tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post9159625087549094427..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Distractions From Diversions From DeflectionsKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-84870081298099963262020-07-05T17:14:16.870-04:002020-07-05T17:14:16.870-04:00Excellent essay, Karen. Very clear and articulate....Excellent essay, Karen. Very clear and articulate. I am sending it on to the handful of friends who actually GET IT. Sadly, the politics of distraction are hard at work and even some of my more intelligent acquaintances seem to be drinking the Kool Aid of the DNC. <br /><br />Agree with everything you wrote Jay-Ottawa.Valerie Long Tweedienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-8611513999841693342020-07-01T09:21:54.742-04:002020-07-01T09:21:54.742-04:00How unsporting and improper! Russia is paying bou...<br />How unsporting and improper! Russia is paying bounties to the Afghan mujahedin for the scalps of American spies and commandos. The nerve, going after our boys like that. Another casus belli, right? Let's not waste time; bring on the nukes. <br /><br />Oh Wait! I forgot about the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani a few months ago. Our drone, our bad. Mustn't forget that that kind of stuff goes on all the time, even though US intentions are good and the other side's evil. Enemies attacked––just war, unjust war, declared war, undeclared war, whatever––have the right to fight back. All's fair in hate and war, which line also provides defense for the NYT's dubious journalism on behalf of our defenseless snowflakes in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Better yet, during the ethically pure Carter Administration, Zbigniew Brzezinski managed the retail armament of the Afghan mujahedin. Stinger missiles, stuff like that, to take down MIGs. What a delight, to have lured the Soviets into their Vietnam War.<br />https://dgibbs.faculty.arizona.edu/brzezinski_interview<br />Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-20564329247284685992020-07-01T01:39:36.891-04:002020-07-01T01:39:36.891-04:00Are so many distractions accidental or by design? ...<br />Are so many distractions accidental or by design? Our national government, under the control of Big Money, is forever directing attention to the wrong issues. Washington aught to be addressing global warming, economic disparity, poverty and near poverty, the bloated Pentagon budget, the funding of political campaigns, universal healthcare and re-employment through a massive bill renewing the nation's infrastructure. <br /><br />When was the last time you saw the MSM hammering away on those topics? I suspect it is in the nature of governments to specialize in mendacity, and their compliant stenographers to wax off topic. Recall Izzy Stone's leitmotiv throughout his career: Assume they [government agencies] are lying until you have proof positive otherwise.<br /><br />America, wake up to a new birth of feudalism, with a government of the lie, by the lie, for the lie, which shall not perish from the earth––even as the empire bites the dust.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-51440928260814636912020-06-30T17:27:32.481-04:002020-06-30T17:27:32.481-04:00Once again Karen Garcia, you have nailed it. Now s...Once again Karen Garcia, you have nailed it. Now season four of the continuing Russiagate series is in full bloom on corporate media. Meanwhile, life in America continues on its death spiral with no help in sight. No New Deal. Just the long standing shitty deal for the 99%. Quite a challenge ahead. mjbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-6605531360472512062020-06-29T15:49:51.916-04:002020-06-29T15:49:51.916-04:00The "proof" offered that Russia pays for...The "proof" offered that Russia pays for US killed is finding a stash of US Dollars. <br /><br />Guys, the whole world uses US Dollars for everything. Of course that is what they've got. What would you expect them to have? Afghan currency? Euros in Afghanistan?<br /><br />Other "proof" is that know liars said so when asked. We don't believe anything else they say, but only this. That is because belief is convenient for those proclaiming their belief.<br /><br />The story of course uses anonymous sources. Those sources say they leak White House top secret deliberations. The guy who was actually in charge of those deliberations (Richard Grenell) is quoted in the same articles as saying it isn't true, but that is disregarded because he is a "friend of Trump." Believe only things that bash Trump, and believe all of them no matter the source, no matter the lack of evidence.<br /><br />This is absurd.<br /><br />We should of course get to the bottom of this. And then the liars we find at the bottom deserved real punishment. I expect that will be too late and then not done, no matter who is lying.Mark Thomasonnoreply@blogger.com