During the 2016 election I had a tough time trying to convince my son and daughter to vote. Both were under the belief that their vote didn't count. Despite everything I could not convince either and When Trump won they still defended their position saying "my vote does count because Washington is a blue state." I wanted to run my head into a wall. I seemed to have failed in teaching my children civic responsibility. You know someone who did not fail? My parents.
I was raised in Florida, a small town on the Gulf Coast where the police station was a phone booth. I am not kidding, Carrabelle Florida was home to the world's smallest police station. Anyway, my dad served in the Air Force from 1953 to 1973. He was proud of his service and taught me, my brothers, and sister that it is an honor to serve your country in some form. Three of us joined the Navy, one brother became a police officer then a paramedic, and my sister went into healthcare. So the lesson did get through. We learned to love our country and understood that our country depends on all of us, not just in service but in helping select the leaders of our government.
When my dad joined the Air Force he and other personnel at the time were promised free healthcare for life if the served and retired after 20 years. Well, the country broke that promise to my dad and countless others like him. You see, someone in Congress decided it would be a cost saving measure to force TriCare on to retired veterans and rework the whole system. So much for a promise in writing.
Now, nearly twenty years later after that screw job by our elected officials, my dad is suffering from Alzheimer's and my mother is struggling to take care of him and make ends meet financially because of people in public office wanting to save money. Now these people that decided to screw over veterans are not just any government worker, they are elected.
What am I getting at? While you may not think your vote matters in an election such as the presidential election it does so when it comes to Senators, Representatives, state and local officials. These are the ones who come up with the bills that will impact you, your family, and the people who cannot vote such as children, and people like my dad who no longer have the mental capacity to do so. They are why you should vote because they need to be heard. Even if you don't care yourself one way or the other, there are others you care about and even people you don't know that need you to use your voice for them. Voting is a civic duty, it is especially so for those in our society that depend on others because they are not able to speak up for themselves.
I think about my dad's service of 20 years and how he was rewarded later in life by having something promised to him taken away by those elected officials and I use that as my measuring stick when I vote. Why? I don't want to put in office someone who thinks breaking a promise to veterans, to any American is ok, and that money is more valuable than people. I vote because everyone counts and so does my vote.
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Monday, May 15, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
New book chapter 1 rough draft
America Ailing
By
Charles Parmele
The contagion
Characters this scene
Sergei Bugayev Secretary of the Security Council of Russia (SCRF)
Oleg Churkin Director Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation
Sergei Bugayev, the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, watched patiently as a man sitting across the coffee table read through they file Bugayev had given him 15 minutes earlier. Typically Bugayev would never have conducted such a meeting at his dacha, but the sensitivity of the matter and the need to maintain a separation from official channels demand an out of the way secure location. Bugayev could have handled the business of informing the Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation with a memo ordering the director, Oleg Churkin, to ignore the financial transaction of the individuals in the file but he did not want to keep his old friend in the dark. And besides, he figured Oleg Churkin knowing the whole of the plan would come in handy despite the president’s feelings to the contrary.
“My God, is this seriously being considered?” Churkin asked letting his hand holding the file drop to his lap.
Bugayev nodded, “Most definitely Oleg. In fact, it is beyond the consideration phase; it has been approved. The President wants to implement this plan immediately.”
Churkin looked at the papers in his hand and shook his head. “This has not been presented to the security council, how can you say it has been considered? This is the first I have heard of it. Sergei, this is a serious matter. I know we have conducted operations in American politics in the past but nothing on this scale. Has the president considered the repercussions if it is found out? America does not take kindly to other nations meddling in their politics even though they interfere in other countries’, including our own.”
The old secretary smiled. “Oleg, my old friend, you worry too much. As for consideration? We all agreed to go along with the plan that our American Problem Commission recommended as a way to overcome the crippling economic sanctions America has imposed on us for tending to our lost sheep. Do not worry about our involvement being exposed, because by the time it happens America will be in no condition to do anything but work to preserve itself. No, Oleg, we have nothing to fear. We will knock America down and then take our rightful place as the political and economic leader of the world.”
“I hear a bit of comrade Dugin in that last statement. I even see similarities to his 1997 book, but no one has ever considered implementing his recommendation for America, they were considered too risky. Why now? What has changed? As I recall you said that Dugin was mad to recommend such an operation in the United States at the time.”
Bugayev nodded in agreement. “Yes, it was too extreme at the time, but things have changed. We now can infiltrate America without leaving the motherland. We can use social media, false news, and even a political candidate to accomplish our goal. We have the capability to muster those assets in a way that divides America, not just on racial lines, but on political, philosophical, and religious lines. We can cause distrust and hate in America like it has not seen since its own Civil War. While Americans fight Americans, we can lead the World. America will fall, we will be the only nation in a position to save the world economy.”
“What of China? Britain? Germany, Japan, or France? I am sure they will not stand by and let Russia step in to fill America’s shoes.”
Bugayev waved away Churkin’s last comment. “We have taken that into account. Europe is already feeling the strain of Syrian refugees pouring into each country not to mention the growing anti-Muslim movement. With a little push here and there we can stoke those fires to our benefit. Asia is another tinderbox with the South Sea and North Korea issues. It will not be long before it erupts in flames. No, no one but Russia will able to lead the World back to peace and prosperity.”
“I see, but for America, you mentioned a candidate. What candidate would take such a derisive stance to accomplish the goals of this plan? To do so would be political suicide. No politician in America could fill the role you would want them to play. America will not support a candidate associated with...What do they call them?”
“Hate Group,” Bugayev answered. “No, they would not. And it is true that no politician would throw away their career in taking on the position that would aid our plan. But we do not need an American politician, all we need is someone America looks up to and respects to accomplish our mission. We do not require the candidate to win the election. We just need someone to fan the passions of America, Someone to discredit the media, someone to destroy the Average American’s faith in their elections and government.”
“They do not have to win? I cannot imagine anyone running for President of America who would not try to win. Such a person would be a fool to throw away such money, and no one, democrat or republican would endorse such a person. It seems you will have a problem in finding such a person before the next election which is what? To year away?”
Bugayev smiled. “We already have a man in mind, and that is where you come into the picture. The man is Eric Peters, the investment guru.” Bugayev used the moniker Erik Peters had given himself in his book about how to make it big on Wall Street. “Mr. Peters is not as wealthy as he claims, so we will have to prop him up by directing business his way. By the time the 2016 Election comes around, Peters should have the assets necessary to fund his own campaign, something that will appeal to the ordinary American. To do so, we will be using Yuri TKachenko. TKachenko will do so under the guise of having Peters form a partnership to develop a few properties in Greece, Turkey, and the Ukraine. TKachenko is the best choice since he has not been singled for sanctions and the fact he is considered favorable to the Ukraine.”
Churkin handed the file to Bugayev and stood to leave. “I take it you want to make sure that TKachenko’s finances do not draw unneeded attention from my people?”
Rising from his chair, Bugayev took the file from Churkin and placed it on the coffee table. “Yes. We do not want an overzealous deputy looking where they should not.”
“Well then, I should return to Moscow and set up protocols to ensure TKachenko is not caught up accidentally in an investigation that could reveal anything that would compromise the operation.”
Bugayev walked Churkin to the door. “It would be greatly appreciated by the president, Oleg. I would ask you to stay for dinner but I know you have much to do, and Olga is visiting her sister in Moscow so..”
“Say no more, Sergei. I have endured your cooking once before, and I do not think my stomach could take another such meal” Churkin never understood why a high ranking official as Burgayev did not employ house staff like others of his rank., but that was Burgayev.
Just as they reached the door, Bugayev stopped Churkin. “One more favor, Oleg. Discuss this matter with no one.”
“I understand. Although I think everyone knows you cannot cook Sergei.”
Bugayev smiled as he closed the door, partly because of Churkin’s last comment, but mostly because of the thought that America would be brought to its knees.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Louise Mensch is now doing more harm than good.
https://twitter.com/louisemensch/status/856281905913896960
Hopefully the link above works. Please read the tweet before reading the rest of this blog.
Did you read the tweet and the blog liked? It has to be one of the most convoluted things I have seen concerning Russia's hacking of the 2016 United States Presidential election to date. Let us look at it logically.
Did Trump take Russian laundered money to pay Russian cyber assets to hack the US election, DNC and voter data base? Why would he need to do this if it was a Russian planned and coordinated operation? Does it make sense for Putin to launder money give it to Donald Trump who then goes and uses the same money to pay Russian hackers? If they are located in the United States that maybe the case but most of the hacking can be traced back to operations in Russia. Russia could pay their own assets and not have to worry about a money trail that could be traced back to them. And why would they take the chance on using Donald Trump paying their operatives in the US with laundered money when it would be obvious to look there if the scheme was uncovered? Russia would be recklessly risking established assets that could be used later. Any Russian assets working in the US would already have away to receive financing from Russia without having to use Trump. When you look at the story it doesn't add up logically. Trump may have received money to secure hacking services in the US for his own gain but I doubt it was to pay Russian hackers. If anything Trump used the money to get compromising data on people in his own party, leverage. But to think Trump had to get money from Russia to pay Russian cyber assets is like, pardon my language here, going around your asshole to get to your elbow.
Louise Mensch has put out some interesting information in the past but now it seems like she is passing along any Trump-Russia conspiracy theory that comes her way. I will say it is not good because it works to muddy the waters and makes it harder to see the big picture. If you look at leads and information as a dot and then you start from the beginning and graph each dot by weight of likely hood they should stack up one on top of the other or pretty close to it. While you do this you will find some will be too light or heavy and will be wide right or left of the stack, these are called wild points, outliers, or statistical anomalies. If you get too many of these Wild points intohe mix then confidence of the solution goes down. It is that solution which is the big picture that will provide everything necessary to form a case for or against impeachment or criminal charges. Of course the Intelligence community knows this and they weed out the wild points but the General public will see these wild points and form there opinions which will influence their outlook on the business. Some may be frustrated and want to just get on with things and try to pressure officials to drop the matter, we cannot let this happen. Even when informing the public care should be taken to stack the dots and connect them since that is truth.
I have speculated on what I think went on with Trump and Russia based on my experience, observations, and the information that has come from the intelligence community. I have no backdoor channel to the intelligence community, I go by the reliability of the source and probability. I also know that no matter how much you want to that you cannot fit a square peg in a round hole so you don't try.
There are many variables at play in this mess so there is not going to be a cut and dry answer anytime soon. We need to focus, stick to facts, weed out the wild points and keep the water clear so we can see the big picture otherwise we will get lost and never find the truth.
You can follow me on twitter. @ceparmele
Hopefully the link above works. Please read the tweet before reading the rest of this blog.
Did you read the tweet and the blog liked? It has to be one of the most convoluted things I have seen concerning Russia's hacking of the 2016 United States Presidential election to date. Let us look at it logically.
Did Trump take Russian laundered money to pay Russian cyber assets to hack the US election, DNC and voter data base? Why would he need to do this if it was a Russian planned and coordinated operation? Does it make sense for Putin to launder money give it to Donald Trump who then goes and uses the same money to pay Russian hackers? If they are located in the United States that maybe the case but most of the hacking can be traced back to operations in Russia. Russia could pay their own assets and not have to worry about a money trail that could be traced back to them. And why would they take the chance on using Donald Trump paying their operatives in the US with laundered money when it would be obvious to look there if the scheme was uncovered? Russia would be recklessly risking established assets that could be used later. Any Russian assets working in the US would already have away to receive financing from Russia without having to use Trump. When you look at the story it doesn't add up logically. Trump may have received money to secure hacking services in the US for his own gain but I doubt it was to pay Russian hackers. If anything Trump used the money to get compromising data on people in his own party, leverage. But to think Trump had to get money from Russia to pay Russian cyber assets is like, pardon my language here, going around your asshole to get to your elbow.
