When, exactly, did it become acceptable for people to roll straight out of bed and come to the hotel dining room for breakfast in their pyjamas? #slippingstandards #thinEndOfTheWedge #EndOfEmpire #bahHumbug

@DebErupts

Newsome is unsavoury, but he sure knows how to get under Trump's skin.

#USPol #EndOfEmpire

The US came into existence after a revolt against British rule and the implementation of rules based upon decisions made in another land, which were not evenly applied and definitely not to the benefit of all. The US has now replaced the British Empire as a major power and abuses power in exactly the same way. We only have to look at the history books to see what happens next.
#USA
#EndOfEmpire
When China snatches up somebody else
& the world wrings their hands & beats their chests
Our stupidity will’ve lost its stealth
(Colonialism’s greed’s the West’s)
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet?
#EndOfEmpire
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/asia/venezuela-china-trump-taiwan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.YuJm.kfrERcHKRulM&smid=url-share

There's this scene that lives rent-free in my head, with a character in the show The Diplomat saying "i still believe in international rules-based order". It's killing me lol. And it shows exactly the point of their jobs: cover-ups. Politely excusing horrible war crimes.

This is not just Trump. It's a long history of the US and other countries doing what they want, because who is going to stop them?

Just like West Wing, The Diplomat is a fantasy for liberals, and even then they can't make themselves look good.

Dozens of assassinations, kidnappings, regime changes, support for violent extreme-right groups... par for the course for the US. This won't stop until the US collapses.

#endOfEmpire #centuryOfAmericanHumiliation #collapse

Western media portray the 160th SOAR as an elite helicopter force for covert missions. But in 2005 an officer in the regiment blogged about joint operations with the Wolf Brigade as they swept Baghdad detaining civilians. On November 10, 2005, he described a “battalion-sized joint operation” in southern Baghdad and boasted, “As we passed vehicle after vehicle full of blindfolded detainees, my face stretched into a long wolfish smile.”
#uspol #EndOfEmpire #Venezuela #oil
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/12/regime-change-in-venezuela-is-a-euphemism-for-u-s-inflicted-carnage/
"Regime Change” in Venezuela is a Euphemism for U.S.-Inflicted Carnage

For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy. But every country that has lived through this euphemism knows the truth—it instead brings death, dismemberment, and despair. Now that the same playbook is being dusted off for Venezuela, the parallels with Iraq and other U.S. interventions are an ominous warning of what could follow.

CounterPunch.org

Waiting in the wings...

Conquest (in progress), along with War, Death, and Famine, just waiting for the word.

Yes, the deity is The King in Yellow; you know it makes sense.

#USPolitics #Apocalypse #EndOfEmpire #USPol #Trump #USA #America #AI

@Corb_The_Lesser @petergleick Once Trump has completed Putin’s plan; to turn the U.S. and U.K. into irreversible shit holes for lazy white stupid and extremely violent gammons, MAGA and Reform; MEGA, will be the first to burn their hats, just to stay warm or piss in I guess. Who will take responsibility for the cost of their corruption, and who will pay for it? To be sure not the Nations the U.S. and U.K. has turned into authoritarian shit holes! #PayBack #TheDogsOfWar #UltraRichHell #EndFascistTech #GenocideHydra #EndOfEmpire #BiosphereCollapse

Al Jazeera on China and the West

'During the low-wage era of the 1990s, China’s export-to-import ratio with the core was extremely high. In other words, China had to export very large quantities of goods in order to obtain necessary imports. Today, this ratio is much lower, representing a dramatic improvement in China’s terms of trade, substantially reducing the core’s ability to appropriate value from China.'

#china #foreignAffairs #usForeignPolicy #SouthEastAsia #theWest #EndOfEmpire

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/3/the-real-reason-the-west-is-warmongering-against-china

The real reason the West is warmongering against China

China’s spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.

Al Jazeera