I know I shouldn't be surprised, but it's rather incredible that weapons, war, and death are now seen as "investments" that will pay "dividends" for U.S. national security. And create jobs too!
The merchants of death have morphed into the saviors of life and bringers of jobs and wealth for America, as Biden said last night in his speech.
And how many Americans are actually employed building these weapons? And honestly I don't care to know the number of engineers, I mean how many working class jobs are really from making weapons? I've lived in 7 different stages and never heard of a weapons factory nearby at any of those residences.
God I just had a "are we really having this conversation" moment.
I worry that the world is losing/lost hope in the American PEOPLE. There was a time when the world understood we were different from our rulers. I don't know that anymore. This stuff is so bad, Americans are so propagandized, media is so controlled.... nowadays who in America hears dissident voices. Let alone civilians in other countries. At some point how can they distinguish us from the rulers? I hope I'm wrong.
It is a sure sign that late-stage capitalism is in failure mode: the president talking about investing in war and death. It's such a good investment! Freedom and democracy in the bomb sights. Streams of missiles and bombs as revenue streams. The people in the Biden administration are so mentally unwell that they have no idea they sound exactly like psychopaths.
Doubling down is all this warmonger and his neocon buddies know how to do, spreading death and misery. He is extremely dangerous. World peace hangs in the balance.
What has to antagonize the world is the US ability to sit back far away from any warfare it may participate in or contribute to and not be in the least affected.
Think of all the horror, destruction and deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine and now Israel/Gaza and who knows how that will ramify? I thought of this when I saw Biden's face break into a big grin speaking of how we are the most powerful country in history. Ugh.
As I write, my life goes on as always as do the lives of those around me. Will we be at war today or tomorrow with, for example, Iran? Were it not for the news there would not be the slightest evidence of it here, no sirens, no running for shelter, absolutely nothing except gas price rising (OMG - NO!)
With this safe isolation, why hesitate to knock heads anywhere in the world? But, as with Israel preying on the Palestinians now without any serious consequences for over 75 years (because we shield Israel) the frustration and anger of those who don't see things as we and Israel demand they see it has built to great strength.
I don't believe for a second that Iran is as casual as we are about the prospect of war. They know what destruction the US war machine can produce, and that Israel has nuclear weapons, so it is quite something to see Anthony Blinken who has nothing to fear for himself, his family or his country, to say to Iran - "Don't"
We've become blind to what we have become, a colossus spanning the globe and issuing commands backed by two devastating weapons - military and economic.
How could the Israelis not expect such an attack as HAMAS launched? How could we be surprised by 9/11? Pressure cookers can, in fact must explode without a relief valve.
Another good one, Bill. "Trigger Treats" was the perfect analogy for the Halloween season, especially since Halloween is the Devil's day. I am sure the Devil is up for a little more murder and mayhem. Funny how the politicians blame guns for all the violence in this country instead of the criminals, but have no qualms about spending money in other countries for weapons of war. Linking again @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Indeed. Except for the few contrary libertarians who know better than go abroad looking for monsters to destroy, we have the Damnocrats, who claim to be climate and gun control champions, voting in lockstep for uncountable 155mm shells, cluster bombs and all other horrific weapons of war (economic as well as military). Truly sickening!
On the top 10 list of Things That Piss Me Off is the liberal jerk crowd's abdication of the climate effects of the Nordstream bombings. Where is Greta now?
Yeah I know, she's chilling with Little Dictator Zelensky.
Joe Biden is literally comatose. He cannot think for himself any longer.
And his AIPAC Zionist infested handlers and Russophobic neocons - are leading the US into WW3 and bankruptcy.
In his speech to the Nation, he did his best to read the words the ethno-supremacist Jews, Netanyahu and warmongering Russophobic neocons in WA DC put up on his teleprompter.
Defending Ukraine which he falsely claims is "occupied" by Russia - and simultaneously defending the attack on Palestine which is really occupied by Israel. Reeking of hypocrisy and contradiction.
