The board of peace and profit.  The American kleptocratic oligarchy uses peace to mask atrocity.  It is obvious what is going on, but the fairy tale of our emperor having no clothes is out of fashion.  The truth remains too uncomfortable to see.  As the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group moves into the Persian Gulf, the lead negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff treat the Middle East like a distressed asset.  Just more beaches crying for casinos.    Kushner's Affinity Partners manages billions in capital for Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar.  Gulf monarchies that stand to gain billions from a "crippled" Iran.

The threat of mass violence as a poker tell in a game where the only stakes are the enrichment of the few at the cost of 90 million Iranians.  Some of who must die for Kushner and Steve Witkoff's billions.

* Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is now managing nearly $5 billion, with 99% of that capital coming from foreign sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar

I'm not ashamed of being an American because I have no part of the childish cruel madness being perpetrated by the satanic leaders of America.  My list of Americans not fit to walk the earth gets longer.  And since it is my list I am not on it.

It is nice to listen to others who are not entranced by perverted American bullshit.  People are dying.  Limbs are being blown off.  Max and Justin want you to know.  They want to help people climb out of the pit of ignorance.




This article is talked about.




This one too.

Trump his fool enough to think his own personal TRUMP brand is more powerful than seventeen centuries of Persian geography.  Roman Emperor Julian died in his Mesopotamian quagmire.  Also for vanity.  Trump will die in his Mesopotamian quagmire.  This mess will last longer than Trump will.




And in the turmoil, some will be making a killing.  The tragedy is that we let them.  If you ever wondered what the "ordinary people" in Nazi Germany were doing during the war, you're doing it now.

Justin mentioned Rojava



There was talk about where to get news.  Nobody mentioned the below source.




At the end Max mentions this new documentary.

Hegseth's nickname is "GI Joke". 😄  Gotta love that one.

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I do not want to see the video.

I get upset every time I hear 'Danger Zone' over the radio.  Military recruitment and the normalization of combat.  Combining pop-rock with military hardware produced "militainment." Upbeat, catchy hooks to celebrate state sponsored violence as a heroic coming-of-age story.  And that is what the video is supposed to do. 

When I hear it I think of adults with the minds of children.  And I think of the money grubbing assholes who made the music to advance their own careers, not caring two fucks about what the words say.

Money not only talks, it can sing.  And money gets the same thrill celebrating death as Trump gets when he pops the cherry of a 14 year old.  But his new video of state sponsored violence is no heroic coming-of-age story.  It is a story intended to hide Trump's not so heroic cumming in under-age stories.

This is more appropriate to the actual circumstances.

QuoteSome folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays 'Hail to the Chief'
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

If you want a song that actually tells the truth about the machinery of war, listen to the people who aren't invited to the party.  And watching the Charmin Bear sell toilet paper is better viewing than a Trump video.

Quote from: K-Dog on Today at 07:47 AMIf you want a song that actually tells the truth about the machinery of war, listen to the people who aren't invited to the party.  And watching the Charmin Bear sell toilet paper is better viewing than a Trump video.

Dylan did a pretty good job with it.


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