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This morning after I learned that China was threatening to shoot down Pelosi's jet, I called every single Washington State Representative and told them I hold both Democrats and Republicans responsible for allowing a dangerous Speaker to escalate war with yet another nuclear power. I said I haven't heard anyone in opposition! Not one peep. We are being "led" by psychopaths.

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I just listened to Tucker Carlson, and I think you didn't. He's been criticizing Biden's insane warmongering but he's also been criticizing the Republicans.

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Tucker Carlson CONDEMNS Pelosi's trip to Taiwan...accuses both dems and republicans of pushing for a hot war with China...he has also spoken out against mandatory covidiot clot shots...something you NEVER even mention...lies by omission...https://www.foxnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-biden-admin-provoking-war-china

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Aug 2, 2022Liked by Caitlin Johnstone

Yup, tell me about it, I have a relative that's been calling me a, "Chink lover", for over a year now. Certainly, psychologically ready for war. And, if you remember the Krump iron works in Germany that pledged their support to the Nazis and is greatly praised by many as having given the Germans the means by which to build an army, was taken as retribution after the war and given to the Krump family in America. Which, were my relative lives is where a wealthy Krump family lives and owns Cummins engines, if you've ever heard of them. So, big surprise; as Buffy Saint Marie sang, "big wheel turn and turn, little wheel spin and spin. Same town as our last vice president came from. Coincidence?

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I'm thinking a lot of Pelosi's bluster about solidarity with Taiwan is just that. The US, especially lately, has a habbit of getting its dick out and threatening to fuck everyone in the room. Only to zip up after being told to shut up. I think Pelosi will pull out at the eleventh hour for "reasons".

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I just wanted to say I don’t give a fuck why or what the reason is. I CARE ABOUT HUMAN LIFE THAT NO ONE IS STATING IS A FACTOR AT ALL IN THE JUSTIFICATION IN ALL THIS! I mean it’s disgusting that the loss of human life is NEVER mentioned or cared about in all this bullshit. WHEN DID THEY FORGET THEY WORK FOR US! I AM 100% that NONE of us asked to die for ur pride or greed. SMH

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I to am a boomer and I agree with your dad that war is an unnatural horror. I am ashamed to be an American. Our government is run by sociopaths, and many are still living in their dream state. Their matrix.

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I don’t agree with you much anymore, but about the fact “conservatives” are supporting a senile, drunken, cunt’s visit to Taiwan is all the evidence one needs that all of DC is controlled by demons.

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Thank you for putting my thoughts to words. If we survive the asinine & dangerous antics of Pelosi, Biden, and the others who love war, let's hope we can somehow create a better world that isn't based on profits & power.

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You can still take paypal as a tip. Ergo not censored by big tech. Says it all for me. There's a cabal all right. Tucker calls it, you miss characterize him. It's not so much whether Ccp bashing is warranted as whether the administration's escallating conflicts serve their purposes vis a vis the midterms. Getting into wars for more authoritarian control, when the voters aren't supporting them?

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It’s been said that a window on the soul is provided by examining the things people lie about.

More recently and more subtly the same can be said for things that should be reported but are not.

1) So military rape? One in ten American female soldiers have been raped by one or more of their colleagues , and if they report their careers are effectively over ( Army’s own data). WaPo? One story no follow up in several years.

2) US longevity passed by Cuba? Not a word. Passed by China this year. Not a word.

3) Appalling adolescent educational attainment scores (PISA). The US is as far behind China as Kazakhstan is trailing the US. Vague allusions. No major story on this five-alarm fire.

But lots of hopeful talk about how the US will outcompete China.

So this am I posted in WaPo, in response to another silly Marc Thiessen article, that he’s in WaPo to flatter Biden with his incoherent articles. Deleted. This adds to the overwhelming impression that WaPo is all about re-electing Dems to the exclusion of real news affecting the taxpayer.

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A full-scale war with China could possibly bring about the end of life on Earth.

Who will the psychopaths in bunkers rule over, and steal from then?

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I have been watching Jimmy Dore's show about Nancy Pelosi's insane trip.

About a third of the comments hope that China would shoot her broomstick down (I do, too, and thank you, China); about a third don't know what to think; and one-third are the blithering warmongers you describe.

The comment that got my ire the most was the one that said that Jimmy's "pacifism" kept him from cheering on World War III. I responded that killing life on the planet was admirable, but "pacifism" - wanting peace - was deplorable? I told OP that he needed to get his critical thinking skills adjusted.

I've been admiring your work on propaganda for a long time, and I refer everyone I can to your website to see for themselves. Why try to paraphrase when they can get it better from the maestro?

You taught me to understand the phenomenon of modern propaganda. Thank you. Keep it coming.

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I wish that this were not true. But it is. In today's Age - no less than 3 articles warning us about China's aggression. And Jim Molan, former major general in the Australian army and now Liberal Senator for NSW, has written a lovely book, warning us all of the likelihood of China attacking the USA and Australia - a surprise attack, like Pearl Harbour.

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You are a rare voice that talks sense

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They also must have a major war every generation or so because war is the single best generator of profit for the international banking cartel and its members. As they have done for centuries, bankers bankroll both sides of any war and collect massive profits from those efforts, Even if feckless and clueless politicians had difficulty coming up with reasons to go to war, the thoroughly corrupt international bankers would help them to find reasons to do so. It is relatively easy to blame brain-dead politicians and deep state operatives and arms manufacturers and their ilk for the continuation of war, but too few people understand the critical role played by the international banking cartel.

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