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“You don’t think this is being done on purpose?” – Mr. House
Whether people like Nancy Pelosi or Adam Schiff are driven by some higher purpose other than their personal thirst for power I know not, but you make a good point: if I’m reading you correctly, there does appear to be supranational forces that are intent on destroying any remnants of national cohesion and culture. This became apparent to me when the EU was formed and immediately began their insane open-border immigration policies.
I’ve often felt that the monied interests are intent on knocking down any of the remaining obstacles that impeded the efficiency of their global wealth extraction machine. Nationalism is the keystone holding the opposition together, so therefore must be destroyed, so that the global Hunger Games can commence.
“People trying to change the rules to this methodology [mail-in ballots], which as a matter of logic is very open to fraud and coercion, is reckless and dangerous. And people are playing with fire.” – William Barr
It’s too late now. The illusion of free and fair elections in the good ol’ USA is finished. The idiot establishment couldn’t resist playing with fire and just burned down another pillar holding up the republic. They didn’t learn their lesson when Russiagate destroyed trust in the media, our Fourth Estate. What’s next, a currency that can no longer be trusted?
From where I’m sitting, the “shining city on a hill” is in flames.
It must now be apparent to even the dimmest bulb, that the power establishment has hated Trump from day one. At first, he was an entertaining straw man set up by the DNC/media for Hillary to knock down so that the illusion could be formed in the public mind that she actually won the presidency, instead of having it handed to her on a silver platter – which was the deal made eight years earlier when Obama was given the tap over Hillary.
We all know what followed, one attempt after another to, at first sabotage his candidacy, but when that failed, to remove him from office by any means necessary. Why does the establishment see him as such a danger? It can’t be because of his ineptitude. We suffered with George Dubya just fine for 8 years, so that can’t be it. As Caitlin Johnstone points out: Trump puts an ugly face on Empire, but I don’t think that’s their problem either.
During the last 4 years, every time Trump attempted to scale back militarily (or make nice) with any state on the US hit list, the establishment went ballistic. On the other hand, whenever he took aggressive action against the same, trumpets were sounded in the media. For example, when he fired missiles at Syria: “I am guided by the beauty of our weapons”, sung Brian Williams. And “I think Donald Trump became president of the United States last night” crowed Fareed Zakaria on CNN.
I believe the main reason that Trump in a thorn in their side is because his anti-war leanings are an impediment to their global hegemony plans. Therefore, he has to go.
“the U.S. voting process is rife with major systemic failures and doubt-sowing inefficiencies that can be explained only as a deliberate choice and/or a perfect reflection of a collapsing, crumbling empire.” – Greenwald
It’s a “deliberate choice”. The best way to hide mischief is by covering it in a shroud of chaos and complexity. Just ask Wall Street. Then, if all the so-called “watch dogs” are in on it (aka captured), it is guaranteed that one’s crimes will never see the light of day.
I’m in agreement with Basseterre Kitona, that it appears incongruent that Republicans could do so well in other races, only to have Trump unseated. And it certainly raised a lot of eyebrows when Trump’s battleground leads all seemed to disappear magically overnight. Almost as if it’s easier to get away with criminal activity under the cover of darkness. Lots of smoke here! A big story just waiting to be uncovered by the press. Oh yeah, they’ll get right on it… never.
“They love Donald Trump because no-one else loves them.”
Wow, that sent chills down my spine. Tucker Carlson is really exposing the ugly roots of our ruling elite. Even if Trump loses this time around, the ideas which he planted into the national consciousness will continue to grow and gain power. And the all the Deep State shenanigans and conspiracies that were brought to light because of his unexpected win cannot be rehidden. The “genie is out of the bottle”, as they say.
If you can spare a few minutes today, I highly recommend that you read the article which John Day referenced from the Strategic Culture Foundation website: Plutocrat Violence and Election-Night Horror: Marxian Analysis Shows That Antifa Is Fascist.
I’ve often wondered why I was so elated and engaged during the early days of Occupy Wall Street, but yet when Antifa/BLM came along I had absolutely no inner “pull’ to get involved or side with their cause. Was I just getting too old for political activism? Nope, that’s not it. Rather, on an instinctual level I was repulsed by their tactics and goals. The referenced article helped in many ways to clarify why.
Wow! Just watched the Carlson/Greenwald interview that Ilargi posted above. Now that his Intercept collar has been removed, Glenn is really letting loose with his true thoughts on the US state/media partnership.
“162.8 million Americans lack meaningful broadband,”
Ah, but as James Clapper would agree, it’s not really a lie when you insert the ambiguous adjective “meaningful” into the statement. Lawyers could haggle for months over exactly what constitutes “meaningful” broadband. So much of today’s news is crafted in just this way: to outright lie by using vague adjectives as an out. Look for it. It’s everywhere.
