The Weekly Watch
Time Tripping
The Past and Future World
The world is in flux. Things are changing as the balance of power shifts from West to East. In a desperate bid to maintain US hegemony, there are efforts to stir up both an Iranian conflict and use Taiwan as Ukraine 2.0. There is push back. There are massive protests in Germany as farmers and truckers join forces to demand their government serve the needs of their people rather than Ukraine. South Africa's case against Israel's genocide in Gaza made it to court this week dealing another blow to western hegemony. Things are indeed in a state of flux....hopefully for the better.
(11 min) St. George's great routine on time...
Round and round we go measuring years by the wars and coups we perpetrate. Monday is MLK day. I never met him, but knew many of his friends and allies. His words continue to be appropriate.
Perhaps the more tragic recognition of reality took place when it became clear to me that the war was doing far more than devastating the hopes of the poor at home. It was sending their sons and their brothers and their husbands to fight and to die in extraordinarily high proportions relative to the rest of the population. We were taking the black young men who had been crippled by our society and sending them eight thousand miles away to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they had not found in southwest Georgia and East Harlem.
So we have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys on TV screens as they kill and die together for a nation that has been unable to seat them together in the same schools. So we watch them in brutal solidarity burning the huts of a poor village, but we realize that they would never live on the same block in Detroit. I could not be silent in the face of such cruel manipulation of the poor.
My third reason moves to an even deeper level of awareness, for it grows out of my experience in the ghettos of the North over the last three years—especially the last three summers. As I have walked among the desperate, rejected and angry young men. I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully through nonviolent action. But they asked—and rightly so—what about Vietnam? They asked if our own nation wasn’t using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today—my own government. For the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent...
Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over. So it is that those of us who are yet determined that America will be are led down the path of protest and dissent, working for the health of our land.
...
The only change came from America as we increased our troop commitments in support of governments which were singularly corrupt, inept and without popular support. All the while the people read our leaflets and received regular promises of peace and democracy—and land reform. Now they languish under our bombs and consider us—not their fellow Vietnamese—the real enemy. They move sadly and apathetically as we herd them off the land of their fathers into concentration camps where minimal social needs are rarely met. They know they must move or be destroyed by our bombs. So they go—primarily women and children and the aged.
They watch as we poison their water, as we kill a million acres of their crops. They must weep as the bulldozers roar through their areas preparing to destroy the precious trees. They wander into the hospitals, with at least twenty casualties from American firepower for one "Vietcong"-inflicted injury. So far we may have killed a million of them—mostly children. They wander into the towns and see thousands of the children, homeless, without clothes, running in packs on the streets like animals. They see the children, degraded by our soldiers as they beg for food. They see the children selling their sisters to our soldiers, soliciting for their mothers.
What do the peasants think as we ally ourselves with the landlords and as we refuse to put any action into our many words concerning land reform? What do they think as we test our latest weapons on them, just as the Germans tested out new medicine and new tortures in the concentration camps of Europe? Where are the roots of the independent Vietnam we claim to be building? Is it among these voiceless ones?
We have destroyed their two most cherished institutions: the family and the village. We have destroyed their land and their crops. We have cooperated in the crushing of the nation’s only non-Communist revolutionary political force—the unified Buddhist church. We have supported the enemies of the peasants of Saigon. We have corrupted their women and children and killed their men. What liberators?
Now there is little left to build on—save bitterness. ...
Replace Vietnam with Ukraine or Gaza or Yemen or...
The business of America is WAR, and has been for decades. Getting off the merry-go-round is more difficult than one might think. The corporate forces driving war own our legislators. They have embedded munitions and arms factories in every state and hold our so called representatives hostage with jobs, votes, and donations.
Caity nails it again...
If you’re among those who have only just begun paying attention to US foreign policy and western media bias in light of Israel’s destruction of Gaza and Biden’s act of war against Yemen, it’s important to understand that none of the depravity you’re seeing is new. The lies. The insane double standards. The murderousness. The western political/media class always does this.
