My Theory - wherein I present no fact based evidence at all.

As the smell of burning hair wafts off the Atlantic on the westerly breeze.

Why so much panic?

Why has fake news suddenly become important now when it has been so prevalent for decades?

Well the Trump Precedent:-

Anyone with a big enough ego coupled with a similarly sized wallet [even though he didn't use it] can become president of the good old US of A, the duopoly be damned.

Scary stuff indeed and it has shaken both parties to their very core and appears to also have upset the owners somewhat, hence the MSM treating hearsay as fact. Even the CIA is being treated as a non propaganda arm that is publishing factual information for a change.

The reason seems to be that the duopoly is not as embedded as the Oligarchy would like, it still contains glitches. Dear god if only they didn't have to put up with all that voting malarkey, why couldn't the RNC have been as efficient as the DNC for god's sake!

That's the perception.

The reality is that Trump's cabinet will be nothing out of the norm the MIC, Wall St and Oligarchs are well represented, thank American Jesus that the hoi-polloi have their usual absence of any meaningful representation whatsoever.

Now to close this damn loophole when the unexpected can happen, electoral college changes perhaps, improved voter suppression and better electoral propaganda?

This leaves impeachment, how far do we have to go to get public opinion on our side?

Can Trump screw up on his own or do we have to push him?

Heaven knows we cant let this happen again, people might start paying attention, thank the lord for Goldman Sachs.

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Lily O Lady's picture

scary if not more so than Trump.

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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"

I think the RNC and owners would prefer Pence.

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Lily O Lady's picture

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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"

It's not about what I want or want them to do, I'm just wondering what the end game is here. I'm trying to get in their heads as these stories take a life of their own

Personally they can all burn for all I care and no its not about helping to burn them.

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Steven D's picture

Can't say I find that option terribly attractive.

But I know you know that.

Nice snark btw.

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"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott

dervish's picture

perhaps the Oligarchy's turf war will keep raging awhile. The competing factions can't seem to agree.

It Can't Happen Here

The previous post is interesting too.

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

Bisbonian's picture

I am just going to leave this here...for future reference:

So what happens after some "Trump supporter" on January 20 starts to shoot into the demonstrating masses (and also into the police cordons)?

What if the CIA, DHS and DNI then detect and certify that the ensuing "massacre" was a "Russian plot"?

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"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X

They would now be funneling arms and training sharp shooters through surrogates for the demonstrations on the 20th and 21st in DC. The goal would be chaos and a "color revolution" in the US.

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Capitalism has always been the rule of the people by the oligarchs. You only have two choices, eliminate them or restrict their power.

snoopydawg's picture

Are we in for another false flag attack soon, or will the republicans just impeach Trump and give us Pence?

A common denominator of these was the primary use of violence occurred from the "good side" against the "bad side" while the propagandists claimed that it was the "bad side" that started the shooting and strife. The "good site" is inevitably "demonstrating peacefully" even when many policemen or soldiers on the "bad side" die. Thus was the case in Libya where the U.S. and its Gulf proxies used al-Qeada aligned Jihadis from Benghazi as "peaceful demonstrators" against the government, in Syria where the NATO and Gulf supported Muslim Brotherhood killed policemen and soldiers during "peaceful demonstrations" in Deraa and in Ukraine where fascist sharpshooters killed demonstrators and policemen from a hotel roof in the hand of the opposition. All three happened while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

And remember folks, Hillary isn't a warmonger
I am with LaFem, I have no idea what their goals are but they are planning something.
It could only be the war with Russia, another economic meltdown or something none of us have thought of.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

snoopydawg's picture

as the commentary. I need to visit that site more often.
The best thing about that March 15 decree is how many other websites were created after people left or were banned.
KFS also has great articles and comments. I haven't been to the way of the Bern yet but will check the links that JtC has on the sideboard.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Bollox Ref's picture

Good people.

