@1 and @2
Even a thread of comments only is interesting to read, here.

Posted by: Sam | Aug 7 2019 18:10 utc | 3

@ 2; So, what’s the offence? Trump, without a doubt, is the greatest liar ever.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/president-trump-lie-list
“without evidence” is a kinder way of saying he’s a liar, which is beyond dispute…

Posted by: ben | Aug 7 2019 18:20 utc | 5

Food Ship to Venezuela Seized in US Blockade
Venezuela’s Vicepresident Delcy Rodriguez denounced Wednesday that a ship containing 25 thousand tonnes of Soya has been seized in the Panama Canal due to the U.S. blockade while calling on the United Nations to take action against the “serious aggression” that impede Venezuela “right to food”.
“Venezuela denounces before the world that a boat that holds 25 thousand tons of Soya, for food production in our country, has been seized in the Panama Canal, due to the criminal blockade imposed by Donald Trump,” the vice president said in a tweet.
“Venezuela calls on the UN to stop this serious aggression by DonaldTrump’s govt against our country, which constitutes a massive violation of the human rights of the entire Venezuelan people, by attempting to impede their right to food.”
In a subsequent tweet, the Venezuelan senior official explained that the owner of the vessel carrying the merchandise of food was informed by the insurance company that it was prevented from moving that cargo to Venezuela.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Food-Shipment-Destined-For-Venezuela-Seized-Due-To-US-Blockade-20190807-0012.html

Posted by: no | Aug 7 2019 18:31 utc | 7

There is a growing concern in Ireland about America’s plans for a post Brexit Europe. Trump’s visit to Ireland, after he came to the UK, was laughed off as no more than a golfing break. But there may have been more. (He is welcome there not least for the employment he provides.) But it would not be strange for America to prepare for a Europe of which the UK is no longer a member – the UK has been America’s foot in the EU since it joined. So people are wondering whether America has it mind to replace the UK with Ireland as its representative to the EU, and are also beginning to wonder how long Washington would tolerate the division of Ireland.
At present, the withdrawal of the generous subsidies that Ulster receive from Westminster would make reunification an expensive luxury. But Washington could solve that problem with a stroke.
At the moment everyone is just talking insurance against contingencies. But there are some strange prospects in store!

Posted by: Montreal | Aug 7 2019 18:42 utc | 9

snake @ 8 I’m getting a 404 error on that link. Got an alternate?

Posted by: juandonjuan | Aug 7 2019 18:56 utc | 11

Beau of the Fifth Column talks about White Nationalist shootings, their attempt to force the narrative towards strict gun control initiatives, and how the left should resist at all costs in order to save itself from fascism in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NovuyaBMkBc

Posted by: TheBaldFox | Aug 7 2019 19:15 utc | 13

‘b’ “I got nothing”
Charles Tatum: FILM ‘Ace in the hole'[1951]
I can handle big news and little news. And if there’s no news, I’ll go out and bite a dog.

Posted by: Harry Law | Aug 7 2019 19:20 utc | 15

About Tulsi Gabbard …
It is difficult for me to imagine myself voting for a Democrat, I am a Green voter; however, I have cheered for Tulsi Gabbard for years.
She is one of the few politicians out there talking sanity with respect to our Forever-Wars.
But yesterday I learned that she had been a member of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations).
Can anyone assuage my disgust at this revelation? Please.
(By the way, why did it take so long for this to be revealed?)

Posted by: librul | Aug 7 2019 19:39 utc | 17

@14 karlof1.. i think musburger was being sarcastic… he really does mean trump in his comment..

Posted by: james | Aug 7 2019 19:45 utc | 19

Moon vows support for localization of parts

“After the export regulations and the whitelist removal, we have continued to say we will use these an opportunity to improve our industrial ecosystem,” presidential spokeswoman Ko Min-jung said during a regular briefing, Wednesday.
“We will raise the competitiveness of the parts and materials sector and never be swayed by a country that holds tech supremacy, while using this as an opportunity to raise our profile as a manufacturing powerhouse,” Moon said during an emergency Cabinet meeting on Aug. 2 after Japan excluded Korea from its “whitelist” of preferential trading partners earlier the same day.

