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IamFortunesFool

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49. Hey, Alex!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 11:36 PM
Feb 2017

Last edited Sun Feb 12, 2017, 03:30 AM - Edit history (1)

As usual, you are absolutely correct. While this first stage of the global war is being fought in the hearts and minds of the people, the inevitable result of all those social wedge issues is to turn us against each other in sectarian violence...this has been a long and constant process over the last century that Putin and the current global financial elite are the inheritors of. You are also correct about the "threat" of jihadist terror only becoming a (perceived) pervasive antagonist since the first World Trade Center bombing, but in earnest after 9-11.

The following is a copy/paste from a section of one of my responses to your original OP several weeks age, "The Beginning of the End?"

"I would only add that this global cabal can be further traced back in history to the institutionalization of centralized banking across the western and near east world at the turn of the last century. If you consider the last 100 or so years of geopolitical and economic history within this context, the shadowed hand emerges from behind the veil. Since that time, this global Plutocracy has, with exponentially increasing technological capacity and masterfully designed social theatre, bred us to be increasingly apathetic and tribal as they go about consolidating and entrenching their power.

The first great world war against fascism became war the against Nazis, and then on communism. The Red Threat became the war on drugs, and the war on drugs became the war on terror, and the war on terror has become the war against each other; each one more abstract than the last. They are turning us against ourselves in order to sow the social war and violence needed to enshrine the ascendant police state and finally make an overt seizure of power. And the worst part is that we will beg for it. Just as we happily gave away our rights in the Patriot Act after 9-11, so will we gladly accept totalitarianism disguised as protectionism to save us from the social violence we are being bated into...our genetic tribalism is being exploited against us. "

The amount of attention paid to Islamism over the last decade and a half has had a catalytic effect on both our perception of its pervasiveness, as well as its actual growth and proliferation. The more we've been outraged against them, the more they rage and recruit against us. It is my feeling that the moneyed interests that support a given administration (this applies to any and all regimes over the last 100 years) have been working behind the scenes for many decades to achieve the ends we are now in the midst of. Putin seems to be the head of the snake in our day. I have not referenced it in my OP or other posts, but there is ample evidence that Putin has used his position to personally enrich himself, and is actually worth over double what Bill Gates (commonly held to be the wealthiest person alive) is, making Vladimir Putin the richest man in the world, and therefore an intuitive choice to lead the global financial elite. Here are some links to follow up on...

http://www.businessinsider.com/former-kremlin-banker-putin-is-the-richest-person-in-the-world-until-he-leaves-power-2015-7

http://time.com/money/4641093/vladimir-putin-net-worth/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/20/is-vladimir-putin-hiding-a-200-billion-fortune-and-if-so-does-it-matter/?utm_term=.46923f75f9b1