Great work, Dr. D!
Ilargi, I always enjoy these articles wherein you get to expand on your thoughts. Many thanks!
I know it’s hard work and tiring, and the situation often seems hopeless; however, like it or not we are at war, and it would be shameful to sit idly by, watching the conflict from a safe distance.
“Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you’ll live — at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!!” – William Wallace (Braveheart)
“I still can’t get over the enormity of the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop.”
I’ve had a couple thoughts on this… Seeing that Hunter is indeed a drug addict, his life might be such a ball of chaos that the laptop fell into the background noise and disappeared from whatever available consciousness the drugs left behind. Therefore, utter drug-addled carelessness.
I lean more toward this next thought: that Hunter is not as horrible a person as his behavior implies, but is just trapped in a crime family from which he cannot escape. Bullied by his father, and continually troubled by his conscience, he turns to drugs and sex as an escape. The abandoned laptop, conveniently loaded up with enough evidence to bring down the whole kit-and-kaboodle, represents the proverbial “cry for help” — the trail of clues left by someone who desperately wants to be caught so that the whole nightmare can end.
However, I’m not a real psychologist, but only play one on TV.
“Gustav Klimt Pine forest I 1901”
Got a chance to see Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” (aka Woman in Gold) while in NY a few years ago. A beautiful piece! When I tried to lean in to get a better look at his gold leaf work, a couple of guards responded immediately to head me off. Tourists can be such blockheads.
“Last Round-up at the Wokester Corral (Jim Kunstler)”
Kunstler gave voice to an issue that so many of us have had to deal with since Trump took office: where TDS, fanned to an intense heat by the bellows of state media, has driven family and friends apart. I remember posting a comment on this problem a couple of years ago when someone from the UK responded, “Tell me about it, you should try dealing with Brexit.”
“Trump: VOTE”
Is it just me or did anyone else think this was well done? It may have been the first time I actually made it to the end of a Trump video without stopping it partway in. With President Obama I never bothered to start it. His schtick aside, at least with Trump you can sense that his vocal cords are still connected to the core man; whereas with Obama, it always seemed that several layers of obfuscation separated the two.
“Crickets in the MSM.”
Compared to 2016, the state/tech media complex appears much more ham-fisted in its attempts to control the outcome. “They don’t even try to hide their bias anymore” is a common refrain. This has to be jarring a few people out of their media-induced trance.
Of course, it pleases the Trump-haters immensely. The law and constitution be damned! No institution is more important than the emotional satisfaction of destroying Trump. If Carl Jung were alive, he could give a timely lecture on the dangers of the shadow; but then he’d have to be escorted out of the building under armed guard, while the frenzied crowd chanted “Burn him!”.
“Lincoln Project Trump-the-Dictator ad”
No candidate. No platform. No vision. Just fear-mongering. It’s interesting that this ad targets the undeveloped mind, the ‘lizard brain’, which operates by emotion rather than reason. In this case, it only inflames the Trump-hatred that the media has worked tirelessly to instill over the past four years. It will have no effect on MAGA voters.
“Hillary Clinton Says Trump & Russian Media ‘Stole’ Election From Her (RT)”
“Hell hath no fury…” as a woman thwarted in her rightful destiny to sit upon the throne of power. The image of Emperor Palpatine comes to mind, surrounded by generals, all suggesting new ways to hasten the construction of the Death Star. To bring peace to the galaxy of course. “Set your course for Alderaan!”
“People who knowingly lied us into the war like Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, the Beltway neocon “experts,” and most of the media, faced neither punishment nor professional shaming for their acts.”
Is the dutiful employee punished and shamed for completing his assigned project to the satisfaction of the boss? So what if it was over-budget, just print more money and increase layoffs, the main goal was achieved and that’s all that matters. Here’s some more stock options and a promotion. Good job!
Punishment and shame are only meted out to those who fail. In the game of global hegemony, one is always rewarded for achieving progress toward the goal.
“The obvious double-standard guarantees that the tech platforms will henceforth be viewed by a huge portion of the population as political censors instead of standards enforcers, and moreover that mainstream press pronouncements about such controversies will be deemed automatically untrustworthy by that same population.”
(Highlights added)The above quote is the summary statement in Matt Taibbi’s recent article: Facebook and Twitter’s Intervention Highlights Dangerous New Double Standard.