South Korea is a capitalist society. That means its economy is planned according to profit rates, not the government’s will. With a decadent economy and plagued with mafia-like corruption, it doesn’t have the capacity to do shit about localization of production.
Just talking like you’re China doesn’t make you China.
–//–
After Beijing’s devaluation of the renminbi just four cents above the “psychological limit” put Wall Street on all fours, Trump suddenly became a docile puppy and shifted the blame on the Fed:
‘Our Problem is Not China, Our Problem is the Federal Reserve’ – Trump
From Trump’s tweeter account:

“Three more Central Banks cut rates.” Our problem is not China – We are stronger than ever, money is pouring into the U.S. while China is losing companies by the thousands to other countries, and their currency is under siege – Our problem is a Federal Reserve that is too proud to admit their mistake of acting too fast and tightening too much (and that I was right!). They must Cut Rates bigger and faster, and stop their ridiculous quantitative tightening NOW. Yield curve is at too wide a margin, and no inflation! Incompetence is a terrible thing to watch, especially when things could be taken care of sooo easily. We will WIN anyway, but it would be much easier if the Fed understood, which they don’t, that we are competing against other countries, all of whom want to do well at our expense!

Posted by: vk | Aug 7 2019 20:11 utc | 21

librul @17–
It seems you’ve been absent from this blog for awhile as that’s common knowledge amongst barflies. She also voted against the 1st Amendment she swore an oath to uphold by siding with the anti-BDS crowd. Then she showed her double-standard regarding opposition to Forever Wars by voting for the 2020-22 $1.5 Trillion War Budget. At both of her campaign websites, you won’t find any mention of her position on Palestine, although other trivia’s addressed. I thought I might work for her campaign but sought clarification on her stance on Occupied Palestine, which was finally provided with her anti-BDS vote. I chalked these and other “mistakes” of hers up as political immaturity, but now I’m not so sure given her ability to dismantle political opponents. I do want her to remain in the debates, which for now means she must poll at least 2% in 4 different, DNC approved polls by the end of August.
There’s no doubt we need a vast Movement to initiate the required change to the Outlaw US Empire and dethrone its Current Oligarchy and its political allies and that will necessitate the “Political Fight” Hudson sees the Movement required to wage. Sanders was correct in 2016 when he said we need a Movement and that’s what his aim was to build. His mantra hasn’t wavered as this proves:
“Our campaign is not just about winning the Democratic primary.
“It is not just about defeating Donald Trump.
“It is about bringing millions of people together and transforming our society to make our political and economic systems work for all of us.”
The Prize is attaining the last sentence’s goal, which is what all the contrived diversions and Culture War battles aim to prevent. The task’s monumental because of the amount of solidarity required to attain the ultimate goal–70%+–because the forces of Reaction won’t sit idly while we attempt to dethrone them. Gabbard’s rhetoric would seem to include her in this Movement, but her actions not so much. Sanders on the other hand, is acting like a man possessed given his barnstorming around the nation and being very outspoken. IMO, the right thing to do is join the already growing Movement rising again around Sanders and get others too. Both Sanders and Hudson’s time is waning and they know it which is why they’re as busy as possible and increasingly outspoken. I don’t know who I’ll fill the block in for POTUS in 2020; but I do know we must build the Movement.

Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 7 2019 20:34 utc | 23

@ karlof1 | Aug 7 2019 19:15 utc | 14
I’m buying the book so I can mark it up with my notations and dogear specific important pages as is my practice. No historian ever learns everything; that’s why we’re forever students of history–if we’re honest. If you find it as intriguing as me, please don’t but it from Bezos’s Amazon.
An antiquarian book dealer recommended ‘Abe Books’ (online). They have since been obtained by Amazon (by some information) but still send business to small and independent booksellers worldwide as well as their (Amazon) own dealers. Their inventory is by book with sellers of that book listed by price and shipping costs. My regard for service is that it’s topnotch and dependable.