Louise Mensch has put out some interesting information in the past but now it seems like she is passing along any Trump-Russia conspiracy theory that comes her way. I will say it is not good because it works to muddy the waters and makes it harder to see the big picture. If you look at leads and information as a dot and then you start from the beginning and graph each dot by weight of likely hood they should stack up one on top of the other or pretty close to it. While you do this you will find some will be too light or heavy and will be wide right or left of the stack, these are called wild points, outliers, or statistical anomalies. If you get too many of these Wild points intohe mix then confidence of the solution goes down. It is that solution which is the big picture that will provide everything necessary to form a case for or against impeachment or criminal charges. Of course the Intelligence community knows this and they weed out the wild points but the General public will see these wild points and form there opinions which will influence their outlook on the business. Some may be frustrated and want to just get on with things and try to pressure officials to drop the matter, we cannot let this happen. Even when informing the public care should be taken to stack the dots and connect them since that is truth.
I have speculated on what I think went on with Trump and Russia based on my experience, observations, and the information that has come from the intelligence community. I have no backdoor channel to the intelligence community, I go by the reliability of the source and probability. I also know that no matter how much you want to that you cannot fit a square peg in a round hole so you don't try.
There are many variables at play in this mess so there is not going to be a cut and dry answer anytime soon. We need to focus, stick to facts, weed out the wild points and keep the water clear so we can see the big picture otherwise we will get lost and never find the truth.
You can follow me on twitter. @ceparmele
Friday, April 21, 2017
Trump has no respect for America so I have none for him, my rant.
Donald Trump has no respect for the average American let alone the United States of America.
I want to put a disclaimer here. This is a rant and I am just letting of steam so the heck with spell check and typos. Further this is an emotional post and though I am angry I will not recommend or condone violence under any circumstances.
I am angry! Why? Because I am just a disabled veteran that is quite lucky to be where I am now because I served my country and now I find the country that I love is led by someone with out a sense of duty, honor, and the only service he considers is for his ego and wallet. We have a president who wants to take healthcare away from in need and give those bathing in riches a tax break. We have a president who thinks his lies are fundamental truths that should not be questioned. We have a Con in Chief and not Commander in Chief. We have a president who thinks the use of nuclear weapons is an option and not something to use as a last resort. A president who is so limited in intellect he will call any science voodoo. A president who would try to put a square peg in a round hole, and when it doesn't fit he will angrily tweet as if he could hammer the peg in with ignorant words. Above all we have a President who is more than likely a traitor who sold the US to the most dangerous man on earth and now that the deal is coming to light he is like a cat desperately trying to bury the most vile turd in the the litter box, but no matter how deep down he puts it the stench will remain. Yep, if America were a rental there is no way we could get a damage deposit back, our odiferous dilemma has permeated the flooring and drywall. We will need decades of airing out in a free democracy.
Yes, I am a comparing Trump to cat crap. Is that being disrespectful of the president, after all I am a veteran? I have all the respect for the Office of the President of the United States of America, I have no respect for the man who currently occupies it. Actually I have never had any respect for Donald Trump. Why? My Christian values and those taught to me by my parents. Trump is equivalent to merchants in the temple. Jesus once said that the religious leaders of his day were the children of Satan, the father of lies, and there is no bigger liar than Donald Trump. I feel sorry for those who think Trump is the savior of Christianity in America, they are lost sheep following the wolf to the pit. Yes, I am a Christian but don't expect me to judge or condemn someone because of a life choice because that is not my job, I am charged with spreading Christ’s words of forgiveness and acceptance. Remember, Christ ate with sinners and chastised the religious leaders of his day. Do you think some “Christians” are perfect in their teachings today? If they are spreading hate and condemnation then they are far from Christ’s, God's word.
Now let me present my case for not respecting Donald Trump, one of the most deplorable people to ever walk this earth. I will start from religious freedom and the first amendment, I have a segue from the last paragraph. While I am a Christian, I am a firm believer in religious freedom and the separation of Church and state. Why? Because I don't want someone telling me I have to worship God in their way and no other. I accept that there are other religions on the earth and each person is entitled to freely worship as they choose. I choose to be Christian and as such I believe there is one God, his Son, and the Holy Spirit. Others have their opinion and beliefs they are entitled to and I don't hold it against them. Trump has pretty much used Islam as a patriotic rallying cry to gain followers who are ignorant of the religion and whose only exposure to it is from those who hate the religion. Yes, the ignorant leading the ignorant like the blind leading the blind. Trump tapped into this passion and every time an terrorist act occurred he spouted off about “radical Islam” and his followers labeled every Muslim a terrorist or terrorist sympathizer. Yes, Trump uses fear of the unknown because ignorant people are fearful of that which they don't understand. Trump turned Islam into a boogie man that is hiding in a closet waiting to kill everyone and his followers gobbled it up. You know what is more dangerous and is hiding in plain sight, right wing extremists, alt- right nut jobs.
Maybe I should use this time to show another thing Trump has used to scare people. This one is also based on ignorance and discrimination, The illegal immigrants. Trump took this from the Nazi playbook, find someone to blame for economic and social problems and pin the tail on them. To Trump and his supporters immigrants from Mexico and the rest of Latin America are criminals and job stealers and thousands and thousands are sneaking across the border everyday. First, for the last four years or so there has been a reversal in the flow of immigrants from Mexico. Second, most immigrants from Mexico are looking for a better life, honest work that most US citizens feel is beneath them. Third, a wall will not stop drugs from entering the country, especially if the Coast Guard’s budget is cut to build Trump’s monster. Fourth, have you considered the increase in Eastern Europeans and Russians and there links to organized crime? It has increased. Where is that wall?
Ah, yes, Trump the Law and Order candidate. There is no law that Trump will respect if he believes he can get away with breaking it. Do you think Trump was just saying his supporters wouldn't care if he shot someone on 5th Avenue in New York? No, he was also bragging about how he can do anything he wanted because he has connections. What connections? Anyone he could pay off or butter up. Unfortunately Trump conned many in Law Enforcement that he was there savior and that democrats where their enemy. Trump is far from being Law Enforcement’s savior, no he wants to turn it into what law enforcement is in Russia, useful thugs. Our Law Enforcement is probably the best in the world, but like any organization they are not perfect. 95-98% of Law Enforcement officers are straight up great people wanting to serve their community the best way they can. The problem is that 5 , more like 2%, that are the bad apples for whatever reason. Over the last few years there has been an increase in racial tensions between the black community and law enforcement, and many times it involves someone from the 2% bad apples, or just bad luck. The thing is when a few do something bad they can give the whole organization a bad name. It goes both ways. What Trump did was say Black Lives matter were anti cop. Are they? Maybe some bad apples creeped in which Trump and his followers ammunition to make the whole movement look like it was ant-cop, but like law enforcement the majority are good people who want answers and accountability for what they see as a problem. You know what a real leader would do? Hold a summit and have both sides calmly discuss the matter to formulate a plan of training and community relations to find a common ground peaceful solution. No, Trump and his kind stoked the fire. If Trump had it his way he would do away with rules and fill the ranks of law enforcement with thugs he can use to do his bidding just like Putin. Luckily we have Law Enforcement people who see through Trump. By the way, most if not all the money Trump has given to Law Enforcement agencies did not come from his pockets but from other people via Trump’s supposedly now shutdown foundation. Trump doesn't consider Law Enforcement worthy enough for his own money. The only person worthy enough for Trump's money in his opinion is himself.
This brings me to another part of my why I don't respect Trump and why I think he is the biggest traitor to America since Benedict Arnold. Think about what Trump likes to say about himself. He likes to be unpredictable. Unpredictable and instability are closely related. In business if you had a CEO who was unpredictable investors would bail because they would figure the company is not stable enough to risk putting money into and guarantee a return. Keep in mind Trump's business in privately owned and most major banks won't touch him with a ten foot pole. Why? Because wherever Trump goes instability is sure not far behind. Why is this important? Russia, specifically, Putin knows this and formulated a plan using Trump, unfortunate for them Trump won. Putin wanted to destabilize America and other countries because he hates that when he tries to Expand Russian power he is put in check. Putin's solution was to have his political science people formulate a plan to weaken and country or organization that stood in Russia's way. Using a blueprint laid out by Aleksandr Dugin in his book “The Foundations of Geopolitics” Russia started a coordinated plan of using the internet to increase social pressures in America and Europe to create divisions that would threaten the stability of anything in his way. And as a side note Putin has used the Syrian civil war and Isis to further put social and economic pressures on Europe, but that is another topic. During the 2016 campaign Donald Trump played to the alt-right crowd just enough were he wouldn't alienate too many people. When it looked like Trump was going down that is when Trump started using the dog whistle knowing that if he lost he could at least stir up social unrest and fulfill his primary job for his master, do enough damage to America to take it off the world stage in order to get its own house in order. Some how the plan changed, probably when Trump and his people convinced the GOP to change their view on Putin and Russia. When this happened Trump decided he could win if the game plan was changed and that is when he sent people to Russia to convince his blackmailing master to help him win. Russia was already doing damage to Hillary Clinton and was happy as things were going but when Trump sent his envoy of evil with the message that the GOP was seeing things his way, they got greedy and figured they could not just cripple America for a short time but have sanctions lifted with a freehand in Eastern Because Trump was going to neuter NATO and let Putin keep the Crimea and maybe all of the Ukraine. There was one problem, Trump as usual claimed he was more successful than he really was in convincing the GOP into getting completely behind him. With false hope and expectations Putin shifted his program into getting Trump elected and not just using him to cause social unrest in Europe. The Russian Troll and Bot network went into high gear pushing out fake news to discredit Hillary Clinton and the democrats along with using hacked DNC emails to create a split between Bernie Sanders supporters and Clinton supporters. ( it was an easy sell because Berniecrats already bought into totally free college education so selling the turd polish was easy. Yes, Bernie supporters you were conned, not once but twice.) voting machines in some states were hacked but we won't know if they had any effect on the outcome because it seems the GOP took measures to block that legally. Swing states were targeted with anti-Clinton propaganda and mainstream media was discredited by Trump who used facts that were contrary to reality concerning crime and the economy. Note to Trump morons, if you believe that the country was the worst it has been since the Great Depression I think you need to retake history and stop watching Fox News. Anyway the Traitor Trump won the election and America got kicked In the crotch by Russia.
Here is why I say Russia screwed up. They changed their plan, which in some ways is lucky for America but in others bad for the World as a whole. See if Clinton was elected then Putin was guaranteed to see a politically divided America with the government bogged down with the GOP trying to impeach Hillary Clinton and the democrats trying to stop them. Another thing Putin expected and would have added to through subversion is civil unrest. Yep, Trump’s racists striking out in frustration, Trump’s hardcore supporters trying to use the second amendment in an attempt at removing Hillary Clinton from taking office or remove from office. They would use Trump's claim with bogus Russian created propaganda to say the election was rigged and Hillary Clinton wasn't legitimate so using their second Amendment right they would fix it. Do you know one reason Russia hacked voting information from states? So they could copy reporting formats in case Hillary Clinton and provide bogus reports that would say Trump won but the reports were changed to Hillary Clinton. Now think of what would have happened if that were to have happened. Civil Unrest like you have never seen all because Donald Trump sold out to Russia either because he was blackmailed or just chose to do so for his own gain, I am betting it is a little of both.
