Mad Dog Mattis Changes Color Coded Enemy List, Just for Now
I have not disclosed this information before this essay, so this is an exclusive of sorts. I've been secretly conducting a secret experiment, secretly, subjecting myself to often intense and prolonged traumatic situations to test a theory regarding the total elimination of the effects of propaganda.
I am now completely immune to propaganda.
I must, in the interest of humanity itself (her/him?), disclose the key to my findings.
I no longer believe anything.
The key to the existence of human life itself is to no longer believe anything.
"Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared North Korea the “most urgent and dangerous threat to peace and security,” before the House Armed Services Committee on Monday night, moving Kim Jon Un’s regime past Russia as the No. 1 threat the United States faces."
This is five months after Mattis identified Russia as Enemy Number One. The Post Offices will be busy changing their bulletin boards. Here's more of what Mad Dog had to say about our Newest Enemy Number One.
“North Korea’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them has increased in pace and scope,” Mattis said. “The regime’s nuclear weapons program is a clear and present danger to all, and the regime’s provocative actions, manifestly illegal under international law, have not abated despite United Nations’ censure and sanctions.”
Mad Dog also listed Russia, China, Iran and terrorist organizations as our enemies saying that both Russia and China are “resurgent and more aggressive,” and have placed the “international order under assault.”
Don't worry, our oligarchs have it under control, for now. But we could be dead tomorrow. Particularly if you drive. Or go outside in a thunderstorm carrying a lightening rod.
“Every time they fire one of these, they’re learning something more so it’s a worsening situation,” Mattis said. “But we can buy the time right now.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pentagon-chief-declares-north-korea-...
It really doesn't matter anyway. No one really knows what time it is. Hell, nobody really cares. Really.
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The ascendancy of propaganda
as the primary weapon of war has reached full blossom.
The mass of humanity has become completely malleable.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
The amount of effort and money spent manipulating
each other is incredible. Most know it but it still works. I've got a copy of the book, Propaganda, by Edward Bernays, at my desk, published in 1928. It's an example where what they're doing is wide open information yet so few know about it. Or even want to think about it.
@Big Al I've been meaning to
I've been meaning to get a copy of that book. I like to get as close to the first print as I can but certain books make it difficult.
Most people think effective propaganda
was perfected by the Nazis to be used against the Allies. But it was the other way around. Hitler saw how effective Bernay's work was from the Allies extensive use of these techniques that he instituted them in his own regime. When the Allies saw this, they renamed "propaganda" to "public relations".
The US government is arguably the best in the world when it comes to
propagandapublic relations. They can sell war like soap.I'm sure Madison Avenue has also made
a contribution to the art and science of propaganda.
We should also give the CIA its due, although they seem to have lost every sense of subtlety and sophistication. I'm not sure what we can attribute their regression (or should we say devolution) to, but the use of torture is brutish and primitive - designed more for sadists than for sophisticated manipulators of the human mind and spirit or the accurate extraction of information.
Sure, the mere mention of torture has a psychological effect, but in the modern world it still seems downright dumb and clumsy to me; it's like a tool in the shed that has been rendered obsolete by much more powerful and efficient tools.
the book, Propaganda, by Edward Bernays
The English version of Bernays' book is available for download via voltairenet here. It's a direct scan of the book, so the left pages are at a small angle in some cases; but still readable, and easier to come by than a book from 1928 would be for most of us.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Propaganda works, bombs sometimes not.
When dissenting voices, even the craziest ones are shut down, propaganda will always work better than bombs. I am always take by this quote from Soviet journalists who visited America long ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pilger
We pay.
That's how we accomplish it. We effect legislation that creates giant profits for defense contractors and banks that collect interest on the national debt. That way, no forces of the marketplace can cause the lavish profits and stock holdings to waver, and the wealth of the news-creating industry can flourish. It works perfectly, and we don't have to pull out anyone's fingernails.
Poor Mad Dog. It must be tough to no longer be top dog
China and Russia have now got military equipment that makes the much vaunted US navy just very expensive holes in the water waiting to be filled. Both of these countries produce state-of-the-art defensive military systems for pennies on the dollar compared to the muscle bound US military.
You can forget all about that pony and the other nice things that Trump has promised. We need to double down on military spending.
BTW Mad Dog, it's too late. You'll have to learn how to play nice in the sandbox.
I was reading something yesterday about the navy
and how it's in such dire straits relative to it's budget vs. it's global mission. A lot of jockeying going on. The budget talks later this year should be priceless, pun intended.
With todays missile technology, aircraft carriers should
be going the same way as battleships. Defensive missile systems are 1/10,000 the cost of an aircraft carrier and can be produced in a matter of months, not years.
Putin gives Mad Dog the "finger".
It would seem our
focus might be more intelligently aimed at defensive, rather than offensive systems, considering the rate at which we are elevating dismay across the globe...
