And Our Flags Are Still There - By Mr. Fish The detention and persecution of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British, Swedish and U.S. governments are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially war crimes, carried out by corporate states and the global ruling elite, will be masked from the public. They presage a world where those with the courage and integrity to expose the misuse of power will be hunted down, tortured, subjected to sham trials and given lifetime prison terms in solitary confinement. They presage an Orwellian dystopia where news is replaced with propaganda, trivia and entertainment. The legal lynching of Julian, I fear, marks the official beginning of the corporate totalitarianism that will define our lives.
The enemy may appear to be the US government, but the handmaiden to this enemy is apathy. I find it very hard to get people I know to care. The defamation campaign has been extraordinarily successful. One liberal acquaintance said “ I don’t trust Assange”. Another said: “I’m not a fan.” As if this was a damn wrestling match.
And speaking of Tucker Carlson, which everyone seems to be doing, I even hesitate to remind NYTimes readers that Carlson bravely defended Assange because their tiny manichean brains will switch over to “Carlson said good! Must be bad!” Still I feel we’re gaining ground slowly, and we really must prevail for the sake of a courageous man, and for our freedom.
Julian Assange's torture and slow murder in the dungeons of Belmarsh means not only that we don't have democracy and freedom of press. It means we don't have any right whatsoever, and hence we don't have a real country, nor government, not even a controlling mafia, but rather an anarchy of heartless criminals and psychopaths ruling us in a police state. We are indeed in Orwel's 1984, except that the rulers are not as nearly as smart as the Big Brother O'brian. And they are now dragging us into two nuclear wars...
Thank you so much for showing up and speaking out against this relentless war on truth and free speech. It never ceases to amaze me how far we've fallen into the clutches of the dark side.
But the good news is there’s going to soon be a new king! Lots of other good things, too. Stay tuned for whose team beats the other and who wins on the latest talent show.....keep your eyes here. Don’t think too hard. We’ve got lots of fear and anger on a very superficial level. Try not to see what’s actually happening behind the curtain. You don’t need to know that. Society is now officially closed. You’ve seen what we do to those who bring a can opener! Get in line.
The core problem from my simple perspective is the clear break between what may be defined as the collective "Will" of the people and the ultimate action taken by their so-called "representative government". For example, assuming the majority of people find it repulsive, illegal and unconstitutional to hold Julian Assange for simply reporting the information he received, then why is the government attacking him, if in fact the majority of people do not want this to happen.
Well, the answer is obvious, we do not live in a true representative government. We live under a Fascist Corporate controlled behemoth, which is becoming rabid in its attacks against all forms of free speech, especially those that hit home at sensitive illegal acts of those in power, and what we would call Crimes against Humanity. Corruption knows no bounds and answers to no one. It is cowardice amplified on steroids, hiding behind government in the bowels of the secrecy agencies of the NSA, CIA and FBI, etc. It abuses the rule of law and legal procedure, violates Constitutional Rights wherever it can, so as to say to us, impunity reigns supreme for those who possess the POWER. It destroys rather than builds and demoralizes those who question any aspect of it. Ridicule and fear go hand in hand as the one-two punch, when the terms "Conspiracy Theory" fail to stop inquiries into the true nature of things. As the light of truth continues to expose the filth and dirt of decades or perhaps centuries of illegal and unauthorized rule, and the myriad of unacknowledged special access programs that exist unknown to Congress and the President, those in power will lose it even more, and lash out, engaging in even more heinous crimes against humanity, as the depth of previous horrific ventures become public knowledge.
They will double-down in acts of aggression, because this is all they know and all that they are. They have no compassion, no heart, no soul, and no ability to apologize for their actions, because dictators are never wrong. And they will kill people to prove it. The cave person mentality where the one with the biggest club prevails, seems to be in full force and effect here. Instinctual survival genes kick in to prevent the extinction of the body politik as is presently exists.
The two-party system is merely an extension of the rampant corruption within all of government. The system is broken beyond repair. And the captains must go down with their ship, so that we the people can create a new ORDER, and order built upon Self-determination, and not one dictated to us, and forced upon us. One in which our children can fully participate with critical thinking skills, versus robotic adherence to policies and procedures. A dynamic world where the advancement of the potential of humanity is paramount, and not secondary to an Elitist Agenda.
