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Gaza: The End of the Jewish Joy Ride?
By Michael Lesher Source: Off-Guardian You almost want to feel sorry for Israel’s professional apologists in mainstream media these days. Their job, a fetid one at best, has been especially trying lately. First they assure us that Israel has no … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Anti-Defamation League, anti-semitism, corporate news, COVID, Deep State, Donald Trump, empire, Ethnic Cleansing, fascism, Gaza, Genocide, Genocide Joe, geopolitics, Gloria Steinem, Israel, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Palestine, police state, propaganda, US Foreign Policy, Zionism
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The Magnitude of Western defeat in Ukraine is higher than expected
By Salman Rafi Sheikh Source: New Eastern Outlook Europe is in a state of desperation; the continent is losing in Ukraine despite the ‘mighty’ strength of NATO; and European leaders are now vowing for a ‘stronger’ response, including via sending … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Deep State, empire, EU, Europe, fascism, France, geopolitics, imperialism, Josep Borrell, Military conflict, military spending, NATO, Russia, Russia s Special Military Operation, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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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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HOW THE WESTERN MEDIA HELPED BUILD THE CASE FOR GENOCIDE IN GAZA
From obscuring the West’s role in starving Gaza to sensationalised accounts of mass rape by Hamas, journalists are playing the role of propagandists, not reporters. By Jonathan Cook Source: Declassified UK The past five months have been clarifying. What was … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, Neocons, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Anat Schwartz, BBC, corporate news, Deep State, empire, Ethnic Cleansing, fascism, Flour Massacre, Gaza, Genocide, geopolitics, Global Elites, Hamas, imperialism, Israel, Mainstream Media, mass starvation, Neoliberalism, New York Times, Normal Finkelstein, Palestine, Pramila Patten, propaganda, Psyops, UNRWA, US Foreign Policy, Western Media, Zionism
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The American Explanation for the Moscow Terror Attack Doesn’t Add Up
By Dmitry Trenin Source: Covert Geopolitics Russian foreign policy could change significantly, depending on the results of the investigation into the atrocity. The heinous act of terrorism at the Crocus City Hall concert venue just outside Moscow on Friday night … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Crocus City Hall, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, GUR, imperialism, ISIS, Moscow, NATO, Russia, State Terror, terrorism, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war
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It’s War: The Real Meat Grinder Starts Now
By Pepe Escobar Source: Strategic Culture Foundation No more shadow play. It’s now in the open. No holds barred. Exhibit 1: Friday, March 22, 2024. It’s War. The Kremlin, via Peskov, finally admits it, on the record. The money quote: “Russia … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military-industrial complex, NATO, Neocons, news, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, China, CIA, Crocus City, Deep State, Donald Trump, empire, fascism, France, geopolitics, Germany, Houthis, imperialism, Kyrylo Budanov, mi6, Moscow, NATO, Neocons, Poland, Russia, SBU, Sergei Goncharov, State Terror, Terror, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Yemen
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Why Journalism is Going Extinct
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well Is journalism going extinct? asks The Atlantic in an article of roughly the same name. The numbers are deadly: the grimmest news was from the Los Angeles Times, the biggest newspaper outside of the east coast. The paper announced … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Authoritarianism, censorship, corporate news, culture, Deep State, disinformation, Dystopia, Fake News, fascism, Glenn Greenwald, Journalism, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, Misinformation, MSM, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psyops, Technocracy
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The Shameful Way that the American Empire Is Ending
By Eric Zuesse Source: The Duran The American empire — which is now the largest empire in history — is ending not only with defeats on every front, but with the historically profound stigma of being one of the two perpetrators (the other and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military-industrial complex, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Deep State, empire, Ethnic Cleansing, fascism, FDR, Gaza, Genocide, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, Joe Biden, military-industrial complex, NATO, Palestine, propaganda, proxy war, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, WW2, WW3
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