Of all the podcasts I have done over the last 18 months, my chats with Stephen Gardner are the most surprising. I did not know much about Stephen until after I received his invite for an interview. Stephen is your consummate regular guy just trying to make sense out of a confusing jumble of world events. He does not pretend to be an expert and does not require an ideological purity test for any prospective guest.
Anyway, the podcast from my first interview with Stephen generated over 700,000 views. That man has some genuine reach. One other thing I discovered about Stephen — he is a generous soul. After my first appearance on his podcast I received an incredible food gift from Stephen. He was just thanking me for taking my time to talk with him. I made no demands of any kind. He simply acted on his own. That’s a class act in my book.
Since Stephen and I spoke on Wednesday there have been some significant developments. The most important, in my view, is Russia imposing a de facto blockade on Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea. This is just one consequence of Russia’s withdrawal from the grain deal. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported:
On 13 August at about 6.40 a.m. Moscow time, the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Vasily Bykov, which was carrying out shipping control monitoring, detected the bulk cargo ship Sukra Okan under the flag of Palau, which was on its way to the Ukrainian port of Izmail, in the south-western part of the Black Sea.
The captain of the bulk cargo ship did not respond to the request to stop for inspection for the carriage of prohibited goods.
The Russian warship opened warning fire from automatic small arms fire to forcefully stop the vessel.
In order to inspect the bulk cargo ship, a Ka-29 helicopter with a group of Russian servicemen was hoisted from the patrol ship Vasily Bykov.
Following radio conversations, the ship stopped its course and the boarding team landed on the bulk cargo ship.
After the work of the boarding team on board Sukra Okan was completed, the vessel continued its journey to the port of Izmail.
Black Sea Fleet ships continue patrolling in the designated areas.
There are still politically influential oligarchs in Ukraine that are being financially harmed by Russia’s blockade. Now that a major bite is being taken out of oligarch bank accounts it is highly likely that President Zelensky will face growing pressure to find a way to end the war and get the “commerce” back in gear. Also, don’t ignore the difficulties that this is creating for black market smugglers as well. Here is an excellent overview of how drug traffickers are using Black Sea routes.
Shifting topics to the continued delusional analysis by retired U.S. Generals. Phil Breedlove did a stint as the Commander of EUCOM (i.e., U.S. European Command) and is quoted in a recent NY Times article insisting that Ukraine’s counter offensive can succeed without air power:
All of which has raised a question: Without significant air power — a pillar of the warfare tactics that the West has urged Ukraine to adopt — can the counteroffensive prevail?
The answer appears to be yes, as current and former officials in Ukraine, the United States and Europe, as well as Western defense analysts, said in interviews last week as the counteroffensive ground on, with volleys of artillery fire and drone strikes but no major breakthroughs.
But it is likely to be far more difficult without the jets.
“It will have to happen without the F-16,” said Philip M. Breedlove, a retired United States Air Force general and former NATO commander, “but I believe they can.”
A former F-16 pilot, Mr. Breedlove said there was “great benefit” for Ukraine’s forces to learn and deploy the so-called combined arms tactics that are the backbone of modern ground warfare, given that they “are going to be applicable in many different phases of what you do, no matter what.”
Nevertheless, he added, “If you expect Ukraine to fight like we fight, then they have to have the tools that we have, and we have not given them those tools.”
Breedlove “believes?” What else does he believe in? Santa Claus? The Easter Bunny? Fiji winning the World Cup? I am flabbergasted that an experienced officer like Breedlove will say something that is so out of touch with reality. Russia’s air defense system, coupled with its robust combat air force, can easily defeat any threat posed by the F-16.
Without a large number of fixed wing combat aircraft Ukraine has ZERO chance of defeating even one layer of the Surovikin defense line. ZERO! As long as these Western “experts” continue to issue this kind of propaganda it will be difficult to generate the political opposition to sending Ukraine billions of dollars of more ineffective military assistance.
What could account for Breedlove’s crazy comments? Could it be money? He does have a commercial relationship with Dyncorp and other Beltway Bandits:
DynCorp was a scandal-plagued military contractor with an expertise in military flight operations support, whose primary client was the U.S. government until its acquisition last year by Amentum, a company that boasts of its “deep relationships with customers in the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy.”
Breedlove is also promoted as an “advisor” at Stellar Solutions, a consultancy that markets itself to clients needing expertise in “coalition operations” and “expert solutions for Department of Defense customers related to space and missile systems of national protection and security.”
In other words, since retiring from the Air Force, Breedlove associated himself with firms that either directly profit from military contracts, like DynCorp, or market themselves as effective consultants for defense contractors seeking to manage their relationships with the U.S. government.
Cabaret seems to explain what is going on:
A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound.
The mark is history, how soon will the buck and the pound follow?
Every decline of an empire’s currency is followed by a large war.
“All wars are bankers’ wars.” Smedley Butler
https://www.academia.edu/13529283/War_Is_A_Racket_by_Major_General_Smedley_Butler_1935_
The “Deutsche Mark” is not dead, it is still alive, because many want it back (to come back), since the politicians in this matter have clearly broken the law (say very clearly: I shit on experts and lawyers) against the German people because the German people would have had to be asked whether we wanted to exchange our DM for EURO and the result would have been absolutely devastating for the politicians. NO, we don’t want the EURO. Therefore, the DM is not dead.
P.S. And the nice thing is. I’m not alone there, we want DM back and it will come.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_kill_all_the_lawyers
As far as German people go, I have no sympathy for them any more. Falling into the Nazi trap once, may or may not be justified. Falling for the same shit again, can not.
You not being part of it, doesn’t matter much. It’s all about majority. How many Germans opposed military intervention in Yugoslavia? Not many, I guess, if any. Germany got back to wars long before this Ukrainian business.
You can say that Germans are occupied, and you would be right, to an extent. Occupied people should revolt, and they do, like those in Africa. Germans don’t revolt. They just follow orders.
In the words of Isaias Afwerki (President of Eritrea) “A slave that does not rebel, does not deserve pity”.
I had that quote in mind when I wrote my comment, but I could not remember the details.
The German people lost your sympathy for good reasons.Yes, indeed, siree Bob, why didn’t they revolt and reject Germany’s participation in the intervention in Yugoslavia and now in Ukraine?
You’re right again: being under US military occupation is not an excuse.
Why can’t they be more like us, who promptly revolted and did not allow the US to carry out any interventions in Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia, Syria and Ukraine? The one in Afghanistan did slip by us but in only a short span of 20 years we stopped that too. Granted, we are not under military occupation only a very light financial, corporative and mediatic, shall we say, influence.
We don’t follow orders. We just righteously uphold a rules-based order.
