BOUGHT POLITICIANS & PHONIES

WJ ASTORE—Joe, as in Manchin, says no to the Build Back Better program. He says no to more affordable prices for prescription drugs. He says no to extending child tax credits. He says no to paid family leave. (Joe said family members on leave might go hunting instead of caring for their kids.) Like President Joe, Senator Joe says no to reforming the Senate filibuster. Joe and Joe say no a lot, especially to policies that would help working Americans.

Blair’s trajectory, and his slimy career after he left office, stand as conclusive evidence that the US and the UK are today (and have been for a long time) managed by the same type of hypocritical and demonstrably totalitarian ruling class setup, stafed by crooks and sociopaths, and offering no real democratic openings that could genuinely serve the masses. 

Katie Halper organizes a livestream to free Julian Assange, and we’re grateful for her effort, even if the roster encompasses many establishmentarians and dubious leftists who have remained silent or played duplicitous roles in the Assange saga. Still, the more voices that join the choir on behalf of Julian Assange, especially (I hope) enlightened establishmentarians, the better. 

Contrary to the fear porn about Covid, and Omicron, disseminated by the corporate media, this variant could be exactly what humanity needed to retire this pandemic, while conferring herd immunity in the best possible way, the natural way.

Navina Heyden, a German blogger, pointed this out: I don’t get the idea of some people – as long as China becomes stronger, its ties with the world will get better… No one in Europe would think so.

Some netizens sensed a subtext here: When China becomes stronger, its relations with the world could get worse. This is obviously believed by quite a few Germans in particular and Westerners in general. 

Compared with most German influencers, Heyden is relatively objective in her views about China. However, she has suffered waves of cyber violence from within Germany since 2020 simply because she said something in fairness to China’s fight against COVID-19. Her case is a vivid example of how people in Germany and other Western countries deal with China-related information through distortion. They won’t embrace voices that contradict their stereotype about China, or those that can prove China has done something right.