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I am reading "Winter is coming" triron Feb 2017 #1
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I remember that as I'd followed Comey's career since I worked for the NY Law Journal in the early... brush Feb 2017 #28
Comey released information, in the week before the election, that the FBI had discovered lutherj Feb 2017 #46
Please read the attached article IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #52
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The assessment of Comey's actions and intentions in that article is hugely compelling IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #25
See this: Senator Wyden is Hell-bent on Getting Out the Truth About Trump and Russia (Mother Jones) Amaryllis Feb 2017 #51
Yes... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #54
So I know a number of congress folks have been wanting this to come out but couldnt talk about it. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #57
There is that. I understand Comey made the info classified in the briefing he gave to the lawmakers. brush Feb 2017 #72
A few gut feelings I have Norbert9 Feb 2017 #70
trump got 42% of the 50% of people who voted, which equals what, about 24% of the population brush Feb 2017 #73
Exactly. I posted recently how Sessions had to vote for Devos before he himself could be confirmed Norbert9 Feb 2017 #76
According to update article cited from The Weeklings, Sessions can squash it all! Norbert9 Feb 2017 #69
That is my fear as well. triron Feb 2017 #85
Hopefully this thing is moving faster Turbineguy Feb 2017 #98
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The story is currently mrs_p Feb 2017 #5
The expanse and breadth of the information is certainly daunting... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #7
Thank you. Delphinus Feb 2017 #29
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Indeed... festering cancer IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #109
Standing ovation! GliderGuider Feb 2017 #8
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El gusto es mio! IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #17
Muchas gracias. Did you see this OP: Squinch Feb 2017 #18
That is a perfect exhibit of evidence for Surkov's methods IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #20
Why? AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #63
I am so glad you're here to lend your voice to this topic IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #67
Great post, recommended panader0 Feb 2017 #19
No doubt you've been told this before, but sorry, you are NObody's fool!! SO many thanks for Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #21
Ha! I assure you I am quite the fool IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #22
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Looking into it now... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #45
Thanks, it just feels like some shit's going down today - here are 3 of her posts from 8 Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #47
Yes, there is a lot of jockeying and infighting going on in the administration tonight IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #50
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No worries... I'll be here IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #56
Nice work today. Real nice work. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #58
I got preoccupied with it and missed SNL... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #59
I'm kind of dense here and overwhelmed with your info, but could you please explain PearliePoo2 Feb 2017 #80
There has been enough of this information in the public domain for long enough IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #84
I have been listening to Malcolm Nance on A M Joy's weekend show and he said PearliePoo2 Feb 2017 #87
They are both fantastic journalist and their work has been instrumental in helping to uncover IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #91
In the news today, evidence of exactly what I said above yesterday... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #105
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I am fairly new here as far as posting anything, but I'm glad to carry on the tradition IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #27
I know it's been said before to you but... ailsagirl Feb 2017 #88
Mark and thank you dem4decades Feb 2017 #30
Some of my dystopian thoughts have been that Putin wants America. He wants our food, resources, notdarkyet Feb 2017 #32
It's widely known that Russia has been funding the nationalist and alt-right movements across Europe IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #33
Breibart and Alex Jones AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #61
To be or not to be MedusaX Feb 2017 #34
Yes, that is my fear as well IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #35
45 is a tool Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #60
welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2017 #120
Thanks for those sources and for tying this altogether in one place. Ligyron Feb 2017 #36
K & R BadgerMom Feb 2017 #37
THANK YOU!! Again ! pangaia Feb 2017 #38
Yes, we (and a few others) have been beating the drum here for a few weeks IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #39
Yeah and Alex SFCA.. You guys are a treasure.. pangaia Feb 2017 #40
Awww... well, thank you! IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #41
The question remains... butdiduvote Feb 2017 #42
And that is a difficult question, indeed... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #44
the challenge AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #62
Yes, time is absolutely of the essence IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #65
outstanding analysis! AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #48
Hey, Alex! IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #49
seems like the world always needs enemy AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #66
Namely the Federal Reserve Norbert9 Feb 2017 #71
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Excellent, Excellent, EXCELLENT post! There is no doubt that tRump* is a Russian asset... Raster Feb 2017 #82
many republicans are ok with that AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #92
Excellent point...globalism is happening, like it or not... and to be entirely fair... Raster Feb 2017 #93
OP DittoTheCat2 Feb 2017 #83
Answers IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #90
That is some seriously astute shit. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #95
This is a very good analysis of what we're up against. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #86
Candygram for our favorite Fool!: Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #89
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unrec so i can rerec K&R.... spanone Feb 2017 #96
One question: OldRedneck Feb 2017 #97
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K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Feb 2017 #99
Thank you all for your commments, input, and questions... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #101
fwiw, we arent as far behind as it seems, i dont think. mopinko Feb 2017 #102
For this you get a K/R and my last heart. Lochloosa Feb 2017 #103
Thank you! IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #104
America cannot tolerate Republican-Russian treason Achilleaze Feb 2017 #107
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The news tonight... IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #110
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Trump is not even very good at hiding that Putin has something on him! Rex Feb 2017 #112
I am heartened to see the MSM picking up this story in earnest IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #113
I saw a very disturbing video on YouTube that presented a lot of this. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #114
I have not seen that... But I would like to IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #115
OK, here it is. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #116
Awesome! Thank you!! IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #117
Alright, here's what appears to be the entire 2.5 hour documentary. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #118
I'm going to start it now IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #119
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