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NATO is a Con Game
NATO is a Con Game Marc Riboud Forbidden City under the snow, Beijing 1957 Okay, well, Trump did it again. Antagonizing allies. This time it was Germany that took the main hit, over the fact that it pays Russia billions of dollars for oil and gas while relying on the US for its defense … […]
I Am Julian Assange
I Am Julian Assange Carl Spitzweg The raven 1845 Julian Assange appears to be painfully close to being unceremoniously thrown out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. If that happens, the consequences for journalism, for freedom of speech, and for press freedom, will resound around the world for a very long time. It is very […]
Winter is Coming
WINTER IS COMING “Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones “Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is […]
Russia Did It!
Russia Did It! Or maybe not… This past week saw an enormous outpouring of respect and admiration for Stephen Hawking upon his passing. In contrast to his frail health in life, his contributions to our understanding of the universe were prodigious and robust. Hawking’s elevation of rational and intellectual truth above all else, even his […]
The Lies and the Narrative
The Lies and the Narrative Frank Larson Chrysler reflection, 42nd Street near 5th Ave, New York 1950sUpdate: Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned at 5pm local time, before the parliamentary debate could take place. But that still leaves Rutte in place with his own version of “when it gets serious, you have to lie”. There […]
Trump, the CIA and the Yokeldom
Trump, the CIA and the Yokeldom Jackson Pollock The Deep 1943 The western world is mired in a mile-deep political crisis and nary a soul seems to notice, or rather: everyone just sees their own little preferred echochamber tidbits of it. Which is not a good thing, because that crisis is bound to trigger […]
Russia’s Real Endgame
Russia’s Real Endgame Russia’s Putin has never taken his eye off the ball. His ambition is not global hegemony or European conquest. Putin seeks what Russia has always sought: regional hegemony and a set of buffer states in eastern Europe and central Asia that can add to Russia’s strategic depth. It is strategic depth — […]
Feeding Frenzy in the Echo Chamber
Feeding Frenzy in the Echo Chamber Willem de Kooning Police Gazette 1955The best comment on the June 13 Jeff Sessions Senate testimony, and I’m sorry I forgot who made it, was that it looked like an episode of Seinfeld. A show about nothing. Still, an awful lot of voices tried to make it look like […]
Syria Denies Plans For A Chemical Attack As Russia Accuses US Of “Provocation”
Syria Denies Plans For A Chemical Attack As Russia Accuses US Of “Provocation” The Syrian government dismissed the White House’s unsubstantiated, and bizarrely ominous late Monday night allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack. According to AP, Ali Haidar, the Syrian minister for national reconciliation, dismissed the White House’s warning and said […]
Comey and the End of Conversation
Comey and the End of Conversation Ray K. Metzker Philadelphia 1962You might have thought, and hoped, that recent events, such as the election of Trump as president of the US, or Brexit, or the rise of Marine Le Pen and other non-establishment forces in Europe, would, as a matter of -natural- course, have led to […]
America, the Waning Days
America, the Waning Days Frederick Carl Frieseke Girl In Blue Arranging Flowers 1915Potential earthquakes and black swans are right ahead of us. What else is new? On April 16, Turkey has a referendum to decide whether Erdogan will become de facto supreme ruler. What happens if he loses the referendum is completely unclear, undiscussed even, […]
Any of this Sound Familiar?
Any of this Sound Familiar? Ramón Casas Decadence 1899 Reading up on the Syria ‘chemical attack’ issue (is that the right term to use?). The headlines are entirely predictable, and by now that probably won’t surprise anyone, no matter where they are or what views they adhere to. We know there’s been an attack […]
Putin’s Ears Must be Burning: a Report on the Banality of Propaganda
Putin’s Ears Must be Burning: a Report on the Banality of Propaganda I sometimes wonder what Путин must make of the Western media obsession with him. Do his ears burn each day with all the new articles, broadcasts, social media mentions – the myriad voices, guided by the Western political and media establishments, speculating, characterizing, […]
