i just inadvertently deleted the picture i was going to use for this post, so i put olive in, for placement only. years ago, around the time of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan, i talked with someone about the american empire and somebody said it's not an empire. they said it's a bitch being the world's only superpower. superpower, but not empire. well, call it what you will, in reality it's the same. the u.s., the lobby, and the blob are still trying to take control of the planet by sanctions, proxy wars, and genocide.