*What's coming at us will arrive regardless of whichever frontperson sits* *in the Oval Office (though I could be wrong, and hope I am). *
*In any case, **let's give this sideshow the attention it deserves, but always** think * *beyond **this year's pro wrestling match (or circus, as Ed Curtin calls it here), in * *the hope that We the People **make it **through **this year, and find some way to * *bridge the Great Divide that's only **weakened us, so we can work toward having * *real elections by and **by, **whose outcomes really **would reflect the will of the * *electorate, and those thus actually **elected work for us, and **not for those above.* *And if that doesn't work, we'll figure out what will. * *MCM* American Politics: Send in the Clowns for the Circus Is in Town https://www.globalresearch.ca/send-clowns-circus-town/5721472 By Edward Curtin <https://www.globalresearch.ca/author/edward-curtin> Global Research, August 19, 2020 Region: USA <https://www.globalresearch.ca/region/usa> Theme: History <https://www.globalresearch.ca/theme/culture-society-history> <https://www.globalresearch.ca/send-clowns-circus-town/5721472#> <https://www.globalresearch.ca/send-clowns-circus-town/5721472?print=1> 17 6 7 31 *Don’t bother, they’re here, already performing in the center ring under the big top owned and operated by The Umbrella People. * *Trump, Biden, Pence, Harris, and their clownish sidekicks, Pompeo, Michelle Obama, et al., are performing daily under the umbrella’s shadowy protection. For The Umbrella People run a three-ring circus, and although their clowns pop out of separate tiny cars and, acting like enemies, squirt each other with water hoses to the audience’s delight, raucous laughter, and serious attentiveness, they are all part of the same show, working for the same bosses. * *Sadly, many people think this circus is the real world and that the clowns are not allied pimps serving the interests of their masters, but are real enemies.* <https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/trumpdonald_bidenjoe_092915gn.jpg>The Umbrella People are the moguls who own the showtime studios – some call them the secret government, the deep-state, or the power elite. They run a protection racket, so I like to use a term that emphasizes their method of making sure the sunlight of truth never gets to those huddled under their umbrella. They produce and direct the daily circus that is the American Spectacle, the movie that is meant to entertain and distract the audience from the side show that continues outside the big top, the place where millions of vulnerable people are abused and killed. And although the sideshow is the real main event, few pay attention since their eyes are fixed on the center ring were the spotlight directs their focus. The French writer Guy Debord called this *The Society of the Spectacle* <https://www.amazon.com/Society-Spectacle-Guy-DEBORD/dp/0934868077/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2YSRECNQ4YPXF&dchild=1&keywords=the+society+of+the+spectacle&qid=1597792030&s=books&sprefix=The+society%2Caps%2C175&sr=1-2> . <https://www.globalresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wef.jpg>For many months now, all eyes have been directed to the Covid-19 propaganda show with Fauci and Gates, and their mainstream corporate media mouthpieces, striking thunderbolts in the storm to scare the unknowing audience into submission so the transformation of the Great Global Reset <https://www.globalresearch.ca/imf-wef-great-lockdown-great-transformation/5721090>, led by the World Economic Forum, Wall Street, the International Monetary Fund, et al can proceed smoothly. Now hearts are aflutter with excitement to see the war-loving Joe Biden boldly coming forth like Lazarus from the grave to announce his choice of a masked vice-presidential running mate who will echo his pronouncements. And the star of the big top, the softly coiffured reality television emcee Trump, around whom the spectacle swirls, elicits outraged responses as he plays the part of the comical bad guy. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to newsfromunderground+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to newsfromunderground+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W8PR_vAQyzgOCAJTT_8cgHm8yjPL6NKj34RVzzfzD_6ZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
