Liberal comedians as lapdogs for power
13
Feb
Chalk and cheese. Lee Camp talks to Chris Hedges about the few comedians who really do call out the crimes of power – and the many who play at it. * * *
Category Archives: general
What of ideology, when reality intrudes?
26
Jan
If one accesses the alternative news and analysis platforms such as The Duran, Brian Beletic et al it comes as a shock to realise just how ill informed people are who rely on the mainstream media – even when this … Read More »
The implosion of Western supremacy
12
Dec
I can envisage no scenario in which things do not get much worse, in the west at least, before they get better. Broken: the implicit contract between ruler and ruled Washington and its criminally complicit allies didn’t have to lose their … Read More »
10 stupid things we’re asked to believe
6
Oct
Caitlin today: The Top Ten Dumbest Things Empire Propagandists Ask Us To Believe When you live under an empire that’s held together by lies, you’ll be asked to believe a lot of intensely stupid bullshit. Here are the top ten … Read More »
The parable of the sower
29
Sep
Never has the world seemed a more dangerous place, nor more in the thrall of power-servingly mendacious accounts of why. The first fills me with alarm but also an imperative. The second can throw those like me – seeking, with … Read More »
Three weekend reads on amnesia
23
Sep
Of late I’ve done a slew of reading and want to share some of it, though I’m spoiled for choice. Fine pieces from Naked Capitalism, Caitlin Johnstone, Andrew Korybko, Simplicius the Thinker, Moon of Alabama and Michael Roberts to name … Read More »
Damned by their own words
13
Sep
We need to remind people they work for the employer, not the other way around. we need to see unemployment rise, unemployment has to jump 40–50 percent … Tim Gurner, property developer Once the penny dropped that modern monetary theory … Read More »
Broken: the implicit contract between the rulers and the ruled. Part 2 of 2
2
Sep
… continued from Part 1 …. [ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Left, the message; right, the messengers[/ezcol_1half_end] [ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Left, the truth; right, the witness[/ezcol_1half_end] * In a piece replicated in full on this site – Who pays for the US war machine? – my … Read More »
No censorship please: we’re Westerners
18
Aug
Left, a Bing in Internet Explorer return on my search for RT (formerly Russia Today). Right, a DuckDuckGo in Tor return on the same. Why not make up your own mind whose voices you hear? Download the Tor Browser today! … Read More »
A canary sings: make peace, you fools!
9
Aug
In a post yesterday – beneath the quietly understated header, Make Peace, You Fools! – former US Army Colonel Douglas McGregor offered these (here edited and abridged) words: Putin committed fewer than 100,000 troops to a shallow penetration on a … Read More »