JEREMY KUZMAROV—With the Ukraine war expanding and the threat of nuclear catastrophe rising, Bill Clinton has written an article in The Atlantic magazine trying to defend what many see as indefensible: his administration’s support for the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in March 1999 into Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic against a pledge by the Bush administration to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand “one inch eastward.”
CELEBRITIES
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One of the great accomplishments of modern US propaganda is to have converted the grasping, oligarch-owned Clinton clan into credible progressives.
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THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF BEING A CELEBRITY FAN: JAMES DEAN, JERRY LEE LEWIS AND MICKEY MANTLE
36 minutes readBRUCE LERRO—Unlike movie stars and musicians, it is possible not to be charismatic and be a professional baseball player. Charisma is not a major factor that draws fans to a particular player. In addition, the Frankfurt School theory about celebrities being a form of social control for capitalists definitely has truth in relation to sports. Noam Chomsky famously puzzled over the fact that so many people in the United States were ignorant about politics, social class, and economics. Yet these same people could make very sophisticated comments about their favorite teams’ strategies and tactics, in addition to knowing the player’s batting average, runs batted in and homeruns. Sports is definitely a diversion.
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MOA—Amazon, Bezos’ main company, also gets billions in subsidies and does not pay taxes. Bezos, Musk and other billionaires are errors in our economic-political systems. They should be eliminated. I am fine with subsidizing Bezos’ or Musk’s flights to space. But don’t make it round-trip tickets.
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Rachel Maddow’s Hilarious SELF-OWN While Russia-Gating!
2 minutes readFew media figures are more seriously obnoxious and lacking in journalisitic ethics than Rachel Maddow, the default Russiagater “brainiac” at MSNBC. In this segment she ends up practically giving the game away, and Jimmy catches her.
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The WEF is at it Again – Celebrating 50th Anniversary
12 minutes readPETER KOENIG—This year some 130 high-ranking guests, protected by international law, are expected – whoever they may be – in addition, to also anticipated 5 Royals, 22 Presidents, and 23 Prime Ministers. They will be shielded by Swiss police and military, a total of about 5000. President Trump will get about 300 special Swiss security police, in addition to his own security contingent, plus a private helicopter, brought in by military cargo from the US.

