Voltaire: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” John Stuart Mill: “I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally conservative.” H.L. Mencken: “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” The fact that a thoroughly corrupt and incompetent cretin […]
H.L. Mencken wrote, “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen […]
The US century of American economic and political hegemony is collapsing right before our very eyes. Like so many of history’s past empires, petty idiocies and hubris appear to be accelerating this inevitable decline. The real winner in all this chaos is China. Xi Jinping only has to follow Napoleon’s famous advice: “Never interfere with […]
Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is appointing himself chair of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, adding that he is immediately terminating multiple people from the board of trustees as well as the current chair. Since President Trump made the announcement, his minions have been busy creating an exciting calendar […]
It’s a pattern historians have seen many times before: It starts with the quiet dismantling of oversight and the abolition of regulations, and it ends with institutions that serve only those in power. The US used to have strong institutions and a vigorous vocal opposition; but seeing these government watchdogs being laid off and summarily […]
The disgusting, racist jokes made by supposed comedian Tony “pinch a loaf” Hinchcliffe at Donald tRump’s Nazi rally Sunday night at Madison Square Garden have been widely condemned by all living beings on Earth, while the Republican Party simply doubles down on the hate. In front of the assembled GOP, Hinchcliffe insulted Puerto Ricans [for […]
Corporate media outlets are obviously major participants in the totalitarian political system. The US is an advanced totalitarian state controlled by global oligarchs. The US military-industrial junta and its media sycophants are little more than predatory tools in the hands of this exclusive cabal. They use their vast wealth and power to destroy democracy and […]
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