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"When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution"

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NinaIllingworth January 17, 2018November 5, 2022 Afghanistan War, arms sales, babies in incubators, Bana is propaganda, Barack Obama, Blackwater, bribery, CA4, cable news, Canada, Citizen's United, CNN, Deep Dives, Deregulation, Desert Storm, Dick Cheney, Dwight Eisenhower, Essays, Fantastic Lies, Fear and Droning, foreign policy, forever war, France, genocide, George Bush, Germany, GHW Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Gulf of Tonkin incident, Halliburton, IMF, Imperialism, Invasion of Libya, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, jingoism, KSA Iran proxy war, LBJ, Libya, Living Room War, Lyndon Johnson, manufacturing consent, media consolidation, Meme, mercenaries, Military Industrial Complex, MP6, Nancy Pelosi, national security complex, NATO, NATO war with Russia, NBC News, neocolonialism, neoliberal war machine, neoliberalism, News, Nina Illingworth, NSA domestic surveillance, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Pentagon, perpetual war machine, Persian Gulf War, pig empire, political class, pro-war lobby, Propaganda, proxy war in Yemen, public and private partnerships, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russiagate, Saudi Arabia, self censorship, Smedley Butler, ST2, Syria, the endless war show, the New Cold War, the New McCarthyism, the US economy depends on war, the White Helmets are propaganda, UK, US backed Saudi war crimes in Yemen, US corporate media, US military, US Russia Proxy War, USA, Vietnam War, Vladimir Putin, Walter Cronkite, war, War as Entertainment model, war economy, war for profit, war on drugs, War on Terror, war time censorship, WD7, western banks, western imperial powers, White House, worshiping the free market, Yemen

Fear and Droning: Manufacturing Consent for War as a Public-Private Partnership

After finally finishing a protracted move, I’m back with a thorough study of the US perpetual war machine and why the elite class in western democracies are always manufacturing consent for conflict

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NinaIllingworth January 2, 2018November 5, 2022 $700B Defense Budget, 9/11 attacks in NYC, A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, American Muslims, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, bankers love war, blog, Bush, capitalism, casualties, CIA, Civil Liberties, corporations love war, drone warfare, elites love war, endless war, endless war on terror, environmental catastrophe, FA1, fascism, FBI, Fear and Droning, folly, foreign policy, forever war, Global Trumpism, health care, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, madness, Meme, MENA, Middle East, militarized police, Military Industrial Complex, millions dead, MP6, Muslims, NATO, News, Nina Illingworth, nobody was fired for the Iraq War, North Africa, Obama, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Op-Ed, Patriot Act, Pentagon, pig empire, police state, Politics, PTSD, Russia, social safety net, Surveillance State, terrorism, terrorist, trillion dollar wars, Trump, US arms sales, US drone assassination program, USA, veterans, war, War on Terror, war on the environment, waste, WD7, wounded

Fear & Droning: A War on Everyone, Including Ourselves

My internet conked out on New Years Even and it was either write about something I knew from memory, or read a book written by Hillary Clinton; so let’s talk about the endless US war on everyone, including ourselves.

Essays Memes News Russiagate War

NinaIllingworth December 31, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, ally, America's Forever Wars, anti-Muslim bigotry, arms sales, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bigotry, bombing, Canada, China, client state, cold war, crushing dissent, DC political establishment, Democrats, Donald Trump, doves, drone strikes, Empire, Essays, fascism, foreign policy, forever war, genocide, genocide in Yemen, George W Bush, Giant Russia Theory, Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Iran, Iraq, Israel, John Kerry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Libya, Mad Dog Mattis, McCarthyism, Meme, Middle East, Mike Flynn, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, MSB, NATO, natural gas, neoconservative, neoliberal, new cold war, News, Nikki Haley, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, pig empire, pipeline wars, Politics, President Obama, President Trump, public opinion polls, Putin, Qatar, Racism, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, red-baiting, Republican, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russiagate, Russiagate Foreign Policy and the Coming Forever War, Russian allies, Saudi Arabia, Six Things I Think, Steve Bannon, swine emperor Trump, Syria, Syrian pipeline, terrorism, the New McCarthyism, Trump, Trump Administration, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, US allies, US backed atrocities in Yemen, US client states, US imperialism, US Military Industrial Compex, US political establishment, US Russian relations, war, war hawks, War on Terror, War with Iran, WD7, Wesley Clark, western imperialism, white nationalism, William Jennings Bryan, World War Three, Yemen

Gimme Shelter: Russiagate, Foreign Policy & the Coming Forever War – Part One

After a holiday break, I’m back with a detailed and heavily-sourced look at what I think is the coming US “forever war” in the Middle East

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Introduction to the New (Old) Forever War

A short blog post about America’s perpetual quest for conflict, that introduces our newly updated Pig Empire imperialism page – The New (Old) Forever War.

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Recommended Reading: The Truth About the North Korean “Nuclear Crisis”

Twenty links and a brief essay that explain why the only responsible option for the United States is to negotiate for peace with North Korea.

