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Psychological impact of camouflage and social stereotypes. Camo is a “man” thing, implying hunter or warrior ready to secure a kill. I once received a camo ball cap, the type worn by southern good ole boys, from a trucking company I worked for. My initial response was to trash it, and then on reflection I thought I’d wear it as a disguise as…[Read more]

He’s a mediocre establishment hack.

It is presumptuous to think that one could visit a complex civilization like China for two weeks and during that short period gain genuine insight into its inner workings. I feel the same way about UK and US coverage of Xinjiang and the “persecution” of the Uyghur minority there. The US and UK are simply following an opportunistic anti-China…[Read more]

Appreciate your comments @mrdmk.

I have been doing a lot of study on northeast Asian politics and history for the last few years, with a focus on Korea.   It is the cold war San Francisco system which elevated Japan’s status soon after its defeat in WWII.   It’s hard to find impartial analysis in the English language because the US and UK fav…[Read more]

Kim Dae Jung’s presidency was not a clean break with the authoritarian past.  His rise to power was only the result of an accommodation with elites who had both the legacy of supporting prior dictatorships and accommodating themselves to pro-Japanese elements who profited from Park Chung-hee’s corrupt relationship with Japan.   These issues ob…[Read more]

This isn’t over. The sanctions and the US position on the JCPOA make it almost certain the hybrid war will go and on. Iranian oil and gas production needs to be constricted to protect the fracking industry in the US, and their collapsing debt structure. This places that sector in league with the other traditional elements of war making, wall…[Read more]

But this is okay:

(Source YTN News – 9.3)

The Military flag of Imperial Japan- no problem says the IOC.

Maximum pressure may lead to maximum failure.

Pompeo- US government policy is abundantly clear, economic sanctions and UN security council sanctions, will not be eased until the goal of full final denuclearization is achieved. (VOA Korea News broadcast, 4.6.2018)

According to US observers in the mainstream media, the trust issue only works one…[Read more]

This is a slender reed as an impeachment effort. Why didn’t they get his tax records? Probably because this would set a damaging precedent for the cult of immunity among the super wealthy oligarch class that run this corrupt empire. Audits of trump’s tax records and business accounts known to be patronized by foreign and other commercial…[Read more]

Jesus and assault rifles. Typical authoritarian inconsistency. His mind was impaired before he fell.

Typical Texas mentality to begin the headline “China attacks…” following the principle of primacy in so called public policy communications aka propaganda. It is the US that conducts attacks on a daily basis with its armed forces. So the Orwellian psychological frame wrapped in anti-Chinese racism is the hook.

NY Times official anti-Chinese propaganda piece of the day.

The level of surveillance in this “free society” is totalitarian in nature.