I’m not from USA, and I agree on the second part. According to Internetz, some German guy wrote: “The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.”
Yes that is the problem. We have been indoctrinated for many years that we have lost a lot. I was one of them, but eventually I woke up. Unfortunately, we are too few and tremendous change to push forward. Unfortunately, there are other obstacles that stand in our way and that is one of the biggest. Many countries also have this problem. In this article here it is explicitly mentioned (yes, I noted that). what is up.
https://sonar21.com/why-is-the-west-so-weak-and-russia-so-strong-the-role-of-human-capital-and-western-education/
In summary, Germany has the following problems.
* This article
* all NGOs (no matter which one, because they have a very dangerous influence?
* Transatlantic
* USA + Nato
* no peace treaty, Putin addressed this wonderfully, but the politicians were strictly against it. I wonder why? It’s related
* the EU
* INDOCTRINATION aka BRAINWASHING
I see a glimmer of hope on the horizon, but I don’t know if that’s enough, but it can be very interesting how the West (USA; NATO, EU) will react in the future, especially Ukraine and Russia.
Because of this, NATO could cease to exist in the near future, but is that true? I don’t know, but I follow the news from all over the world. Not the MSM, because they are dead.
But one day Germany will be FREE and then it will be settled.
A head for a head and a tooth for a tooth……
What used to be called a Conflict of Interest case that was punishable by law, today is the mainstay of the US-led world order. A worldwide web of criminal private interests and government officials taking in huge chunks of the public wealth of countries within their own circles. According to them wars, air pollution, human rights, terrorism… issues are simply distractions. That’s why these so-called experts are free to say whatever nonsense they can think of about Ukraine’s victory against Russia.
Regarding Stephan’s reader comment/question about the “United States just ramping up military production” I really recommend this book (h/t Alexander Mercouris) to understand what that implies:
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/711592
When Hitler came to power in 1933, Germany was pretty much a de-industrialized nation, similar to the United States today, and the book shows the incredible lengths Hitler went to to re-industrialize Germany. They pretty much had to use every trick imaginable to pull it off and the economy the NAZIs created was precariously balanced on a knife’s edge of being able to stay mobilized militarily or imploding. It was really a “use it or lose it” situation and it explains a lot of the inexplicably rash decisions Hitler made during the War, like going into the Caucuses in 1942; an over extension that led to the defeat at Stalingrad.
After reading that, you will understand what position the West is in today and how unlikely it is that it has any chance of winning an industrial war against either Russia or China in it present state. If Victoria Nuland wants to do that, years of very expensive preparatory economic and industrial activity will have to take place. FYI
Remembering stories of my grandmother, the Nazis motivated the population by flattering them. Telling that they are the best race that is now free of suppression. But also forcing them to work: Reichsarbeitsdienst, a compulsory year of labour for all, including women, at 18 years of age.
That will not work today. People are too lazy, too illiterate, too much into drugs.
Also don’t forget: The concentration camps started yet in 1933, to show every German what would happen to him if he opposed to the Nazis.
So, let’s see how the West will treat it’s working population, the donkeys….
Correction: Work camps, not concentration camps (as per Kitchener in Sth Africa). They had facilities such as clinics, maternity wards, etc.
Nazi apologist is what we need here in Eastern Europe.
The fact that you make an ad hominem attack rather than dispute his statement says far more about you than him — and not in the least flattering.
@Bazza McKenzie
It was not ad hominem attack, but a snarky remark made in disbelief.
Dispute what statement? That concentration camps were holiday resorts? Should I bring bones of my relatives that died there? I’m Slavic, not Jewish, BTW. Have you even been to Eastern Europe? Can you even grasp what have been done here? Would you mind ending up in one ot those work camps?
“Dispute what statement? That concentration camps were holiday resorts? Should I bring bones of my relatives that died there? I’m Slavic, not Jewish, BTW.’
Dishonest reply
— Nobody said “holiday resorts” but labor camps with facilities like clinics, maternity wards and even a swimming pool, all in fact documented, which made sense to keep the inmates apt to work for the war industry.
— Keep your relatives’ bones. The fact that inmates died there has nothing to do with the argument.
You add an odd “BTW”: why do you feel the need to specify you are not a Jew?
Because Americans are conditioned to think that WWII was all about Nazis killing Jews, and holocaust deniers are all about denying that.
I say WWII is about Nazis killing Slavs, just like this current war is (with NATO effectively being the fourth reich). All of the stuff you people have written here is an insult to tens of millions of Slavs that died in WWII. I guess you think most of them drowned in the swimming pool while relaxing.
On the positive note, at least we can see in public who has the love for the fuhrer in his heart. Like I said, all of those should go on a vacation in Eastern Europe. Zelensky has nice camps with swimming pools.
Excellent point. Preparing for the war with China, “onshoring” is constantly mentioned. But who will work in these US factories? Our children? Are you fucking kidding me? The gig generation who cannot put their smartphones down for 15 seconds? The Hispanic slave labor who cannot speak English or do math? Without the Hispanics we are also in a demographic doom loop like the rest of the world. But you cannot put them to work in a chip fab facility. And also, they are floating the idea of bringing the draft back since they kids have wised up and enlistments are drastically down. Yet more of your labor pool gone. We export US treasuries and inflation. And import cheap shit made with cheap labor. That is how our system works. And it dies without the cheap imports.
America’s been living beyond its means for a good while now.
I doubt a soft landing’s anywhere in the cards, unless its the joker.
So, to summarize, the 3rd Reich succeeded in motivating the German nation using 3 tools:
— Flattery (‘you are the best’)
— Forced labor (one year of compulsory labor)
— Concentration camps for dissidents
I have come across this view of the history of the 3rd Reich and WWII in many places but nowhere as streamlined and succinct as you have it. I am so impressed that I have decided to throw away the copies I have of David Irving’s ‘Hitler’s War’ and ‘Churchill’s War.’
Yes and they used Ukrainian and Polish slave labour in factories and on farms and French forced labour
They gassed handicapped under T-4 program before moving teams to Auschwitz in 1941
Interesting to see who on this site finds Third Reich inspirational……..must be planning to move to Banderaland
First of all, let me clearly state that I am not at all a Nazi. I am a humanist, who does not share the idea that you can breed people like dogs. This was Hitler’s Idea, really!
Then: When I sum up what my grandmother told me about these years, it is always an interpretation. But: Hitler did not come out of nowhere, and he obviously offered people some advantage.
He wanted to train the Germans for war. He clearly wrote that there is the survival of the strongest. But: He did not advertise this in a negative way, but by flattering. And this opened the door for many people. Don’t you like to hear that you are strong?
