My thoughts, exactly: (Chris Hedges - and Mr. Fish's illustration is another killer)
"Joe Biden and the Democratic Party made a Trump presidency possible once and look set to make it possible again. If Trump returns to power, it will not be due to Russian interference, voter suppression or because the working class is filled with irredeemable bigots and racists. It will be because the Democrats are as indifferent to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as they are to immigrants, the poor in our impoverished inner cities, those driven into bankruptcy by medical bills, credit card debt and usurious mortgages, those discarded, especially in rural America, by waves of mass layoffs and workers, trapped in the serfdom of the gig economy, with its job instability and suppressed wages."
"Joe Biden and the democratic party made a Trump presidency possible once," and I thought it was Clinton that made it a sure win for Trump considering her record when it came to war and the lies she told to implement them.
Is he, I know he's been verbally abusive to me in claiming along with Fish that I'm stupid and don't know what I am talking about and he has no qualms in making those derisive comments. Disagree yeah, but abuse no way, and in no way will I let them get away with it.
Hi Bill, i'm responding to your comment about Galloway on Chris Hedges' post. Brexit is by the by ( I voted leave too), believing in Britain is great though nationalism in a former colonial power is very different from as nationalism in the formerly colonised and Galloway is right not to fall for the gender identity trap (which I think was deliberately promoted to create this swing towards the right with traditional family values and away from feminism). However Galloway said he is no 'liberal' and implied he would be tough on criminals (not even a mention of being tough on the causes of crime as Blair had previously paid lip service to) and mocked those who thought there was a climate crisis which he doesn't believe is coming.
I stopped following his channel. He is genuine about racism and apartheid and helping the people of Rochdale but other than that, even if we (the UK) did break the chain with the US and it's proxy wars (which would mean more spending on our own military) we're still going down the pan that the consumer society and the industrial complex is leading us down https://jowaller.substack.com/p/its-entirely-plausible-that-well
good points I agree with most. The climate denial is what turned me completely against his work, but I still listen because he does some great work and is entertaining.
But my sense was that Brexit was cooked up by Steven Bannon people to tap into anti-immigrant bias, not nationalism.
GG has fallen into the gender/ID politics trap because he uses it as a weapon agains the woke and that hurts him. GG also supports this traditional family and religious values, which I respect, but hate when they are used as weapons.
I do my best to flip off the World As It Now Exists (especially Amerikkka).
We are fortunate enough to live on a farm where we’re able to grow and preserve most of our own fruits and vegetables. I do draw the line at growing wheat and grinding it into flour 😉
I purchase all my clothing directly from China, in order to prevent paying enormous markups by Amerikkkan corporations.
I unfortunately must trust pharmaceutical companies in order to medicate for depression and high blood pressure, but what the hell…they seem to work.
One has to be most selective about where one obtains their information. In addition to your own fine self, I trust Scott Ritter, Judge Napolitano, Al Jazeera, Owen Jones, Krystal Ball and a few select others.
Life seemed so simple and idyllic when I was a child in the 50’s and 60’s. I know now that the world was far from perfect back then but sometimes I wonder: what the fuck happened? Adulthood, I guess 😕
Well…Jenny…I actually grew up steeped in politics. My father was an immigrant to this country and perhaps he saw it with more clear eyes than those who were born and raised here. We were required to watch the national news at dinner time each evening; he wanted us to be aware.
He hated LBJ with a passion. Every time that ugly mug appeared on television, my dad would go into a tirade of cursing in his native language (he actually spoke four.) Of course my brother was of draft age, but the guvvmint “graciously” allowed him to finish medical school if he were to put in two years at military base in the capacity of a doctor, which he did as Dyess Air Force base in Texas.
All in all, he was one of the lucky ones, because of his intellectual capacity.
Che, you never piss me off; you have my back, and I have yours!
Weight loss drugs, or the concept of them, DO piss me off. I’ve never been overweight in my life due to a high metabolism, but I did gain a few pounds after my Angelina died; taking care of a horse involves a huge calorie expenditure.
So I stopped baking. I eliminated my favorite food group, the cookie 😉 I increased my activity level, which is no big trick when you live on a farm. I actually weigh less now…a svelte 125…than when I had Angelina.
It’s all about willpower and desire, Che. Anyone who needs to take a pill to lose weight is Just. Fucking. Lazy.
Che, I can say with confidence that antidepressants DO work; I’d had been a goner years ago without them. If some people who take them take their own lives, I’m convinced it’s because they aren’t taking the correct one for THEM. Just my opinion, anyways.
And eliminating carbs isn’t the way to lose weight; carbs fuel serotonin levels. Sugar is the killer. After I eliminated sugar from my diet, not only did the weight I’d gained fall right off, but I completely lost my taste for it. The thought of eating something sweet and gooey now repulses me.
