[ZH] The U.S. government is working to re-shape the country in the image of a totalitarian state.
This has remained true over the past 50-plus years no matter which political party held office.
This will remain true no matter who wins the 2024 presidential election.
In the midst of the partisan furor over Project 2025, a 920-page roadmap for how to re-fashion the government to favor so-called conservative causes, both the Right and the Left have proven themselves woefully naive about the dangers posed by the power-hungry Deep State.
Yet we must never lose sight of the fact that both the Right and the Left and their various operatives are extensions of the Deep State, which continues to wage psychological warfare on the American people.
Psychological warfare, according to the Rand Corporation, âinvolves the planned use of propaganda and other psychological operations to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of opposition groups.â
For years now, the government has been bombarding the citizenry with propaganda campaigns and psychological operations aimed at keeping us compliant, easily controlled and supportive of the governmentâs various efforts abroad and domestically.
The government is so confident in its Orwellian powers of manipulation that itâs taken to bragging about them. For example, in 2022, the U.S. Armyâs 4th Psychological Operations Group, the branch of the military responsible for psychological warfare, released a recruiting video that touts its efforts to pull the strings, turn everything they touch into a weapon, be everywhere, deceive, persuade, change, influence, and inspire.
âHave you ever wondered whoâs pulling the strings?â the psyops video posits. âAnything we touch is a weapon. We can deceive, persuade, change, influence, inspire. We come in many forms. We are everywhere.â
This is the danger that lurks in plain sight.
Of the many weapons in the governmentâs vast arsenal, psychological warfare may be the most devastating in terms of the long-term consequences.
As the military journal Task and Purpose explains, âPsychological warfare is all about influencing governments, people of power, and everyday citizens.â
Mind you, these psyops (psychological operations) campaigns arenât only aimed at foreign enemies. The government has made clear in word and deed that âwe the peopleâ are domestic enemies to be targeted, tracked, manipulated, micromanaged, surveilled, viewed as suspects, and treated as if our fundamental rights are mere privileges that can be easily discarded.
This is what is referred to as âapple-pie propaganda.â
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Psyop campaigns have been in effect since our beginning. From simple "get the message out" to TV advertising, we are being psyoped continually. DEI, Environmental, Russia, China, Hell the food pyramid was designed to sell more grains. And we dont even want to open the COVID and drug company campaigns, how many here fell for the booster, and the second, and the third? Educate yourself, question everything, then act.
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[ConservativeWoman] AS THE world has around 190 countries, it provides us with many examples of which political and economic systems result in peace, freedom and prosperity and which burden their people with enslavement, backwardness and poverty. Perhaps the best example of how one country becomes wealthy while a neighbour becomes a basket case is in the two Koreas. They have similar geographies, similar natural resources and similar people. Yet South Korea has produced growth, economic success and wealth, while the North has produced only misery, famine, malnutrition and impoverishment:
We can see a similar situation in the Middle East where democratic Israel has flourished while many of its neighbors have not exactly had the same success: Graph Perhaps the real reason Israelâs Arab neighbors desperately want its destruction is the fact that Israelâs success shows up the failure of many Arab leaders.
...That brings us to Sir Keir Starmerâs Britain. Sir Keir has promised us economic growth. But thereâs a bit of a problem. Britain already has some of the worldâs highest energy prices: Table
Economics 101 will teach you that you cannot have economic growth with some of the worldâs highest energy prices as high energy costs obviously make your industries uncompetitive. Moreover, the more a country relies on expensive and unreliable wind and solar for its energy, the higher its energy prices. And with Ed Milibandâs rush to wreck Britainâs North Sea oil and gas industry and blight our lives with hundreds of useless wind turbines and solar farms, Britainâs energy prices are bound to rise even further.
So we are in a crazy new world in which our government will be furiously pushing policies to stimulate economic growth while just as furiously doing everything it can under the banner of Net Zero to destroy any chance of economic growth.
The rest of Europe seems to be waking up to the insanity of imposing Net Zero in trying to solve a climate crisis which doesnât even exist. Across Europe, Net Zero pledges are being gradually watered down and even abandoned. For example Germany, having made the ludicrous mistake of closing much of its nuclear industry after the Japan Fukushima disaster because Mrs Merkel didnât realise there arenât any tsunamis in the almost land-locked country, is reopening coal mines. But here in Britain under Starmer/Miliband, our government is doubling down on wrecking our economy in order to become a supposed âclean energy superpowerâ.
Weâve already lost much of our manufacturing and oil refining. Our chemicals industry looks like being the next headed for annihilation. Some car manufacturers are threatening to close down their UK operations. After that, there wonât be much left. Though Starmer/Miliband, cheered on by the climate-catastrophist BBC and scientifically-challenged mainstream media, will be able to claim that Britain is âleading the world in cutting its CO2 emissionsâ.
Itâs a pity that, while doing this, Britain will be leading the world in committing economic suicide as we become the North Korea of Europe.
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[ColonelCassad] An American-German statement thundered from the sidelines of the Washington summit about the appearance of "long-range strike weapons" (who are they kidding, we are talking about medium-range missiles) in Germany in 2026. What, again, was veiledly stated - in the pictures. They are waiting for them in Mainz-Kassel.
Traditionally, the author's version of our considerations.
Nothing unexpected happened: sooner or later the so-called "multi-domain task forces" (Multi-Domain Task Force), one of which (2 MDTF) is deployed as part of the 56th Artillery Command just in Germany, were supposed to get their "long arm".
The fresh American-German statement mentions very specific "products" of the army missile systems "Typhon" and "Dark Eagle", the appearance of which, despite the lack of direct instructions, is directly related to the US withdrawal from the #INF Treaty.