Posted by: Formerly T-Bear | Aug 7 2019 20:43 utc | 25

@14 karlof1
re: Outlaw US Empire: How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.
Abby Martin interviews the author on Empire Files here:
“United States” to Imperial America: Our Hidden Empire (39 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df4R-xdKvpM

Posted by: pantaraxia | Aug 7 2019 20:45 utc | 27

continuing @28
And, of course that’s not an exhaustive list. The compromised Americans/Westerners could also do things like: provide innocent introductions / recommendations, support candidates for important positions, direct business to Israel or pro-Israel business people, etc.

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Aug 7 2019 20:52 utc | 29

Nathan Mulcahy @30
Yup, Tulsi’s resigning because of her support for Sanders is about as convincing to me as Seth Rich’s “murder”. When you scratch the surface, you come away with the feeling that each of these was contrived.
Welcome to the rabbit hole.

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Aug 7 2019 20:58 utc | 31

sarz @18–
I agree 100% with your linked comment. I found Webb’s essays to be a mass of assumptions supposedly verified by linked innuendos as you discovered. The Epstein Case requires a great deal of expertise to investigate, and that’s not what we’re getting from self-appointed sensationalists. Follow the money is one of any investigation’s fundamental mantras but DoJ opted to not object to allowing Epstein’s financial records to remain sealed. Such behavior leads one to perceive the fix is in already.
Miss Lacy @22–
Thanks much for your reply! I must admit to just happening upon that book via my daily visit to the Angry Arab’s Twitter; otherwise, I’d be ignorant of it, which really is a shame. The historians bane is there’re so many books and other written sources but so little time to read them while trying to lead a semi-normal life. Contemporary events have consumed me of late, but they are tomorrow’s history, which is why I try to pay attention. But if one doesn’t read and then read further to confirm, then the myths become facts in a detrimental fashion.

Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 7 2019 21:05 utc | 33

Harry Law @32–
Been asking that question since Gulf War 1 and the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure. But in reality, that question should’ve been asked in 1953/4 with Iran and Guatemala had their governments overthrown in acts equal to aggressive war and prohibited by both UN Charter and US Constitution. That’s why if you live within the Outlaw US Empire joining the Sanders Movement is the thing to do–as he himself points out, gaining POTUS isn’t sufficient. That’s why I wrote what I did @23. IMO, those within the Empire must seriously think about what’s most important and how to get there.

Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 7 2019 21:23 utc | 35

pantaraxia @27–
Thanks much for the link to the interview! I read one of the reviews at Amazon by a UCSD Prof that was also enlightening since he’s already read the entire work and was to assign it to his Grad students.
JSwift @34–
Thanks for your reply and vote of confidence! Determining the correct form of action to take is often painstaking and may involve self-compromise as some of us learn as we transit life. As you’ve read, I’m advocating joining the Movement Sanders has put into motion, which is an amalgam of several factions having their own specific agenda. I’m sure we’ll see the usual actors say doing so’s a waste of time, but they advocate nothing more than observing while sucking your thumb, and zero change will occur via that method. Eventually, the current economic bubble will burst with outcomes likely worse than 2008. But what’ll differ this time is there’ll be a massive, growing political Movement available to capitalize on that event. During the Great Depression, the citizen’s Populist movement didn’t really get going until 1934-5 with the election of insurgent congresspeople, there being no movement driving the 1932 election aside from the well recognized national malaise. We know the bubble will burst; we know a Movement’s required to have any chance at affecting genuine change. Who will take Sanders’s mantle and become the leader/s is unknown; what is known is Sanders is burning what remains of his candle at both ends and won’t be capable of continuing his current pace much longer.

Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 7 2019 21:52 utc | 37

Lots of Gabbbard attention.
My two cents? Far from being a pro-sensible foreign policy President (if elected), she’s likely to lead her supporters down a, ahem, rabbit hole.
The US two-party political system is contrived. Totus mundus agit histrionem

Posted by: OutOfThinAir | Aug 7 2019 21:59 utc | 39

I’ll share this one before it disappears down the memory hole:
India takes exception to Chinese remarks on Kashmir

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Aug 7 2019 22:43 utc | 41

@jackrabbit 28
I think she left that connection to Mossad vague due to lack of direct evidence, so far. But I don’t think Epstein will ever see the inside of a courtroom, so we may never know. He will gagged long before then. Hopefully, some of the victims will come forward with names and dates, but even that is a dangerous proposition.

