NEW YOINK TIMES

US Media Promotes Military Intervention In Venezuela
(Francisco Dominguez & Roger D. Harris at Popular Resistance.org)
January 26, 2025

"The New York Times, the so-called US “newspaper of record,” carried an opinion piece by one of its columnists promoting “military intervention” to promote “democracy” by overturning the democratically elected government of Venezuela.

The central tenet of the NYT piece is that the moral basis for deposing the current president is clear because it claims that he stole the election, terrorizes his opponents, and brutalizes his people with no sign of letting up, much less letting go. Every other option for political change, it contends, has been attempted. Not only that, but Venezuela maintains friendly relations with “our enemies” such as China, Russia, and Iran.

We deconstruct this appeal for illegal regime change. For us solidarity activists, Venezuela is an independent country, totally entitled to find its own way of development to benefit its people. The US may be the hemispheric hegemon, but it does not have the legal and even less the moral right to determine who should rule another country..."

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Democracy is anathema to The American Empire, especially in those rare occasions when it appears to be working. The notion that the swamp creatures dwelling in D.C. are interested in anything other than stealing the natural resources of Venezuela is beyond laughable.

Boycott The New Yoink Times, the newspaper of wrecktards.

DEMOCRACY @ WORK

"Most People Have No Idea What's About To Happen"
Richard Wolff's Last WARNING
(FREENVESTING on YouTube)
January 16, 2025

"Richard D. Wolff is an American economist and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is known for his critiques of economic inequality and his advocacy for worker cooperatives as a way to empower individuals and address systemic issues within the economy. Through his books, lectures, and public appearances, Wolff explores topics such as economic democracy and alternative economic models."

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In the above video, Dr. Wolff provides an easy to digest digest of our history. If this is news to you you are welcome but his analysis is only an overview, the rest of the story is much much worse.

Most of us are aware that filthy rich megalomaniacs call the shots around the world and many of them love to extol the virtues of Capitalism and Democracy. Corporations really run things but they allow stooges to be elected as long as they serve their interests. That's why when leaders get elected that they don't like they get rid of them, via smear campaigns, electoral shenanigans, espionage, military intervention, and/or assassinations.

U.S. leaders are billionaires who have no interest in sharing their wealth.

The ruling class desires all the money generated by natural resources to go into their pockets. Not only has that always been the case in the U.S.A., you can probably name several robber barons without thinking hard, it's why it's been at war for virtually its entire existence. War is a cynical tool used to rape and pillage everywhere on Earth with the consent of a people completely brainwashed by lies and propaganda.

Please read this:

WAR IS A RACKET (PDF)
BY SMEDLEY D. BUTLER
"This short anti-war pamphlet was written by a Major General in the Marines
who was an American military hero, but became disillusioned with the profiteering,
propaganda, and injustice of the military-industrial and intelligence-foreign policy
establishments, and came to oppose American involvement in foreign wars
designed to benefit financial and industrial interests."

Corporations rule and their primary purpose is to accumulate and control assets, typically by exploiting the planet's resources by exploiting people, including their own employees, their consumers, or anyone they can use to their advantage. And they rarely clean up their toxic messes, that's always someone else's problem.

Corporations are as democratic as the military.

How many corporations ask their employees their opinion about what the company does and how they do it? Do indigenous populations get to vote against an oil company that extracts billions and billions of dollars of wealth from under them, leaving their land poisoned and desolate after they finish?

Democracy is not a characteristic of corporations and nothing screams CAPITALISM like a big corporation.

The Western elites often decry the idiocy and failures of socialist governments, claiming it's a system that cannot work. So why are they afraid of them. Rather than spending many trillions of dollars and killing many millions of people, why didn't they save all that money and all those lives by letting alternatives to capitalism fail on their own.

My personal opinion is the oligarchs are terrified that a socialist country might prosper if left in peace. A country that nationalizes it's resources for instance and uses that revenue to provide services to its citizens, is a very bad example for Americans to see.