Readers of Taibbi, author of the 2017 bestseller: Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus, will notice that the statement is thoroughly devoid of his typical biting and incisive wit. In fact, the whole article, in my opinion, is toned down, so as not to unsettle the bulk of his Trump-hating readers. This tells me that Taibbi, seasoned political journalist that he is, smells a sea change coming and is cautiously writing about it; which he must if he cares to avoid the fate of his sniveling colleagues and retain any future credibility as a journalist.
teri wrote:
“I’m just not sure why I should care more about Joe Biden’s kid making book off his father’s position than Trump’s kids making money off his position…”.
If it were just about Joe Biden’s kid trying to make a buck off his dad’s name, then we might equate the two families; however, being sleazy opportunists is not criminal. What IS criminal is laundering foreign bribe money through certain family members and their front companies, with the understanding that they will not only cut you in, but act as a financial conduit for the entire family – a sketch of the Biden Crime Family as outlined by files on Hunter’s abandoned hard drive.
On the other hand, it seems that the same establishment which is currently protecting Joe Biden, spent 4 years investigating Trump hoping to find some pretext to initially prevent him from taking office, and later to run him out of office. They came up empty. Even his tax returns, which they screamed about since 2016, when finally exposed through some clandestine mischief, were a big nothing burger.
One of these things is not like the other…
“More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on to a letter outlining their belief that the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
That was easy. We can add 50 more names to the list of conspirators attempting to subvert the rule of law. It’s so much easier when they come forward willingly, instead of having to ferret them out one by one. If only we had a branch of government to hold them accountable. You know, a separation of powers sorta thing.
“This morning, John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence, stated categorically that Hunter Biden’s laptop was not part of a Russian disinformation campaign.”
Mr. Ratcliffe appears to be smelling something in the air and is positioning himself on the winning side. Possibly that massive Stalin-like Purge looming on the horizon.
“Wikipedia Says Hunter Biden Scandal ‘Debunked’ (RT)”
More evidence that Wikipedia is thoroughly compromised. I learned this years ago, but there are still some that use it as a source for their arguments, further proving that they are out of touch.
“…trailing rather pathetically in the primary elections after being dubbed an old racist by his opponents, and drubbed in Iowa and New Hampshire, Joe somehow managed to sweep the table on Super Tuesday…”
Gee, someone else noticed? Almost as if the presidential primaries were some sort of orchestrated TV show with a cast of characters, a suspenseful plot, followed by a celebratory resolution.
Great analysis, Ilargi. It’s why TAE is a staple in my daily reading.
As more and more Americans get wind of what is actually going on, and instinctively jump out of the DNC’s handbasket to hell before election day, we may have just one more chance to turn things around. It’s difficult to say what a second Trump term would look like, since he seems to have no plan or driving principles other than self-promotion, but the alternative is clear, and it’s ugly.
Dr. D’s really killing it today. Many thanks for his commentary.
The spotless administration of Saint Obama, the world’s most admired man, isn’t looking so pure lately with the release of the Biden emails. It just goes to show how one’s image can be polished to a high gloss when every western media outlet acts as your own personal PR firm. Hunter’s emails have just made their job much more difficult.
Can you imagine the number of meetings and conference calls that are occurring at this very minute in an effort to mitigate this PR disaster? I say PR because the DOJ has been aware of all this corruption from day one and has only acted to shield it from public scrutiny, so I don’t expect any legal action to result from Giuliani’s revelations.
What will they do when the slime trail from Hillary’s private email server finally sees the light of day? You know they’re out there somewhere. Will Saint Obama finally fall from Grace, his memory sullied, when they discover that he presided over one of the most corrupt regimes in US history?
“What’s the biggest story, that Joe and Hunter were less than honest about Burisma, or that Big Tech tries to bury that they were/are?”
I’m sure you meant this rhetorically, because it’s a ‘no-brainer’, as they say. The higher a politician climbs, the more of an expert liar he becomes. No story here. The fact that Silicon Valley media giants have chosen sides in a national political campaign and are actively censoring the content on their platforms in order to influence the outcome of said campaign is the big story.
“.. the talking point that Russia “hacked Burisma in January” and was somehow the source of the documents was seriously making the rounds on Wednesday afternoon.”
Red herring! There is still some gas left in the “Russia did it” tank, but the government/media complex has been pushing this pedal so hard lately that the needle on their credibility gauge is quickly sliding toward “E”. It won’t be long now before it sputters to a dead stop.
“A first for ‘Hacked Materials’. And again, there is no proof that anything was hacked.”
It’s hard to come up with a good lie… er, I mean excuse when the clock is ticking and someone is breathing down your neck. “The dog ate my homework” only has a chance of success if you actually have a pet dog.
“In mid-2016, the FBI got word that Russian intelligence believed Hillary Clinton’s campaign was planning to frame Donald Trump as colluding with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to hack her computers. Yet somehow, the crack agents never connected the dots when handed the Steele “dossier” commissioned and paid for by the Clinton campaign that claimed Trump was colluding with Putin.”
