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May 24·edited May 24Liked by Ben Tumin

thank you Skipper! entertaining and informative!

formula?

image and appearance, authority and pressure, reverse responsibility, racial bias, infiltrate, blame, point fingers, target symptom not problem, siphon money, ignore/deny constructive criticism, if it doesn't work double down, Do Not Evaluate

applications?

education, Congress, State Department diplomacy, Oval Office, military, immigrants/refugees, foreign affairs, DOJ (Assange, whistleblowers), multinationals, media

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ha yup regrettably I think your synthesis about sums it up...

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May 26Liked by Ben Tumin

Thanks? That's horrible! The whole situation is gruesome. Emily Fang said on May 24, 11 a.m. NPR News Now that US policy ISN'T to support Taiwan's independence but she was mum on US influence in presidential elections or the money, military, and munitions we're throwing into the region.

Dialogue Works just had a great Richard Wolff/Michael Hudson discussion on global socioeconomics that had me on the floor over Richard Wolff's (repeated) flabbergasted frustration to US/west governments, "What are you DOING!". He explains sanctions impacting US business/consumers using electric trucks then revs up around 21.00 and cuts himself off about 24.21 except there's more and then Hudson starts on Germany's economic suicide about 26.50. The whole thing was a whopper. And then Ben Norton on China and Russia and peaceful coexistence if we'd let it. Have I been duped?

https://youtu.be/I6eq1mIXIAA?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/ufjxmDLQyBU?feature=shared

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/24/china-russia-joint-statement-new-era-75th-anniversary/

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whoa nelly. I'll check out the links!

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May 26·edited May 26Liked by Ben Tumin

If you're short on books, Glenn Diesen: Think Tank Racket, The Ukraine War & Eurasian World Order, Russophobia; Anya Parampil, Corporate Coup (Venezuela); that David Swanson book on the Monroe Doctrine. Not the stories I was raised on. It's addictive.

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oh, I'm hooked on the same addiction! always appreciate your recs

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DITTO and thx for your trustworthy feedback. Can't help myself, one more - ignore the names, consider the content. I may be too biased to judge,

https://reason.com/podcast/2024/05/24/glenn-greenwald-and-alan-dershowitz-debate-bombing-iran/

Well, maybe one last,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsQE600WGS8

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