Every war the US involves itself in is always facilitated by lies promulgated in one voice by the official government in Washington and by the “independent” “free” press (actually propaganda services) of the western world. They deceived the world about Ukraine. They deceived the world about Yemen. They deceived the world about Syria, Libya and Iraq. There are always, always lies, obfuscations and manipulations involved in marketing a new war to the public, or in hiding its involvement in foreign wars from public attention.
All of this manipulation and deceit is necessary to hide the fact that the US-centralized empire is the most tyrannical power structure on this planet. And make no mistake, it is an empire. Washington serves as the hub of an undeclared empire comprised of alliances, partnerships, assets, public deals and secret agreements which knit a large number of nations together into what functions as a single power structure with regard to international affairs.
The narrative must be promoted. Truth tellers will be punished...
RIP Gonzalo Lira...
“Gonzalo Lira, Sr. says his son has died at 55 in a Ukrainian prison, where he was being held for the crime of criticizing the Zelensky and Biden governments. Gonzalo Lira was an American citizen, but the Biden administration clearly supported his imprisonment and torture. Several weeks ago we spoke to his father, who predicted his son would be killed.”
— Tucker Carlson
Why did TPTB take out Gonzalo? How about because of this clip about Cookies Nuland among other things?
Time stamps for this 110 min video at the link. I would suggest this video alone guaranteed there would be no aid from the US government to help our fellow citizen, Gonzalo. In fact, it is more likely the US insisted Ukraine arrest Gonzalo.
RIP Gonzalo Lira
Here, @GonzaloLira1968 discusses my article exposing how Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky owned Hunter Biden's Burisma, financed the political rise of Volodymyr Zelensky, and funded the Azov Battalion.@TuckerCarlson: "Gonzalo Lira was an American citizen,… pic.twitter.com/xck5gxGq6L
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) January 12, 2024
It makes me think about Julian and his persecution. I would contend his torture and detention is primarily in retaliation for the Vault 7 leaks rather than US war crimes in Iraq.
Recently, the CIA lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized "zero day" exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation. This extraordinary collection, which amounts to more than several hundred million lines of code, gives its possessor the entire hacking capacity of the CIA. The archive appears to have been circulated among former U.S. government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.
Paul Craig Roberts' recent article,The Normalization of Mass Murder is the focus of the first 30 min., but I've got it cued to the discussion of peace and how it has been thwarted...
The full interview is insightful. He discusses immigration at about the 45 min mark, and recommends The Coming of the Saints from 1906 as a predictive text.
Other pieces by PCR: Will Russia & China Prevent Washington from Expanding the Conflict?
and Washington Escalates the Middle East Conflict
It has been clear to me since 9/11 in 2001 that neoconservative dominance in Washington guaranteed we were on a road to escalation that would eventually reach Armageddon. The world is going to be victimized by the incapacity of the American political and intellectual classes to think clearly and honestly. We are approaching Armageddon because US foreign policy serves Israeli expansion, not peace.
He has interesting, and sometimes surprising, takes on things and the historical matrix in which they happen.
None the less, rising in the East is a huge shift in the world's economy and alliances...
Global Economy's Momentous Shift and Monumental Inequality
| Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson (88 min)
Excellent conversation on today's US and global economy. A little long, but worthwhile examination of the emerging new world economy.
I like to hear the investor class' take on these changes. This was an interesting exchange.
Petrodollar Collapse Accelerating in 2024, The Fuse Has Been Lit
– Andy Schectman (80 min)
00:00 - Introduction
02:42 - BRICS Expansion and Influence
04:30 - The Petrodollar System
17:11 - De-Dollarization & the Saudi Significance
36:40 - Countries Dumping U.S. Debt, Dollar
44:12 - U.S. Response to De-dollarization
53:15 - BRICS & Common Currency
57:50 - The Role of Gold and Central Banks
01:07:50 - Bitcoin
Michelle Makori interviews Andy Schectman, President and Owner of Miles Franklin, who discusses the official addition of five new members to the BRICS bloc as of January 1st. Schectman warns that the expanded alliance, which includes Saudi Arabia, accelerates the collapse of the petrodollar and ultimately leads to the demise of the dollar as the global reserve currency. He explores why countries are dumping U.S. debt and stockpiling gold. Schectman also gives his outlook on the BRICS common currency and shares his forecasts on gold and Bitcoin.
