"Whoever you are, whatever side you're on, the empire has a readymade narrative for you. A narrative that has nothing to do with the global-capitalist empire and its global clear-and-hold op." substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/cjhop…

Pray for peace but make no mistake: President Trump’s strikes against Iran have put all Americans at risk, especially U.S. troops. The Framers understood that a conflict, once begun, takes its own path. That’s why they insisted that no executive have the power to take us to war.

I'm beyond tired of hearing about this regions conflict. And now I have children of my own and there's no way in hell I would want them drug into being cannon fodder to serve the interests of whoever is running this show.

When two countries are bombing each other daily in a hot war, and a third country joins the bombing, that’s an act of war. I’m amazed at the mental gymnastics being undertaken by neocons in DC (and their social media bots) to say we aren’t at war… so they can make war.

It's really not appropriate or kind to point out that the emperor has no clothes. Poors, your job is to believe what we tell you to believe what is real and what is important. You don't get to comment on what your betters do.

I wish people would stop posting pictures of their kids with these ridiculous smiley faces to cover their faces. You don't want us to see your baby's face, fine. Don't post pictures of your kids then. It's like, "look at my family but don't actually look at us!" Narcissists.

Now that Dave Smith and Scott Horton have raised their profiles so much talking about war and current events, I'd really love if they used some of their time in these long-form interviews to try to teach people economics, as Scott is wishing he had in this clip. You

Fascinating read by Mary Harrington. It dovetails with what I was reading recently about nobility from David Chapman (David Chapman). If monarchy is our best option, we need to be cultivating nobility as a human virtue, stat.

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Barf

Experiment: unfollowing everyone my BS meter tells me is an engagement farmer. Will more than a handful of accounts, i.e. real people, survive?

My first tomato of the year is a freak. Is this a bad omen? 😳

Essential for "farmers"? Or essential for the big ag / processed food industry that's making us sick and profiting off that? As a homesteader who grows a lot of food and helps out on other small farms, I promise you it's not essential.

Canning salsa in the dark on the back porch is how we do August.

This cracks me up!

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This graphic is astounding. In case you needed a reminder: your health is in your own hands. Full stop. The powerful and wealthy profit off you being sick.

"Health care" is an Orwellian phrase. It's not a real thing. I've been calling it "sick care" for a while but now I think I will refuse to use the words "health care" at all.