Friday, October 2, 2026

 pcr and i share the level of contempt we have for the empire's 'criminal justice system'; 

 

In the USA the Criminal Justice System (sic) Commits More Crimes than Criminals

Paul Craig Roberts

Reports I have read have me inclined to believe that there have been far more wrongful arrests from AI facial recognition and flock cameras  than correct arrests.

In a recent wrongful arrest US Marshalls from the Fugitive Task Force showed up in plainclothes outside a Tennessee grandmother’s home demanding that she come out with hands up.  Her grandchildren and visiting neighbors saw a bunch of armed men and had no idea what was occurring.  It was all the fault of a dumbshit cop in Fargo, North Dakota. The Fargo police officer issued an arrest warrant based on no evidence but his deduction from facial identity that the grandmother 1,200 miles away had committed in North Dakota eight bank fraud felonies.

The police officer made no investigation whether the Tennessee grandmother had committed bank fraud in North Dakota. He relied only on AI and on the American system of plea bargaining.

The grandmother, Angela Lipps, spent about 6 months in prison until it became obvious that she had nothing to do with the crimes of which she was wrongly accused by a totally incompetent police officer who issued an arrest warrant without any investigatory evidence to back it.  

Indeed, from the $10 million lawsuit Mrs. Lipps lawyers have filed, we learn that the lazy cop, Luca Heck, “misrepresented the facial recognition results and omitted material exculpatory information and his failure to corroborate Lipps’s connection to the crimes.”..........more...............

 pcr doesn't think the persians have a good handle on the empire; 

 

Iran has published a naive letter to the American People

Paul Craig Roberts

The letter is truthful, a point made early in the letter:

“As the first casualty of the endless wars waged by the US government has without exception been the truth, with the American people perpetually receiving the greatest harm as the result of the US government’s campaign of deception, we wish to highlight some of the facts that are being withheld from the American public. After all, it is the American taxpayers who will have to bear the cost of America’s unjust wars, and so they deserve to know the truth.”

You can read the letter in a number of places, including here:  https://israelpalestinenews.org/irans-revolutionary-guards-publish-letter-to-the-american-people/ 

The problem with the letter is not its truthfulness.  The problem is its naiveté.  The letter shows that the Iranian government has a failed understanding of its proxy enemy that Israel has arranged for Iran to fight, while Israel, the source of the conflict escapes damage from the conflict.

The Iranian letter assumes that America being a democracy the American people have control.  The Iranian government lost in democratic fantasies does not understand that money, not the American people, control the US Government.  When it comes to America’s Middle East policy, the policy is controlled not by the American people or by elections, but by the Israel Lobby and the US military/security complex.

The Israel Lobby has successfully used America for the entirety of the 21st century to fight Israel’s wars for the Zionist Agenda of Greater Israel.  The US military/security complex is highly content with a quarter century of wars for Israel, because the wars against Iraq, Libya, Syria, and now Iran and Lebanon have  contributed to its profits.  The Iranian government’s ridiculous notion that the US government serves the interest of the American people is laughable, and this shows that Iran does not understand its proxy enemy.  Indeed, Iran does not understand the conflict it is in, because it is conducting it against a proxy instead of Iran’s real enemy–Israel.

Russia’s Putin has fallen for the same ploy since 2014.  Russia is wasting its resources and lives of its soldiers and civilians fighting a proxy force of its real enemy. Stupidity of this magnitude is what destroys countries.

How does one explain the complete misperception of reality by the Iranians and the Russians?.......https://paulcraigroberts.org/146650-2/

 fourteen minutes with the lucky gunner on how to use an ak 47;

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 shawn ryan and guest speak about the things that don't add up about the 'moon landing'. sixteen minutes;

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 the hodge twins find a whisper of racism in target. eight minutes;

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 two hours with chris williamson and peter santenello discussing peters' focus and work;

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 nima and colonel wilkerson discuss the houthi conflict for fourteen minutes;

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