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Our Real National Security Budget
$2 Trillion, Here We Come. By Andrew Cockburn Source: Spoils of War The Biden Administration has just published its proposed budget, generating copious commentary, much of it displaying a commensurate degree of misunderstanding, especially regarding our gargantuan national security spending. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, CIA, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, FBI, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Corruption, Deep State, Defense Budget, Department of Energy, Dystopia, Economics, empire, FBI, Geoppolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, military spending, military-industrial complex, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Winslow Wheeler
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The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded by the American Taxpayer
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The madmen are in power.”— Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle The debate over U.S. foreign aid is a distraction. That’s not to say that the amount of taxpayer money flowing … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged civil liberties, Corporate Crime, COVID, Dystopia, Economics, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, NSA, Oligarchy, police state, Ramesh Raskar, State Crime, surveillance state, Taiwan, Technocracy, Ukraine, war
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House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act
The bill extends Section 702 of FISA, which allows mass warrantless surveillance of Americans By Dave DeCamp Source: Antiwar.com On Thursday, the House passed the $886 billion 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which funds the Pentagon and some military spending … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged antiwar, Australia, China, Corporate Welfare, Defense Spending, Dystopia, Economics, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, Joe Biden, Military Budget, military-industrial complex, NDAA, police state, surveillance state, Taiwan, Ukraine, war
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As Maui Burns, Biden Demands Another $24 Billion…For Ukraine
By Ron Paul Source: Eurasia Review I am not a big fan of Federal Government disaster relief. Too much of the time the money never gets to those who need it most, and too often Washington’s armies of disaster “experts” … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Economics, empire, federal government, geopolitics, Hawaii, Joe Biden, Lahaina, Lockheed-Martin, Maui, military-industrial complex, Oligarchy, proxy war, Raytheon, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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The Ukraine Mess is Animal Farm in Reverse: Starring Blackrock and Other Pigs
By Phil Butler Source: New Eastern Outlook Recently, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the European Union should double its assistance to Ukraine. She went on to say the EU should create a support … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Animal Farm, BlackRock, Dystopia, Economics, empire, European Commission, European Union, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, International Finance Corporation, Joe Biden, JPMorgan Chase, Larry Fink, military-industrial complex, NATO, Nestlé, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen, Volodymyr Zelensky, war, war profiteers
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$850 Billion Chicken Comes Home to Roost.
War Reveals U.S. Military’s Longtime Disinterest in War. By Andrew Cockburn Source: Spoils of War Watching a recent video of Ukrainian troops scrambling out of a U.S.-supplied Bradley armored fighting vehicle just after it hit a mine, I remembered how hard the … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, news, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged cluster bombs, Corporate Welfare, Defense Budget, empire, F-35, geopolitics, HIMARS, imperialism, Jake Sullivan, Jen Psaki, Joe Biden, military spending, military-industrial complex, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, War Criminals, war profiteers
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House Passes $886 Billion National Defense Authorization Act
The bill narrowly passed in a vote of 219-210 due to a partisan divide over amendments included by Republicans By Dave DeCamp Source: AntiWar.com The House on Friday passed its version 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of … Continue reading
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Tagged cluster bombs, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, military-industrial complex, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, Russia, Ukraine, war, War Criminals, war profiteers
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A War Like No Other in Ukraine
By Peter Van Buren Source: WeMeantWell.com Joe Biden created for the U.S. a war like no other, one where others die and the U.S. simply sits back and pays the bills on a gargantuan scale. No attempts are made at … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, BlackRock, Cold War, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, Goldman Sachs, HIMARS, imperialism, Joe Biden, JP Morgan, military-industrial complex, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, war, war on terror, war profiteers, World Economic Forum
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