Masha Gessen’s description of Putin’s post WWII Leningrad/ St. Petersburg describes a multi-generational “Chekist” KGB grim kill or be killed, zero-sum klepto
Mafia state reality. (Or Roaring 1920’s NYC a hundred
years ago)
Paraphrasing Gessen:
any St. Petersburg family surviving WWII
was unusual. Anyone with their own apartment,
watch, washer machine and private telephone
was even more unusual and had to be criminal
elite KGB. Like Putin’s grandfather.
Comments under the above Sam Bee video gave
accurate praise for her reporting on Russian
trolling (likely also the comment writers) over mainstream journalists operating under editors
and legal restraints.
State and non-state troll contractors exist to
provide a context for autocrats and US
Republican politicians. Who undermine
accuracy, facts, news and *informed bias.*
Troll armies prepare the way for Putin
and “charismatic” WWE trash talking
know-nothing Trump Republican “populists.”
Informative Interview From Early 2022:
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MIND HACKS:
The old prevailing “informed” narrative was
typified by good guy P-doc, Dr. Vaughan Bell
as quoted in The NY Times 2008 link below.
(Only I can absolutely designate who’s a good
guy and who’s the Deuteron baddy bad guy;-)
Bell is the psychiatrist associated with the
appropriately named "Mind Hacks" psychology
blog. Dr. Bell and Yale Professor Dr. William
Hoffman describe what I call “psy-war videos”
as being made mainly by and for the mentally ill. Good4biz.
Even considering video editing few video narrators claiming persecution as "targeted individuals" by
the CIA ever stumble over words or thoughts
regardless of how bizarre those words and thoughts
often are.
Which means many of these old and new troll
videos are scripted. Can anyone rehearse, read
or edit a flawless video? Yes. Can it be done
that way thousands of times by video narrators
claiming to be “whistleblowers” stalked and
“oppressed” by the US and Western governments
because of their politics and religious faith using
the same two or three formulas over and over to perfection? Yes, by competent pros, not only by
the assumed legions of paranoids.
Pros who use a core honeypot truth and disguise
same by surrounding it with a mountain of BS
and deliberate implausibility. Repeat. Wash. Spin.
To put it in perspective…
Russian/ Republican/ Religious Nationalist/
Hasbarist “paranoid style” Psy-war pros
and volunteers do not lurk everywhere.
Their amplifying methods and algorithms
conspire to make it *seem* like they’re all
over X, YT, FB, Readdit, Telegram, Instagram.
It was good PR in 2008 for media friendly
professionals like Dr. Vaughan Bell to come
to easy conclusions that all these videos were
made by the ill-informed or mentally ill and
nothing more.
The 2016 election media piled on with
"revelations" about "fake news" as if
it was anything new.
“Christian” Putin didn’t elect DJT but he helped.
Big time. 2024 RT gave millions to YT influencers
like Tim Pool. Their investment paid off.
Serious 2018 "news" headlines and a Republican Special Prosecutor asked the question, "Did
Russia Hack the 2016, 2024 U.S. Election?"
This left “alternative" and so-called
gateway journalists and commentators
like Glenn Greenwald, Ross “Douthat,”
Matt Taibbi and Tucker Carlson to deny
the story and play at being “serious”
journalistic “voices of reason” to perfection.
Which they no longer are. That fact is now
nullified by Republican controlled election
boards, state legislatures, school boards,
SCOTUS and Gerrymandered districts.
All of which makes Putin very happy.
He knows he can depend on a political
Party that depends on fossil fuels. Like him.
Both Putin and Republicans will do everything
possible to defeat anti-fossil fuel climate change
regulation worldwide.
Recent Biden legislation passed by Congress
overcame Senators Manchin and Sinema who
usually caucus with Republicans. Who, in turn, *unofficially* caucus with Russkies. Is that
hyperbole? Tim Poole, Tenet, RT would disagree.
Putin fan Orban won in Hungary. Putin fan Khan
lost in Pakistan. Anti-Putin Macron won in France. Meloni won in Italy. Pro-Putin Trump won in 2024.
Breitbart Editor-in-Chief, Alex Marlow admitted
to Bill Maher on Maher’s show that Russia hacked/ interfered with the US 2016 election. And then
laid down a doublethink word bomb to make up for it.
Ex-Breitbart reporter, Kurt Schlichter, who was
working at Russia’s Sputnik News (where else?)
at the time of Marlow’s interview complained to
the RNC, Republican National Committee, that
Marlow was veering from “acceptable Republican
Party narratives.” Breitbart and Sputnik News can
be interchangeable when convenient.
RW Gateway Pundit files for 2024 bankruptcy.
Dr. Vaughan Bell, in his best most convincing
professional Brit accented voice might pull a
Greenwald and say that my claims are little
more than "Russians Are Coming" Cold War
Joe McCarthy confirmation bias “Russophobia”
paranoia without proof. A mere lefty meta
conspiracy theory of conspiracy theories with
little “data or proof.”
