Who benefits? That’s the question discussed by this impressive trio, in the wake of a wanton act of terror, doubtless a historical turning point in the global clash between the “Collective West”, led by the Anglo-Americans, and Russia and her allies, including China.
P. GREANVILLE—Oliver is of course right. The judicial system is broken, it reflects the larger society with its myriad unfixable flaws, inequalities and pervasive corruption. And TV, until recently the most potent medium to control the masses (now equaled but not surpassed by social media), has always been in the business of selling us lies and conformity with the status quo. A big part of that job is to sell the public the notion that the repressive agencies are impartial, “class blind”, or on their side; or that they are benign, or, at worst, just incompetent but never evil. In that sense, Law & Order is part of a large roster of shows dedicated to burnishing the US capitalist “security” machine.
JIMMY DORE SHOW—On Tuesday it was revealed that the Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines that carry liquefied natural gas under Northern Europe’s Baltic Sea had been sabotaged, rendering them inoperable, possibly permanently. And almost as quickly the finger-pointing began, with many in the West alleging that Russia had intentionally damaged its own pipeline while others claimed that a more logical explanation would pin the blame on the U.S., likely acting to eliminate any possibility that European countries will revert to relying on Russia as a source of gas. Jimmy and his panel of The Dive’s Jackson Hinkle and America’s comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the competing theories and possible motives behind the Nordstream attacks.
Col. RICHARD BLACK—Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton all approached nuclear confrontation with utmost caution. But the Obama administration changed course when it recklessly overthrew the Ukrainian government in 2014 and flooded Ukraine with weapons aimed at Russia. It did so knowing that it was threatening Russia’s most vital national interest: the defense of its territory against nuclear aggression.
THE DURAN hosts discuss the twisted motives of the US media, government figures, and politicians to stoke the fires of a possible nuclear war with Russia, now that it seems clear Ukraine has been defeated.
