a very good interview by rogan.

explains

1 how the CIA came into disrepute with democrats due to global interference resulting in jimmy carter winning office 40 years agi .  their name was dirt and they had to re pivot.  this re pivot was in the form of billions of dollars of funding NGO's , effectively  goverment funded, non-government organisations

2  the regime change wars nearly always fought by gaining control of state media

3  oringinally seeing leftie socialists as the people who must be censored and smeared but pivoting to see right wing populists as am existential  threat to CIA plans

4  the plan for american imperial expansion is to control energy assets in africa and eastern europe/asia.  done through the military (hard power) and cia (soft power) but the CIA hiding this by funding the "centre of democracy"

5  the power the CIA have over the tech platforms and the threats and real costs that are imposed on the tech platforms if they do not "play ball"

6 a good explanation of burisma (the gas company hunter was involved in). burisma was set up after the cia funded the coup that brought zelensky to power. zelensky was made to implement policies at the specific direction of the cia.  7 former cia directors sat on the board (interesting that someone high in the cia is on less then  300,000 pa and the gravy always comes from these sort of deals. burisma was a private amercian gas company which was going to extract gas from the ukraine and this was great for 2 reasons  (every dollar of gas they sold was one less dollar russia sold and this was going to be incredibly profitable )  biden was sort of a patsy to allow these guys to get away with it and they, of course, organised the recent pardons because they want none of this exposed.  not forgetting the clip showing jo biden telling the world that america will decide which prosecutors will work in the ukraine

7  the recognition by the CIA that they cannot exert soft power at home but that this can be done by hand picking universities, professors, media influencers and then co opting them into doing what is required

8  the new catch plrase "whole of society approach " to preventing "disinformation"

all in all a fairly sobering story of how american power is projected abroad and at home

watch from about 27 minutes in if you are interested

Marla wrote on Dec 8^th, 2024 at 7:04am:



meh


marjuhana is where white guys go to lower their IQ

The peoples of every powerful and ascendant nation throughout history see themselves as the leading civilising force and consider it their manifest destiny to impose their culture and values on 'lesser' cultures.

Of course, this always results in the ascendant nation's enrichment.

The US differs from the Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch and British empires of recent centuries in that its imperial reach is covert.

The British Empire, particularly, imposed its authority and manifest destiny by establishing its system of governance wherever it went and by re-elevating its monarchy to its ancient 'divine' status via the pomp, 'circumstance', 'mystery' and 'awe' of majesty.

While the monarch played the role of 'the gracious, benevolent, and the compassionate', the British establishment then ruled - to the benefit of the British first.

aquascoot wrote on Dec 8^th, 2024 at 10:29am:

All people who ascend to powerful positions, whether via democratic means or not, have egos that match what it takes to get there.

JFK and RFK both railed against CIA overreach beyond presidential authority, which has led to theories that they were 'executed' by CIA operatives.

However, when the president wants something done, it's the CIA that does the president's dirty work - e.g. Iran-Contra and countless, less publicly exposed, operations.

Both the president and the CIA maintain a 'secret marriage' to each other.

The key to the CIA's political power is to remain covert and, always, maintain the illusion that it always acts on presidential authority. When things come undone - like Iran-Contra - it's a jug-eared rogue colonel (Oliver North) who acted unilaterally while the president (and even CIA seniors) had 'no prior knowledge' - Again, Clancy's "Clear and Present Danger" explores this covert relationship.

So, no, the CIA does not feel existentially threatened by any administration.

At the same time, it must always be mindful of presidential executive power and its ultimate, overt, trumping effect (no pun intended) on the CIA.

aquascoot wrote on Dec 8^th, 2024 at 7:06am:



Hence, JOE ROGAN

Musk has the psychological and development capacity of a 15-year-old.

No one should be surprised when he acts like one.