(Note: I wrote this a few days ago under the assumption Jefe was no longer able to correspond and eve have passed away. He wrote me yesterday from Hawaii he was just fine, Thank you, and to correct a couple…
Author: vassar
The Deep State, Where a Different Type of Natural Laws Apply
If you want a sense of “deep state history”, read the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in all six volumes, written by Edward Gibbon in the 1780s. I have the one-volume condensed version, and in just reading that,…
Oligarchs, Toward a Working Definition Inside the Deep State
Steve Bannon recently referred to Michael Bloomberg as an “oligarch”, which I believe is a fair extension of the term, since it has been used selectively in the media to a more narrow club membership, as if Russian political greed is unique. This is…