My family told me different stories from war time. They knew that Jewish people of our town were mistreated, and saw them leaving. They did not applaud. They shut up. Because they knew that there were neighbours brought to concentration camps, and when they came back, they didn’t speak about that.
There is a simple way to train people: Zuckerbrot und Peitsche, in german. Translated: Sweeties and the whip. Sweeties to make you join me, whip to deter you from turning against me.
I don’t need sweeties, and will not bow to the whip.
I learned three things: Don’t trust blindly, speak when it’s going wrong and have, as many Jews had, enough means to leave when it gets against you.
Sorry to be pedantic or to suggest another author, but Robert Gellately, really gets into what you are talking about in the first half of his book:
Hitler’s True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kld4YsXlPc4
A very splintered Germany was reunited under “volksgemeinschaft” (“people’s community”, “folk community”, “national community”, or “racial community”, depending on the translation) where most were happy to abolish other political parties and other divisive institutions that got in the way of it. People were captivated by the idea of creating a “new world” / “new society” …as they were similarly in the French & Russian revolutions. Additionally, a lot of prominent people and publications in the West supported Hitler’s accomplishments, early on, before they realized what was going on.
Nazis put people in concentration camps who dissented
They beheaded anyone refusing military service
They abolished trade unions
They gave employers absolute power and they banned alternate parties
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
By Antony Sutton
“They beheaded anyone refusing military service”
Didn’t Rita Katz have some videos of such beheadings?
You are so wrong. German industry was owned by US firms like GM and Ford and Standard Oil and had huge cartels like I G Farben and Metallgesellschaft and Thyssen and Krupp and Henschel and Siemens
Germany had major industrial groups who used to meet Hitler at Park Hotel in Düsseldorf to discuss funding his party
He had loans from London and New York. Standard Oil supplied tetraethyl lead throughout war and ITT owned 25% Focke Wulf
Too funny, the US can ramp up production of 155 shells spit spat but we couldnt produce N95 masks to save our lives back in the days of the plandemic.
Yes, and the disinfecting supplies were also gone, and the speculators were asking like $90 for a $5 can. The first masks arrived directly from China with a very kind note, btw.
@ ROKOSSOVSKY “If Victoria Nuland wants to do that, years of very expensive preparatory economic and industrial activity will have to take place.” Yes, and for THAT to happen we will need to turn our “education” system totally around. The “woke” and multi-gender crap that we are pushing down our student’s throats will NEVER complete in the real world with Russia’s or China’s or India’s MILLIONS of STEM educated students each year. Wonder why we aren’t going to space anymore and why we can’t develop hypersonic weapons, etc.? It’s because we don’t have the millions of brilliant STEM educated students required. They’re too busy trying to figure out which bathroom to use and that’s in between worrying about the NFL/NBA draft picks or which pronoun to use. The Russian and Chinese and Indian students must be LTFAO.
There is a belief (sic) that now we all know Ukraine is going to lose and then turn viciously on the west (this part of the world has form for this just as the west has form for making enemies in this way) the objective now is to demilitarise it- down to last able bodied fighting fit Ukrainian. That will reduce the threat of anti western terrorism once Ukraine twigs it has been pumped and dumped. It is also already informing forward provision of weapons.
It’s not money, it’s greed.
I suggest that M. Breedlove has enough money yet.
Fascist neo-liberal capitalist pigs and the plutocratic oligarchies they have created in the West disguised as “democracies” are the problem! Solution: burn down the lodges with all their fez-hat members inside. Their deity Moloch will be ready to greet them with open arms.
Excellent vid.
The young fella has a natural gift and the old fella sure knows what he is talking about.
“How refreshing!” Maybe there is still hope for America.
Unfortunately, Washington will double down until it is dead, dead….. never to return to the un-dead.
Thank you, Larry, also to Mr. Gardner.
I have heard it said, and also described your new title topic many times as: “Baal’s money hamster – wheel.” Most never get off of it, and plenty die young.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Judges 2:13
And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Another good interview, Sir.
“He does not pretend to be an expert and does not require an ideological purity test for any prospective guest.” Larry J.
That is good, Sir, because nobody could pass that type of test, except for Lord Jesus.
Consider: Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Go to a church.
I’m not allowed to go there any more. It’s less than 100m from school.
Hello Larry,
I did not write the above comment, at 19:29, and I am sure, you can find out who did, please take care of it, Lord willing. Thank you, James Flanagan
ROFL thanks for the laugh buddy, this was hilarious. Larry, please please don’t remove the comment I’m replying to.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_7Mi4g96AAxUJ2gIHHSeKALIQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdokumen.pub%2Fharvesting-our-souls-missionaries-their-design-their-claims-9788190019996-8190019996.html&usg=AOvVaw06JV5bNBoAb5H020XkbQvo&opi=89978449
It’s not like Larry has more important things to do, than read all this, or fulfill wishes of TV evangelist wannabe. Next step could be ordering Ukrainian bride from Larry, Lord willing.
Don’t waste your energy on a dead road like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_M._Breedlove,
Mr. Larry Johnson, experienced analyst, for this guy has exactly flown zero combat missions in his life of duty. You can check yourself: ZERO. His opinion about war is worth nothing.
All he knows is getting his roastbeef served in Officer’s Club house canteen which he joined, as it seems, since he was born.
Breedlove “believes?” Probably not, but they talk to a strategy narrative, left unsaid.
Washington is in this to the end. The generals will talk to The Ukraine winning, one could assert, as they – Washington – cannot withdraw and they can only dream of running Russia out of weapon systems and munitions.
In the meantime, The Decline of The West and here, via their Ukraina Grandioznaya Skhema.
https://les7eb.substack.com/p/washingtons-ukraina-grandioznaya
Cabaret is a great, I mean GREAT flick I can recommend to everyone.
Matter of fact, I monna get into it myself again…`cos there I got the itch to say something about it, but I will reserve it for the after, to be absolutely correct about that…
In essence, we live in times not unlike those portrayed in the movie…in a Weimar type “republic”…
looking forward to you scratching that itch
You may enjoy this song ‘ Supply and Demand’ by Hans Eisler and Bertold Brecht. It has the immortal line, “.. I’ve no idea what a man is – all I have learned is his price.” It describes an all -pervasive manipulation in pursuit of money. It has the same air of depravity / the flavour of 30s Germany as Cabaret.
Eisler wrote the national anthem of East Germany. He was hounded out of the US during the McCarthy years – while being supported by Leonard Bernstein, Charlie Chaplin and others. He had been writing film music. He described how proud he had been of being banned and thrown out by the Nazis, but how heartbroken he was at being deported from the US.
