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  1. But, Matt, to reiterate, I believe that Oliver Stone's efforts to inform the public about the crimes of the CIA and U.S. military-- at home and abroad-- are extremely important and worthy of praise. JFK and JFK Revisited are probably the best examples, but Salvador and The Untold History of the United States are also important. It pained me to watch that final Putin interview by Oliver Stone, precisely because I really respect the man. Surely, he must have some awareness that Putin is nefarious-- a mass murderer of civilians. I'm also pained by Stone's claim that, "the charges against Trump are ridiculous"-- at least in the cases of the J6 seditious conspiracy and classified records theft. Trump's J6 conspiracy was an extremely serious Presidential crime-- an attempt to remain in power and subvert American democracy.
  2. Geez... How many times has this bogus Trump propaganda trope been debunked here on the Education Forum-- by Cliff Varnell, myself, and others? Do we have to re-post the 2017 Harvard Brennan Center and Columbia Journalism Review analyses of the corporate media sabotage of Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign, for Benjamin Cole? Do we have to re-post the facts about Dean Baquet and the NYT censoring any 2016 pre-election coverage of the Trump campaign's numerous contacts with Kremlin officials-- while simultaneously running non-stop headline articles about Hillary's Email-gate nothing burger? Where was the Deep State when we really needed them? How about James Comey and the "Deep State" FBI officials in New York associated with Rudy Giuliani and Comey's 2016 "October Surprise" involving Anthony Weiner's Laptop nothing burger? The truth is that Ben Cole and his MAGA media pundits only discovered the "Deep State" in 2017, after Trump falsely, and repeatedly, tried to blame his 2016 campaign involvement with the Kremlin on the U.S. "Deep State." First, it was "Spygate," then "Obamagate," then the bogus "Nunes Memo," then Bill Barr's abortion and misrepresentation of the redacted Mueller Report. And let's not forget that Reality Winner was promptly sent to prison for five years, for releasing a single classified memo to The Intercept, which debunked Trump and Putin's lie that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election on Trump's behalf. The GOP-controlled U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee later released their belated report confirming widespread Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, to benefit Trump and the GOP. Addendum: I do agree with Kevin Hofeling's (above) comments about Syria. It's a subject I have been studying for years. Trump deserves credit for ending Operation Timber Sycamore in 2017. But, in general, Trump was hardly a Deep State adversary. He caved on releasing the JFK Records, and he never fulfilled his 2016 campaign promise to tell the American people "who really destroyed the World Trade Center on 9/11." Trump's first trip abroad as POTUS was to Riyadh, to kiss the Royal ring and do the Sword Dance with the Saudis, who were always the main financiers of the CIA/MI6/Saudi/Israeli proxy war against Assad's Alawite regime. Trump also launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syrian Army positions in response to some false flag provocations.
  3. Kirk, I only know about Oliver Stone from watching his films and documentaries. My impression is that he began his invaluable career as a "political" filmmaker by exploring and trying to educate the public about the dark "untold" story of the American military industrial complex and the CIA-- JFK, Born on the 4th of July, Salvador, Nixon, W., The Untold History, etc. God bless him for that terrific work! But, in the process of exposing the truly horrific post-WWII sins of the CIA and the MIC, it seems like Stone (and Kuznick) have tended to turn a blind eye to the dark side of Soviet (and Putin's neo-Soviet) history. Kuznick and Stone never talked about the horrors if Stalinism, (in their Untold History series) nor has Stone talked about the horrors of Putinism, as you pointed out. It's the same criticism I have directed at Paul Rigby, while agreeing with many of Rigby's criticisms of the CIA and the U.S. MIC.
  4. Ben, Jesse Ventura, obviously, didn't make the cut as RFK, Jr.'s running mate this year, but he could still garner an appointment in an RFK, Jr. administration. Ventura would be a formidable Director of Homeland Security, and he would be the first high-level Presidential appointee in history who has his own action doll!
