Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times about a 1997 Barry Levinson movie that may explain why a friend of Jeffrey Epstein attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its elected President. Extracts follow:
“Wag the Dog” takes the stance that American public policy may be founded on fraud in high places, and that there is no public outpouring too spontaneous-looking to be manipulated by political puppeteers.
…”Wag the Dog” essentially amounts to a huge inside joke. It’s possible that viewers indifferent to political and media chicanery will miss some of the barbs here, but those same gags will fill savvier audiences with wicked glee.
…With its comic sensibility solidly grounded at the place (a very tiny one) where political and media scruples meet, the film imagines a president with a problem. Eleven days before an election, a pass made at a young female scout is threatening to make headlines, and the opposition candidate is running commercials to the tune of “Thank Heaven for Little Girls.” What to do? Call in the consultants. Have them start a war.
…”Wag the Dog” watches mirthfully as [movie producer] Stanley (Dustin Hoffman) gets mobilized, brings in his troops (with Willie Nelson to write an anthem, Denis Leary as a fad king seeking to create souvenirs for the Albanian crisis and everyone demanding fiscal fringe benefits).
Among the many high points of the campaign are the filming of a bogus Albanian battle scene for the evening news, the recording of a “We Are The World”-type inspirational song and the faking of an old folk song (by Nelson and Pops Staples) to suit an even faker war hero, played in funny gonzo fashion by Woody Harrelson.
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It will be difficult but it will be in Canadas interest to separate/brexit from the USA!!
The alternative is occupation or integration!
This would be the Americanisation of Canada which has been a long time in the making!?
TB
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Is this public pushback against US Food Cartels?
Can San Francisco successfully sue food companies? We’re about to find out.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93wgeqpv0eo
The city of San Francisco on Tuesday sued ten leading food makers over their ultra-processed products, accusing the industry’s giants of knowingly selling foods that have been linked to a rise in serious diseases.
City officials claim the companies’ tactics resemble those of the tobacco industry. Local governments, they argue, have to shoulder the public health care costs.
Firms including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola have intentionally marketed addictive, unhealthy products in violation of California laws on public nuisance and unfair competition, according to the complaint.
Kraft, Mondelez and the other companies named as defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment
Their products range from cookies and sweets to cereal and granola bars.
“These companies engineered a public health crisis, they profited handsomely, and now they need to take responsibility for the harm they have caused,” said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement.
Sarah Gallo, senior vice president of product policy at the Consumer Brands Association, an industry trade group, said an “agreed upon scientific definition” of ultra-processed foods does not exist.
“Attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities,” Ms Gallo said in a statement.
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