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1 day ago

The Human Species Is Acting Like A Self-Destructive Individual

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Robert Heinlein said, “Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal.” And from all the facts in evidence currently available to us, that certainly does seem to be the case. We’re destroying our biosphere and moving beyond mere…

Politics

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The Human Species Is Acting Like A Self-Destructive Individual
The Human Species Is Acting Like A Self-Destructive Individual

2 days ago

Owl Eyes

Listen to a reading of “Owl Eyes”. Owl Eyes published on Crawling on our hands and knees vomiting up life hearts which go bouncing across the floor like pennies…soundcloud.com ❖ Crawling on our hands and knees vomiting up life hearts which go bouncing across the floor like pennies, disgusted by the latest headline, the latest heartbreak, the latest bill, the latest bullshit. There is an owl sitting upon the arm of our…

Poetry

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Owl Eyes
Owl Eyes

3 days ago

China Threatens The US Empire, Not The US Itself: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ So many empire apologist arguments depend on pretending the US empire doesn’t exist; pretending the US is just a normal country sitting there minding its own business. If you do that, it really does look like Russia and China are picking…

China

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China Threatens The US Empire, Not The US Itself: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
China Threatens The US Empire, Not The US Itself: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

4 days ago

Modern US Warmongering Is Scaring Henry Kissinger

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, immortal Hague fugitive Henry Kissinger says the US is acting in a crazy and irrational way that has brought it to the edge of war with Russia and China: Mr. Kissinger sees…

News

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Modern US Warmongering Is Scaring Henry Kissinger
Modern US Warmongering Is Scaring Henry Kissinger

6 days ago

All Our Systems Are Built To Elevate Viciousness

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ There’s a scene in The Usual Suspects where Kevin Spacey tells the fable of the mysterious Keyser Soze and how he became a crime lord. “One story the guys told me, the story I believe, was from his days in Turkey,”…

Capitalism

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All Our Systems Are Built To Elevate Viciousness
All Our Systems Are Built To Elevate Viciousness

Aug 10

CBS Wanted To Do Critical Reporting On Ukraine’s Government But Ukraine’s Government Said No

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Following objections from the Ukrainian government, CBS News has removed a short documentary which had reported concerns from numerous sources that a large amount of the supplies being sent to Ukraine aren’t making it to the front lines. The Ukrainian government…

Ukraine

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CBS Wanted To Do Critical Reporting On Ukraine’s Government But Ukraine’s Government Said No
CBS Wanted To Do Critical Reporting On Ukraine’s Government But Ukraine’s Government Said No

Aug 9

China Is Better Than The USA: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The US empire uses “freedom and democracy” as a pretext to conquer and kill in exactly the same way European colonialists used the pretext of spreading Christianity and civilization to save the godless savages. And it does so for the exact…

Politics

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China Is Better Than The USA: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
China Is Better Than The USA: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Aug 8

When Will Foreign Leaders Start Asking To Speak To America’s REAL Government?

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ During the furor over Nancy Pelosi’s incendiary Taiwan visit last week, I was watching an appearance by Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp on the show Rising which brought up the under-discussed point that US officials going to Taipei is actually a continuation of…

Politics

6 min read

When Will Foreign Leaders Start Asking To Speak To America’s REAL Government?
When Will Foreign Leaders Start Asking To Speak To America’s REAL Government?

Aug 7

Westerners Think They Are Free-Thinking Individualists And It’s Effing Adorable

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Times has published an article titled “Lady Gaga embodies everything China fears,” subtitled “The singer’s uncompromising individuality makes her a serious threat to the mass imposition of cultural conformity through censorship,” and its contents are exactly as horrifyingly idiotic as…

China

5 min read

Westerners Think They Are Free-Thinking Individualists And It’s Effing Adorable
Westerners Think They Are Free-Thinking Individualists And It’s Effing Adorable

Aug 6

“Russian Propaganda” Just Means Disobedience

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ You can always tell how important narrative control is by watching the way people react when their control of the narrative is jeopardized. Empire apologists are raging at Amnesty International for pausing its aggressive facilitation of western imperialism to issue one…

News

7 min read

“Russian Propaganda” Just Means Disobedience
“Russian Propaganda” Just Means Disobedience
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