If I were to consider a logical way to live with the best interests of the environment and everything that lives within it, handing over power to cabals of selfish freaks wouldn't be on my list.

Capitalism is not a survival strategy.

Get over it or get ready for it to be over.

When asked, "What's your solution, smart guy?" I simply reply, "Let everyone decide."

BUBBLE CHUM

China's shocking DeepSeek AI pops US Big Tech monopoly bubble
(Geopolitical Economy Report on YouTube)
January 29, 2025

"The Chinese company DeepSeek shocked the West with a groundbreaking open-source artificial intelligence model that beats huge Silicon Valley Big Tech monopolies. The US government is already trying to ban it, using "national security" as an excuse. Ben Norton explains." 

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China isn't a threat to the average American, its sin is outperforming our Western capitalist oligarchs.

The Western Junta scares me more than the rise of alternatives because they use brute force instead of political and economic acumen.

 

SWISS COCKS

Pro-Palestine Journalist ARRESTED in Switzerland Ahead of Speech
(Due Dissidence on YouTube)
January, 27, 2025

"Pro-Palestine American journalist Ali Abunimah was arrested in Zurich after arriving for a scheduled speaking engagement."

 

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The Atomic Clock is ominously ticking and as reliable as Swiss mechanisms Western machinations crush free speech.

 
 The police are quickly becoming indistinguishable from the military. They drive around in tricked out war machines, carry assault rifles, and wear pounds and pounds of protective clothing like every Tuesday is a war game. They operate in larger and larger numbers and appear to have hairy trigger fingers. 

 

When keeping the peace means beating and arresting pacifist, you might be living in a dystopia. 

 

Frankly, I'm more impressed by the service and courage of those who simply try to speak the truth. We should all thank brave journalists for their service.

YOU TOO, BOZO?

Meditations On Bono Receiving The Presidential Medal Of Freedom From Joe Biden
(Caitlin Johnstone)
January 8, 2025

"Hague fugitive Joe Biden has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to U2 singer Bono, because that’s the sort of thing that happens in a society where everything is fake and we are led by the least among us. Other recipients of the medal this year include Hillary Rodham Clinton and George Soros.

At the ceremony, Bono was introduced with the words, 'The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to Bono. As the lead singer of U2, one of the most successful rock bands in history, Bono changes the world through his art and activism. In an Irish tradition of poetry and protest, rebellion and rejoicing, he has composed anthems to peace and civil rights. As a humanitarian, he lifts up causes from ending poverty and disease, to calling for debt relief for developing nations. The common beat of his life’s work is the power of freedom, a tie that also binds Ireland and America as beloved friends.'

Which is absolutely hilarious."

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Here's a Bono Bonus Clipping

The Frontman of Empire: How Bono’s “Activism” Serves the Powerful
(Alan Macleod at Mint Press News.com)
June 6, 2022

"DUBLIN – Bono is again in the news for his political activism. At the behest of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Irish rockstar and frontman of U2 traveled to Kiev, where he performed a few songs with Ukrainian soldiers inside the Khreshchatyk metro station to a crowd of around 100 people – most of whom were journalists. After the concert was over, Bono addressed the Ukrainian people through the media, stating, 'Your president leads the world in the cause of freedom right now; …the people of Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you’re fighting for all of us who love freedom,'  while also calling for regime change in Russia.

Earlier, Bono sent U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the following poem, in which he anointed Zelensky a living saint. Pelosi read it out at an event celebrating St. Patrick’s Day:

Oh, St Patrick he drove out the snakes
With his prayers but that’s not all it takes
For the snake symbolizes
An evil that rises
And hides in your heart, as it breaks
And the evil has risen my friends
From the darkness that lives in some men
But in sorrow and fear
That’s when saints can appear
To drive out those old snakes once again
And they struggle for us to be free
From the psycho in this human family
Ireland’s sorrow and pain
Is now the Ukraine
And St Patrick’s name now Zelensky

His work was not well received, being described as 'unhinged,' 'a particular kind of awful,' and 'literally the worst poem ever written,' in the media. His recent activism has also failed to impress Dr. Harry Browne of Technological University Dublin and author of the book 'The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power).'"