Posted by: Uncle Jon | Aug 7 2019 23:16 utc | 43

I have long thought that many of the incidents of terrorism both ‘Islamist’ and ‘white supremicist’ are really Gladio type operations. The shootings at Dayton and El Paso feel very much like such operations. Normally, I avoid commenting on such incidents but this recent article on Fort Russ News provides me with an opportunity to make this observation
Americans may be unfamiliar with Gladio but if you research it you will find that it is real. It matters because any assumptions you make about the shootings are entirely wrong if they are Gladio. And, if they are Gladio, they are never going to end until you begin to openly regard them as such.

Posted by: ADKC | Aug 8 2019 0:45 utc | 45

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.
Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 7 2019 19:15 utc | 14
For those interested in this book there is a interview with the author with Abby Martin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df4R-xdKvpM
However to be honest this just comes off as just another “white” historian getting praise for what many historians of color have written about for years.
One is “The Counter Revolution of 1776” by Gerald Horne
Another is : “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” by Ibram X. Kendi

Posted by: O | Aug 8 2019 0:52 utc | 47

Is anyone aware of any Democrats pushing back or publicly taking issue without the developing blockade of Venezuela? These actions have already cost thousands of lives, but a full blockade would probably killed tens of thousands if not more. Are there any Democrats even talking about these viscous crimes against humanity? For people who like to throw the word “Fascist” around in reference to Trump, the ongoing siege/ coup attempt / starvation policy against Venezuela seems to be the closest thing to Fascism his administration has done. We may end up with 100s of thousands dead very quickly if this continues.

