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mrdmk started the topic Big Corporations Now Deploying Woke Ideology the Way Intelligence Agencies Do: As a Disguise (Glenn Greenwald) in the forum General Discussion 1 hour ago

By draping itself in the finery of political activism, the corporatist class consolidates political power, corrupts democracy and distracts from its real functions.

By Glenn Greenwald

The British spy agency GCHQ is so aggressive, extreme and unconstrained by law or ethics that the NSA — not exactly world renowned for its restraint — often far…[Read more]
mrdmk started the topic Meditations On US Forces Firing A Howitzer Into The Empty Desert “Just To Say We’re Here” (Caitlin Johnstone) in the forum General Discussion 1 hour ago

I saw a line in a recent New Yorker article (<–link) about America’s endless wars, and it’s been been (sic) rattling around in my head ever since:

“In Syria, McKenzie visited the Green Village, a community of decrepit apartment blocks near a bombed-out oil facility that served as the operational headquarters for the final push to erase the calip…

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mrdmk started the topic Does US meddling in Myanmar risk Syria/Libya-style war? (Moderate Rebels) in the forum Multimedia 2 hours ago

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss US meddling in the protests in Myanmar with geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic, and how Washington seeks to weaken a neighbor of China and key ally in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.

We address the coup by the Tatmadaw military, the NED-funded Burmese networks calling for R2P (“Responsibility to…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic Texas: ERCOT declares grid emergency, asks residents to conserve power in the forum Latest Breaking News 2 hours ago

Still plenty of blame to go around, first and foremost Pete Wilson who was sitting in the Bush II Administration blaming the people of California for the lack of power stations. Then there was good ole Arnold Schwarzenegger, opportunist scumbag #1. Also while I am in a blaming rant, all the candy-assed Democrats who could not organize a lighting…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic Texas: ERCOT declares grid emergency, asks residents to conserve power in the forum Latest Breaking News 5 hours ago

People here in California died in 2001 because of these actions. The deaths were the result of traffic accidents, people stuck in elevators, hospitals were without power. The power disruptions were not the result of a weather event. No, assholes in Texas pulled the plug.

At this moment PG&E is being held over the coals. The court cases are not…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic Racist haters get out of military the easy way. in the forum General Discussion 6 hours ago

The biggest blow came when the Washington Post report came out about the U.S. Military lying about the successes in Afghanistan. That came about because Donald Trump pissed-off Jeff Bezos over some sort of CIA account Amazon was working on. With numerous reports coming out about the right-wing movement here in the U.S. getting training in the…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic Texas: ERCOT declares grid emergency, asks residents to conserve power in the forum Latest Breaking News 7 hours ago

Instead of the greed is good behind a picture of a pig with lipstick on it.

While Texas is at it, they can return that $16 billion they stole from California while fucking grandma.
mrdmk started the topic Smartmatic Says Disinformation on Fox News About the Election Was 'No Accident' (New York Times via Yahoo) in the forum General Discussion 10 hours ago

The election technology company Smartmatic pushed back Monday against Fox News’ argument that it had covered the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election responsibly, stating that Fox anchors had played along as guests pushed election-related conspiracy theories.

“The First Amendment does not provide the Fox defendants a get…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 in the forum Latest Breaking News 11 hours ago

The choice of the date is interesting
mrdmk started the topic The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project (Live in Colombia, 2013) in the forum Rock & Roll-ish 1 day ago

This was too good not to share. Pull up a chair and crank it up!
mrdmk replied to the topic The Plimsouls – A Million Miles Away in the forum Rock & Roll-ish 1 day ago

The RTD Bus with Welcome Aboard, the Goggle Sunglasses, a guy pushing a woman around the pool, the quonset huts in the desert. Right down to the messy parties. So much fun.
mrdmk replied to the topic Escobar: Russia "Would Really Not Want" Cold War 2.0 in the forum General Discussion 1 day ago

Say it ain’t so, not the honorable BBBlinken

This really cracked me up: The White Helmets are so efficient that they get the report out before the incident.
mrdmk started the topic Internal Pentagon document confirms military standdown during January 6 coup attempt (WSWS.org) in the forum General Discussion 1 day ago

Over the weekend the Associated Press (AP) revealed the contents of an internal Pentagon report detailing a series of calls made between lawmakers and the Department of Defense during the attack on Congress on January 6. The report demonstrates that Trump-appointed officials within the Pentagon purposefully forestalled the deployment of military…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video (The GrayZone) in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

AOC needs to be more careful with the answers she gives and the company she keeps.
mrdmk replied to the topic Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video (The GrayZone) in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

The Highway Patrol is the State Police of California
mrdmk replied to the topic Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video (The GrayZone) in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
mrdmk replied to the topic Pentagon campaign to recruit Vietnam as military ally against China exposed delusions of US war strategy (The GrayZone) in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

The year was 1978, and China was made to wish they never did invade Vietnam. The beef was that Vietnam was making too many deals with the U.S.S.R. at the time. China and Russia did not trust each other up to recent history. So this retaliatory event occurred.

Asian countries have a lot of reasons not to like each other. Hostilities go back…[Read more]
mrdmk started the topic Pentagon campaign to recruit Vietnam as military ally against China exposed delusions of US war strategy (The GrayZone) in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

After convincing itself Vietnam would grant it access for missile bases against China, the Pentagon got a hard dose of reality.

By Garth Porter

When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with China in 2018, Defense Department officials quickly realized that they needed access to Vietnamese territory for troops armed with missiles to…[Read more]
mrdmk replied to the topic Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video (The GrayZone) in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago

Plus anytime an agency such as FBI, CIA or NSA breaks the law. The public is given an ah-shucks story about a few overzealous employees and this will not happen again.

My real feeling is elected officials know there are some real pissed-off people out there that cannot pleased in any form or matter. At this moment even a benign statement such as…[Read more]
mrdmk started the topic Former hostage responds to top diplomat calling Al Qaeda a US ‘asset’ in Syria (The GrayZone) in the forum Multimedia 2 days ago

Lindsey Snell, a journalist who escaped Al-Qaeda captivity in Syria, responds to a top US diplomat calling the militant group “an asset” amid a media-enabled PR campaign to whitewash its image.

With Aaron Maté

According to Ms. Snell, the U.S. is in Syria to create chaos and steal the oil. This is War is a Rack…[Read more]
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