And here's the rub. The only reason I went to DKos all those years ago was because Billmon and Steve Gilliard were on the front page. Both went on to create successful blogs (Steve died in 2007). The posts by Kos were utter drivel compared.

(Edited)

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

riverlover's picture

led to investment loss. A dud! PTB are scanning for another quick-take on short dollars before their marks (us) catch on. Already happening with proposed Medicare ans SS cuts. Humans are not turnips.

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

Shahryar's picture

Twittler is too much like Hitler for their taste. Pence has the veneer that they like. Pence is also, I believe, more controllable. "They" do not want Bernie or a Bernie type so they need to have someone who appears reasonable.

But they have to wait until next week to get started on the usurpation.

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Strife Delivery's picture

Gross

Enough said.

P.S. Did the site get an overhaul? Am I the only one seeing the changes, haven't seen others comment on it so thought I'd ask.

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Wife had 60 Minutes on last night - Obama whining how the mean meanies were mean, and didn't want to work together. Boo Hoo. [I voted for smart and for winning, I got excuse making, I got sniveling, I got sold out.]

I also spent at least another 3 minutes watching what is considered "REAL" news yesterday with "Meet The Press". They were talking about Trump's nominees and their positions on issues VS Trump.

This panel from the REAL elites was REALLY outta touch with anything any genuinely normal person would give a shit about. They are REALLY living in their own bubbles, with their heads REALLY up their asses, cuz, analytically, they are REALLY just fucking parasites.

I find the blatant craziness of the National Enquirer to be more honest than the propaganda of the NYT and WAPO.

Back to chips & football, bread & circuses.

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But then I sigh; and, with a piece of scripture,
Tell them that God bids us do good for evil:
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ;

Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal's picture

Is that Hillary, the owners' favorite, came up with something called the "Pied Piper strategy" in which the DNC and the mainstream press colluded to "elevate" Donald Trump, one of the two most extreme of the Republican candidates, in order to give Hillary a smooth path toward the Oval Office.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver

dervish's picture

@Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal Wasn't it Bill Clinton who famously once said, "Where else are they going to go?"

This is the third time they've lost with that attitude, counting 2000. Some folks never learn.

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

Bob In Portland's picture

One poster above mentioned the possibility of a "Russian" of some sort shooting at anti-Trump demonstrations.

Remember the Orlando shooter a couple massacres back? In the SF Chronic this a.m. is a story that his wife, back living in the East Bay with her family, lives on Donald Street and was arrested. I can't think of another article about someone being arrested where they give the perp's address. Really, you can't make this up. I would remind dear readers here that the Orlando shooter's dad has a show on Afghan TV, on the CIA channel. No one in the media seemed interested in that. But his widow lives on Donald Street!!!

Likewise, if you're sitting through that movie about the Boston Marathon bombing see if anything is mentioned about the boys' uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, who ran a Chechen "support group" out of Graham Fuller's address back in the 90s. He surfaced to call his nephews "losers", if you recall. You remember the Chechen revolt, right? Salafist, anti-Russian. Killed kids in schools, blew up subways, that kind of stuff, proto-ISIS stuff. Graham Fuller, he's now the retired CIA guy given credit for coming up with the idea of Iran-contra back in the Reagan years. His sphere of influence was the Mideast.

In propaganda they call it "bad jacketing". That is, if you want to plant an idea subconsciously you put your target next to something horrible. Sometimes it's as simple as putting an article about your target next to an article about something horrible. Sometimes it's just an article that connects two people. For example, right after OJ Simpson was arrested for his wife's murder there was a story circulating that President Clinton had had plans to play a round of golf with OJ before the murders intervened. Whether that was ever true, it serves propaganda purposes. OJ kills and abuses white women, and Bill Clinton hangs out with him. You see how it works? Easy peasy.

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Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal's picture

@Bob In Portland Thanks for giving me the name for that tactic. I'd identified it, but had no name for it.

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"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha

"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver