Sunday, November 29, 2020

US Warmongers

 https://covertactionmagazine.com/2020/11/28/wars-r-us-a-review-of-christian-sorensens-new-book-understanding-the-war-industry/

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2020/12/03/obama-is-an-asshole-and-other-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/

Charles Manson never murdered anyone, he just convinced people that it would be a good thing to do. The mass media have convinced far more people that it would be a good idea to commit far more murders than the Manson cult ever committed, and should be reviled as such.

The fastest way to get yourself banned from social media is to say something that sounds like you’re inciting violence. But mass media which do that constantly are never banned, because what’s actually forbidden is inciting violence that isn’t authorized by the powerful.

In fact the easiest way to advance your career in media is to incite violence on behalf of the powerful. This is true in news media, and it’s even true in video games and Hollywood; make compelling games and screenplays glorifying military violence and your career will thrive.

Monday, November 2, 2020

2020 Election (Pennsylvania)

We’re careening toward an uncertain election, and the blithe certitude and clear ineptitude of the political elite is unfathomable given the stakes. It’s no exaggeration to say that everything is on the line, even setting aside the widespread fears that Trump will not leave office. If Biden wins, the best-case scenario is that we’ll be forced to deal with a Democratic Party of resurgent centrism, convinced that their path to victory is through vacuous messaging calibrated to cause the least offense to the maximum number of people. They’ll insist that their future dominance is assured, normalcy has been restored, and that the nightmare is over. With eyes fixed on a seemingly winning formula, they won’t see who’s getting left behind again, or history repeating itself before their very eyes.

The worst-case scenario is that Trump will win again. In four years, he has done incalculable damage; four more will be apocalyptic. Democrats are unwilling to consider that they might be getting it wrong, and if they lose as a consequence, creeping fascism will become a dead run.




The Circus

Excellent documentary on the history of the Circus in the US.

Remember seeing the Wallenda troupe in South Florida when was young.

They described the 1962 debacle during the act, chilling.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/circus/