Central Bank Digital Currencies’ (CBDCs) Near Universal Roll-Out Signals International Power Grab
CBDC can allow government agencies and private sector players to program — to create smart contracts — to allow targeted policy functions. For example, welfare payment; for example, consumption coupons; for example, food stamps…By programming a CBDC, money can be precisely targeted for what people can own and what [people can do.]
...
Perhaps most damning, the political and corporate elites have even admitted to CBDCs’s propensity for political control. Fooling European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde into a prank phone call, an impersonator of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posited that “the problem [with CBDCs] is [people] don’t want to be controlled,” prompting an oblivious Lagarde to admit that through CBDCs, “there will be control, you’re right. You’re completely right.”
CBDC will only be successful IF we adopt them. My guess is TPTB will use UBI as a means of adoption.
Iran...
Iran in a Changing World - Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen (80 min)
I found his comment that the Gaza genocide had taken the wind out of pro-western youth in Iran. All the US effort to create division in Iran has now evaporated due to the US support of genocide.
Does the US Want to Make Taiwan the New Ukraine? (13 min)
On January 13, voters in Taiwan will choose a new president and the US is pushing hard to egg on the secessionist forces in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which is poised to stay in office. K.J. Noh, a peace activist, scholar on the geopolitics of Asia & organizer with Pivot to Peace, discusses the ‘critical’ election, how the US is escalating the new Cold War against China, and why Washington is trying to make Taiwan the new Ukraine.
The pro-western party won...wanna bet we played a role?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/13/taiwan-elections-2024-polls-clo...
'Israel in panic mode after South Africa's ICJ genocide case'
The international court does not have its own enforcement agency to ensure the implementation of its orders.
South Africa has requested the court to impose an international injunction against Israel’s strikes on Gaza. In case the ICJ rules in favor of South Africa's request, the international pressure on Israel will increase. The verdict will come against the backdrop of a rising civilian death toll in Gaza and even the closest friends of Israel have shared their displeasure on the issue.
But, Israel can still choose to ignore the verdict of the International Court of Justice and continue its campaign in Gaza. The matter may then move to the UN Security Council, but as a permanent member of the UN body, the United States is expected to exercise its veto for any move against Israel.
So no teeth to any ruling except in the international court of opinion.
‘The Evidence of Genocide Is Not Only Chilling, It Is Also Overwhelming and Incontrovertible’
The Case for Genocide...Chris Hedges
Israel’s smearing of South Africa as “the legal arm” of Hamas exemplifies the bankruptcy of its defense, a smear replicated by those who claim that demonstrations held to call for a ceasefire and protect Palestinian human rights are “anti-Semitic.” Israel, its genocide live streamed to the world, has no substantial counter argument.
But that does not mean the judges on the court will rule in South Africa’s favor. The pressure the U.S. will bring – Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called the South African charges “meritless” – on the judges, drawn from the member states of the U.N., will be intense.
A ruling of genocide is a stain that Israel – which weaponizes the Holocaust to justify its brutalization of the Palestinians – would find hard to remove. It would undercut Israel’s insistence that Jews are eternal victims. It would shatter the justification for Israel’s indiscriminate killing of unarmed Palestinians and construction of the world’s largest open air prison in Gaza, along with the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It would sweep away the immunity to criticism enjoyed by the Israel lobby and its Zionist supporters in the U.S., who have successfully equated criticisms of the “Jewish State” and support for Palestinian rights with anti-Semitism.
So how does the US respond? We bomb the poorest people on Earth. That's the American way...
US and UK Bomb Dozens of Sites in Yemen
White House Conducts Additional Strike in Yemen
Biden has met with significant criticism for ordering the attack
US officials reported that Saturday’s strike targeted a radar facility that was missed during Thursday night’s initial attack. US Central Command posted on X, “The strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes taken on Jan. 12.”The initial attack was conducted jointly by the US and UK. Washington and London targeted nearly 30 positions across Yemen with scores of missiles and bombs. Pentagon Spokesperson Gen. Pat Ryder said the attack had a “good effect.”