I eat carbs every day. Bread, pasta, rice. They have no effect on my weight.
Oh, and Oprah should hang her head in shame. For whatever reason, she’s continually obsessed with weight.
Caitlin succinctly and with honest accuracy puts into evocative words what is terribly wrong with the western world and its brand of sullied "civilisation". It is a roll call of how neoliberal capitalism championed by the US empire has mired most of the world into a dysfunctional state where even the food chain's being poisoned.
It is uncanny how she writes the very thoughts forming in our minds as critical thinking observers.
She is succinct and her mind sparkles when she takes on a subject. You can see it in all the thoughts and intertwined facts she puts into an essay. It's impressive. That kind of naturalness that can create a readable piece of writing is not something that comes easily to many people. An enviable talent.
To feel comfortable in an utterly sick mass-society (like the one so well described in your post) is definitively NOT as sign of mental- or physical soundness.
DE-centralization and focus on the basic essentials is key !!
Fending off and trying to avoid all the sicknesses in our world is also crazy making. We need to look after ourselves so that we can resist those sicknesses. And we have to be kind to ourselves so that we know how to be kind to others.
I agree with you Susan T, "... we have to be kind to ourselves so that we know how to be kind to others". To be kind to ourselves and others, we have to see things as they are - in other words have the right view. Thus fortified we can strive for better things, for change that will be of benefit for all.
Just in case you want to listen and be able to take a healthy deep breath an interview with Jeffery Sachs. https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/ A breath of sanity.
Thanks so much for this link. Sach is really beside himself with this outrage that's happening right now. I feel that way, and am often disappointed? when I see others taking a good position but with so little apparent emotion.
Voting for Biden or Trump is a "parked vote", a wasted vote, and serves only to endorse the dystopia.
Voting for alternatives really matters as even making a strong showing makes a big difference.
This isn't just America's crisis it is western. Leaders in NATO countries like Canada, Britain, Germany and France need to get the boot.
George Galloway's stunning landslide return to the British Parliament in a by election serves as inspiration to us all -- and has scared the hell out of PM Rishi Sunak and his thugs.
Yes Galloway challenged the elites, but be careful and look closely at what he says.
I was shocked that his Parliament local campaign platform emphasized (in boldface print) the following priorities, which could have been written by Steve Bannon or most MAGA Trumpers (see attached campaign letter):
"I believe in Britain" (and supported Brexit)
“I believe in family”
“I believe in men and women”
“I have no difficulty in defining what a woman is”
“I believe in law and order”
“I fight for small business”
This is supposed to be the genuine left/socialist political strategy to respond to the betrayal of workers by Corporate Democrats, Neoliberals, and the UK Tony Blair Labour Party third way?
The difference is Trump is a fake populist, Galloway is a very popular socialist, and returning to some genuine socialism is part of the cure. Socialism is an essential part of every social order and has been vilified out of existence by the neoliberal far right agenda.
During our war in Iraq he was an outspoken critic and often payed the US a visit. I liked him and felt he was sincere, and outspoken, and from what he has said recently he seems to be the same old Galloway. It's good to have people in office who are not easily manipulated by others and will not allow others to define the world for them, or lie to them. He also backed Palestine back in the seventies or eighties, and no doubt continues to do so.
Yes, definitely GG has always supported the Palestinian cause and he was very outspoken about the Iraq war. He was dead set against it. There is a clip of him telling a woman who was supporting the Iraq war that by doing so she and others like her essentially were responsible for a million civilian deaths in Iraq. His exact words were, “You killed a million people in Iraq.” I wish we had someone like GG running for office in the U.S. When I can I watch him every Sunday and Wednesday on the MOATS on YouTube.
He's a breath of fresh air because he tells the truth. It was so good to listen to him talk about that lie of a war in Iraq when all those politicians were ramming it down your throat, backed by the press. All those wars, all that death, and all lies.
Interesting. Yes, i am glad we're not in the EU now, another layer of control and beurocracy, which i think in any case the US is deliberately pulling apart and destroying in its own self interest.
I don't see what's wrong with Galloway's points mentioned either. Though what Bill doesn't mention is Galloway's view on the environment where he mocks those who are concerned about climate and he will in no way help any move to net zero. Which is just how the traditionalists at the fossil fuel and animal ag/pharma industries want it.
there is loads of evidence that it is so. you say you used to believe in the science but then you just provide a list of fossil fuel propaganda talking points that have been out there since 1990 or so to explain your recent skepticism.
Of course those doing the talking are not doing the walking. Of course they don't care about our health nor animals nor the environment.
