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Why France’s Yellow Vest Protests Have Been Ignored by “the Resistance” in the U.S.
Why France’s Yellow Vest Protests Have Been Ignored by “the Resistance” in the U.S. “”The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.” — C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins In less than two months, the yellow vests (“gilets jaunes”) movement in France has reshaped the political landscape in Europe. For a seventh straight week, […]
Trump Walks Back Syria Pullout As Noose Tightens
Trump Walks Back Syria Pullout As Noose Tightens If anyone still thinks that Donald Trump has some master plan to kill off his Deep State adversaries they should check themselves into therapy. I know withdrawal is hard, but admitting you have a problem is the first step to curing it. He doesn’t have a plan. […]
Nothing To See Here, It’s Just Everything
Nothing To See Here, It’s Just Everything The politics of oil are complicated, to say the least. There’s any number of important players, from OPEC to North American shale to sanctions. Relating to that last one, the US government has sought to impose serious restrictions upon the Iranian regime. Choking off a major piece of […]
The True Nature of US Interventions
The True Nature of US Interventions ‘Make America Great Again’: Trump’s slogan seems both to yearn for a time when the United States had more influence, and to call for its pre-eminence to be restored. In its own way, it asserts that the US is – or should be – different. In fact it was […]
Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win
Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win While Congress and the president fight over funding a border wall, they continue to ignore the coming economic tsunami caused by the approximately 22 trillion dollars (and rapidly increasing) federal debt. President Trump may not be troubled by the debt’s effect on the economy because he believes […]
Forecast 2019: Ding Ding ! Margin Call USA
Forecast 2019: Ding Ding ! Margin Call USA Welcome to the American hall of mirrors… and mind the broken glass all over the floor. That’s Nature’s way of saying the country has run out room to punk itself. 2018 was the consolidation of bad faith in everything we do: politics, the news media, economics & […]
U.S.’s Defeat in Syria is a Crisis of Empire
U.S.’s Defeat in Syria is a Crisis of Empire The U.S. lost in Syria. Donald Trump finally had the courage to admit that to the world when he ordered the pull out of all U.S. troops there. Syria was to be the sparkling jewel in the Empire of Chaos’ Crown. A masterstroke of realpolitik which […]
‘War on Terror’ Has Left Millions Dead Across the Middle East
‘War on Terror’ Has Left Millions Dead Across the Middle East Critical issues are generally overlooked or ignored. As research reveals of late, “counter-terrorism” operations led by the United States over many years have wrought increasing devastation. Not to mention, continuing and worsening repercussions. A rough estimate of four million Muslims have died as a […]
Thinking about American Totalitarianism
Thinking about American Totalitarianism Totalitarianism evolves. Yet what remains the same through time is the attempt at total control. Today, control is veiled not overt. Control weaves its way both totally and surgically into our everyday lives. Totally, in the master narrative it weaves about “living in a democracy”. Today, no one lives in a […]
2019 From a Fourth Turning Perspective
2019 FROM A FOURTH TURNING PERSPECTIVE “An impasse over the federal budget reaches a stalemate. The president and Congress both refuse to back down, triggering a near-total government shutdown. The president declares emergency powers. Congress rescinds his authority. Dollar and bond prices plummet. The president threatens to stop Social Security checks. Congress refuses to raise […]
US Rage for Endless Wars Threatens World Peace in the New Year
US Rage for Endless Wars Threatens World Peace in the New Year Washington’s hegemonic aims, under Republicans and undemocratic Dems, represent the greatest threat to world peace and humanity’s survival. At his annual marathon Q & A news conference last week, Vladimir Putin warned about possible nuclear war, a growing threat because of Washington’s reckless […]
MH17 Turnabout: Ukraine’s Guilt Now Proven
MH17 Turnabout: Ukraine’s Guilt Now Proven Finally, a clear and convincing — and unrefuted — case can now be presented to the public, as to precisely whom the guilty party was, that downed the MH17 Malaysian airliner over Ukraine on 17 July 2014, and why it was done. The complete case, which will be fully […]
The religion of American Politics
The religion of American Politics image: Apostle St. Simon the Zelot When are we willing to fight for our views? Simon the Zelot was a disciple of Jesus. He advocated aggression with the Romans. He literally fought for his views. I find it odd that Simon was one of the twelve disciples because Jesus seemed […]
Prisoner for Free Speech: the Relentless Pursuit of Julian Assange
Prisoner for Free Speech: the Relentless Pursuit of Julian Assange CNN correspondent Jim Acosta returned to the White House on 17 November, a few days after a US judge had forced President Donald Trump to reverse the revocation of his press pass. Smiling before 50 or more photographers and cameramen, Acosta said triumphantly: ‘This was a […]
