an attempt to end the cold war that mass murderer, Truman, began after WWII. Both JFK and Khrushchev knew how dangerous their secret talks were, and which ended in Dealy Plaza with an assassin's bullet shot from the grassy knoll.
Thank you for bringing to our attention the crimes of empire aided and abetted by John McCain and so many others in the name of the US empire. The "chickens are coming home to roost" as Malcolm X opined on the murder of JFK. His insight applies to the terror we all face today.
Um... to whom are you referring when you claim that a 'russian agent' died from radiation poisoning ?
I note that victims of "ras-putin" always seem to "hamlet" - that is, soliloquy across the world stage as they expire (or, more likely, do not) and leave the msm railing against the dastardly
Putin. I get tired of the absurdity: Putin is an evil genius that does not understand that poisoning his enemies as they command the world's attention will adversely affect the perception of Russia to the western world. The rest of your comment was spot on, though. Whether you meant it or not, I wanted to comment in this manner to that particular mention.
This was a big international story about 15 years ago, I think. This man, Alexander Litvenenko, was poisoned with radioactive Polonium added to his tea he always had in a small restaurant in London. He died in hospital in excruciating pain, except for massive pain killers he was given.
Look up the story here: https://www.bing.com/search?q=polonium+poisoning+of+alexander+litvinenko&form=ANNTH1&refig=5d2427d140c47619f154787184076187&sp=2&qs=SC&pq=polonium+poisonimg&sk=PRES1SC1&sc=10-18&cvid=5d2427d140c47619f154787184076187
Let's take Julian Assange as a counterpoint; I won't bother to type in the rest- you can do it yourself.