2 days ago, an Israeli military plane (IAF555) spent 3 hours circling off coast of Los Angeles, California, right next to border w/ Mexico.
Plane model + serial number were blocked.
Took off from Chino Airport at 15.34 + landed at San Bernardino Airport (25 miles away) at 18.36 pic.twitter.com/N6kxAIVcEp
— Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) April 2, 2025
Some Orwell offerings:
“Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
“War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”
“Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. … In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects…”
I keep reading that we’re headin’ into World War 3. Yet I know we’re already there. All war is on-going, and if it seems to take a breather it’s only so the war-mongers can plan their next attack. Who, when, where.
But I wanted to find the technical definition of “World War” so I looked it up and this is what I found in the dictionary:
World War, noun:
“A war in which the major nations of the world are involved.”
Seems to me that criteria has been met. So here we are, right in the middle of it.
Who will live? Who will die? Who will die free and fighting? And of those who do live, who will live free, and who will live a slave?
So how is our time best served? Do we just try to make the best of it and go about getting our needs met? Many of us do. But surely, as war escalates, we will be charged to do more.
I wish I was 18.
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