Now here is something that pisses me off. Some Veterans and active duty military bought into that Trump was their savior. They had sweet nothings whispered in their ear and smoke blown up their butt and it was instant love. My god, they were conned by a draft dodger and had other draft dodgers supporting Trump blow smoke up their rumps too. Ted Nugent? Idiots follow him because he likes guns and hunts? The man was too good to take a break from his rock career so he crapped himself to to get out of having to serve. What about Bill O’Reilly? Another idiot who didn't serve his country but acts like the ultimate patriot. These same people gave Bill Clinton hell about draft deferments yet give Trump a pass, hypocrisy at its most disgusting. I have more respect for any President even if they didn't serve in the military because along the way they served the country in some way while those like Trump only served themselves. I respect people who stood up against the draft than I do for people like Trump and crap pants Nugent because they had the balls to stand for something; Bone spurs Trump and Crap Pants Nugent wave a flag they disgraced by their own actions. And to those military and former military that still support Trump without question, you disgrace the whole of the service and those that have fallen in the name of Freedom by your continued support of a traitor who would never fight by your side despite whatever he may say. You support a coward who even now is a danger to the men and women of the military because he is unfit, a traitor, and uses the military as an instrument to deflect attention from his failures.
Trump is not just a traitor, a coward, and a walking poster child for stupidity, he is a person devoid of ethics. He screws over small business people in his dealings with them, many have went under because of Trump's “Sue me if you want to get paid” philosophy. He has more business failures than ex-wives by a factor of 2 at least. He has stiffed so many western banks and investors he is considered to be to risky to lend at all. He doesn't care who he borrows money from or who invests in his business, even if it is blood money. He probably is so invested in Russia that not only are the the sanctions on Russia hurting Putin and his minions but Trump also. Trump has loans from banks known to launder money for illegal organizations and countries trying to evade detection for funding terrorists. By the way, who do you think sells the bad guys the guns and weapons of their trade? Russia and countries aligned with Putin. Do you think it is a coincidence that AKs and RPG-7s are the common weapon for terrorists? With Terrorists attacking western countries Russia gains on two fronts but that is for another time.
This is getting long so I will end this with another reason I have no respect for Trump. Trump has no respect for women at all. He is a disgusting pig and what he says is “locker room talk” is sexual predator talk. To Trump women are not equal to men and are objects to be bought, used, and sold. Another thing, what man puts their hand on their own daughters butt when they are giving them a hug like Trump did at the RNC? My god!
Trump needs to be impeached before he damages this country, this world beyond repair. And Putin? You should not have fallen for Trump's con because you didn't get what he promised and just like the rest of us you have to worry about the big giant orange one starting a nuclear war because he has nothing better to do and needs to deflect attention from his corrupt administration. You can do the world and yourself a favor by releasing that pee pee tape or whatever you are holding over Trump now. Yes, you will be scolded by the global community but at least there will still be one. And stop listening to Aleksandr Dugin, he and Steve Bannon are two douches that want to see the world set aflame.
And to the GOP, evangelicals, and others who endorse Trump but now realize it was a big mistake. Hey no one is going to think less of you if you stand up now and say Trump needs to be impeached and put away, but they will if you keep making excuses for him and propping him up. Admit it, Trump conned you into buying a turd and no matter how much you polish it, it will never be a monument you want to be associated with or be proud to display because it will always be a turd.
This may have seemed disconjointed, but it is a rant of why I have no respect for Donald Trump and why I am upset he is president. I hope people will choose to save this country and impeach America’s biggest mistake in years, otherwise I will be ranting for four years and praying that the next election puts a President that really cares for and Puts the American people first before themselves.
I want to put a disclaimer here. This is a rant and I am just letting of steam so the heck with spell check and typos. Further this is an emotional post and though I am angry I will not recommend or condone violence under any circumstances.
I am angry! Why? Because I am just a disabled veteran that is quite lucky to be where I am now because I served my country and now I find the country that I love is led by someone with out a sense of duty, honor, and the only service he considers is for his ego and wallet. We have a president who wants to take healthcare away from in need and give those bathing in riches a tax break. We have a president who thinks his lies are fundamental truths that should not be questioned. We have a Con in Chief and not Commander in Chief. We have a president who thinks the use of nuclear weapons is an option and not something to use as a last resort. A president who is so limited in intellect he will call any science voodoo. A president who would try to put a square peg in a round hole, and when it doesn't fit he will angrily tweet as if he could hammer the peg in with ignorant words. Above all we have a President who is more than likely a traitor who sold the US to the most dangerous man on earth and now that the deal is coming to light he is like a cat desperately trying to bury the most vile turd in the the litter box, but no matter how deep down he puts it the stench will remain. Yep, if America were a rental there is no way we could get a damage deposit back, our odiferous dilemma has permeated the flooring and drywall. We will need decades of airing out in a free democracy.
Yes, I am a comparing Trump to cat crap. Is that being disrespectful of the president, after all I am a veteran? I have all the respect for the Office of the President of the United States of America, I have no respect for the man who currently occupies it. Actually I have never had any respect for Donald Trump. Why? My Christian values and those taught to me by my parents. Trump is equivalent to merchants in the temple. Jesus once said that the religious leaders of his day were the children of Satan, the father of lies, and there is no bigger liar than Donald Trump. I feel sorry for those who think Trump is the savior of Christianity in America, they are lost sheep following the wolf to the pit. Yes, I am a Christian but don't expect me to judge or condemn someone because of a life choice because that is not my job, I am charged with spreading Christ’s words of forgiveness and acceptance. Remember, Christ ate with sinners and chastised the religious leaders of his day. Do you think some “Christians” are perfect in their teachings today? If they are spreading hate and condemnation then they are far from Christ’s, God's word.
Now let me present my case for not respecting Donald Trump, one of the most deplorable people to ever walk this earth. I will start from religious freedom and the first amendment, I have a segue from the last paragraph. While I am a Christian, I am a firm believer in religious freedom and the separation of Church and state. Why? Because I don't want someone telling me I have to worship God in their way and no other. I accept that there are other religions on the earth and each person is entitled to freely worship as they choose. I choose to be Christian and as such I believe there is one God, his Son, and the Holy Spirit. Others have their opinion and beliefs they are entitled to and I don't hold it against them. Trump has pretty much used Islam as a patriotic rallying cry to gain followers who are ignorant of the religion and whose only exposure to it is from those who hate the religion. Yes, the ignorant leading the ignorant like the blind leading the blind. Trump tapped into this passion and every time an terrorist act occurred he spouted off about “radical Islam” and his followers labeled every Muslim a terrorist or terrorist sympathizer. Yes, Trump uses fear of the unknown because ignorant people are fearful of that which they don't understand. Trump turned Islam into a boogie man that is hiding in a closet waiting to kill everyone and his followers gobbled it up. You know what is more dangerous and is hiding in plain sight, right wing extremists, alt- right nut jobs.
Maybe I should use this time to show another thing Trump has used to scare people. This one is also based on ignorance and discrimination, The illegal immigrants. Trump took this from the Nazi playbook, find someone to blame for economic and social problems and pin the tail on them. To Trump and his supporters immigrants from Mexico and the rest of Latin America are criminals and job stealers and thousands and thousands are sneaking across the border everyday. First, for the last four years or so there has been a reversal in the flow of immigrants from Mexico. Second, most immigrants from Mexico are looking for a better life, honest work that most US citizens feel is beneath them. Third, a wall will not stop drugs from entering the country, especially if the Coast Guard’s budget is cut to build Trump’s monster. Fourth, have you considered the increase in Eastern Europeans and Russians and there links to organized crime? It has increased. Where is that wall?
Ah, yes, Trump the Law and Order candidate. There is no law that Trump will respect if he believes he can get away with breaking it. Do you think Trump was just saying his supporters wouldn't care if he shot someone on 5th Avenue in New York? No, he was also bragging about how he can do anything he wanted because he has connections. What connections? Anyone he could pay off or butter up. Unfortunately Trump conned many in Law Enforcement that he was there savior and that democrats where their enemy. Trump is far from being Law Enforcement’s savior, no he wants to turn it into what law enforcement is in Russia, useful thugs. Our Law Enforcement is probably the best in the world, but like any organization they are not perfect. 95-98% of Law Enforcement officers are straight up great people wanting to serve their community the best way they can. The problem is that 5 , more like 2%, that are the bad apples for whatever reason. Over the last few years there has been an increase in racial tensions between the black community and law enforcement, and many times it involves someone from the 2% bad apples, or just bad luck. The thing is when a few do something bad they can give the whole organization a bad name. It goes both ways. What Trump did was say Black Lives matter were anti cop. Are they? Maybe some bad apples creeped in which Trump and his followers ammunition to make the whole movement look like it was ant-cop, but like law enforcement the majority are good people who want answers and accountability for what they see as a problem. You know what a real leader would do? Hold a summit and have both sides calmly discuss the matter to formulate a plan of training and community relations to find a common ground peaceful solution. No, Trump and his kind stoked the fire. If Trump had it his way he would do away with rules and fill the ranks of law enforcement with thugs he can use to do his bidding just like Putin. Luckily we have Law Enforcement people who see through Trump. By the way, most if not all the money Trump has given to Law Enforcement agencies did not come from his pockets but from other people via Trump’s supposedly now shutdown foundation. Trump doesn't consider Law Enforcement worthy enough for his own money. The only person worthy enough for Trump's money in his opinion is himself.
This brings me to another part of my why I don't respect Trump and why I think he is the biggest traitor to America since Benedict Arnold. Think about what Trump likes to say about himself. He likes to be unpredictable. Unpredictable and instability are closely related. In business if you had a CEO who was unpredictable investors would bail because they would figure the company is not stable enough to risk putting money into and guarantee a return. Keep in mind Trump's business in privately owned and most major banks won't touch him with a ten foot pole. Why? Because wherever Trump goes instability is sure not far behind. Why is this important? Russia, specifically, Putin knows this and formulated a plan using Trump, unfortunate for them Trump won. Putin wanted to destabilize America and other countries because he hates that when he tries to Expand Russian power he is put in check. Putin's solution was to have his political science people formulate a plan to weaken and country or organization that stood in Russia's way. Using a blueprint laid out by Aleksandr Dugin in his book “The Foundations of Geopolitics” Russia started a coordinated plan of using the internet to increase social pressures in America and Europe to create divisions that would threaten the stability of anything in his way. And as a side note Putin has used the Syrian civil war and Isis to further put social and economic pressures on Europe, but that is another topic. During the 2016 campaign Donald Trump played to the alt-right crowd just enough were he wouldn't alienate too many people. When it looked like Trump was going down that is when Trump started using the dog whistle knowing that if he lost he could at least stir up social unrest and fulfill his primary job for his master, do enough damage to America to take it off the world stage in order to get its own house in order. Some how the plan changed, probably when Trump and his people convinced the GOP to change their view on Putin and Russia. When this happened Trump decided he could win if the game plan was changed and that is when he sent people to Russia to convince his blackmailing master to help him win. Russia was already doing damage to Hillary Clinton and was happy as things were going but when Trump sent his envoy of evil with the message that the GOP was seeing things his way, they got greedy and figured they could not just cripple America for a short time but have sanctions lifted with a freehand in Eastern Because Trump was going to neuter NATO and let Putin keep the Crimea and maybe all of the Ukraine. There was one problem, Trump as usual claimed he was more successful than he really was in convincing the GOP into getting completely behind him. With false hope and expectations Putin shifted his program into getting Trump elected and not just using him to cause social unrest in Europe. The Russian Troll and Bot network went into high gear pushing out fake news to discredit Hillary Clinton and the democrats along with using hacked DNC emails to create a split between Bernie Sanders supporters and Clinton supporters. ( it was an easy sell because Berniecrats already bought into totally free college education so selling the turd polish was easy. Yes, Bernie supporters you were conned, not once but twice.) voting machines in some states were hacked but we won't know if they had any effect on the outcome because it seems the GOP took measures to block that legally. Swing states were targeted with anti-Clinton propaganda and mainstream media was discredited by Trump who used facts that were contrary to reality concerning crime and the economy. Note to Trump morons, if you believe that the country was the worst it has been since the Great Depression I think you need to retake history and stop watching Fox News. Anyway the Traitor Trump won the election and America got kicked In the crotch by Russia.