I think it’s clever / witty – and I like this performance – take a look.
https://youtu.be/4DgJZADHsyg
Why keep saying “delusional analysis” as though these generals merely have delusional ideas rather then blatant intent to mislead, or, out and out lie to the American public. It would be nice to imagine that Mr. Breedlove could actually do time in the slammer. Americans treat the thugs in government as royalty when they continually show us their Mafia behaviors, are literally, their high crimes and felonies repeatedly.
We are are ones living in a “delusional” world.
Hello CT,
I suppose, that I could write a long time on your entire comment, meaning, a lot to unpack.
“We are the ones living in a “delusional” world.” CT, paraphrased.
First off, I suppose:
Lexicon :: Strong’s G3633 – oiomai
The KJV translates Strong’s G3633 in the following manner: suppose (2x), think (1x).
Secondly and very importantly:
Law of retribution, otherwise known as: lex talionis.
Consider:
Gal 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Jer 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Only God can know it.
This verse is in the middle of the bible: Psa 118:8
Psa 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
And, right after it, the next verse is:
Psa 118:9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
In princes, meaning unsaved man’s Governmental law system, specifically, nation – states, et al., statism.
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, And he will take your daughters, And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, And he will take the tenth of your seed, And he will take, He will take, and ye shall be his servants.
Thank you, CT, and greetings from Germany
H. L. Mencken (1880 – 1956):
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”
Thank you, Elial, and I hope for you, the name is not anywhere near Belial, Lord Jesus knows.
You might want to check out one of my greatest study helps, after His Holy Word:
https://www.monergism.com/
My simple, short biblical response will be:
“Eat the meat, throw away the bones!”
https://www.libertarianism.org/topics/mencken-h-l-1880-1956
I am aware of this type of unsaved thought process, and here are just two of many “thinkers” who came to the “logical conclusion, that there is a God.”
https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/julyaugust/feature/nietzsche-dead
Antony Garrard Newton Flew (11 February 1923 – 8 April 2010) was a British philosopher. Belonging to the analytic and evidentialist schools of thought, he was notable for his works on the philosophy of religion.
Flew was a strong advocate of atheism, arguing that one should presuppose atheism until empirical evidence of a God surfaces. He also criticised the idea of life after death, the free will defence to the problem of evil, and the meaningfulness of the concept of God. In 2003 he was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto. However, in 2004 he stated an allegiance to deism, more specifically a belief in the Aristotelian God, stating that in keeping his lifelong commitment to go where the evidence leads, he now believes in the existence of God.
Both of them, albeit with so-called mental decline.
Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Thank you, for your time and consideration!
Yet another U.S. led (backed, sponsored, funded, organized) coup in Africa (or Asia, or China, or Russia, or, or, or). Getting really tired of this regime change, saving the world for something that does not exist sh*t.
In 1992, the US tried this crap in Mogadishu Somalia, trying to determine the outcome of a civil war, and got its teeth kicked by a bunch of doped-up boys on Knat. Watch the fully propaganda-produced 2001 Hollywood movie “Black Hawk Down.” And that was just the US thinking they could take on one Warlord. Now all of central Africa is banded together against the US and NATO (if France counts).
Putin has already said he expects to end the Ukraine/Russo conflict with some kind of buffer between Russia and the West. That buffer will be the Polish border. The Ukraine Proxy War has proven this. Has to be. Nothing changes until the United States and the West becomes just a petty irritant in the world.
And if Poland becomes the next proxy war then it’s World War 3. (It already is.)
“Breedlove is also promoted as an “advisor” at Stellar Solutions….”
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We’re getting into oxymoron territory here.
In the old days, bribery was payment in advance for gains to the briber, but the US has perfected the art form by keeping payment in advance illegal while moving the actual payment to after the period of “honorable” service by the bribee.
Very strange that someone brings up Cabaret – a close relative was in a biergarten scene on that set.
As for money, well, who was Hitler’s Finance and Economics Minister?
The co-founder of the Central Bank of Central Banks, BIS Bank of International Settlements, Basel – Hjalmar Schacht who said BIS was Montgue Norman’s, Bank of England chief.
Hitler was THE Bankers Boy.
The BIS was the Versailles Treaty WWI looting bank – Germany forced to pay 32 billion in gold. Today the Transatlantic sits on $2 QUADRILLION un-payable derivative nominal debt.
There is ONE way only to deal with this – split the banks as FDR did in 1934. China and Russia are well along this track, and the BRICS NDB is heading there.
NO “negotiations” that do not include this massive problem have any chance to succeed.
No sense throwing good money after bad.
From Sydney and Berlin mainstream media :
How bankers helped the Nazis
https://www.smh.com.au/business/how-bankers-helped-the-nazis-20130801-2r1fd.html
Hjalmar Schacht Nazi-Minister, Angeklagter, Finanzdiplomat
https://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/hjalmar-schacht-nazi-minister-angeklagter-finanzdiplomat-fotostrecke-17177.html
This is very well known.
Germany never paid Reparations – that was the beauty of Dawes and Young Plans
Ask John Foster Dulles who was at Versailles with his uncle Robert Landing, and who later met with Hitler, and was involved in Young Plan
Germany paid zilch It was a serial defaulter like Argentina
Breddlove will say what his masters want him to say. The same occurs with all the military and political vassals involved in this fight against Russia. The time is passing and a new cold winter is coming, as well as the increasing impatience of the western people, seeing their country and population suffering the lost of a comfortable life and importance.
And for many, it shall be a winter of discontent. Since a few of today’s comments have a Biblical theme…
Matthew 24:11-12 ESV
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
The first sentence seems appropriate concerning Gen Breedloves’ opinion. Perhaps he could join the Ukrainian grunts at the front to show them how it’s done?
The second sentence perfectly describes the Brandon regime’s poll ratings.
Still, the love of money is not the root of all evil. The root of all evil is the desire to have your will imposed on others. And that’s what the United States government is all about.
Imposed with the Petrodollar, IMF, WB, BIS, France’s CFA.
Smells like money.
No. Be careful. Do not presume to correct Scripture, which says the (inherently sinful) love of money — not money itself — is the root of all evil.
Parenting done correctly involves the continuous imposition of the parent’s will on the child. Healthy society and government impose their will on criminals that, by their conduct, threaten to undermine and destroy the social order.
Without salutary and wise imposition of will, good parenting and the very existence of society itself would be impossible.
Government, by its nature, necessarily involves the imposition of will.
The concern is to render that imposition just and conducive to human flourishing under God.
In this earthly life, men are in a fallen and sinful condition. Government is needed as a controlling power that protects society. Constitution, as an evolved convention and structural device aimed at duly constraining the sin nature of governing agents, is a means of checking the tendency of government, via sin nature, to abuse and oppression of the governed.
