The Post-Partisan Emporium

Putin: Destined to Hang or Drown? Tom Luongo As we end this third week of World War III it’s becoming clear that the West’s end-game strategy is now regime change in Russia. As the money and weapons pour into Ukraine the Ukrainian Flag further morphs into the 21st century’s version of  ‘Old Shoe,’  all around the Twittersphere. Zelenskyy’s even been invited to the Oscar’s for pity’s sake. If you were ever in doubt about this,  just watch Senator Lindsey Graham (Neocon – SC) triple-down on assassinating a world leader. Speaking at a press conference, Graham said “I hope he will be taken out, one way or the other,” adding “I don’t care how they take him out. I don’t care if we send him to The Hague and try him. I just want him to go.” “It’s time for him to go,”  Graham further said of Putin,  echoing Joe Biden’s blurted remarks  that “He’s a war criminal.” “I  wish somebody had taken Hitler out in the ’30s.  So yes, Vladimir Putin is not a legitimate leader. He is a war criminal.” Graham

The NYT Now Admits the Biden Laptop -- Falsely Called "Russian Disinformation" -- is Authentic The media outlets which spread this lie from ex-CIA officials never retracted their pre-election falsehoods, ones used by Big Tech to censor reporting on the front-runner. Glenn Greenwald President Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter Biden (L) on stage after delivering remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 7, 2020. (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) One of the most successful disinformation campaigns  in modern American electoral history occurred in the weeks prior to the 2020 presidential election. On October 14, 2020 — less than three weeks before Americans were set to vote — the nation's oldest newspaper,  The New York Post , began  publishing a series  of  reports about the business dealings of the Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden  and his son, Hunter, in countries in which Biden, as Vice President, wielded considerable influence (including Ukraine and C

COVID AND THE LANDFILL DAY LABORERS You may have watched some documentary or other about people who survive by scavenging food, metals or other materials from Third World garbage dumps. It’s an easy target for filmmakers: one location and plenty of sadly compelling visuals and characters. Last week, I had an open day at my regular job. So I worked at the 300 acre Edgeboro Landfill, which rises 15 stories above the rivers and flatlands at its East Brunswick, NJ base. I spent seven-plus hours picking up pieces of plastic, styrofoam, insulation and other dross that would otherwise be windblown into surrounding areas, and stuffing it into black, 30 gallon Hefty bags. Fundamentally, the work resembled one of those Earth Day volunteer walks, where suburban people go to urban neighborhoods and, along with residents, pick up litter left by other residents. Though my work took more time, and I got paid for it. A landfill smells way worse than does a city street. The odor comes from mercaptans;

Reimagining Political Economy John Michael Greer Over the last couple of months I’ve discussed the way that contemporary industrial societies struggle under the weight of a disastrous failure of imagination. That’s among the most potent and disturbing political facts of our time.  Even though the existing order of society has proven to be a miserable failure in terms of every human value, and is cracking apart around us as we watch, an astonishing number of people have lost the ability to imagine any alternative to it that doesn’t duplicate all its worst features. Now of course there are reasons for this. I’m thinking here, to begin with, of  a thoughtful recent essay  by Eve Ettinger challenging the current popular notion of “burnout.” Ettinger spent twenty years in an abusive religious environment and, like many survivors of experiences of that kind, came out of it with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). Her essay notes that many of the people she knows who complain of