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NATO Panics, Escalates Big Arms to Ukraine; U.S. ‘Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold’; Brian Berletic: Only MICs gain from all this.
By Eric Zuesse Source: The Duran On January 20th, the great American military and geostrategic analyst Brian Berletic, who has had a stunningly high percentage of his predictions turning out to have been 100% accurate, did a youtube at his … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Abrams, Brian Berletic, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, Germany, imperialism, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NATO, Olaf Scholz, Oleksiy Reznikov, Poland, propaganda, rules-based order, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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How the US is blackmailing countries that buy American weapons
By Vladimir Platov Source: New Eastern Outlook Economic sanctions and blackmail have long been the preferred methods of conducting foreign policy and advancing the United States’ own geopolitical interests. In 2018, the US withdrew from the agreement on Iran’s nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged blackmail, China, Economics, empire, extortion, geopolitics, Huawei, imperialism, India, Iran, Military Industrial Complex, NATO, Pakistan, Russia, US Dollar, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy
Bombs, Bullets, and Bellicosity Instead of Brains By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views In my latest article for TomDispatch.com, I parse the meaning of America’s latest National Defense Strategy. Hint: It’s not about defense. More than two millennia ago, in the History of … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged China, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Lloyd Austin., Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NDS, People’s Liberation Army, Russia, US Foreign Policy, war
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The Democrats Are Now the War Party
The Democratic Party has become the party of permanent war, fueling massive military spending which is hollowing out the country from the inside and flirting with nuclear war. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com The Democrats position themselves as the party … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Amazon, Arnold Toynbee, Big Tech, Bill Clinton, culture, Deep State, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, DNC, Donbass, empire, FBI, Fyodor Dostoevsky, geopolitics, Google, imperialism, Microsoft, Militarism, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, propaganda, Russia, Seymour Melman, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vietnam, war, war economy, war profiteers
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Prostitutes of the Press
By Stephen Lendman Source: The Stephen Lendman Blog Western MSM operate as fake news ministries of truth in nations where they’re located. They’re bribed with big bucks to lie and mass-deceive by sticking exclusively to the fabricated official narrative. On … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged censorship, China, corporate news, empire, Fake News, fascism, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, NATO, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, surveillance state, Ukraine, war
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I Know Why Can’t We Fix Homelessness
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well “What stands out for visitors?” I asked our guide during a Honolulu Chinatown tour with my out-of-town guests. “Always the same, the homeless. Even Mainlanders from big cities like San Francisco and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Labor, military spending, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged capitalism, Covid-19, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Hawaii, Homelessness, Honolulu, Housing Crisis, Minimum Wage, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, systemic inequality, Technocracy
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Feverishly Racing Toward Our Own Destruction…
By Michael Snyder Source: End of the American Dream We are careening directly into an abyss of war, pain and misery, and our leaders are thunderously applauding as it happens. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to Washington this week because … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged corporate media, Deep State, Democrats, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Mainstream Media, Militarism, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, Nuclear War, propaganda, Republicans, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war, war profiteers
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Beware of Long Wars: Ukrainian Attacks on Russia Are Dangerously EscalatoryBeware of Long Wars:
By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views Reports that Ukraine is launching modified drones to strike airbases deep in Russia highlight the unpredictability and escalatory nature of wars. Ukraine is no longer content at defending itself against Russian aggression; Russia itself must be … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, black ops, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, Deep State, Democracy, empire, Freedom, geopolitics, imperialism, military spending, NATO, Neocons, Nuclear War, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war
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