John Mearsheimer: Ukraine War Is a Long-Term Danger
July 31, 2023
From The GrayZone John Mearsheimer, the eminent political scientist who has warned for years that NATO’s Ukraine policy would lead to disaster, joins Aaron Maté to assess the state of the Ukraine proxy war and the dangers ahead. Transcript is available at TheGrayzone.com. Support the Greyzone’s original journalism at Patreon.
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Senate Passes $886 Billion NDAA: No Audits Necessary
July 31, 2023
President Joe wants no audit of the billions in weapons of mass Ukrainian death provided in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). His compliant Senate majority gave him every buck of the 886 billion bucks he requested to wage US exceptionalism round the world. Besides ravaging the life of millions in dozens of countries […]
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When Oppenheimer Misled the Media on Trinity ‘Junket’
July 31, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Above: Catchy gospel tune, “Atomic Telephone,” from 1951, as the U.S. developed its H-bomb. I guess they could have called it “Atomic Teller-phone.” In the latest box office report, Barbie continues to top Oppie by 2-to-1 but Variety observes: “Christopher Nolan’s dark historical […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Oppenheimer and the Morality of Nuclear Weapons Testing guest Patrick MacFarlane
July 31, 2023
On COI #450, Pat MacFarlane returns to the show to discuss his new documentary, Oppenheimer. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Bleeding America Dry: Senate Passes MASSIVE Military Spending Bill
July 31, 2023
From today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Late last week the US Senate overwhelmingly passed another huge military spending bill while rejecting any oversight over how the money is spent. The Empire must be funded! Meanwhile US troops in Niger are nervously watching a military coup against the US-backed regime. Finally: Why won’t Biden give Secret […]
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Could the US Realistically Use Taiwan To Fight a Proxy War With China?
July 31, 2023
John V. Walsh is an antiwar writer who is well versed on China. Recently, he wrote an article titled “Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation.” Insane, yes, but it is also a blazing sign of desperation. A plethora of American words and actions touching on mainland China reveal a jittery seat of empire — nervous […]
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Gerontocracy and the Decline of the US Empire
July 30, 2023
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. A year ago, I asked whether Joe Biden and Donald Trump were too old to serve as president. Recently, concerns about advanced age and failing health have come to the fore in Congress. Senator Diane Feinstein, 90 years old, recently had to be told by her aides […]
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When Oppenheimer Visited Japan
July 30, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A headline on Washington Post story today: ‘Disturbing’ decline in global nuclear security, watchdog says. Nuclear security risks are rising for the first time in a decade, according to an annual index released Tuesday by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a Washington-based watchdog nonprofit […]
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Inside a Mound in Hiroshima
July 29, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A reminder (inadequately supplied by Oppenheimer) of what happened at the other end of the bomb in Hiroshima. Based on my visit. Excerpted from my book Atomic Cover-up. In the northwestern corner of the Peace Park, amid a quiet grove of trees, the […]
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Biden Should Not Pursue Saudi-Israeli Normalization
July 28, 2023
Tom Friedman oversells the significance of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia: First, a U.S.-Saudi security pact that produces normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state – while curtailing Saudi-China relations – would be a game changer for the Middle East, bigger than the Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. […]
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