Oligarchs

Instead of there being the U.S.-Government-promised ‘peace dividend’ after the Soviet Union ended in 1991, there has been soaring militarism by the U.S., and also soaring profits for the American producers of war-weapons. Both the profits on this, and the escalation in America’s aggressiveness following after 1991, have been stunning. Whereas there were 53 “Instances […]

Peter Turchin, author of End Times: Elites, Counter-elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration, (2023), is one of the founders of the new ‘science’ of cliodynamics, a discipline which coalesced in the 1990s, statistical juggling ‘facts’ from the past, stitched together from bare bones (literally) of archeology, climate, geopolitics, crimes, arrests/ executions, wine imports, lots and lots […]

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Henrik and Derek Rants cover the latest developments in the escalation between Russia and Ukraine as the Kremlin and Putin annex four Ukrainian territories. We are closer than ever to a major global conflict and now Zelensky is seeking to fast track NATO membership. Don't miss episode 187 of Flashback Friday this September 30, 2022.

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Gates has an estimated net worth of nearly $121-billion and owns 242,000 acres of farmland in the US. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos also is investing in land on a large scale. Media mogul John C. Malone owns 2.2-million acres of ranches and forests, and CNN founder, Ted Turner, owns 2-million acres of ranch land.

The Epoch Times is doing an excellent job at reporting the progress that the Trump team is making with regards to the election. Steve Turley is the other really solid source of information these days, but this video is from a really neat segment named “Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov” which is highly recommended for clear […]

Private money was used to fund city and county election managers. The director of the investigation said, “This report paints a clear picture of a cabal of billionaires and activists using their wealth to subvert, control, and fundamentally alter the electoral system itself.”

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Like the rest of the country, although far less than New York, California is suffering through the Covid-19 crisis. But in California, the pandemic seems likely to give the state’s political and corporate elites a new license to increase their dominion while continuing to keep the middle and working classes down.

Pick yer poisonA friend of mine-- a generally reliable DC political operative-- told me Sunday evening to watch for the power within Democratic Party politics that Obama still wields on Monday.

The Washington Post is taking heat over an op-ed authored by Marquette University political science professor Julia Azari, titled "It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president."