Neo-Cons have always wanted "some form of national health insurance"

“Some form of national health insurance” was a critical piece of the “conservative welfare state” laid out by Kristol…the conservative welfare state is laid out in part 1 of my expose, the national health insurance piece is laid out in part 2… Neo-Conservatism the Autobiography of an Idea, part 1 Neo-Conservatism the Autobiography of an … Read more

Look at Russia! (or anywhere else-but definitely not at North Korea or Yemen)

The noise surrounding North Korea is getting louder every day. I know we’ve heard noise from that sector in the past, but it’s definitely ramping up. I noticed it several months ago (December 1, 2016, #WTWOF North Korean Missile Crisis?) and again a few days ago (March 3, 2017: Is “Well-Outside the Mainstream” Newspeak for … Read more

Say what you want about Jeff Sessions…

Start at 3:13 – you can speed it up too…I remembered this back-and-forth but I had forgotten that Sessions actually acknowledges Congress’s role in war-making. What Panetta is saying-without-saying-it is that he considers treaties to trump the Constitution. This can be argued given what seems to be ambiguity in the language in the Constitution, but … Read more

Is "Well-Outside the Mainstream" Newspeak for OUT OF HER FREAKIN' MIND???

While all eyes are on Russia, is Trump’s “Deputy” National Security Advisor, former Kissinger staffer and current member of the Council on Foreign Relations, KT McFarland actively pursuing war with North Korea, or at least knowingly provoking China? White House Options on North Korea Include Use of Military Force The strategy review comes as recent events … Read more

A rabbit hole too far?

I’m going to say this is too far down the rabbit hole, but what if the Oscars mix-up was a psyop with symbolic meaning? Here are the dots I could connect, but then I really would have to put on a tin-foil  hat, so let’s just keep it in the realm of the theoretical and … Read more

McMaster DOES Need Senate Confirmation After All

The circus act that was National Security Advisor Flynn’s record-breaking rise and fall surely had some purpose. My guess was it was to get a controversial pick into the role and when John Bolton was floated as a possible replacement alongside the toxic, scandal-ridden generals Alexander and Petraeus, I thought he was the real choice. … Read more

#WTWOF: Afghanistan for DynCorp?

What to Watch Out For: The New York Times recently reported that financier Steve Feinberg would be helping President Trump “assess” US intelligence agencies. Feinberg was the founder of Cerberus which is the owner of DynCorp, a major IT provider to the US government that got hit hard when Obama started winding down military operations … Read more