Evegreen terrace – SATIRE is dead and why the dystopia is here and now

Many things are whirling in my mind at the moment. I can sense some relief at least that the Qatar ultimatum has not ended in a shooting show off perhaps because the Iranians, Turks and Russian have voiced their concern and are betting the Saudis chicken out. However, the future looks bleak for satirist, who all of sudden, yet not surprisingly have found out that what was called the news has been promoted or relegated into satire class. Some of this news can be whisked away as bad journalism and ludicrous opinions. But lately things, all things Trump in particular, have really made news consumers uncomfortable since the abundance of fake news is making the narratives crumble and resurrect the next day.

Social media mix – the abyss goes both ways

I can only blame at this point the social media and its savvy users who have successfully inserted their own narrative into the mix. This trend has lead to a mass confusion: the news have become the laughing stock and deservedly so. The business got used to lowering standards and were suddenly challenged by former disgruntled peers or lay persons who took to themselves to set the record straight.

Yet again we see, to prove my point, that the media has been unequivocally biased in UK against leftist Corbyn. Like we saw in US with Trump, the pompous establishment made a fool out of itself. May is in dismay and this does not bode well for the country which seems to be willing to open all the floodgates to suppress dissent, monitor all and everything online and quietly support our Western allies later turned out to be extremist terrorists. No govt will change that, that deeper layer of power structure. In US, we see a similar power struggle and no wonder we see senile senator McCain act confused in the Comey hearing. By the looks of it, unfortunately, I feel like I've entered a parallel universe when it came to see what local papers here in Finland wrote about the hearing. There was a striking difference. Trump was lying; therefore Comey was telling the truth. That seemed to be the main issue, even though local coverage had to admit that the Russiagate was going nowhere after Comey lackluster testimony. I feel this charade ended up netting many own goals forcing NYT to retract Russia articles.

The Russia did meme is still being widely used and will remain as a throwback to this moment in time. CNN, with a particularly awful track record, is indeed one of the main cited sources by the local press and it shows. We could use a critical eye. Alas it's not going to happen any time soon.

But the Kafkaesque trip is only beginning. I've been following Canada's regression and financial calamity for a while. Bill C-16 is the shot heard around the world. I've also invested some time to listening Joe Rogan's interview of Bret Weinstein and the disintegration of Evergreen State Collage. Then there's the case of Reality Winner and the odd negligence by the part of the NSA giving her security clearance. Internet really tore a new one for Kurt Eichenwald because of his tweeting slip up. CNN has canned two hosts who were 'threatening' the president. Sounds like nightmare PR even though these outbursts might the last moments for the channel in the limelight.

The Weinstein interview was very interesting. At this point, peer reviewed science has become another laughing stock. What is more alarming, is that, according to Weinstein and other authorities in this scene, many post-modernists advocate for denouncing the scientific method and deduction as tools of patriarchy or white supremacy. Indeed, logic and facts are bigoted. This is beyond insane. This leads to ludicrous "scientific" opinion pieces.

While we are distracted...  

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All of these highlights are mere side attractions and the big wheels behind the scenes grind. The markets are kept up but for how long. Fake growth won't be helping us anymore. This trend has been going on for some time ever since 2008 financial crisis. The Dutch deep state insider Ronald Bernard heeds warning: debt is death.

Living in a dystopia feels fuzzy and warm. However, with the fear of sudden terror attacks, taking a stroll on a busy city street might be the last thing you want to do. We are comfortably numb until the next shoe drops or the grim reaper thins the herd close to us.

With all the inter-connectivity in real life thanks to cyber technology, it is not unthinkable that a far away event snowballs into a big problem on the other side of the globe. A real butterfly effect yet the trigger is not so innocent after all.

Thursday June 8th, a day of reckoning? Qatar mayhem, snap elections in UK, Comey debacle

What an odd turn of events? Today, that is. On June 8th 2017, we are at a cross-section. Where to from here?

In UK, the Tory struggle to be re-elected and force a 'hard' Brexit. Unfortunately for the PM May, recent terror attacks and bad PR has given the Labour Party a slim chance to claim majority of MPs in this snap election. If the conservatives, still leading most of the polls, should lose, the whole Brexit situation would become even more nastier a mess. Media is in defense mode. Protect the assets.