Thank you for your continued defense of Assange. I am shocked by the indifference of so many people to his situation. As you point out, the Assange case reveals what the State can do to an individual when it decides to destroy them. It's a clear warning to anyone who dares reveal the truth about the dark operations of "our" government.
What are the best strategies we can use in this fight? Since, as we've established, so many people in our lives and circles are deaf and have been brainwashed into some kind of weird complacency and certainty, we can we actually do week in and week out, especially if we're not in a position to give money?
Nations around the world where autocrats are in charge, the sheeple are still reproducing. Banning abortion and contraceptives keeps the future slave train running. A lot of the maga crowd is morbidly obese and will not last very long with an autocrat in charge. Very few old people and very few disabled will be able to survive as well. Only the Young and healthy slaves will survive and many of them will also starve or die of osteoarthritis from heavy lifting, like the builders of the pyramids. With Jerome Powell raising the interest rates and the insurrectionist in charge of the Congress, it looks like the autocrats want to Loot everyone except the excessively rich. And they will loot the excessively rich who oppose them. I am pretty sure, Garland and Biden, FBI, CIA, and the majority of the Democrats, are in on the right wing dictatorship also. The military and the police will enjoy serving the rich globalist right wingers, until they get replaced by a glut of cheaper foreign immigrants. Biden shows his true colors by not pushing for the release of Julian Assange. The realists, need to start planting gardens now and forming groups to hold off the looters.
Reading Chris' description of the national security state's vast web of resources and untouchable funding, it occurs to me this is the corporate army he fears. It's been here, and 9/11 gave it free reign. If it decides you're a target, there's nothing to be done. How this is different from the Evil Empire our cartoon President warned about in the 80s escapes me.
Great speech, Chris. You have a typo in your title, however.
Many quotable passages. I just tweeted this one: "The corporate state eviscerates enshrined rights by judicial fiat. This is how we have the right to privacy, with no privacy. This is how we have “free” elections funded by corporate money, covered by a compliant corporate media and under iron corporate control."
Chris -- what are the odds, would you suppose, that FISH (and you) could be on actual hit lists, given what we may both know about recent risk escalation surrounding him?
The enemy may appear to be the US government, but the handmaiden to this enemy is apathy. I find it very hard to get people I know to care. The defamation campaign has been extraordinarily successful. One liberal acquaintance said “ I don’t trust Assange”. Another said: “I’m not a fan.” As if this was a damn wrestling match.
And speaking of Tucker Carlson, which everyone seems to be doing, I even hesitate to remind NYTimes readers that Carlson bravely defended Assange because their tiny manichean brains will switch over to “Carlson said good! Must be bad!” Still I feel we’re gaining ground slowly, and we really must prevail for the sake of a courageous man, and for our freedom.
“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” -George Orwell, 1984
Well put. Thank you Chris.
Julian Assange's torture and slow murder in the dungeons of Belmarsh means not only that we don't have democracy and freedom of press. It means we don't have any right whatsoever, and hence we don't have a real country, nor government, not even a controlling mafia, but rather an anarchy of heartless criminals and psychopaths ruling us in a police state. We are indeed in Orwel's 1984, except that the rulers are not as nearly as smart as the Big Brother O'brian. And they are now dragging us into two nuclear wars...
Thank you so much for showing up and speaking out against this relentless war on truth and free speech. It never ceases to amaze me how far we've fallen into the clutches of the dark side.
The tense is all wrong - "presage" - the dystopia is here now.
But the good news is there’s going to soon be a new king! Lots of other good things, too. Stay tuned for whose team beats the other and who wins on the latest talent show.....keep your eyes here. Don’t think too hard. We’ve got lots of fear and anger on a very superficial level. Try not to see what’s actually happening behind the curtain. You don’t need to know that. Society is now officially closed. You’ve seen what we do to those who bring a can opener! Get in line.
The core problem from my simple perspective is the clear break between what may be defined as the collective "Will" of the people and the ultimate action taken by their so-called "representative government". For example, assuming the majority of people find it repulsive, illegal and unconstitutional to hold Julian Assange for simply reporting the information he received, then why is the government attacking him, if in fact the majority of people do not want this to happen.