Telling the US people they all need to pull together to defend the shitty little apartheid country of Israel and the corrupt Neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine.
Why? Because Putin is evil and wants to take over the World, and the occupied Palestinian's resistance fighters are terrorists who also want to take over the World.
The trouble with all this is that everybody knows the Ukraine war is lost. And Russia has indicated time after time, always falling on deaf Western ears, that they have no desire to occupy Ukraine. Pouring more money down that rathole will achieve absolutely nothing - except more profits for the Military-Industrial-Complex and result in more Ukrainians being killed. And one has to be a moron to believe Russia poses a threat to people in Chicago, New Orleans, or San Diego.
And despite all his cliches and jingoistic ranting, Israel is not a US ally. Its government does not behave as an ally does and it has never fought alongside U.S. forces in any of its foreign wars. Its interests are not aligned with the US's as an ally’s should be. There is no formal treaty and no binding obligations that require these governments to do anything for the other.The U.S. gets nothing in return for the extensive financial, military and diplomatic support that it provides apartheid Israel. On the contrary, the US suffers internationally because of its constant vetoing UN resolutions aimed at punishing Israel for its crimes against humanity. Not to mention how badly its government under Netanyahu is behaving towards the US. Having the gonads to lecture the US Congress.
And on top of all that, >50% of Jewish people across the World are horrified at and opposed to Netanyahu's genocide of Gaza. And again to say Hamas threatens people in Chicago, New Orleans, or San Diego does not pass the laugh test.
And I betcha a majority of Americans don't want their kids coming home in body bags in another war that is none of the US's business. And their country piling up more debt for foreign wars - when the US is $32-trillion in the hole. And homeless folk on all city streets.
Unlike Trump with his admittedly flakey MAGA, Biden's mantra is appearing more and more to be AMERICA LAST.
Alexander Mercouris on the Duran brilliantly rips Comatose Joe are well deserved new asshole!
But think of this: You're alive and writing at what may be an historical moment. Has this nation ever had as President a man as unfit for the office as Biden, in terms of both cognitive impairment and moral deficits?
in retrospect, my comment as written doesn't make much sense. In terms of the historical significance of this moment, I had begun to remark about the coincidental timing of two head-scratchingly awful Presidents (Trump/Biden), the number of wars, the massive growth of debt and the beginning signs of collapse of what must certainly be the planet's biggest / most warlike empire. Then I decided on brevity... leaving an incomplete thought.
I read an article in Axios this morning that behind the scenes, those in the White House are rattled to the core; there's fear all the separate crises could merge into one. And yet, instead of leading efforts for negotiations and peace, Franklin Delano Biden (at least his self image) is pushing "the arsenal of democracy"; I question whether the man is aware of anything more than what his handlers tell him.
While I hope the House in Congress doesn't choose a Speaker for months and remains unable to move legislation, the arms industry and Israeli lobbyists will soon be heard from demanding the House members gets their acts together and vote for more war. Therefore, the only option available to us is to write our Senators and Representatives, and tell them if they vote for this spending bill, we will each vote for their opponents in the next election - no matter the party. It's not much but it's all we have.
It wasn't really a speech. He was just reading talking points off a teleprompter. Just a series of assertions with no logic behind them. You either agreed with him or you didn't. He might as well have said that the moon is made of green cheese.
I know I shouldn't be surprised, but it's rather incredible that weapons, war, and death are now seen as "investments" that will pay "dividends" for U.S. national security. And create jobs too!
The merchants of death have morphed into the saviors of life and bringers of jobs and wealth for America, as Biden said last night in his speech.
And how many Americans are actually employed building these weapons? And honestly I don't care to know the number of engineers, I mean how many working class jobs are really from making weapons? I've lived in 7 different stages and never heard of a weapons factory nearby at any of those residences.
God I just had a "are we really having this conversation" moment.