It is funny that there is no mention of the third model of missile weapon related to this plot - the operational-tactical missile system PrSM, which is integrated with fairly widespread launchers such as HIMARS and M270 and is reliably capable of hitting targets at ranges exceeding 500 km. Incidentally, these launchers are also included in the MDTF.
In the political dimension, we are now witnessing the funeral of not only the INF Treaty, but also the Russian "moratorium". It seems that the Americans and partly their allies have convinced themselves that the so-called "dual solution" of NATO perfectly solved all their problems in the 1980s (and did not contribute to the past Euro-missile crisis and did not put the world on the brink of a nuclear war, for example, in 1983), and they completely ignore the internal political processes in the USSR and, in general, the traditionally significant role of the disarmament agenda in Soviet foreign policy.
There are huge doubts that their attempt to play out a similar combination now, and especially in relation to two very different opponents (Russia and China) in a completely different international military-political (and economic and social) situation, will increase anyoneâs security.
At the same time, the US is emphasizing the non-nuclear nature of its medium-range missiles in every possible way, and no changes are in sight. Theoretically, making nuclear versions is not the biggest problem, but today the American nuclear weapons complex is struggling to cope with current tasks, and adding new warheads to current projects will be very difficult in terms of limited resources - human, financial, industrial, and even fissile materials and plutonium pits.
1. We would very much like to know how things are going with the development and testing of the relevant products, which, as is known, were supposed to be completed back in 2019-2020. At the same time, we do not rule out that everything is already ready, moreover, we do not rule out combat use. Such are the times. Note: Links to mil.ru require a VPN on a Russian open VPN server to view.
2. What exactly we will see, if we see it, is a question. Perhaps, it will certainly be a full-fledged "grounded" Kalibr, but what kind of medium-range hypersonic complex is still not entirely clear. The obvious option is a land version of the "Zircon", or a conditional 9M723UTTH, or something in between. Although, again, the times are such that they can roll out the Rubezh-B3. Or they can do something together with our new friends from the Wrong Square of Evil.
3. When this will happen - the devil knows, but most likely it will happen. Where - is also a big question, here the new Leningrad Military District can "play", or, on the contrary, the Far East can be in the forefront, especially since from there it is possible, if desired and able, to reach the USA.
4. In any case, the arms race is gradually acquiring the character of a classic arms race, and even with a pronounced multilateral character. And the security dilemma works flawlessly, so we will see a lot of land-based missiles in the near future, including in our Europes, both ballistic and cruise. And in Asia they will not remain in debt, the worst Korea will not let you lie. As we like to repeat ( https://t.me/vatfor/8105), no one promised that a multipolar world would be safer.
5. Sooner or later, if we live long enough, and these new-old toys are taken up with control and reduction, the alternatives are much worse. And more expensive.
P.S. Don't doubt it, we will have all this stuff in double performance, as they say, for the Russians, everything that is larger than an ATGM receives a special warhead by default. Such are the traditions.
As I wrote even before the SVO, the nuclear missile arms race is inevitable. The emerging multipolar world will be a very dangerous place.
Related from regnum.ru Russian Foreign Ministry calls for introducing clearer wording into the nuclear doctrine
The experience of the special military operation in Ukraine has shown the inadequacy of general formulations in the Russian nuclear doctrine, so it is necessary to introduce more precise definitions in it in order to show Western countries the possible consequences of their actions, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said on July 12 on Channel One.
He noted that NATO members ignore Russia's potential in this area, they are clearly convinced that the worst will not happen, despite any steps they take against common sense. Because of this, clearer provisions are needed in the nuclear doctrine so that Western countries understand what will happen if they continue to act in this way, the deputy minister added.
âThe political deafness of those who shape the position of Washington, Brussels, and other Western capitals in this area is all-encompassing; therapeutic measures in terms of some verbal signals are working less and less,â Ryabkov said.
The Deputy Foreign Minister also accused NATO of lack of restraint in the area of âânuclear deterrence. He called this a characteristic feature of the alliance. NATO is trying to dominate in the area of âânuclear weapons, but these aspirations are doomed, Ryabkov noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was considering a possible change to its nuclear doctrine in response to the West lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons. At the same time, he emphasized that there was no need to envisage the possibility of a preventive nuclear strike. The head of state also noted that Russia was monitoring the growth of threats and would respond to them adequately.
On June 23, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov announced a possible adjustment to the nuclear doctrine. He noted that this depends on changes in the military-political situation. If threats and challenges increase, Russia may make amendments to the document, the deputy added.
Ryabkov noted that at the moment, dialogue between Moscow and Washington has been reduced to a minimum, and this was not the fault of the Russian side.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs clarified that in some respects, Russia, for reasons of principle, does not confirm its readiness to meet the US halfway, explaining that he means a dialogue on strategic stability and prospects for nuclear arms control.
"They consider us an enemy that must be defeated, and at the same time, without blinking an eye, they propose to conduct such a dialogue. This is impossible by definition," he said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 11, the head of state's press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia is ready to discuss strategic security issues only as a whole, and not their individual aspects. He emphasized that the Russian side will not discuss individual elements taken out of the general context of security.
A Kremlin spokesman noted on June 21 that the Russian side, as President Vladimir Putin had previously stated, was ready for a U.S. dialogue on nuclear security, but it should be comprehensive. Peskov added that dialogue on these issues was necessary because without it, global security problems were growing.
[IO.WP] Ever stop to wonder, how many times, humanity has some how avoided the predictions of the Run To The Camera talk heads, and media's promises of Mass Death or Extinction in just the last 24 years? Image at link.
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Lost an ox, and Marge has cholera.
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Nobody Cheats Death.
The House always wins, and so does Death.
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Actually 2 did Enoch and Elijah đ
A close runner-up was Roy Cleveland Sullivan, an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was struck by lightning on 7 times, surviving all of them.
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