caucus99percent

free-range politics, organic community

I lived through what seemed like the idyllic mid to late 50s. Marched my way through the tumultuous 60s. Cruised through the raucous 70s and its political changes. Worked hard to make it through the the 80s. Watched the overton window lurch to the right in the 90s. Saw the result of that lurch to the right in the 2000s. Witnessed the financial robbery of the 2010s. I'm still here, alive and kicking, in the 2020s, so far.

Never, through all of those years, did I have an inkling of what it would be like in the here and now. Even if I had a possible clue I would have considered it a fevered dream. This is some crazy shit we're living through folks.

Just look at the headlines. This was propaganda from the West a month ago.

US, allies agree to cap Russia oil prices to hinder invasion

No, they're not.

The usual suspects with the usual malicious intent wish to impose a link tax on everybody and thereby strangle the internet and destroy the free flow of information. We should oppose this bill and register our opposition to its passage.

To the surprise of Wall Street, but to the surprise of no one here on C99P, yesterday's inflation report showed price inflation at a 40-year high.

Russian and Chinese Immigration: A Rabbit Hole

In the middle ages nations used to default on their debts all the time. The reason is because the major banks of the days lent money to the monarchies, not to the nations themselves.