B-2 isn’t B-52 or F-22, but all in all, does this feel too much like boys with toys?—

****https://www.aol.com/news/kims-sister-says-doubt-spy-102126216.html      –The deployment of the U.S. B-52 bombers and the F-22 stealth fighter jets for joint drills with South Korean warplanes was part of an agreement to protect South Korea with all available means, including nuclear, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said.

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****https://www.aol.com/news/air-force-grounds-entire-b-114209753.html    –WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years’ college bowl games.

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A personal perspective of some people is that the character of boys preoccupied with toys complete patriarchy which seems to be a component of hierarchical capitalism that is a system that has been superimposed over principles of a democratic (small d) Constitutional republic as “our system”.  Some people also view domestic violence as a component of said patriarchy.  Domestic violence is a tool of control and intimidation.  An interesting facet of such control is that the abuser needn’t be present for a trained abused individual to continue as set in motion; and often becoming her/him self an enabler.  

Said hierarchy can be called Establishment.  When influence becomes so widespread, and in FACT perfected over centuries, it doesn’t seem inevitable that the public will notice the mechination.  

In FACT several hierarchical institutions are in place to maintain the system, such as an occupied educational system and an institutionalized religious system.  One wonders at the reason one seldom hears the word simony.  Perhaps this is a patriarchal-defined antique phrase that Establishment recognizes as a block to the progress of greed, privilege, and exploitation.

While many liberal-arts types of education have been belittled into obscurity, the art of war has been uplifted and perfected into a forever status.  In order to perpetuate this anomaly of human action, a pro-Establishment education has indebted generations of students to its service, along with instilling indoctrination into such plebites of a superiority of attitude and status as compared to others who may not be so endowed into indoctrination.

A thorough liberal arts education may interject the view that the much-praised progress before which one may not stand, seems only material and technical; while dismal corruption and self-interest remains the same since bygone ages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2lzm-ThNck    —

US Steals Most of World’s Profits with 4% of Population

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https://psyche.co/ideas/kafka-warned-us-surveillance-turns-the-watched-into-watchers?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e8c757a721-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_20_12_06_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0be2fc5cfd-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D      —

But Kafka’s most incisive reflection on surveillance comes in a brief story called ‘The Watchman’:

I ran past the first watchman. Then I was horrified, ran back again and said to the watchman: ‘I ran through here while you were looking the other way.’ The watchman gazed ahead of him and said nothing. ‘I suppose I really oughtn’t to have done it,’ I said. The watchman still said nothing. ‘Does your silence indicate permission to pass?’

In this striking parable, the watchman does nothing. He is merely present. Nonetheless, his impact is profound: the narrator apparently feels guilty at trying to pass without informing the watchman. In fact, the watchman did not catch the original infraction as he was ‘looking the other way’ and it is the narrator who corrects the watchman’s mistake by effectively ‘turning himself in’. The narrator has entirely internalised the monitoring duties of the watchman – the effect of the surveillance is complete.–end of aeon info–

Armed with an education that informed how to think rather than what to think, one may notice the similarities between feudalism of days gone by and current-day capitalism.   —

https://mronline.org/2022/12/19/leonard-leos-latest-supreme-court-play/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leonard-leos-latest-supreme-court-play&mc_cid=1e67d88cdf&mc_eid=2833cdb99b            —This story was reported in partnership between The Lever and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.

Flush with money after receiving the largest-known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, conservative activist Leonard Leo and his associates are spending millions of dollars to influence some of the Supreme Court’s most consequential recent cases, newly released tax documentsobtained by ProPublica and The Lever show.

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A light-reading and interesting glimpse into similarities between then and now, may be found in the book Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill.  https://www.thomascahill.com/books/mysteries-of-the-middle-ages-tr

One may notice that society has changed but little, as pertains to psychic, intellectual, or emotional human evolution.  But we can kill more people more quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3mj5_TNfrc     –Dec 19, 2022The American war industry is looking forward to “multiyear authority” in Ukraine. Does that sound like they want peace or don’t want peace?

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The Democratic/Republican duopoly has easy work in dividing Americans into black and white for political campaign purposes.  Yet division is so innate the duopoly seems using the same technique even in Africa.  Inability of some Americans to recognize flagrant politicking apparently continues.  https://popularresistance.org/biden-brings-african-leaders-to-washington/    –President Biden “brought” leaders of selected African nations to the United States for a summit to “demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa,” the White House claims. But just days before the meeting, the Biden administration imposed more economic sanctions on members of some excluded nations, a likely attempt to send a warning of what happens to those who do not comply with the US’ imperialist demands. The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) organized a week of actions to coincide with Biden’s summit. Clearing the FOG speaks with Rose Brewer of BAP’s Africa Team about the long history of US intervention to exploit Africans, steal resources, and suppress liberation movements and how this comes home to impact people and social movements in the US.

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From lakotalaw  —  On December 29, 1890, the 7th Cavalry of the United States committed an unconscionable act of genocide, killing nearly 300 Lakota women, children, and men at Cankpe’ Opi Wakpa, or Wounded Knee Creek. That number included 38 Hunkpapa and a larger number led by Lakota Chief Spotted Elk of the Mnicoujou band. Most of our people murdered that day were unarmed. Then, for taking part in the Wounded Knee Massacre, 20 U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor.

Medals of Honor are meant to signify gallantry beyond the call of duty, clearly distinguishable from lesser forms of bravery. The soldiers at Wounded Knee did not live up to this standard. Rather, they slaughtered innocent Native families in cold blood, and it’s long past time to rescind their awards. Please take decisive action today. Tell your Senators and Congressperson to pass the Remove the Stain Act and rescind all Medals of Honor awarded for the Wounded Knee Massacre.

Native People and the U.S. government both understand — to very different degrees — the gravity of what happened at Wounded Knee. In 1990, on the centennial of the massacre, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a resolution expressing their “deep regret.” That gesture, of course, is far from adequate. In 2001, the National Congress of American Indians passed two resolutions demanding that the federal government rescind all Medals of Honor awarded for Wounded Knee. That same year, the Cheyenne River Nation, where I make my home, passed Tribal Council Resolution No. 132–01, asking for the same. Other organizations, such as Four Directions, have also taken up and amplified this call.

This is not ancient history in Lakota Country. The massacre’s memorial stands in stark relief against the plains and low hills of Pine Ridge — the location of Wounded Knee — every day. And each year in December, we honor our ancestors’ trek to Wounded Knee with a ride on horseback through the bitter cold, retracing the trail they left in their final moments on this earth. It’s our way of remembering and honoring the sacrifice they never should have had to make. Many people carry on this tradition and keep it alive, riding all the way from the homelands of Sitting Bull (Standing Rock) through Cheyenne River to the site of the massacre. Several organizations — such as my friends at the Horse Spirit Society — come together to provide horses, tack, feed, and other essentials for participants. 

Our people dedicate their limited resources for this cause, asking nothing in return but that we remember those who were lost. So today, as we approach the anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre, I ask you to learn more about how we keep our ancestors’ memories alive. And please, tell your senators and House rep to pass the Remove the Stain Act. While nothing we can do will bring them back, in this way we can properly honor our relatives.

Wopila tanka — thank you for taking action!
Madonna Thunder Hawk
Cheyenne River Organizer
The Lakota People’s Law Project

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Those who tell us humanity is incapable of different behavior that won’t result in Armageddon, seem conveniently positioned to personally profit by said behavior.  Questions, anyone?

****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!