Posted by: Jason | Aug 8 2019 0:54 utc | 49

The Democratic contenders are dog-piling onto exploiting the deaths of Mexican-Americans by blaming the President. If OutOfThinAir, Jackrabbit , xLemming, librul et. al. on this board think that any contenders for the Dem ticket are not in at least several pockets at any one time, you are just so, so precious to me.
Of course Gabbard is just another contender so her team is constantly re-routing her apparent policies to align herself with anti-war, anti- foreign lobby positions. Debating amongst yourselves about whether she is to be trusted based on: 1) on her sudden pivot toward Omar’s ‘freedom of protest’ bill, away from support for(providing covering fire against enemies of) the Zionist government of Israel and the 1a) interpretation of that to meant that she is suddenly pro-BDS or, most hilariously, whether 2)her membership in CFR somehow confers irrevocable allegiance with the New World Order against the wishes of the voting public… is just so painfully precious that I’m getting an ice cream headache pondering at the credulity on display here. For everyone who knows what I’m about to say, just stop reading now. If you think I’m being condescending, read on.
Gabbard will continue climbing toward the summit and will flip script on anything in her record that stands to alienate the classical liberal “well-read plebe” talking points of ending regime change wars, ejecting foreign policy interference and the rape of the working class. She will do this because of how badly you all need to believe in someone who rejects the Neoliberal agenda. This is deliberate. This is calculated. It is however, time to take off the pull-ups and try real underwear for a change. This woman is not an authentic candidate because there are no authentic candidates. Rather, hers is clearly such an effectively researched campaign that those voters and voices most sympathetic to her platform positions are categorically blind to the motivations of a presidential contender seeking to run against a horde of Democrat clowns and mountebanks with an ORIGINAL package. They did their research, boys and girls. They know that the anti-war sentiment in this country is evangelical, that faith in power is non-existent and that everybody knows, at least subconsciously, that 9/11 was an inside job of some measure.
But don’t despair. Hear the wisdom of Don Draper:
‘Listen, I’m not here to tell you about Jesus. You already know about Jesus. Either he lives in your heart or he doesn’t. Every woman wants choices. But in the end, none wants to be one of 100 in a box. She’s unique. She makes the choices and she’s chosen him. She wants to tell the world he’s mine. He belongs to me, not you. She marks her man with her lips. He is her possession. You’ve given every woman who wears your lipstick the gift of total ownership.’
If my assumptions are correct, the Gabbard team is conducting master-class spin control both to side-step ever-closer toward a full deck of classical liberal positions while subtly managing the perception of their candidate’s authenticity. And, at the end of the day, we get to pretend that she’s our brand and arrived independent of outside influences. But then you guys start bitching because she dances to the same music as the industry that put her in front of the cameras, where she’s consistently been taking trophy ears during the debates, despite smear tactics from the MSM whores and Google running interference.
This is due to a combination of 1)General naivete of the public who are unaware that America following the Marshall Plan IS the New World Order, 1a) that swamp ecology and hierarchy especially post-Patriot Act will always only produce candidates for government office loyal to that order, 2) and, most charmingly, that a candidate could ever be judged such as that her voting record is indicative of political commitments or that 2a), 1b) they are to be rated for humanistic authenticity. Finally, it is to be remembered that, regardless of the stated platform positions, 2b)this is a candidate running for president on crux issues against an army of establishment clowns and mountebanks flying the same party flag, against Trump for 2020, an historically unique set of circumstances. The necessity for spin control is several orders of magnitude more crucial than any other Demo candidate in my lifetime and Gabbard’s team is doing a magnificent job of making it look easy. Not to mention that Zionist Israel’s lobby is 20,000 leagues deep in Washington and the ADL has created a mythic and lethal stigma around criticism of that influence. But it is head-splittingly precious that you believe a candidate could make it national prominence being critical of Israel.
SO, so precious. I would advise those who agree with her stated agenda[one which could begin to dismantle the regime-change complex] who are distracted by the compulsion to hen-peck her campaign positions to vote with their dollars instead of spreading their brutally guileless conjecture about the authenticity of a presidential candidate all over message boards. Do you want to keep chasing your fantasies or get somebody in office who, for whichever actual reason, seeks drawdown of the perpetual war model? Do you want to be a battered housewife, get that divorce and die alone with a house full of cats or take a plunge with the suitor who says he(she)’ll never hit you and will always come home? Are establishment ties seemingly part of the ‘swamp’ job description(Zionist Israel lobby) really enough to totally disqualify the only candidate the MSM whores have the stones to call an ‘Assad apologist’ because she’s the single voice questioning the blood-drinkers in foreign policy?
Jesus lives in your heart, or he doesn’t. Just don’t let us finish last again because your fine Christian sensibilities rankle when Mary Magdalene sleeps in his tent.

Posted by: FL3Q8H3 | Aug 8 2019 1:19 utc | 51

@49 jason.. good question… i doubt it… nothing but crickets from the dems on pretty much anything of any relevance…

Posted by: james | Aug 8 2019 1:37 utc | 53

Thanks to all the MoA barflies with the spinning plate reports from WWIII
I want to encourage readers to pause for a moment and consider the big picture view of all the proxy plates in play.
Consider that many current actions/bullying are against actors that challenge the global finance system directly or indirectly
Consider that keeping the public in the West suppressed through fear, media obfuscation or lies has escalated significantly in the last few months
Consider that wars/conflict is endemic to empire historically and how much death goes unreported.
Consider that what Snowden exposed on the intel side must have a “similar” counterpart on the global enforcement side of empire
Consider that all nations are paying close attention to the geo-political chessboard…..and moving accordingly. I and others have continually been reporting at MoA on the growing alliances in the China/Russia axis and the bullying, warmongering, fearmongering, and economic brinksmanship disintegration efforts of the West/empire.
Consider that we are engaged in WWIII in spite of it not “looking” like the previous wars….yet…….because MAD
Consider that the proxy war in Syria was one of the significant tipping points in the “narrative control” between the empire and China/Russia axis even though the steamroller of China alliance forming around the BRI is the unstoppable challenge to global private finance directly.
Consider that empire had to (s)elect a bully TV personality, with a history of managing bankruptcies, to be the face of last gasp empire…..who gets the movie rights?…../snark
Consider that we are not all getting excited about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics…./more snark and a repeat of a 2011 (fukushima) posit that they will not happen.
Consider that maybe soon the cult of crazy private global finance will be reigned in and humanity can evolve into a better form of social organization…..I do

Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 8 2019 1:59 utc | 55

Might be possible to move Gabbard in a more courageous and insightful direction. Ideally a campaign is a dialogue between a candidate and the people. Let’s try to make it so. She’s the first candidate in a long time worth wasting any hope on at all.