The WEF elites have been deliberately set up as hypocrites to turn everyone off anything green. Unpopular King Charles and Bono have been total gifts to them. It's been very effective, even for people like you who were previously sympathetic to these issues. https://jowaller.substack.com/p/king-charles-and-bono-the-unpopular
And there is solid scientific evidence backed up by lots of data - hence the trashing of the environmental movement by the virtue signalling tossers and industry insiders at Davos
EU was not only a disaster for Britain, it is A DISASTER! Arrogant & corrupt politicians that could not make it in their own countries so they get 'exported' (vonderLeyen and lots of others), decisions that make NO SENSE - I hope they go bankrupt and get disbanded! Economy follows the same strategy as the US (export all the jobs, austerity for the already poor etc etc. simply OUTRAGEOUS!)
At the time things were 'rosy' in Europe. Just the British being their usual petty selves + the lying and propaganda was awful. Britain has never got over the fact they ruled the world!
Yes I liked the idea of the EU but as I said it's just become too big........it had to handle debt from Greece as well which was a big turning point for me. Not saying they shouldn't have done.
For us here in France we are stuck with Macron for another 3 years and von der Leyen another 4! It's not looking good at all.
Had enough of all this and the instability in the US is making things much worse.
Taking a break next week...driving to Italy to see our grand children. No computer.
Dr. Who, maybe you can explain how Biden allowed for a Trump win, since it was Clinton that he ran against, and I know many in the US who don't like her. In fact in an interview John Pilger asked Julian Assange,what he thought of her, and his response was that she was a very sick women, very power oriented he said, but he felt sorry for her, He also referenced her love of war. On a personal level she is not liked by many people. Up North they went with her, but in a lot states, no.
Do you live in America? Not thrilled with Obama's presidency as I was when he first ran, but not the liberal I expected. But don't even mention his name with that of Clinton and Biden.
Why not? Obama’s rap sheet reads just as red. Obama rained drones on hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting innocents. Was the first to extrajudicially kill American citizens in foreign lands. Absolutely destroyed Libya at the behest of his Secretary of Slaughter, Clinton, which saw the rape and slaughter of Libya’s head of state. At home his first gift to America was to save Wall St and bankrupt Main St. Obama’s legacy is as lethal at home as it is abroad. A sweet talking Democrat who paved the way for where we are today.
I know Obama was a drone warrior and no liberal as we were falsely led to believe, however, Biden and Clinton are so self serving, loathsome and they have earned a special place in hell, but unfortunately I don't think there is a hell. If there is a heaven Biden and Clinton have sold their souls, so they're not going there either. Not thrilled with Obama but the other two are intolerable, and I'm going to give Obama credit for recognizing that if you want things fucked up Biden is your man. He was right on the money there.
Well, considering what a war mongering abusive neocon bastard Cheney was, that's not saying much. He was a primary signatory on the project for a New American Century and got us on the road to our many Middle Eastern wars, a neocon agenda that was very much in play at the time. I can't give Obama that kind of credit when he instigated a proxy war in Syria, and let those 3 broads, destroy Libya on a lie. Everything I read says it's a horror there. I had high hopes for Obama and voted for him and expected him to be a liberal, but he wasn't. Not to mention his propensity for droning people to death. Also his support for that Ukrainian coup, supporting a bunch of neo-nazis? One has to ask what do you think was on his mind for him to support that? He wasn't the liberal I thought I voted for in 2008. I was forewarned by someone who wrote him up in the Progressive as no liberal, since he worked with him in Chicago politics.
Note that Bucha massacres were done by Nazi units of Nazi-dominated government of Ukraine. The first elaborate and detailed proof was immediately provided by the high-integrity analyst, courageous and invaluable Scott Ritter. For that he was promptly silenced by Deep State at old Tweeter.
Scott Ritter is an impressive voice right now, and has remarkable courage. Sure, he has some skeletons in his closet (don't we all) - but sometimes, the right voice comes at the right time - I'd like to think.
Skeletons are interesting. Does someone need to have never broken the law or done anything dodgy for us to listen to what they say? I found out about Ritter's conviction, of course, from a Zionazi trying to discredit him.
I sent a link of The Duran to my history tutor who said a) they're not 'professionals' (ie history tutors?)(though Mercouris has law degree) and they make a living from whatever we call what they do (commentary?) and that Alex is an 'entrepreneur' as though that was bad b) that Mercouris is a disbarred barrister due to an incident when he was having an emotional break down implying that we can't ever forgive him for this c) that they are right wing and pro-Russian.
I wouldn't say I don't believe anything my lecturer says anymore- but he has revealed his bias to anyone questioning the narrative.- the (hi)story we're told over the facts- and that he thinks people can be discredited when their personal lives sometimes overwhelm them, which can never be forgotten.
That's what we all love. That's why we spoke out about the Vietnam War. We were called traitors, but it is those who love what their country should be who are the patriots.
Caitlin, you're right on target again. De-socialized capital cannot be trusted. Actually, it can be trusted to be anti-social. This is the paradox of the "Invisible Hand" ideology that relies on "magic" to socialize capitalism. That does not work.
Cute, but childish. Who is talking about communism? You are suffering from binary-brain-lock and I won't join with you in that mentality, whether proposed in earnest or as a canard. But it's still cute.
There are so many people who don't know anything about "socialism," "communism," or "the left" who just sub in the words for "something I've been taught to hate."
They sprinkle those words over their comments like croutons on a salad.
Ain't that the truth. But you're right that we do have a choice. We can choose what we put into our bodies, into our minds, into our souls. We need to all learn to choose wisely and well if we want our world to survive.
"Opting Out" is a way to take control. It can be a drastic action, like refugeeing from a horrible country, or one can opt out by making smaller choices like using Bitcoin rather than fiat, eschewing Big Pharma's latest offerings in favor of common sense remedies, or cancelling cable/satellite TV and electing instead to read print books. You can always choose to walk away from bad situations, figuratively or literally.
You always have control over your own life. You might not like your choices, but you still have them, and you still have to make them for yourself. The question is, are you ready to make the choice to fight back against the oligarchy or do you just sit there and take it?
This type of comment always makes me think of the moment in 'Paths of Glory' when the soldier who advanced the furthest before retreating to the trench says 'That's right, me and Martin should have taken the Ant Hill!'
Would you have said the same to Winston Smith? We are closing in on the dystopian finality of 1984.
So give up already. You've already made up your mind that there's no hope. Why are you still here? If you have an ounce of courage and integrity, you'll fight for your family, your neighbors, and your self-esteem. But you're right--most folks are cowards. You expect the heroic revolutionaries to do all the heavy lifting for you. We might decide that the extra weight isn't worth it, however, and throw you in with the oligarchs we march up the guillotine steps. It's your choice. Make your choice well.
Excellent summary of the madhouse of a society we live in. However, you forgot to mention one element :-
In a ad society where education is designed to induce conformity ratthee than to inform, intellectually enrich and promote critical thinking ;where even higher education institutions operate on a corporate model, you have to be doubly cautious of what you allow to be recognised as knowledge.
It Has ALWAYS been snake oil salesmen, pimps, prostitutes, a good Indian's a Dead Indian fucking shit show thanks to AngloFrancoIberianGermanicSaxon evil.
Look who in the "white viral world" are the elected and unelected in political office. Complete brain dead on arrival.
Check out Richard Medhurst: Yemen Houthis Blockade the Indian Ocean! Israel Rejects Ceasefire, Another Flour Massacre in Gaza [Censored on You-Fucking-CIA-Jewish Tube.]
My thoughts, exactly: (Chris Hedges - and Mr. Fish's illustration is another killer)
"Joe Biden and the Democratic Party made a Trump presidency possible once and look set to make it possible again. If Trump returns to power, it will not be due to Russian interference, voter suppression or because the working class is filled with irredeemable bigots and racists. It will be because the Democrats are as indifferent to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as they are to immigrants, the poor in our impoverished inner cities, those driven into bankruptcy by medical bills, credit card debt and usurious mortgages, those discarded, especially in rural America, by waves of mass layoffs and workers, trapped in the serfdom of the gig economy, with its job instability and suppressed wages."
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/joe-bidens-parting-gift-to-america?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-restack-comment&r=9zjb4&triedRedirect=true
"Joe Biden and the democratic party made a Trump presidency possible once," and I thought it was Clinton that made it a sure win for Trump considering her record when it came to war and the lies she told to implement them.
I guess you are not familiar with Biden's record in the Senate and as Obama VP.
Still playing that old song. like I'm stupid and know nothing. I knew you would, your like some broken record in that regard. Poor you.
My understanding is that Bill is The self-appointed critic of comments here.
Is he, I know he's been verbally abusive to me in claiming along with Fish that I'm stupid and don't know what I am talking about and he has no qualms in making those derisive comments. Disagree yeah, but abuse no way, and in no way will I let them get away with it.
As you probably know, there's no esaping the know-it-all(s) of the world...even HERE! LOL
You keep posting lies, so it can't be an accident by now.
Same old song. I'm always posting lies. No. but you lie when you continuously say I do. Get that straight.
I read that, Bill!
Ain’t it the truth!
If Dems had any integrity at all, this would be their message:
The Immiseration of the American Worker Is a Bipartisan Political Scam
https://scheerpost.com/2024/03/01/the-immiseration-of-the-american-worker-is-a-bipartisan-political-scam/
Hi Bill, i'm responding to your comment about Galloway on Chris Hedges' post. Brexit is by the by ( I voted leave too), believing in Britain is great though nationalism in a former colonial power is very different from as nationalism in the formerly colonised and Galloway is right not to fall for the gender identity trap (which I think was deliberately promoted to create this swing towards the right with traditional family values and away from feminism). However Galloway said he is no 'liberal' and implied he would be tough on criminals (not even a mention of being tough on the causes of crime as Blair had previously paid lip service to) and mocked those who thought there was a climate crisis which he doesn't believe is coming.
I stopped following his channel. He is genuine about racism and apartheid and helping the people of Rochdale but other than that, even if we (the UK) did break the chain with the US and it's proxy wars (which would mean more spending on our own military) we're still going down the pan that the consumer society and the industrial complex is leading us down https://jowaller.substack.com/p/its-entirely-plausible-that-well
good points I agree with most. The climate denial is what turned me completely against his work, but I still listen because he does some great work and is entertaining.
But my sense was that Brexit was cooked up by Steven Bannon people to tap into anti-immigrant bias, not nationalism.
GG has fallen into the gender/ID politics trap because he uses it as a weapon agains the woke and that hurts him. GG also supports this traditional family and religious values, which I respect, but hate when they are used as weapons.
Yes anti-immigration is being pushed. And GG is a fabulous speaker- "Little Rishi Sunak'. will stick.
Discernment is crucial in today's sick society.
Hi Caitlin
I do my best to flip off the World As It Now Exists (especially Amerikkka).
We are fortunate enough to live on a farm where we’re able to grow and preserve most of our own fruits and vegetables. I do draw the line at growing wheat and grinding it into flour 😉
I purchase all my clothing directly from China, in order to prevent paying enormous markups by Amerikkkan corporations.
I unfortunately must trust pharmaceutical companies in order to medicate for depression and high blood pressure, but what the hell…they seem to work.
One has to be most selective about where one obtains their information. In addition to your own fine self, I trust Scott Ritter, Judge Napolitano, Al Jazeera, Owen Jones, Krystal Ball and a few select others.
Life seemed so simple and idyllic when I was a child in the 50’s and 60’s. I know now that the world was far from perfect back then but sometimes I wonder: what the fuck happened? Adulthood, I guess 😕
Ike created our problems with Iran and Guatemala.
What happened Gypsy is that during the happy times in the US people didn't vote or much care for politics.
Well…Jenny…I actually grew up steeped in politics. My father was an immigrant to this country and perhaps he saw it with more clear eyes than those who were born and raised here. We were required to watch the national news at dinner time each evening; he wanted us to be aware.
He hated LBJ with a passion. Every time that ugly mug appeared on television, my dad would go into a tirade of cursing in his native language (he actually spoke four.) Of course my brother was of draft age, but the guvvmint “graciously” allowed him to finish medical school if he were to put in two years at military base in the capacity of a doctor, which he did as Dyess Air Force base in Texas.
All in all, he was one of the lucky ones, because of his intellectual capacity.
Che, you never piss me off; you have my back, and I have yours!
Weight loss drugs, or the concept of them, DO piss me off. I’ve never been overweight in my life due to a high metabolism, but I did gain a few pounds after my Angelina died; taking care of a horse involves a huge calorie expenditure.
So I stopped baking. I eliminated my favorite food group, the cookie 😉 I increased my activity level, which is no big trick when you live on a farm. I actually weigh less now…a svelte 125…than when I had Angelina.
It’s all about willpower and desire, Che. Anyone who needs to take a pill to lose weight is Just. Fucking. Lazy.
Che, I can say with confidence that antidepressants DO work; I’d had been a goner years ago without them. If some people who take them take their own lives, I’m convinced it’s because they aren’t taking the correct one for THEM. Just my opinion, anyways.
And eliminating carbs isn’t the way to lose weight; carbs fuel serotonin levels. Sugar is the killer. After I eliminated sugar from my diet, not only did the weight I’d gained fall right off, but I completely lost my taste for it. The thought of eating something sweet and gooey now repulses me.
I eat carbs every day. Bread, pasta, rice. They have no effect on my weight.
Oh, and Oprah should hang her head in shame. For whatever reason, she’s continually obsessed with weight.
Caitlin succinctly and with honest accuracy puts into evocative words what is terribly wrong with the western world and its brand of sullied "civilisation". It is a roll call of how neoliberal capitalism championed by the US empire has mired most of the world into a dysfunctional state where even the food chain's being poisoned.
It is uncanny how she writes the very thoughts forming in our minds as critical thinking observers.
She is succinct and her mind sparkles when she takes on a subject. You can see it in all the thoughts and intertwined facts she puts into an essay. It's impressive. That kind of naturalness that can create a readable piece of writing is not something that comes easily to many people. An enviable talent.