Here is why I say Russia screwed up. They changed their plan, which in some ways is lucky for America but in others bad for the World as a whole. See if Clinton was elected then Putin was guaranteed to see a politically divided America with the government bogged down with the GOP trying to impeach Hillary Clinton and the democrats trying to stop them. Another thing Putin expected and would have added to through subversion is civil unrest. Yep, Trump’s racists striking out in frustration, Trump’s hardcore supporters trying to use the second amendment in an attempt at removing Hillary Clinton from taking office or remove from office. They would use Trump's claim with bogus Russian created propaganda to say the election was rigged and Hillary Clinton wasn't legitimate so using their second Amendment right they would fix it. Do you know one reason Russia hacked voting information from states? So they could copy reporting formats in case Hillary Clinton and provide bogus reports that would say Trump won but the reports were changed to Hillary Clinton. Now think of what would have happened if that were to have happened. Civil Unrest like you have never seen all because Donald Trump sold out to Russia either because he was blackmailed or just chose to do so for his own gain, I am betting it is a little of both.
Now here is something that pisses me off. Some Veterans and active duty military bought into that Trump was their savior. They had sweet nothings whispered in their ear and smoke blown up their butt and it was instant love. My god, they were conned by a draft dodger and had other draft dodgers supporting Trump blow smoke up their rumps too. Ted Nugent? Idiots follow him because he likes guns and hunts? The man was too good to take a break from his rock career so he crapped himself to to get out of having to serve. What about Bill O’Reilly? Another idiot who didn't serve his country but acts like the ultimate patriot. These same people gave Bill Clinton hell about draft deferments yet give Trump a pass, hypocrisy at its most disgusting. I have more respect for any President even if they didn't serve in the military because along the way they served the country in some way while those like Trump only served themselves. I respect people who stood up against the draft than I do for people like Trump and crap pants Nugent because they had the balls to stand for something; Bone spurs Trump and Crap Pants Nugent wave a flag they disgraced by their own actions. And to those military and former military that still support Trump without question, you disgrace the whole of the service and those that have fallen in the name of Freedom by your continued support of a traitor who would never fight by your side despite whatever he may say. You support a coward who even now is a danger to the men and women of the military because he is unfit, a traitor, and uses the military as an instrument to deflect attention from his failures.
Trump is not just a traitor, a coward, and a walking poster child for stupidity, he is a person devoid of ethics. He screws over small business people in his dealings with them, many have went under because of Trump's “Sue me if you want to get paid” philosophy. He has more business failures than ex-wives by a factor of 2 at least. He has stiffed so many western banks and investors he is considered to be to risky to lend at all. He doesn't care who he borrows money from or who invests in his business, even if it is blood money. He probably is so invested in Russia that not only are the the sanctions on Russia hurting Putin and his minions but Trump also. Trump has loans from banks known to launder money for illegal organizations and countries trying to evade detection for funding terrorists. By the way, who do you think sells the bad guys the guns and weapons of their trade? Russia and countries aligned with Putin. Do you think it is a coincidence that AKs and RPG-7s are the common weapon for terrorists? With Terrorists attacking western countries Russia gains on two fronts but that is for another time.
This is getting long so I will end this with another reason I have no respect for Trump. Trump has no respect for women at all. He is a disgusting pig and what he says is “locker room talk” is sexual predator talk. To Trump women are not equal to men and are objects to be bought, used, and sold. Another thing, what man puts their hand on their own daughters butt when they are giving them a hug like Trump did at the RNC? My god!
Trump needs to be impeached before he damages this country, this world beyond repair. And Putin? You should not have fallen for Trump's con because you didn't get what he promised and just like the rest of us you have to worry about the big giant orange one starting a nuclear war because he has nothing better to do and needs to deflect attention from his corrupt administration. You can do the world and yourself a favor by releasing that pee pee tape or whatever you are holding over Trump now. Yes, you will be scolded by the global community but at least there will still be one. And stop listening to Aleksandr Dugin, he and Steve Bannon are two douches that want to see the world set aflame.
And to the GOP, evangelicals, and others who endorse Trump but now realize it was a big mistake. Hey no one is going to think less of you if you stand up now and say Trump needs to be impeached and put away, but they will if you keep making excuses for him and propping him up. Admit it, Trump conned you into buying a turd and no matter how much you polish it, it will never be a monument you want to be associated with or be proud to display because it will always be a turd.
This may have seemed disconjointed, but it is a rant of why I have no respect for Donald Trump and why I am upset he is president. I hope people will choose to save this country and impeach America’s biggest mistake in years, otherwise I will be ranting for four years and praying that the next election puts a President that really cares for and Puts the American people first before themselves.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Has Fox News been weaponized by Russia? Fox News, an enemy of democracy.
Recently Ted Koppel interviewed Sean Hannity of Fox News where he said Mr. Hannity is a danger to America. I have to agree with Ted Koppel, Sean Hannity is a threat to America, but so is the rest of Fox News. ( except Shepard Smith who seems to be the only one on Fox to call out Donald Trump on his Fake News claims.)
Why is Fox News a danger to America? There are a few reasons that justify such an opinion of the news organization, and I will try to name a few hear. The most obvious are that despite the motto “Fair and Balanced” they are anything but, they lean so far right that Fox News is one of the Alt-Rights favorite news sources along with Breitbart. Any news story that paints conservatives in a bad light is either not covered or attacked no matter if hard facts back up the story. There is a definite feel that Fox News coverage is crafted and directed to not so much conservatives as a whole, but the ultra conservatives and the extreme hard Right. What is worse, it is also targeted to the military and law enforcement establishments in such a way that they purposely paint themselves as those establishments only friends in the media and that all other news outlets are anti-military, anti- law enforcement, and not patriotic. What is frightening is that at many military stations Fox News is the only thing on or allowed on television in common areas such as waiting rooms, it is also quite common to find Fox News being watched in workspaces. It would not be a problem if Fox News were a factual News agency and not so much an opinionated propaganda outlet. Fox News does not report facts and lets the viewer decide, they direct the viewer as to what they want the audience to think. Every News outlet whether print, television, or on the internet has opinion shows along with news shows, but at Fox, there is no distinction between the two. Why?
Fox News was started in the late 1990’s by Rupert Murdoch. Everyone knows Mr. Murdoch started with a Newspaper left to him by his father and from that Mr. Murdoch built a vast multimedia empire. Mr. Murdoch became a United States citizen in 1985 to buy 20th Century Fox and own television stations in the U.S. You have to admit that is quite an accomplishment. The thing is Fox News was from the outset intended to be a conservative news organization. Fox News was meant to be an American conservative news outlet. It can be hard to pin down exactly what are Mr. Murdoch's politics, but if you go by the fruits of his labor, he leans right. However, is this the only reason Fox News is so biased to the Right side of the political spectrum? Probably not.
Rupert Murdoch is running the show at Fox News after Roger was forced to leave because of sexual harassment scandals. Is this true? The Executive editor at Fox News and Executive Vice President is John Moody. Mr. Moody is a, or rather was a journalist. At one time Mr. Moody was the Bureau Chief in Moscow for the UPI during the late 1970’s. Considering he was 25 at the time you have to conclude Mr. Moody is someone who knows how to work the system. Is so terrible? Not at all. Now Moody is running the operations and determining what news and how Fox News will report it. It is said that Mr. Moody uses memos to control exactly how the news is reported and to make sure it is held to the conservative ideal; this goes against the “fair and balanced” claim and considering he directs the hosts of Fox News shows on what and how to say. I seriously doubt the “ No spin zone” exists on the O’Reilly Factor. It seems John Moody is not so much an executive editor as he is the director of ultra right wing propaganda.
So far we have looked at some background on Fox News and key players, now let's look at how and why it was weaponized by Russia to divide the country and elect Donald Trump. When crimes are discussed, they speak of MO, motive, and opportunity. Why did the person commit the offense and did they have the opportunity, is asked during the investigation. So what was the motivation for Russia to actively interfere in American politics and the 2016 Presidential Election? This one is multilayered but let us cover two of the more obvious reasons. First, Putin was and is still afraid of Secretary Hillary Clinton, not because he thinks she would start a war with Russia but because he knows she will not back down. Putin has been expanding or trying to expand Russian power and has played to bully and used dirty tricks to do so. Putin knows that Hillary Clinton would keep economic sanctions in place and ask for more to keep Putin in check. Putin knows that since Russia is not communist anymore, he needs a strong economy to stay in power and expand Russian power. Right now the Russian economy is in the tank, and Russian Oligarchs aligned with Putin are hurting from sanctions, so there is pressure to have those lifted, and Russia is not about to withdraw from the Ukraine or any other place so the sanctions can be lifted. America is the driving force behind those sanctions, so that is the obstacle that needs to be removed. Russia cannot go to war with America so they must use other methods. The method chosen would have to weaken America, so the threat of future sanctions are removed. Two ways to accomplish this are: have a Russian friendly administration in the White House that will not keep Russia in check, divide America in such away it will take it off the world stage for awhile and allow Russia to run wild. We have the motivation and are now going to look at the method used and opportunities.
