thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-12--Virus of Mass Destruction

Virus of Mass Destruction

There comes a point in the introduction of every new official narrative when people no longer remember how it started .
Or , rather , they remember how it started , but not the propaganda that started it .
Or , rather , they remember all that ( or are able to , if you press them on it ) , but it doesn ’ t make any difference anymore , because the official narrative has supplanted reality .
You ’ ll remember this point from the War on Terror , and specifically the occupation of Iraq .
By the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had completely forgotten the propaganda that launched the invasion , and thus regarded the Iraqi resistance as “ terrorists , ” despite the fact that the United States had invaded and was occupying their country for no legitimate reason whatsoever .
By that time , it was abundantly clear that there were no “ weapons of mass destruction , ” and that the U.S.A. had invaded a nation that had not attacked it , and posed no threat to it , and so was perpetrating a textbook war of aggression .
These facts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slightest .
By that time , Westerners were totally immersed in the official War on Terror narrative , which had superseded objective reality .
Herd mentality had taken over .
It ’ s difficult to describe how this works ; it ’ s a state of functional dissociation .
It wasn ’ t that people didn ’ t know the facts , or that they didn ’ t understand the facts .
They knew the Iraqis weren ’ t “ terrorists.
” At the same time , they knew they were definitely “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they knew that they weren ’ t .
They knew there were no WMDs , that there had never been any WMDs , and still they were certain there were WMDs , which would be found , although they clearly did not exist .
The same thing happened in Nazi Germany .
The majority of the German people were never fanatical anti-Semites like the hardcore N.S.D.A.P .
members .
If they had been , there would have been no need for Goebbels and his monstrous propaganda machine .
No , the Germans during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the War on Terror , knew that their victims posed no threat to them , and at the same time they believed exactly the opposite , and thus did not protest as their neighbors were hauled out of their homes and sent off to death camps , camps which , in their dissociative state , simultaneously did and did not exist .
What I ’ m describing probably sounds like psychosis , but , technically speaking , it isn ’ t … not quite .
It is not an absolute break from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know that what they believe is not real .
Nonetheless , they are forced to believe it ( and do , actually , literally , believe it , as impossible as I know that sounds ) , because the consequences of not believing it are even more frightening than the cognitive dissonance of believing a narrative they know is a fiction .
Disbelieving the official narrative means excommunication from “ normality , ” the loss of friends , income , status , and in many cases far worse punishments .
Herd animals , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run towards the center of the herd .
Separation from the herd makes them easy prey for pursuing predators .
It is the same primal instinct operating here .
It is the goal of every official narrative to generate this type of herd mentality , not in order to deceive or dupe the public , but , rather , to confuse and terrorize them to the point where they revert to their primal instincts , and are being driven purely by existential fear , and facts and truth no longer matter .
Once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is unassailable by facts and reason .
It no longer needs facts to justify it .
It justifies itself with its own existence .
Reason can not penetrate it .
Arguing with its adherents is pointless .
They know it is irrational .
They simply do not care .
We are reaching this point with the coronavirus narrative .
It is possible that we have already reached it .
Despite the fact that what we are dealing with is a virus that , yes , is clearly deadly to the old and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is just as clearly not a deadly threat to the majority of the human species , people are cowering inside their homes as if the Zombie Apocalpyse had finally begun .
Many appear to believe that this virus is some sort of Alien-Terrorist Death Flu ( or weaponized Virus of Mass Destruction ) that will kill you the second you breathe it in .
This is not surprising at all , because , according to the official narrative , its destructive powers are nearly unlimited .
Not only will it obliterate your lungs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organs , and kill you with blood clots , and intestinal damage , now it causes “ sudden strokes in young adults , ” and possibly spontaneous prostate cancer , and God knows what other medical horrors !
According to all the “ scientists ” and “ medical experts ” ( i.e.
, those that conform to the official narrative , not all the other scientists and medical experts ) , it is unlike any other virus that has ever existed in the history of viruses .
It certainly doesn ’ t follow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a limited period , and then rapidly dying down on its own , regardless of what measures are taken to thwart it , as this Israeli study would seem to indicate .
Also , “ we have no immunity against it , ” which is why we all have to remain “ locked down ” like unruly inmates in a penitentiary until a vaccine can be concocted and forced onto every living person on earth .
Apparently , this mandatory wonder vaccine will magically render us immune to this virus against which we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unable to develop immunity ) , which immunity will be certified on our mandatory “ immunity papers , ” which we will need to travel , get a job , send our kids to school , and , you know , to show the police when they stop us on the street because we look like maybe we might be “ infected.
” Germany ( where I live ) is way out in front of this .
According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the federal government plans to introduce a coronavirus “ immunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Infection Protection Law , ” which will grant the authorities the power to round up anyone “ suspected to be contagious ” and force them into … uh … “ quarantine , ” and “ forbid them from entering certain public places.
” The Malaysian authorities have dispensed with such niceties , and are arresting migrant workers and refugees in so-called “ Covid-19 red zones ” and marching them off to God knows where .
Oh , yeah , and I almost forgot … the germ and chemical warfare researchers at DARPA ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ) have developed some new type of fancy blood test that will identify “ asymptomatic carriers ” ( i.e.
, people who display no symptoms whatsoever ) .
So that will probably come in handy … especially if the “ white supremacists , ” “ Red-Brown extremists , ” and “ conspiracy theorists ” keep protesting the lockdown with their wives and kids !
And these are just the latest additions to a list of rather dystopian examples of the “ brave new normal ” official narrative that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our very eyes ( which the OffGuardian editors have streamlined here and here , and which continues on Twitter ) .
It ’ s all right there in black and white .
They aren ’ t hiding the totalitarianism … they don ’ t have to .
Because people are begging for it .
They are demanding to be “ locked down ” inside their homes , forced to wear masks , and stand two meters apart , for reasons that most of them no longer remember .
Plastic barriers are going up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you which way to walk .
Boxes show you where to stand .
Paranoid Blockwarts are putting up signs threatening anyone not wearing a mask .
Hysterical little fascist creeps are reporting their neighbors to the police for letting their children play with other children .
Millions of people are voluntarily downloading “ contact tracing applications ” so that governments and global corporations can monitor their every movement .
In Spain , they bleached an entire beach , killing everything , down to the insects , in order to protect the public from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an Orwellian chorus of shrieking , sanctimonious voices bullying everyone into conformity with charts , graphs , and desperate guilt-trips , few of which have much connection to reality .
Corporations and governments are censoring dissent .
We ’ re approaching a level of manufactured mass hysteria and herd mentality that not even Goebbels could have imagined .
Meanwhile , they ’ re striking the mostly empty “ field hospitals , ” and the theatrical “ hospital ship ” is now gone , and despite their attempts to inflate the Covid-19 death count @ @ @ @ @ @ @ projected hundreds of millions of deaths have not materialized ( not even close ) , and Sweden is fine , as is most of humanity , and … just like there were no WMDs , there is no Virus of Mass Destruction .
What there is , is a new official narrative , the brave new , paranoid , pathologized “ normal.
” Like the War on Terror , it ’ s a global narrative .
A global , post-ideological narrative .
It ’ s just getting started , so it isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will get , but , given the nature of the pilot episode , I am kind of dreading the rest of the series .

