I consider this malarkey. JFK was a cold warrior who escalated in Vietnam and never even considered withdrawing. Through his careless sexual escapades he subjected himself to blackmail by the military industrial complex. There's almost nothing to support RFK Jr.'s characterization of his uncle's record. If Jr. is going to run on that record, it is a sign RFK Jr. is trouble, trouble, trouble.
He sees an opportunity, and as a smart politician, he's going to grab for it. I don't blame him there. He can also count on a fawning mass media to give him a free pass and not vet his family record, or his own. (Grandpa's pro-Nazi stance prior to WWII has never blemished the great myths.)
I wonder about the guy's mental health, too.
Notice something quavering in his speech and delivery. What is that? I don't think it is nothing. It is not normal.
I came back here to see what you were doing and hoping you might offer some insight into the war in Ukraine. McGregor and some of the others, who seemed credible to me, haven't been exactly on target. But who has been? I consider the whole thing very, very strange and unsettling. It is something very serious, not treated as very serious, somehow. There's still, for me, a sense it could easily become uncontrollable and a wide-scale disaster.
Hey, Yusef, thanks for dropping by. Since the tiny minds at Google who presume to regulate my "free speach" restored my access to this blog, I resumed commenting -- mainly in the hope or clarifying my own mind, but a conversation can be more productive than solitary rumination.
As you say, McGregor seems credible, yet he has proved wrong in his predictions of Russian actions in Ukraine. First, he said the Russians were to move when the ground froze, but they didn't, perhaps because the ground didn't freeze. Then the Russians were to move in April or June when the ground dried, but so far they haven't.
The reason McGregor has been wrong may be that he still views the conflict as between Russia and Ukraine, albeit aided by US-NATO, whereas the Russians see the conflict as between themselves and US-NATO.
That McGregor has proved wrong may explain why, although remarkably articulate and a distinguished warrior, he is not a general.
My view, for what little it is worth, is that the Russians see the 2014 Fascist coup in Kyiv as the prelude to an American project for global hegemony. So for the Russians, the main issue is not Nazis in Kyiv, but the Neocon puppet masters in Wasington intent on the destruction of the thousand-year-old Russian state, the movement of NATO all the way to the Chinese border and the ultimate subjugation of China.
In that context, Russia's present position in Ukraine may be deemed optimal. Most of the Russian speakers of Ukraine are under Russian jurisdiction, and Ukraine/NATO have to travel a long way across a field of mud to get at the Russians.
No, US-NATO appears intent on a provocation with a Ukrainian dirty nuke device. The Russian response will be taken to justify direct NATO intervention. In that case, WW3 will be on. That's when the hundreds of tactical nukes the Russians have moved into Belarus will, with the US response, reduce central Europe to a radioactive waste-land.
I strongly suspect you're right. It's almost as if we're sleepwalking. Our leaders (or do I mean our algorithms--AI is here!) are wholly unsuited to prevent us this terrible mistake.
To the leadership of the people operating the puppet Biden -- Blinken, the fat frump Newland at the State Department, the military/congressional complex -- World war is not a mistake, it's an exciting and necessary development in advancing American world hegemony. Ukraine's failure in the war with Russia provides the opportunity for US-NATO enter into a war to dismember Russia and advance to the borders of China.
The project for global empire also explains the denigration of whte people in America. The world empire will be borderless, multi-racial and multi-colored.
Back during the pandemic you posted links to RFK, Jr.'s thoughts on vaccines.
I can't remember the precise issue, but have a vague recollection he talked about false claims made by Moderna about its vaccines. He mentioned he might take legal action.
I was curious about that. I contacted him at:
rfk@forthepeople.com
My question was straightforward. I wanted to know if he had gone forward, and if so, what was happening. A staff member could have replied.
No reply.
That always bothers me. I expect some reply. I do get replies from people just as important and busy as RFK, Jr.
The "false opposition" play no longer works very well on me.
Yes, at one time, nearly everyone, however important, replied to letters from the public (or more often had a subordinate reply for them). Now jerks such as Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, don't reply to letters, faxes, or emails raising legitimate questons about Google's handling of the correspondent's own communications via Google-controlled media.
This manifest contempt for the little people reflects the ongoing abandonment of democratic ideals as a basis for social organization.
As for RFK, Jr., maybe he's just disorganized, although for someone campaigning to be president, that is not a good excuse.
That was one of the interesting things about RFK,Sr. He was actually a pretty good political organizer. I recall from Arthur Schlesinger's biography of him how he had been allowed to follow Adlai Stevenson around during Stevenson's failed campaigns for president. He kept a notebook I think he called, "How not to run a campaign."
I also remember, from the same biography, how Joseph Kennedy loved Joe McCarthy and even got RFK,Sr. a place on McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee staff investigating communist infiltration into the US government.
Wild.
If nothing else, another Kennedy in the White House would be good for a laugh---
I consider this malarkey. JFK was a cold warrior who escalated in Vietnam and never even considered withdrawing. Through his careless sexual escapades he subjected himself to blackmail by the military industrial complex. There's almost nothing to support RFK Jr.'s characterization of his uncle's record. If Jr. is going to run on that record, it is a sign RFK Jr. is trouble, trouble, trouble.
