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Heavy City Rain, Pt. 9

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Vividly Rain, Pt. 11

Pelosi's insane escalation is finding support from some of the worst people on this planet, many of them from the other side of America's illusory political divide.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Warmongering Republicans Have Throbbing Hard-Ons For Pelosi's Taiwan Trip

Hawks always say our geopolitical situation resembles that of 1938 so that any call for de-escalation, diplomacy or detente can be portrayed as "appeasement". It's never 1919, when the conditions which would give rise to World War Two were put in place, or any of the early 20th century years when the trajectory toward World War One could have easily been turned away from.

Reading by Tim Foley.

For Warmongers It's Always 1938

Joe Nathan James Jr was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, against the wishes of his victim's family. He was the eighth person to be put to death in the United States so far this year, and the second from Alabama.

In the moments leading up to his gruesome murder by the state, a news reporter was forced to change her outfit by the Alabama Department of Corrections, because her skirt and her open-toe high-heeled shoes were considered too revealing.

Yes, while a man was being strapped down to meet his end in the world's largest prison system at the hands of a governmental institution designed to serve power rather than justice, Ivana Shatara's skirt and shoes were deemed by authorities to be the most offensive thing going on in that moment.

And it was arguably the most American thing that has ever happened.

Reading by Tim Foley.

In The US You Can't Witness An Execution If Your Skirt Is Too Revealing

Western civilization is a story of full bellies and starving hearts. Of a feast of information and a famine of truth. Of conveyor belts churning out processed food, conformity-enforcing media and power-serving culture. Enough food to stay alive but not enough sustenance to live.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Trapped In The Slaughterhouse

The Times has published an article titled "Lady Gaga embodies everything China fears," subtitled "The singer’s uncompromising individuality makes her a serious threat to the mass imposition of cultural conformity through censorship," and its contents are exactly as horrifyingly idiotic as you would imagine.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Westerners Think They Are Free-Thinking Individualists And It's Effing Adorable

Breathe Slowly

Haunting Soundscapes for Relaxation, Pt. 27

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