democracy illustrated. aught to give you something to think about;

caitlin nails it in this essay. if the empire is successful in extraditing julian assange from britain, there will no longer be any real free speech, or ability of any journalist to speak truth. period;

The propagandists have all gone dead silent on the WikiLeaks founder they previously were smearing with relentless viciousness, because they no longer have an argument. The facts are all in, and yes, it turns out the US government is certainly and undeniably working to exploit legal loopholes to imprison a journalist for exposing its war crimes. That is happening, and there is no justifying it.

So the narrative managers, by and large, have gone silent.

Which is good. Because it gives us an opening to seize control of the narrative.

It’s time to go on the offensive with this. Assange supporters have gotten so used to playing defense that it hasn’t fully occurred to us to go on a full-blown charge. I’ve been guilty of this as well; I’ll be letting myself get bogged down in some old, obsolete debate with someone about some obscure aspect of the Swedish case or something, not realizing that none of that matters anymore. All the narrative manipulations that were used to get Assange to this point are impotent, irrelevant expenditures of energy compared to the fact that we now have undeniable evidence that the US government is working to set a precedent which will allow it to jail any journalist who exposes its misdeeds, and we can now force Assange’s smearers to confront this reality.

“Should journalists be jailed for exposing US war crimes? Yes or no?”

That’s the debate now. Not Russia. Not Sweden. Not whether he followed proper bail protocol or washed his dishes at the embassy. That’s old stuff. That’s obsolete. That’s playing defense.

Now we play offense: “Should journalists be jailed for exposing US war crimes? Yes or no?”

Demand an answer. Call attention to them and demand that they answer. Dig them out of their hidey holes and make them answer this. Drag them out into the light and make them answer this question in front of everyone. Because that is all this is about now..........read more..........

the beer virus is having lots of attending difficulties you don't hear about from your tv. the debt system is a large problem that will have lots of blowback from this. the following article provides some info on how that may play out;

We have been telling you it is all about credit for years … you will soon see the real world reasons why. It is clear the real global economy was already seriously slowing down in Q4 prior to the coronavirus outbreak. Now, China who has been the supplier to the world and the great hope to be the engine of growth to pull the world forward, is all but frozen up.

Within a very short period of time, we will begin to see more and more real world examples of products not being produced which affects downstream ability to get final products to market. The latest example of this is the Audi electric vehicle plant “pausing” production because they cannot procure batteries. Just watch how many other various products cannot and will not be produced in the coming weeks … and remember, businesses have both accounts receivable and accounts payable, not to mention boatloads of DEBT!

As for the coronavirus, all one must do is take a look at the travel and leisure industry. Airlines, resorts, etc., not to mention restaurants and other ancillary businesses have already reported severe drops in traffic, some as much as 30-40%. All of these have both accounts receivable, accounts payable, and debt. Can the industry survive with lower traffic flow? Can the industry survive if even one part of the chain breaks?

Please understand the entire global financial AND real economic systems only function as long as cash flows function. Lack of parts or product means no final sale which means the entire supply chain chokes because the final product is not monetized. This is where accounts payable and receivable come in. How does a business pay another business if they are not being paid? Or how do they pay their bank debt with less or no cash flow? This episode already looks like a chain breaker in not one but several links!

As a reminder, since 2008 (which occurred in the first place because of debt saturation), more and more debt has been piled on the system in an effort to move it forward, the term is “reflate”. The giant Ponzi only worked because interest rates were zeroed out to alleviate debt service. ($17 trillion actually traded at negative rates). Interest rates are now at the lowest level in man’s 5,000 year history. Interest rates are supposed to compensate for risk, how do negative rates compensate for the weakest debt to anything ratios in human history? Complete lunacy is an understatement.

What I am telling you is this, we have a massive credit event directly in front of us because cash flows in and from the real economy are rapidly becoming impaired. Virtually everyone on the planet either owes money or is owed money. Virtually all products delivered as final goods use credit from inception to final delivery. Credit is in the process of breaking down like a domino chain with multiple blocks being tipped in different directions. The result will be, none left standing…

Have you wondered why gold has been very firm since last September? We have tried for years to explain to the public that gold will perform just as well, if not better in deflation as in inflation. Gold (and in particular miners) were the best performers from 1929-1939. The lead up to that period, the greatest buildup of debt ever seen fueled the bubble. The bubble burst and the credit event ensued. Gold (and the miners) performed better than anything else because the world was liquidating credit in an effort to distance from liability. Gold (and silver) were the only currencies WITHOUT LIABILITY! Fear capital fleeing liability, naturally flowed to the only monies without liability, pure asset monies gold and silver. We are about to see a replay, only many magnitudes greater because the debt is magnitudes greater!

Gold sniffed out the cash flow slowdown in September and understood what the repo market was saying, https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/after-breaking-repo-market-jpmorgan-wants-start-using-feds-discount-window-again now it smells further cash flow difficulties. Interesting JP Morgan wants to access the discount window at this moment in time. They say they are acting as benefactor to the banking industry by erasing the “stigma” of direct Fed borrowings. I would ask, benefactor or beggar? Do you really believe they do not need these borrowings?...............read more..........

sent by a friend i include it here. i've seen creatures this size in 'real' life;

i can't argue with this in any way;

guess they forgot to inform those gathered in waco;

las vegas shooting timeline with every shot counted;


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