. . .
K “America failed.”
J “Russia failed.”
. . .
K “The American Foreign Policy Effete pushed with both hands to goad, badger, harass, disrespect and humiliate Russia and circumvent and undercut any reasonable and peaceful resolution. They have blood on those hands. They intentionally provoked Russia and cynically sacrificed Ukraine.”
J “Russia invaded. Putin is a thug, a bully, a criminal and a psychopath. Russia and Putin are responsible.”
. . .
K “Let the record reflect that the U.S. decided to deploy nuclear weapons first. The SWIFT system should be isolated from politics and serve as the neutral financial infrastructure for the world. The U.S. weaponized SWIFT and cut off Russia’s ‘financial e-mail’ from the world. Wait until the dimwits discover that Russian financial interests cannot be surgically excised from the world financial community without creating potentially cascading contagion.”
. . .
K “If China and Russia agree to use the CIPS or the SPFS or some amalgam of the two, they can expand their efforts to circumvent the SWIFT. The financial infrastructure is the ‘pipe’ and at this time PetroDollars are the ‘flow’ which could become superfluous if everyone is not forced to use the pipe. And then America becomes Bulgaria.”
. . .
K “What if Russia proclaimed that 1,000,000 Rubles can be exchanged for one ounce of gold. And one ounce of gold can be exchanged for 1,000,000 Rubles. Let the market respond.”
. . .
K “The U.S. decision to declare ‘World War E’ as they say could descend into World War Three. The U.S. refuses to abide by a rules-based international system and instead does whatever it wants to do. Russia may have declared war on Ukraine by default; the U.S. declared war on Russia and the world by design.”
. . .
K “Don’t forget that when you have someone trapped in a corner, you are also in the same corner.”
. . .
K “America no longer produces intellectuals. Except for [Stephen F.] Cohen and [John J.] Mearsheimer and a few others [Michael Brenner], the American Foreign Policy Effete advances its own private, personal and professional interests even when those are contrary to America’s best interests. They are treasonous.”
. . .
K “Life presents many insoluble situations. This was soluble. This is the Cuban Missile Crisis played out in Eurasia rather than North America three score years later. This is the Monroe Doctrine advanced in another region. The solution was simple and obvious. And remember that genius is simple and obvious.”
J “Putin invaded. Period.”
. . .
J “China? China owns the U.S. Lock, stock and sinker. Hook, line and barrel.”
K “Okay, so we really do agree quite often. What is the U.S. thinking when it antagonizes a country that should be neutralized and neutral and self-destructively drives that country closer to China. Everyone should agree to leave Ukraine as a neutral buffer with NATO returning to the original borders. Let’s focus on the real problem.”
J “I know I am. I am learning Mandarin so that I can interpret the conversations of the prison guards at the re-education camp.”
K “This undertaking in Ukraine is a beta test for China. They are taking notes. When you are done with them, send over a few of the language tapes.”
. . .
J “Putin’s War.”
K “Biden’s War.”
. . .
[See “Experts Warned For Years That NATO Expansion Would Lead To This” dated February 25, 2022 by Caitlin Johnstone, the recipient of the Fourth Annual Pushitzer Prize In Commentary For 2019 (April 15, 2019), in www.caitlinjohnstone.com and also the articles in Consortium News.]
[See the e-commentary at Cuba – October, 1962 (October 22, 2012), Washington Wants War In The Worst Way: Dust Off The IOSAT Or Return To The Status Quo Ante Bellum? (January 24, 2022), Dragon < Eagle > Bruin; Dragon + Bruin > Eagle (April 19, 2021), Sanctions: Stupid, Absurd, Futile? Oh, And Happy Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day! (November 11, 2019) and The China-Russia Affair: Advancing The Petro-Yuan; Dictating The Future (March 26, 2018).]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Putin’s War
Biden’s War
Stop War: Stop Putin
Stop War: Stop Biden
I like J
I like K
Dragon < Eagle > Bruin; Dragon + Bruin > Eagle
e-commentary 
Does Any Institution In America Function? Oh, And Happy Friday The 13th! (December 9, 2019)
Posted in Academia, Banks and Banking System, Congress, Democrats, Federal Courts, Federal Reserve, Institutions, Jurisprudence Award, Kleptocracy, Law, Medicine, MIC, MICAC, Military, MSM, Noble Prize in Jurisprudence, Pushitzer, Pushitzer Prize In Commentary, Republicans, Supreme Court on December 9, 2019 by e-commentary.org. . .
