GASLIGHTING 101

Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer

One of the great advantages of mass media is its ability to not only dominate the full spectrum of communications across every platform, but to repeat something over and over and over until it appears to be ubiquitous. Ironically this is also its greatest weakness.

When you see a compilation tape like this one it erases any thought someone might have that these people are original, that they are thinking for themselves, or that they are not under the complete control of a single voice driving the narrative. This is a group of human parrots and they are being paid handsomely to convince you that reality is whatever they say it is rather than what it actually is. They are not reporters or journalists, they are propagandists driving an agenda.

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TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT NATO

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David Stockman on Why NATO Has Become an Enemy of Peace and Security Around the World

Guest Post by David Stockman

America’s Brobdingnagian $1.3 trillion national security budget thrives on manufactured threats and falsely demonized foes. And nothing could be more demonstrative of that proposition than the utter villainy which emanated from the NATO summit in Vilnius.

For crying out loud. Since the Munich Security Conference in 2007, the man (Putin) has said over and over, and then over again, that Ukraine’s ascension to NATO is an absolute red line. And anyone with their head screwed on right would have no trouble accepting that declaration by answering one simple question.

To wit, how would Washington react if Russia put missiles and nukes in Mexico, or Cuba, or Nicaragua, or Granada or Venezuela or even Tierra Del Fuego?

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“The Sooner The Better” – Revisiting Ron Paul’s 2004 House-Floor Speech Calling For Disbanding NATO

Authored by Adam Dick via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

On March 30, 2004 – just over 19 years ago, then-Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) concluded a United Sates House of Representatives statement with a strong admonition regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and US involvement in it.

Paul stated:

“In conclusion, we should not be wasting US tax money and taking on more military obligations expanding NATO. The alliance is a relic of the Cold War, a hold-over from another time, an anachronism. It should be disbanded, the sooner the better.”

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