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here comes a point in the introduction of every new official narrative when people no longer remember how it started. Or, rather, they remember how it started, but not the propaganda that started it. Or, rather, they remember all that (or are able to, if you press them on it), but it doesn’t make any difference anymore, because the official narrative has supplanted reality.
You’ll remember this point from the War on Terror, and specifically the occupation of Iraq. By the latter half of 2004, most Westerners had completely forgotten the propaganda that launched the invasion, and thus regarded the Iraqi resistance as “terrorists,” despite the fact that the United States had invaded and was occupying their country for no legitimate reason whatsoever. By that time, it was abundantly clear that there were no “weapons of mass destruction,” and that the U.S.A. had invaded a nation that had not attacked it, and posed no threat to it, and so was perpetrating a textbook war of aggression.
These facts did not matter, not in the slightest. By that time, Westerners were totally immersed in the official War on Terror narrative, which had superseded objective reality. Herd mentality had taken over. It’s difficult to describe how this works; it’s a state of functional dissociation. It wasn’t that people didn’t know the facts, or that they didn’t understand the facts. They knew the Iraqis weren’t “terrorists.” At the same time, they knew they were definitely “terrorists,” despite the fact that they knew that they weren’t. They knew there were no WMDs, that there had never been any WMDs, and still they were certain there were WMDs, which would be found, although they clearly did not exist.
The same thing happened in Nazi Germany. The majority of the German people were never fanatical anti-Semites like the hardcore N.S.D.A.P. members. If they had been, there would have been no need for Goebbels and his monstrous propaganda machine. No, the Germans during the Nazi period, like the Americans during the War on Terror, knew that their victims posed no threat to them, and at the same time they believed exactly the opposite, and thus did not protest as their neighbors were hauled out of their homes and sent off to death camps, camps which, in their dissociative state, simultaneously did and did not exist.
What I’m describing probably sounds like psychosis, but, technically speaking, it isn’t … not quite. It is not an absolute break from reality. People functioning in this state know that what they believe is not real. Nonetheless, they are forced to believe it (and do, actually, literally, believe it, as impossible as I know that sounds), because the consequences of not believing it are even more frightening than the cognitive dissonance of believing a narrative they know is a fiction. Disbelieving the official narrative means excommunication from “normality,” the loss of friends, income, status, and in many cases far worse punishments. Herd animals, in a state of panic, instinctively run towards the center of the herd. Separation from the herd makes them easy prey for pursuing predators. It is the same primal instinct operating here.
It is the goal of every official narrative to generate this type of herd mentality, not in order to deceive or dupe the public, but, rather, to confuse and terrorize them to the point where they revert to their primal instincts, and are being driven purely by existential fear, and facts and truth no longer matter. Once an official narrative reaches this point, it is unassailable by facts and reason. It no longer needs facts to justify it. It justifies itself with its own existence. Reason cannot penetrate it. Arguing with its adherents is pointless. They know it is irrational. They simply do not care.
We are reaching this point with the coronavirus narrative. It is possible that we have already reached it. Despite the fact that what we are dealing with is a virus that, yes, is clearly deadly to the old and those with medical conditions, but that is just as clearly not a deadly threat to the majority of the human species, people are cowering inside their homes as if the Zombie Apocalpyse had finally begun. Many appear to believe that this virus is some sort of Alien-Terrorist Death Flu (or weaponized Virus of Mass Destruction) that will kill you the second you breathe it in.
This is not surprising at all, because, according to the official narrative, its destructive powers are nearly unlimited. Not only will it obliterate your lungs, and liquidate all your other major organs, and kill you with blood clots, and intestinal damage, now it causes “sudden strokes in young adults,” and possibly spontaneous prostate cancer, and God knows what other medical horrors!
According to all the “scientists” and “medical experts” (i.e., those that conform to the official narrative, not all the other scientists and medical experts), it is unlike any other virus that has ever existed in the history of viruses. It certainly doesn’t follow the typical pattern of spreading extensively for a limited period, and then rapidly dying down on its own, regardless of what measures are taken to thwart it, as this Israeli study would seem to indicate.
Also, “we have no immunity against it,” which is why we all have to remain “locked down” like unruly inmates in a penitentiary until a vaccine can be concocted and forced onto every living person on earth. Apparently, this mandatory wonder vaccine will magically render us immune to this virus against which we have no immunity (and are totally unable to develop immunity), which immunity will be certified on our mandatory “immunity papers,” which we will need to travel, get a job, send our kids to school, and, you know, to show the police when they stop us on the street because we look like maybe we might be “infected.”
Germany (where I live) is way out in front of this. According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the federal government plans to introduce a coronavirus “immunity card” as part of its “Infection Protection Law,” which will grant the authorities the power to round up anyone “suspected to be contagious” and force them into … uh … “quarantine,” and “forbid them from entering certain public places.” The Malaysian authorities have dispensed with such niceties, and are arresting migrant workers and refugees in so-called “Covid-19 red zones” and marching them off to God knows where.
Oh, yeah, and I almost forgot … the germ and chemical warfare researchers at DARPA (i.e., the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) have developed some new type of fancy blood test that will identify “asymptomatic carriers” (i.e., people who display no symptoms whatsoever). So that will probably come in handy … especially if the “white supremacists,” “Red-Brown extremists,” and “conspiracy theorists” keep protesting the lockdown with their wives and kids!
And these are just the latest additions to a list of rather dystopian examples of the “brave new normal” official narrative that GloboCap is rolling out, right before our very eyes (which the OffGuardian editors have streamlined here and here, and which continues on Twitter). It’s all right there in black and white. They aren’t hiding the totalitarianism … they don’t have to. Because people are begging for it. They are demanding to be “locked down” inside their homes, forced to wear masks, and stand two meters apart, for reasons that most of them no longer remember.
Plastic barriers are going up everywhere. Arrows on the floor show you which way to walk. Boxes show you where to stand. Paranoid Blockwarts are putting up signs threatening anyone not wearing a mask. Hysterical little fascist creeps are reporting their neighbors to the police for letting their children play with other children. Millions of people are voluntarily downloading “contact tracing applications” so that governments and global corporations can monitor their every movement. In Spain, they bleached an entire beach, killing everything, down to the insects, in order to protect the public from “infection.” The Internet has become an Orwellian chorus of shrieking, sanctimonious voices bullying everyone into conformity with charts, graphs, and desperate guilt-trips, few of which have much connection to reality. Corporations and governments are censoring dissent. We’re approaching a level of manufactured mass hysteria and herd mentality that not even Goebbels could have imagined.
Meanwhile, they’re striking the mostly empty “field hospitals,” and the theatrical “hospital ship” is now gone, and despite their attempts to inflate the Covid-19 death count as much as humanly possible, the projected hundreds of millions of deaths have not materialized (not even close), and Sweden is fine, as is most of humanity, and … just like there were no WMDs, there is no Virus of Mass Destruction.
What there is, is a new official narrative, the brave new, paranoid, pathologized “normal.” Like the War on Terror, it’s a global narrative. A global, post-ideological narrative. It’s just getting started, so it isn’t yet clear how totalitarian this show will get, but, given the nature of the pilot episode, I am kind of dreading the rest of the series.


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-13--Maximilian Werner: Lawmakers decide based on emotion, not science