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I couldn't resist throwing in a Latin pun via Shakespeare's "Et tu, Brute?"

So glad I never liked U2.

Splitters.

ELECTED REPREHENSIBLES

‘We Have to Act’: Taxpayers Suing Congressmembers for Funding Genocide Speak Out
(Marjorie Cohn / Truthout at ScheerPost.com)
January 4, 2025

"On December 19, more than 500 federal taxpayers from 10 northern California counties filed an unprecedented class-action lawsuit against their congressional representatives. Seth Donnelly et. al. v. Mike Thompson, and Jared Huffman charges that the defendants — two Democratic congressmembers — illegally abused their tax and spend authority on April 20, 2024, when they voted for the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which authorized $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleges that Thompson and Huffman violated the U.S. Constitution, the Genocide Convention and several U.S. laws." 

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 I have no recollection of an elected representative in the U.S.A representing me even slightly as their constituent. The few from other districts that might have come close are dead or have been purged by electoral shenanigans.

The list of electoral shenanigans began at the beginning and continues to grow, they're as American as apple pie. But that's grist for another post.

I am reasonably confident that the bought and paid for members of Congress would not remain in office if the standards laid out in The Constitution were applied. No need to consult legal experts on constitutional law regarding the nuances of obscure passages in the "sacred" document, just follow the money.

Somehow the billions of dollars spent by lobbyists to elect and later influence the clown car we call Congress, hasn't reached a level that might define that massive influx of cash and perks... a bribe. A bribe according to the seemingly most holy document next to the scriptures, stipulates that political officers who accept a bribe must be removed from office. I guess that will happen after the Second Coming.

FYI

Constitution of the United States
Article II
Section 4

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

DRESSED TO KILL

The Military is the Extremism
As if there could be something more extreme than a military.
(David Swanson at Popular Resistance.org)
January 3, 2025

"According to a headline in The Hill newspaper, which takes a position typical of U.S. corporate media, 'New Year’s attacks fuel fears of extremism in military.'

In other words, an institution openly dedicated to mass killing and destruction may have fallen victim to infiltration by “extremists.” As if there could be something more extreme than a military." 

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Obedience is literally drilled into a soldier, they practice taking orders in order to put into practice what they're ordered to do. The perfect tools for the war criminals they obey.

 Calling soldiers "peace keepers" might be the most macabre oxymoron I've ever heard.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

Secret Giant U.S. Structure in Lebanon - What's Their Plan?
(Dangerous Ideas with Lee Camp on YouTube)
January 24, 2025

"The hidden secrets surrounding a massive U.S. structure in Lebanon."

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A man simply trying to survive in the U.S.A. was killed recently when a bulldozer ran over his tent as it was clearing a homeless encampment. SOP: Bulldoze first, look for occupants later.

 Poverty and homelessness is on the rise but Congress funnels, I mean funds, the MIC to the tune of over a trillion unaccountable dollars every year. The "Defense" Department doesn't just fail every audit, it doesn't even come close. All we can be sure of is that most of those dollars go directly into the pockets of merchants of death.

Imagine if we all could check boxes on our tax forms to allocate where trillions of dollars go... or don't go. Or better yet, imagine our ruling class using our fiat currency to benefit their constituents and to help spread peace and health throughout the world. Imagine how safe we would all feel if the populations of the world loved instead of feared us.

Ever wonder why we can spend billions and billions and billions of dollars toppling governments and stealing resources, but somehow we can't afford social safety nets. Do our Senators lament that there just isn't enough money to wage war? Does our state media ever wonder how we are going to pay for war?

Those questions were rhetorical.