The only thing that protects America
is friendly Canada to the north, a country of day workers to the south and two thousand mile moats to the east and the west.
@CB
Thank goodness Putin, despite his various faults, is both brilliant and sane: this creates a 'Mexican stand-off' preventing psychopath-ordered naval forces, in the described cases, from getting close enough to inflict the otherwise enacted horrors of the sort of illegal and immoral military muggings in which the Psychopaths That Be have continually engaged, rather than the far more destructive outcome otherwise inevitable, and leaves room for negotiation, should saner leadership somehow be installed.
The US Psychopaths That Be might have their mindless set on the global destruction of planetary life in the pursuit of totalitarian control and ownership, but at least some of those selected as 'next victims' seem capable of countering much of what they intend, in this case.
The remaining targeted free countries are, I'd suspect, very near a point where they will no longer wait to be taken out one by one, but soon will band together to at least go down fighting in what will result in a horrendous global extinction either way; what profit do these psychopaths think they'll gain by this, and why would they want to survive, as they apparently have convinced themselves they can, the hell upon an airless, lifeless and radioactive Earth they're in the process of initiating?
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
I don't believe anything - and so I don't understand anything
and with these words I have to say Good Bye.
I am lost and I don't want to try anymore to understand anything - because whom should I believe and what?
C99p friendly good people. I give up.
May God save the
Queen,err the 99 percent. Amen.A bon mot from Dylan...
You always said people don’t do what they believe in, they just do what’s most convenient, then they repent
And I always said, “Hang on to me, baby, and let’s hope that the roof stays on”
native
c'mon - 30 lies under oath should make us hopeful
to go forward with putting President Trump under oath and find out the truth, no?
My Lawyers Got Trump to Admit 30 Lies Under Oath -
Trump sued me, then had to acknowledge 30 times during a deposition that he had lied over the years about a wide range of issues. - By Timothy L. O'Brien
Korea is not my enemy, north or south
Thanks. Imagine sharing that $600 billion with starving people, or ones with no shelter, or access to sanitation or clean water, that would make me feel great again.
Welcome, New International Alignment overlords! At least they know how to build and run trains, Stalin2.0 heh. It is what I imagined from Canada to Peru when Obama took office. Clinton gave a state department talk about it, and they didn't do shit. Feh. Insidious propaganda it works on me constantly.
I don't believe The People (is it trade marked yet?) can achieve anything but a few feel good election wins. Once they get in they'll be consumed by the machine, because propaganda + money is so irresistible. Next generation thinks they are impervious I guess. Good luck.
End wars? Wait 'til next year
Partial transcript Real News Network. Thanks.
That last part made me LOL, doing the same things the same ways they've ever been done will bring about the awesome change because of course, keep going.
"Trust me once they've work-shopped from this speaking matrix, there's no telling what she'll be incredibly prepared to have regret saying."
Anyone serious about climate change, please tell us how much is wasted on war? Car drivers in "Green Revolution" California are the most hypocritical species on earth if you ask me. I was one until recently, even after the freeways up here became parking lots too. "Stupid is as stupid does."
https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/Energy_US_2016.png
Waste electricity much? Nah, build more cars! The awesome power of propaganda.
Lawrence Livermore Labs, death merchants supreme.
Thanks
Ya, she's a prize isn't she.
I can understand why democrats are so excited about her.
Good grief. Maybe they'll add it on later. Yep.
Addressing US domestic policy in isolation
from US foreign policy is like trying to drive a car with half the windows blacked out. The two policy realms are inextricably bound together, to the extent that one cannot possibly function without the other. It's very unfortunate that Sanders largely ignores this crucial relationship. Jeremy Corbyn seems to be much better informed than Sanders in this respect.
native
I think Sanders has been around long enough to
understand Potus has little to no control over foreign policy ever since Eisenhower and Kennedy. The best a president can do is play around the edges of domestic policy and maybe get some crumbs tossed his way.
You ain't living in a democracy. It's mostly show with little substance.
We could stop the aggression tomorrow...
But we don't want it stopped. Too many people making too much money.
https://news.vice.com/article/north-korea-to-the-us-stop-your-south-kore...
What kind of drug do you need take to become immune to propaganda Big Al? Is it a one time vaccination or a daily dose of something?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
It's a daily thing. I get up every morning and pray to the
God of Howard Beale. That brings the rest of my day into order.
Yo Big Al, excuse me from barging in, but
this is a majah breakthrough you have had here,beautiful! Thank you for sharing your secret. I really would sleep better at night if I adopted that.
MAGA quality level! No really. Seem like there should be some way to make some money off this, or at least some bitcoin, ya know, marketing your findings? Shove some a that profit to JtC to keep this joint going?
The Pentagon. Heh, reminds me of words from a song: 'them guys ain't dumb.'
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.