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Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
Thanks Peter. I live in SW France in the countryside, and the Paris riots make good news for the TV but are not common in the rural areas where the people really are demonstrating for their lives and futures. Large numbers of “gilets jaunes” gather at selected roundabouts, give out pamphlets, talk to motorists and police, burn wood to keep warm, encourage participation in referenda online, put up posters. Violence is counterproductive for most, except, as they remarked in interviews, to get publicity and there are also plenty of “casseurs” who join in, plus unfortunately the French seem to like… Read more »
Viva La France ! Burn baby burn ! Well cars do burn good, get it going in the front floor boards up into the dash wiring and the ensuing electrical fire is very difficult to put out even with plenty of water. Even better are rimless tires of which there should be plenty to be had inexpensively. FYI
“I agree to Disqus’ processing of email and IP address, and the use of cookies, to facilitate my authentication and posting of comments” Oh My Goodness. Disqus is monetizing my feedback! I am incorporated into the counter-insurgency, comrades! Sure that there are levels of the insurgent versus counter-insurgent skirmish we can only speculate on. What fun, political warfare conducted via algorithms. Is it too nihilistic to believe the yellow jackets are just pawns? And, really, don’t the French just get a bump in their riotability score, so that the system just ratchets them on a slightly different path. No release… Read more »