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Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan
Impeachment hearing opens with Democratic Party blast against Russia
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org The House Judiciary Committee opened its first formal hearing on the impeachment of President Trump Wednesday with a statement by committee chairman Jerrold Nadler that confirmed the right-wing character of the Democratic campaign. Nadler openly … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Bill Clinton, CIA, Deep State, Demoocrats, DNC, Donald Trump, empire, Eric Swalwell, geopolitics, Hunter Biden, Impeachment Hearing, imperialism, Iran-Contra, Jerrold Nadler, Joe Biden, Michael Gerhardt, NATO, Noah Feldman, Pamela Karlan, Robert Mueller, Ronald Reagan, Russia, RussiaGate, The House Judiciary Committee, Ukraine, US State Department, Viktor Yanukovych., Volodymyr Zelensky, war, Watergate
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Saturday Matinee: Whoops Apocalypse
“Whoops Apocalypse” (1982) is a six-part television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series details the chaotic and increasingly unstable geopolitical situation leading up to the Apocalypse. The chain of events … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Humor, Saturday Matinee, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Alexander Haig, Andrew Marshall, British Comedy, Cult Series, David Renwick, Ronald Reagan, Whoops Apocalypse
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America is exceptional — in all the wrong ways
By Maj. Danny Sjursen Source: Axis of Logic I was born and raised in an America far more Orwellian than many now remember. Matters have gone so far off the rails since 9/11 that few seem to recall the madness … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Health, History, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, patriotism, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, china, Citizen's United, Donald Trump, elliot abrams, Gun Control, iraq, maj. danny sjursen, nationalism, Orwell, patriotism, Ronald Reagan, Russia
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It’s back to the future with Venezuelan ‘Contras,’ the neocons, and the CIA
By Wayne Madsen Source: Intrepid Report Donald Trump displayed his full neocon colors on February 18 during a speech at Florida International University in Miami. With convicted Iran-contra felon Elliott Abrams now acting as his “special envoy” in charge of … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, Blackwater, CIA, Contras, corporate media, Coups, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Elliott Abrams, empire, front companies, geopolitics, Haiti, Honduras, imperialism, John Bolton, Jovenel Moise, Neocons, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Ronald Reagan, venezuela
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THE MONOPOLIZATION OF AMERICA: The biggest economic problem you’re hearing almost nothing about
By Robert Reich Source: Nation of Change Not long ago I visited some farmers in Missouri whose profits are disappearing. Why? Monsanto alone owns the key genetic traits to more than 90 percent of the soybeans planted by farmers in … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Social Control, society
Tagged antitrust, Big Ag, big data, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Cartels, corporatocracy, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Facebook, Google, Monopolization, Monopoly, Monsanto, Robert Bork, Ronald Reagan
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Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism
By Yves Smith Source: Naked Capitalism For years I’ve been using the term “neoliberalism” (or sometimes neo-liberalism*) and I’m always uncomfortable, since it sounds so academic. So I usually add one-phrase definitions and move on. For example, this from a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, Law, media, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Corporate Globalization, Democrats, Friedrich Hayek, George Monbiot, Global Elites, IMF, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Neoliberalism, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, the World Bank, World Trade Organisation, WTO
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The Other Side of the Post’s Katharine Graham
By Norman Solomon Source: Consortium News Movie critics are already hailing “The Post,” directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep as Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. Millions of people will see the film in early winter. But the real-life political story … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, censorship, CIA, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, History, imperialism, Labor, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged CIA, Contras, Henry Kissinger, hollywood, imperialism, John Hanrahan, Katharine Graham, Nicaragua, Pentagon Papers, propaganda, Robert McNamara, Robert Parry, Ronald Reagan, Sandinistas, State Crime, Steven Spielberg, The Post, Vietnam War, war, War Criminals, washington post
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How The American Neoconservatives Destroyed Mankind’s Hopes For Peace
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: TruePublica.org When Ronald Reagan turned his back on the neoconservatives, fired them, and had some of them prosecuted, his administration was free of their evil influence, and President Reagan negotiated the end of the Cold … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, Neocons, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Bill Clinton, china, Cold War, Europe, Federal Reserve, George H.W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, NATO, Neocons, neoconservatives, Paul Craig Roberts, Ronald Reagan, Russia
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