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Send in the Clowns
Yellen and Garland perform back-to-back surprise visits to Ukraine By Philip Giraldi Source: The Unz Review Sometimes I think that the script being used by the Biden Administration to manage its foreign and national security policies has been written by … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Andriy Kostin, China, Deep State, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Eli Rosenbaum, empire, FBI, financial crisis, geopolitics, ICC, imperialism, Janet Yellen, Joe Biden, Lloyd Austin, Merrick Garland, Russia, Tony Blinken, Ukraine, US Treasury, Volodymyr Zelensky, war
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Ukraine is America’s Afghanistan More Than Russia’s
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well The thinking in Washington goes like this: for the “low cost” of Ukrainian lives and some American dollars, the West can end Putin’s strategic threat to the United States. No Americans are … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, CIA, Deep State, empire, EU, Euromaidan Revolution, geopolitics, Germany, imperialism, NATO, Pakistan, proxy war, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Viktor Yanukovych, war
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In a Multipolar World, the Idea of a New World Order Dies
By Timothy Alexander Guzman Source: Silent Crow News When former US President and war criminal George W. Bush and his neocon regime launched their anti-terrorism campaign after the September 11th attacks, he declared that “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged China, CIA, Deep State, empire, Europe, geopolitics, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Global South, Great Reset, IMF, imperialism, multipolarity, NATO, Neocons, New World Order, NWO, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, World Bank
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The Lords of Chaos
The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held accountable for their crimes. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, 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, war, war on terror
Tagged Anne Applebaum, Bill Keller, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, David Brooks, David Frum, David Remnick, Deep State, Dick Cheney, empire, Fareed Zakaria, geopolitics, George Packer, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, imperialism, iraq, Iraq War, Jeffrey Goldberg, Joe Biden, Jonathan Chait, Mainstream Media, Neocons, Nicholas Kristof, Peter Beinart, propaganda, Richard Cohen, Robert Kaplan, Thomas Friedman, Ukraine, war, war crimes, War Criminals, war on terror, William Kristol
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It Is The Mass Media’s Job To Help Suppress Anti-War Movements
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com In a new article titled “European antiwar protests gain strength as NATO’s Ukraine proxy war escalates,” The Grayzone’s Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal document the many large demonstrations that have been occurring in France, the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged activism, antiwar, China, corporate news, Deep State, disinformation, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Information War, Mainstream Media, Mass Media, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Ukraine, war
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Showdown in Ukraine
Hobbled US Turns to War to Preserve its Waning Primacy By Mike Whitney Source: The Unz Review The future of humanity will be decided on a battlefield in Ukraine. That’s no exaggeration. The conflict between the United States and Russia will … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, imperialism, NATO, Neocons, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Belt and Road Initiative, China, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, Globalization, imperialism, New World Order, Nord Stream, Oligarchy, Russia, Third World War, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hegemony, war
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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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