The Government To Facebook Pipeline

There is something fishy going on here. Perhaps this is why Facebook continues to get away with just about everything it wants to do:

https://www.activistpost.com/2019/02/government-to-facebook-pipeline-reveals-a-corrupt-mix-of-social-media-and-the-state.html

By the way, this sort of government-corporate cooperation is the textbook definition of fascism.

Here Is A Wall To Protest

If you don't like walls, you should be upset about this one:

https://www.france24.com/en/20190203-israel-begins-construction-new-gaza-border-barrier

So, why aren't you? Because the inmates are fighting back? Isn't that one of their rights?

America's War Rag

On Friday, The New York Times continued its long, predictable tradition of backing U.S. coups in Latin America by publishing an editorial praising Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. This will be the 10th such coup the paper has backed since the creation of the CIA over 70 years ago.

A survey of The New York Times archives shows the Times editorial board has supported 10 out of 12 American-backed coups in Latin America, with two editorials - those involving the 1983 Grenada invasion and the 2009 Honduras coup - ranging from ambiguous to reluctant opposition ...

Covert involvement of the United States, by the CIA or other intelligence services, isn’t mentioned in any of the Times’ editorials on any of the coups. Absent an open, undeniable U.S. military invasion (as in the Dominican Republic, Panama and Grenada), things seem to happen in Latin American countries entirely on their own, with outside forces rarely, if ever, mentioned in the Times. Obviously, there are limits to what is “provable” in the immediate aftermath of such events (covert intervention is, by definition, covert), but the idea that the U.S. or other imperial actors could have stirred the pot, funded a junta or run weapons in any of the conflicts under the table is never entertained.

You can read the rest @
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/your-complete-guide-to-the-n-y-times-support-of-u-s-backed-coups-in-latin-america/

I would not consider NYT to be part of the "vast right-wing conspiracy", would you? They're more like a mouthpiece for the left wing of the deep state.

Bolton Vs. Maduro

National Security Adviser John Bolton - the neoconservative who’s played a key role in the Trump administration’s effort to overthrow the Venezuelan government - suggested on Friday that President Nicolás Maduro could find himself locked away in the U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba if he does not soon step aside.

You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2019/02/bolton-threatens-to-send-venezuelas-maduro-to-guantanamo-bay-prison.html

Bolton is nuts. He is the one who should step aside or be locked away at GTMO.

By the way, if Maduro really is deserving of indictment and imprisonment, it would be by the ICC and not America's kangaroo court in Cuba.

It's Never About The Intelligence

Here is an assessment of the US "intelligence community" from Scott Ritter:

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-is-right-the-intelligence-community-needs-to-go-back-to-school/

There is no "intelligence" in DC; but there is a large coterie of liars all trying to push the agenda of various and sundry rich people and military-minded maniacs.

For an in-depth look at the nonsense which passes for "intelligence" in this government, please refer to these two essays. They are rather lengthy, but well worth your time:

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/09/fools-for-empire-i.html

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/10/fools-for-empire-ii.html

A Long Life Full Of Misery

A Chechen woman has died at the age of 129. She claimed "she had never lived a single happy day in her long life":

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-oldest-woman-who-didnt-13938303

How many people in the world would say something similar about their lives?

I wonder.

Senate Likes Borrowing To Pay For War

Apparently the US Senate wants us to stay at war with Afghanistan and Syria:

https://news.antiwar.com/2019/01/31/senate-vote-expresses-opposition-to-ending-us-wars-in-syria-afghanistan/

Can anyone explain how this helps the US? It certainly helps Israel and the purveyors of heroin, but what good is that for the rest of us?

Our estimated "official" budget shortfall for 2019 is $ 1.24 trillion [https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html].

Our official military budget for 2019 is $ 1.3 trillion [https://dod.defense.gov/News/SpecialReports/Budget2019.aspx].

You think maybe it's time to stop picking fights with Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela ... and to stop pouring money down the Pentagon rat hole? I certainly do.

Before we give them another penny, we absolutely need for the US military to account for the $20+ trillion they ALREADY have wasted and cannot explain. That's an amount equal to the entire "official" federal deficit:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kotlikoff/2018/07/21/is-our-government-intentionally-hiding-21-trillion-in-spending/#453bfcfb4a73