Only the atheist-anarchist prates mindlessly about how all imposition of will, one person upon another, is somehow evil. And he does this — we note — while under the protection of God and government. The craziest anarchist shares, in common with the bloodiest totalitarian, a fundamental ignorance of sin nature. The common denominator is their atheism.
Winston McCuen
South Carolina
No, Winston, a proper government does not impose its will. It keeps other people from imposing their will on innocents. Unfortunately, we don’t have a proper government. We have a government that uses force and fraud to impose its will.
Stealing is not wrong because something of value is being transferred from one to another. Stealing is wrong because one of the parties does not consent to the transfer. In other words, someone is using force and/or fraud to impose their will.
Steven,
Let’s clear up the semantics problem here. I think and hope we would end up ultimately agreeing more than disagreeing.
Earthly governments always and of necessity exert a will, as expressed both by their actions and inactions. That will can be more or less in line with what is just (defined as giving to each his due) under the Lord.
Calhoun spoke of the best earthly government as one that, through its constitutional structures of concurrent majority or checks and balances, wills and instantiates the vox populi, or voice of the people about its own good.
I think you and I would agree that factionalistic governmental will is contrary to the good of any polity. I certainly agree with you that the current United States government is factional and wicked in the extreme, as I have made pellucidly clear in many places.
Our difference, I think, is about the deeper nature and Providential role of government.
Government was ordained by God to protect (and in somewise) perfect society.
The challenge, as Calhoun, again, brilliantly pointed out in his Disquisition on Government, is to render the inevitable and necessary action of government as truly equitable as possible in regard to the various interests of the society or community.
One problem is that, IN ANY SOCIETY, some will be, on balance, tax-payers while others will be, on balance, tax-consumers. And taxation, in some form and in some measure, is necessary to fund the government in its legitimate role in protecting society.
I would add too that bad government — or improper government, as you put it — is ALWAYS better than no government at all. That is a hard but true saying, especially these days.
What is possible and feasible, as stated in our Declaration, is to REPLACE our current bad or improper government with a better and more proper one, but NOT with a perfect one, since the only perfect government is from the Lord Himself in heaven.
As for your points about stealing, allow me to challenge your libertarianism with a Platonic point. Let’s assume we are good friends, and you give me your one and only lethal weapon (say, an AR-15) to keep for a time.
One day, you come to me thoroughly intoxicated and in a killing rage against a third party who has done you wrong, maybe stolen from you. Would I, as your dear friend, most concerned about your true interests, be remiss in keeping the weapon from you, by force and/or by fraud, until you are in a sober and more balanced emotional state? Would you, after sobriety returns, be perverse (and Randian enough) to legalistically accuse me, your friend, of having “stolen” your weapon by force and/or fraud when I denied an intoxicated and raging you your weapon?
My point is that prudence under God trumps the hyper-abstract non-aggression axiom of libertarianism.
We disagree about the proper role of government. In my view, the proper role of government is not to perfect society. The proper role of government is to protect individuals against force and fraud from others, and to keep society peaceful. Let each person choose for themselves, and only for themselves.
Steven,
Perhaps you would agree with me that individuals should be allowed as much liberty as is consistent with sound social order. And wouldn’t this mean that folk who can control themselves from within, by force of character, would end up having more liberty than those who have to be controlled by government and by other, social means, from without.
But this would mean that, for a society of vicious and ignorant people, more government — a bit like a prison — is needed to control them and maintain a baseline social order: whereas, for a society of intelligent and virtuous people, very little government would be needed. So if, for example, all blacks were removed from New York City, since blacks commit disproportionately far more violent crime than other groups, the police force there could safely be cut to a fraction of what it is now. What a cost savings for the taxpayer, and blessing for society.
So, more extensive liberty — instead of being an abstract right that all should be given, regardless of merit or qualification or fitness –is a reward for moral and intellectual virtue; and imprisonment or slavery, for example, as a form of personal government, could be a just and necessary punishment for ignorance, sloth, and depravity.
Society, working through the institution or controlling power that is government, expresses its will by laws, more or less perfectly, about who should get more liberty and who should not. And sometimes, certainly, societies and governments — consisting of fallible and sinful humans — are wrong in deciding appropriate levels of liberty for different folk.
That, in fact, is the root of America’s problems today. As a society, we have given too much liberty to those who cannot handle it responsibly. We now have people voting and running for office who, because of their inferior moral and intellectual condition, should not be. So, they make bad laws and fail to enforce good ones, thereby destroying all society.
The protective and perfective roles of government are in fact inextricably linked; only, protection is rightly given priority over perfection; just as survival, in everyday life, is rightly given priority over flourishing. And the act of protecting assumes one has identified what SHOULD, AMONG ALL GOODS, be protected. And naturally, we want to perfect values we first undertake to protect. So, a more perfect physical body is preferable to a nominal, merely protected body. And “better” personal property is considered preferable to just property in general.
But the atheist’s conception of force and fraud are not identical to the Christian’s conception of force and fraud. The Christian is far more atoned to aggressions against the soul, whereas the atheist is typically more concerned about the merely material or physical, like the human body and physical property.
Christians want to protect their children from bad moral influences, whereas libertarian atheists have an unsocial, atomistic, laissez-faire attitude.
The bottom line is: Every government, every society, whether consciously or not, operates on the basis of some conception, more or less sound, of what Plato called the GOOD.
When the libertarian prioritizes force and fraud against the body and physical property, he neglects other, spiritual goods that need protection.
Christians don’t want a society flooded with trans and queers and porno and drugs, etc. Libertarians, on the other hand, are willing to swim in that sewage as long as no one steals their car or bike or stash of weed, or sucker punches them on the sidewalk.
The ultimate example of government’s role in perfecting is obedience to the one and only true (Triune) God and His laws. By loving obedience, the believer moves toward perfection by becoming more Godlike. Earthly government, when infused with Christian spirit, tends to perfect the members of its society, by good laws and by upright statesmanly examples.
There is nothing wrong or inherently tyrannical about government playing a role in perfecting society and its members; indeed, that role is Providential and inevitable. The view that claims that governmental perfecting is necessarily tyrannical is just shallow and ignorant libertarian claptrap. (Oftentimes, that view springs from the libertarian atheist’s vampirish compulsion to escape the moral rebuke for personal sin that is the “theocratic” Christian cross.)
All earthly governments, pagan and Christian, inevitably and inexorably and continuously affect their members morally and spiritually at various formative levels, for better or for worse. What matters is that government is infused with the correct conception of the Good.
Finally, if we go too far with the “let everyone choose for himself, and only for himself” business, we land in atomistic individualism and anarchy, which, by its nature, ends all hope of protecting persons, property and society. Government is ordained by God and comes naturally, like society, out of God-made human nature. (Again, see Calhoun’s Disquisition.)