Posted by: Paul | Aug 8 2019 2:11 utc | 57

@ tannenhouser / librul.. one could say life it is a collective responsibility.. people get the leader they deserve and we get what we collectively deserve on the planet too… trump is responsible for his talk.. as i see it, he’s fomented this and is essentially supporting white nationalism, even if he doesn’t come out and say that… hopefully this answers some of both your questions..

Posted by: james | Aug 8 2019 2:19 utc | 59

karlof1, can you give us a more uptodate account of Bernie Sanders’ statements about Venezuela, given the post by jayc at 50. I couldn’t watch the latest Democratic debate, and since then it seems the Trump administration is doubling down on sanctions. I would consider this an Achilles heel for Trump given the large latino-american population in the US. I truly don’t understand how anyone calling themselves ‘progressive’ can be attracted to a campaign that doesn’t come out strongly against this. It appears to be a doctrinal issue resembling Bush’s preemptive strike doctrine that back in the day Al Gore addressed in an important San Francisco speech.
How the Democratic flag has bitten the dust!

Posted by: juliania | Aug 8 2019 2:31 utc | 61

James, Hmmm. Not sure I can get behind the idea that Amazon rainforest lost tribes deserve to burn because they belong to a human collective. As POTUS yes he has responsibility for what happens on his watch. Can you provide more than MSM talking points which push the bar a lil closer to responsibility for ‘incitement’? Isn’t switching of headlines about something he said more than enough proof to give one pause and ponder as to the veracity of the information provided? In ALL matters, no?

Posted by: Tannenhouser | Aug 8 2019 2:36 utc | 63

Sad news from Uruguay. Pepe Mujica, former President of Uruguay and ‘Frente Amplio’ – the allegedly socialist/left government are now calling Maduro a dictator and Venezuela a dictatorship. The question has to be: ‘What did the psychopath in question threaten the little country with to make them all over sudden denounce Maduro and Venezuela? I feel very much like puking, sitting in a place of which I thought does have much more integrity than that. But then, I know how the economy here is tanking and maybe there was some bribery involved?
——
Another question has me wondering what’s going on with the El Paso attack. The most oddly manifesto is full of extremely strange contradictions. As someone pointed out, alone the statement of exoneration of Trump as a possible influencer of the attacker by the attacker is so strange that it warrants a much closer look. The attacker speaks about already having made up his mind before Trump was selected in 2016 – at that time the attacker was 15 years old. At least that’s what has been published.
When reading the manifesto, it becomes apparent that it is quite eloquently written at times. The shooter also refers to the time before Trump and considering his age at that time, it begs the question of credibility regarding the shooter’s own description of this time. This reference sounds rather like a memoir written by an aged person, not a 15 year old kid.
The strangest part however is the reference to Paper Towels. A person that shoots up a lot of people writes about paper towels in his manifesto and how bad they are in his eyes. Sure, the conclusion of a possible mental illness comes to mind – unfortunately, the other parts of the manifesto don’t give that impression at all. It is very much like being able to figure out that Hitler did not have all his marbles together after reading ‘Mein Kampf’. That is not possible. The impression does only arise, because we know now what kind of person he was.
The thing with the paper towels is extremely grotesque – considering that the use of paper towels as described by the shooter is actually their greatest advantage. Especially in regions with high humidity, where cotton towels never dry (like on leeward Hawai’i). For all the eloquence of the manifesto (at least for the age of the shooter), it strikes me as inexplicable, why a person would not mention that the real problem does not lie in the use of paper towels at all. The real problem about paper towels is simply that they are not made from hemp and thus being 100% recyclable and sustainable.
It may be like interpreting too much into it, but that might indeed be the intention of this ‘manifesto’. It leaves the strange feeling that it was not written by the shooter. And as far as conspiracies go – MK Ultra was never just a theory – it is a fact that the dark side of the US experimented with human beings and how to remote control them. The theory part starts, where there are enough people that cannot be convinced that this sick program ever stopped as demanded by congress.
I am interested what other thoughts about this manifesto exist. Thank you.