Russia is a fascinating country when you look at the people who have governed over the years. Its history is filled with ruthless leaders, starting with the Tzars, the revolution, the USSR, and The current government. The Tzars had their secret police, after the revolution the communists did the same, after the fall of Communism people in the KGB and others used their positions to profit off the fall of communism and gain powerful positions under the guise of being democratically elected. Also, this government and previous Russian government used their intelligence community to further it foreign interests by meddling in other countries. It is a well-practiced organization(s) that do this and uses political scientists to direct where the operations should be targeted. One of those political scientists is a man named Aleksandr Dugin. Mr. Dugin is an adviser to the Kremlin on geopolitics. He can be extreme in his views. If you want to know what type of person he can be compared to Steve Bannon, in fact, they share similar views, and that is disturbing. Mr. Dugin wrote a book called the “Foundations of Geopolitics” which many claims is used to frame Russian foreign doctrine. The book covers various theories involved in world politics and then goes on how Russia can expand its power and control in different areas around the globe. One key to Dugin’s plan is to weaken America, to divide it on racial and social lines. He even discusses how to do it and which group to target with information campaigns to have the biggest impact. If you guessed he recommended targeting the left leaning liberal establishment to foment some new counter culture revolution, then you would be wrong. No, Dugin suggested targeting Conservatives and extreme right wings to cause trouble. One plan was to stir up the alt-right to put intense pressure on race relations in America if not start a race war. Second to target Conservatives with fake news about Democrats and liberals ( I am a conservative democrat) and make them look unpatriotic and an enemy. To spread fake rumors about Democrats wanting to get rid of the second amendment and take away guns. Create and spread conspiracy theories about Democrats making secret deals and having people killed to cover them up, anything that would make liberals look bad. Even the shootings of unarmed black men or even armed black men were used to stir up hate with Russian bots and trolls working on both sides. Both Law Enforcement and Black Lives Matter were targeted with fake news to drive a wedge between the two furthering the divide. These are a few things used over the last year to divide the country. The interesting thing about Aleksandr Dugin’s plan is that it does not need to have the majority to succeed, just the right audience even if they are in the majority. Why? Because the minority he recommended targeting own guns, feels patriotic, and will threaten anyone they believe is an America's enemy. So all Russia had to do was create an enemy for that minority group of “patriotic” American's to target, illegal aliens, Muslims, black people, liberals, democrats, and anyone not on the Trump Train. ( For your information there were many reports of people insinuating or blatantly stating they would march on Washington (armed) and install Trump as President if Hillary Clinton won. Notice the Democrats marched to protest but never threatened to overthrow the government. Which is the American way? I was among those threatened on the internet for my support of Clinton and opposition of Trump)
Now here is where the Fox News Channel comes back into the picture, and you can see how it hold to what Russia was trying to do. Fox News was weaponized willingly or was played for a stooge to do Russia’s bidding, but we will get back to that later.
During the racial tensions of the Black Lives Matter protests Fox News always fell on the side of law enforcement no matter the visual evidence. If the evidence suggested the law enforcement officer made a mistake, then you could guarantee that Fox News would minimize or neglect that coverage. If anything in the past suggested the person shot had a run-in with the law at one time or another Fox News would guarantee they ran they heck out of that angle and paint that person in a bad of light as possible. During BLM protests Fox News would portray the protestors as cop hating thugs. If a person spoke out to say there needs to be more training and oversight in law enforcement concerning race relations that person was automatically labeled a cop hater or anti-law enforcement. So to Fox viewers, and many are in law enforcement and the military, BLM was the enemy and wanted cops dead. What is worse, is Fox labeled other networks who showed both sides of the story as liberal anti-law enforcement propaganda outlets. ( I am a big supporter of law enforcement with family and friends in that field. I know that like any organization law enforcement represents a cross section of America. I served in the military and can tell you, that despite screening, racists do make it in and some even try to spread their beliefs. )
During the campaign much was made about jobs being sent overseas and the economy. Donald Trump would say Democrats are weak on trade and allow other countries run over the United States and take our jobs and ruin the economy. President Obama was blamed for a failing economy even though economic indicators showed the economy has been growing under the Obama administration and recovery plan. Fox News would cover the rallies and push Trump's comments as if they were true even when Fox News economic analysts knew the truth. Government numbers were questioned as being fake. Fox News promoted Trump’s bogus claims.
During the Syrian crisis which is still going on, other news outlets would talk about the humanitarian crisis and refugees; Fox News would push the view that ISIS would hide among the refugees and would be let into the United States without being vetted; this is not true because the refugees are not allowed into the U.S. Without thorough vetting contrary to Trump and Fox News claims. Like Donald Trump, Fox News pushed for a Muslim ban. When other news organizations pointed out Trump's Ban did not cover certain countries he had economic ties to but produced some of the most notorious terrorists, Fox let it go. Saudi Arabia was the home to most of the 9/11 terrorists and is not part of Trump's ban. When a Muslim commits an act of terrorism Fox News is all over presenting a view that Muslims cannot be trusted and Islam is evil.
When a racist attack happens in the United States, which is an act of terrorism, Fox News does not address it as such just like Donald Trump, which is interesting because if a person of color commits a crime, Fox is there painting that individual in as bad light as possible.
This blog is getting long, and I still can list tons more examples in showing how Fox News does not just separate itself from mainstream media which the alt- right hates, it aligns itself with the most divisive views and if Trump shares that view they double down on it. Know what we know now, and with more information coming out daily on how Russia used fake news to damage Hillary Clinton and aided Donald Trump you cannot help but question if Fox News was part of the plan. Does Rupert Murdoch’s past and present Russian ties leave him open to Russian manipulation and that is why Fox News favors Trump and is playing down Russiagate? Is Russia using a KGB file on Fox News executive editor John Moody from his time as Moscow bureau chief to blackmail him now? Are these the opportunities, the assets, that Russia is using and used to Weaponize Fox News? Fox News has a large viewership, but it is still the minority of the population but is the political views and makeup of that minority which makes them dangerous to America.
Listed are links used for this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin a starting point for information on Dugin
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-03/who-is-alexander-dugin-the-man-linking-putin-erdogan-and-trump
https://qz.com/871975/aleksandr-dugin-putins-favorite-philosopher-is-a-big-fan-of-donald-trump/
http://arctogaia.com/public/osnovygeo/ this is Dugin’s book on his site. You can use Google translate. It is a very long book.
http://www.reuters.com/article/murdoch-russia-idUSL2E8E7HJN20120309
https://www.ft.com/content/a615f0ce-ed90-11e6-930f-061b01e23655 ivanka trustee for Murdoch’s daughters
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2085878,00.html Rupert Murdochs Russian billboard
https://www.forbes.com/profile/rupert-murdoch/
https://www.ft.com/content/74408ae0-eeb3-11e6-ba01-119a44939bb6 Murdoch sat in on times interview of Trump
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-russian-rupert-murdoch-2014-11
https://www.rt.com/business/murdoch-fears-about-russian-investment-climate-not-matched-by-investment-flows/ Russia Today article confirms Murdoch investments in Russia but did he sell?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moody_(journalist) driving force behind Fox News note Moody served as Moscow bureau chief for UPI in the past. More than likely there is a KGB/ FSB file on him because of his position.
Fox News is owned by 21st Century Fox Entertainment after split of NewsCorp
Sent request to UPI for dates Moody was stationed in Moscow and why he was transferred
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-russia-probe-far-right-news-sites-20170321-story.html
Sunday, March 26, 2017
The American government machine is broken and The 4th estate may have helped break it.
The American Government is broken and the 4th estate may have contributed
I am a former Navy Electronics Technician who still loves troubleshooting broken electronics, computers, machines or anything that matter. It is like solving a puzzle, a mystery. When I come across something broken I cannot sleep until I have discovered the fault and a solution to fix the problem. With equipment it is easy to find the fault although sometimes it takes time. With things like politics it takes time and is far from easy but the same troubleshooting methods apply.
Imagine when Donald Trump won the election and how that would affect someone who goes nuts when things don't go right, when the machine is obviously broken.
I have not been able to sleep at night because I know the American government is broken and I am someone who has to know why. The American government is a machine and like any machine it can breakdown from time to time. The founding fathers knew this and established a system of “self repair” providing all parts of the government aren't trashed too. You know the executive, legislative, and judicial branches form a limiting circuit to keep each other from going to far on the power scale. Now this is a good system but it is not perfect so the founding fathers provided a feedback loop that is made up of the people and the press. ( that is why we have the first amendment.)
Normally when something goes wrong in government the press will report on it to the people who will then let the elected representatives know they need to get their act together and fix the problem. This feedback loop becomes extremely valuable and effective when our political system enters “ election mode” things start to really happen. Now if the system is still not running right the feedback loop enters repair mode during the election cycle and the faulty circuit, gear, or other mechanism is replaced by the people with a part they think can get the system running again. Now what if there is something wrong with feedback loop and election cycle repair mode? What if someone hacked into the system and tweaked one of the circuits so that it sent out “ bad signals” to the people side of the feedback loop? Could this be done? Yes and it was done. Remember the Russian Cable guy from “Seinfeld”? It wasn't him, it was a Putin the repair man and his Technicians. So what part of the system did they mess with? The press. Covertly and overtly by manipulating the media through hacks, fake news, and leaks. Now there is more than one circuit to the press subsystem. Each news outlet whether TV, Print, internet, Radio, large, or small is a separate circuit. The press circuits very in how much they impact the feedback loop according to how large the audience is, so if you want to screw up the system you go after a big circuit, one easily accessed through the backdoor. Russia political repair company chose a few circuits but the most notable and biggest was Fox News. Fox News has a large passionate conservative audience and an owner who likes money and power, Rupert Murdoch. With a little willing dealing and money thrown around you have tweaked the Fox News circuit into spilling out all the crap and fear you want the audience to hear. ( am I saying Murdoch is a traitor? No, but he and Fox News sure are pro-Russian all of a sudden!) now you have a large audience receiving the bad signals and it spreads out to people who don't watch Fox News but are influenced by people who do, and also people who follow Alex Jones and Breitbart. All of a sudden you have a number of broken, or just plain evil, press circuits spouting bad info to the people who are in the election cycle. The people circuits are overwhelmed and enough are influenced by the bad info that during the election cycle they select a big orange and very broken main gear to drive the government machine and numerous other bad little gears to go along too. Now we have have a machine that is broken, really broken, with the remaining good gears and circuits trying to repair the machine before it catches on fire. What is making it hard for the remaining good gears and the non-contaminated people circuit is there are still bad circuits like Fox News that needs to be fixed or shut down. ( I so hope that the FBI finds Rupert Murdoch and Fox News aided Russia in spreading false news to influence the election. If they do, they can put Murdoch on trial, convict him, strip him of his citizenship, deport him, and shut down Fox News. I would love to see a few Fox News people on the unemployment line, especially Sean Hannity.)
So to compensate for bad press circuits bringing down the system the good circuits like The Washington Post, The New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, and all others have to work extra hard to minimize the bad and fix the system or we will be stuck in a self destructive negative feedback loop.
I am a former Navy Electronics Technician who still loves troubleshooting broken electronics, computers, machines or anything that matter. It is like solving a puzzle, a mystery. When I come across something broken I cannot sleep until I have discovered the fault and a solution to fix the problem. With equipment it is easy to find the fault although sometimes it takes time. With things like politics it takes time and is far from easy but the same troubleshooting methods apply.
Imagine when Donald Trump won the election and how that would affect someone who goes nuts when things don't go right, when the machine is obviously broken.
I have not been able to sleep at night because I know the American government is broken and I am someone who has to know why. The American government is a machine and like any machine it can breakdown from time to time. The founding fathers knew this and established a system of “self repair” providing all parts of the government aren't trashed too. You know the executive, legislative, and judicial branches form a limiting circuit to keep each other from going to far on the power scale. Now this is a good system but it is not perfect so the founding fathers provided a feedback loop that is made up of the people and the press. ( that is why we have the first amendment.)