Dr Fauci researchers (“Don’t Look Up”)
are routinely out maneuvered by Republican
hacks, Rep. Jim Jordan, Sen. Rand Paul and
“non-ideologues” Joe Rogan and P-doc, Jordan
Peterson. Like in the above Leo DeCaprio movie.
When I categorize thousands of YT fringe channels
as RW sausage fact-ories with similar themes,
lingo and fantasies I imply they operate in
concert. Which can put me in categories
Dr. Vaughan Bell talks about. Which is why
the “paranoid style” is so useful as a tactic.
Dr. Bell might be diplomatic and say I'm merely misinformed and a victim of conformation bias errors.
How can most of these sites have
similar themes and points of view? (“Gee, let me fact check the research
and deep due diligence on that one.”)
People in delusion have a tendency to
imitate each other, right? In an effort
to share their particular view of the
world when contemplating things they
*say* the “deep state” doesn’t want
them to think, know or say.
Sounds great. Except *some* overplay
that particular hand. Like mental health
pros who live and die by the DSM-5. And others
who gaslight any and all perceived opposition.
Like Glenn Greenwald. Like Matt Taibbi.
Like the many psych and nutrition advice
YT influencers who bowed in 2020, 2021
and 2022 to right wing Big Brother. No
conspiracy needed. *With or without* RW
PAC money, fake bot followers and YT,
Facebook advert revenue.
Psychiatrists of 2008 or 2013 might/ not
have been familiar with the inconvenient
term "Troll Farm" networks whether
Russian, Israeli, CIA, Christian Nationalist,
white suprematist, militia or Republican in origin.
older “NSA, CIA gang stalking” and 2021 - 2022 ‘vaccine depopulation/ mind control’ that are
the purest form of mind control via repetition and
shear numbers of videos, rigged comments, RFK Jr,
RW blogs, forums and psych blog comment sections.
Anything resembling truth is ‘thought crime’
in the nihilistic RW upside-down.
Why?
Superficially to degrade the internet which itself
poses a threat mainly to closed autocratic “Christian” Russia, closed communist China, North Korea,
Islamic theocracies, US J6 Dominionists and RW hasbarist Israeli trolls.
Then again, the act of degrading the internet and
reality itself hardly makes a difference when a
Soprano level thug/ reality show host reassumes
the US Presidency.
Victories for Putin, Xi, Kim Jong Un, Iran, Orban’s Hungary, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil(?), Venezuela, Belarus and Myanmar “traditional” autocracies.
It was good to run into a 2021 very long
line of loud orderly demonstrators in NYC
protesting Myanmar military dictatorship killings.
Alex Jones, David Icke and religious preacher counterparts pretend persecution and pretend
being above and beyond political/ ideological
binary constructs of right and left. Pretend nutjob extreme right wingers are often neither delusional
nor stupid.
Older versions of RW “reality” blamed Satan,
“reptilian aliens,” crisis actors, the globalist
New World Order “Soros Illuminati elites.”
David Icke demands an interview with *ucker
Carlson so he can give his version of Fight Club. Populated by invisible 32nd Degree George Soros *Illuminutty.* Anything resembling reality is
hidden and buried in mountains of narcissistic bs.
Which allows outrageous “National Enquirer”
QAnon, “Star” and “Globe” *intentionally*
weirdo US Republican, Religious Nationalist
and small “l” libertarian anti-vaccine claims.
JFK Jr and John Campbell anti-vaccine pros
now hide behind convenient rationality.
Now Campbell and RFK Jr pretend to crusade
against ultra processed foods, soy, canola salad
oils and glyphosate insecticides. Now that the
pandemic is over and winning the 2024 election year.
Comedians, talk show hosts, ex-Presidents
who’ve spent decades taking every known legal
and illegal stim drug giving the appearance of functioning without sleep. ‘Still alive’ over-active
unvaxxed immune systems are their “proof.”
With Dr. Malone credentialed pro-Ivermectin
MAGA media MD’s who were available to agree.
Like Big Tobacco scientist liars4hire back in the day.
IOW, superficially this blog can be seen as
cognitively dissonant when calling out conspiracy videos which could just be people who look at the world differently. Sounds good, right?
Like Trump Religious Right Pastor’s, Jim Bakker,
Ken Copeland, Kent Christmas and Franklin Graham.
They’re one step “up" from the “National
Enquirer” and Alex Jones as are the following:
Glenn Beck, Breitbart, Daily Caller, Sinclair
Network, Rebel Media, Drudge, the Limbaugh
of old, Dan Bongino, Mike Levin, Murdoch
Tabloids, Fox News, Wall Street Journal editorials,
ex-KGB Lebedev family owned Brit newspapers.
Lebedev was the #2 name under the name of
John Wick on the fictional surreal Accounts
Payable chalkboard *most wanted* hit list in
the “John Wick” movie series. The Lebedev
name in a major hit movie is based on names
of real people involved in real events.
