Gonzo Geopolitics

[stonefruit]

(how is this for a new thread?)

It is not the freshest news. But it is still breaking, people are still absorbing it ,and it all till needs context.

The filthy greedheads and the doomed can't have exclusive rights to this news territory. The insane and the loyal opposition must have their say as well.

My take - the Russian armada is going to bomb the living fuck out of Aleppo.  Not so much to help Assad as to show they can still break shit, and still matter in one of their few areas of influence outside of Russia. 

Sebostabol/Crimea alreadytaken and those pieces are swatted off the chess board.

Then they will pass through the Suez canal to a favorite area of contemporary interest - the south china sea, to dock at the "chinese" island. 

They will refit at Vizag (a top indian navy base), go hover around the "chinese" island in the spratleys, maybe some commando/fast boat/SEAL type training with the chinese there. then they go right by the senkaku islands on the way to vladivostick for winter.

just to show the world the BRICS aint nobody to fuck with. 

Turkish PM Erdogan just "cleaned house," by firing about 40,000 people in government and shooting a

few hundred security, military and intelligence staff accused of being Gulen supporters.  some probably were, some probably were not, and Gulen's infleunce is not as profound as the govt makes it out to be. but he just bought himself 5 more years of unchallengable rule. and the ability to flip turkey out of NATO into the BRICS. I think it is very possible and could happen suddenly if it does.

Then much of eastern europe NATO (esp former ussr/Warsaw Pact) all quit too - because it is a stupid antiquated instiution that has not had a rational strategic reason of existence since the fall of the Berlin wall.  nato is not world's army the blue hats in the UN are.

Timing - Putin put them at sea when he knew he would have a four month window of no real response from usa because of the  elections.

They will have proved they are back as a true blue sea navy, anf kicked some ass, and shored up crucial geostrategic along the way.

I feel no portence of WWIII but instead feel this is a macho country saying "we be back motherfucka!"

and the advanced cyber and ground/space/ship-to-shore warfare eqpt of china, russia (less so india) is getting really good, and hits all the achilles heels of nato/USSA, efficiently, cheaply, and on the button.

[pan]

The postmodern condition has made truth relative. The Manichean choice is to believe nothing or to believe all.  Or, as most do, believe what fits one's own metanarrative of the world. Truth is what we choose to believe.

It is impossible to prove a negative, therefore there can be no proof that pizzagate isn't real. And "why not" we intone? It could be real. There are horrible people who do horrible things and this is about "protecting the children" after all....right?

Meanwhile.....in plain sight....Trump is filling the Cabinet with truly satanic beings who are hell bent upon fucking the entire planet.

[BO]

The truth is now what the government wants us to believe.

Say goodbye to the first amendment...

Senate Quietly Passes The "Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-coun...

I wonder if schools will continue to teach kids they still live in a democracy. 

[pan]

And then there is Julian Assange who is using wikileaks to defend himself against rape charges by besmirching the alleged victim....

[waldopaper]

But somebody's finally shutting down a panopticon.  

[waldopaper]

It's easy to be totally aghast at Trump's choices for cabinet, etc.  But watch closely the Vampire Squid who's supposed to be the "adult in the room."  Watch VS "convert" Trump to Jebuz very soon.  Then it will get really loony as mega droughts and fires become "God's Vengeance" ala Westboro Baptist.   

[pan]

Always thought Pence was the truly scary mutha.

[waldopaper]

Well shit- how did i ever get by without Bugout News?  Well- some things are obvious.  Like rich shitpokes and their bunker mentality.  So who is Mike Adams... and what is Natural News?  (seems like some kinda oxymoron to me)  Specifically- who the hell are "The Leftists" the "wingnuts" are always talking about?  Maybe i look a moonbat... and sometimes feel like a Hard Green.  

Better start reading more stuff HERE.  

[BO]

On my most optimistic days, I figure the future will look like this...

More likely, there won't be anyone left. But the process of making creating a bugout space could help with depression. I guess.

Personally, I believe our march toward killing ourselves has always been about over-population. There were 2.5 billion peeps on the planet when I was born. Now there are 7.5 billion. There's simply too many rats in the cage. I'm surprised humans have continued to exist this long already.

That said, I need to get off my ass and put my own bugout kit in order. 

[pan]

I guess this is what a postmodern, posthuman dark age is.

[waldopaper]

More good stuff from Vinay Gupta... the Hexayurt guy.  

[waldopaper]

You have to develop a black gallows-type of humor while watching this slow-motion train wreck: a lame Reagan 1.5 do-over except with lots more corruption and open bribery. Be sure to gin up another phony war on something... that always works.

According to biased liberal Jonah Goldberg in that left-wing rag National Review: 
"It’s pretty obvious to me that the irrational bias here runs the other way. If I say Trump is sometimes right and sometimes wrong and you say “Shut up! He’s a genius in everything!” an objective observer would probably think you’re the biased one."

And of course the fact that Dump had no concept of the type(s) of aircraft or terms of contract is just another commie media plot to undermine tweeter-in-chief.
Oh yeah- and don't forget "b-b-but OBAMA..."

What you have witnessed was a corporate coup d’état. It's over. They won. 
"It’s not new. If you look at the collapse of past civilisations ... you get an oligarchic elite that retreats into sanctuaries and drives the population harder and harder in order to maintain the staggering level of consumption at the upper levels." (Chris Hedges)
It's not that we didn't see it coming... and we can't say nobody warned us. Commodify learning. Kill the Arts. You get sell phonies and stone hearts. Planet cooking... oceans dying: the future we deserve is here.

You never know it's a bugout bag until you bug out.  Turned out to be a Osprey Meridian and Flapjack day pack.  Got on the train.  Haven't looked back.  

[waldopaper]

NDAA 2013: Congress approves domestic deceptive propaganda

So what- they made it legal before they made it illegal?  This is related somehow to #pizzagate... i'm just not sure how.  

I am definitely back in the closet with 911.  And here's the difference: the kind of shit #pizzagate reveals is just the "normal" human depravity that refugees from climate/ oil wars experience every day.  

The difference, methinks, is state-sponsored-terrorism.