&BTW

Killing millions of people and creating chaos around the globe isn't making anyone safer, but it is making a few people inconceivably wealthy.

The US Dollar has been used as a bludgeon to punish countries that do not bow to our industrial and ideological whims for many decades. America's appalling foreign policies have given rise to a coordinated global community of resistance known as BRICS and its membership is growing.

Instead of being a despised empire the U.S.A. could be a beloved global benefactor. But you know, oligarch's gonna oligarch.

If you're proud to be an American, you're an oligarch or a dupe, or both.
 

LEGACY OF FAILURE

 

Joe Biden's Legacy of Failure, Hypocrisy, and Murder
The outgoing president badly wants to be remembered as a good man who tried his best. Pity it’s not true.
(Stephen Prager & Nathan J. Robinson & Alex Skopic at Current Affairs.org)

January 20, 2025

"As his presidency has been, by and large, successful in delivering for the American people. Biden’s view is that he saved the country from disaster, but his accomplishments were not appreciated. In his mind, he spent his time nobly working on fixing the country and did not think about the grubby public relations aspect of politics. 'I'm not a very good huckster… I almost spent too much time on the policy, not enough time on the politics,' he told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. His error, then, was that he was too pure for this world, too humble a public servant. James Clyburn, a leading Biden defender, similarly says that 'I defy anybody to show me an administration that has been more impactful on the general public than Biden has been since, I suspect, Lyndon Johnson.'"

 

BAG'S YOUR UNCLE?

The Comedy Shop with The Unknown Comic
(Aviday's Interests on YouTube)

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"He was like a father to me."  - T. Bag

Best YouTube Comments:

@waynelynch3862

The Unknown Comic (Murray Langston) is still alive 1/17/25. He appeared on more than 150 episodes of the Gong Show. He was reportedly embarrassed about appearing on the show, so he put a bag over his head with holes for his eyes/mouth, memorized a few old jokes and burst onto the show as "The Unknown Comic". The character, a frenetic speed-jokester in smarmy attire, was a hit, and developed a cult following.

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@eezonly1sand0s54

Gong but not forgotten.

BYE BYE BIDEN

Exeunt, the Man from Scranton
(Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost)
January 20, 2025

"I honestly do not think Joe Biden ever had a chance to make sense of his four years as president. It is not merely his native stupidity, and Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s  execrable record on the foreign side seems evidence enough that he is through and through, all-over stupid. This does not distinguish Biden among American presidents, after all. No, the matter to hand is larger. If you assume the task of running an empire and the empire has profligately abused the world’s once-considerable reservoir of goodwill, anyone short of a philosopher king was bound to fail as America’s No. 46."

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"America can be defined in a single word..."
 (Curt Explores on YouTube | 7-seconds)

ONE BAD APPLE...

 One Bad Apple: A Human Fable

There’s an old fairy tale about a dude back in the before times who, while vacationing in paradise, poached a fruit that imparted to him the knowledge of both good and evil.

[ed. note: I’ve always wondered why he could be blamed for doing something wrong if he was never taught the difference in the first place.]

So, this free lunch got him and his girlfriend kicked out of the resort and amazingly it also caused everyone ever since to suffer and die, and also wear clothes all the time. I know it’s just a story but it’s as good a reason as any to avoid Smart Water.

Some blame his girlfriend for talking him into it but these same folk often extol the virtues of taking responsibility for your actions. They don’t appear to accept the ‘I was only following orders’ excuse. But in a bizarre twist many of the super fans and cosplayers seem to be OK with hereditary guilt, the one sin to rule them all. So we’re supposed to take responsibility for someone else’s actions, too. Wow!

And there’s even others who say if you eat tiny pieces of mystery bread every weekend it helps cure you of that original food poisoning that you probably never had because you can’t afford a vacation in paradise. The details are fuzzy and frankly get a bit creepy. Blah, blah, blah.

Anyway, it’s a cool story but most people are missing the point.