Normally when something goes wrong in government the press will report on it to the people who will then let the elected representatives know they need to get their act together and fix the problem. This feedback loop becomes extremely valuable and effective when our political system enters “ election mode” things start to really happen. Now if the system is still not running right the feedback loop enters repair mode during the election cycle and the faulty circuit, gear, or other mechanism is replaced by the people with a part they think can get the system running again. Now what if there is something wrong with feedback loop and election cycle repair mode? What if someone hacked into the system and tweaked one of the circuits so that it sent out “ bad signals” to the people side of the feedback loop? Could this be done? Yes and it was done. Remember the Russian Cable guy from “Seinfeld”? It wasn't him, it was a Putin the repair man and his Technicians. So what part of the system did they mess with? The press. Covertly and overtly by manipulating the media through hacks, fake news, and leaks. Now there is more than one circuit to the press subsystem. Each news outlet whether TV, Print, internet, Radio, large, or small is a separate circuit. The press circuits very in how much they impact the feedback loop according to how large the audience is, so if you want to screw up the system you go after a big circuit, one easily accessed through the backdoor. Russia political repair company chose a few circuits but the most notable and biggest was Fox News. Fox News has a large passionate conservative audience and an owner who likes money and power, Rupert Murdoch. With a little willing dealing and money thrown around you have tweaked the Fox News circuit into spilling out all the crap and fear you want the audience to hear. ( am I saying Murdoch is a traitor? No, but he and Fox News sure are pro-Russian all of a sudden!) now you have a large audience receiving the bad signals and it spreads out to people who don't watch Fox News but are influenced by people who do, and also people who follow Alex Jones and Breitbart. All of a sudden you have a number of broken, or just plain evil, press circuits spouting bad info to the people who are in the election cycle. The people circuits are overwhelmed and enough are influenced by the bad info that during the election cycle they select a big orange and very broken main gear to drive the government machine and numerous other bad little gears to go along too. Now we have have a machine that is broken, really broken, with the remaining good gears and circuits trying to repair the machine before it catches on fire. What is making it hard for the remaining good gears and the non-contaminated people circuit is there are still bad circuits like Fox News that needs to be fixed or shut down. ( I so hope that the FBI finds Rupert Murdoch and Fox News aided Russia in spreading false news to influence the election. If they do, they can put Murdoch on trial, convict him, strip him of his citizenship, deport him, and shut down Fox News. I would love to see a few Fox News people on the unemployment line, especially Sean Hannity.)
So to compensate for bad press circuits bringing down the system the good circuits like The Washington Post, The New York Times, MSNBC, CNN, and all others have to work extra hard to minimize the bad and fix the system or we will be stuck in a self destructive negative feedback loop.
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Trump playing the Russian blackmail game?
Did Trump do unto others what was done to him?
We know about the dossier on Trump put together by retired British Agent Christopher Steele. We know that it alleges Trump is being blackmailed by Russia who may have compromising material involving Russian prostitutes and golden showers. ( On that note, has anyone else noticed how Melania seems kind of distant from the Donald since that revelation?) If true that means Russia has power over Trump, but this is post will not discuss that, but a what if. What if Trump used the same method for his own gain?
I am a disabled veteran with 11 years experience as a Navigation Electronics Technician on ballistic missile submarines. I received training on how to troubleshoot equipment failures using a set method. I know what is supposed to happen and compare it to what happens. If they don't match there has to be a problem. I gather the system of the failure and use what I know to try to localize the fault. I divide the circuit into smaller and smaller parts until I find the component that failed by checking the goes into with the goes out of to see when Good becomes bad. Sometimes we face intermittent errors that are hard to find so we resort to I know this isn't working right but there is not a hard failure to isolate the problem yet so lets try something different. The outside the box and speculation thing.
Now if no one speculated every now and then we would learn nothing new. Law enforcement would not solve as many crimes or even know a crime was committed if they did say “hmm something isn't right here. Maybe we should look into it.” Well that is what I am about to do.
So what isn't right? Well for one, we have the Republican Party, actually certain members, refusing to consider or look into Donald Trump colluding with Russian intelligence during the last election. Republicans have, until recently, been very firm on dealing with Russia but that seems to have changed during the RNC. Why? In the past if Republicans thought there could be a Russian Traitor in government they would stop everything and investigate, but now it is no big deal. Why?
We have seen some Republicans who seemed to oppose Trump meet with Trump and jump on the “Trump Train”, why? You would think Trump made them a deal they could not refuse. (I chose to use deal here instead of offer because, well “the art of the deal.” Maybe he did make a deal to some key republicans ( Ryan, Nunes, Chaffetz, Mitchell, Gowdy….you get the picture).
Maybe he used power or financial incentive. Maybe he took a page from the Russian playbook of compromat ( I think that is what they call it). I mean he does own hotels and has connections to some seed types who can provide him with services such as escort services. (wasn't there talk about how he recruited young Eastern European girls for modeling but they ended up working as escorts or something?) Maybe when a certain Republican congressman stayed at one of Trump’s hotel they were treated to the best suite and room service with some extra services their wives may not approve. Maybe they got more than they expected, service that went the extra mile and a video to remember the great time they had at the Trump Hotel? I am just speculating here trying to figure out how key Republicans bow to Trump when they know he is unfit for the job and is off his rocker. It doesn't add up with the current variables so there must be a few more to the formula. Maybe the FBI should check to see if Trump Tower is wired, wired by Trump. Check his hotels too. I am not saying Trump may have blackmail material on all or any Republicans. He definitely would not need leverage on all just certain ones. You remember the story about Representative Nunes getting a text or something the night before his bombshell news conference? You know, when he bailed out of an Uber he was sharing with others? Maybe he got the “you better look at this and contact me before someone else sees it? Sincerely Trump” I am not saying Trump gathered all the intel he is using for leverage. He seems to have his own source and we know it isn't from US agencies. Think Russia and the use of go betweens.
Maybe certain key republicans are being blackmailed by Trump and are protecting him to protect themselves. If they are they better hope that the FBI gets someone like Flynn to crack because that Trump wall will be coming down hard on them. Their best bet, best scenario? Do something to save their country, admit they screwed up and Trump used it to blackmail them. If they don’t it is only a matter of time before it comes out in the wash. So they have a choice, both will mean their career is over but one has prison as a possibility.
So maybe Trump is playing the Russian game.
We know about the dossier on Trump put together by retired British Agent Christopher Steele. We know that it alleges Trump is being blackmailed by Russia who may have compromising material involving Russian prostitutes and golden showers. ( On that note, has anyone else noticed how Melania seems kind of distant from the Donald since that revelation?) If true that means Russia has power over Trump, but this is post will not discuss that, but a what if. What if Trump used the same method for his own gain?
I am a disabled veteran with 11 years experience as a Navigation Electronics Technician on ballistic missile submarines. I received training on how to troubleshoot equipment failures using a set method. I know what is supposed to happen and compare it to what happens. If they don't match there has to be a problem. I gather the system of the failure and use what I know to try to localize the fault. I divide the circuit into smaller and smaller parts until I find the component that failed by checking the goes into with the goes out of to see when Good becomes bad. Sometimes we face intermittent errors that are hard to find so we resort to I know this isn't working right but there is not a hard failure to isolate the problem yet so lets try something different. The outside the box and speculation thing.
Now if no one speculated every now and then we would learn nothing new. Law enforcement would not solve as many crimes or even know a crime was committed if they did say “hmm something isn't right here. Maybe we should look into it.” Well that is what I am about to do.
So what isn't right? Well for one, we have the Republican Party, actually certain members, refusing to consider or look into Donald Trump colluding with Russian intelligence during the last election. Republicans have, until recently, been very firm on dealing with Russia but that seems to have changed during the RNC. Why? In the past if Republicans thought there could be a Russian Traitor in government they would stop everything and investigate, but now it is no big deal. Why?
We have seen some Republicans who seemed to oppose Trump meet with Trump and jump on the “Trump Train”, why? You would think Trump made them a deal they could not refuse. (I chose to use deal here instead of offer because, well “the art of the deal.” Maybe he did make a deal to some key republicans ( Ryan, Nunes, Chaffetz, Mitchell, Gowdy….you get the picture).
Maybe he used power or financial incentive. Maybe he took a page from the Russian playbook of compromat ( I think that is what they call it). I mean he does own hotels and has connections to some seed types who can provide him with services such as escort services. (wasn't there talk about how he recruited young Eastern European girls for modeling but they ended up working as escorts or something?) Maybe when a certain Republican congressman stayed at one of Trump’s hotel they were treated to the best suite and room service with some extra services their wives may not approve. Maybe they got more than they expected, service that went the extra mile and a video to remember the great time they had at the Trump Hotel? I am just speculating here trying to figure out how key Republicans bow to Trump when they know he is unfit for the job and is off his rocker. It doesn't add up with the current variables so there must be a few more to the formula. Maybe the FBI should check to see if Trump Tower is wired, wired by Trump. Check his hotels too. I am not saying Trump may have blackmail material on all or any Republicans. He definitely would not need leverage on all just certain ones. You remember the story about Representative Nunes getting a text or something the night before his bombshell news conference? You know, when he bailed out of an Uber he was sharing with others? Maybe he got the “you better look at this and contact me before someone else sees it? Sincerely Trump” I am not saying Trump gathered all the intel he is using for leverage. He seems to have his own source and we know it isn't from US agencies. Think Russia and the use of go betweens.
Maybe certain key republicans are being blackmailed by Trump and are protecting him to protect themselves. If they are they better hope that the FBI gets someone like Flynn to crack because that Trump wall will be coming down hard on them. Their best bet, best scenario? Do something to save their country, admit they screwed up and Trump used it to blackmail them. If they don’t it is only a matter of time before it comes out in the wash. So they have a choice, both will mean their career is over but one has prison as a possibility.
So maybe Trump is playing the Russian game.
Russia psychoanalyzed the USA and now they are screwing us, Bigly!
Russia psychoanalyzed the USA and now they are screwing us, Bigly!
We know for a fact that Russia did interfere in the 2016 election and they worked to benefit Donald Trump and damage Secretary Clinton. Even as I write this there is an investigation into how much if any involvement the Trump Campaign had in Russia’s operation. I will not get into the FBI investigation (I think Trump and his collection of racist misfit toys are guilty as hell), I will instead look into how Russia was so successful in doing so.
As the title say, “Russia psychoanalyzed the USA.” This operation took more than just hacking to accomplish, it required knowing who to target with leaked information and disinformation along with finding a stooge to use. We all know the stooge Russia backed, the big orange balding liar know as Donald Trump. They knew he is an egomaniac, had the exposure from “The Apprentice”, was considered a successful businessman because of his cultivated image ( which differs from reality “, and his appeal to certain groups. They knew he was a salesman. Trump is a used car salesman playing at big business, he is a con.
But who should Russia target with their version of political warfare and “not so lethal bug ignorant weapon” Donald Trump? Well here is where you need to look at what Russia wanted to accomplish, and what they want is a weak divided America and not the strong “Make America Great Again” Trump sold his supporters. So guess who Russia targeted, had Trump target with his divisive message, his key supporters. They people who hate Muslims and fall for news (fake) saying Sharia law was being instituted in certain cities in America with large Muslim populations even though the constitution does not allow for the implementation of “any” religious laws. They targeted the same people saying “Obama” is a Muslim even though he is a Christian. They targeted the overtly racists and the closeted ones who did not like having a black man as president. They stoked the birther conspiracy ( and if Trump is impeached you can expect more fake birth certificates and other stuff from Russia to cause chaos.) They targeted Gun rights groups with fake news about taking away guns. They targeted sovereign citizens. They targeted hate groups, you name it they targeted extreme right leaning groups to the extreme. They even targeted law enforcement and military groups. Why? I will get to those two groups later.