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By Maximilian Werner | Special to The Salt Lake Tribune A couple months ago I went to the Utah Capitol to oppose House Bill 228 ( the brainchild of state Rep. Casey Snyder ) , otherwise known as the Livestock Predators Removal Amendments .
The bill was one of two designed to do what all predator-related bills are designed to do , which is to make it easier to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Opaque , ill-defined and ecologically illiterate , these poorly written bills are emblematic of the anti-predator mentality of legislators throughout the West , where more and more predators are killed for non-evidentiary reasons .
On a very basic level I knew I wasn ’ t going to change the committee members ’ hearts and minds .
Many have built their entire careers on catering to the desires of the agricultural and hunting communities .
On a rational or extra-tribal level , however , I was willing to give them the benefit of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to give serious consideration to the opposition ’ s arguments and valued the logic and science on which those arguments are based .
Given that the lives of hundreds of black bears , lions and coyotes were at stake , I held out hope that the representatives would subordinate their own personal beliefs in service of the larger truth .
But the longer I sat there , the more I realized that the meeting was not designed to consider the bigger picture .
It was designed to remain impervious to it .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposed the bill , Rep. Carl Albrecht made this observation : “ We ’ ve heard from folks who represent science .
I would state that those who live on the ground and live with predators every day and try to salvage their sheep herd , their cows , their calves over a period of 40 to 50 years as a family ; that ’ s observation ; that ’ s science.
” Albrecht ’ s comment undermines responsible policy-making by dismissing the single most reliable and accurate means we have of knowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a great deal of hard-won knowledge during their time on the land , but most of that information is related to how environmental factors — predators , weather , disease , forage — affect livestock production .
`` Given that the lives of hundreds of black bears , lions and coyotes were at stake , I held out hope that the representatives would subordinate their own personal beliefs in service of the larger truth .
But the longer I sat there , the more I realized that the meeting was not designed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ designed to remain impervious to it ... '' Wildlife biologists and ecologists are also interested in these factors , but they use the scientific method and conduct lengthy studies and experiments before drawing conclusions about what ’ s happening .
We would be wise to consider both ways of knowing in our bid to address these complex challenges .
Albrecht would have us value the subjective gleanings of personal experience above all else .
Equally indicative of an uncritical mindset was a comment made by Snyder in his closing remarks : “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supported this bill were not speaking in the abstract .
This is real to them , ” he said as motioned to the ranchers and herders who sat with their hats in their laps .
“ This bill has real implications to them .
It ’ s going to affect them personally .
...
So I would encourage my colleagues ... to listen to those voices and not to the voices that may not be impacted in a personal way.
” By suggesting that personal experience is somehow more important than the abstract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s belief that observation outweighs science .
But Snyder ’ s comment also alludes to another signature of uncritical thinking , which is the primacy of emotion .
By “ implications ” Snyder is likely referring to the trauma of discovering animals killed by lions or bears , and to how those losses threaten a livestock producer ’ s ability to survive .
These are indeed real concerns , but making wildlife policy decisions solely on the basis of them represents a dereliction of duty by any reasonable standard .
If there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standard or where his priorities lie , consider his emphasis on the personal — as opposed to the ecological — significance of predators .
In an anthrocentric universe , wildlife management is about people .
Animals are either resources or competitors , with nothing in between .
I struggle to understand why people show such low regard for predators but , as much as I disagree with them , unlike Snyder , I would not recommend that they be ignored .
No matter how you cut it , it makes sense to listen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when necessary , to change in light of it .
We can do so much better than to follow the example of the Snyder and Albrechts of the world .
The work of scientists and critically thinking people everywhere can help show us how to overcome the self-interested limitations of our own minds .
Maximilian Werner is an Associate Professor ( Lecturer ) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah .
His most recent book Wolves , Grizzlies , and Greenhorns -- Death and Coexistence in the American West @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be reached at : and @ ProfMWerner .
is an Associate Professor ( Lecturer ) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah .
His most recent book Wolves , Grizzlies , and Greenhorns -- Death and Coexistence in the American West will be published this fall .
He can be reached at : and @ ProfMWerner .
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This post is part of a series on humans' destruction of the natural world. By Maximilian Werner | Special to The Salt Lake Tribune [dropcap]A [/dropcap]couple months ago I went to the Utah Capitol to oppose House Bill 228 (the brainchild of state Rep. Casey Snyder), otherwise known as the Livestock Predators Removal Amendments. The bill was one of two designed to do what all predator-related bills are designed to do, which is to make it easier to kill predators while all but eliminating accountability. Opaque, ill-defined and ecologically illiterate, these poorly written bills are emblematic of the anti-predator mentality of legislators throughout the West, where more and more predators are killed for non-evidentiary reasons. On a very basic level I knew I wasn’t going to change the committee members’ hearts and minds. Many have built their entire careers on catering to the desires of the agricultural and hunting communities. On a rational or extra-tribal level, however, I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Surely they were prepared to give serious consideration to the opposition’s arguments and valued the logic and science on which those arguments are based. Given that the lives of hundreds of black bears, lions and coyotes were at stake, I held out hope that the representatives would subordinate their own personal beliefs in service of the larger truth. But the longer I sat there, the more I realized that the meeting was not designed to consider the bigger picture. It was designed to remain impervious to it. After hearing testimony from those who supported and opposed the bill, Rep. Carl Albrecht made this observation: “We’ve heard from folks who represent science. I would state that those who live on the ground and live with predators every day and try to salvage their sheep herd, their cows, their calves over a period of 40 to 50 years as a family; that’s observation; that’s science.” Albrecht’s comment undermines responsible policy-making by dismissing the single most reliable and accurate means we have of knowing anything. Livestock producers do indeed acquire a great deal of hard-won knowledge during their time on the land, but most of that information is related to how environmental factors — predators, weather, disease, forage — affect livestock production. "Given that the lives of hundreds of black bears, lions and coyotes were at stake, I held out hope that the representatives would subordinate their own personal beliefs in service of the larger truth. But the longer I sat there, the more I realized that the meeting was not designed to consider the bigger picture. It was designed to remain impervious to it..." Wildlife biologists and ecologists are also interested in these factors, but they use the scientific method and conduct lengthy studies and experiments before drawing conclusions about what’s happening. We would be wise to consider both ways of knowing in our bid to address these complex challenges. Albrecht would have us value the subjective gleanings of personal experience above all else. Equally indicative of an uncritical mindset was a comment made by Snyder in his closing remarks: “I would submit to you that those who supported this bill were not speaking in the abstract. This is real to them,” he said as motioned to the ranchers and herders who sat with their hats in their laps. “This bill has real implications to them. It’s going to affect them personally. ... So I would encourage my colleagues ... to listen to those voices and not to the voices that may not be impacted in a personal way.” By suggesting that personal experience is somehow more important than the abstract, Snyder’s comment echoes Albrecht’s belief that observation outweighs science. But Snyder’s comment also alludes to another signature of uncritical thinking, which is the primacy of emotion. By “implications” Snyder is likely referring to the trauma of discovering animals killed by lions or bears, and to how those losses threaten a livestock producer’s ability to survive. These are indeed real concerns, but making wildlife policy decisions solely on the basis of them represents a dereliction of duty by any reasonable standard. If there is any doubt about Snyder’s standard or where his priorities lie, consider his emphasis on the personal — as opposed to the ecological — significance of predators. In an anthrocentric universe, wildlife management is about people. Animals are either resources or competitors, with nothing in between. I struggle to understand why people show such low regard for predators but, as much as I disagree with them, unlike Snyder, I would not recommend that they be ignored. No matter how you cut it, it makes sense to listen to what people have to say and, when necessary, to change in light of it. We can do so much better than to follow the example of the Snyder and Albrechts of the world. The work of scientists and critically thinking people everywhere can help show us how to overcome the self-interested limitations of our own minds. About the Author Maximilian Werner is an Associate Professor (Lecturer) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah. His most recent book Wolves, Grizzlies, and Greenhorns--Death and Coexistence in the American West will be published this fall. He can be reached at: mswerner@gmail.com and @ProfMWerner. is an Associate Professor (Lecturer) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah. His most recent book Wolves, Grizzlies, and Greenhorns--Death and Coexistence in the American West will be published this fall. He can be reached at:and @ProfMWerner.
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thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-13--Maximilian Werner: The senseless treatment of predators in the West

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Given the many challenges we face as humans , it ’ s easy to ignore the non-human world and the plight of other animals besides ourselves .
I wonder how many Utahans know about the American West ’ s vicious and unrelenting extermination campaign against predators .
My guess is not many .
Because if people knew that thousands of these beautiful and important animals — including cougars , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foxes , and wolves — are shot , trapped and poisoned every year for people ’ s amusement or at the behest of livestock producers and hunters , I suspect that this disgusting , irrational and senseless treatment of predators would have ended long ago .
One would hope that we would have learned from the extermination campaigns of the past , when many species were extirpated from the landscape to the detriment of entire ecosystems .
Unfortunately , when it comes to advocating for the interests of others , humans are notoriously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Utah ’ s shameful treatment of predators ( for example , our misguided coyote bounty program ) , but not until I began studying wolf and grizzly bear management in southwest Montana , and saw how easily it was for state and federal agencies to destroy these animals for reasons that were arguable at best , that I realized the extent and pervasiveness of this problem .
The self-serving and often toxic influence of ranching , hunting and gun lobbies have long deformed the policies of Federal and state organs charged with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Now it seems that a day does not go by when I don ’ t hear of some half-baked plan to make it even easier to kill predators .
Just last week a senator from Idaho introduced “ emergency legislation ” that would allow Idahoans with a hunting license and a wolf tag to shoot wolves year-round in what the bill describes as “ wolf free zones.
” These zones , which will be south of I-84 and the Snake River , sound a lot like Wyoming ’ s “ predator zone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 85 % of the state , may as well just be called “ Wyoming.
” Any wolf unlucky enough to wander into that zone can , in the words of one wolf advocacy website , “ be killed by almost any method , at any time , in any number and without a license.
” Similarly , in late December of 2019 Utah ’ s own Sens .
Mike Lee and Mitt Romney joined Sen .
Rob Johnson , R-Wisc.
, to introduce S. 3140 , the American Wild Game and Livestock Protection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( whose title conflates wild game with livestock ) will delist gray wolves nationwide ( currently only Montana , Idaho and Wyoming have this distinction ) and prohibit judicial review .
If this happens , and delisting becomes the law of the land , we can expect other states to adopt equally barbaric , unscientific and indiscriminate management policies of their own and wolves will again be pushed to the brink of extinction .
More recently , “ Rural Person of the Year ” Rep. Carl Albrecht , also from Utah , just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is to boost deer and elk populations by ramping up both the Division of Wildlife Resources ’ predator control program and trophy hunting quotas of mountain lions , black bears , bobcats and coyotes .
If the reader is wondering if deer and elk populations in are in trouble , the short answer is no .
So why HB 125 ?
So that there are more deer and elk for hunters to kill , of course .
I don ’ t know about the reader , but I am not persuaded by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The news isn ’ t all bad , however .
In 2016 , California recorded its first wolf pack since the 1920 ’ s , as has Colorado just within the last week .
A handful of packs have also found their way to Washington and Oregon .
A small pack of Mexican gray wolves is trying to survive along the New Mexico and Arizona border .
Wolves are all around us .
One day very soon they will find their way to Utah .
I hope that we do not fail them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Lecturer ) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah .
His most recent book Wolves , Grizzlies , and Greenhorns -- Death and Coexistence in the American West will be published this fall .
He can be reached at : and @ ProfMWerner .
is an Associate Professor ( Lecturer ) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah .
His most recent bookwill be published this fall .
He can be reached at : and @ ProfMWerner .
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Another important dispatch from The Greanville Post. Be sure to share it widely. This post is part of a series on humans' destruction of the natural world. [dropcap]G[/dropcap]iven the many challenges we face as humans, it’s easy to ignore the non-human world and the plight of other animals besides ourselves. I wonder how many Utahans know about the American West’s vicious and unrelenting extermination campaign against predators. My guess is not many. Because if people knew that thousands of these beautiful and important animals — including cougars, black bears, coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and wolves — are shot, trapped and poisoned every year for people’s amusement or at the behest of livestock producers and hunters, I suspect that this disgusting, irrational and senseless treatment of predators would have ended long ago. One would hope that we would have learned from the extermination campaigns of the past, when many species were extirpated from the landscape to the detriment of entire ecosystems. Unfortunately, when it comes to advocating for the interests of others, humans are notoriously slow learners. I have long known about Utah’s shameful treatment of predators (for example, our misguided coyote bounty program), but not until I began studying wolf and grizzly bear management in southwest Montana, and saw how easily it was for state and federal agencies to destroy these animals for reasons that were arguable at best, that I realized the extent and pervasiveness of this problem. The self-serving and often toxic influence of ranching, hunting and gun lobbies have long deformed the policies of Federal and state organs charged with the management and care of our wildlife. Now it seems that a day does not go by when I don’t hear of some half-baked plan to make it even easier to kill predators. Just last week a senator from Idaho introduced “emergency legislation” that would allow Idahoans with a hunting license and a wolf tag to shoot wolves year-round in what the bill describes as “wolf free zones.” These zones, which will be south of I-84 and the Snake River, sound a lot like Wyoming’s “predator zone,” which, because it includes 85% of the state, may as well just be called “Wyoming.” Any wolf unlucky enough to wander into that zone can, in the words of one wolf advocacy website, “be killed by almost any method, at any time, in any number and without a license.” Similarly, in late December of 2019 Utah’s own Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney joined Sen. Rob Johnson, R-Wisc., to introduce S. 3140, the American Wild Game and Livestock Protection Act. If approved, this bill (whose title conflates wild game with livestock) will delist gray wolves nationwide (currently only Montana, Idaho and Wyoming have this distinction) and prohibit judicial review. If this happens, and delisting becomes the law of the land, we can expect other states to adopt equally barbaric, unscientific and indiscriminate management policies of their own and wolves will again be pushed to the brink of extinction. More recently, “Rural Person of the Year” Rep. Carl Albrecht, also from Utah, just introduced HB 125, the purpose of which is to boost deer and elk populations by ramping up both the Division of Wildlife Resources’ predator control program and trophy hunting quotas of mountain lions, black bears, bobcats and coyotes. If the reader is wondering if deer and elk populations in are in trouble, the short answer is no. So why HB 125? So that there are more deer and elk for hunters to kill, of course. I don’t know about the reader, but I am not persuaded by this reasoning for killing our wildlife. The news isn’t all bad, however. In 2016, California recorded its first wolf pack since the 1920’s, as has Colorado just within the last week. A handful of packs have also found their way to Washington and Oregon. A small pack of Mexican gray wolves is trying to survive along the New Mexico and Arizona border. Wolves are all around us. One day very soon they will find their way to Utah. I hope that we do not fail them. About the Author Maximilian Werner is an Associate Professor (Lecturer) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah. His most recent book Wolves, Grizzlies, and Greenhorns--Death and Coexistence in the American West will be published this fall. He can be reached at: mswerner@gmail.com and @ProfMWerner. is an Associate Professor (Lecturer) of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Utah. His most recent bookwill be published this fall. He can be reached at:and @ProfMWerner.
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thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-13--What does the Empire’s agony mean for the “Jewish state of Israel”?