“Yet somehow”? Really, Post? Talk about non-reporting! This article is an FBI ‘white-wash’ special.
“Nor did it connect the dots to another “Russiagate” lead, the third-hand rumors passed along by a Clinton-allied diplomat that supposedly implicated another Trump aide, George Papadopoulos.”
Wow, such incompetence! All those big dots with bright flashing arrows pointing in the direction of the Obama regime. What a puzzler! So confusing! Getting dizzy!
“The news of the 2016 intel comes from Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe’s gradual release of Russiagate records — which show that the true scandal was the
investigationconspiracy itself.”There, fixed it.
“The Russians had determined that Clinton wanted to blame Trump for the hacking of Democratic National Committee e-mails to distract from the growing scandal over her use of a non-secure home-brew server for official business as secretary of state.”
As Secretary of State, why have a secret, unofficial email server? That’s not suspicious at all. What would those emails have shown? That Hillary leveraged her position in a pay-to-play scheme to stuff the Clinton Foundation with hundreds of millions in tax-free cash? No dots here.
The Post really put their crack team on this one, the Editorial Board, all hand-picked, not for journalistic excellence, but because of their loyalty to the establishment.
“RIP in 2020 to the credibility of: Chris Wallace, the FBI, Steve Scully, the CDC, Susan Page, AP, John Durham, CSPAN, Keith Olbermann, the DOJ, the Commission on Presidential Debates, Bill Barr, Judge Sullivan, Chris Wray, Dr. Fauci….”
“Breaking: The #1 unanswered question since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency is “Why has no one been held accountable in “RussiaGate”? A close second is definitely “Why is there this double standard for people like General Flynn versus Former FBI Assistant Director Andrew McCabe?” These questions have been asked more than any other since 2017.”
Gee, it appears there ARE people out there who DO ‘notice’ and DO ‘care’ about double-standards, injustice, and corruption. That is not good for the establishment, for when the tide starts to turn against them, which it always does when fundamental human ethics are continually subverted, the pent up anger and disillusionment of millions will fall like an avalanche on their heads.
“If the press was truly free, this would be plastered all across the mainstream media.”
“A dark week has seen the MSM turn a blind eye to Democrat failings and exaggerate the extent and severity of Donald Trump’s illness.”
After an early retirement, I went back to school to reboot those parts of my brain that had atrophied from lack of use in my career as a specialist. During the 2008 banking crisis it seemed like a good idea to use this current event as the topic for an ECON research paper. It was eye-opening to discover that the media’s reporting had little in common with the rampant fraud I was daily digging up in my research. WTF! Establishment pundits, in brightly lit studios with cameras rolling, were lying to the public – lies of both commission and omission. That was the catalyst which caused me to shitcan all establishment media sources and seek out independent media.
Since then, Ilargi’s TAE has been a mainstay in my reading, along with many other indie sources. I still have friends who believe they are well informed because they also include PBS and the BBC in their info diet, as if buying your Twinkies at Whole Foods will be healthier for you. They are still trapped in the old paradigm that the US stands for truth, justice, and apple pie, and will fight tooth and nail to defend this illusion.
“‘Don’t Let It Dominate You. Don’t Be Afraid Of It’ – President Trump (JTN)”
“Out of the Woods? (Jim Kunstler)”If ever there was a living example of Inspector Clouseau, it is President Trump. Time and again his enemies dance in jubilation at his eminent downfall only to see him escape fate’s grasp. Like Clouseau, boastful and yet inept, he bumbles from one victory to the next, loved by the common man who looks upon him as a champion, while the establishment continually sends its best assassins to take out the idiot interloper.
@ madamski
I posted this a few hours ago, but it must have fallen behind the filing cabinet, so this is try two.
Yes, Trump IS fascinating. In his own inept way, he is knocking down, institution by institution, the Potemkin Village of American exceptionalism. He yells “Fake news!” and there goes the media as a reliable source of news. He says “We’re taking the oil!” and there goes a key pretext for their endless war on terror. Or my personal favorite:
“I’m not saying the military’s in love with me, the soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.”
And the holiest sacred cow, the we have ‘free and fair elections’, the underpinning of our so-called democracy, is now being called into question. No wonder they hate him so much. He’s a one-man wrecking crew, tearing down their carefully crafted illusion of American supremacy and leadership. Our total incompetence in handling the Covid pandemic is only the icing on the cake.
Thought I’d get a covid test before traveling to visit family and friends in another state. Lost about 10lbs over the past couple months, and have gone through some tired spells, but no other symptoms. Checked with the local hospital website to set up a test and ran into this message:
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Testing restrictions:
Due to a national shortage of testing supplies, Legacy Health is unable to provide COVID-19 testing for any of the reasons listed below:
• No COVID-19 testing for pre-travel clearance.