In the Middle East tensions are rising. First of all, the situation in Qatar is reaching a climax. The 24 hour ultimatum given by the Saudis is about to end. After that we can expect action. Qatar is preparing its military to respond.

http://theantimedia.org/saudi-ultimatum-qatar-10-demands-24-hours/

Basically:

1. Renounce Iran
2. Abandon support to Hamas and Muslim brotherhood
3. Cancel al-Jazeera
4. Apologize for 'abuses' made by the TV channel

Enjoy thorough Qatar coverage on Moon of Alabama site.

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/06/the-saudis-demand-total-surrender-but-qatar-may-not-fold.html#more

Yesterday's ISIS attacks in mainland Iran play into this latest crisis between the Sunni and Shi'a states in the region. Iran blamed to retaliate Saudi Arabia. Iran's willingness to aid Qatar might have provoked this hidden cell to attack the Khomeini monument and storm the parliament building in Tehran.

 

In the US, the 'yped Comey senate intelligence 'earing is about to take place. So far all the revelations have turned out to much ado about nothing. Reality Winner's latest NSA leak can hardly sway the public view of this charade. Trust in conventional media and party politics in dipping even more. I'm positive that Comey won't rock the boat since he was indeed protecting the Clinton's misdeeds.

As for the Asian front, North Korea is up and at it with even more ballistic missile tests really testing nerves of local superstates and oversee antagonists.

Basically today is like any other day. Although tensions are rising all over the world, most of it is hype and will dissipate eventually when we stop paying any attention to it. Some of these turn of events are intertwined, but because they appear to happen simultaneously the public consciousness cannot adapt in time to react and respond with deeper thought. Prepare for a bumpy ride.

Qatar affair – Could this be a start of a beautiful friendship?

The budding Arab NATO's end has a start

When surrounding nations cut ties to Qatar, the single Gulf nation is without support in the region. This dilemma among others things is directly reflected in oil and gas prices and speculation runs wild what will happen to this nation now accused of supporting terrorism.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-04/saudi-arabia-egypt-uae-bahrain-cut-diplomatic-ties-block-all-borders-qatar

Another interesting fact is that with Qatar's fall from grace both upcoming FIFA World Cup hosts are facing a moral setback. Russia on the one hand is frowned upon because issues like Crimea, purported gay abuse in Chechnya and vehement collusion into US and Europe's internal affairs, Qatar on the other hand, dubiously chosen as the host for 2022 world cup, is taking a beating from the neighbouring countries who accuse the nation of supporting terrorism and, what is even worse, Iran.

I personally have hard time understanding why people think this accusation should be taken seriously. For the time being, Saudi-Arabia where notorious president Trump recently visited, is the main sponsor of Wahhabi terrorism in the world. No doubt about it. Yet Western leaders pander to Saudi assets. Theresa May wants to withhold the 'sensitive' report that is set to condemn UK weapons deals to extremists funding Arab theocracy. And not surprisingly, in the aftermath of Manchester 22 and the recent London Bridge terror attacks, this sensitive information would jeopardize the Tory re-election stunt June 8th.

First of all, let me set the record strait. The objective of this Qatar affair is in Iran. That is the main purpose by all means. Trump talked the talk and now both sunni nations and Israel will expect him to walk the walk. This indeed will please many neocons around the globe and would indubitably lead to a global conflict.

UK would be set to support this plan no doubt. They need first to survive the elections, thwart peacenicks like Corbyn and set aim for more tyranny first by 'creating safe spaces online' and quelling dissent and hate speech. And the bombings and terror incidents won't stop believe me.

Secondly, there is also no speck of a doubt that Qatar is harbouring terrorists and funding sunni jihadi insurgency in places like Libya, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. I hope you can remember the time when Qatar gave shelter to infamous Abdelhakim Belhadj, now leader to Islamic state in Maghreb. In defense of him, I should say that during his stay in Qatar, he was deemed by the West as an asset, since he would leave Qatar to fight for NATO in Libya in 2011. Later he was heralded as the hero of Libya by even more notorious neocon senators Richard Blumenthal, John McCain and Lindsay Graham.