• None The latest US PR disaster in Venezuela shows that the AngloZionist Empire truly is agonizing .
While this is hardly the first time that a US “ special operation ” goes down in an embarrassing failure , even by US standards this latest disaster in Venezuela is painfully humiliating .
Even more humiliating are the reports that Russian Special Operators helped the Venezuelans capture the US Americans • None Then came the news that the 5th generation techno-marvel coming out of the US MIC could not even fly at sustained supersonic speeds ( just as a reminder , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generation not only implies the ability to fly faster than the speed of sound , it also implies the ability to do so ( for a lengthy period of time ) without even the use of afterburners , in the so-called “ supercruise ” mode ! )
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• None In repeated simulations of a war between the US on one hand , and either China or Russia on the other the RAND Corporation found that “ the US repeatedly “ gets its ass handed to it “ .
These apparently unrelated news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : the illustrate how weak and ineffective the US armed forces have become over the past couple of decades .
And while , for the sake of brevity , I chose just three examples , the truth is that there are hundreds of similar stories all over the Internet , all pointing to the same reality : most of the US military is in a terminal state of disrepair .
Let ’ s look at the various services one by one : • None The USN ‘ s entire surface fleet is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The USN also lacks modern cruise missiles .
Entire classes of surface ships are now either outdated ( frigates ) or have major design failures ( LCS ) .
• None The USAF flies mostly Cold War jets , often modernized , but all in all , it is an outdated fleet , especially when compared to Russian or Chinese 4th++ and 5th generation aircraft .
In fact , the absolute disaster of the F-35 program means that for the first time in its history the US aircraft will be qualitatively outgunned by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other reconnaissance aircraft are now threatened by Russian and Chinese very long range anti-air missiles ( both ground and air launched ) .
• None As for the US Army and Marine Corps , the embarrassing disasters in Iraq , Afghanistan and elsewhere prove that the US ground forces are basically only able to protect themselves , and even that not very well .
• None Then there are the recently created Space Forces which exist only on paper and the US Coast Guard which is basically irrelevant in a major war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Special Operations Command , which is not one of the service branches but only a “ functional ” and “ unified combatant ” command , but which is often thought of as a separate branch of the armed forces .
These forces always look great on propaganda rolls , but the truth is that these putatively “ best in the world ” ( what else ?
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forces have yet to achieve even their first real , meaningful , operational success anywhere ( at least to balance out their long history of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Grenada , to Afghanistan , to Libya , etc. )
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And a minor firefight against a much inferior adversary does not qualify .
Now let me ask the crucial question : what does that mean for Israel ?
Well , first , it means that the “ poor ” Israelis now have to fly with the F-35 as their flagship fighter .
In most cases , I would trust the Israelis to modify/upgrade their F-35 ’ s to get rid of at least the worst “ features ” , but in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not even theoretically possible due to profound design flaws ( for those in need of an “ official ” refresher on the catastrophic reality of the F-35 program , please read this official US government report which includes 276 “ critical ” deficiencies ) .
Sooner rather than later , the Israeli F-35s will meet the export version of the Su-35 , the much cheaper but high-performing Mig-29M/MiG-35 or even a Russian Su-57 and then they will be hopelessly outgunned ( even if the outcome of any air-to-air combat can not be reduced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full and much more complex picture to model possible outcomes ) .
Currently , the Su-35 has only been exported to China , but future potential operators could include Egypt , Algeria and Turkey .
As for the MiG-29M/MiG-35 , countries such as Egypt and Syria have expressed interest .
Speaking of Syria , so far we have seen several cases of Israeli aircraft intercepted and forced to withdraw by Russian Su-35Ss , and not a single case of the opposite .
There appears to be at least one case , though not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Russian Su-35S chasing away an USAF F-22 ( once the Su-35 and the F-22 are in close enough proximity , the latter has very few hopes of survival ) .
Can you guess what else the Israelis are going to eventually meet in the skies over the Middle-East ?
Possibly an export variant of the MiG-31 or even Russian MiG-31BMs ( with their 400km R-37 air-to-air missiles ) .
In fact , the range , speed , radar and weapons of this aircraft would make it possible for Russia to maintain combat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while operating from southern Russia .
I dwell on these aircraft because in the past , and just like the US , the Israelis have always relied on the following combination of factors to prevail : • None A surprise attack ( more or less justified by a false flag or by preemption ) • None The destruction of enemy aircraft when they are still on the ground • None Air superiority to protect for rotary-wing aircraft and advancing armor True , the Israelis still have a large force of modified F-16/15/18 ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but just like their US counterparts , they are rapidly becoming dated .
In sharp contrast to the dated Israeli Air Force , Israeli neighbors are all acquiring more and more advanced air defense systems along with EW and battle management systems .
In other words , this is a very bad time for Israel to rely on F-35s for the foreseeable future .
Right now , the Israelis are regularly bombing Syria , but with very little result other than the mantric , and no doubt therapeutic , proclamations of Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predictably , the Ziomedia watching folks in Israel and the West are very impressed .
The Syrians , the Iranians and Hezbollah , not so much… Just like the US MIC put all its eggs into the F-35 basket , so did the Israelis put all their national security eggs into the eternal willingness and capability of Uncle Shmuel to come and rescue them with money , weapons or even soldiers .
The willingness is still here .
But the capability is quickly disappearing !
Furthermore , there are two more countries which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which will also affect the security of Israel : Turkey and Saudi Arabia .
In the case of Turkey , the relationship between the US and Turkey is about as poor as it ever has been , and there is a very real possibility that , with US sanctions and threats , the Turks might decide to give up on the F-35 and turn to a Russian aircraft , most likely an export version of the Su-35 .
While that would be ( politically ) bad news for the US MIC , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israelis whose relationship with Turkey is generally rather bad .
So far , Turkey is still an obedient member of NATO , with all that entails , but the weaker the AngloZionist Empire becomes , the bigger the chances of some kind of political clash between the US and NATO on one hand , and Turkey on the other .
As for the Saudis , they have already been actively courting Moscow because they have realized that Russia has basically replaced the USA as the number one regional power .
The total failure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Saudis in Yemen and the inability of the US air defenses to protect the Saudi oilfield from Houthi missile strikes has convinced the Saudis that from now on , they need to talk to the Russians directly and often .
True , the US still does have the appearance of real power in the Middle East .
Just take a look at this page from the latest IISS Military Balance .
There are still a lot of CENTCOM equipment and personnel in the region .
But try to look beyond these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are these forces doing ?
What are they actually achieving ?
I would submit that most of what they do is to try to impress the locals , make money ( by all sorts of military contracts ) and , last but not least , they try to protect themselves .
And yes , the US ’ “ footprint ” in the Middle-East is still big , but that is also what makes US forces so vulnerable to attacks .
The Iranians , for example , have made it clear that they see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ targets ” which , following the high-precision Iranian missile attacks following the murder of General Suleimani , means that Iran now has the means to inflict major damage on any regional force crazy enough to mess with Iran .
Of course , every time somebody writes that the USA or Israel are not invincible , there is always at least one person saying something like “ yeah , maybe , but they got nukes and they will use them if they are threatened ” .
To this my reply is different for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Israel .
In the case of the USA , while any first use of nukes will result in a political suicide for the Empire , no US adversary in the Middle-East has the capability to retaliate in kind against the USA .
In the case of Israel , however , things are even much more serious .
First , we need to remember that for obvious geographical reasons , the Israelis can not use nukes on attacking forces , at least not forces anywhere near the Israeli border .
Still , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that another “ Holocaust ” is about to happen and that the “ defense of Jewish blood ” leaves them no option but to use nukes on , say , Iranian or Syrian targets .
I submit that the worse the damage inflicted by any such Israeli nuclear strikes , the stronger the resolve of the Arabs and/or Iranians will be .
That is the problem with deterrence : once it has failed , it has totally failed and there is usually no “ plan B ” .
Does that mean that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No , not at all .
For one thing , both the USA and Israel can still inflict immense damage against any country , or coalition of countries , which would threaten them ( and they don ’ t need to resort to nukes to achieve this ) .
The fact that neither the USA nor Israel can achieve anything resembling a “ victory ” in no way implies that attacking the US or Israel is easy or safe .
Both countries have plenty of conventional military power left to extract a huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is precisely because the US and Israel have a lot of military power left that their adversaries will favor a gradual and slow weakening of the AngloZionists over an open confrontation .
For example , while it is true that the US did not have the stomach to attack Iran following the Iranian retaliatory missile strike , it is also true that the Iranians carefully “ tuned ” their response so as not to force the US to strike back .
The truth is that right now neither country wants an open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Syria and Hezbollah who have been very careful not to do anything which would force the Israelis ( or the US ) to escalate from the current symbolic/pin-prick attacks to real , meaningful , air and missile strikes .
Right now the USA can still print enough dollars to maintain Israel afloat , but we already know that while throwing cheap money at a problem is often very tempting , this does not constitute a sustainable strategy , especially when the actual military capabilities of both the USA and Israelis are rapidly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how much longer the last openly racist regime on the planet will last , but it is exceedingly unlikely that the Zionist entity will be able to survive without the Empire to prop it up .
In other words , sooner rather than later , the “ Jewish state of Israel ” will have no better chances of survival than , say , the “ Independent State of Kosovo ” or , for that matter , the “ Independent Ukraine ” : they are all the ugly metastases of the Empire which by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This analysis was written for the Unz Review ]