I worry that the world is losing/lost hope in the American PEOPLE. There was a time when the world understood we were different from our rulers. I don't know that anymore. This stuff is so bad, Americans are so propagandized, media is so controlled.... nowadays who in America hears dissident voices. Let alone civilians in other countries. At some point how can they distinguish us from the rulers? I hope I'm wrong.
It is a sure sign that late-stage capitalism is in failure mode: the president talking about investing in war and death. It's such a good investment! Freedom and democracy in the bomb sights. Streams of missiles and bombs as revenue streams. The people in the Biden administration are so mentally unwell that they have no idea they sound exactly like psychopaths.
Doubling down is all this warmonger and his neocon buddies know how to do, spreading death and misery. He is extremely dangerous. World peace hangs in the balance.
What has to antagonize the world is the US ability to sit back far away from any warfare it may participate in or contribute to and not be in the least affected.
Think of all the horror, destruction and deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine and now Israel/Gaza and who knows how that will ramify? I thought of this when I saw Biden's face break into a big grin speaking of how we are the most powerful country in history. Ugh.
As I write, my life goes on as always as do the lives of those around me. Will we be at war today or tomorrow with, for example, Iran? Were it not for the news there would not be the slightest evidence of it here, no sirens, no running for shelter, absolutely nothing except gas price rising (OMG - NO!)
With this safe isolation, why hesitate to knock heads anywhere in the world? But, as with Israel preying on the Palestinians now without any serious consequences for over 75 years (because we shield Israel) the frustration and anger of those who don't see things as we and Israel demand they see it has built to great strength.
I don't believe for a second that Iran is as casual as we are about the prospect of war. They know what destruction the US war machine can produce, and that Israel has nuclear weapons, so it is quite something to see Anthony Blinken who has nothing to fear for himself, his family or his country, to say to Iran - "Don't"
We've become blind to what we have become, a colossus spanning the globe and issuing commands backed by two devastating weapons - military and economic.
How could the Israelis not expect such an attack as HAMAS launched? How could we be surprised by 9/11? Pressure cookers can, in fact must explode without a relief valve.
Another good one, Bill. "Trigger Treats" was the perfect analogy for the Halloween season, especially since Halloween is the Devil's day. I am sure the Devil is up for a little more murder and mayhem. Funny how the politicians blame guns for all the violence in this country instead of the criminals, but have no qualms about spending money in other countries for weapons of war. Linking again @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
The US experience just underlies a truth about empires; that fiscal bankruptcy follows moral bankruptcy.
Hypocrisy!
Biden ipaying for Israel to do to Gaza what he is fighting against in Ukraine!
Military potential of and Gaza must be eliminated for Israel. While the military potential of Ukraine against Russia is worth huge sacrifice.
Gaslighting (shameless hypocrisy) works!
Russia and Hamas delenda est!
where our the peace makers
and yes it's pretty obvious by most that china makes widgets and we make WOMD. We are the bomb makers.
Indeed. Except for the few contrary libertarians who know better than go abroad looking for monsters to destroy, we have the Damnocrats, who claim to be climate and gun control champions, voting in lockstep for uncountable 155mm shells, cluster bombs and all other horrific weapons of war (economic as well as military). Truly sickening!
On the top 10 list of Things That Piss Me Off is the liberal jerk crowd's abdication of the climate effects of the Nordstream bombings. Where is Greta now?
Yeah I know, she's chilling with Little Dictator Zelensky.
Joe Biden is literally comatose. He cannot think for himself any longer.
And his AIPAC Zionist infested handlers and Russophobic neocons - are leading the US into WW3 and bankruptcy.
In his speech to the Nation, he did his best to read the words the ethno-supremacist Jews, Netanyahu and warmongering Russophobic neocons in WA DC put up on his teleprompter.
Defending Ukraine which he falsely claims is "occupied" by Russia - and simultaneously defending the attack on Palestine which is really occupied by Israel. Reeking of hypocrisy and contradiction.
