The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, imo, the real source of evil
Albert wrote these words way back in the year of my birth. A lot has changed since that time.
Who Do They Think They’re Kidding?
“After 2016, the national security state, the foreign policy establishment, & the gov’t-funded NGO-plex orgs redefined the word “democracy”: it no longer meant a consensus of individuals, it meant a consensus of institutions.” —Mike Benz
First off, here's the link to the Nation piece. I was attracted to this piece because CJ from RBN discussed it. You may want to multitask the RBN video with something interesting because it, the video, isn't. At any rate, here's a link:
Eight years ago, the utterly objective American news industry "covered" the Trump For Dictator Campaign with billions of dollars worth of air time. The editorial slant of said coverage did not keep him from taking over the Republican Party. For precisely the same reason, news of the various criminal prosecutions coincides with growing support for the Orange Fart Cloud among GOP voters.
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Observed in the United Kingdom every year on November 5, Guy Fawkes Day—also called Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night—commemorates a failed assassination attempt from more than 400 years ago. On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of radical English Catholics tried to assassinate King James I by blowing up Parliament's House of Lords. The plot went awry and all of the conspirators were executed. Soon after, Britons began to celebrate Fawkes' day by burning effigies, lighting bonfires and setting off fireworks—a tradition that has continued to this day.
3.5 min clip of speech from the movie "V for Vendetta"
You can see the entire movie here.
If you're a Prime member there is a better copy available there.
In light of the currently ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip and on the heels of a Great Power confrontation in Ukraine which wiped out 493,000 Ukrainians thanks to the collective West's
Afternoon folks!
There's a big haul of good stuff this week starting off with 3 (count 'em) 3(!) blues albums. There's albums by Chicago blues guy Eddy Clearwater, Louisiana swamp blues harmonica player Lazy Lester and from the Pacific Northwest there's the Delvon LaMarr organ trio. In the blues-rock category we start off with an often overlooked album from Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond and Dr. John - whenever I used to play it on the air people would call the station to ask what is that? After that there's albums by Robin Trower, and the J. Geils Band.
If all that leaves you feeling like you want to mellow out, there's a lesser-known Van Morrison album and we finish off with acoustic guitarist Norman Blake recorded live.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
On November 7, 2000, I was watching the presidential election very closely. I stayed up late and had already searched county level results in Florida long before it became the focus of national media.
