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Realism and Ipse Dixit
In a 3 July interview, judge Andrew Napolitano asked the University of Chicago political scientist, John Mearsheimer: “Why would the United States be putting missiles in the Philippines but to be provocative toward China?” Mearsheimer: “I don’t think that the United States is trying to be provocative. I think what the United States is interested […]
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George C. Marshall: Founder of Orwellian Deep State
Most geopolitics’ nerds know George C. Marshall as President Harry S. Truman’s Secretary of State, 1947-49, and Secretary of Defense, 1950-51, credited with initiating $13 billion Marshall Plan for rebuilding European economies devastated by the war. But few people know that as Chief of Staff of the US Army during World War II, Gen. George […]
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The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency
The US Supreme Court has much to answer for. In the genius of republican government, it operates as overseer and balancer to the executive and legislature. Of late, the judges have seemingly confused that role. In contrast to its other Anglophone counterparts, the highest tribunal in the US professes an open brand of politics, with […]
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“Genocide Joe” and “Fascist” Trump: What to Do!
Joe Biden and other Democrat politicians portray the 2024 Presidential election as a choice between fascism and democracy. Many avowed “socialists” echo that assertion. Are they correct; or, are they misguided (given that the Party, which they back, is dominated by politicians who primarily serve capital and monstrous empire)? Palestine. Biden and most Congress people of both […]
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The Supreme Court Makes the President a Dictator for Life
The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law. — Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissenting in Trump v. United States The U.S. Supreme Court has made it official: the president of the United States can now literally […]
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Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington
Anti-NATO protest in Chicago, 2012. Photo credit: Julie Dermansky. After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9th NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down the U.S. Capitol as they did in 1814, and the Germans […]
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Assange’s Return to Australia: The Resentment of the Hacks
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks fame is now back in the country of his birth, having endured conditions of captivity ranging from cramped digs in London’s Ecuadorian embassy to the maximum-security facilities of Belmarsh Prison. His return to Australia after striking a plea deal with the US Department of Justice sees him in a state with […]
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Hunted Biden: The First Presidential Debate Disaster
It was cruel. Sinister cruel. While Donald Trump was always going to relish the chance to be not only economical with the truth but simply inventive about it, Joe Biden, current Commander in Chief of the United States, leader of the self-described Free World, seemed a vanishing shadow, longing for soft slippers and the fireplace […]
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The U.S. Has Imposed Sanctions on Georgia and Nicaragua …
Source: Georgia Today Politicians in the small Caucasian nation of Georgia have been sanctioned by Washington for “undermining democracy” and depriving Georgian people of “fundamental freedoms,” simply because its parliament has passed a law to control foreign influence over Georgian politics. Politicians in another small country, Nicaragua, were subjected to U.S. sanctions for doing the […]
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