Knowledge is another word for intelligence, which is by its nature neither good nor evil, but seems to be associated with most human suffering, e.g. the slave trade, economic wars, and Lunchables. Almost every invention, the fruit of our intelligence, is twisted into something that causes more evil than good. If you're confused consult Siri.

We’ve all become victims of knowledge, not because we know and learn things but because in aggregate our species inevitably uses knowledge to screw each other over.

Imagine how beautiful this planet would be if we weren’t such Great Apes.

CANDUNCE OWNS

A very special interview.

Candace Owens Thinks Dinosaurs Are What?

(SciManDan on YouTube)
January 14, 2025

"On a recent podcast, Candace Owens discusses the moon landing and dinosaurs.

It does not go well.

Enjoy."

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I became aware of the existence of this... personality? ... commentator? ...pundant? ...idiot? when she began appearing in recent clips on political websites.

That she makes actual money by expressing her views is further evidence that the corporate media's primary mission is maintaining a clueless society.

Spreading stupid is far more richly rewarded than educating the electorate.

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ADDENDUM

CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES

I used to wonder if corporate pundits pretended to be stupid or did they simply crave fame and fortune and the opportunity to spread propaganda for their chosen ideology.

The evidence is mounting that genuine idiots float to the top of the information cesspool because unbiased expertise disqualifies you for a high-paying job in our government and its media. An educated electorate is the last thing our overlords want, right after honest work.

In the U.S. if you’re allowed to speak freely you’re probably not saying anything worth hearing. Being deaf to suffering, dumb regarding threats to our existence, and blind to objective reality, seems to be the key to success these days. Idiocracy indeed!

The ‘Candunce’ interview broken down in the video above broke my brain. I wouldn’t know who she was if otherwise decent folks didn’t platform her by showing clips of her mouth making noises. I'm just about finished watching dumb asses get debunked, even when commentators I like take time out to ridicule establishment hacks. The list of media personalities, comics, actors, and anchors I won't watch again is getting very long! 

Great journalist are dying off and the independents carrying the torch are under threat. Most genuine journalists struggle to maintain a livelihood, they're suppressed, imprisoned, and even assassinated. Everyone should consider boycotting mainstream media and support independent journalism instead.

Boycott The Duopoly!

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY?

 Amish farmer victory in USDA court battle
(Alison Morrow with Robert Barnes on Youtube)

"Amish farmer Amos Miller has been battling the USDA over his raw dairy and other food products, as the USDA says he does not have the permits required to sell these items. Robert Barnes has been part of Miller's legal team, and joins me to discuss their recent court win."

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Factory farming and overly processed food has been catastrophic to both our planet and us people. 

 

 If we were put on this planet for the sole purpose of poisoning it, I'd give us an A grade and shiny brown star.

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WHEN A PICTURE SAYS IT ALL

JLENS (military surveillance balloons)
(Wikipedia Article)
 

"The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS (colloquially, Spy Balloon), was a tethered aerial detection system designed to track boats, ground vehicles, cruise missiles, manned and unmanned aircraft (airborne early warning and control), and other threats. The system had four primary components: two tethered aerostats which utilized a helium/air mix, armored mooring stations, sophisticated radars, and a processing station designed to communicate with anti-missile and other ground and airborne systems. Each system was referred to as an "orbit", and two orbits were built. The Army-led joint program which fielded JLENS was designed to complement fixed-wing surveillance aircraft, saving money on crew, fuel, maintenance and other costs, and give military commanders advance warning to make decisions and provide notifications. Following cost overruns, underperformance, declining support in Congress, and public scrutiny following a snapped tether which allowed one craft moored at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland to drift on a 100-mile uncontrolled descent across Pennsylvania, dragging its cable tether which damaged power lines and cut power to 20,000 homes, the program was suspended in October 2015, and completely discontinued by 2017."

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Progress isn't a natural progression.

Nature thrives when conditions are sustainable.

We seem to be advancing toward oblivion.