Duterte

Miracle media, death by chocolate and synchromystic awards + this day in history w/Glenn Miller missing and our song of the day by His Name Is Alive on your Morning Monarchy for December 15, 2016.

By Marjorie Cohn | Consortium News | November 25, 2016 In April 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide, with more than 6 million votes. He openly declared that he was the nation’s first Left president, calling himself a socialist but not a communist. So far, his regime has been controversial, […]

DWT isn't the only news source which has noted the scary similarities between Trump and Filipino authoritarian crackpot Rodrigo Duterte.

It's official...

America's 'pivot to Asia' is now in question.

America's geopolitical problems in Asia just got worse.

Faking the fights, muting the message and dropping dummy nukes + this day in history w/Agnew resigns and our song of the day by Geowulf on your Morning Monarchy for October 10, 2016.

This comes at a time when US-Filipino ties reach all-time lows.

US empire building depends on regional regimes’ support, especially in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. These proxy regimes fulfill valuable military roles securing control over neighboring regions, populations and territory.
In recent times, however, we witness the same proxies developing their own tendency toward expansionist policies – in pursuit of their own mini-empires.

I've been saying for some time now that to grasp what a Trumpanzee presidency would be like it's important to just go beyond Mussolini, Hitler and even Putin. I've suggested looking at how quickly Turkish autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdoğan moved to consolidate power in the aftermath of a half-assed coup attempt-- seizing control of the media, the judiciary, the army and any other institution that could be the source of dissent.