Short follow up to my previous post, on Zelensky’s ordeal at the Oval Office. That focused on rebutting the absurd but wall-to-wall promoted thesis of gallant Kiev, having done nothing but mind its own business – if we leave aside … Read More »
It is impossible for a rational person acquainted with even a fraction of the relevant facts, and acting in good faith, to do other than conclude that Russia was intentionally provoked to the point where her special military operation in the … Read More »
Cracking rumours emerge from the US-Russia bilateral negotiations in Riyadh. The US is reportedly offering to withdraw its military presence from former Soviet republics, dismantle missile sites in Poland and Romania, cancel all sanctions and even tease the eventual withdrawal … Read More »
Britain’s Neoliberally Atlanticist, The Economist, February 18 2025 The air is thick with dust far from settled following twin shocks delivered last week to Europe’s Atlanticist leaders by their US masters. Specifically, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsworth told them what all … Read More »
On many matters our ‘quality’ media serve us passably well but this enables a greater lie. They must show themselves trustworthy even if it embarrasses high office. (Not only does long term capacity to manufacture consent depend on it. So … Read More »
It’s at best ignorant and at worst dishonest to quote the “then” part of an if-then conditional as a standalone. I’m not one for defending war criminals but a textbook case is the oft repeated claim that President-elect Richard Nixon’s … Read More »
Two things everybody needs to know about Western democracy. One, it ain’t real. A lot of work goes in – not just through news media but an array of ideological apparatus from education to arts and entertainment, and from organised … Read More »
Financial Times, February 3 2025 One thing Ireland learned before and after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement – as did occupied Europe after WW2 – is that not every freedom fighter trained to rob banks, forge documents, do blackmail, strong-arm … Read More »
In my last post but one, Donald Trump is the empire unmasked, I quoted Caitlin Johnstone as per the above image caption. In the post which followed it, What is to be done?, I offered Chris Hedges’ slightly more detailed … Read More »
Today Mark Taliano posted this. I concur without reservation and invite those with a different view to argue it in the comments section or, by arrangement, in a guest post. What am I thinking? What am I thinking. I am … Read More »