These apparently unrelated news items all have one thing in common: the illustrate how weak and ineffective the US armed forces have become over the past couple of decades. And while, for the sake of brevity, I chose just three examples, the truth is that there are hundreds of similar stories all over the Internet, all pointing to the same reality: most of the US military is in a terminal state of disrepair.
Let’s look at the various services one by one:
The USN ‘s entire surface fleet is now compromised due to its carrier-centric structure. The USN also lacks modern cruise missiles. Entire classes of surface ships are now either outdated (frigates) or have major design failures (LCS).
The USAF flies mostly Cold War jets, often modernized, but all in all, it is an outdated fleet, especially when compared to Russian or Chinese 4th++ and 5th generation aircraft. In fact, the absolute disaster of the F-35 program means that for the first time in its history the US aircraft will be qualitatively outgunned by its likely adversaries. Even US AWACS and other reconnaissance aircraft are now threatened by Russian and Chinese very long range anti-air missiles (both ground and air launched).
As for the US Army and Marine Corps , the embarrassing disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere prove that the US ground forces are basically only able to protect themselves, and even that not very well.
Then there are the recently created Space Forces which exist only on paper and the US Coast Guard which is basically irrelevant in a major war.
Finally, there is the US Special Operations Command, which is not one of the service branches but only a “functional” and “unified combatant” command, but which is often thought of as a separate branch of the armed forces. These forces always look great on propaganda rolls, but the truth is that these putatively “best in the world” (what else?!) forces have yet to achieve even their first real, meaningful, operational success anywhere (at least to balance out their long history of abject failures, from Desert One, to Grenada, to Afghanistan, to Libya, etc.). And a minor firefight against a much inferior adversary does not qualify.
Now let me ask the crucial question: what does that mean for Israel?
Well, first, it means that the “poor” Israelis now have to fly with the F-35 as their flagship fighter. In most cases, I would trust the Israelis to modify/upgrade their F-35’s to get rid of at least the worst “features”, but in the case of the F-35 this is not even theoretically possible due to profound design flaws (for those in need of an “official” refresher on the catastrophic reality of the F-35 program, please read this official US government report which includes 276 “critical” deficiencies). Sooner rather than later, the Israeli F-35s will meet the export version of the Su-35, the much cheaper but high-performing Mig-29M/MiG-35 or even a Russian Su-57 and then they will be hopelessly outgunned (even if the outcome of any air-to-air combat cannot be reduced to comparing aircraft, you need a full and much more complex picture to model possible outcomes). Currently, the Su-35 has only been exported to China, but future potential operators could include Egypt, Algeria and Turkey. As for the MiG-29M/MiG-35, countries such as Egypt and Syria have expressed interest.
Speaking of Syria, so far we have seen several cases of Israeli aircraft intercepted and forced to withdraw by Russian Su-35Ss, and not a single case of the opposite. There appears to be at least one case, though not confirmed officially (yet?) of a Russian Su-35S chasing away an USAF F-22 (once the Su-35 and the F-22 are in close enough proximity, the latter has very few hopes of survival).
Can you guess what else the Israelis are going to eventually meet in the skies over the Middle-East? Possibly an export variant of the MiG-31 or even Russian MiG-31BMs (with their 400km R-37 air-to-air missiles). In fact, the range, speed, radar and weapons of this aircraft would make it possible for Russia to maintain combat air patrols over, say, Syria while operating from southern Russia.
I dwell on these aircraft because in the past, and just like the US, the Israelis have always relied on the following combination of factors to prevail:
A surprise attack (more or less justified by a false flag or by preemption)
The destruction of enemy aircraft when they are still on the ground
Air superiority to protect for rotary-wing aircraft and advancing armor
True, the Israelis still have a large force of modified F-16/15/18 (14 squadrons, over 300 aircraft), but just like their US counterparts, they are rapidly becoming dated. In sharp contrast to the dated Israeli Air Force, Israeli neighbors are all acquiring more and more advanced air defense systems along with EW and battle management systems. In other words, this is a very bad time for Israel to rely on F-35s for the foreseeable future.
Right now, the Israelis are regularly bombing Syria, but with very little result other than the mantric, and no doubt therapeutic, proclamations of Jewish superiority over the Arabs. And, predictably, the Ziomedia watching folks in Israel and the West are very impressed. The Syrians, the Iranians and Hezbollah, not so much…
Just like the US MIC put all its eggs into the F-35 basket, so did the Israelis put all their national security eggs into the eternal willingness and capability of Uncle Shmuel to come and rescue them with money, weapons or even soldiers.
The willingness is still here. But the capability is quickly disappearing!
Furthermore, there are two more countries which are entering a period of severe instability which will also affect the security of Israel: Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
In the case of Turkey, the relationship between the US and Turkey is about as poor as it ever has been, and there is a very real possibility that, with US sanctions and threats, the Turks might decide to give up on the F-35 and turn to a Russian aircraft, most likely an export version of the Su-35. While that would be (politically) bad news for the US MIC, it would be absolutely terrible news for the Israelis whose relationship with Turkey is generally rather bad. So far, Turkey is still an obedient member of NATO, with all that entails, but the weaker the AngloZionist Empire becomes, the bigger the chances of some kind of political clash between the US and NATO on one hand, and Turkey on the other.
As for the Saudis, they have already been actively courting Moscow because they have realized that Russia has basically replaced the USA as the number one regional power. The total failure of the US to provide meaningful assistance to the Saudis in Yemen and the inability of the US air defenses to protect the Saudi oilfield from Houthi missile strikes has convinced the Saudis that from now on, they need to talk to the Russians directly and often.
True, the US still does have the appearance of real power in the Middle East. Just take a look at this page from the latest IISS Military Balance. There are still a lot of CENTCOM equipment and personnel in the region. But try to look beyond these fancy graphics and ask yourself: what are these forces doing? What are they actually achieving?
I would submit that most of what they do is to try to impress the locals, make money (by all sorts of military contracts) and, last but not least, they try to protect themselves. And yes, the US’ “footprint” in the Middle-East is still big, but that is also what makes US forces so vulnerable to attacks. The Iranians, for example, have made it clear that they see all these facilities and forces as “targets” which, following the high-precision Iranian missile attacks following the murder of General Suleimani, means that Iran now has the means to inflict major damage on any regional force crazy enough to mess with Iran.
Of course, every time somebody writes that the USA or Israel are not invincible, there is always at least one person saying something like “yeah, maybe, but they got nukes and they will use them if they are threatened”. To this my reply is different for the case of USA and for the case of Israel.
In the case of the USA, while any first use of nukes will result in a political suicide for the Empire, no US adversary in the Middle-East has the capability to retaliate in kind against the USA.
In the case of Israel, however, things are even much more serious.
First, we need to remember that for obvious geographical reasons, the Israelis cannot use nukes on attacking forces, at least not forces anywhere near the Israeli border. Still, if seriously threatened, the Israelis could claim that another “Holocaust” is about to happen and that the “defense of Jewish blood” leaves them no option but to use nukes on, say, Iranian or Syrian targets. I submit that the worse the damage inflicted by any such Israeli nuclear strikes, the stronger the resolve of the Arabs and/or Iranians will be. That is the problem with deterrence: once it has failed, it has totally failed and there is usually no “plan B”.
Does that mean that a major attack on Israel is inevitable?
No, not at all. For one thing, both the USA and Israel can still inflict immense damage against any country, or coalition of countries, which would threaten them (and they don’t need to resort to nukes to achieve this). The fact that neither the USA nor Israel can achieve anything resembling a “victory” in no way implies that attacking the US or Israel is easy or safe. Both countries have plenty of conventional military power left to extract a huge price from any attacker.
Secondly, it is precisely because the US and Israel have a lot of military power left that their adversaries will favor a gradual and slow weakening of the AngloZionists over an open confrontation. For example, while it is true that the US did not have the stomach to attack Iran following the Iranian retaliatory missile strike, it is also true that the Iranians carefully “tuned” their response so as not to force the US to strike back. The truth is that right now neither country wants an open war.
The same can be said of Syria and Hezbollah who have been very careful not to do anything which would force the Israelis (or the US) to escalate from the current symbolic/pin-prick attacks to real, meaningful, air and missile strikes.
Right now the USA can still print enough dollars to maintain Israel afloat, but we already know that while throwing cheap money at a problem is often very tempting, this does not constitute a sustainable strategy, especially when the actual military capabilities of both the USA and Israelis are rapidly degrading. Right now, nobody knows how much longer the last openly racist regime on the planet will last, but it is exceedingly unlikely that the Zionist entity will be able to survive without the Empire to prop it up. In other words, sooner rather than later, the “Jewish state of Israel” will have no better chances of survival than, say, the “Independent State of Kosovo” or, for that matter, the “Independent Ukraine”: they are all the ugly metastases of the Empire which by themselves are simply not viable.
—The Saker
[This analysis was written for the Unz Review]


thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-13--Merkel cites ‘hard evidence’ she was victim of ‘Russian hackers’, says it doesn’t help mend ties wit

Merkel cites ‘hard evidence’ she was victim of ‘Russian hackers’, says it doesn’t help mend ties with Moscow

^5000The mainstream imperialist media lie CONSTANTLY .
Literally 24/7 .
And it 's getting worse .
All of them do @ @ @ @ @ , the newspapers , the movies .
The internet .
No exceptions .
The corporate @ @ @ @ @ totalitarian .
CBS does it .
NBC does it .
ABC does it .
CNN @ @ @ @ @ it .
NPR does it .
And of course the NYTimes and WaPo do it @ @ @ @ @ '' voices telling you the same lies .
Enough to convince anyone .

Please make sure these dispatches reach as many readers as possible. Share with kin, friends and workmates and ask them to do likewise. RT.COM DISPATCH Merkel's latest accusation only proves she's a shameless Washington putain: She's accusing Moscow of hacking her communications while conveniently forgetting the NSA was doing that in spades (as evidence surfaced in 2016) and probably still does. What's more, ALL major powers' intel agencies attempt to do that routinely. It's a recognised part of their job. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Do people get the government they deserve? This bloodsoaked monster is probably the most evil person on planet earth https://t.co/nGq2H1EPHt — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 9, 2020 • remember: ALL CAPTIONS, IMAGES, PULL QUOTES AND ANNOTATIONS BY THE EDITORS, NOT THE AUTHOR— Up to You. ^3000US citizens have no real political representation. We don't live in a democracy. And our freedom is disappearing fast. I don't want to be ruled by hypocrites, whores, and war criminals. What about you? Time to push back against the corporate oligarchy. And its multitude of minions and lackeys.
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thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-13--UK-funded propaganda campaign in Syria was bloated, inefficient & possibly illegal, a ‘scathing’ int

UK-funded propaganda campaign in Syria was bloated, inefficient & possibly illegal, a ‘scathing’ internal review reveals

Please make sure these dispatches reach as many readers as possible. Share with kin, friends and workmates and ask them to do likewise. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Do people get the government they deserve? This bloodsoaked monster is probably the most evil person on planet earth https://t.co/nGq2H1EPHt — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 9, 2020 About the author(s) Danielle Ryan, a freelance journalist based in Dublin. Her work has appeared at Salon, The Nation, RT and others. (Twitter:
By, a freelance journalist based in Dublin. Her work has appeared at Salon, The Nation, RT and others. (Twitter: @DanielleRyanj • remember: ALL CAPTIONS, IMAGES, PULL QUOTES AND ANNOTATIONS BY THE EDITORS, NOT THE AUTHOR— Up to You. ^3000US citizens have no real political representation. We don't live in a democracy. And our freedom is disappearing fast. I don't want to be ruled by hypocrites, whores, and war criminals. What about you? Time to push back against the corporate oligarchy. And its multitude of minions and lackeys.
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thegreanvillepostbiasrating--2020-05-13--Picturing the media campaign needed to get the US back to work

