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That's All Folks! (Redux)

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 Thanks to Saint Jimmy (Russian American) for recommending this article... That's All Folks! (Redux) CJ HOPKINS Well, what do you know, it looks like we’ve got another “CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY” on our hands. Yes, that’s right, folks, THE VERY FABRIC OF DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE … again! Which means (surprise!) that it’s probably time to declare another STATE OF EMERGENCY and take some sort of EMERGENCY MEASURES to protect humanity from LITERAL FASCISM, or RUSSIA, or CHEAP FAKES, or a VIRUS … or whatever. I didn’t watch the presidential debate — it took place at 2AM here in Germany — but I watched as much as I could stand the following morning, and I read a few headlines in the corporate press, and … well,  it appears that’s it for Biden . Normally, at this point, I would pen a column full of colorful adjectives and gratuitous adverbials skewering the entire spectacle, but (a) lots of others are doing that — albeit sans the gratuitous adverbials — and (b)  I’m still on medical leave , and u

The global world order is centralized at levels above the nation-state

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  The global world order is centralized at levels above the nation-state The illusions of a transition from a "unipolar" U.S. to "multi-polar" BRICS order NEOLIBERAL FEUDALISM Until you know who has lent what to whom, you know nothing whatever of politics, you know nothing whatever of history, you know nothing of international wrangles. - Ezra Pound In the 2022 Brazil presidential election Brazil’s version of the deep state successfully rigged the election against popular populist Bolsonaro,   running the same strategy   that they had deployed against Trump in America. Protesters   had their funds stolen   from their bank accounts and they were held down and   forcibly COVID vaccinated against their will   and then jailed. Lula, the globohomo candidate, immediately announced that Brazil   would begin de-dollarization efforts . Lawfare efforts   commenced against Bolsonaro   and he fled the country. During the 2022 Canadian Freedom Convoy protests against COVID vacci