Any government that is a national-security state needs big official enemies — scary ones, ones that will cause the citizenry to continue supporting not only the continued existence of a national-security state form of government but also ever-growing budgets for it and its army of voracious “defense” contractors.
Chinese and Pakistani officials have agreed to increase their cooperation in countering terrorism and other security concerns, deepening their cooperation amid efforts by “outside forces” to divide the two countries.
On Friday’s edition of “Real Time With Bill Maher’ the host agreed with guest Kellyanne Conway that the “newspaper of record” which didn’t feature the shocking news of the attempted murder of a conservative member of the nation’s highest court on the front page, instead burying it on page 20, out of sight of casual readers.
Russia on Friday accused Germany of throwing European security into imbalance by “remilitarizing,” as Berlin moves to boost its military spending in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Inflation is plaguing American households amid the recovery from COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession. On Memorial Day — more than two years after the onset of COVID-19 — rising price levels are still making Americans’ wallets much lighter.
