Tag: United States

  • The Day Australian Sovereignty Died

    If a date might be found when Australian sovereignty was extinguished by the emissaries of the US imperium, July 29, 2023 will be as good as any.  Not that they aren’t other candidates, foremost among them being the announcement of the AUKUS agreement between Australia, UK and the US in September 2021.  They all point […]

  • Could the US Realistically Use Taiwan to Fight a Proxy War with China?

    Could the US Realistically Use Taiwan to Fight a Proxy War with China?

    Illustration: Liu Rui/GT John V. Walsh (@JohnWal97469920) is an antiwar writer who is well versed on China. Recently, he wrote an article titled “Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation.” Insane, yes, but it is also a blazing sign of desperation. A plethora of American words and actions touching on mainland China reveal a jittery seat […]

  • AUSMIN and Assange: The Great Vassal Smackdown

    It was there for all to see.  Embarrassing, cloying, and bound make you cough up the remnants of your summit lunch, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III stopped by one of the vassal states to make sure that the meal and military service was orderly, the troops well behaved, […]

  • No Let-Up In U.S. Economic Decline

    No Let-Up In U.S. Economic Decline

    As the mainstream media continues to make irrational and diversionary statements about the economy, facts show and experience confirms that people’s living and working standards continue to steadily decline. The economy continues to move in the wrong direction. Poor economic conditions persist, which is why the vast majority remain pessimistic about the economy and recognize […]

  • The Cold War, Desegregation, and Affirmative Action

    The Cold War, Desegregation, and Affirmative Action

    Desegregation – A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States – Howard University School of Law As the US Supreme Court aspires to drive a nail into the coffin of affirmative action, it is important to recognize how the Cold War helped to shape the mid-twentieth-century civil-rights people’s victories and the consequent policy […]

  • The Past Is Prologue

    Just viewed, for the first time, the 2012 ESPN documentary Ghosts of Ole Miss written by Wright Thompson and directed by Fritz Mitchell. The film covered the 1962 segregationist riot at the University of Mississippi in opposition to the first African American student being enrolled there, James Meredith. Interspersed into it all was the undefeated […]

  • Tell Congress More Work, Less Vacation

    Thursday, several colleagues and I, sent an open letter to all 535 members of Congress about reducing their five-week vacation and remaining in Congress to address crucial long-delayed tasks. ***** July 27, 2023 Open Letter to Members of Congress: Crises Demand More Work Time Shorter Vacation The Congress is about to embark on the longest […]

  • WAR Is The Crime, Not How It Is Committed!

    While the bluster about cluster bombs covers the subject of murder with liberal prattle about how it’s committed, one of humanity’s oldest but ever more dangerous problems continues as a major profit creator while adding to humanity’s losses. Hairs are split over how skulls are shredded and bodies made unrecognizable as though its all okay […]

  • Neocons Want War with China

    Neocons Want War with China

    It was a photo op for the ages: a visibly well-disposed President Xi Jinping receiving centenarian “old friend of China” Henry Kissinger in Beijing. Mirroring meticulous Chinese attention to protocol, they met at Villa 5 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse – exactly where Kissinger first met in person with Zhou Enlai in 1971, preparing Nixon’s […]

  • Congressional Concerns: Stalling Nuclear Submarines for Australia

    Any security arrangement with too many variables and multiple contingencies, risks stuttering and keeling over. Critical delays might be suffered, attributable to a number of factors beyond the parties concerned. Disputes and disagreements may surface. Such an arrangement is AUKUS, where the number of cooks risk spoiling any meal they promise to cook. The main […]

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