Having government is automatic, or, like breathing, not a matter of choice; but improving and “perfecting” government is left to man. Human failure, via sin nature, is why history is replete with abuse and oppression by governments.
My sincere best wishes to you, sir.
Winston
So you seek to impose your Christian ideology on society. That makes you just as vile as any of the progressives who you despise.
One more thing, Winston, and then I’m done with you. You keep throwing out the atheist word. I’ve never claimed to be an atheist. In fact, I could be a faithful bible-believing Christian and still hold the same views I do regarding civil government. I suggest you check out the Libertarian Christian Institute some time. And start using your brain to think before you start preaching. Have a nice day.
Hello, Steven, and Greetings from Germany!
Could you please share your biblical understanding of a 501(c)(3)?
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Sir, I stopped reading further, immediately, after seeing:
about us
Who We Are
The Libertarian Christian Institute is a federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt…
Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matthew 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
I love the Lord, His Holy Word, each letter, each jot and tittle.
Consider:
Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Luke 16:17
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Mr. McCuen, Sir, I also love dogs, especially “crumbs!”
Matthew 15:26-28
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Mark 7:27-29
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
Luke 16:20-22
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Proverbs 1:21-23
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Regards, Sir.
James Flanagan
James, it seems that you have an objection to 501(c)(3) organizations. Care to explain yourself? FYI, in the United States churches are automatically considered 501(c)(3) organizations. 501(c)(3) is a section of the United States Internal Revenue Code which defines certain not for profit organizations exempt from federal income taxes, and allows those making contributions to a 501(c)(3) organization to take a deduction for a charitable contribution on their federal income tax return.
Hello Steven,
Gladly, and thank you for your time and consideration, as I am sure you are also a very busy man.
Lord willing, I will provide some biblical context.
Consider:
Isaiah 6:8
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
I understand, that there are “babes, young men, and fathers” in Christ, and that we are all biblically ignorant.
The more I know, the less I know, meaning my hunger and thirst for more of God, through His Holy Word continues and is increasing, the more I study, and read it, even daily, sometimes, minute, by minute.
I am a biblical Christian, born again from above, washed in His Glorious “shed blood,” through His Grace and Mercy in my life.
I am not a preacher, I am a student of the bible, adding, “so much to learn, so little time.”
Please consider:
1 John 2:12-14
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Matthew 5:37
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
With that being said, I must continue with:
Joshua 5:13-15
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
15 And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
So, my “short form” biblical answer is: My Lord, Jesus Christ, is also. Lord of the church, on top of everything, and everyone else.
There are no coincidences in a world ruled and governed by God, no such thing as fate, luck, or chance.
Steven, my afternoon and nightly bible study, thank the Lord, was: The Church & Incorporation – 1, Praise ye the Lord!
My pastor has two wonderful sermons, at least on the topic, and you would certainly profit more from them, than from me in Larry’s comment space.
Time permitting, please listen to them both:
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=417132040489
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=4171320483110
Lord willing, I will be studying them again, today, doing a deep study, amazing!
Consider:
Romans 9:20
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Luke 12:51
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke 13:5
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Thank you, sir, for your time and consideration.
James Flanagan
Hello Steven,
Thank the Lord, I have completed my studies for now on the aforementioned topic of 501(c)(3) organizations.
The sermons from my pastor on the topic, are truly wonderful.
Lord willing, you will find the time to listen to them.
Steven, please take the time to read the IRS form 557.
In it, you would see and understand, that churches and their integrated auxiliaries are automatically tax-exempt and do not need to file anything with the IRS.
It is my understanding, that 501-C-3 churches are those that filed for “official recognition.” They are now “governmentally approved churches.”
The head of the church is Jesus Christ and not the IRS.
One King, King Jesus, Amen.
Regards,
James Flanagan
P.s.
Rev 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Rev 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
[If you would Larry, please allow me this correction and clarification to my previous comment.]
But the atheistic libertarian’s conceptions of force and fraud and the Christian’s conceptions of force and fraud differ fundamentally, despite ostensible resemblances. The Christian is far more attuned to and concerned about aggressions against the soul, whereas the atheist is typically more concerned about aggressions against the merely material or physical, like the human body and physical property. This is why many unbelieving (and often, carnal Jew) libertarians — being blind to the spiritual — talk a lot about so-called “victimless” crimes, like prostitution, drug use, etc,, or about “capitalism between consenting adults”, as Nozick put it.
Thank you, Mr. McCuen and greetings from Germany!
God’s benevolent love comes to my mind, for all those that are fighting against Him.
I thank the Lord, for all His Loving Kindness, Tender Mercies, and Blessings, in all our lives, especially for those, who should be thanking Him, but, either can not, or will not. Praise ye the Lord!
There is only true Liberty in the Lord.
Well done, thou good and faithful servant:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Parable of the Talents,
Parable of Money Usage
I wanted to add the following, and I do not want to get in over my head, so, from my pastor:
Christian & Civil Government # 1 – 4
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=111902995
As you listen to this series of sermons you will understand why Pastor Weaver is considered by many to be the leading expositor today on the subject of the Christian and civil government. This is a masterful study of both the scriptures and history as they relate to this subject. You will most certainly be blessed.
Christian & Civil Government # 1 – 4
This will be my study tonight.
Larry, could you please take my E-mail out, and put James Flanagan instead?
Sorry Sir, I sent it too quickly, thank you in advance.
I’m an idiot.
Hello Larry,
The comment below is not from me, at 16:45. Someone is using my name, if possible, can you find out and stop it? Thank you in advance. James Flanagan
There are some who disagree with the need for government. This little clip explains what government is, does, how it works and why we need it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUS1m5MSt9k
It all makes perfect sense…
I liked the video. What it shows me is that we need a government whose authority is based on the consent of the governed, with each individual having the right to peacefully dissent from any arrangement that they feel is not rightful and just.
I’ve posted this theme here many times before, and I’m glad that Larry keeps hammering it home.
“The United States is INCAPABLE of Industrial Warfare.”
There are many reasons for this, but Larry gets right to the root cause, the Love of Money.
Remember what it says in Genesis when Adam & Eve were exiled from the Garden of Eden. God sentenced them and their descendants to a lifetime of unremitting toil, if they wished to eat and live. There ain’t NO Free Lunch!
We need fewer lawyers, journos, and marketing majors, and a boatload more of machinists, welders, and other skilled trades along with Engineers. And those new engineers need to do more than play on computers – they need to know how to turn a wrench and have other similar, useful industrial skills. They can’t live in an ivory tower far removed from the guys on the shop floor. Sadly, I haven’t met too many young’uns who want to do the hot, hard work.
I’m glad that Stephen showed is appreciation for your time, it’s good to see manners of a host!