Telling the US people they all need to pull together to defend the shitty little apartheid country of Israel and the corrupt Neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine.
Why? Because Putin is evil and wants to take over the World, and the occupied Palestinian's resistance fighters are terrorists who also want to take over the World.
The trouble with all this is that everybody knows the Ukraine war is lost. And Russia has indicated time after time, always falling on deaf Western ears, that they have no desire to occupy Ukraine. Pouring more money down that rathole will achieve absolutely nothing - except more profits for the Military-Industrial-Complex and result in more Ukrainians being killed. And one has to be a moron to believe Russia poses a threat to people in Chicago, New Orleans, or San Diego.
And despite all his cliches and jingoistic ranting, Israel is not a US ally. Its government does not behave as an ally does and it has never fought alongside U.S. forces in any of its foreign wars. Its interests are not aligned with the US's as an ally’s should be. There is no formal treaty and no binding obligations that require these governments to do anything for the other.The U.S. gets nothing in return for the extensive financial, military and diplomatic support that it provides apartheid Israel. On the contrary, the US suffers internationally because of its constant vetoing UN resolutions aimed at punishing Israel for its crimes against humanity. Not to mention how badly its government under Netanyahu is behaving towards the US. Having the gonads to lecture the US Congress.
And on top of all that, >50% of Jewish people across the World are horrified at and opposed to Netanyahu's genocide of Gaza. And again to say Hamas threatens people in Chicago, New Orleans, or San Diego does not pass the laugh test.
And I betcha a majority of Americans don't want their kids coming home in body bags in another war that is none of the US's business. And their country piling up more debt for foreign wars - when the US is $32-trillion in the hole. And homeless folk on all city streets.
Unlike Trump with his admittedly flakey MAGA, Biden's mantra is appearing more and more to be AMERICA LAST.
Alexander Mercouris on the Duran brilliantly rips Comatose Joe are well deserved new asshole!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RyIYR0f0k
Dennis, Putin and Palestine can't be allowed to take over the world. That's our job!
But think of this: You're alive and writing at what may be an historical moment. Has this nation ever had as President a man as unfit for the office as Biden, in terms of both cognitive impairment and moral deficits?
Roger, it was probably worse in October 1919 when Woodrow Wilson had a severe stroke (that was largely kept hidden).
in retrospect, my comment as written doesn't make much sense. In terms of the historical significance of this moment, I had begun to remark about the coincidental timing of two head-scratchingly awful Presidents (Trump/Biden), the number of wars, the massive growth of debt and the beginning signs of collapse of what must certainly be the planet's biggest / most warlike empire. Then I decided on brevity... leaving an incomplete thought.
I read an article in Axios this morning that behind the scenes, those in the White House are rattled to the core; there's fear all the separate crises could merge into one. And yet, instead of leading efforts for negotiations and peace, Franklin Delano Biden (at least his self image) is pushing "the arsenal of democracy"; I question whether the man is aware of anything more than what his handlers tell him.
While I hope the House in Congress doesn't choose a Speaker for months and remains unable to move legislation, the arms industry and Israeli lobbyists will soon be heard from demanding the House members gets their acts together and vote for more war. Therefore, the only option available to us is to write our Senators and Representatives, and tell them if they vote for this spending bill, we will each vote for their opponents in the next election - no matter the party. It's not much but it's all we have.
But....but....but...but Ray!
Beheading 40-babies.
Raping women.
Killing 100's of innocent concert goers.
Cutting fetus's out of pregnant women' bellies.
Using kids as human shields
Bombing their own hospitals!
Throwing babies out of incubators - oops, wrong war!
YEAH RIGHT...THE ISRAEL HASBARA PROPAGANDA IS VOMIT INDUCING
Biden fiddles while the world burns.
It wasn't really a speech. He was just reading talking points off a teleprompter. Just a series of assertions with no logic behind them. You either agreed with him or you didn't. He might as well have said that the moon is made of green cheese.