In reality, Australia is not arming itself against China to protect itself from China. Australia is arming itself against China to protect itself from the United States.

Reading by Tim Foley.

On War With China, Australia Is Caught Between A Rock And A Pentagon

ATTENTION JOURNALISTS:

It is never, ever acceptable, under any circumstances, to cite think tanks funded by governments and the military industrial complex as sources of information or expertise on matters of national security or foreign affairs.

If you do cite them (and, again, don't), then at the very least you need to disclose the conflict of interest their funding causes in your reporting, and you need to make it abundantly clear to your audience that it is a conflict of interest.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Empire-Funded Think Tanks Are Not Valid Sources

We're so far under Washington's thumb that we're not even allowed to know if there are American nukes in our country, and our own government can't even advocate in defense of its own citizen when he's being persecuted for the crime of good journalism.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Australia Isn't A Nation, It's A US Military Base With Kangaroos

“Just today, Brazil, the largest country in the Western Hemisphere, cut a trade deal with China," said Rubio. "They're going to, from now on, do trade in their own currencies, get right around the dollar. They're creating a secondary economy in the world totally independent of the United States. We won't have to talk about sanctions in five years, because there'll be so many countries transacting in currencies other than the dollar that we won't have the ability to sanction them."

Reading by Tim Foley.

Marco Rubio Accidentally Makes A Great Argument Against US Dollar Hegemony

So it is a bit funny that John Lansing is now cited complaining about NPR being labeled "state-affiliated media" on Twitter, given that he has devoted his life to promulgating US state-affiliated media. NPR receives funding from the US government, consistently advances the information interests of the US government, and is routinely run by professional propagandists of the US government. You could spend hours of your life just reading through Fair.org's "NPR" section to see the many, many ways that platform has exhibited wild biases to grease the wheels of the US empire. If NPR is not state-affiliated media, then nobody is.

Reading by Tim Foley.

For The Record, NPR Absolutely Is US State Propaganda

Too much interesting stuff happening in the life of the empire to cover in just one article today, so we're doing a three-in-one wrap-up.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Copbots, MSM Compliance, And McCaul's Embarrassing Taiwan Admission

You couldn't design a more effective totalitarian dystopia than the one we're in right now. One where everyone's brainwashed by propaganda without even knowing it, where everyone thinks, acts, votes and shops exactly as their rulers want them to, all while thinking they are free.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Totalitarian Dystopia Is Already Here

People shouldn't be punished for revealing the secrets of the government, governments should be punished for keeping secrets from the people.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Free Those Who Expose Government Misdeeds, Jail Those Who Try To Conceal Them

The Biden administration's Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says "weaponized" the First Amendment rights of Americans.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans For "Weaponized" Free Speech

The US has been increasingly treating Taiwan like a sovereign nation with whom diplomatic relationships and alliances can be formed, in violation of its longstanding One-China policy that has kept the peace for decades. And I just think it's worth noting that the western media who've lately been condoning these moves became outraged at Donald Trump just a few years ago for doing the same thing to a far lesser degree.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Reminder: The Media Once Bashed Trump For Transgressing The One-China Policy The US Now Spits On

Verrrrrry much looking forward to a couple of October days in Suffolk playing and musicking with two favourite musicians @kate-gallaher and @stellato-strings. I'm mucking around today tapping into the iceberg that is Logic Pro learning how to edit and cut and do effects effectively. Blimey there's so much room in this universe. This is me taking some long notes of @kate-gallaher playing Handel and going wobbly. I'm pleased with this experiment on a train back from Stoke today :))

This is my response to this week's @naviarrecords Haiku prompt. Here's more info about that:

Lazing in shadows,
Conceding the drawing room
to moonrays

Natsume Seibi (1749-1816) was the son of a wealthy Edo rice broker and was acquainted with a number of other famous poets, including Oshima Ryota and Kobayashi Issa. In addition to his poetry, Seibi left behind a number of fine examples of haikai prose. 

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 6th September 2023

Haiku by Natsume Seibi

Picture by Sebastian Mark https://unsplash.com/photos/L7T7afz-eTc

drawing (naviarhaiku504)

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans For "Weaponized" Free Speech

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