Well, the answer is obvious, we do not live in a true representative government. We live under a Fascist Corporate controlled behemoth, which is becoming rabid in its attacks against all forms of free speech, especially those that hit home at sensitive illegal acts of those in power, and what we would call Crimes against Humanity. Corruption knows no bounds and answers to no one. It is cowardice amplified on steroids, hiding behind government in the bowels of the secrecy agencies of the NSA, CIA and FBI, etc. It abuses the rule of law and legal procedure, violates Constitutional Rights wherever it can, so as to say to us, impunity reigns supreme for those who possess the POWER. It destroys rather than builds and demoralizes those who question any aspect of it. Ridicule and fear go hand in hand as the one-two punch, when the terms "Conspiracy Theory" fail to stop inquiries into the true nature of things. As the light of truth continues to expose the filth and dirt of decades or perhaps centuries of illegal and unauthorized rule, and the myriad of unacknowledged special access programs that exist unknown to Congress and the President, those in power will lose it even more, and lash out, engaging in even more heinous crimes against humanity, as the depth of previous horrific ventures become public knowledge.
They will double-down in acts of aggression, because this is all they know and all that they are. They have no compassion, no heart, no soul, and no ability to apologize for their actions, because dictators are never wrong. And they will kill people to prove it. The cave person mentality where the one with the biggest club prevails, seems to be in full force and effect here. Instinctual survival genes kick in to prevent the extinction of the body politik as is presently exists.
The two-party system is merely an extension of the rampant corruption within all of government. The system is broken beyond repair. And the captains must go down with their ship, so that we the people can create a new ORDER, and order built upon Self-determination, and not one dictated to us, and forced upon us. One in which our children can fully participate with critical thinking skills, versus robotic adherence to policies and procedures. A dynamic world where the advancement of the potential of humanity is paramount, and not secondary to an Elitist Agenda.
But if we don't engage in censorship, torture and ruthless suppression of dissent, then The Bad Guys might win! /sarc
Robert F Kennedy Jr says he will pardon Julian Assange if elected. Start there.
Thank you for your continued defense of Assange. I am shocked by the indifference of so many people to his situation. As you point out, the Assange case reveals what the State can do to an individual when it decides to destroy them. It's a clear warning to anyone who dares reveal the truth about the dark operations of "our" government.
Absolutely true and reprehensible.
What are the best strategies we can use in this fight? Since, as we've established, so many people in our lives and circles are deaf and have been brainwashed into some kind of weird complacency and certainty, we can we actually do week in and week out, especially if we're not in a position to give money?
Nations around the world where autocrats are in charge, the sheeple are still reproducing. Banning abortion and contraceptives keeps the future slave train running. A lot of the maga crowd is morbidly obese and will not last very long with an autocrat in charge. Very few old people and very few disabled will be able to survive as well. Only the Young and healthy slaves will survive and many of them will also starve or die of osteoarthritis from heavy lifting, like the builders of the pyramids. With Jerome Powell raising the interest rates and the insurrectionist in charge of the Congress, it looks like the autocrats want to Loot everyone except the excessively rich. And they will loot the excessively rich who oppose them. I am pretty sure, Garland and Biden, FBI, CIA, and the majority of the Democrats, are in on the right wing dictatorship also. The military and the police will enjoy serving the rich globalist right wingers, until they get replaced by a glut of cheaper foreign immigrants. Biden shows his true colors by not pushing for the release of Julian Assange. The realists, need to start planting gardens now and forming groups to hold off the looters.
Reading Chris' description of the national security state's vast web of resources and untouchable funding, it occurs to me this is the corporate army he fears. It's been here, and 9/11 gave it free reign. If it decides you're a target, there's nothing to be done. How this is different from the Evil Empire our cartoon President warned about in the 80s escapes me.
Great speech, Chris. You have a typo in your title, however.
Many quotable passages. I just tweeted this one: "The corporate state eviscerates enshrined rights by judicial fiat. This is how we have the right to privacy, with no privacy. This is how we have “free” elections funded by corporate money, covered by a compliant corporate media and under iron corporate control."
Chris -- what are the odds, would you suppose, that FISH (and you) could be on actual hit lists, given what we may both know about recent risk escalation surrounding him?