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Category Archives: culture
The World Wants to Be Deceived
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain My title comes from a 19th century author whose name does not matter nor would it mean much if I mentioned him. It’s an old truth that has not changed a bit over the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged China, COVID, COVID vaccines, culture, deception, empire, Football, geopolitics, hypocrisy, imperialism, Militarism, Nord Stream, Nuclear War, Philosophy, propaganda, Russia, Seymour Hersh, society, Sociology, spy balloons, Ukraine, war
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Saturday Matinee: In the Mouth of Madness
That Time John Carpenter Went Meta With ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ As always, Carpenter was light years ahead of his time. By Nick L. Source: Collider One of John Carpenter’s more endearing traits is his aversion to self-effacing clowning. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Cult Film, Horror, In the Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter, Sam Niel
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Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A dictator bent … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Afghanistan, Dwight Eisenhower, Economics, empire, fascism, geopolitics, Government, hypocrisy, ilitary-industrial complex, imperialism, Joe Biden, Militarism, military spending, NATO, Russia, tyranny, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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Two for Tuesday
The Mammals Willi Carlisle
Posted in Art, culture, Music Video, Two for Tuesday, Video
Tagged If You Could Here Me Now, The Mammals, Van Life, Willi Carlisle
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Nord Stream Sabotage Backfires With Historic Demolition of U.S. Image and Lies Over Ukraine War
Washington is a war-criminal state par excellence along with its European Quislings. Source: Strategic Culture Foundation The Hersh report is a devastating revelation of U.S. and NATO international terrorism as well as Western media complicity. It exposes the lawlessness of … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged censorship, corporate media, Deep State, empire, Europe, False Flag, geopolitics, Germany, imperialism, Mainstream Media, My Lai, NATO, Neocons, Nord Stream, Olaf Scholz, propaganda, Russia, Seymour Hersh, State Terror, terrorism, UN Security Council, US Foreign Policy, Vietnam, Vladimir Putin, war
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HOW TO DISCOVER YOURSELF THROUGH YOUR OWN PHILOSOPHY
By Mickey Z. Source: Waking Times “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ~Oscar Wilde There are now over eight billion people on the planet. We each have a different psychophysiological reaction to any given stimuli, no matter how minute … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, culture, Perception, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality
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Saturday Matinee: The Girl With All the Gifts
By Brian Tallerico Source: RogerEbert.com In many ways, Melanie (Sennia Nanua) is just another ordinary girl. She goes to school every day, where she’s grown affection for her teacher Ms. Justineau (Gemma Arterton). And she’s at that age where she’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Colm McCarthy, Cult Film, Dystopia, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Mike Carey, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nanua, The Girl With All the Gifts
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