My 2025 resolution is to resist the fascist oligarchs

I remember learning about the American idea back when I was a kid. It ignited an interest in the body politic and how it shaped our society. 

Now, that body of thought has been rat poisoned by fascists oligarchs who are are best mentally unstable and at worst completely fucking evil - removed from the human experience so much so that they cannot relate to anyone except their own class. 

And this is all about class. No one of wealth gives a fuck about cultural divides so long as they are able to leverage a profit from them by selling you more shit. 

So, delete them all. Resist every ounce of fascism they force down our throat in their unfettered pursuit of wealth and power. 

 Those who know that democracy, liberty, and truth are sacred and cannot be compromised - we’ll be the first ones they come for. But we all know how the story of fascism is destined to end.

The fascists won. Now what?

Stay tuned for 2025...

Twenty years of this blog - Welcome to 2024

2024 is here and this blog is now twenty years old. I started it when I was 20. Time flies when you're having fun. This year should be fun too. I'll try to write here more often as four billion people cast their votes around the world. Will the dark armies of fascism rise again? Let's see what 2024 has in store for us.

Welcome to 2023

What a year it will be, this 2023...

2022 - The Year So Far

This year is interesting so far...stay tuned for a full thought...

2022: The Year of Puden

 What is Puden? It's the information conglomerate of Putin and Biden. More to come.

Trump's entire presidency was an attack on the US

From the moment he descended the escalator at Trump Tower in 2015 to announce his candidacy America came under attack.

This attack wasn't so obvious like Pearl Harbor or 9/11. It was a much more subtle, modern attack fueled by social media laced with disinformation.

The attack lasted four years and nearly destroyed the world's leading democracy. 

Though democracy prevailed - it is not without scars.

A brave new Covid-19 world

Here we are living on a timeline where one third of the world’s population is under pandemic induced lock-down. How hard will it be for the governments of the world to cede their newfound and unfettered powers?

Stay tuned to 2020 to find out.

Source: beeple_crap

Yes, the President is a Russian agent

It's hard to fathom just what those of The Greatest Generation would think about the idea that the President is a Russian agent. What would FDR or Ike think about this complete fraud?

It's the absolute desecration of the American idea. And it's so obvious that it seems surreal. How could THE PRESIDENT be compromised by Russia?

The concept of a hostile foreign power being in the head of the Commander and Chief is almost impossible to comprehend. But at every turn the evidence - that is to say the frequent contacts, the kowtowing, and secret tax returns - provide us with enough proof to paint a disturbing picture.

So, where does it go from here? Constitutional crisis, or perhaps a Thermonuclear War?

As Facebook, Google tighten security – will disinfo-ops continue to flourish?

It’s a great example of taking too little action, too late. Facebook and Google will now verify the identities of advertisers buying political ads. 

Mark Zukerberg said, “After we identified Russian interference in the 2016 US elections, we successfully deployed new AI tools leading up to the 2017 French, German, and Alabama Senate special elections that removed tens of thousands of fake accounts. Earlier this week, we took down a large network of Russian fake accounts that included a Russian news organization.

He continued: “First, from now on, every advertiser who wants to run political or issue ads will need to be verified. To get verified, advertisers will need to confirm their identity and location. Any advertiser who doesn't pass will be prohibited from running political or issue ads. We will also label them and advertisers will have to show you who paid for them. We're starting this in the US and expanding to the rest of the world in the coming months.”

 Will this really impact the scope and impact of Russian and other malicious state actors’ information operations? Probably, not. Trolls will always be a reality of social networks and as long as Facebook and Google are happy to take payments in rubles – they will continue to facilitate the strategies of foreign intelligence organizations.

If they were serious about curtailing these threats, then they would ban all political advertising outright. But of course bottom lines and shareholders will always come first.

As the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight, thanks to disinformation and the rise of authoritarian populism, one cannot help but to embrace the gallows humor in all of this – that Facebook’s mission is “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together” when it has accomplished quite the opposite.