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To: Les H who wrote (46282)	6/13/2025 9:56:59 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 50843

Gaza: The Sacrificial Ram on Capital’s New Altar Posted on June 12, 2025 by Curro Jimenez There’s a series called American Gods with a powerful concept: people’s beliefs and ideals are embodied as physical gods. As old beliefs fade from people’s minds, new ones take hold—giving rise to new gods. This sparks a war between the old gods, desperate to remain relevant, and the new ones, eager to dominate. The old gods, if forgotten, vanish into oblivion. The tragedy unfolding in Gaza cannot be explained by rational arguments alone. It symbolizes the collapse of rationality as we once understood it. And yet, we might grasp its significance if we accept, as Matthew Arnold wrote, that we are “wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born.” Just like in American Gods, some belief systems are dying while others are still struggling to emerge. The end of World War II consolidated a new nomos, in the sense used by German jurist Carl Schmitt. He defines nomos as “the immediate form in which the political and social order of a people becomes spatially visible.” This post-war nomos, based on a U.S.-led Western economic order, spread across the globe. The United States was modeled, both symbolically and practically, after Rome. Rome claimed universality—what lay beyond its borders was chaos. But Rome’s universality was limited by the known world. The U.S., in contrast, claimed imperium over the entire planet. Rome reached the peak of its universal claim under Emperor Augustus. Yet that peak, as historian Ronald Syme observed, also marked the beginning of its decline. Augustus’ seal was the Sphinx, a symbol rich in metaphor. Augustus was the guardian of Rome—but he was also the riddle. The enigma lay in the fact that, while the Republic’s formal structures (senators, consuls) remained intact, true power rested solely in his hands. If you couldn’t solve the riddle, you’d be devoured by the Sphinx. The peak of visible U.S. power was, arguably, after the dissolution of the USSR. But if Augustus’ symbolic seal was the Sphinx, the U.S. symbol was the dollar—both devouring those unable to unravel the riddle. more... nakedcapitalism.com US empire is built on the old British empire, not the Romans.

To: Les H who wrote (46282)	6/13/2025 10:00:29 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50843

Kennedy’s HHS Sent Congress ‘Junk Science’ To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say Posted on June 13, 2025 by Yves Smith Yves here. We’ve said multiple times in comments that we threw out RFK, Jr.’s book on Fauci after we read the footnotes to the first chapter. A large proportion flat out misrepresented what the cited study or news report said. Many others invoked studies that had been debunked for poor methodologies or were extreme outliers. So it’s not surprising to see RFK, Jr. up to his old fake science tricks. *...* “This is RFK Jr.’s playbook,” said Sean O’Leary, chair of the Committee on Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. “Either cherry-pick from good science or take junk science to support his premise — this has been his playbook for 20 years.” nakedcapitalism.com