WWII

by Ruslan Ostashko translated by Sasha and captioned by Leo.   The head of Russia treaded on Poland’s favorite toe, when he called a Warsaw official “a bastard” and “an

“A date which will live in infamy.” Indeed, today marks the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which opened the door for the United States to enter World War II. urn on your TV and you will see military mavens rambling on, pontificating about ‘the defense of the realm’, all the while completely aloof and unaware of the American empire’s real Achilles heel.

Second World War 80th anniversary events in Poland These events were supposed to commemorate 80 years since the outbreak of World War II, a tragic chapter not only in 20th

Some want to make the distinction between "propaganda"—manipulating others with lies—and marketing—manipulating others with truth. But is this an accurate distinction? Or is it possible to use truthful information in propaganda. Join James as he explores an example of true propaganda from WWII and calls on the audience for more examples.

It’s no surprise that Trump’s new vanity project in Poland – to name a military base after a sitting President, is quickly descending into a farce. Yet another embarrassing debacle for the current US administration overseas, as clueless Polish officials desperately try to dress-up the US military occupation of their country, with Washington effectively using it as a geopolitical antagonist against its eastern rival Russia.

There’s fake news. And then there’s fake history. Fake news lies about the world as it is. But fake history is the context for fake news. Fake history sanctifies abominations past and present. Fake history erases the struggle over thousands of years between those many who produced the planet’s wealth and the greedy few who appropriate it for themselves.

Goldman Sachs expressed its concern over the matter of the continuing huge budget overruns the United States Government amasses every year. CNBC reported that Jan Hatzius the chief economist at Goldman, predicted the annual budget deficit rising to over $2 TRILLION by 2018, an amount that is projected to be about seven percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for that year.
He further noted:

Breaking the law, immigrant song and hearing voices + this day in history w/Executive Order 9066 and our song of the day by Stonefield on your Morning Monarchy for February 19, 2018.

Donald Trump is tweeting about a particular spot in Hawaii. He visited it recently on his way to threaten war in Asia. It’s a big feature this week in lots of U.S. magazines and newspapers. It has a lovely name that sounds like murder and blood because Japanese airplanes engaged in large-scale murder there in 1941: Pearl Harbor.

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