• No COVID-19 testing for general workplace clearance unless there is an exposure or symptoms.
• No COVID-19 testing for possible COVID-19 exposures that do not involve household or intimate contacts.We regret that we cannot provide COVID-19 tests to everyone who wants one. Please know that we are following guidelines in place across the State to ensure that testing is available for sick patients.
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What a country we live in! They’ve had 9 months to get their arms around this so that a new school year could start off with some semblance of control, but NO! Idiots!
“Otto Dix The Triumph of Death 1934”
“Oh death where is thy sting?” An NDE would have taught this German artist that death is not the boogeyman he thought it was. I’ve heard many first-hand accounts of people who were brought back from death via modern medical resuscitation techniques. One woman described how she watched in horror as the medical staff worked frantically to revive her. She screamed and tried to pull them away, but to no effect, since without her physical body the doctors could not see, hear, or feel her. You see, she was thrilled to have crossed over, and was horrified at the prospect of returning. But return she did to tell her story. And so have thousands of others if we will listen to them.
“Stop The Coup! (TAM)”
Not many years ago I was like every other boomer, reading the paper, watching the news, and reading magazines to stay ‘informed’. I was unaware that my thoughts, ideas, biases, and choices were being shaped and instilled for the benefit of the status quo. My natural instinct to gain knowledge had been used against me. As a result of these manipulations, I had become a faithful robot for the establishment agenda.
That is why it is completely understandable when a boomer neighbor stops to ask me if I think that Trump will willingly leave office if he loses the election. Just as I used to, they are swallowing the media propaganda without question. Their minds are already being prepared to see Trump as the third-world dictator whose lust for power has him stealing the election.
My response always catches them off guard, because the ideas are entirely new and foreign to them, never having been spoken on all the usual media sources they consult:
“Let’s take a look at the track record of those making these claims. Did they abide by the democratic process and accept a Trump presidency in 2016? No, the media, intelligence agencies, and the DNC initiated one coup attempt after another to remove Trump from office, starting with Hillary telling state electors to disregard the will of the people and cast their vote for her. When that didn’t work they claimed that Russia stole the election, and on and on, a continuous four-year rolling coup attempt.”
This always leaves them a bit stunned, because they are so accustomed to all of their friends singing from the same sheet of establishment music. If I’m feeling particularly harsh, I finish it off by telling them that all their trusted sources of news are nothing but manipulative propaganda for the US centralize empire. I know is sounds cruel, but my generation is so conditioned and concretized in their thinking that it takes a 2×4 upside the head to make an impression. Gentle hints and suggestions typically just bounce off.
“Edgar Degas Dancers in Blue 1895”
Really enjoyed Susmarie108’s description, but then I’m a sucker for anything ballet, getting weak in the knees as when one’s true love walks in the room. I thought it was interesting that with all the impressionism, Degas chose to put a definitive edge on two of the skirts in the foreground.
As for the rest of the articles, I’ll leverage off the Scott Adams tweet: “This is an effective attack because only 2% of the public would know why it’s bullshit.”
Ever since the election of Trump, I’ve grown increasingly aware of how vulnerable and helpless the public is to the power of the media, because that was when they went into overdrive in their exaggerations, half-truths, and outright lying in order to sway public opinion. Following close behind were all of Washington’s elected and unelected functionaries giving credence to the media’s claims with the authority invested in their various positions. All in an effort to destroy a duly-elected non-establishment interloper who managed to outplay all the gate-keepers to the presidency.
How is the average person to make sense of all this? Like a rube on his first trip to the city, he’s an easy prey to every slick flim-flam artist and dance-hall barker that is adept at spotting a mark in straw hat and overalls. As Scott Adams implies, for every 2 Americans who is able to see past all the distortions and falsehood, there are 98 who are hopelessly lost in a sea of deceit. That’s 98% who are easily manipulated into supporting the establishment agenda as it goes about plundering the globe, while strangling any state that dares to resist.
“There is one man who is not engaged like all of the others. He appears to be with the only woman in the scene (in the far left hand corner). I am intrigued by them….who are they and what is he asking her?”
My first thought was that the man was an accomplice who was preventing the woman from entering the Senate and possibly interfering in the assassination. Caesar had been warned that there was a plot against him, but ignored the warnings when his friend beckoned him to the Senate. The woman may represent Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia, who had a dream foreshadowing his death and begged him to stay home that day.
