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with Abby Martin
TheRealNews on Nov 29, 2016
Paul Jay and Abby Martin discuss Trump’s cabinet appointments, the Green Party effort to vote recount, and who’s really producing the fake news.
see also:
The No-BS Inside Guide to the Presidential Recount — Sorry, no Russian hacker hunt by Greg Palast
from the archives:
Trump, Anti-Semitism and Solidarity In Struggle by Shelley Ettinger
Dear Mr. Trump, About Your 29 Ideas by David Swanson
Trump is Radicalizing the Masses by Larry Holmes
Who Voted and Who Couldn’t–Don’t Blame Jill Stein by Drew Robert Winter
Chris Hedges: The Liberals Gave Us Trump–What Will a Trump Presidency Be Like?
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Abby spells it out exquisitely.
Of course, Iran is the “last trump;” the President in waiting has been endowed with the final PNAC domino that cannot be allowed to fall however, because of the extremely dire consequences. But if these clowns must prosecute their really big war, they need look no further. However, it seems extremely unlikely that the rest of NATO will fall in line, as they are not all complete lunatics ~ and some of them may even feel accountable to the people whom they purport to be charged to protect and defend…
Moreover, sooner or later it will dawn on (at least) some of the plutocratic oligopolists in Washington, that not only is climate THE issue and pollution combined with deforestation its cause, but water is arguably now the most significant element. Sane people, realize this is something we must all cooperate about internationally, not fight over like rabid mutants.
Just because a vacuous charlatan will soon be ‘in charge,’ doesn’t mean the rest of the world is obliged to even listen to his drivel, let alone conform to his absurd diktats. As the English classicist Mary Beard concludes in her review a few years ago, of a book about a Roman imperial legend ~ “Whatever the ups and downs of double-speak, the fact is that most of Caligula’s senatorial friends and enemies survived his years in power to denounce him after his death; their vitriol is our legacy…” History it seems, often repeats.
The White House may be a total shambles, but leading institutions in other countries are not all so irredeemably stupid.
As for the US electoral process itself, I too agree with Greg Palast’s account.
The fact is, we need radical reform from top to bottom, and not just in the US, but globally. It begins with responsible education, accountable regulatory structures and critical thinking about core principles. As is made clear in this interview, the US public is currently fed hogwash.
My own view is that we should build a careful cosmopolitan consensus about community values and resourceful provisioning. We have to envisage and cultivate a resilient planetary food web that respects indigenous peoples & all species. Dutiful, intelligent and imaginative understanding of these traditions, and what their cultural contexts contribute to the universal (spiritual/ecological) quality of meaningful life, is therefore both essential and necessary.
Thanks for your commentary, David.
I also agree with Palast’s view of the election rigging. I added a link to his latest piece on the post.
http://www.gregpalast.com/no-bs-inside-guide-presidential-recount/
Liberals in America could not or would not admit they were living under Liberal Fascism with president peace prize Obama drone striker. i talked to them for 8 years and they would justify all his evil . now they are actually getting mobilzed against Trumpster . i said ”Where have you all been the last 8 years ? where were you when we were in the resistence ?
where were you when your prez signed the NDAA and bombed country after country . ?? they would say ”oh Barak means well . and then demonize me ”. and they still believe it ! Trump will wake them up . i did not vote for Hillary or Trump , but i rooted for Trump to win and stir things up . why ? because without Habius Corpus there is no Bill of Rights . but that was done sneaky by president O . Trump has thrown the gauntlet down and its all OUT IN THE OPEN NOW .
Now all the people i know are coming out of a 8 year , and some a 16 year stupor . Many voted for Bush too.
Did you watch the video first?
Hi Rocket. I totally agree about the stupefaction of those who were ‘blindsided’ be the rhetoric of this first ‘President of color’ ~ his legacy is just horrendous in my estimation, notwithstanding the efforts of Michelle Obama to bring some humanity into the frame.
What you are saying resonates with the “Maoist” sentiments of Slavoj Žižek expressed recently in a difficult conversation with Mehdi Hasan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuwtmlGFdic
A related article of substance worth visiting http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/chomsky-zizek-wrong-elections-161129090634539.html
More about Trumpery from Žižek here https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/28/slavoj-zizek-donald-trump-is-really-a-centrist-liberal
We’ve had years of talk about the inevitable ‘decline’ of the USA from so many quarters, well now it has well and truly arrived; ecocidal plutocracy is on the ropes ~ fair and square. We must redeem what we can that is worth conserving. The realistic solution is to raise the game to an integral level beyond the yachts and Hollywood ‘bots ~ US oligopolistic, full-spectral, sexist hegemony is not the only ‘reality.’
I’ll add another article: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/chomsky-zizek-wrong-elections-161129090634539.html.