Posted by: nottheonly1 | Aug 8 2019 2:40 utc | 65

” MK Ultra was never just a theory – it is a fact that the dark side of the US experimented with human beings and how to remote control them. The theory part starts, where there are enough people that cannot be convinced that this sick program ever stopped as demanded by congress.”
Posted by: nottheonly1 | Aug 8 2019 2:40 utc | 65
I agree, a lot of these mass shootings have that vibe about them, in particular the ones with manifestos.

Posted by: O | Aug 8 2019 2:49 utc | 67

Macron invited Rouhani to G7 summit but Rouhani declined.

 

French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to trigger initiatives to preserve the JCPOA. On July 30, the Iranian and French presidents discussed in a 100-minute phone call the possibilities for saving the deal. According to two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, Macron invited President Hassan Rouhani to attend the G-7 summit Aug. 24 at the coastal resort of Biarritz, France, to meet with US President Donald Trump.

Macron promised that many issues between Tehran and Washington beyond the JCPOA would be solved. Rouhani, however, declined to attend or send a representative, which naturally would have been Foreign Minister

Posted by: arata | Aug 8 2019 3:01 utc | 69

The US State Department has updated its definition of antisemitism to include “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” as an example of antisemitism in public life.
In 2018, According to pro-Israel philanthropist Adam Milstein, the State Department adopted the definition of antisemitism set by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Milstein disseminated a release about the change on Wednesday morning Israel time:

The State Dep. just updated the definition of #Antisemitism to include “Drawing Comparison of Contemporary #Israeli policy to the of #Nazis”. Kudos to @SecPompeo and Special Envoy Elan Carr. It’s more clear now, the BDS Movement is disgustingly Antisemitic
https://www.state.gov/defining-anti-semitism/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBT-wDSUYAEzHQv.jpg
— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) August 6, 2019

Posted by: Knight | Aug 8 2019 3:16 utc | 71

In order for any society to function smoothly, the vast majority of the people need to behave at least somewhat rationally. Of course there are always going to be exceptions, and we understand that, but most of us operate under the assumption that most of the people that we are going to encounter in our daily lives are not going to act like nutjobs. Unfortunately, that may not be a safe assumption any longer. As our society literally degenerates right in front of our eyes, it seems like someone has opened up the barn doors and let out all the crazies. And the truth is that “our leaders” are some of the best examples of this phenomenon. Just look at some of the winners that we have running for president. Quite a few of them are far more qualified for the insane asylum than they are for the highest office in the land. Of course it doesn’t end with our politicians. All across this country, it seems like people in positions of power can’t think straight any longer.
If you doubt this, just consider what just happened to a 79-year-old woman in Ohio named Nancy Segula. When her neighbor moved away, he left a couple cats behind, and they became very hungry. So Segula would feed them and care for them, because she didn’t want them to suffer. Well, eventually one of her neighbors found out about this, and the animal warden was called…
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Unfortunately, the most recent citation required her to appear in court, and when she did a judge sentenced her to 10 days in jail… Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpOut90QSzM

Posted by: Knight | Aug 8 2019 3:25 utc | 73

Mention of the name Epstein does not yet fall within the definition of “anti-Semitism”?

Posted by: onlooking | Aug 8 2019 3:44 utc | 75

Posted by: Knight | Aug 8 2019 3:25 utc | 73
As our society literally degenerates right in front of our eyes, it seems like someone has opened up the barn doors and let out all the crazies.
!!!

