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Saudi Coup “Imminent” As Crown Prince’s Uncle Arrives To Oust “Toxic” MbS
Saudi Coup “Imminent” As Crown Prince’s Uncle Arrives To Oust “Toxic” MbS The youngest brother of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has returned from self-imposed exile to “challenge” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) “or find someone who can,” reports the Middle East Eye. Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz is reportedly hoping to oust […]
Regulating Apocalypse
Regulating Apocalypse “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good!” “Don’t be such a purist!” “Be strategic!” “Do what’s possible!” “You can’t deny reality / human nature / religious text.” The phrases used to oppose proposals for major change haven’t changed much for centuries, in both meanings of that phrase. No doubt these […]
WW3: Russia Vows It ‘WILL ACT’ If Ukraine Or Georgia Join NATO
WW3: Russia Vows It ‘WILL ACT’ If Ukraine Or Georgia Join NATO Russia has vowed that they “will act” should Ukraine or Georgia join NATO. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu voiced his concern over what he described as the “militarization of the European continent,” by promising action instead of empty rhetoric. This statement by Shoigu appears to […]
Sanctions and the Hypocrisy of Washington and London
Sanctions and the Hypocrisy of Washington and London On March 4 this year a British spy and former Russian citizen, Sergei Skripal, was poisoned in the town of Salisbury, England. He recovered, as did his daughter who had also been affected, and is now in deep security with a new face and name and an […]
Western Media Make One Death a Tragedy, Millions a Statistic
Western Media Make One Death a Tragedy, Millions a Statistic The Western media coverage devoted to the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi proves the cynical adage that one person’s death is a tragedy, while millions of deaths are a mere statistic. During the past four weeks since Khashoggi went missing at the Saudi consulate in […]
Russia “Ready To Shoot Down” U.S. Spy Plane Behind Attacks On Airbase, Says Defense Official
Russia “Ready To Shoot Down” U.S. Spy Plane Behind Attacks On Airbase, Says Defense Official A Russian defense official has doubled down on prior claims that the United States was behind a prior massive drone attack against Khmeimim Air Base near Latakia (alternately Hmeimim), which has further come under sporadic waves of attack by small armed […]
Russia Planning Series Of Missile Tests Amid NATO’s “Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War”
Russia Planning Series Of Missile Tests Amid NATO’s “Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War” As 50,000 NATO troops mass in Scandinavia for the military alliance’s annual “Trident Juncture” military exercises, an annual affair that has been expanded to become the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War in reflection of the […]
Leaked U.N. Memo Reveals Saudis Demanded Western Propaganda For $1bn Pledged To Aid Agency
Leaked U.N. Memo Reveals Saudis Demanded Western Propaganda For $1bn Pledged To Aid Agency We wonder if the Saudis had never been caught in Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder, would such essential stories and leaks now happening such as the below Guardian report ever see the light of day? On Tuesday The Guardian published select contents of a leaked […]
Iran’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True
Iran’s Worst Nightmare Is Coming True In what must seem like a nightmare scenario for Iran, not only is another U.S. president leveling sanctions against its economy, and particularly that economy’s lifeblood, its oil sector, but the current U.S. president has admittedly made it his mission to drive Tehran to its knees over what he […]
The Consequences of System Failure
The Consequences of System Failure In short, every major political institution has been increasingly discredited as Brazil has spiraled deeper and deeper into a dark void. And from the abyss emerged a former army captain and six-term congressman from Rio de Janeiro, Jair Bolsonaro, with the slogan “Brazil above everything, God above everyone,” and promises to fix […]
Tomgram: William Astore, The Pentagon Has Won the War that Matters
Tomgram: William Astore, The Pentagon Has Won the War that Matters In June, Austin “Scott” Miller, the special-ops general chosen to be the 17th U.S. commander in Afghanistan, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Like so many of the generals who had preceded him, he suggested that he saw evidence of “progress” in the […]
Military Escalation in Europe Is Like Runaway Train: It’s Time to Slow It Down
Military Escalation in Europe Is Like Runaway Train: It’s Time to Slow It Down Much has been said about the Trident Juncture 2018 NATO exercise being held in the immediate vicinity of Russia’s borders. This is the largest training event since the Cold War, but it’s only part of a broader picture, in which military war preparations […]
Israel Quietly Transferred $250m Of Sophisticated Spy Systems To Saudi Arabia: Report
Israel Quietly Transferred $250m Of Sophisticated Spy Systems To Saudi Arabia: Report A new bombshell report in the Jerusalem Post confirms that Israel and Saudi Arabia’s somewhat “quiet” but growing security relationship is far more extensive than previously thought, as it now includes a $250 million weapons deal. This is unprecedented as the two nations […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 29 Oct 2018
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 29 Oct 2018 “We are not now that strength which in old days, moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;” I’m up in Edinburgh for a few days, so Porridge might be a bit sporadic this week. Will try to keep it updated. UK will be distracted by […]
America’s Nuclear Death Wish – Europe Must Rebel
America’s Nuclear Death Wish – Europe Must Rebel The Trump administration’s declared scrapping of a crucial arms control treaty is putting the world on notice of a nuclear war, sooner or later. Any such war is not winnable. It is mutually assured destruction. Yet the arrogant American rulers – some of them at least – […]
