ERIC ZUESSE—The chief source of gas to all EU countries was the by-far cheapest, which was Russian-supplied pipelined natural gas, which became increasingly barred by the EU countries throughout 2022, and was replaced mainly by U.S.-supplied fracked canned and cross-Atlantic-shipped liquefied natural gas (LNG), at prices many times higher than what EU countries had been paying for Russian pipelined natural gas. This recent history is ‘justified’ by statements that are false and that hide the key truths, so as to fool voters to fear Russia instead of America.
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EDITOR—Mass culture, Hannah Arendt observed, was not culture but personal entertainment, or, better-stated, self-aggrandizement. Our civilizational collapse into intellectual darkness and the catastrophic failure in democracy were presciently predicted by many of our wisest cultural critics such as Lewis Lapham, Morris Berman, and Robert Kaplan two decades ago.
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THE LIBERAL/WOKE WORLD ORDER OF HYPOCRISY AND CONTRADICTIONS
8 minutes readGARLAND NIXON—In a superb chat, Garland peels away the numerous layers of self-serving myths the Empire and its legions of apologists use to justify their criminal actions across the globe and even on the home turf, America itself. Exceptionalism, of course, comes up high, as America was born thinking itself unique and morally superior to all other nations, something probably inherited from the British, who, quietly but effectively culturally racist, have long regarded even their fellow Europeans —”the Continent”—as inferior humans. The latest symbol of moral superiority to be brandished like a bludgeon is the WOKE conceit, whereby the US struts around the world proclaiming its primacy in human rights on account of its ostensibly privileged treatment of LGBTQ people, blacks, and other minorities.
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CALEB MAUPIN—Attacks on infrastructure like power plants have been a serious concern in the United States in recent months. January 18th saw attacks on power substations in North Carolina. The Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center reported that attacks on electric facilities in the United States had increased by 71% in 2022 over 2021. At a time when serious fears that critical infrastructure across America might be targeted and the public put at risk, US officials are laughing off serious allegations that they went and destroyed a natural gas pipeline, hurting not just Russia, but countries they are in alliance with.
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What China Should Do if Taiwan Declares Independence From China
24 minutes readERIC ZUESSE—That is why the U.S. Government is so alarmed. Whether a world-annihilating nuclear war — or else a global dictatorship — can be avoided is the question, and the only possibility for hope would be for the existing U.S. regime to become replaced by a decent Government that has some concern for the public, which is a concern that hasn’t dominated in the U.S. Government ever since 25 July 1945, when the empire took control of the country.