To feel comfortable in an utterly sick mass-society (like the one so well described in your post) is definitively NOT as sign of mental- or physical soundness.
DE-centralization and focus on the basic essentials is key !!
No fuzz any more ...
Fending off and trying to avoid all the sicknesses in our world is also crazy making. We need to look after ourselves so that we can resist those sicknesses. And we have to be kind to ourselves so that we know how to be kind to others.
I agree with you Susan T, "... we have to be kind to ourselves so that we know how to be kind to others". To be kind to ourselves and others, we have to see things as they are - in other words have the right view. Thus fortified we can strive for better things, for change that will be of benefit for all.
And there is more than one "right view". There are not that many really bad views, but they cause a lot of havoc.
Just in case you want to listen and be able to take a healthy deep breath an interview with Jeffery Sachs. https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/ A breath of sanity.
Thanks so much for this link. Sach is really beside himself with this outrage that's happening right now. I feel that way, and am often disappointed? when I see others taking a good position but with so little apparent emotion.
Voting for Biden or Trump is a "parked vote", a wasted vote, and serves only to endorse the dystopia.
Voting for alternatives really matters as even making a strong showing makes a big difference.
This isn't just America's crisis it is western. Leaders in NATO countries like Canada, Britain, Germany and France need to get the boot.
George Galloway's stunning landslide return to the British Parliament in a by election serves as inspiration to us all -- and has scared the hell out of PM Rishi Sunak and his thugs.
Yes Galloway challenged the elites, but be careful and look closely at what he says.
I was shocked that his Parliament local campaign platform emphasized (in boldface print) the following priorities, which could have been written by Steve Bannon or most MAGA Trumpers (see attached campaign letter):
"I believe in Britain" (and supported Brexit)
“I believe in family”
“I believe in men and women”
“I have no difficulty in defining what a woman is”
“I believe in law and order”
“I fight for small business”
This is supposed to be the genuine left/socialist political strategy to respond to the betrayal of workers by Corporate Democrats, Neoliberals, and the UK Tony Blair Labour Party third way?
Are you kidding me?
The difference is Trump is a fake populist, Galloway is a very popular socialist, and returning to some genuine socialism is part of the cure. Socialism is an essential part of every social order and has been vilified out of existence by the neoliberal far right agenda.
During our war in Iraq he was an outspoken critic and often payed the US a visit. I liked him and felt he was sincere, and outspoken, and from what he has said recently he seems to be the same old Galloway. It's good to have people in office who are not easily manipulated by others and will not allow others to define the world for them, or lie to them. He also backed Palestine back in the seventies or eighties, and no doubt continues to do so.
Yes, definitely GG has always supported the Palestinian cause and he was very outspoken about the Iraq war. He was dead set against it. There is a clip of him telling a woman who was supporting the Iraq war that by doing so she and others like her essentially were responsible for a million civilian deaths in Iraq. His exact words were, “You killed a million people in Iraq.” I wish we had someone like GG running for office in the U.S. When I can I watch him every Sunday and Wednesday on the MOATS on YouTube.
He's a breath of fresh air because he tells the truth. It was so good to listen to him talk about that lie of a war in Iraq when all those politicians were ramming it down your throat, backed by the press. All those wars, all that death, and all lies.
Yes, he is a socialist, which I support, but he never talks about socialist issues, e.g. economic issues.
Don't be hard on yourself, liberal cognitive dissonance is nurtured your whole life.
Interesting. Yes, i am glad we're not in the EU now, another layer of control and beurocracy, which i think in any case the US is deliberately pulling apart and destroying in its own self interest.
I don't see what's wrong with Galloway's points mentioned either. Though what Bill doesn't mention is Galloway's view on the environment where he mocks those who are concerned about climate and he will in no way help any move to net zero. Which is just how the traditionalists at the fossil fuel and animal ag/pharma industries want it.
Who knows what the US is doing but things are very unstable everywhere.
I don't know about Galloway I think he COULD be good but even he has some points I don't like....climate is the main one I agree.
Know what REALLY pisses me off Che? The fact that 25% of the world’s carbon emissions are produced by the AMERIKKKAN MILITARY!
So, they get a pass and want to shove electric cars down our throats?!
there is loads of evidence that it is so. you say you used to believe in the science but then you just provide a list of fossil fuel propaganda talking points that have been out there since 1990 or so to explain your recent skepticism.
Private jets have been stopped for flights within Europe. Trains are always near.
That is how it should be, Jenny.
Of course those doing the talking are not doing the walking. Of course they don't care about our health nor animals nor the environment.