J “I need one more day.”
. . .
K “You don’t have to name three, just nominate one.”
J “One institution after the other after the other after the other after the other after the other after the other has failed and continues to fail. And that is even after lowering the standards to the point that the bar is on the floor. One more day, I need.”
. . .
K “The legal system at every level is a fraud and a racket. We live in a country with many, many, many rules and many, many, many laws, but we do not live in a country that believes in or adheres to the rule of law. There is no law, there is only ideology.”
J “The medical and health care / sick careless system is a racket and a fraud. I drive by the health insurance company skyscraper and reflect that not one person in the monolith has ever applied a band aid to a patient. There is no care, there is only profitability.”
. . .
K “The economic system is rigged at every step and turn to loot every last dollar from the people for the benefit of the Kleptocrats. What is the end game for the expendable consumers who soon will have nothing left to bleed?”
J “The MSM media is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kleptocrats. The message is tightly controlled by obedient droves of stenographers. As a first step, everyone should skip ‘The Wall Street Journal’ and jump over to ‘Wall Street On Parade’ produced by Pam Martens and Russ Martens.”
K “Academia is a substantially owned subsidiary of the Kleptocrats. The message on the critical issues is also controlled and shaped by the corporate sponsors. The campus buildings are all named for brigands; their kids and grandkids are admitted to skip the classes conducted in the namesake halls. The hallowed halls are hollow holes. The MIC is now expanded to include Congress and Academia in the MICAC.”
. . .
K “Every agency from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) – in the air and on the sea – is corrupt and incompetent. Regulatory capture exists at just about every regulatory agency.”
J “Furlough the ‘L’ out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (B“L”S). To determine the real rates of unemployment, a citizen must search in the shadows at “Shadow Government Statistics” prepared and analyzed by the dedicated and informed John Williams.”
K “And then there is the Federal Reserve. Probably no other institution, less one and perhaps two, has inflicted more grief and despair on the ordinary citizen with less publicity and notoriety than the Federal Reserve.”
J “And related agencies such as the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are pernicious because they fool the citizen into believing that someone is watching out for him or her.”
K “And the Department of Defense (DoD) exists primarily to spend money, drop bombs, and kill people but not to provide for the common defense.”
. . .
J “The CIA and the FBI are a threat to every citizen at home and abroad and now may be affiliated with and advancing the interests of one political party.”
K “The police in every burg and borough are paramilitary forces occupying the city and the county and the country. Very few understand that the real Occupy movement in America grinds on.”
. . .
K “Even many of the vaunted NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) surreptitiously serve the government’s interests. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is a front for the MICAC and shielded by the MSM that advances the propaganda.”
. . .
J “Local EMTs and fire departments are generally contributing to the public good.”
. . .
J “The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is a credit worthy institution administering its duties dutifully.”
K “Despite unrelenting opposition from the White House, Republicans and industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing what it can to reduce the plundering and the pummeling of the Planet.”
. . .
K “The ACLU is fighting the good fight.”
J “Planned Parenthood is improving our plight.”
. . .
[See “Journalist: Newsweek Suppressed OPCW Scandal And Threatened Me With Legal Action” and other articles in “caitlinjohnstone.com” by Caitlin Johnstone, the 2019 recipient of the Pushitzer Prize In Commentary, dated December 8, 2019 and the discussion of e-con-omics in “Against Economics” in “The New York Review of Books” by David Graeber dated December 5, 2019.]
[See the e-commentary at “Here Comes Da Judge; Dere Goes Da Justice (August 31, 2015)”, “The FBI File: The American Imprimatur Of Success (January 18, 2016)”, “Suing Law Schools; Suing Gun Makers. Oh, And Happy Law Day! (April 30, 2018)” and “Clinton, Inc., Trump, Inc., Bush, Inc., Kennedy, Inc., O’Bama, Inc. (October 24, 2016)”.]
Bumper stickers of the week:
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Eric Hoffer
America is a racket not a republic.
“If the misery of the poor not be caused by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” Charles Darwin
There is nothing you can do to make any material change of any kind in any way today.
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” Arthur Ashe
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