It is true Stephen is a “regular guy”, but a “regular guy” whose leanings are clearly, as my own term “soft Rhino”. A cross between “libertarian” & “Republican”. He’s not “anti war” as a “principle” (meaning useless deaths & destruction) he’s simply selective about desiring wars that the U.S. engages in.
He’s joined the chorus of “China bad…”
And clearly sees Ukraine as “lost” and for what it is, a laundry mat.
His following is an unsurprising number to me as he is a “Trump lite” media platform that attracts a lot of the elderly conservative sand Gen X libertarians.
Nevertheless, it was a good show and well worth watching!
Fear is the root of all evil. Money is merely a medium of exchange to temporarily assuage it – like that next drink or hit. After physical fear, fear of being worthless, self worth issues are second. Then social training augments it. Schools teach it. Sports enhance it. The media is the after burner. The mere fact that the rich never have enough proves that money itself is not a quencher of these fears. Machiavelli rules. Just look at the tools TPTB use in the US. Even Putin thrives on it.
No. The fear of (displeasing) God is the beginning of wisdom. So fear is NOT, in itself, an evil; but can certainly be a good. Only the fool who hates wisdom would conclude otherwise.
Obviously, there are many healthy fears one could list.
Fear of being worthless, for example, can serve as a salutary stimulus to be worthy.
Fear of starving is a stimulus to labor gainfully.
Fear of attack by a foreign power is a stimulus to defense.
Fear of jailtime is a stimulus to obey the law.
Experiencing fear is typically unpleasant, unless one ENJOYS, for example, scary books or movies, and therefore finds the overall experiencing of fear an enjoyment.
But unpleasantness is NOT the same as evil. Work, or the toil of the righteous in this earthly life, can be unpleasant, but toil was commanded by the Lord and, as such, cannot be evil.
Out in the world, fear is typically a rational response to danger, physical or spiritual; so, fear can be critically important and valuable, and it is important to feel fear in the right circumstances and in the right way.
So, fear is not necessarily an evil, but is instead oftentimes a good. And so, being oftentimes so important and good, it cannot possibly be the root of all evil.
FDR was bloviating for the rude and gullible masses when he spouted about fearing fear itself. He was no Aristotle.
There is God, so there is no fear.
Hello, Mr. McCuen, Sir.
Haters of God and His Holy Word, are impersonating me now on Larry’s site.
I did not write the above comment, at 16:59. I hope Larry can put an end to it, Lord willing. James Flanagan
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 14:2
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
No wonder you are not allowed near churches and schools. Too bad you had to bring your mental health problems here.
Hello Preacher,
Good to see, that you are reading some of God’s Holy Word!
Consider:
1Sa 12:24
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
1Sa 12:25
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Pro 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Pro 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Jer 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 25:7-9
7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Do you really think that anyone is reading what you write here?
Preacher,
You are not a preacher, or a man of God, rather, a lost unsaved sinner, soul.
Are you an Internet
stalker?
It is called, “draw, not drag,” to His Holy Word. Why so much hate? You do not have to read what I have written. Is it your site?
By the way, sometimes, God works things out, for your bad.
How many aliases are you using?
I am not above being corrected, rather, if I make a scriptural mistake, please show me the additional scripture, and I will apologize.
It is all about God, preacher, not me, or you, or your aliases? I will ask again, are you a bot?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
I am reading you, Mr. Flanagan.
Thank you for the excellent and apt Scriptural references.
Some of the folk here obviously evince a great need of them.
Regards,
Winston McCuen
South Carolina
Just remember-there is only ONE US politician of national ranking in EITHER political party of the last 7 years who took on the military-industrial-congressional complex. He is currently being crucified with lawfare. The words WE THE PEOPLE have been supplanted by FOLLOW THE MONEY- E PLURIBUS UNUM has become CUI BONO?
It saddens me that this has happened to our country post WW2. All 7 of my uncles were in WW2, one with a Bronze Star and 2 Purple Hearts. 2 great great uncles in the Union Army during the Civil War.
“It saddens me that this has happened to our country post WW2. ”
Actually it had its debut in 1913.
What happened to other countries in the name of USA is the price we are willing ot pay.
Breedlove et all, wandering in Beltway hallowed halls hear all the time whispers of complete and utter bankruptcy “Remember 2008” – a kind of feral terror.
Anyone especially Russia, China and the Global South that refuse to bail out being looted increase this Beltway feral terror to fever pitch. All rationality vaporizes for the feral cats on that hot tin roof.
To a professional soldier this makes no sense – their understanding of money :
The Judge asked infamous bank robber Dillinger – “Why did you rob all them banks?”
Dillinger – “That’s where the money is, yer Honor!”
We can sympathize with Gardner saying numerous time he cannot make sense and understand what is going on.
One can actually understand, and ONLY then deal with it.
Perhaps the retired general looks at any number of US operations(Vietnam, Afghanistan) with dominant air power and the US leaving with its tail between the legs. I doubt he would say that
is his rationale. I do not understand how Ukraine gets the arms it needs but they do seem to get there.
A stint in political office and a decent position in the officer corps has become something like a graduate degree in later life, a stepping stone to much higher wealth.
“Cabaret seems to explain what is going on:”
Maximilian von Heune:
The Nazis are just a gang of stupid hooligans, but they do serve a purpose. Let them get rid of the Communists. Later we’ll be able to control them.
https://clip.cafe/cabaret-1972/the-nazis-are-just-a-gang-of-stupid-hooligans/
Coincidentally, in the upper left corner of the page with video, there is a link to “Help Ukraine” (where neue führer’s face greets you). You can’t make this shit up.
Separation of Church and State means money cannot be a US state-supported religion.
For speculators, “philanthropists” money is a religion.
State-support means Bail-Outs, Bail-In’s (Bush and Obama…) when these loose their hides.
One problem is certain Religions (like Quakers) love to quote and thump the Bible (especially Old Testament for some reason) and CANNOT tolerate taking action, not just mere moralizing.
FDR took action in 1934 – it was indeed the religion of speculative money that caused the 1929 crash, and another religious paralysis after that caused the Depression. FDR broke up 1800 banks into speculative (NO BAILOUT) and commercial (AgroInustrial deposit credit).
Clinton reversed that in 1999 under impeachment threat.
Reaction to this issue of Glass-Steagall reaches fever pitch BOTH from money-religious AND Bible-religious – like incoming friendly fire AND enemy fire at the same time!!!
Great show. I have to say reading the u,nd0.c report while helping myself to a Iine is quite ironic or moronic still can’t decide which.
Although I did hear mentioned that cuI+Iva+ion was suppressed so I assume this report isn’t up to date even though it says 2023 the latest data is from 2017 maybe.