We can ’ t always find it but there is always a tipping point .
Last week I crunched the data and suggested it ’ s May 17 : The date the Great Lockdown must end or Everything Bubble 2 pops .
Maybe I ’ m a few days off , but not many more : This bubble-popping is precisely why Trump is not wearing a mask , planned to end the corona task force and keeps talking about reopening ; this is why 300 US CEOs and the Department of Defense sent Mexico ’ s president a letter threatening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ screw up corporate supply chains .
But what is absolutely certain is that getting the West back to work requires some sort of propaganda campaign to do so – what will that media effort look like ?
When I recently asked What would it take for proponents to say : ‘ The Great Lockdown was wrong ’ ?
readers pointed that many politicians are dug in way too deep to climb out .
Yet , whether they claim to be “ wrong ” or “ right ” – climb out they must : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a coronavirus ; neoliberalism is predicated on constant growth and wage-earning ; The New York Times ’ irresponsible rebroadcasting of 1.1 million US deaths in “ a best-case scenario wasn ’ t worth the paper it was printed on – the West has to end the Great Lockdown .
But Americans aren ’ t going to go back to work until their media stops scaremongering , as their scaremongering line is slavishly followed by European and Western media : polls show more Americans fear getting sick from the virus than economic hardship , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the elderly and medically-vulnerable are at risk ( thus they are the healthy ones who should be quarantined ) .
The New York Times now despises Sweden for their corona-sovereignty , but even they can ’ t help but admit Sweden shows the only way out of the Great Lockdown : “ But what about the economy ?
The choice is not between indefinite shutdown and Russian roulette .
A transition needs to occur that balances the risks at play .
From that perspective , Sweden is the future.
” The first step @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the West do that ?
I have said from the beginning that the West ’ s arrogance is that whatever China can do , they can surely do : The West is employing quarantining , control methods and collective-over-individualist concepts used by Asian nations , but without having similar cultures of government economic intervention nor widespread trust in their governments , and amid their economic Great Recession on top of it all .
But can the West use the same media persuasion techniques as China ?
To find out what worked for China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Brown , author of the most important book on China in decades , China is Communist , Dammit !
Brown lived in China for many years and realised he had to refute with data and analysis the Western absurdity that China ’ s rise has come via capitalist methods .
“ There is always lots of debate in China , especially facilitated today with all the electronic social media platforms .
There was a lot of discussion in China about citizens having more say in the mainstream media , to increase the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There were forums of every stripe , airing grievances about rules being too strict to measures being too lax , to forums on using TCM ( Traditional Chinese Medicine ) and old fashioned remedies to prevent/treat Covid.
” This is quite a contrast from what I dubbed The West ’ s middling , middle-class corona response , which inherently assumed that everyone has a comfortable home , job and savings , even though since 1980 the West ’ s middle-class has been blown apart .
This response was designed by well-paid doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by well-paid Mainstream Media mouthpieces .
In Brown ’ s book he relates how the Chinese Communist Party is essentially the world ’ s largest polling agency , constantly querying public opinion on matters big and small .
Frankly , if I was forced to select a single trait which separates China ’ s government from the West ’ s it would be this one , as it explains their government ’ s success & efficiency , the obvious & justified basis for the CCP ’ s popular support , and the bottom-up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the top-down , technocratic & aristocratic model of Western liberalism .
“ There were lots of differing opinions aired in neighborhood , village and town meetings .
The red line to not cross is suggesting the overthrow of China ’ s communist-socialist system of governance , which is no different than the West , where it is verboten to demand an end to capitalism .
Mao ’ s mass line continues to this day in the form of millions of surveys conducted among the people , to air concerns and catch the popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the bottom up .
Then and now , you grab a banner and protest publicly , when all these other avenues of communication have failed .
There are an estimated 300-500 public protests a day in this country of 1.4 billion citizens .
China haters take this as a sign of weakness .
Baba ( Father ) Beijing sees it as a source of strength.
” The 21st century Western reality is that taking to the streets usually makes one a far-right neo-fascist or an irresponsible anarchist : we see that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the recent anti-Lockdown protests in Michigan , which I immediately supported – of course , as I support democracy – in , We ’ re giving up our civil liberties .
Fine , but to which type of state ?
Brown relates how China ’ s state is far superior in perhaps the most important thing in politics : incorporating public opinion into public policy .
If anything will be an argument for centralisation over federalism – and central planning over neoliberalism ’ s “ invisible hand… guiding us all towards corporate fascism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the corona-return : it ’ s clear that the US is wasting a tremendous amount of time , energy and efficiency by having a central government whose suggestions can be and are being totally ignored at the state level .
“ Public campaigns like this are done at the neighborhood and private/public employer level .
These entities would get their instructions from city/town/village government units , which in turn , working up the hierarchy , got theirs from county , provincial and national level bodies .
As is true in socialist countries , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but democracy devolves down to the local level , allowing for reasonable adaptation , according to needs on the ground.
” Imagine the amount of discussion – which could have gone to relating the needs of the lower classes and the Mom and Pop shopkeeper/proletariat – which the US wastes daily in political sniping and Trump Derangement Syndrome ?
The Eurozone common currency will be similarly hindered by disunity , which is the last thing needed in a crisis .
China was stunningly running at 75 % economic capacity around February 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some US governors may even , unthinkably , play politics and delay their reopening with November election goals in mind .
Americans haven ’ t had a war on their soil for 150 years – they just don ’ t know what a crisis is , and that helps explain their lack of unity in this crisis .
They think that their preferred politician not taking office in November constitutes a crisis – the building historic economic catastrophe should recalibrate their realities .
Socialist-inspired nations already made the necessary changes , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So Brown has surprisingly shown how – as a result of their model of socialist democracy , and not liberal democracy – China really didn ’ t need a multi-week media campaign like I envision the West needing because there is so much communication between the people and their pubic officials , as well as such an awareness of what is going on , what is needed and what is to be done .
That makes perfect sense when we realise that socialist democracy is based around discussion-based consensus and not the unilateral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Emmanuel Macron nor the individualist “ great man-ism ” personified by Ayn Rand ’ s blowhard protagonists .
In places like Iran and China everything is done by committee ( and the CCP and Basij are essentially two huge committees , after all ) because these are not only two new systems , but also systems which have inspired massive Western sabotage campaigns : these bureaucrats know that they can not be high-handed and aloof , but instead must be receptive , responsive and always trying to keep as large a proportion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their socialist-inspired revolution as possible .
In short : they can not risk wasteful mistakes , but why would they even want the system the West has , especially in a few more months ?
Of course , there will still be huge health concerns on May 17 , especially in the US , but Condensing the data leaves no doubt : Fear corona-economy more than the virus .
Of course , the “ Western economy ” is not at all synonymous with “ global economy ” , a rather vital point to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Western politicians , none more than state of emergency-loving France , keep reminding us that this is a war : a war necessarily needs heroes , and the West now needs ones other than nurses and rich doctors .
A media campaign of , “ Go back to work to save grandma ’ s social security ( and our consumer , unplanned economy ) ” , is thus logical but would obviously be a complete 180 from the editorial policies and public stances of countless Western media and politicians .
Such a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations , where collective and not individual action is lauded .
Trump says he views Americans as ‘ warriors ’ amid coronavirus and he got roundly mocked for it… but I don ’ t know what the top US public servant can do otherwise , really ?
America ’ s bureaucrats thus know the obvious truth of this article – Westerners will need some sort of inspirational campaign to get them back to work .
Westerners are culturally prone to fearing others and wanting to stay at home alone even in good times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ‘ Great Segregation ’ and not the ‘ Great Lockdown ’ ?
Westerners will thus likely stay hunkered down , as for months their private media has been ravenously gobbling up the higher ratings they have gotten via pounding fear into their viewers .
You can say I am underestimating the virulence of corona , but about this I am sure : in the Western Mainstream Media there has been basically zero space given to objectively giving so-called “ contrarian ” views which could possibly calm people ’ s fears .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because I am not scaring people ?
!
I am a bad journalist for immediately waving the red flag that a Great Lockdown is actually a forced suicide march for the West ’ s abandoned lower classes ?
It is not my fault that the neoliberal & neo-imperial system of the West refuses to take care of their elder class , and Pity post-corona Millennials… if they don ’ t openly push socialism actually contains an immediate answer to the economic chaos caused by the Great Lockdown .
Only time will tell if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we definitely know much more about how to handle coronavirus than on January 1 or even March 1 : protect the vulnerable , isolate the sick , take personal responsibility actions in public , population-dense regions need extra precautions , and… get back to normal before the Western double-bubble economy pops .
Corona contrarianism ?
How about some corona common sense ?
Here is my list of articles published regarding the corona crisis , and I hope you will find them useful in your leftist struggle !
Corona meds in every pot & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trumpian populism they hoped for ?
– March 23 , 2020 A day ’ s diary from a US CEO during the Corona crisis ( satire ) March 23 , 2020 MSNBC : Chicago price gouging up 9,000 % & the sports-journalization of US media – March 25 , 2020 Tough times need vanguard parties – are ‘ social media users ’ the West ’ s ?
– March 26 , 2020 If Germany rejects Corona bonds they must quit the Eurozone – March 30 , 2020 Landlord class : Waive or donate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – March 31 , 2020 ( A Soviet ? )
Superman : Red Son – the new socialist film to watch on lockdown – April 2 , 2020 Condensing the data leaves no doubt : Fear corona-economy more than the virus – April 5 , 2020 Why does the UK have an ‘ army ’ of volunteers but the US has a shortage ?
– April 12 , 2020 No buybacks allowed or dared ?
Then wave goodbye to Western stock market gains – April 13 , 2020 No , the dollar will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s a crisis , after all – April 16 , 2020 Same 2008 QE playbook , but the Eurozone will kick off Western chaos not the US – April 18 , 2020 We ’ re giving up our civil liberties .
Fine , but to which type of state ?
– April 20 , 2020 Iran ’ s ‘ resistance economy ’ : the post-corona wish of the West ’ s silent majority ( 1/2 ) – April 23 , 2020 The same 12-year itch : Will banks loan down QE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , The end of globalisation won ’ t be televised , despite the hopes of the Western 99 % ( 2/2 ) – April 27 , 2020 What would it take for proponents to say : ‘ The Great Lockdown was wrong ’ ?
– April 28 , 2020 ZeroHedge , a response to Mr. Littlejohn & the future of dollar dominance – April 30 , 2020 Given Western history , is it the ‘ Great Segregation ’ and not the ‘ Great Lockdown ’ ?
– May 2 , 2020 The Western @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the Great Lockdown also a conspiracy ?
– May 4 , 2020 May 17 : The date the Great Lockdown must end or Everything Bubble 2 pops – May 6 , 2020 Reading Piketty : Does corona delay the Greens ’ fake-leftist , sure-to-fail victory ?
– May 8 , 2020

