tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post2012306582814520275..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Bloody Loss For US; ‘We can’t Beat Taliban’ – NATO Generalmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-15532068091389941542019-01-24T18:01:53.857-05:002019-01-24T18:01:53.857-05:00Franko? Even a blind chicken occasionally finds a ...Franko? Even a blind chicken occasionally finds a kernel of corn.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-91888371632754642692019-01-24T17:54:07.570-05:002019-01-24T17:54:07.570-05:00I vaguely remember Franko making sense once upon a...I vaguely remember Franko making sense once upon a time. I wonder why he went so utterly batshit. Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-80431897344345193902019-01-24T13:08:36.684-05:002019-01-24T13:08:36.684-05:00If Rodis the Resident Troll does not like fiat mon...If Rodis the Resident Troll does not like fiat money, perhaps he can tell us what sort of money HE DOES like. I asked him that long ago and (surprise surprise) got not answer. Reason is, of course, that he has no idea what answer to give.Ralph Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443857766263185665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-2542567030704774702019-01-24T12:29:30.817-05:002019-01-24T12:29:30.817-05:00@ Noah Way:
“The Soviet Union won WWII.”
Yes, i...<b>@ Noah Way:</b><br /><br /><i> “The Soviet Union won WWII.”</i><br /><br />Yes, in Europe anyway. Meanwhile China absorbed much (most?) of Imperial Japanese forces.<br /><br />Regarding the Soviet victory, Viktor Suvorov (see Wikipedia entry) is a former Soviet military intelligence officer who spent many years researching Soviet archives, and defected to the UK. In his books, Suvorov explains that Germany invaded the USSR because the USSR was preparing to invade all of Europe. Suvorov says that Stalin’s plan was to let Germany and the West fight until both sides were exhausted, whereon the Soviets would move in. Meanwhile the Roosevelt-Churchill plan was just the opposite: let Germany and the USSR fight to exhaustion, whereon the US and UK would move it. Both plans resulted in a stalemate, in which Europe ended up divided between US and USSR spheres of influence. <br /><br />Naturally Suvorov has been attacked from all sides, since the usual propaganda must be protected at all costs. The USSR was an “innocent victim” of “Nazi aggression.” <br /><br />Suvorov has defended himself in a series of ten books. When his critics lost the debate, they went silent and simply ignored him.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-64502486112187774332019-01-24T10:57:59.385-05:002019-01-24T10:57:59.385-05:00RODDIS: the process will be captured by the rich a...RODDIS: <i>the process will be captured by the rich and powerful leading to endless war and endless looting of the public</i><br /><br />You've accurately described the current economic system and ascribed its failure to MMT. That would be considered sheer brilliance in a mental instution.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-42556737505908649092019-01-24T10:40:37.960-05:002019-01-24T10:40:37.960-05:00Every blog has resident trolls.
When one troll le...Every blog has resident trolls. <br />When one troll leaves (e.g. Franko) two other trolls sprout in its place. <br />They don't care how idiotic they look, as long as they get attention. Don't feed them. Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-19859608275829825102019-01-24T08:43:08.390-05:002019-01-24T08:43:08.390-05:00It's a great, wise and wonderful thing that th...It's a great, wise and wonderful thing that the USA has its modern Fiat money system and the government is not revenue constrain. Naturally, under such a system, the process will be captured by the rich and powerful leading to endless war and endless looting of the public. Wise MMTers worship this system.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-27518168632179198862019-01-23T22:57:22.779-05:002019-01-23T22:57:22.779-05:00The only military success the US has had since 194...The only military success the US has had since 1945 was against Grenada.<br /><br />And the Soviet Union won WWII.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-31054772624967368952019-01-23T18:46:43.682-05:002019-01-23T18:46:43.682-05:00Speaking of U.S. imperialism, now that the USA has...Speaking of U.S. imperialism, now that the USA has every South American government in its pocket except Bolivia’s, it’s time to attack Venezuela and restore neoliberalism there. <br /><br />Below is a 90-second video of Mike Pence condemning Venezuela’s democratically elected President Maduro as a “dictator.” <br /><br />Mike Pence wants Juan Guaidó Márquez, 35, to overthrow Maduro and return the Venezuelan masses to grinding poverty. Márquez is owned by rich oligarchs, and is Maduro’s sworn enemy. He heads Venezuela’s parliament (the National Assembly, which is owned by the rich) and already calls himself Venezuela’s “President,” but Venezuela’s Supreme Court does not recognize his claim.<br /><br />Trump’s base will applaud any attack on Venezuela, while Trump's enemies won’t care, since they are obsessed with destroying “white privilege” and “toxic masculinity” in the USA. <br /><br />95% of all Americans have been programmed to hate Maduro because he fights for the poor. <br /><br />In response to Pence’s speech, Maduro today expelled all U.S. diplomatic staff from Venezuela. <br /><br />The UK continues to keep the gold reserves it stole from Venezuela. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAKkkc-O45AKonradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-29705545254321332622019-01-23T17:54:58.378-05:002019-01-23T17:54:58.378-05:00“Two thirds of the military in Afghanistan are pri...<i> “Two thirds of the military in Afghanistan are private contractors.”</i><br /><br />They supervise the production and export of opium-based products like heroin. When an Afghan poppy farmer breaks the rules, U.S. personnel call in drone strikes to destroy his village as an example to the rest of the poppy farmers. This is called an “anti-terrorist strike.” <br /><br />The U.S. government says it allows Afghans to produce and export opiates so they don’t join the Taliban (which threatens the opiate production). <br /><br />In the USA, Afghan opiates sustain the opioid epidemic, and keep the prisons full. Plus, Afghan opiates provide income for America’s top illicit drug lords, which are the CIA and the Drug Enforcement Administration.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.com