The Bravery of Being Out of Range

Not exactly my taste in music, but interesting in the context of a cruise missle strike on Syria.
"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up."
Arthur Koestler
Not exactly my taste in music, but interesting in the context of a cruise missle strike on Syria.
While I do not recomend Max Keiser very often, as I find him more and more annoying, I thought that this interview with one of my favorite bloggers, Charles Hugh Smith, was worth suffering though Max.
If Max is too much for you, you can fast forward to 12:30 and be more calm!
I can just see you asking this as I recommend that you watch a four-hour documentary. But this BBC documentary is that important. If you want to understand how the world works, at least the part of the world I call Babylon the Great, then invest the time.
Originally I had commentary of each of the four parts when I first recommended the series. The original links no longer work, so the one link below is the one you will have to use if you watch. If you want to know my understanding of the documentary, click the following links.This is a different Bernays
The beloved editor of the Prophecy Podcast blog, Pam Dewey, has also written about these issues, and the "star" of the documentary, Edward Bernays. Click here for her commentary.
The Wizard of Adz
If this is the first time you have thought about these issues, this documentary could literally change how you look at the world.
While I can not embed the interview, nor is it video, I still think it is worth your time to listen.
I am not convinced that Obama attacking Syria is a war crime; part of the interview dicusses this, and it is an interesting argument.
The main part of the interview is the short term economic outlook, and I mostly agree.
However he is a little too pessimistic, as most hard money types are. I think that the point Roberts makes about the huge internal China market, eventually after a lot of sweat and tears, also applies to the US. Thus I am guardedly pessimistic.