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Earth’s Greatest Enemy
Abby Martin: mint press.
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We are all donkeys now.
Our information carrot always out of reach
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The Oath and the Oligarchy: Rituals of a Rigged Republic.
Military oaths to the Constitution are not about Democracy. They are about preserving the wealth of Fatcats.
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Congress in the Fat Cat Bunker: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Shutdown Darkness
It's fun to be in Congress, rewarding too.
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Tattoos Astride Hypocrisy: Tattoo traditions in the US military.
It's a warrior ethos thing... Or is it?
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Guns and Butter... revisited - first published October 20th, 2023
After reading of the 'hundreds' of useless generals listening to Hegseth, the secretary of war. First published October 20th 2023
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September 2025

Myths and Might and the Warrior Ethos
“Oh, man. The bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam, you needed wings to stay above it.”—Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
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Why Gold’s Best Days Are Still Ahead: Navigating Western Financial Chaos
(I like DRD Gold, an environmental South African (BRICS) mining stock)
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Social Security and the Vanishing Safety Net
And don't imagine you're safe if you have a pension or an IRA.
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Barns vs Felix
An end to government thuggery?
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The GENIUS Act, the Stable Con: a Revisit of the Petrodollar as Illustrated in Michael Hudson’s Super Imperialism
Essays 1 and 2 (scroll past references from essay 1 to reach essay 2)
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Rising Gold-Stormy Waters Ahead
Alert - Alert - This might trigger the crash.
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