The WEF elites have been deliberately set up as hypocrites to turn everyone off anything green. Unpopular King Charles and Bono have been total gifts to them. It's been very effective, even for people like you who were previously sympathetic to these issues. https://jowaller.substack.com/p/king-charles-and-bono-the-unpopular
And there is solid scientific evidence backed up by lots of data - hence the trashing of the environmental movement by the virtue signalling tossers and industry insiders at Davos
https://jowaller.substack.com/p/climate-change-hasnt-been-debunked?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fclimate%2520change%2520hasn%27t%2520been%2520debunked&utm_medium=reader2
betcha the polar bears have not become more cynical about the "hoax" of climate change.
EU got too big.
Brexit was a disaster for Britain and for lots of people.
EU was not only a disaster for Britain, it is A DISASTER! Arrogant & corrupt politicians that could not make it in their own countries so they get 'exported' (vonderLeyen and lots of others), decisions that make NO SENSE - I hope they go bankrupt and get disbanded! Economy follows the same strategy as the US (export all the jobs, austerity for the already poor etc etc. simply OUTRAGEOUS!)
At the time things were 'rosy' in Europe. Just the British being their usual petty selves + the lying and propaganda was awful. Britain has never got over the fact they ruled the world!
Yes I liked the idea of the EU but as I said it's just become too big........it had to handle debt from Greece as well which was a big turning point for me. Not saying they shouldn't have done.
For us here in France we are stuck with Macron for another 3 years and von der Leyen another 4! It's not looking good at all.
Had enough of all this and the instability in the US is making things much worse.
Taking a break next week...driving to Italy to see our grand children. No computer.
Italy sounds like darn good eatin’, Jenny! Have fun!
Beautiful!
💯 my first thought as well
Dr. Who, maybe you can explain how Biden allowed for a Trump win, since it was Clinton that he ran against, and I know many in the US who don't like her. In fact in an interview John Pilger asked Julian Assange,what he thought of her, and his response was that she was a very sick women, very power oriented he said, but he felt sorry for her, He also referenced her love of war. On a personal level she is not liked by many people. Up North they went with her, but in a lot states, no.
Biden, Clinton, Obama are different masks of the same monster.
Do you live in America? Not thrilled with Obama's presidency as I was when he first ran, but not the liberal I expected. But don't even mention his name with that of Clinton and Biden.
Why not? Obama’s rap sheet reads just as red. Obama rained drones on hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting innocents. Was the first to extrajudicially kill American citizens in foreign lands. Absolutely destroyed Libya at the behest of his Secretary of Slaughter, Clinton, which saw the rape and slaughter of Libya’s head of state. At home his first gift to America was to save Wall St and bankrupt Main St. Obama’s legacy is as lethal at home as it is abroad. A sweet talking Democrat who paved the way for where we are today.
I know Obama was a drone warrior and no liberal as we were falsely led to believe, however, Biden and Clinton are so self serving, loathsome and they have earned a special place in hell, but unfortunately I don't think there is a hell. If there is a heaven Biden and Clinton have sold their souls, so they're not going there either. Not thrilled with Obama but the other two are intolerable, and I'm going to give Obama credit for recognizing that if you want things fucked up Biden is your man. He was right on the money there.
Obama did more to neuter the antiwar movement than anything Dick Cheney could have done, even if he were made Maximum Leader For Life.
Well, considering what a war mongering abusive neocon bastard Cheney was, that's not saying much. He was a primary signatory on the project for a New American Century and got us on the road to our many Middle Eastern wars, a neocon agenda that was very much in play at the time. I can't give Obama that kind of credit when he instigated a proxy war in Syria, and let those 3 broads, destroy Libya on a lie. Everything I read says it's a horror there. I had high hopes for Obama and voted for him and expected him to be a liberal, but he wasn't. Not to mention his propensity for droning people to death. Also his support for that Ukrainian coup, supporting a bunch of neo-nazis? One has to ask what do you think was on his mind for him to support that? He wasn't the liberal I thought I voted for in 2008. I was forewarned by someone who wrote him up in the Progressive as no liberal, since he worked with him in Chicago politics.
Hi Fran, Trump won my state of Michigan.
Looks like he will again, too.
Are you upset about that?
Note that Bucha massacres were done by Nazi units of Nazi-dominated government of Ukraine. The first elaborate and detailed proof was immediately provided by the high-integrity analyst, courageous and invaluable Scott Ritter. For that he was promptly silenced by Deep State at old Tweeter.
Scott Ritter is an impressive voice right now, and has remarkable courage. Sure, he has some skeletons in his closet (don't we all) - but sometimes, the right voice comes at the right time - I'd like to think.
His “skeleton” was FBI manufactured — he explained it in detail on several occasions.
I would believe that too - so convenient to smear an inconvenient voice!
Likely was - and frankly he's done so much good now, I really don't give a hoot what kind of smear campaign they have tried to come up with.
