Taking A Break

I'm pausing my blog indefinitely for a couple of reasons:

(1) Readership is down, and

(2) I'm not happy with the changes Google made to the formatting.

I hope to be back sometime in the future, but few things in life are guaranteed.

Best wishes to all.

Is History Racist ???

Henry Ford once said, "history is bunk".

Now, apparently, history is racist. You can read about it here:

https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/illinois-rep-wants-to-abolish-history-classes-as-racist

Yes, "history" is written by the people in charge. And the "official" version of US history has been written mostly by white people. Does that mean we should abolish it?

In my view, most history is self-serving propaganda. Anyone who doesn't want to be racist should read all versions of history, and there are plenty of those.

And the key issue is treating them ALL as truthful, at least from the point of view of the writer and the intended audience of the writer.

Some day, the versions may converge. On that day, and not before, we'll be able to hope racism finally has been abolished.

Update 8/6/2020

Now math also is being called racist:

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/leftists-go-after-two-plus-two-equals-four

THIS is how a dark age starts. And who's to say how and when it might end?

The Riots Are Just Getting Started

Thousands of people are demonstrating and rioting due to systemic racism.

There also is a huge watershed of people who are now out of work, and they may not remain peaceful much longer:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/04/unem-a04.html

The implementation of robotics and AI will take away even more millions of jobs in the near future. What are all THOSE people going to do when they can't pay their bills or feed their families? Simply printing more fiat money won't solve the problem, and would cause its own set of problems.

We are on the verge of a complete societal meltdown. And what did Congress do when US oligarchs came to DC to "testify"? Nothing, at least nothing of importance.

Some industrial strength shit is going to hit the fan real soon, and when it does people are going to look for someone to save them from the chaos. Whoever that person is, they're quite likely to be a dictator like we've never seen before. To paraphrase Eleanor Shaw Iselin from The Manchurian Candidate, our savior will seize powers which will make martial law seem like anarchy!

Prepare To Be Robbed

US law enforcement has failed.

First they went on a killing spree, and now they have more or less abandoned us:

https://summit.news/2020/08/03/minneapolis-authorities-warn-residents-prepare-to-be-robbed-obey-criminals/

I always thought the Second Amendment meant we could defend ourselves, but clearly TPTB don't agree.

Does anyone think Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, the other oligarchs, or their families will prepare to be robbed or obey the criminals?

This nation is AFU, and it's going to get worse next year.

36 Reporters Who Failed Us After 9/11

36 reporters initially thought the World Trade Center was brought down by explosives. You can read their reports here:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-36-reporters-brought-us-twin-towers-explosive-demolition-911/5718119

Somehow they later recanted their eyewitness testimony and told us it was the planes, and only the planes.

If this is what you call a "free press", these folks are absolutely worthless. They don't understand the basic laws of physics and don't feel like questioning what they're told to report.

The twin towers turned into dust before the debris hit the ground, and WTC-7 collapsed via a controlled demolition. Blaming it all on the planes and the fires is nonsense.

Did Pandemic Start In Italy ???

A new study shows there were more early COVID-19 cases in Italy than in China. You can read about it here:

https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/505578/Studie-27-Prozent-der-ersten-Corona-Faelle-hatten-Ursprung-in-Italien-nur-22-Prozent-in-China [translation required]

I guess that means we should BDS Italy, too. No more pasta for me.

Intelligence, Or Lies ???

Here are two recent reports concerning the criminal organization known as CIA:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-the-cia-torture-an-undercover-dea-agent-for-a-mexican-drug-cartel

https://theduran.com/cia-fabricated-russiagate-evidence-says-former-nsa-tech-chief/

Here are a few other detrimental things CIA has done:

• lied about the 1960s "missile gap"
• lied about Iraqi WMD
• lied about Osama bin Laden
• lied about the JFK assassination

It seems to me their "intelligence" is often just a pack of lies concocted to further someone's anti-democratic agenda.

So why are they still in existence? No doubt because they enable TPTB to commit crimes with impunity.

That's not something I need. How about you?