Night at the Alfalfa Club: Oligopolitics

Every conspiracy theory about a shadow government, deep state, dark state, ruling donor class and the repression and marginalization of the unwashed masses, is vindicated in a crass display of hegemonic avarice at the Alfalfa Club. If you want to see what an oligopoly looks like, here it is. A perfect marriage of politicians with their true and only constituency. I call this Oligopolitics. Like George Carlin said: "It's a big club and you ain't in it." Now it actually has a name and faces.

• Politico 01/27/2019: POLITICO Playbook: Best lines from the Alfalfa Club dinner.
• Wikipedia: Alfalfa Club. 
• The Washington Post 01/27/2019: John Kerry and Mitt Romney hugging, and Mitch McConnell in a hospital gown? It must be the Alfalfa Club dinner. 
• CNN Politics 01/27/2019: Pence, Ivanka, Kushner no-show as Mattis gets standing ovation at elite DC dinner. 
• Salt Lake Tribune 01/28/2019: Utah Sen. Mitt Romney elected president of secret Washington group of politicians, business leaders. 

Apparently this club is a hundred years old. I think it dates back to the Teapot Dome Scandal [YouTube].

These guys are insatiable. Just look at Warren G. Harding. You were never taught this in public school history class.

Money and Drugs in Politics

PBS News Hour, CBS 60 Minutes and the Washington Post have blown the lid off Big Pharma and the revolving door to Washington:

• The Washington Post (10/15/2017): THE DRUG INDUSTRY’S TRIUMPH OVER THE DEA 
• CBS News (10/16/2017):
• "All of us were fooled": Opioid report reverberates across political world 
• Senator introduces repeal of 2016 law after "60 Minutes" opioid epidemic report 
• DEA responds to explosive "60 Minutes" report about opioid crisis 
• 60 Minutes Video: (10/15/2017): How the DEA's efforts to crack down on the opioid epidemic were derailed 
• NPR(10/16/2017): Washington Post, 60 Minutes Investigation Finds Bill Helped Fuel Opioid Crisis 
• PBS Newshour (10/2017) America Addicted (series)
• Times Free Press (10/16/2017): Blackburn actions on opioid bill under fire at home after '60 Minutes' report 
• USA Today (10/16/2017): Trump’s drug czar nominee could be in trouble after report on drug industry ties 

And they call me a conspiracy theorist. Please.All conspiracy theories are predicated on this glaringly obvious template of human behavior.