I agree with garob, that big finance is the engine driving the empire’s global ambitions. Corporations are next in line wanting to expand markets and increase the size of their monopolies. Militaries, intelligence agencies, NGO’s, and more recently the State Department are Wall Street’s weapons of choice, and even these want endless money and growth. I believe John F. Kennedy had voiced intentions to shrink one such agency before he made his fatal campaign visit to Dealey Plaza.
I recently came across this short clip of Putin explaining why US presidents come and go, yet policies remain the same. It seemed awfully relevant to this essay. I’ve been pulled a few different directions lately and can’t remember where I saw it, so I apologize if it was posted here on TAE and I just spaced it out.
It’s irrelevant to me whether Dr. D. has a medical degree or not, since I let his words speak for themselves. I’m old enough now not to be impressed or bow the head before fancy university credentials, many of which are worth squat. I’ve met doctorates in my own field who couldn’t think their way out of a paper bag – having no common sense or practical experience to ground them in reality.
That said, I always enjoy Dr. D.’s rants. He obviously has a keen perception that is adept at pointing out human hypocrisy and other absurdities. This should cause reflection in everyone not fully grounded in principle, and therefore easily jerked about by public opinion or the latest media expert… Dr. Fauci comes to mind. But, alas, the very one’s who could benefit from a little self-reflection can usually be found beating others over the head with their latest cock-sure brainwave. A brainwave, mind you, that is not even organic, but parroted from their preferred team’s hive mind.
Doctorate or no, I find his insights thought provoking. However, since the whole Covid drama became politically weaponized, I’ve given up forming strong opinions in either direction and have settled on a middle road, being neither fanatical nor rebellious. The pandemic story is still being written, I believe, and like most history we may find that it was more fiction than truth upon later inspection. I try to be open-minded, and would certainly miss Dr. D.’s commentary if he ever gave up the pen.
“Wassily Kandinsky Autumn Landscape with Boats 1908”
Must. Have. It.
“Brennan, Strzok and DOJ Needed Assange Arrested – And UK Officials Obliged (CT)”
Insert ever other Trump coup related headline here.If I’m not mistaken the only Americans that are still caught up in the altered reality of the Trump-Russia drama are all the media junkies who rely on television and the NYT for their world view. Everyone else has known for years the who, what, where, and why of actual events. What does it mean when all the evidence is just lying about and justice is impotent? That the corruption of the state is deep and profound, and we are getting perilously close to some sort of reckoning.
LOL. The Star Trek ‘Biden as Captain Pike’ cartoon is ingenious.
Despite the depressing nature of its subject, the decay of Baltimore, the Kimberly Klacik political ad was a breath of fresh air. I love her ‘no nonsense’ approach of pointing out the obvious truths that others dare not speak of. Good luck with the machine, Kimberley.
“The Roots Of Wokeness (Sullivan)”
Just finished reading this article. An eye-opener that sheds much light on the origin of such absurdities as ‘safe space’ and ‘microaggressions’ seen on many college campuses today. A great find Raúl!
Florida man 1967
I’ve never understood how someone can look at retirement as an opportunity to fritter your remaining years away with self-indulgence, early-bird specials, and game playing, broadcasting to all the world that wisdom never took root in these poor souls.
Our president said they were “very fine people.” – Biden
It’s almost as if truth has dropped a few more positions on the nation’s list of priorities. And I think you are right, Raúl, that CNN watchers will never investigate other sources to verify its claims. We all learned this during Russiagate. Currently, I’ve not heard one apology for all the grief I received for suggesting that the Russia-Trump media circus was nothing more than a coup attempt that had no factual foundation. Not. One.
Since I’m unable to read minds, I’d speculate that their hatred for Trump crowded out any rational thought on the subject, or else never admitting that you were wrong equates to still ‘being right’.
“Russian Vaccine CEO: US Waging “Major Information Warfare” (ZH)”
If I were Russia, I would sell the new vaccine below cost, making it cheaply available to all nations. What a message this would send. It could be the final wooden stake in the Empire’s chest, which for too long has been shielded by false propaganda.
“Gundlach was right: Biden WAS unelectable in March. But then a miracle happened.”
Yes, wasn’t that something? Biden was hanging over the ropes heaving his guts out while Bernie danced around the ring, when all of a sudden the ref trotted over and thrust Uncle Joe’s arm in the air as the winner. Wait! What happened? What did I miss? As Dr. D. or George Carlin would say, “nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care”.
“AOC Only Gets 60 Seconds At DNC To Deliver Pre-Recorded Message (F.)”
I guess the DNC is not interested in winning in 2020 either. Why else would they shut down all the youthful, progressive energy of the party? Unless it’s all about power, control, and spite?