Skeletons are interesting. Does someone need to have never broken the law or done anything dodgy for us to listen to what they say? I found out about Ritter's conviction, of course, from a Zionazi trying to discredit him.
I sent a link of The Duran to my history tutor who said a) they're not 'professionals' (ie history tutors?)(though Mercouris has law degree) and they make a living from whatever we call what they do (commentary?) and that Alex is an 'entrepreneur' as though that was bad b) that Mercouris is a disbarred barrister due to an incident when he was having an emotional break down implying that we can't ever forgive him for this c) that they are right wing and pro-Russian.
I wouldn't say I don't believe anything my lecturer says anymore- but he has revealed his bias to anyone questioning the narrative.- the (hi)story we're told over the facts- and that he thinks people can be discredited when their personal lives sometimes overwhelm them, which can never be forgotten.
I love what the United States professes to be…not what it is in reality.
That's what we all love. That's why we spoke out about the Vietnam War. We were called traitors, but it is those who love what their country should be who are the patriots.
Maybe replace the controversial word “should “ with a more realistic “pretends.”
They use the word "democracy" to hide their hideous behaviors.
Good summary.
We hippies told you all of this in the 1960s and we were laughed to scorn.
Who was right, after all?
Caitlin, you're right on target again. De-socialized capital cannot be trusted. Actually, it can be trusted to be anti-social. This is the paradox of the "Invisible Hand" ideology that relies on "magic" to socialize capitalism. That does not work.
Yea the Invisible Hand Job!!
Yes, Comrade VJ Eliminate the Kulaks and then we all starve in Utopian Criminal Communism.
Cute, but childish. Who is talking about communism? You are suffering from binary-brain-lock and I won't join with you in that mentality, whether proposed in earnest or as a canard. But it's still cute.
There are so many people who don't know anything about "socialism," "communism," or "the left" who just sub in the words for "something I've been taught to hate."
They sprinkle those words over their comments like croutons on a salad.
Binary brain-lock. I love it!
Truth!
"We live in a very sick and crazy society."
Ain't that the truth. But you're right that we do have a choice. We can choose what we put into our bodies, into our minds, into our souls. We need to all learn to choose wisely and well if we want our world to survive.
For how much longer before we have no control over our private lives?
"Opting Out" is a way to take control. It can be a drastic action, like refugeeing from a horrible country, or one can opt out by making smaller choices like using Bitcoin rather than fiat, eschewing Big Pharma's latest offerings in favor of common sense remedies, or cancelling cable/satellite TV and electing instead to read print books. You can always choose to walk away from bad situations, figuratively or literally.
Other than leaving , because where would you go these days, as if anyone is taking in Americans? I do all those things. But that changes nothing.
You always have control over your own life. You might not like your choices, but you still have them, and you still have to make them for yourself. The question is, are you ready to make the choice to fight back against the oligarchy or do you just sit there and take it?
How do you propose to fight it?
This type of comment always makes me think of the moment in 'Paths of Glory' when the soldier who advanced the furthest before retreating to the trench says 'That's right, me and Martin should have taken the Ant Hill!'
Would you have said the same to Winston Smith? We are closing in on the dystopian finality of 1984.
So give up already. You've already made up your mind that there's no hope. Why are you still here? If you have an ounce of courage and integrity, you'll fight for your family, your neighbors, and your self-esteem. But you're right--most folks are cowards. You expect the heroic revolutionaries to do all the heavy lifting for you. We might decide that the extra weight isn't worth it, however, and throw you in with the oligarchs we march up the guillotine steps. It's your choice. Make your choice well.
So you have no answer. got it. As George Carlin said, 'if you think you are part of the solution, you are part of the problem'.
Excellent summary of the madhouse of a society we live in. However, you forgot to mention one element :-
In a ad society where education is designed to induce conformity ratthee than to inform, intellectually enrich and promote critical thinking ;where even higher education institutions operate on a corporate model, you have to be doubly cautious of what you allow to be recognised as knowledge.
It Has ALWAYS been snake oil salesmen, pimps, prostitutes, a good Indian's a Dead Indian fucking shit show thanks to AngloFrancoIberianGermanicSaxon evil.
Look who in the "white viral world" are the elected and unelected in political office. Complete brain dead on arrival.
A few many BIPOC uncle and auntie Toms and Janes.
https://paulokirk.substack.com/p/queer-as-any-daft-daongerous-amerikkan
Check out Richard Medhurst: Yemen Houthis Blockade the Indian Ocean! Israel Rejects Ceasefire, Another Flour Massacre in Gaza [Censored on You-Fucking-CIA-Jewish Tube.]
https://rumble.com/v4jouk0-yemen-houthis-blockade-the-indian-ocean-israel-rejects-ceasefire-another-fl.html