In the west, empty headed puppets are preferred as the leadership class. They're so much easier to control and manipulate. Any thinking candidates who will try to serve the people will be maligned, derided, and ignored. What brings this to mind is both Tulsi's resignation from the democratic party, and a clip below of Jeremy Corbyn. Both of whom if given a chance would be competent leaders, IMO. As a result they've both been smeared and sidelined. I find Putin and Xi competent leaders working for the good of their own people rather than corporate profit. Contrast them with the likes of Joementia, Liz Truss, Scholz, or Macron the banker.

Big Lies

A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth, used especially as a propaganda technique. The German expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his book Mein Kampf (1925), to describe the use of a lie so colossal that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously."

The following supposed quotation of Joseph Goebbels has been repeated in numerous books and articles and on thousands of web pages, yet none of them has cited a primary source. According to the research and reasoning of Randall Bytwerk, it is an unlikely thing for Goebbels to have said. None the less it seems a common and effective strategy.

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

Destroying Deutschland and Murdering Europe

What an eventful week. The referenda in the break away Ukrainian provinces opt by 90+% to join Russia - Which happened yesterday in a ceremony with a powerful "no holds barred" speech by Putin blasting the neo-colonialism of the West. (video here) Russia's 300,000 soldier mobilization is progressing despite western spin that it is a failure. Perhaps in a temper tantrum the US (in all likelihood) blew up the natural gas pipelines from Russia to Germany guaranteeing their decline and de-industrialization. The UK is in free fall with the rest of Europe following suit. Let's look at this and more below the fold.

Rules, Rulers, and Ruin

Estonian President Alar Karis said in his first address of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Wednesday:

The Russian invasion, including the illegal occupation of Crimea and Russia's prior land grabs in Georgia and Moldova, demonstrate Russia's total disrespect of international law and the rules-based international order, and are an assault on the UN Charter, every value and principle the United Nations stands for.

Their defense minister said it more clearly...(30 sec)

The Fading Facade of a Functioning System

We've known for years we don't live in a democracy, at least since the 2014 Princeton Study,

a multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

In English: the wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power, or basically the US is an oligarchy...surprise. None the less, people still attempt to work within a system which is dysfunctional, delusional, and really doesn't even exist. Let's look in more detail below the fold...

Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire...

So we had an FBI raid on Trump followed by the "dark Brandon" speech avowing all Trump supporters as enemies of the state. Across the pond we saw the appointment of Ms. Truss (appropriately named mistrust) as PM of the UK literally as the 70+ year reigning Queen dies (replaced by King (WEF) Charles). Additionally propaganda is being piled deep with the so called Ukrainian counteroffensives (which may be a trap). Add insult to injury, Crystia Freeland, is a likely future head of NATO? Remember, she's the one that was freezing bank accounts of Canadians protesting the vaccine mandates.You can't make it up...

Laboring to Entertain?

Let's break from the news cycle this holiday weekend and watch some old movies and a few fun shorts and cartoons. It's pick and choose what interests you. Only the most serious movie buff will have seen all of the films, and the shorts will be new for almost everyone. Have great holiday and enjoy a movie or two over the week. You might want to start your viewing with a cartoon or short.

No Reverse Gear in the Collective West...

Prepare for impact fellow crash test dummies, or so it seems as the west doubles down on its collision course to war with both Russia and China. This week alone, the US pledged another three billion over the next few years to provide arms to Ukraine, and the UK and BoJo pledged an additional $63M in arms. Not to mention the likely new PM of the UK is ready to start a nuclear war with Russia. Additionally the US is setting up Taiwan as Ukraine 2.0 to provoke a war with China. Meanwhile, much of the world plans to hitch their wagon to the rising economies of the BRICS+ economic alliance rejecting subjugation to the US, IMF and the collective west. The west continues its self delusion that they are most of the world, but in reality comprise 12-15% of global population.

Remember the bumper sticker, "Question Authority"? I think that is a good idea. The notion of trust "the science" or the "experts" or "our leaders" is a mistake. All these authorities have been captured by the various corporations and industries whose goal is to generate profit from our resulting reactions to their advice. We must think for ourselves using the best evidence at hand...and that requires curating our sources of information.

First They Came for Bannon, Jones, and Trump

I don't care if you like these figures or not, you should be concerned about the perversion of law to attack people who are targets of the "deep state". Isn't it interesting how obviously guilty Hunter skates as the law is used and even stretched to persecute these people on the right. I'm not sure when the deep state/CIA/FBI married the DNC, but "Russiagate", the lack of prosecution of Hillary, and election engineering make obvious the connection. Hillary nor Biden could fill a room, when both Bernie and Trump were filling auditoriums and stadiums. Many Dims accept they were cheated in the 2000 election in Florida, and 2004 in Ohio, but can't fathom that Trump was cheated in 2020. Now I'm not saying he was, but I'm open minded about the possibility.