War is the state’s escape from a collapsed internal economy

From Myrmikan Research March 9, 2022
A World Gone MAD
Daniel Oliver
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“Thirteen days before Pearl Harbor, secretary of war Henry Stimson recorded in his diary a meeting with Roosevelt: “The question was how we should maneuver them into the position of firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves.””
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In 1935, six years before the U.S. entered World War II, historian Charles Beard perceived: “Confronted by the difficulties of a deepening domestic [economic] crisis and by the comparative ease of a foreign war, what will President Roosevelt do? Judging by the past history of American politicians, he will choose the latter, or, perhaps it would be more accurate to say, amid
powerful conflicting emotions he will ‘stumble into’ the latter.”22
As Chodorov wrote: “war is the state’s escape from a collapsed internal economy.”
In 1941, Roosevelt would seize all Japanese assets in the U.S. and impose a trade embargo. The official State Department history concludes: “Faced with serious shortages as a result of the embargo, unable to retreat, and convinced that the U.S. officials opposed further negotiations, Japan’s leaders came to the conclusion that they had to act swiftly.”23
Thirteen days before Pearl Harbor, secretary of war Henry Stimson recorded in his diary a meeting with Roosevelt: “The question was how we should maneuver them into the position of firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves.”24
The parallel is terrifying as is the realization that Biden’s team wanted war. Biden needs a war.

Gone Mad

Headlines: The central bank of the fourth largest economy in the world may need a bailout because it bought bonds. This isn’t a tech crisis or even a banking crisis. It’s a bond crisis, a central bank crisis, a fiat crisis.

Eurocrats are quietly freaking out about: there’s now a place in Europe where the world is handing guns to randos by the millions w/ zero tracking or oversight. Guns that’ll make their way back EU cities
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/smoking-guns-how-european-arms-exports-are-forcing-millions-their-homes

Guess who’s quietly bankrolling a legal fight against Montana’s TikTok ban. Why yes, it’s TikTokn. Why yes, it’s TikTok
Psst, some American user data still stored in China, too
TikTok said that while it is funding the lawsuit [PDF], no payments are being made directly to the plaintiffs, two of whom said they were solicited by TikTok’s lawyers to sign on in exchange for free representation.

How about a collapsed Supreme Court where we are no longer a nation of Laws. Stop calling them gifts. They accepted bribes. They went from gifts, fancy trips, mortgage, credit card & country club payments and private school tuition,  to bribes when they failed to recuse.

From: Kevin Cronin Kevin Patrick Cronin Jr. is an American singer and songwriter, who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and pianist for the rock band REO Speedwagon.
Subject: Re: Alito

Yo Bob,

I fucking love this letter. Your parting thought is a basic human truth. I have done my best to lead a righteous life, and yeah, I missed the mark several times. But when I did, it bothered me. I didn’t like myself in those times. I have a little voice in my head, my Catholic upbringing calls it a conscience. I bailed on all the “changing water into wine, and walking on water” fantasies, but the conscience part stuck with me. It is, in my opinion, the most important thing I learned in my religious upbringing…and it has nothing to do with organized religion. Feeling bad when you lie, or cheat, or hurt someone is Human Being 101. Trump flunked that course, and flaunts his failure. “I could kill someone in Times Square and no one would care.” He is proud of his hall pass to “grab ‘em by the pussy.” The Klu Klux Klan took notice, and took off their hoods. Sorry guys, but racist assholes were meant to be marginalized, and remanded to a life in the shadows. LGBTQ people are meant to be out of the closet and live their authentic lives. The Klan needs to be the ones closeted. It is ludicrous to me that Trump retains his cult-like hold on so many otherwise good and reasonable citizens. My point is in line with yours. Trumps blatant misbehavior serves to undermine what I have spent years trying to impart to my children: When you are honest, driven by integrity, and care about others, it feels good. It doesn’t feel good when you act like an asshole. I have tried it, so I know. Trump legitimizes the worst parts of human nature. He must be remanded to the same closet as the Klan. My fantasy is that Trump and OJ end up as roommates in a two bedroom apartment West Palm Beach, with no ocean view. … kc

PS. I only fly on private jets owned by people I like. And yeah, I have turned down plenty of opportunities. Who wants to be stuck on a fancy boat, luxurious plane, or in a mansion guest room, owned by an a-hole billionaire! There are plenty of nice billionaires who know the value of hard work and are grateful for their good fortune. When invited, I’ll fly, float, or hang with them, any day. Oops, I’m flying commercial toady, and about to miss my flight. Where’s a righteous billionaire when you need one?! … kc

Meta explains how AI influences what we see on Facebook and Instagram
You get locked into your own jail and see nothing else.
A detailed look at how Meta personalizes our experiences on social media using AI to choose the content we see based on a history of our own choices.

Musk’s monopoly brain view of Twitter
Twitter suddenly started blocking access for anyone who isn’t logged in. Now unverified accounts will only be able to see 600 posts per day, and for “new” unverified accounts, just 300 in a day.
Musk is blaming companies trying to ingest data for artificial intelligence training the large language models (LLMs) like the ones behind ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing, and Google Bard.
But he didn’t mention his decision to lay off more than half of Twitter’s staff since taking over the company last fall, including people critical to maintaining its infrastructure. The haphazard layoffs meant the company even had to rehire some engineers who had been let go, and people have repeatedly warned that firing so many people would affect Twitter’s stability.