Ruminations

Behind the screen

Category: Culture

  • Same Oligarchs, Different Accent

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    The Russian Mirror “We are being de-modernized.”— Russian lawyer, 1990s, as quoted by Catherine Austin Fitts Series Context This article is part of the “In a Stranger Land” series. It should be read alongside: I. The Horrifying Epiphany Open with CAF’s London conference account verbatim — the same small group, the same accounting firms, the…

  • Super-Governmental Organizations

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    Pseudopods of the Blob If only the lie were so easily ended. “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” — James Madison, Federalist No. 47, 1788 I.…

  • The Revolution Will Not Be Verified

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    From Pravda to Goldstein — Truth as a Managed Product If only it were as easy as putting on some sunglasses. “I predict straw horses will be beaten.” — Kyle Davenport, ZeroHedge comment, Mar 27, 2025, re: an ATF entrapment sting later exposed as a possible honeypot I. Reading Pravda Soviet citizens developed a sophisticated…

  • Touché

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    Claude and I share a good joke. There is a story behind that word. In 1983, writing about consciousness and biological delusion, I placed a pointing finger graphic in the HTML to make a sentence stand out. The sentence read: “ Everywhere is the cynical lesson, untaught.” The image had an alt tag. The alt…

  • The Digital Control Grid

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    Palantir Part 2: What the Infrastructure Is Actually For Stamping on the human face — forever “And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.” —…

  • Confusion Is Intended

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    Epistemic Chaos Enables Reprogramming I just don’t know what to think “The regular momentum of dissolution has been replaced by another factor imposed upon it, a pressure arbitrary and forced.” — Philip K. Dick, Ubik (1969) “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” — CIA Director William…

  • War Is a Racket, Updated

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    The Prohibition/Monetization Mechanism from United Fruit to Ozempic “I spent 33 years and four months in active military service… I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues. I…

  • The Real Replacement

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    How Three Price Floors Are Being Pulled Simultaneously — and What Comes After “Bad Human!” “The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play.” — Arthur C. Clarke, 1966 “The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” — Margaret Sanger, 1920…

  • The United States of Palantir

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    How Modern Pharaoh Built His Granaries Without Storing Any Grain No soup for you!  And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. Genesis 47:15 (KJV)…

  • But Why?

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    The Wall of Abstraction “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” “Do I really need to stand here?” I. The Child’s Question Every parent knows the experience. It begins innocuously. Why is the sky blue? Because sunlight scatters off the atmosphere. But why does it scatter? Because of the way light interacts with air…