Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins)
John & Nisha Whitehead
After months of handwringing and mud-slinging and fear-mongering, the votes have finally been cast and the outcome has been decided: the Deep State has won. Despite the billions spent to create...
Mission Creep: How the Police State Acclimates Us to Being Modern-Day Slaves
John & Nisha Whitehead
“In a fully developed bureaucracy there is nobody left with whom one can argue, to whom one can present grievances, on whom the pressures of power can be exerted....
What’s Next for Battlefield America? Israel’s High-Tech Military Tactics Point the Way
John & Nisha Whitehead
“I did not know Israel was capturing or recording my face. [But Israel has] been watching us for years from the sky with their drones. They have been watching us...
How Freedom Dies from A to Z
John & Nisha Whitehead
“As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer...
Kremlin “Drone Attack”: The silly, the stupid, the annoying & the infuriating
Kit Knightly Yesterday evening, the Russian Government claims, two drones attacked the Kremlin with the intention of assassinating President Vladimir Putin. The Russians assert these drones were sent by...
They Must Have a Good Reason
Todd Hayen There is a strange idea hovering about that if you don’t know something then it doesn’t exist. Kind of like the image of the proverbial ostrich with...
WATCH: Beyond the Reset
This excellent short film is a darkly humorous journey into one possible near-future. We all hope it never happens this way, but of course the best way to guard...
This Week in the New Normal #54
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...
Reimagining the World: Agroecology vs Post-COVID Plunder
Colin Todhunter Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence. These...
Iran’s Hero Has Fallen, Leaving the World a More Dangerous Place
Andre Vltchek They say he came from a humble background, and worked himself up the ranks, becoming, as many believe, the second most powerful man in Iran. They say...
‘We are waiting for war’: Lebanese say Israel has gone too far
Andre Vltchek After the recent Israeli attacks against Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Middle East has found itself in the midst of undeclared war. Almost everyone in Lebanon appears...
“Today Saudi Arabia finally lost the war on Yemen”
On August 17th the “Moon of Alabama” blog headlined “Long Range Attack On Saudi Oil Field Ends War On Yemen”, and opened:
The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East
The full force of the U.S. military was about to be brought to bear upon a package of top-level Iranian targets with no strategic value whatsoever. Apparently, “planes were...
Death by Droning: the World isn’t changing, it is changed
Yesterday David Cameron admitted to murder. He did it loudly, in public, with self-justications primed and a self-important look plastered across his quivering jowls.