However, Yemen issued a defiant response. Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets across the country to protest the Western attack. Houthi leaders downplayed the impact of the strikes and vowed a response to the attack.
Was the attack ordered from the hospital bed of Lloyd Austin?
Dark Invader
Some suggest the attack might be pay back for Iran regaining the tanker we stole from them last year.
We could have de-escalated?
After the second round of strikes, a Democratic representative from Georgia named Hank Johnson tweeted the following:
“I have what some may consider a dumb idea, but here it is: stop the bombing of Gaza, then the attacks on commercial shipping will end. Why not try that approach?”
By golly, that’s just crazy enough to work.
Meanwhile back at the Ranch...
George and Garland discuss US politics.
(14 min)
So much more has gone on this week. France has a new prime minister who has appointed his ex-boyfriend as foreign minister.
Poland is having political intrigue. As current pro-western government arrests politicians.
2 convicted politicians who took refuge for hours at Poland's presidential palace are arrested
Scholz looks like he's on his way out in Germany.
Is Olaf Scholz on his way out as German Chancellor? (16 min)
So Europe, how is your senseless war in Ukraine going? Didn't all those sanctions against Russia come back on you? Sure seems that way to me. Yet you continue to follow Joe Quixote (aka genocide joe) like Sancho Panza. Keep tilting at windmills as your countries disintegrate.
Well I want to wrap up this busy week with some film fun...
(100 min) A story about the love of books, 84 Charing Cross Road features Academy Award® winners Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins in stellar performances. Helen Hanff (Bancroft), a feisty New York writer, mails a letter to a small London bookshop requesting some rare English classics. Frank Doel (Hopkins), the reserved English bookseller, answers her request, beginning a touching and humorous correspondence that spans two continents and two decades. Hanff's acerbic wit starkly contrasts Doel's aloof British demeanor, but their mutual love of books forms a bond that deepens with each passing year. Their intimate, richly detailed letters draw us into their lives as Helen and Frank share their dreams, hopes, sorrows and joys - and, in doing so, develop a lasting and extraordinary friendship.
The thread is open to any and all thoughts, ideas, stories, and insights you may have after this busy week.
Comments
How about a little satire?
https://t.co/psLldkfiGr
Couldn't figure out how to embedded this one, but the joke is just a click away...
and Seth Rich is back in the news...
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-stonewalls-over-seth-rich-laptop...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Hey, good morning
Vastly enjoyed Carlins take on time. He was like a cluster bomb of funny.
Ashamed to be a resident of the geographical nexus of war mongers.
The mask was torn asunder during Vietnam. Visionaries like MLK, Jr.
were able to put war in context of larger political poisons. And we got it.
"It tells you what these imperialist bastards are really interested in."
--Catlin
Not so much this time around. Although the Zion adventure has focused
most of the world on the unchecked violence running rampant. It is once
again the images of destruction piped into homes waking people up.
Enjoy your Sunday and many thanks for the watch!
We were lucky to experience...
The 60's and people like JFK, MLK, RFK, and Malcolm...not to mention the great comedy of St George thru the 90's and onward.
We're headed to bitter cold next week. Single digit lows on the way. Today we'll mulch and put another cover on the two beds of winter crops. Plus heaters in the well house and little plant room downstairs. Hopefully we'll ride it out without problems.
Touched up the road yesterday after almost 6" of rain last week. I'm curious to see this weeks drought map to see if TPTB think the drought is over. All the rain was a pond filler. Now have the chore of getting that area cleaned up and more suitable to use. One day I want to build a sweat lodge back there. Keep thinking I'll build a sauna here by the house. One day I hope I will.
Stay warm. I bet you'll have cold weather too.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Yes, windy and cold
colder ahead with snow and ice thrown into the mix
the pond has frozen, time to pull out the skates
From Bangladesh
I've never been a good skater...
...but always loved seeing people who are. Of course in the South the only ice skating is in a rink. As a kid loved HANS BRINKER OR THE SILVER SKATES and imagined being able to skate up and down rivers.
I was able to do lots of canoeing on our many rivers. We just have to use the resources available to us in our different regions.
Take care and stay warm!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Rain
rain and more rain
did i mention Rain
the big feed bucket overflowed
two days ago, full Again
four inch pipe with a one by
one foot sump area drain backed
up, probably tree roots thirty feet in
or so got a 3500 gph pump to help with
flow still flooded that corner of the garage
twice so far
lotta water
compared to last years Snow(at this point)
i be happy
still haven't found a rain shovel for sale
good deal
14 inch pond in the Other low spot
in the yard that's a first
will wait 'till spring to dig up
the drain pipe, trenches full of
mud and water with more falling aint
my thing
kinda feel bad for saying
but let it burn at
this point, rots gotta go
is The rule on restorations/rebuilds
when its All festered anybody got a
Match? is justified in my book
band aid off slow or quick?
ymmv
thanks for always keeping it real
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
A local herb doctor...
who lived down the valley was on Johnny Carson. Someone called in to ask what to do if you have a flea outbreak. His answer was to gather some pine straw and put it under the house. Then light it and let the house burn down.
Drainage is an issue here too. Before our big rains (we had over 6" this week), I cleaned the ditches, culverts, and water weeps of leaves. Only had one small area of road erosion and I pulled it back into place yesterday. The old "63 tractor is such a great asset on a place like ours.
Take care and stay dry! Good to"see" you today.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
When Kahane’s Zionist message came to campus, students ate it up
https://newvoices.org/2024/01/12/when-kahane-came-to-campus/
Both Abby and Max...
Have done interviews on the street in Israel.
Abby's channel is quite extensive.
I think it is toward the end of her film Gaza Fights for Freedom where she does the interviews which clearly depict the hatred of Palestinians.
Max has similar interviews in his film Killing Gaza.
I hope thing are okay in your world. From outside it seems like Germany is unraveling faster than in the US.
Thanks for the article. Be well!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning lookout, thanks for the ww-OT. Really
enjoyed the Carlin, a young Carlin, talking of time, heh. He gets to it right away, it is a construct, we made it up. We can sense motion and duration and these stand in for time and are measured by time.
Apropos all that, it stopped raining, but I know not when. Well into the morning hours, I'd wager, because the street, sidewalks, patio and driveway and such were all quite wet, but it wasn't still raining when I got up. A quasi temporal riddle.
Alice in Wonderland, Chapter VII, in part:
Of all the innumerable songs involving time, these two bubbled up
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Wonderful Alice slice...
Does anyone really know what time it is?
Hope you dry out next week! Take care.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Of course. It's cocktail hour, the question is "where?" n/t
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
It is always after 4:30 somewhere...
...or 4:20 if you prefer. I like both times and habits myself.
After buckling up for the weather, it is an Italian pinot noir and some cannabis variety provided by a friend.
All the best!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
On the lighter side of life
Just undecorated the hanging structure standing in the corner
since first of December. AKA X-MAS tree. Many needles later,
loaded it up in the truck and brought it to a local animal rescue
farm. Seems the goats love to eat the boughs. Like candy, a treat.
Speaking of eating ..
Greg was saying today...
Cedar works as a dewormer for goats?
Sheep, goats and guardian dogs are cruising through winter storm.
in the first min.
Who knew?
Possible snow tonight and tomorrow. Fairly unusual here, but not unknown...
Stay warm!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, Lookout!
Pushing dirt around on the roads again, friend?
Well, as they say, "It's always something."
The extreme freeze comes tonight, with rain and freezing rain, some ice, greeting us in the morning. We will do a little bit of shopping to make sure we have everything we need tomorrow. There are bridges between my home and all stores, and in all directions, so just in case they are impassable, it won't matter. The office is closed tomorrow, but I have court out of town on Wednesday. I will cross that bridge later, as it were.
All those billions going to Ukraine from UK is peculiar. Any and all justifications the UK give to the public is propaganda. What is really going on? How is the UK benefited? Baffling to me. Living standards are getting lower by the day. The people should be out in the streets over that.
I have tons of time today to watch your suggested videos, read the suggested articles, and this is my excuse for being very damn lazy today. "I can't do housework...I am busy getting informed."
Thanks for this exceptional WW, my friend, and keep the home fires burning.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Will do...
We've got beds covered. I'll be surprised if plants don't make it through the week of very cold weather.
Went ahead and turned on heater in well house.
Road was no big deal. Just another chore.
We'll all weather the storms I'm sure!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Another time, song
from 1981
Ever seen ths one?
I always played it for my 8th graders. Still blows my mind especially when considering the time (1977) in which it was filmed.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
But … what does it all mean?
Excellent!
We got into this joking radio yoga series. Probably influenced by such cartoons.
"What is the sound of one cheek flapping?"
We were starving fartists at the time.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Genocide Joe and his handlers once again prove that they
are clueless. Take the following as evidence.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4408397-biden-marks-100-days-of-capti...
Genocide Joe failed to mention this aspect that could abruptly be stopped by pressing for a ceasefire.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/14/israel-vows-not-to-stop-as-gaza...
Small wonder that his behavior results in this.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4408318-bidens-approval-rating-dro...
Biden will rescue hostages...
like he did Gonzalo and Julian...not at all. The situation is beyond the pale, but here we are.
Let's hunker down cause the the shit is hitting the fan.
Be well and take care. Thanks for the links!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
signing out with ths one...
Which didn't really know...
These two never fail to impress me.
Have a good night!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Austin is deceased…
.
You heard it from me first. He either died in Ukraine when Russia bombed the decision making center or he died from sepsis after his botched cancer surgery. Or he died suddenly after getting the latest booster. Time will tell if I’m right. I mean come on…he’s the highest civilian in the pentagon and yet no one saw that he was missing for days? With all the turmoil America is creating around the world right now his absence was not noticed? Yeah and Israel isn’t committing genocide either. Oh yeah and who believes that Austin ran the Yemen bombing campaign from his hospital bed? Did the pentagon bring in all the equipment he would need like what he has in the situation room? Please!! Why even make up this lie? The 2nd in command would be the one to run it unless she is still on vacation in Mexico.
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/01/12/troubling-questions-in-stra...
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
well, that makes two empire commanders
closer to the morgue
That is an interesting hypothesis...
I must admit to being suspicious about his MIA status for a week.
It will be interesting to see how TPTB would cover up his death.
Thanks for the news!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The Houthis weren't impressed by the recent attacks on them.
Maybe it was only a warning of future events.
They have withstood...
Years of Saudi US attacks. Alstair was just describing how they bury their arms and manufacture of cheap drones toward the end of this clip.
Thanks for the X post!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
An interesting comment and it is worth clicking on "show more"
to understand it.
Sounds like we are impotent...
Makes me wonder how they can possibly think the US is such a powerful military. Let's see, what was the last war we won or had success?
We have expensive weapons rather than effective ones.
Thanks for the missile info!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
USAF Directly Aiding Israel Strikes
When I listen to this report it reminded me of the illusion that there is a technological fix to asymmetric conflict. Austin is carried away by his experiences in and at the Central Command. In all that urban ground clutter and rubble how does one think that using satellites or other technological means are going to discover discrete targets hiding underground? How is it going to produce the so called "target package" I heard General Clark talking about below that won't slaughter large numbers of civilians? Things really haven't changed since Vietnam. The idea that there is a technical means to solve this situation is just ridiculous but it's so DC. They always have this formulaic response.
Here are Clark and Zakaria on CNN giving "analysis" on strikes against the Houthis-
'If they fire one missile, we take out three targets': Military expert breaks down response to Houthi attacks
They have got to be kidding. This is going to stop the "spread" of war? As if it spreads by itself?
Thanks for the weekly watch LO.
語必忠信 行必正直
Hubris reigns supreme in the US...
We are convinced by our own propaganda, and refuse to see our obvious failures.
Hope you are doing well. I'm glad y'all escaped hurricanes this past season.
Thanks for the clip! Of course we're directly involved in the Genocide. It will come back to bite us sooner or later.