And liberals do not think you were not targeted, because you were. The DNC leaks were targeted to Berniecrats.
How did they know to target these groups? Because they have been studying America for ages and with the advent of the internet it made it easier for Russian political scientists to look into the deep dark recesses of the American psyche. They monitored forums, Facebook pages, and other social media to gain an understanding of America’s dark underbelly, because everyone knows the underbelly is the weakness easiest to exploit. After a while it went from monitoring to interacting with these groups and being on the internet no one would know they weren't American but Russia, the anonymity of the internet became the mask of the Russian bear. Soon these online Russian operatives were feeding the Americans they were conning information calculated to cause the most damage politically and to stir passions. Even before Trump started calling real news fake, the Russians had already sowed the seed and it grew so the right leaning groups were calling everything positive from the Obama Administration fake news and fake news damaging to democrats as real.(. Pizzagate is an example and even though disproved, far right types still believe it). Obamacare was labeled socialism and the democrats were said to be socialists trying to destroy America. For the extreme right, democrats became an enemy to America.
On September 11, 2001 America was victim to the worst terrorist attack in history, the twin towers came down killing 2,977 innocent people and injuring thousands more. It was an act of what Trump calls “ Radical Islam” and that attack is embedded into our collective memory for all time. Most of us know it was not an attack that represents all Muslims but those who have a distorted view of Islam. But there are those in America that believe all Muslims are evil and celebrated the attack. Since that time we have taken part in military actions in countries know to support terrorism and our military faced “ Islamic extremists” who killed our troops. Russia saw this and in forums and other places they used this to stoke the anti-Muslim crowd. Why? Because it divides Americans.
Recently we had numerous cases of black men and women being killed by police officers which further divided America between those who wanted it to stop and those who say black lives matter was anti law enforcement. I am not here to debate that but to say that issue was used to stoke fires. Yes, law enforcement you too were targeted by Russian psychological political warfare machine. On your forums you probably heard an increase of how black lives matter wants to kill cops, black men or more dangerous, and read other forum members discussing their experiences or another's of how black men are stronger and more violent, Super predators. The thing is you do not know if these were actual law enforcement officers or someone playing as law enforcement to stoke the fire. Yes, Russia did plant people into your circle and you may have noticed those same people stopped posting after the election. Why? Because their job was done and they weren't getting paid anymore. No, Russia just wanted to use your concern for fellow officers to help divide and conquer. ( Russia was not counting on a Trump win as much as it was civil unrest (the armed type, not just protests))
And for Black Lives matter, you were targeted to by people posing as black who tried to stoke the fire anyway they could hoping that it would cause race riots. We all were being played from the outside by the Russian Political Science and psychological war machine.
Remember fake news that said black lives matter was blocking hospitals? Guess who generated that? Someone trying to start a race war. Who would benefit from that? Russia.
I could go on and write a book on this if I had the time, maybe someone will look into this and do so in the future. I hope so, so it will prevent a repeat of this. I know I did not cite sources, this is a blog about my own analysis of what I have read over the last year and what I observed.
The key to my analysis is a book written by, Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian political scientist who acts as an adviser to Putin and the Kremlin. The book is called, “Foundations of Geopolitics.” The book lays out a game plan for every region of the world and how Russia can expand its power while weakening those countries that stand in its way, like America. Russia would not do anything to strengthen America because it knows a strong America would hamper its expansion an keep sanctions in place. No, Russia wants to weaken America economically and politically so it has no leverage over other countries to impose sanctions on Russia. It wants NATO destroyed that is why they are working to split Turkey from American influence.
Russia lucked out when Trump won. They expected they would divide America enough to cause civil Unrest and force the US off the world stage while it got it own house in order. What happened? Their political / psychological war machine was a little more successful than they expected, just enough to give Trump the electoral college vote. This may have set back Russian expansion timetable, because if they acted too soon it would have show their card, plus they have not finished using their poliPsych warfare machine to weaken Europe enough. And Russia is using the Syrian war because the influx of refugees puts extra political pressure on the leaders of Europe and they are using that to their advantage. Now let's cut to it.
Why target so many groups when they are the minority? ( yes, Trump supporters you are the minority) Because Russia was not trying to elect Trump as much as they were trying to start something close to a civil war in America. The Russian intelligence knows that there are groups in the United States who threaten to take up arms if things don't go their way so they try and stoke the fire to make it boil over. By doing what they did they have put a crack in America, let's keep them from widening it. As the Russian-Trump picture becomes clearer expect more exaggerated and divisive claims from Donald Trump and his cabinet. (Remember, Bannon would love nothing more than destroy the America the constitution guarantees) expect information leaked from Russia that will try to show President Obama was unAmerican or anything that makes Democrats look bad. We are fighting a new war, a cyber political psychological war CyPolPsych warfare or PoliPsych warfare.
We know for a fact that Russia did interfere in the 2016 election and they worked to benefit Donald Trump and damage Secretary Clinton. Even as I write this there is an investigation into how much if any involvement the Trump Campaign had in Russia’s operation. I will not get into the FBI investigation (I think Trump and his collection of racist misfit toys are guilty as hell), I will instead look into how Russia was so successful in doing so.
As the title say, “Russia psychoanalyzed the USA.” This operation took more than just hacking to accomplish, it required knowing who to target with leaked information and disinformation along with finding a stooge to use. We all know the stooge Russia backed, the big orange balding liar know as Donald Trump. They knew he is an egomaniac, had the exposure from “The Apprentice”, was considered a successful businessman because of his cultivated image ( which differs from reality “, and his appeal to certain groups. They knew he was a salesman. Trump is a used car salesman playing at big business, he is a con.
But who should Russia target with their version of political warfare and “not so lethal bug ignorant weapon” Donald Trump? Well here is where you need to look at what Russia wanted to accomplish, and what they want is a weak divided America and not the strong “Make America Great Again” Trump sold his supporters. So guess who Russia targeted, had Trump target with his divisive message, his key supporters. They people who hate Muslims and fall for news (fake) saying Sharia law was being instituted in certain cities in America with large Muslim populations even though the constitution does not allow for the implementation of “any” religious laws. They targeted the same people saying “Obama” is a Muslim even though he is a Christian. They targeted the overtly racists and the closeted ones who did not like having a black man as president. They stoked the birther conspiracy ( and if Trump is impeached you can expect more fake birth certificates and other stuff from Russia to cause chaos.) They targeted Gun rights groups with fake news about taking away guns. They targeted sovereign citizens. They targeted hate groups, you name it they targeted extreme right leaning groups to the extreme. They even targeted law enforcement and military groups. Why? I will get to those two groups later.
And liberals do not think you were not targeted, because you were. The DNC leaks were targeted to Berniecrats.
How did they know to target these groups? Because they have been studying America for ages and with the advent of the internet it made it easier for Russian political scientists to look into the deep dark recesses of the American psyche. They monitored forums, Facebook pages, and other social media to gain an understanding of America’s dark underbelly, because everyone knows the underbelly is the weakness easiest to exploit. After a while it went from monitoring to interacting with these groups and being on the internet no one would know they weren't American but Russia, the anonymity of the internet became the mask of the Russian bear. Soon these online Russian operatives were feeding the Americans they were conning information calculated to cause the most damage politically and to stir passions. Even before Trump started calling real news fake, the Russians had already sowed the seed and it grew so the right leaning groups were calling everything positive from the Obama Administration fake news and fake news damaging to democrats as real.(. Pizzagate is an example and even though disproved, far right types still believe it). Obamacare was labeled socialism and the democrats were said to be socialists trying to destroy America. For the extreme right, democrats became an enemy to America.
On September 11, 2001 America was victim to the worst terrorist attack in history, the twin towers came down killing 2,977 innocent people and injuring thousands more. It was an act of what Trump calls “ Radical Islam” and that attack is embedded into our collective memory for all time. Most of us know it was not an attack that represents all Muslims but those who have a distorted view of Islam. But there are those in America that believe all Muslims are evil and celebrated the attack. Since that time we have taken part in military actions in countries know to support terrorism and our military faced “ Islamic extremists” who killed our troops. Russia saw this and in forums and other places they used this to stoke the anti-Muslim crowd. Why? Because it divides Americans.
Recently we had numerous cases of black men and women being killed by police officers which further divided America between those who wanted it to stop and those who say black lives matter was anti law enforcement. I am not here to debate that but to say that issue was used to stoke fires. Yes, law enforcement you too were targeted by Russian psychological political warfare machine. On your forums you probably heard an increase of how black lives matter wants to kill cops, black men or more dangerous, and read other forum members discussing their experiences or another's of how black men are stronger and more violent, Super predators. The thing is you do not know if these were actual law enforcement officers or someone playing as law enforcement to stoke the fire. Yes, Russia did plant people into your circle and you may have noticed those same people stopped posting after the election. Why? Because their job was done and they weren't getting paid anymore. No, Russia just wanted to use your concern for fellow officers to help divide and conquer. ( Russia was not counting on a Trump win as much as it was civil unrest (the armed type, not just protests))
And for Black Lives matter, you were targeted to by people posing as black who tried to stoke the fire anyway they could hoping that it would cause race riots. We all were being played from the outside by the Russian Political Science and psychological war machine.
Remember fake news that said black lives matter was blocking hospitals? Guess who generated that? Someone trying to start a race war. Who would benefit from that? Russia.
I could go on and write a book on this if I had the time, maybe someone will look into this and do so in the future. I hope so, so it will prevent a repeat of this. I know I did not cite sources, this is a blog about my own analysis of what I have read over the last year and what I observed.
The key to my analysis is a book written by, Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian political scientist who acts as an adviser to Putin and the Kremlin. The book is called, “Foundations of Geopolitics.” The book lays out a game plan for every region of the world and how Russia can expand its power while weakening those countries that stand in its way, like America. Russia would not do anything to strengthen America because it knows a strong America would hamper its expansion an keep sanctions in place. No, Russia wants to weaken America economically and politically so it has no leverage over other countries to impose sanctions on Russia. It wants NATO destroyed that is why they are working to split Turkey from American influence.
Russia lucked out when Trump won. They expected they would divide America enough to cause civil Unrest and force the US off the world stage while it got it own house in order. What happened? Their political / psychological war machine was a little more successful than they expected, just enough to give Trump the electoral college vote. This may have set back Russian expansion timetable, because if they acted too soon it would have show their card, plus they have not finished using their poliPsych warfare machine to weaken Europe enough. And Russia is using the Syrian war because the influx of refugees puts extra political pressure on the leaders of Europe and they are using that to their advantage. Now let's cut to it.
Why target so many groups when they are the minority? ( yes, Trump supporters you are the minority) Because Russia was not trying to elect Trump as much as they were trying to start something close to a civil war in America. The Russian intelligence knows that there are groups in the United States who threaten to take up arms if things don't go their way so they try and stoke the fire to make it boil over. By doing what they did they have put a crack in America, let's keep them from widening it. As the Russian-Trump picture becomes clearer expect more exaggerated and divisive claims from Donald Trump and his cabinet. (Remember, Bannon would love nothing more than destroy the America the constitution guarantees) expect information leaked from Russia that will try to show President Obama was unAmerican or anything that makes Democrats look bad. We are fighting a new war, a cyber political psychological war CyPolPsych warfare or PoliPsych warfare.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Why Russia under Putin is a threat to World peace and unity.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 it ended an era. The Cold War that dominated geopolitics since the end of the Second World War seemed at an end. No more would the war to stop Soviet Aggression be fought via client states and radical organizations. Peace at last, at least where it concerns the west verses Soviet Expansion. Like others the United States watched and encouraged the change in Russia hoping a true democracy would replace a repressive government only to see those in power divide the assets of the former Soviet Union amongst themselves. One person who worked for the Soviet intelligence organization, KGB, saw an opportunity and used connections to rise become a leading political power in Russia and eventually its leader. Vladidimir Putin used the knowledge he obtained from his days with the KGB, and the FSB which replaced it, to make alliances and eliminate opponents. Mr. Putin even appointed his successor to act as a placeholder prime minister until he could once again take the reigns.
