G-7

[Prefatory Note: A modified version of this post was published in CounterPunch on September 8, 2023, which itself is a reconfigured version appearing earlier on TMS (Transcend Media Service) on September 4th. Neither version considers the relevance of the Delhi meeting of the G-20, which represents a weaker and somewhat overlapping grouping compared to either […]

Kate Wand made a great video reading my American Institute for Economic Research article on “Defining Freedom Down” with the backdrop of the recent G-7 meeting of Political Puppeteers, including speech outtakes. The article sounds a lot better with her voice. Instead of “Build Back Better” further empowering reckless rulers, we need to “Build Back […]
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Thanks a lot to the Instituto Rothbard for translating my “Defining Freedom Down” into Portuguese – and for the great art work! Instituto Rothbard Redefinindo a liberdade Por James Bovard – A Grande Pandemia terá soltado as rédeas dos governos permanentemente em todo o mundo? A Covid-19 está permitindo que os políticos transformem a liberdade […]

American Institute for Economic Research, June 16, 2021 Defining Down Freedom James Bovard Will the Great Pandemic permanently unleash governments around the world? Covid-19 is enabling politicians to turn freedom from an individual right into a conditional bureaucratic dispensation. Defining down freedom was exemplified by the G-7 Summit that became a ludicrous and hypocritical Lockdowners […]
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Our art director, Andrei Rublev (Wmxdesign), rarely writes about his creative process. He surprised me by doing so today, when he sent over the above piece: What would Warhol do with this current iteration of Trump? A broken man since childhood, trying to find self-esteem among stolen and borrowed dollar bills-- an insecure man surrounded by purchased women and a thin facade of success.

by NoahClown time at the G7! With Putin pulling the strings. England's economy has already slid down for 5th to 6th. How low will it go? We may soon find out. And what about ours? Well, maybe Mr. "Only I can fix it" knows, right? He's a very stable genius! Just look at him!

As I said: "Watch Italy". Italy becomes the first G-7 country to join the Chinese one belt one road project, and are major fissures […]
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Trump's bluster isn't going away soon but his obvious first priorities to get something accomplished so he can get a Nobel Peace Prize (instead of a Piece Prize for sleeping with hookers. His second priority is to make himself look like he can get something done for his moron base (and the moron media)-- after his catastrophic G-7 donnybrook.

by NoahThe stuff of Putin's dreams. Dividing America from its allies. Mission accomplished. It wouldn't shock me one bit if Putin already has had a copy of this meme enlarged to 12 feet by 5 feet and hung on a wall in the Kremlin. Maybe he has it on the ceiling of his bedroom.

The Diplomat by Nancy OhanianYesterday, the NY Times reported that Señor Trumpanzee "upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country’s neighbors and deriding Canada’s prime minister as 'very dishonest and weak,' In a remarkable pair of acrimony-laced tweets from aboard Air Force O