“Romney Blocks Sen. Ron Johnson From Subpoenaing Comey, Brennan (GP)”
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” – Michael Corleone
The GOP has always been Trump’s worst nightmare. It’s full of Tessio’s and Fredo’s willing to do the dirty work in bringing down The Don.
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Many thanks for all your hard work, Raúl!One has to ask themselves, how do such incompetent people rise to the highest levels of state office, far surpassing even Peter Principle predictions? And once there, either elected or appointed, go on to serve only the monied interests at the expense of principle, vital institutions, peace, and the common good?
Since these offices are obviously not attained by merit, I can only come to one conclusion: that they are ‘put’ there by people with far more power. People who prefer to rule from the shadows, while presenting a gullible polity with the illusion that they have a voice in a democratic government. This allows the men behind the curtain to proceed unhindered with their plans of greater wealth and world dominion.
@Mr. House
In response to your Cloud Atlas quote I offer the following lines from the movie Contact, in which a manipulative science advisor, Drumlin, uses political clout and deception to cheat Ellie Arroway out of the rightful claim to her discovery:
David Drumlin: “I know you must think this is all very unfair. Maybe that’s an understatement. What you don’t know is I agree. I wish the world was a place where fair was the bottom line, where the kind of idealism you showed at the hearing was rewarded, not taken advantage of. Unfortunately, we don’t live in that world.”
Ellie Arroway: “Funny, I’ve always believed that the world is what we make of it.”
Since we don’t live in a world of philosopher kings, I believe the burden falls on each one of us to ensure that the society we live in is not a ‘dog-eat-dog’ or ‘rule of the jungle’ experience. We would not accept this happening to our loved ones, and neither should we accept it happening to the weakest or most vulnerable among us. If we do, we condone it and are worthy of nothing better.
Contrast the news of the day with the stunning Knossos fresco which Ilargi posted yesterday and the psychic dislocation is enough to invoke a seizure. Can you imagine anything of such beauty and grace coming from the minds of either Pelosi or Nadler? Fixated on their own lust for power they, like vampires, feed upon the lives they were put in power to nurture. There is nothing special about them in particular, they were just mentioned as examples of the leadership that now infests all our institutions and economic structures.
This theme seems to be endemic today, the powerful preying upon the weak. It is tolerated, accepted, encouraged, and now rewarded. Can such a system long endure when the corruption typically found in the gutter is enshrined as the driving engine of the nation?
Life is just something that is shoved into their meat-grinder so that dollars can flow out the other side and into their pockets. Take HCQ for example. Think of all the lives that have been and will be sacrificed, especially in the west where business runs government, because the pandemic is seen as a profit generator. Murder for money? Certainly, but it’s a respectable murder, not like that dirty stuff one finds in alleys. Oxycontin, same thing. How about sitting behind a computer monitor in an air-conditioned office manipulating commodity prices that result in the starvation of a few million? It’s the same. Hey, good work on those wheat futures, Joe, here’s your bonus.
“CDC: 35% of Non-Hospitalized COVID19 Patients Have Long-Term Illness (NBC)”
I’m guessing that many of you, like me, are at the point of virus fatigue and just want it to be over with already. But for those bulldogs who are still on the fence as to whether this bug originated from a wet market or a bio-weapons lab, I believe the link below is a good source which is outside the now compromised science publications that we used to rely on for factual information:
https://nerdhaspower.weebly.com/
“Media Should Be ‘Pressuring’ Biden To ‘Answer Questions’ – Howard Kurtz (Fox)”
Good luck with that one. There’s no way that Biden can stand up to scrutiny, which is why he is being sheltered by the entire establishment. You know that the DNC is working hard on plans B and C, as plan A has a very limited shelf life and will instantly wither when the lights are turned on. I can hardly wait to see what they come up with as they attempt to get him through November.
“Those 20% are not acting as if they believe in heaven or hell.”
I just couldn’t leave this comment alone, zerosum. The more I thought about it, the more tentacles the problem of wealth inequality seemed to sprout. Lately, it seems as if I’m trying to make sense of the world while looking at it through a little keyhole. Actually, I’m just now starting to realize this truth.
But the death of religion, or the mythos of heaven and hell, is a factor which cannot be ignored. Man, though currently clothed in its modern veneer of civilization, is still very much a barbarian in nature. Remove the moral restraint that religion once provided, and its off to the races for most.
I’m also reminded of some psychological studies that were done in which one experimental group was given unearned preferential treatment over another group. This resulted in the preferred group coming up with explanations for why they ‘deserved’ to be treated better than the others. Like any good Wall Street trader, it seems we have the ability to justify anything that benefits us at the expense of another.
In the early stages of the pandemic I would buy up the masks made by the neighborhood sewing circle and hand them out for free at the local one-stop-shopping mega-store. It was generally a positive experience where most were grateful for the gesture, giving them access to a protective device that was as yet difficult to find.
