This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

Fox News described Hillary Clinton as angry and sullen during her eight hours of interrogation. How would you feel forced to testify about a person you’d never met before? A complete sham and a shit show because of who Hilary was. Then, when she’d finished testifying, Fox host Jesse Waters added, “Well, maybe Bill Clinton will answer our questions?” But nothing either of the Clintons could say would ever satisfy their questions. The same Republicans with their torches and pitchforks in their hands boycotted Les Wexner’s testimony.

We’re going to get to the bottom of this, they howl. But of all the marquee names involved, who hasn’t been deposed yet? And he won’t be. No news is Fox News! The modern American media has nothing on Joseph Goebbels Nazi press. Just as corrupt, contrived, and just as sinister. Unpleasant news is soft-pedaled or ignored.

See BS give Stephen Colbert a warning not to have a political guest on his show. Colbert aired the segment on YouTube. When See BS begins to feel the heat of criticism, they issue a statement claiming Colbert is lying or misinterpreted their friendly “Advice.” Sighting the “Fairness Doctrine” a law dead since Ronald Reagan. Then, See BS claims Colbert was trying to fan the flames for political reasons. But as always, the ultimate question is, “Who gains from this?” Does Colbert gain? His show is already slated for termination under dubious circumstances.

If See BS had clean hands, why issue a defense at all? If they did nothing wrong, why bother? They are a huge billion-dollar company, worried about gnats. See BS since installing their new “Fox Lite” agenda has seen an 8% decline in audience. While Colbert has seen a 7% increase in audience. Clearly, See BS is swimming against the current. Audience and money be damned! They are going to project the media picture by and for what the billionaire class wants displayed.

The orange Fuhrer gave a Fidel Castro-style two-hour propaganda speech on the success of the revolution. It’s only news if we say it is! The speech was panned by critics and had the lowest rating ever. So Fox calls it a hit, a home run and See BS says nothing. The Department of Defense shot down a DEA drone near El Paso, Texas. Just ten days after closing the airspace over El Paso. You know? If I were a reporter in the area, I’d suspect something strange was going on. The Department of Defense gives multiple excuses. If they were telling the truth, they would only need one. Fox News reports the Pentagon “Reportedly” shot down a DEA drone. Maybe it actually happened, and then again, maybe it didn’t happen.

A boat with ten armed men in it was involved in a shootout with Cuban authorities. Immediately, the State Department puts the onus on the Cuban authorities in Cuban waters. Little Marco Polio says, “We’re looking at the situation very closely.” This from an Administration that routinely kills fishermen indiscriminately for headlines. If a boat with ten armed Cubans approached US waters and began shooting, what would the US Coast Guard do? How would that story be reported?

For over sixty years, the CIA and its affiliates have attempted to subvert the Cuban government. Crops have been burned, machinery sabotaged, airliners bombed, and Cuban civilians murdered. And how does the CIA carry out these operations? Armed men in small boats. Not news! Sometimes it reaches a comedic level. Two innocent vacationing hikers were arrested just minding their own business out for a stroll on the border between Afghanistan and Iran. Just out for a little hike on some of the most remote and inhospitable terrain on the planet. Arrested for spying. Who us? We were just minding our own business on the Iranian border and lost our way.

President Doofus wags the dog, threatening military strikes over Iran’s incredibly inept nuclear program. Eight months ago, President Doofus assured the American public that he had completely obliterated Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Yesterday, a Trump myna bird issued the same old tired saw that Iran was “One Week” away from having the bomb. Trump claims without proof that Iran is developing missiles capable of hitting the US. Would he lie?

Iran is having financial troubles and water troubles, and civilian unrest. Trump warns Iran not to touch a hair on the head of a single demonstrator. While ICE murders two innocent civilians in Minneapolis. The  murderers were both disappeared into the woodwork of government protection. Any news coverage about prosecuting the murderers of American citizens? Nope! Down Winston Smith’s memory hole.

Poor Nancy Guthrie’s abduction was big news, but as time goes on with no arrests, the stories is quietly being put to bed. Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. Kash Patel’s FBI stands for Fermented Beverage Ingestion. As Patel appears at the Olympic Games in Italy, in his cups. Drunk and on the clock. That’s not news! Only good news! We won a gold medal for Pete’s sake, so it’s alright! Don’t spoil the good feeling by pointing out government corruption.

“The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.” ― Václav Havel

Bloomberg reports that the coming AI revolution could fundamentally change unemployment. “Citrini’s Dystopian AI Vision Draws Investor Criticism.” Is the story true? Will AI cause widespread unemployment by 2028? Or is it false? It’s neither; it’s reported as “investor Criticism.” Shhh! Don’t tell the sheep that mutton season is coming! It could sour our markets.

Bloomberg – “Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook warned the US central bank may not be able to counter rising unemployment driven by adoption of artificial intelligence.” Not News! Also not reported are the job losses will hit the former middle-class the hardest. Why with AI accounting software, who needs accountants? Who needs investment advisors? The expected unemployment rate will be around ten percent. Generally that figure is a prevarication of the true number. Like Trump’s popularity numbers. The thumbs on the scale. But with increased productivity, the investment class expects to profit handsomely.

Your financial viability and extinction is being planned and only reported in the financial trades. “Citrini’s Dystopian AI Vision Draws Investor Criticism.” Dystopian vision as the Federal Reserve agrees?I have just one little dystopian question. What will a fascist government established by and for the rich do to alleviate this new unemployment problem? What do you think they will do? What do you think will happen to wages with a permanent over-educated unemployed underclass?

Who are they building these concentration camps for again? Illegal immigrants or social unrest? Are you sure? Why does President Doofus want 12,000 new ICE agents? Illegal immigrants or social unrest? Why is it so important to remove the immigrants as fast as possible? Coming massive unemployment?

The fascist news is not the news at all, but random information designed to make you feel informed. “Hollywood star gets arrested on Bourbon Street. New  iPhone introduced! Unemployment is expected to triple in the next two years Millions left destitute! But government has a plan!

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” ― George Orwell.

Who do the media companies actually work for? You? Do you honestly believe they tell you the truth? Or do they tell the truth for those who pay them to lie? As they openly plan your economic demise, I bet you think I’m crazy.

“They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. This is too much, even for a joke. But it is not a subject for levity; it is an exceedingly serious matter.”  – Eugene Debs