Posted by: onlooking | Aug 8 2019 3:55 utc | 77

@74 Jackrabbit
This strikes me as a very sane perspective.
As to your point about sharing sources, it seems universal in the literature that all operatives are possessive of their sources and proudly share their product, but jealously guard their identity. So, agreed.
As to Mossad. Also agreed. What if we speculate that, in the relationship between CIA and Mossad, the upper hand belongs to Mossad? Why else would NSA share its domestic US data with Israel in a routine, permanent and continuous linkage?
I wonder, what of the school of thought that says it was Mossad-inspired to kill John and Robert Kennedy? What of the thought that the twin towers were reduced to rubble from a Mossad-led operation?
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I know you deal in rabbit holes. I observe – and honor – that people choose to perch on the ledges down that hole that are most comfortable to their lives at the time. The rabbit hole goes deep, and I also think that no one should insist that we travel all the way to the bottom. You yourself, I think, don’t often go to the bottommost depths that we can conceive for this hole.
So we are all perched in a limited hangout. Even so, from these perches we can see and agree on things. I admire your comment. I could not let it pass without saluting it.

Posted by: Grieved | Aug 8 2019 4:24 utc | 79

@72 grieved
*clap* Salute, sir.
Col. Lang also had a wonderful post about the 2nd amendment.
For myself, I have always stressed that local law enforcement must take the first step and stop buying military surplus, etc. It seems like in our militarized culture, there is an unannounced armsrace amongst the populace bcause everyone knows that the other shoe is moments from dropping.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Aug 8 2019 4:39 utc | 81

Interesting article regarding Iran:
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/08/article/the-uae-tangos-with-tehran/
So many twists to plot.

Posted by: Jared | Aug 8 2019 5:15 utc | 83

Posted by: Jackrabbit | Aug 8 2019 3:58 utc | 78
Anti-Israel = antisemitism is nonsensical because Israel is a theocracy.
Of course, nonsense and even absurd. But not for the reason you mentioned.
The term “anti-Semitism” was coined to mislead suckers.
You will not argue that Semitism and Jewism are different things, since Semites are far from just Jews. So why should anti-Semitism and anti-Jewism be the same?
Things need to be called by their proper names.
Therefore, it would be more correct to say that “Anti-Israel = anti-Jewism is nonsensical because ….”. And what should be instead of the ellipsis is another question.

Posted by: onlooking | Aug 8 2019 5:23 utc | 85

@tbear 25
Amazon.com has a lot of independent 3rd party sellers, primarily of used books. You can always buy from them, though a percentage will always go to the Bezos fortune. Abebooks.com was a Canadian company that was purchased by Amazon about 10 years ago. This venue also extracts a percentage of each sale that goes to the parent company (which ends up at about 20%). You can buy books from eBay.com which is primarily a venue for 3rd party sellers, though each sale also extracts a percentage for eBay. The best “pure” venue for sales is biblio.com which is a not-for-profit, though still extracts a percentage of each sale from the independent dealers who list on their site. Nothing is pure online and if you want to feel the best about your book purchases, go to a local, physical, new or used seller.

Posted by: loneplateau | Aug 8 2019 7:35 utc | 87

Posted by: Knight | Aug 8 2019 3:16 utc | 71
Humans, beware!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zJaH7lNlw (in Russian, sorry, but with a deep meaning …)

Posted by: PC user | Aug 8 2019 8:51 utc | 89

arata @ 69:
There will be direct talks between Iran & U.S. sooner rather than later.

Posted by: Anacharsis | Aug 8 2019 9:45 utc | 91

Charles Shoebridge:

As predicted, US scrapping of INF treaty has less to do with ‘Russia violations’ than US desire to further confront China. But while US claims it wants to protect its regional allies, those allies are making it clear they don’t want US missiles based there:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/07/asia-pacific/trump-aide-john-bolton-links-future-missile-deployment-protecting-asian-allies-including-japan/

Posted by: UN observer | Aug 8 2019 9:53 utc | 93

17#Librul
So was Tulsi Gabbard the only non-jewish member of the CFR?quite astonishing,isn’t it?

Posted by: willie | Aug 8 2019 10:58 utc | 95

Hope is a manipulative tactic we should all be getting used to. Doesn’t matter if it is Gabbard or Q.

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Aug 8 2019 11:22 utc | 97

anybody got anything on this story?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-07/russia-gains-stranglehold-over-persian-gulf

Posted by: eagle eye | Aug 8 2019 11:46 utc | 99