Voltaire.net gives us the nice wrap on Belhadj and the Manchester bomber:

During the Libyan war, Belhadj, who had been living in Qatar, returned to Libya, courtesy of the Qatari Emir, and commanded the operations on the ground in league with NATO. On 28 July 2011, he organised the assassination of General Abdul Fatah Younis who claimed to have joined the ‘rebels’, but who Belhadj accused of overseeing the struggle against the LIFG during the 1990s.

There we have it. I would be pleased to be given the purported information pointing to collusion with Iran. Let's feast our eyes in this picture of competing pipelines. Let's focus on the rivalry between Qatar and Iran, and the obvious role of Syria in all this.

This plan is obviously one of the reasons for toppling Assad who chose the red option. Unfortunately the project to remove Assad is failing rapidly and now there seems to be a rush for apply a plan B for the region, as Daesh and other jihadis in the Iraq and Syria are being cornered. We can already witness the redeployment of jihadi assets towards new battlefields. One of the focal points is Europe through conventional air travel through Turkey, as the case of Salman Abedi, the assailant of Manchester arena bombing, has tangibly proven. Other node of travel is through Libya. Then again undercover extremists have also infiltrated the masses of immigrants from Turkey to Greece and from Libya to Italy.

http://journal-neo.org/2013/05/23/qatar-is-funding-international-terrorism/

Other battlefields where jihadis are needed in the global war on terror include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen and now most recently Southern-Philippines.

OPEC's future on the extra time?

As alliances in the Middle East are reorganizing rapidly, the situation remains very tense. We can expect some instability when it comes to oil prices. This uncertainty would boost the prices, thus alleviating the economies of nations such as Norway, Venezuela, Saudi-Arabia and Russia. It is, however, too early to categorize this latest move as a stunt to bolster the last stages of carbon emitting assets such as natural gas, oil and shale. The peak of myth is also being kept in life support even though new sources of raw material is found each year.

It is worth considering that the stalling of the implementation of the Paris Climate Accord as seen in Trump's thumb down move for the global greenhouse gas reduction and tax scheme agenda plays into this concoction of economic jousting. Nobody can really tell, whether combustible energy sources have any role this next 20 years. In energy production, we can expect them to remain as a stable yet somewhat polluting source of energy.

Deep State Sleight of Hand

Is remains to be seen if the Deep State befuddled its own crises can trick the Trump team to jump the gun when it comes to Iran. Certainly we can expect the military industrial complex McMaster and AIPAC backed Kushner to silver tongue the president into unexpected action. However the internal crisis in Washington, chasing the Russian ghost protocol influence and ever exceeding Pedogate investigations are prone to emerge as the achilles heel of the United States political theater.

I'm willing to bet there needs to be a string of distraction when the push comes to shove. MSM is clearly suffering and being openly ridiculed. Deep State is losing the fear effect of terrorism. Despite all this, it is evident that the divide and conquer strategy is working on some levels where people and groups are being maneuvered to bash one anothers' beliefs. This can be attributed as 'culture wars' and battles can be seen social media such as Twitter every waking hour of every single day. The power to sway public opinion and appear more confident is by no means indication of righteousness these days. The most riveting and vocal demagogues can gather such strength in the field of public opinion and this is something every government is fighting against. I'm not really cheering for bigots to sow the seeds of hate even though at times they are clearly in the right and have the better arguments. It is indeed hard to be inclusive and engage people during these times of extreme divisiveness and opinionated fools.

Could this be the coveted orb of ISIS from the Simpsons?

In the scale of things and all things considered, this Qatar affair is a joke. The Saudis are clearly the biggest supporters of sunni Wahhabi radicals and blaming Iran or Qatar won't change that fact. Many Western nations are willing to kowtow Saudi brutality and human rights abuses in places like Yemen. There is no excuse. Dumb and excited public will most likely fall for it, like it does for other ploys of the deep state. However Qatar is no prize either. They could improve their own human rights situation and correct the record for foreign slave labor and horrific working conditions in the World Cup construction sites.