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Fantastic piece! Many probably won't understand the satire, but this brilliantly encapsulates a vast majority of the establishment stenographers who relentlessly toe the line when it comes to US/NATO foreign policy and then pat themselves in the back for criticizing geopolitical rivals of US/NATO.

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Glad to hear this was satire. It wasn’t all that clear.

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This is some fine, tricky satire. If it wasn't for your handle, some will think you're dead serious until they get to the last line.

Mark Twain would appreciate this. I can think of no higher compliment.

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Wow! Really appreciate your comment. Thank you.

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You have a knack for storytelling , the way you build anticipation . Brilliantly written satire

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Phew: I skimmed this brilliant article and at first didn't realize it was satire. My blood boiled for a second, then I realized you had hit the nail bullseye on the head. Thank you, brother.

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I am glad you enjoyed it.

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Every journalist actually speaking truth to power especially on the subject of Palestine, gets "freed" from CNN NYT or wherever. Chris Hedges or Marc Lamont Hill etc.

This is brilliant and I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I didn't read the top headline, and I hadn't had coffee, it flew over my head till the end of it. I had to look up Millenarianism as well. Yep you're good!!

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Thank you! Indeed, there's no place in the mainstream media for anyone actually speaking truth to power. Only the willing stenographers will get cushy jobs, Pulitzers, and commendations for their "reporting" from the Clintons and the Blinkens of the establishment.

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Exactly, and they can write to the masses, rake in the $, and many of us will likely never read their shit. I like Marc Lamont Hill tho, he landed at Al Jazeera after being fired for the "from the river to the sea" at the UN. Al Jazeera English is pretty MSM, but they still ask the difficult questions. Best of the MSM related to Gaza at present. Qatar should jump on with south Africa & Turkey & try and have that list grow.

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Yes, Al Jazeera is definitely much better than all of the West-based MSM. I don't think anyone else has the courage to do the series of undercover investigations they did on the Israeli lobby. (I will be writing on it soon.) Indeed, the examples of Lamont Hill and Chris Hedges, among others, are a clear indication that the MSM can't take any opinions that differ from the established orthodoxies. Hell, MSNBC suspended its 3 Muslim presenters before they offered even mild criticism of the Western-backed genocide in Gaza: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2391271/media

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I fux with Chris and Marc for sure! Good at their jobs, fearless style

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Yea and mehdi is the only one they had on the whole channel that was talented... It was 💯 a pro Palestine, brown, Muslim situation for fucking sure. The other 2 as well

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You got me! I was growing more and more horrified til about halfway ... Tone and rhetoric are perfect!!

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Thank you!

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Your writing is 🔥

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Thank you, Heather. I am glad you like it.

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if this would be a monologue in broadway, who should play it?

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