This is part of a series of dispatches by correspondent Ramin Mazaheri
Ramin Mazaheri and Jeff J Brown
CONTRARIAN VOICES
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e can’t always find it but there is always a tipping point. Last week I crunched the data and suggested it’s May 17: The date the Great Lockdown must end or Everything Bubble 2 pops.
Maybe I’m a few days off, but not many more: This bubble-popping is precisely why Trump is not wearing a mask, planned to end the corona task force and keeps talking about reopening; this is why 300 US CEOs and the Department of Defense sent Mexico’s president a letter threatening that they better reopen now and not screw up corporate supply chains.
But what is absolutely certain is that getting the West back to work requires some sort of propaganda campaign to do so – what will that media effort look like?
When I recently asked What would it take for proponents to say: ‘The Great Lockdown was wrong’? readers pointed that many politicians are dug in way too deep to climb out. Yet, whether they claim to be “wrong” or “right” – climb out they must:
There has never been a vaccine for a coronavirus; neoliberalism is predicated on constant growth and wage-earning; The New York Times’ irresponsible rebroadcasting of 1.1 million US deaths in “a best-case scenario wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on – the West has to end the Great Lockdown.
But Americans aren’t going to go back to work until their media stops scaremongering, as their scaremongering line is slavishly followed by European and Western media: polls show more Americans fear getting sick from the virus than economic hardship, and despite all the data showing only the elderly and medically-vulnerable are at risk (thus they are the healthy ones who should be quarantined).
The New York Times now despises Sweden for their corona-sovereignty, but even they can’t help but admit Sweden shows the only way out of the Great Lockdown: “But what about the economy? The choice is not between indefinite shutdown and Russian roulette. A transition needs to occur that balances the risks at play. From that perspective, Sweden is the future.”
The first step is talking about it – how will the West do that?
I have said from the beginning that the West’s arrogance is that whatever China can do, they can surely do: The West is employing quarantining, control methods and collective-over-individualist concepts used by Asian nations, but without having similar cultures of government economic intervention nor widespread trust in their governments, and amid their economic Great Recession on top of it all.
But can the West use the same media persuasion techniques as China?
To find out what worked for China I posed the question to Jeff J. Brown, author of the most important book on China in decades, China is Communist, Dammit! Brown lived in China for many years and realised he had to refute with data and analysis the Western absurdity that China’s rise has come via capitalist methods.
“There is always lots of debate in China, especially facilitated today with all the electronic social media platforms. There was a lot of discussion in China about citizens having more say in the mainstream media, to increase the flow of useful information during the lockdown. There were forums of every stripe, airing grievances about rules being too strict to measures being too lax, to forums on using TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and old fashioned remedies to prevent/treat Covid.”
This is quite a contrast from what I dubbed The West’s middling, middle-class corona response, which inherently assumed that everyone has a comfortable home, job and savings, even though since 1980 the West’s middle-class has been blown apart. This response was designed by well-paid doctors, professors and epidemiologists, and trumpeted by well-paid Mainstream Media mouthpieces.
In Brown’s book he relates how the Chinese Communist Party is essentially the world’s largest polling agency, constantly querying public opinion on matters big and small. Frankly, if I was forced to select a single trait which separates China’s government from the West’s it would be this one, as it explains their government’s success & efficiency, the obvious & justified basis for the CCP’s popular support, and the bottom-up nature of socialist democracy as opposed to the top-down, technocratic & aristocratic model of Western liberalism.
“There were lots of differing opinions aired in neighborhood, village and town meetings. The red line to not cross is suggesting the overthrow of China’s communist-socialist system of governance, which is no different than the West, where it is verboten to demand an end to capitalism.
(FYI, when I asked Why does the UK have an ‘army’ of volunteers but the US has a shortage? I related how right up there with Iran’s “Down with England, America and Israel” chants is, “Down with those who oppose (the political principle of) the guardianship of the Islamic jurist.” Socialist-inspired revolutionary nations make it crystal clear that a return to capitalism-imperialism or a tolerance of Western-style fascist speech will never be permitted.)
Mao’s mass line continues to this day in the form of millions of surveys conducted among the people, to air concerns and catch the popular zeitgeist. It is all about learning from the bottom up. Then and now, you grab a banner and protest publicly, when all these other avenues of communication have failed. There are an estimated 300-500 public protests a day in this country of 1.4 billion citizens. China haters take this as a sign of weakness. Baba (Father) Beijing sees it as a source of strength.”
The 21st century Western reality is that taking to the streets usually makes one a far-right neo-fascist or an irresponsible anarchist: we see that in the treatment of the Yellow Vests or the recent anti-Lockdown protests in Michigan, which I immediately supported – of course, as I support democracy – in, We’re giving up our civil liberties. Fine, but to which type of state? Brown relates how China’s state is far superior in perhaps the most important thing in politics: incorporating public opinion into public policy.
If anything will be an argument for centralisation over federalism – and central planning over neoliberalism’s “invisible hand… guiding us all towards corporate fascism & neo-imperialism” – it will be the corona-return: it’s clear that the US is wasting a tremendous amount of time, energy and efficiency by having a central government whose suggestions can be and are being totally ignored at the state level.
“Public campaigns like this are done at the neighborhood and private/public employer level. These entities would get their instructions from city/town/village government units, which in turn, working up the hierarchy, got theirs from county, provincial and national level bodies. As is true in socialist countries, the national government may set the tone, but democracy devolves down to the local level, allowing for reasonable adaptation, according to needs on the ground.”
Imagine the amount of discussion – which could have gone to relating the needs of the lower classes and the Mom and Pop shopkeeper/proletariat – which the US wastes daily in political sniping and Trump Derangement Syndrome? The Eurozone common currency will be similarly hindered by disunity, which is the last thing needed in a crisis.
China was stunningly running at 75% economic capacity around February 10 because they are coordinated and united. Some US governors may even, unthinkably, play politics and delay their reopening with November election goals in mind. Americans haven’t had a war on their soil for 150 years – they just don’t know what a crisis is, and that helps explain their lack of unity in this crisis. They think that their preferred politician not taking office in November constitutes a crisis – the building historic economic catastrophe should recalibrate their realities.
Socialist-inspired nations already made the necessary changes, but the Western liberal & economic model cannot
So Brown has surprisingly shown how – as a result of their model of socialist democracy, and not liberal democracy – China really didn’t need a multi-week media campaign like I envision the West needing because there is so much communication between the people and their pubic officials, as well as such an awareness of what is going on, what is needed and what is to be done.
That makes perfect sense when we realise that socialist democracy is based around discussion-based consensus and not the unilateral decree of Western “liberal strongmen” like Emmanuel Macron nor the individualist “great man-ism” personified by Ayn Rand’s blowhard protagonists. In places like Iran and China everything is done by committee (and the CCP and Basij are essentially two huge committees, after all) because these are not only two new systems, but also systems which have inspired massive Western sabotage campaigns: these bureaucrats know that they cannot be high-handed and aloof, but instead must be receptive, responsive and always trying to keep as large a proportion of the population on the side of their socialist-inspired revolution as possible. In short: they cannot risk wasteful mistakes, but why would they even want the system the West has, especially in a few more months?
Of course, there will still be huge health concerns on May 17, especially in the US, but Condensing the data leaves no doubt: Fear corona-economy more than the virus. Of course, the “Western economy” is not at all synonymous with “global economy”, a rather vital point to Iranians, Chinese, Cubans, etc.
Western politicians, none more than state of emergency-loving France, keep reminding us that this is a war: a war necessarily needs heroes, and the West now needs ones other than nurses and rich doctors. A media campaign of, “Go back to work to save grandma’s social security (and our consumer, unplanned economy)”, is thus logical but would obviously be a complete 180 from the editorial policies and public stances of countless Western media and politicians. Such a campaign is probably only feasible for socialist-inspired nations, where collective and not individual action is lauded.
Trump says he views Americans as ‘warriors’ amid coronavirus and he got roundly mocked for it… but I don’t know what the top US public servant can do otherwise, really? America’s bureaucrats thus know the obvious truth of this article – Westerners will need some sort of inspirational campaign to get them back to work. Westerners are culturally prone to fearing others and wanting to stay at home alone even in good times: Given Western history, is it the ‘Great Segregation’ and not the ‘Great Lockdown’?
Westerners will thus likely stay hunkered down, as for months their private media has been ravenously gobbling up the higher ratings they have gotten via pounding fear into their viewers.
You can say I am underestimating the virulence of corona, but about this I am sure: in the Western Mainstream Media there has been basically zero space given to objectively giving so-called “contrarian” views which could possibly calm people’s fears. It as if I am a bad journalist because I am not scaring people?!
I am a bad journalist for immediately waving the red flag that a Great Lockdown is actually a forced suicide march for the West’s abandoned lower classes? It is not my fault that the neoliberal & neo-imperial system of the West refuses to take care of their elder class, and Pity post-corona Millennials… if they don’t openly push socialism actually contains an immediate answer to the economic chaos caused by the Great Lockdown.
Only time will tell if the Great Segregation/Lockdown was necessary, but we definitely know much more about how to handle coronavirus than on January 1 or even March 1: protect the vulnerable, isolate the sick, take personal responsibility actions in public, population-dense regions need extra precautions, and… get back to normal before the Western double-bubble economy pops.
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Corona contrarianism? How about some corona common sense? Here is my list of articles published regarding the corona crisis, and I hope you will find them useful in your leftist struggle!
Capitalist-imperialist West stays home over corona – they grew a conscience? – March 22, 2020
Corona meds in every pot & a People’s QE: the Trumpian populism they hoped for? – March 23, 2020
A day’s diary from a US CEO during the Corona crisis (satire) March 23, 2020
MSNBC: Chicago price gouging up 9,000% & the sports-journalization of US media – March 25, 2020
Tough times need vanguard parties – are ‘social media users’ the West’s? – March 26, 2020
If Germany rejects Corona bonds they must quit the Eurozone – March 30, 2020
Landlord class: Waive or donate rent-profits now or fear the Cultural Revolution – March 31, 2020
Corona repeating 9/11 & Y2K hysterias? Both saw huge economic overreactions – April 1, 2020
(A Soviet?) Superman: Red Son – the new socialist film to watch on lockdown – April 2, 2020
Corona rewrites capitalist bust-chronology & proves: It’s the nation-state, stupid – April 3, 2020
Condensing the data leaves no doubt: Fear corona-economy more than the virus – April 5, 2020
‘We’re Going Wrong’: The West’s middling, middle-class corona response – April 10, 2020
Why does the UK have an ‘army’ of volunteers but the US has a shortage? – April 12, 2020
No buybacks allowed or dared? Then wave goodbye to Western stock market gains – April 13, 2020
Pity post-corona Millennials… if they don’t openly push socialism – April 14, 2020
No, the dollar will only strengthen post-corona, as usual: it’s a crisis, after all – April 16, 2020
Same 2008 QE playbook, but the Eurozone will kick off Western chaos not the US – April 18, 2020
We’re giving up our civil liberties. Fine, but to which type of state? – April 20, 2020
Coronavirus – Macron’s savior. A ‘united Europe’ – France’s murderer – April 22, 2020
Iran’s ‘resistance economy’: the post-corona wish of the West’s silent majority (1/2) – April 23, 2020
The same 12-year itch: Will banks loan down QE money this time? – April 26,
2020
The end of globalisation won’t be televised, despite the hopes of the Western 99% (2/2) – April 27, 2020
What would it take for proponents to say: ‘The Great Lockdown was wrong’? – April 28, 2020
ZeroHedge, a response to Mr. Littlejohn & the future of dollar dominance – April 30, 2020
Given Western history, is it the ‘Great Segregation’ and not the ‘Great Lockdown’? – May 2, 2020
The Western 1% colluded to start WWI – is the Great Lockdown also a conspiracy? – May 4, 2020
May 17: The date the Great Lockdown must end or Everything Bubble 2 pops – May 6, 2020
Reading Piketty: Does corona delay the Greens’ fake-leftist, sure-to-fail victory? – May 8, 2020