Something to do with KGB Lebedev Sr.
and his favorite dog ordered killed by
Czar Putin. KGB Lebedev’s son is a FOB,
friend of BoJo, Boris Johnson. Sir Lebedev2.0
has been Knighted and runs a major London
newspaper.
I stood in back of Boris Johnson on line at
Soho NYC Whole Foods back when he was
Mayor of London. I said to myself, “what
the hell is he doing here and how is it that I
recognize him?”
BoJo’s parents lived in NYC twice upon a time.
Johnson was born in NYC. When Mayor of
London he looked like a Prime Minister, not like now.
The Big Oil US Russian Republican Party
is rich enough to pacify and cater to extreme
outliers for the purpose of propping up
“mainstream” Republicans like Ron DeSantis,
Sen. Rand Paul and his father Ron. The Paul’s
were guests on Alex Jones’ old radio show
multiple times. Prep for an unsuccessful
2016 presidential candidacy.
Ron and Rand Paul have been warning about
another Weimar Republic economic disaster
in the US and West for decades. And been
wrong for decades.
The Paul’s, Peter Shiff, “Epoch Times” ‘fiat
money, gold standard’ anti-Federal Reserve
Peter Dalio conservatives and libertarians keep
hoping. When they can finally say, ‘see, we
libertarians and the *Lawd* told-ja-so…’
Senator Rand Paul MD would deny being a
Putin fan. The late John McCain accused him
of working for Russia in front of the entire US
Senate. Sen. Paul walked out without a word.
Much like Putin did when accused of
corruption back in his St. Petersburg days.
Randy ran for President once. He’s mean
and nasty to offset being shorter than Vlad.
Unlike his Russian counterpart he’ll never
be President Paul. (Let’s freaking hope)
Outliers through shear manic fanatic WWE
MMA energy aka populism normalized and
rebranded into a new “Freedom Caucus” label
that’s updated to keep elected Republicans and influencers in lockstep.
While issuing threats to moderate Republicans, opposition candidates, families and friends.
Then yell “cancel culture” “Antifa” “woke
tyranny.” Repeating/ rhyming 1930’s America
First, Nazi Germany scenarios.
How many Alex Jones Psy-war pros believe
their own bs? Few. And it doesn’t matter.
Issues don't matter. Lying doesn't matter.
Power is what matters. And federal contractor
trickle-down supply side COVID PPP loan
forgiveness and defense contractor dollars.
Just keep repeating the proscribed propaganda
which for many people makes anything true as
long as it’s familiar and resonates with core
“identity authority Christian values.”
Trump never believed his Obama birther claims
against Obama and now repeated by Russian
paid influencers against Kamala Harris. I'm far
from the only one who “knew"/ assumed that.
Trump’s mentality only allows him to believe
the lies he tells when lying about himself. IOW,
anything autobiographical.
Alex Jones, David Icke, Trump, Rude Boy Giuliani,
after decades of AAS/ cocaine, meth, adderall stim “enhancements,” might only now be falling off the spectrum. Jones lost a billion dollar lawsuit. All
their attorney’s have been preparing to mitigate for
years. Jones gives/ sells assets to family members?
Waiting for Project 2025 Republican *Casablanca*
(WH) reprive/ retribution/ takeover.
Both Icke and Jones are/ are not banned from
YT social media. “1st-A Musk eventually got
Drone Jones to smell better on X, zombie Twitter.
Brit David Icke was diagnosed SCZ back in his
soccer sportscaster days. AAS anabolic steroid
and cocaine meth stim cocktails as described in
the “American Psycho” book, play and movie.
With doppelgängers everywhere? In reality?
1930’s Germany had gift-shop chocolates
spiked with meth marching powder to get
Brown Shirts and SS goose-stepping for war.
Like the religious and secular RW who admire
Trump and Putin today, many 1930’s American
and Brits admired Stalin. Brit aristocrats admired
“Mein Kampf” pre-war Hitler.
Socialist Orwell hated both extremes. Orwell as anti-Semite? Yes, and he reformed. Did Hemingway? (“W’hale, that’s different”)
Either before or after Hemingway’s African
private plane crashes. Before or after J Edger
Hoover’s FBI agents helped by alcohol, drugs and
pain killers, drove Hemingway to suicide.
J Edgar Hoover made sure Papa knew that the
FBI were sniffing like rats on his trail. Letting
Hemingway know only isolated him more. Did
weirdo Hoover “know” weirdo Roy Cohn? Vice versa?
Did Hoover do the same to MLK prior to MLK’s assassination?
Given the extreme competition between RW preachers
of today regarding declining church attendance, it’s no wonder so many resemble “Big Jim” as in Bakker?
Swaggert? Hargis? of Stephen King’s “Under The Dome” books and lamentable TV series.
Stephen King’s “Big Jim” was a non-cussing,
bible thumping used car salesman who ran a
religious music radio station cover for a meth lab.