Censorship Essays Memes News Politics

NinaIllingworth August 9, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, ACLU, activism, AIPAC, American Civil Liberties Union, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Amerikan Musik, Ann Coulter, Apartheid Israel, atrocity, BDS, Bernie Sanders, bipartisan, Boycott Divest Sanctions, CA4, censorship, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, corporate media, corruption, Donald Trump, Essays, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, felony, first amendment rights, foreign bribery, forever war, free speech debate, Gaza, Giant Russia Theory, Israel, Justice, legalized bribery, lobby, mainstream media, Media, Meme, money in politics, MP6, News, Nina Illingworth, oppression, Palestine, Palestinian American rights, pig empire, Politics, President Trump, protest rights, quid pro quo, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, right wing reactionaries, Russiagate, Six Things I Think, swine emperor Trump, UN, United Nations, US Congress, US Senate, war, White House

A Brief Thought: Legalized Bribery & Who Gets the Conch

After a long battle with allergies, Nina is back with an in depth look at the proposed Israel Anti-Boycott Act in the context of larger political news

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NinaIllingworth July 9, 2017November 17, 2022 666 5th Avenue, AIPAC, Amerikan Musik, arms sales, banks, blog, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, CA4, capitalism, Chancellor, Charles Kushner, China, Chris Christie, conflict of interest, criminal justice, DoJ, Donald Trump, EB 5 Citizenship program, ethics complaint, evil Wesley Crusher, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, foreign policy, forever war, Fox News, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, Harvard, Herr Donald, illegal campaign contributions, IMotW, influence trading, Info Meme of the Week, Israel, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, kleptocracy, Kushner Companies, late capitalism, lawyered up, Lewandowski, Machiavelli, Meme, Mexico, Middle East, money laundering, Moscow, MP6, Mueller investigation, nepotism, New Jersey Politics, News, Nina Illingworth, NJ state AG, oligarchy, opioid epidemic, organized crime, pig empire, plutocracy, Preibus, President Trump, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, Russia, Russia Probe, Russiagate, Russian banks, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of Everything, Senior Advisor, shadow secretary of state, Six Things I Think, swine emperor Trump, Tax Evasion, trade, Trump Administration, Trump's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, unethical, war, White House, witness tampering

Info Meme of the Week: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt Seventeen – Jared Kushner

After a long absence our Brotherhood of Evil Mutants feature returns to take a look at a man who is about to be thrust into Robert Mueller’s spotlight whether he wants it or not; Trump’s “Shadow Secretary of State” Jared Kushner

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NinaIllingworth June 6, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, advisor, Al-Jazeera, Bahrain, blog, closed borders, diplomacy, diplomatic crisis, Donald Trump, Egypt, Emir Al Thani, foreign policy, forever war, gas, gas field, geopolitical conflict, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iraq, Jared Kushner, KSA, Libya, Maldives, Mattis, Meme, Middle East, national security, natural gas, new cold war, News, Nina Illingworth, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, Op-Ed, Opinion, Persian Gulf, petro dollar, pig empire, Politics, Putin, Qatar, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, regime change, Russia, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Six Things I Think, Syria, terror, terrorism, Tillerson, Trump Administration, Turkey, UAE, violent extremists, war, War on Terror, warmonger, WD7, Yemen

ABT: Hunting Hawks Through Smoke & Shadow

Something terrifying is happening in the Persian Gulf & despite the mainstream media’s refusal to explain the situation fully – Nina is on the case.

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NinaIllingworth April 14, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Afghanistan, blog, Bush, client state, corporate media, forever war, Imperialism, ISIS, mainstream media, massive ordinance air blast, Media, Meme, MOAB, mother of all bombs, never ending war, News, Nina Illingworth, Obama, Observations from Outside the Death Star, OODS, Op-Ed, Pentagon, pig empire, poverty, pro-war media, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Six Things I Think, slaughter, thermobaric weapons, Trump, US imperialist media, US intervention, US military, war, War in Afghanistan, War on Terror, WD7, Weapon of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Distraction, WMDs

A Brief Thought: Weapons of Mass Distraction

In the ongoing lead up to the next American war, Nina stops to take a look at news from the war we’ve already forgotten: Afghanistan.

Essays media News War

NinaIllingworth April 13, 2017November 17, 2022 Bashar al-Assad, Bernie Sanders, China, Chuck Todd, DPRK, Eric Trump, Essays, Fantastic Lies, foreign policy, forever war, Fox News, Giant Russia Theory, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Ivanka Trump, lie, Middle East, News, Newt Gingrich, Nina Illingworth, North Korea, Obama, Observations from Outside the Death Star, oil, OODS, pig empire, Politics, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Russia, Sean Hannity, Six Things I Think, Smedley Butler, Syria, Syrian missile attack, Trump, US State Department, Vladimir Putin, war, WD7, World War Three

Six Things I Think: Masters of War Edition

Nina takes a quick check in with the mainstream US media and discovers that it’s all war all the time in an ominous sign for the future.

Memes News Opinion War

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Info Meme of the Week: Donald’s Double Dutch

Has the Trump administration signaled its intention to open up two disastrous military conflicts? Nina examines the evidence and doesn’t like what she finds.