Then after several weeks I noticed a change began to occur, wherein the mask took on a political rather than a medical significance. That was when I discontinued the service. It was also when other mask sources began to come online and just about everyone who wanted a mask was able to get one.
Based on everything I’ve read, and my own gut instinct, I still trust that they are effective. Certainly not 100%, but any help is better than none. In fact, just yesterday I had to get into a car with someone who had just arrived from another region of the country. This was after enduring a sermon about how the whole country had gone crazy, and mask wearing was just another devious step in removing all our liberties. That is when I pulled out my mask a put it on. She looked over at me in disbelief and asked, “What are you wearing a mask for?”, to which I replied, “to protect you from me, and to protect me from you, since we are sharing the air in this car”. Cue the eyeroll.
“Just for the fun of it, google images of Dr. Redfield at the CDC, then google images of Wayne Carver, now deceased, who was the medical examiner at Sandy Hook.”
Sorry, close, but no cigar. These are not the same person.
https://twitter.com/sweepnwin/status/1253836615212052480/photo/1
@Dr D
Your analysis made my day. Watching the hubris of our ‘leaders’ is truly stunning. Barely capable of rudimentary inference thinking themselves, they boldly interfere in the operation of highly complex systems (like the economy) whose interrelationships are beyond the comprehension of even a room full of Einsteins. One of the least understood of these relationships is human emotional psychology. It’s very difficult for spreadsheet formulas to capture that one. Like putting a chimp in the cockpit of a 747, only disaster awaits the unwary passengers.
Add to this recipe an insatiable appetite for personal gain or power, or put another way, a total disregard for the public good, and it leaves no room for a healthy economy or the social system supported thereby.
Of course, as Mr. House has implied, no politician is going to risk his popularity (or financial support) by proposing that his donors swallow a bitter pill, so we must all crash together.
“Surging Demand for Hong Kong Dollars Underscores Beijing Support (BBG)”
Yes, the PBOC has learned well from Wall St, meaning that in today’s economy the Central Banks are the market. The greatest money laundering operation the world has ever seen. Trillions in debt is created with the flick of a keystroke, then given to Wall St banks. From there it is pumped through the markets and into the pockets of the 0.1%, all nice and clean and legal, but yet thoroughly corrupt.
“John Solomon: Indictments Coming In Russia Investigation (WND)”
Sorry, but show me. I would really like to believe that there are still small pockets of justice that have survived the institutional moral rot, but I’m still looking. The wheels are in motion, the say. Any day now… Really… We mean it… Just a few more loose ends to tie up… You’ll see.
“Most Americans Believe Russia Targeted US Soldiers (R.)”
Most Americans that watch TV news or still read the print media, that is, which are mostly boomers raised on Walter Cronkite. A dying generation. Then what will the media do to control the public mind? The others wouldn’t know what you were talking about, as there is not much bandwidth left after working two jobs to pay off your student loans.
“Nearly every war that has started in the past 50 years has been a result of media lies.”
Just watched the video of Julian Assange. Like drinking a cool glass of water. If you ever wonder what the voice of reason sounds like, this is it. Clear, concise, grounded in reality, no hysteria or money-driven agenda pulling the strings. No wonder they hate him so much. Like the Papacy’s pursuit of Martin Luther, he must be stopped.
It’s too late, of course, as Reality will not be denied. It persists and is infinitely solid. All must eventually worship at the altar of natural law, which cannot be moved one iota. Just think, one day in the near future there will be monuments dedicated to this man.
“Epstein’s Ponzi Scheme Partner: Ghislaine Will ‘Crack In Two Seconds’ (DC)”
It appears she has already cut a deal with the US, otherwise why would she even be in New Hampshire? Let’s see who goes down because of her testimony. Or maybe this will be used to blackmail someone into changing course, without exposure to public scrutiny.
As Raúl suspects, it could be Trump, as he has resisted the completion of the empire’s Death Star since taking office.
“Widespread Use Of Face Masks Could Save Tens Of Thousands Of Lives (NPR)”
What can one say about Fauci other than “What a putz!”? Note that this is the caliber of leadership that rises to the top in today’s corrupt institutions.
“Vladimir Putin wakes up every morning and goes to bed every night trying to figure out how to destroy American democracy.” – Rep. Jason Crow’s (D-CO)
One thing can be said about fanatics is that they always overplay their hand. I’m guessing he never misses an episode of Conspiracies Gone Wild starring Rachel Maddow. Crow’s statement is on par with Bush’s declaration that Muslim extremists “hate us for our freedoms”, which was also pure baloney.
