Tag Archives: Dystopia

Our Real National Security Budget

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Luther Blissett

$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 →

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The Language of Force: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “If the state could use [criminal] laws not for their intended purposes but to silence those who voice unpopular ideas, little would be left of our First Amendment liberties, and little … Continue reading →

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A Low-Trust Society Is an Impoverished Society

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The sole remaining reservoirs of trust in American life are personal networks, local enterprises and local institutions. It’s not exactly news that social trust has declined significantly in the United States. Surveys find … Continue reading →

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Rule by Criminals: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “In these days of worldwide confusion, there is a dire need for men and women who will courageously do battle for truth.”— Martin Luther King Jr. When exposing a crime is treated as committing a … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Death Machine

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Luther Blissett

THE DAILY DIG: DEATH MACHINE (1994) “DEATH MACHINE” HAS ALL THE WORKINGS TO BE A CULT SCI-FI HORROR FILM, RIPE FOR REDISCOVERY AND A PROPER US RELEASE FINALLY. By Bobby Lisse: Source: Morbidly Beautiful A weapons manufacturer tries to cover … Continue reading →

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Net Zero, the Digital Panopticon and the Future of Food 

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian The food transition, the energy transition, net-zero ideology, programmable central bank digital currencies, the censorship of free speech and clampdowns on protest. What’s it all about? To understand these processes, we need to first locate … Continue reading →

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Why Journalism is Going Extinct

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Luther Blissett

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 →

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Technocensorship: When Corporations Serve As a Front for Government Censors

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, … Continue reading →

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