Not happy with the shrinking power and influence of Russia, Putin began planning ways of making Russia a Superpower like the former Soviet Union but found the United States and her allies standing in the way. The US was not trying to keep Russia from playing a part in World affairs, it just wanted Putin to play by the rules and respect democracy. The problem is that Putin is former KGB and was taught not to trust anyone, especially the US. So Mr. Putin defaulted to his training using old KGB methods to obtain what he wanted. One thing he wanted was to annex the Ukraine into Russia because he and other Russians think the Ukraine should not be Sovereign because it is a natural part of Russia, unfortunately for him most Ukrainians and the world don't share this view. Putin gambled that he could manipulate the political situation in the Ukraine and lost. Following the revolution in the Ukraine that ousted his puppet in that country he undertook more drastic actions by sending in Russian special forces acting as separatists to stir up trouble. In doing this he took he Crimea and annexed it into Russia with a rigged election. His "separatists" still occupy parts of Eastern Ukraine and have shot down a Malaysian Airliner that over flew the area. When the US under President Obama stood up to Putin by slapping sanctions on him and the Russian Oligarchy, Putin became angry and wanted revenge. Putin wanted to not just revenge he wanted to weaken the US, to isolate it so he could continue unopposed in expanding Russian power and influence so he turned to his advisors in the Geopolitical Community to create a plan for political warfare against the United States and her allies. In Europe he has set up a campaign to take down the European Union by fanning Nationalism and hate against Muslims. Do you think Putin wants to end the Syrian war when he knows that the influx of refugees into Europe and the threat of terrorism works to his advantage by putting strain on the EU? No, he will keep that fire going as long as it is useful to him.
In the United States he played a Trump card by fanning nationalism and racism in the US by interfering in an election and aiding a man that is probably in collusion with Russian intelligence for one reason or another. What does he want? A weakened US that alienates its allies and whose only influence is isolated to that of the Americas. He wants to drive a wedge between us and other countries we have as allies. He wants the US to take on China to weaken both countries so Russia can reign supreme in world affairs. Why do you think Trump is threatening war with North Korea? To stop its nuclear program and protect our allies? Heck Trump already made it clear he would not come to Japan's aid if attacked. No Russia would like the US to attack North Korea and would not mind if Trump targeted North Korea's nuclear facilities with a nuke or two. He is gambling that China would not retaliate on NK's behalf using Nuclear weapons but conventional. China may have a nuclear arsenal but its capabilities are lacking and it is extremely outgunned by the US so it would not risk nuclear annihilation for North Korea. What it would do would be to throw world trade in turmoil by closing of the South China Sea and attacking American allies in that region, along with Japan and North Korea. Putin would love this.
Trump supporters claim Russia did the US a favor by helping elect Trump but they are very mistaken. Why? Because no country will act in such away that it will do something for the benefit of another country without gaining leverage over that country. Putin doesn't want America Great, he wants it weak, divided, and poor.
Not happy with the shrinking power and influence of Russia, Putin began planning ways of making Russia a Superpower like the former Soviet Union but found the United States and her allies standing in the way. The US was not trying to keep Russia from playing a part in World affairs, it just wanted Putin to play by the rules and respect democracy. The problem is that Putin is former KGB and was taught not to trust anyone, especially the US. So Mr. Putin defaulted to his training using old KGB methods to obtain what he wanted. One thing he wanted was to annex the Ukraine into Russia because he and other Russians think the Ukraine should not be Sovereign because it is a natural part of Russia, unfortunately for him most Ukrainians and the world don't share this view. Putin gambled that he could manipulate the political situation in the Ukraine and lost. Following the revolution in the Ukraine that ousted his puppet in that country he undertook more drastic actions by sending in Russian special forces acting as separatists to stir up trouble. In doing this he took he Crimea and annexed it into Russia with a rigged election. His "separatists" still occupy parts of Eastern Ukraine and have shot down a Malaysian Airliner that over flew the area. When the US under President Obama stood up to Putin by slapping sanctions on him and the Russian Oligarchy, Putin became angry and wanted revenge. Putin wanted to not just revenge he wanted to weaken the US, to isolate it so he could continue unopposed in expanding Russian power and influence so he turned to his advisors in the Geopolitical Community to create a plan for political warfare against the United States and her allies. In Europe he has set up a campaign to take down the European Union by fanning Nationalism and hate against Muslims. Do you think Putin wants to end the Syrian war when he knows that the influx of refugees into Europe and the threat of terrorism works to his advantage by putting strain on the EU? No, he will keep that fire going as long as it is useful to him.
In the United States he played a Trump card by fanning nationalism and racism in the US by interfering in an election and aiding a man that is probably in collusion with Russian intelligence for one reason or another. What does he want? A weakened US that alienates its allies and whose only influence is isolated to that of the Americas. He wants to drive a wedge between us and other countries we have as allies. He wants the US to take on China to weaken both countries so Russia can reign supreme in world affairs. Why do you think Trump is threatening war with North Korea? To stop its nuclear program and protect our allies? Heck Trump already made it clear he would not come to Japan's aid if attacked. No Russia would like the US to attack North Korea and would not mind if Trump targeted North Korea's nuclear facilities with a nuke or two. He is gambling that China would not retaliate on NK's behalf using Nuclear weapons but conventional. China may have a nuclear arsenal but its capabilities are lacking and it is extremely outgunned by the US so it would not risk nuclear annihilation for North Korea. What it would do would be to throw world trade in turmoil by closing of the South China Sea and attacking American allies in that region, along with Japan and North Korea. Putin would love this.
Trump supporters claim Russia did the US a favor by helping elect Trump but they are very mistaken. Why? Because no country will act in such away that it will do something for the benefit of another country without gaining leverage over that country. Putin doesn't want America Great, he wants it weak, divided, and poor.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Bernie Sanders is not the answer. He is a political opportunist and used car salesman
I read something that has upset me. What I read was a quote of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont saying "The Democratic Party is a sinking ship." Well if it is Senator Sanders helped torpedo it.
In the past Senator Sanders may have been a champion of Social Causes today, and may talk the talk today, but like others in politics he has been bitten by the power bug and has changed. What has he changed into? Many words and comparisons apply here but the two main ones are: "Used Car Salesman " and "political opportunist."
First, why do I say he is a "used car salesman ?" Because he sold his supporters free college which is not possible. Colleges are like any other institution and requires money to operate. That money has to come from somewhere, but where? The obvious answer would be a tax increase on a portion of the population or the whole. It would most likely be both and here is why. Without reform the cost of attendance and cost for operations will only increase. Heck they still will increase with reform because that is how things work. If you increased corporate taxes and that of the rich it would eventually not keep up pace with increased costs then a new source of moneys would be required. I mean you can't expect to tax the rich and corporations near 100%. The time will come when the middle class would be taxed at a higher rate and that won't fly. Who wants to pay taxes for someone who may just waste taxpayer's money partying? And what will corporations do? Take their business elsewhere or find ways to make up for the loss of money by increased tax. Cut down on the number of people the employ, increase prices for goods and services, cut out charitable giving, including endowments for colleges. Free college is a noble idea but the actual implementation is not practical.
Senator Sanders knows this and despite what he says, or his plan says, it cannot be done. The best thing would be tuition reform and national service for tuition. He promised you a Rolls Royce but what you are getting a "Yellow Le Car." (Seinfeld reference)
The political opportunist. Yes, he is and members of the Democratic National Convention were right in looking at him as an outsider. What they were wrong in doing was plotting to sabotage him or use his ethnic background against him. What they should have done was tell him he could not run as a democrat just for the election and use their resources. He calls himself an independent then let him run as one. How many Democrats worked hard for their party only to have an outsider come to take advantage of their work? Don't tell me he has been an ally of the Democratic Party. He only has done so for his benefit, he's a politician. Don't say he raised money for the DNC because the damage he has done outweighs any contribution. What damage? We have a President Trump for god's sake. Senator Sanders wanted to use the assets of the DNC for the Presidential election, nothing more. A political sponge, political parasite, or political opportunist. Any of those terms will fit. I am not saying Senator Sanders is a bad guy overall, what I am saying he is not as altruistic as he would have people believe.
And you Berners who believe they did the right thing with protest votes and smarter than those who came before? You are blooming idiots who fell for fake news like Trump Supporters. You were played. You are like children who if you can use the cardboard box to play your way destroy it so no one else can use it. In short, you are immature.
In the past Senator Sanders may have been a champion of Social Causes today, and may talk the talk today, but like others in politics he has been bitten by the power bug and has changed. What has he changed into? Many words and comparisons apply here but the two main ones are: "Used Car Salesman " and "political opportunist."
First, why do I say he is a "used car salesman ?" Because he sold his supporters free college which is not possible. Colleges are like any other institution and requires money to operate. That money has to come from somewhere, but where? The obvious answer would be a tax increase on a portion of the population or the whole. It would most likely be both and here is why. Without reform the cost of attendance and cost for operations will only increase. Heck they still will increase with reform because that is how things work. If you increased corporate taxes and that of the rich it would eventually not keep up pace with increased costs then a new source of moneys would be required. I mean you can't expect to tax the rich and corporations near 100%. The time will come when the middle class would be taxed at a higher rate and that won't fly. Who wants to pay taxes for someone who may just waste taxpayer's money partying? And what will corporations do? Take their business elsewhere or find ways to make up for the loss of money by increased tax. Cut down on the number of people the employ, increase prices for goods and services, cut out charitable giving, including endowments for colleges. Free college is a noble idea but the actual implementation is not practical.
Senator Sanders knows this and despite what he says, or his plan says, it cannot be done. The best thing would be tuition reform and national service for tuition. He promised you a Rolls Royce but what you are getting a "Yellow Le Car." (Seinfeld reference)
The political opportunist. Yes, he is and members of the Democratic National Convention were right in looking at him as an outsider. What they were wrong in doing was plotting to sabotage him or use his ethnic background against him. What they should have done was tell him he could not run as a democrat just for the election and use their resources. He calls himself an independent then let him run as one. How many Democrats worked hard for their party only to have an outsider come to take advantage of their work? Don't tell me he has been an ally of the Democratic Party. He only has done so for his benefit, he's a politician. Don't say he raised money for the DNC because the damage he has done outweighs any contribution. What damage? We have a President Trump for god's sake. Senator Sanders wanted to use the assets of the DNC for the Presidential election, nothing more. A political sponge, political parasite, or political opportunist. Any of those terms will fit. I am not saying Senator Sanders is a bad guy overall, what I am saying he is not as altruistic as he would have people believe.
And you Berners who believe they did the right thing with protest votes and smarter than those who came before? You are blooming idiots who fell for fake news like Trump Supporters. You were played. You are like children who if you can use the cardboard box to play your way destroy it so no one else can use it. In short, you are immature.
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