Aggression and Violence - Dangerous Intersection

No Matter What Time it is, it is a Good Time to Revisit Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:July 17, 2023
Post category:Aggression and Violence Good and Evil Inspirational Manichean Outlook Meaning of Life Quality of Life
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Carl Sagan: "How fervent their hatreds . . . There is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."

We Are Not Disturbing the Peace!

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:June 25, 2023
Post category:Aggression and Violence Quotes War Warmongering
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One of my favorite Howard Zinn quotes:

Hollowed-Out

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 21, 2023
Post category:"Race" and Racism Aggression and Violence American Culture Blackouts Cancel Culture Censorship Civil Rights Consumerism Corruption Debate Education Environment First Amendment Free Speech Health Journalism Media Media Blackouts Orwellian Pandemics Politics Propaganda Secrecy Silence Social Media Spying Transgender War Warmongering Woke Issues
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I propose this as a metaphor for a large country whose institutions are being hollowed out.

Mainstream Media Remains Silent on Nord Stream 2 Destruction

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:February 19, 2023
Post category:Aggression and Violence Blackouts Communication Journalism Media Media Blackouts Military Narratives in Media Orwellian Propaganda Secrecy Silence War Warmongering
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The lack of news coverage regarding what appears to be the U.S. destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline looks like a major psy-op.

Who is the Authoritarian?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 9, 2023
Post category:Aggression and Violence Blackouts Cancel Culture Censorship Communication First Amendment Free Speech hypocrisy Journalism Media Media Blackouts Propaganda Secrecy Silence
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because I follow these trends closely, but . . . For the past month Matt Taibbi has been reporting in detail that the FBI, DHS, DOD, CIA and other agencies have built a system for mass delivery of censorship requests to firms like Twitter and Facebook. MSNBC has now accused Taibbi of fueling authoritarianism with his reporting. Taibbi responded by listing some of the many pro-censorship advocates currently lurking around at MSNBC, people who call themselves journalists:

John Brennan, former Director of the CIA, now senior intelligence analyst at MSNBC

Frank Figliuzzi, formeer Assistant Director of Counterintelligence at the FBI
Asha Rangappa, former Special Agent for the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence
Nicolle Wallace, former Communications Director for George W. Bush
Jeremy Bash, former Chief of Staff of the CIA
Clint Watts, former FBI counterintelligence agent and MSNBC national security analyst
Chuck Rosenberg, former Acting DEA administrator and senior FBI official
Nayyera Haq, former Senior Director of the White House
Richard Painter, former Chief Ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush White House
Neal Kaytal, former Acting Solicitor General of the United States
Ben Rhodes, former National Security Advisor to Barack Obama
Barry McCaffrey, former U.S. Army General and Drug Czar, security analyst for NBC and MSNBC
Stephen Twitty, former Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army
Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney
Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Attorney
Glenn Kirschner, former Assistant U.S. Attorney

For more on the abject silence of the left-leaning legacy media, its refusal to acknowledge the obviously disturbing importance of Taibbi's recent reporting on the Twitter Files, consider this episode of Glenn Greenwald's System Update on Rumble. The title: "Media Silent as Twitter Files Expose Flagrant Misconduct in Govt. & Journalism."

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