  5. Jen Psaki did a good job today of putting Trump's "bloodbath" comment in the context of his entire Dayton speech, which I had not heard. Trump began the rant by celebrating his J6 attack on Congress. Jen Psaki Destroys The Trump Campaign’s Bloodbath Spin www.politicususa.com/2024/03/17/jen-psaki-destroys-the-trump-campaigns-bloodbath-spin.html/amp
  6. I watched the video twice last night, to try to understand the MAGA/Newsmax spin that Trump wasn't actually threatening a violent MAGA "bloodbath" against the libs. But, if anything, the "bloodbath" comment comes across as another bizarre Trump-style word salad-- a non-sequitur. It bore no obvious relation to his preceding comments about Mexican auto tariffs. And, incidentally, I don't know anyone who owns a Mexican-made automobile. Trump was talking out of his a--, as usual. Anyway, I created a meme.
  7. Sandy, The other obvious problem with this comment (above) is that this forum member has always struggled to understand the important differences between facts and mere opinions-- i.e. "views." The latest example is his specious attempt to dismiss the facts posted about the platform and historic policies of a particular party (including historic SCOTUS rulings) as mere "views and accusations." This is simply inaccurate. It erroneously frames facts about important policy issues as matters of opinion. And, needless to say, this is an American history forum. Historical facts should be welcome. As Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, "People are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own 'facts.'"
  8. Kirk, This is quite a detailed critique of Paul's concepts. I also agree with Paul's general point about the corruption of American government by the military industrial complex, and plutocracy, during the past 60+ years. It's a Leviathan. But, on a practical level, which party destroyed a century of campaign finance reforms with the Citizens United SCOTUS ruling? Which party crippled the Voting Rights Act with the Shelby v. Holder SCOTUS ruling? Which party has been passing laws on a state level to restrict voting? Which party attacked the U.S. Congress to overturn a U.S. election? I don't want to be too explicit, in violation of forum policies, but people who are truly concerned about the "withering of democracy," like Paul, should be especially concerned about one party, in particular.
  9. Yo, fellas, St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow! It's time to think about partying-- or, at least, listening to some great Irish music! Here's the great Irish fiddler, Kevin Burke, with his Portland, Oregon-based band, Open House. By sheer luck, I saw these guys live at a pub in Vancouver, called the W.I.S.E. Club, (Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English) the year they came out with this first, eponymous album. Burke is my favorite, along with the Irish folk band, Altan.
  10. Cliff, I know you're mainly a punk rock afficionado but, if you like good cigars, you might appreciate this 16th century English madrigal extolling the virtues of tobacco. Not wild about the YouTube format here, but the King's Singers recorded the best version of this terrific song, Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho!
  11. You have my sympathy. I bought some fake Cohibas in Mexico several years ago (before it was legal to buy Cuban cigars in the U.S.) Now Cuban cigars are too expensive for me, and my favorite Dominicans (Monte Christo Media Noches) have increased to $12! They used to cost $4. I recently bought some $17 Man O' War Ruination cigars (Nicaraguan) on sale for $3, and they're terrific. When I light up a Ruination cigar on my patio, the whole neighborhood goes up in thick, black smoke, as if I had just sunk a Man O' War in close combat.
  12. Sandy, The distinction, IMO, is between explicit and implicitly perjorative comments. Paul posted an implicitly perjorative comment about the current POTUS (and the Democratic Party) by suggesting that our "withering democracy" is incapable of solving our "enormous problems." I merely requested clarification about which "problems" Paul was referring to, in relation to competing policy platforms. And, incidentally, who has been "withering" our democracy-- rolling back voting rights, enabling dark money in campaigns, etc.?
  13. Which "enormous problems" are you referring to, Paul? Climate change? Pollution? Our Reaganomic national debt? The survival of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid? If you are concerned about our "withering semblance of democracy" solving these problems in 2025, and beyond, please read my initial (penalized) post on this thread (above.) It appears that, contrary to Cory's argument, (above) political commentary is being permitted here, with the exception of evidenced-based critiques of Trumpism. Addendum: Oops, Paul. I just noticed that my initial post on this thread was deleted. It was a brief summary of Trump's putative 2025 platform, (on the above-mentioned issues) along with reference links about some Republican RFK, Jr. donors.
  14. This is more about weather than climate. We got hit by a major snow storm here in Colorado this week. Fortunately, these ladies stranded on the Vail ski bus didn't have to resort to cannibalism. In other good news, none of my trees were damaged, and I didn't break my back shoveling more than a foot of heavy wet snow here in Denver yesterday. 50 women trapped on ski bus after major Colorado snowstorm (coloradosun.com)
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