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Clandestine Cleansing: Al-Majd Europe, Gaza and Israeli Policy
According to its website, the mission of Al-Majd Europe, yet another odd charity organisation operating in the mash and rubble of Gaza, is “dedicated to providing essential humanitarian aid, educational opportunities, and sustainable development projects to Palestinian communities.” Leaving little by way of information, the charity was clearly one of the anointed, permitted by the […]
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The Highest Form of Democracy: The Grassroots Campaign of Yves Engler
The farce of Western regard for democracy has been revealed in several countries. Well known are the machinations of the Democratic National Commission to prevent the social democrat Bernie Sanders from becoming the leader of the so-called Democratic Party in the US. In the UK, there was the coalition of Labour Party insiders with Israeli […]
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Law of the Sea, the Abysmal Plain, and the Value of Intentional Obsolescence
REE’s — Rare Earth Elements. We’re all connected to the deep sea. There is no line in the ocean that says to us, ‘below this, nothing matters.’ The ocean is all connected. It’s the largest livable habitat on the planet. — Astrid Leitner, Oregon State U assistant professor. The interview HERE, to be aired, in […]
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Mechanical Mikey and the Theater of War
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood/Come gurgling from the froth-corrupted lungs . . . . My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori [It is a sweet and fitting thing […]
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Five Marksmen Carefully Selected
“I always aim four-five inches away from the body. That way I know that I couldn’t not have possibly pump the lead into the poor bastard.” “I aim at him but swing the muzzle to the right as I squeeze the trigger. If the lieutenant or the sergeant notice, I explain that I always flinch […]
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Pastor’s “MAGA vs. Jesus” TikTok Series Dismantling Right-Wing Theology Draws Millions
Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Reverend Dr. Caleb J. Lines, the pastor at University Christian Church in San Diego, California, had heard enough bull-puckery from MAGA Christians about their interpretation of the Bible. According to The Daily Dot’s Rachel Kiley, Rev. Lines has created […]
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The Truth about Nuclear Weapons
I am grateful for the invitation from The China Academy and its Thinkers’ Forum in Shanghai to shed light on the dark logic behind nuclear weapons—their possession, their use, their philosophy. (I know of no Western media that would extend such an invitation to me). This creed of “nuclearism” is not a strategy; it’s a […]
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BBC on the Rack
So Trump suddenly threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a misleading splice-up of video clips broadcast over a year ago. A BBC news editor — Raffi Berg — is suing journalist Owen Jones for exposing his biased judgement in reporting Gaza war news. And two top knobs at the BBC, Director-General Tim […]
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War Dogs, War Prostitutes, War Mongers, War as a Zionist (ZIM) Weapon
Note: Just ‘some’ of the feces in my ‘news’ (sic) feed in a two-hour period. Defense industry heaps praise on Hegseth’s weapons-buying reformation Terry Gerton You, I’m sure, paid very close attention to Secretary Hegseth’s speech last Friday on the arsenals of democracy. What was your takeaway? Stephanie Kostro Thanks so much for asking, Terry. And not […]
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The Gallery of Ghouls of Last Stage US Empire
The face of last stage empire on display at a Mar-a-Lago event: The human psyche’s lexicon is imagistic in nature. The psyche speaks in visual metaphors. At empire’s end, the psyche becomes an artist of the absurd. Hence, the nature of the zeitgeist will be limned by means of fashion, form, and feature into emblems […]
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