These fools and their pr0h!b!+ion. Just like as with everything else they touch is marred with the stench of hypocrisy.
Armchair General Breedlove doesn’t include air power in combined arms?
This would be hilarious if idiots like this were not in positions of power.
Breedlove is a career pencil pusher with a list of ribbons and awards a mile long who has never seen action.
Looking forward to any Niger insight from Femi A (commenter here).
It’s complicated.
Song applicable to this topic. https://youtu.be/sqSA-SY5Hro
The role of Government is to guarantee these 4 Freedoms :
https://www.nrm.org/2012/10/collections-four-freedoms/
by painter Norman Rockwell
“Freedom From Fear” , “Freedom From Want”
Freedom of Speech”, “Freedom of Worship”.
All the Oligarchy tries to take away.
This is an insightful and powerful sermon by Protestant Christian minister Matt Truhella.
It is entitled “The Ukrainian Situation: An Alternative Viewpoint.”
https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=3182217476498
I would urge all of Larry Johnson’s readers to take the time to listen to this. VERY insightful.
Two thumbs up.In general throughout the US (and elsewhere as well) there is no fear of God, in the sense that people do not tremble at his word. I feel that there will be no repentance without much pain, because society has reached the level of Sodom. Our society is not like Nineveh. It is much worse. Pain has a way of getting people’s attention.
“The lack of money is the root of all evil” – Mark Twain
Poor people are not evil, but hungy. Rich people that want more money are evil. They are the ones that started this war, and all the other wars. They are the ones responsible for slavery, and genocides, and numerous other evils. And yet there are poor people buying their BS, even on this site.
Ah, DynCorp, the company famous for its naked, coke-fueled parties, complete with live fire, while they were in Iraq, lol. So many of these “military contractor” companies – regardless of what countries they originate from – are just money-laundering fronts full of psychos.
Larry’s mention of the dope trade & the link to the article about smuggling in the Black Sea is interesting. Another of Judge Napolitano’s guests, besides Larry, Lt Col Tony Shaffer mentioned it on the Judge’s channel recently, too: he has been told by his sources (like Larry, he still has DOD/CIA contacts) that there is definitely dope smuggling going on in the Black Sea. So, Rus is not only hitting their legit economy – I’m sure their oligarchs also make money through criminal activity. The chaos of conflict always presents opportunity for the criminally inclined, whether its dope or weapons or even human trafficking. Some wealthy folks, both good and bad, will feel their pockets get a little lighter. It will be interesting to see how much influence they have on Kiev.
The Military-Industrial Complex has ratcheted up the cost and complexity of weaponry over the decades for its own profits. Anyone who knows anything about engineering, the more complex a system becomes, the more easily things break.
As for the love of money. I like to say that it has been said that the love of money is the root of many evils, but the pursuit of purity is the root of all evils. The love of money manifests as the pursuit of a pure profit.
It’s almost as if global financial capitalism is to blame for this mess. Yet where there is war, there is also the possibility of revolution. I think the working class will intervene in a world historic way and decide how things end.
Working class is intentionaly distracted with flashy multicolored stuff so it can’t be bothered with revolutions.
There are significant aspects of the war in which it is one-on-one US against Russia, or at least NATO vs. Russia. It is obvious that US reconnaissance aircraft and numerous drones are very significant. After delivery of cluster shells, Ukraine is now finding openings to use some aircraft and some devastating smart bombs. All this, and more to come, is ramping up the push toward nuclear conflict as the US threatens the existence of Russia.
“some devastating smart bombs”
What does this mean, exactly? Is there a new wunderwaffe I have misssed? How does it differ from gliding bombs Russians have been delieving on an hourly basis for months?
glide bombs which find their target
So like the Russian ones, except that they have less of them, and have less planes to use them, and can’t drop them from high altitudes (which reduces range significantly), and are vulnerable to GPS jamming that Russia does (according to western sources).
My point is that they are not-so-devastating and not-so-smart, when used against Russians. Ukraine is not “now finding openings to use” them. They have managed to conduct only a few strikes with them, because flying too close to frontlines, or too high, comes with the high risk of getting shot down.
They have been using lots of cruise missiles recently (Storm Shadow, SCALP), but that’s a different kettle of fish.
To quote Alisa Rosenbaum’s Atlas Shrugged: if the the money is the root of all evil, have you asked yourselves the question what is the root of money?
Larry,
Excellent interview, and I agree, Stephen Gardner just keeps getting better. I particularly liked your succinct summary diagnosis of our military malaise so much that I transcribed it (tediously, as 17 word per minute bumble-typist) with a few editorial tweaks. Highly quotable:
Money: It Do Make the World Go ‘RoundStephen Gardner–Larry Johnson 34:23https://sonar21.com/another-chat-with-stephen-gardner-and-money-as-the-root-of-all-evil/
Transcribed, minute ~22:07 thru minute ~24:00
Former CIA Officer Larry Johnson’s diagnosis of U.S. military spending :
. . . There’s definitely a corrupt relationship between members of Congress and the numbers of the corporations that serve the Department of Defense and the U.S. military. And this is not just four or five large ones; it is hundreds of companies that are profiting off of this. And yes, it is true that a significant portion of the budget of the Department of Defense is being chewed up by personnel costs–not necessarily weapons systems–but the incentives built into the procurement process are not designed to produce weapons that are cost-effective, highly functional, and work within an integrated strategic framework.
In other words, we’re producing F-35 fighter jets that supposedly serve all the needs of the Army [sic, Navy], Air Force, and Marine Corps at the very time when piloted aircraft have become like riding a horse into battle in WW II.
Yeah, beautiful animal, beautiful machine; brave pilot, brave horseman. But there’s a thing called the machine gun. There’s also such a thing as [anti-aircraft] missiles that now make piloted aircraft almost obsolete. This is why we have seen such a shift arising from aircraft to missiles and unmanned aircraft and drones. Shoot down a drone and you’ve thrown away $50,00 to somewhere upward of $1,000,000. But you don’t have to send out a search and rescue crew and risk the lives of eight more people–pilot, co-pilot, medics–in trying to rescue a pilot.
We are investing a lot of money in weapons systems that are so expensive, so complicated to maintain. The people appropriating the money and the companies proposing to build these items don’t think through the practical realities such as, “is this thing going to operate in the mud?” And, “How does it put up with not having its oil changed every 500 miles?” These practical considerations are not what’s driving defense spending.
When you consider the trajectory, we are looking at $1 trillion [soon being demanded for] defense spending, when 30 years ago, we were looking at $220 billion. It’s phenomenal. . .
Thanks Og. You may not realize it, but YouTube generates a transcript automatically. Will save you some work in the future. But count me impressed and grateful.