שרון גל - 02-01-22 - שעה ראשונה

פליישמן ורועי- שעה ראשונה- 03-03-22

I've been watching The John Wayne Gacy Tapes on Netflix, which features previously unheard recordings of the serial killer known as "The Killer Clown" who murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970s. I wasn't able to finish it because I don't have that kind of stomach, but what jumped out at me listening to him was the way he talked about how much he loved power and what an easy time he had manipulating his way up the ladders of political influence.

Really makes you think about how many psychopaths who are just a little bit more functional must be in politics today, on all levels. Psychopaths who are deeply messed up inside but not quite so messed up that they enjoy strangling teenage boys to death after raping and torturing them. Or if they are that messed up they're clever enough to avoid getting caught. Or if they are that messed up and not clever enough to avoid getting caught, but their fetish for murder and suffering is satiated by something that's considered politically acceptable in our society, like war.

Reading by Tim Foley.

On Psychopathy, Power, Empire And Ego

As we hydroplane toward the brink of nuclear armageddon while Bono and the Edge play U2 songs in Kyiv, it's probably worth taking a moment to highlight the fact that this entire war could have been avoided if the US had simply pledged military protection for Zelensky against the far right extremists who were threatening to lynch him if he enacted the peacemaking policies he was elected to enact.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Article with links: https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-us-couldve-prevented-this-war?s=w

The US Could've Prevented This War Just By Protecting Kyiv From Nazis

Celebrities have been particularly odious empire sycophants these last few days, and it's probably worth taking a moment to reflect on what's going on when that happens.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Celebrities Are Such Scumbags Because They're Invested In The Status Quo

On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard  Wolff discuss the shortage of infant formula and how the capitalist  economy isn't structured to take into consideration the survival needs  even of babies.

Professor  Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization  Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Capitalism Is Bad for Babies: What's Behind the Infant Formula Crisis?

British empire smut rag The Times has a new article out titled "Azov Battalion drops neo-Nazi symbol exploited by Russian propagandists," which has got to be the most hilarious headline of 2022 so far (and I'm including The Onion and other intentionally funny headlines in the running).

Reading by Tim Foley.

Empire Solves Ukraine's Nazi Problem With A Logo Change

Many of the people you'll run into online or in person who defend imperial narratives from your criticisms aren't doing so because they believe the US-centralized empire is awesome and great, they're doing so because it's much more comfortable than confronting the possibility that their entire worldview is made of lies.

Reading by Tim Foley.

People Who Defend Empire Narratives Are Really Just Defending Their Worldview From Destruction

Slow Jams is an event that happens every Monday at the Woodbridge Pub in Detroit Mi that is 13 years old and running. All vinyl records every single week!

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Slow Jams Vol.992 - Eastside Jon - All Vinyl DJ Set - Live at Slow Jams - 8.22.22

Just after midnight I was awoken by a loud crack of thunder and within a minute or two there was torrential rain and frequent thunder and lightning. My daughter bless her woke up to tell me I should record it (she knows me well) but I was already on it, setting up the rig.

I placed my rig outside in a space under a fir tree that seems to stay perpetually dry, which allowed for this outside but waterproof perspective.

It was too cloudy to see any actual lightning bolts but the picture is a moment I managed to photograph at the moment of one of the strikes lighting the sky up.

Torrent

The EuclRhymic Chromaticon | Octave Leap

The Euclidean Chromaticon | Octave Leap - disquiet0564

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