All the best!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Speaking of time
I saw them live in a concert in Houston in 1969. They performed this:
Last one:
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thanks for the timely songs!
Here's one back atcha...
Have a good week. Stay warm!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Not far from the truth.
I've heard some folks suggest that was the real objective...
...of the US. To subjugate the EU and insure them as our colonies.
That certainly is the current situation. The EU leaders are globalist loyal to the WEF not their own citizens.
The focus of this years Davos meeting? Control the narrative...
No their interest is in controlling the narrative.
AI-generated misinformation and disinformation (53%) and Societal and/or political polarization (46%) follow in second and third place. Many countries are still struggling to regain lost years of progress that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic, creating fertile ground for misinformation and disinformation to take hold and polarize communities, societies and countries.
...
Misinformation and disinformation has risen rapidly in rankings to first place for the two-year time frame, and the risk is likely to become more acute as elections in several economies take place this year (Chapter 1.3: False information).
...
– Misinformation and disinformation may radically disrupt electoral processes in several economies over the next two years.
– A growing distrust of information, as well as media and governments as sources, will deepen polarized views - a vicious cycle that could trigger civil unrest and possibly confrontation.
– There is a risk of repression and erosion of rights as authorities seek to crack down on the proliferation of false information – as well as risks arising from inaction.
The disruptive capabilities of manipulated information are rapidly accelerating, as open access to increasingly sophisticated technologies proliferates and trust in information and institutions deteriorates. In the next two years, a wide set of actors will capitalize on the boom in synthetic content,[viii] amplifying societal divisions, ideological violence and political repression – ramifications that will persist far beyond the short term.
Misinformation and disinformation (#1) is a new leader of the top 10 rankings this year. No longer requiring a niche skill set, easy-to-use interfaces to large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) models have already enabled an explosion in falsified information and so-called ‘synthetic’ content, from sophisticated voice cloning to counterfeit websites. To combat growing risks, governments are beginning to roll out new and evolving regulations to target both hosts and creators of online disinformation and illegal content.
Much more at the link....
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
LOL!
Our puppet should take lessons...
from that puppet. Thanks for the laugh!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Beautifully balanced news and commentary.
I really like the evolution of Weekly Watch, of which I have been more an observer than participant of late.
I like your reviews or summaries of the videos very much, which tell us what we are going to see, what to look for, and what new informatio caught your attention. I also appreciate your up-front critique of the articles and videos you feature (much more lively than an objective introduction). Expressing your own views and judgments add value and turns the content into a "featured show."
The killer economic duo of Wolff and Hudson coupled with the minimalist interview style at Dialogue Works was the video that knocked it out of the park for me.
Dialogue Works also led Paul Craig Roberts into his moment of profound clarity at 42:10 — pertaining to the 2024 election. He describes the intellectual disability suffered by American society at the hands of the US-Zionist Media brainwashing monopoly — such that the People walk without awareness into a disastrous election and political catastrophe, which will diminish their lives for generations to come.
As correct and impressive as PCR is, I must note with sadness that he is not immune from misinformation. Any of us can fall victim to a small propaganda-lie, which may eventually be caught and evicted. PCR, it seems, has embraced a delusional narrative pertaining to immigration in the US and Europe, which probably satisfies one of his prejudices. This vulnerability is especially common in highly isolated nations like the US, and it reminds us why State self-propaganda is so deadly to the survival of the nation. State self-propaganda is almost never redacted or corrected, and it builds up like plaque in the arteries, leading to an early death.
As of today, I feel safe in predicting that neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump will be candidates in the 2024 Presidential Election. It's simply not possible. Thus, anyone who has been concerned about this can just relax. Of course there will be other candidates to fear, such as Nikki Haley, who has a cluster of Klingons in her family tree.
____________________
The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Wolff and Hudson were very interesting...
PCR like us all isn't always correct. However, he is usually interesting. There is something fishy going on with all the aided and funded immigration coming in from all over the world. Who is paying for the buses, providing camps, and so on? All I know is it is very suspicious.
Nima does excellent work and hosts great guests...letting them speak without interruptions.
Thanks for participating today, and I'm glad you liked this week's watch!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”