Sunday, September 07, 2025

Rotten Institutions

We've all seen what happens when the non-government portion of The Blob is activated for a supposedly righteous cause.  They help ensure we do things like invade Iraq, and are very good at it.

They've all pretty much gone silent on Russia and Ukraine.

In recent months, dozens of Russians have been expelled from the US and returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities.

When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US. Those dossiers, outlining their political beliefs and criticisms of Putin, could be used to prosecute them back home, campaigners believe.


The rest is behind the paywall, but you get the idea.

I am sure some of this has to do with Bezos destroying the Post, which for both good and ill was the way The Blob sent their memos to the rest of DC.


But most of it is just that these organizations were also just influence schemes for the worst people in the world, and when the wind shifts...