ReplyDeleteHe sees an opportunity, and as a smart politician, he's going to grab for it. I don't blame him there. He can also count on a fawning mass media to give him a free pass and not vet his family record, or his own. (Grandpa's pro-Nazi stance prior to WWII has never blemished the great myths.)
I wonder about the guy's mental health, too.
Notice something quavering in his speech and delivery. What is that? I don't think it is nothing. It is not normal.
You make RFK sound like the perfect Democrat to perpetuate Biden's Neocon war on Russia and program for the destruction of the American nation state.
ReplyDeleteI came back here to see what you were doing and hoping you might offer some insight into the war in Ukraine. McGregor and some of the others, who seemed credible to me, haven't been exactly on target. But who has been? I consider the whole thing very, very strange and unsettling. It is something very serious, not treated as very serious, somehow. There's still, for me, a sense it could easily become uncontrollable and a wide-scale disaster.
ReplyDeleteHey, Yusef, thanks for dropping by. Since the tiny minds at Google who presume to regulate my "free speach" restored my access to this blog, I resumed commenting -- mainly in the hope or clarifying my own mind, but a conversation can be more productive than solitary rumination.
ReplyDeleteAs you say, McGregor seems credible, yet he has proved wrong in his predictions of Russian actions in Ukraine. First, he said the Russians were to move when the ground froze, but they didn't, perhaps because the ground didn't freeze. Then the Russians were to move in April or June when the ground dried, but so far they haven't.
The reason McGregor has been wrong may be that he still views the conflict as between Russia and Ukraine, albeit aided by US-NATO, whereas the Russians see the conflict as between themselves and US-NATO.
That McGregor has proved wrong may explain why, although remarkably articulate and a distinguished warrior, he is not a general.
My view, for what little it is worth, is that the Russians see the 2014 Fascist coup in Kyiv as the prelude to an American project for global hegemony. So for the Russians, the main issue is not Nazis in Kyiv, but the Neocon puppet masters in Wasington intent on the destruction of the thousand-year-old Russian state, the movement of NATO all the way to the Chinese border and the ultimate subjugation of China.
In that context, Russia's present position in Ukraine may be deemed optimal. Most of the Russian speakers of Ukraine are under Russian jurisdiction, and Ukraine/NATO have to travel a long way across a field of mud to get at the Russians.
That's better than I could do.
ReplyDeleteDo you think US-NATO will be content with stalemate?
No, US-NATO appears intent on a provocation with a Ukrainian dirty nuke device. The Russian response will be taken to justify direct NATO intervention. In that case, WW3 will be on. That's when the hundreds of tactical nukes the Russians have moved into Belarus will, with the US response, reduce central Europe to a radioactive waste-land.
ReplyDeleteHope I'm wrong.
I strongly suspect you're right. It's almost as if we're sleepwalking. Our leaders (or do I mean our algorithms--AI is here!) are wholly unsuited to prevent us this terrible mistake.
DeleteTo the leadership of the people operating the puppet Biden -- Blinken, the fat frump Newland at the State Department, the military/congressional complex -- World war is not a mistake, it's an exciting and necessary development in advancing American world hegemony. Ukraine's failure in the war with Russia provides the opportunity for US-NATO enter into a war to dismember Russia and advance to the borders of China.
DeleteThe project for global empire also explains the denigration of whte people in America. The world empire will be borderless, multi-racial and multi-colored.
DeleteBack during the pandemic you posted links to RFK, Jr.'s thoughts on vaccines.
DeleteI can't remember the precise issue, but have a vague recollection he talked about false claims made by Moderna about its vaccines. He mentioned he might take legal action.
I was curious about that. I contacted him at:
rfk@forthepeople.com
My question was straightforward. I wanted to know if he had gone forward, and if so, what was happening. A staff member could have replied.
No reply.
That always bothers me. I expect some reply. I do get replies from people just as important and busy as RFK, Jr.
The "false opposition" play no longer works very well on me.
Yes, at one time, nearly everyone, however important, replied to letters from the public (or more often had a subordinate reply for them). Now jerks such as Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, don't reply to letters, faxes, or emails raising legitimate questons about Google's handling of the correspondent's own communications via Google-controlled media.
DeleteThis manifest contempt for the little people reflects the ongoing abandonment of democratic ideals as a basis for social organization.
As for RFK, Jr., maybe he's just disorganized, although for someone campaigning to be president, that is not a good excuse.
That was one of the interesting things about RFK,Sr. He was actually a pretty good political organizer. I recall from Arthur Schlesinger's biography of him how he had been allowed to follow Adlai Stevenson around during Stevenson's failed campaigns for president. He kept a notebook I think he called, "How not to run a campaign."
ReplyDeleteI also remember, from the same biography, how Joseph Kennedy loved Joe McCarthy and even got RFK,Sr. a place on McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee staff investigating communist infiltration into the US government.
Wild.
If nothing else, another Kennedy in the White House would be good for a laugh---